The Foreign Merchandise Trade report is a monthly 6-page publication that provides some detail on the latest monthly foreign trade numbers and longer term trends. Detail on imports and exports are given at the HS 4-digit level (some 23 categories). Figures are seasonally adjusted and are also converted into dollar values. A breakdown is also provided on the most important regional origins of imports and destinations of exports.
07 March 2019
The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit measured R67 billion which was R36 billion more than the previous 12 months’ deficit.
04 February 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 13.
08 January 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by -4.
10 December 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of exports increased by 10.
07 November 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 11.
10 October 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by -6.
10 September 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 10.
08 August 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 4.
09 July 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of exports increased by 3.
06 June 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of exports decreased by -3.
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