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.
08 August 2016
Over the past five years, exports in dollar terms had declined by 6.
05 July 2016
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 2.
06 June 2016
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 1.
09 May 2016
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports declined by 2.
13 April 2016
In dollar terms, imports were up 14.
07 March 2016
In dollar terms, imports were up 0.
08 February 2016
In dollar terms, imports were down 1% on a month ago and down 14.
07 January 2016
In dollar terms, imports were down 3.
04 December 2015
In dollar terms, imports were up 3.
09 November 2015
In dollar terms, imports were down 5% on a month ago and down 20.
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