South African Revenue Service Trade Statistics

By | January 10, 2022

South African Revenue Service Trade Statistics, SARS is the legislatively empowered controlling entity for statistics on the importation and exportation of goods. Exercising this control entails record-keeping, verification, publication, and analysis of trade data.



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JANUARY 2019 OVERVIEW

EXPORTS IMPORTS
​R  88,679,256,980 R  101,762,020,372
Trade Balance:   R  -13,082,763,392 
Top 5 countries we exported to: Top 5 countries we imported from:​

China 11.1%

United States 8.1%

Germany 6.2%

Japan 4.8%

Botswana 4.8%

China 23.1%Germany 9.2%

United States 5.7%

India 4.2%

Saudi Arabia 3.4%