SA footwear & accessories trade statistics for April 2023
Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (28 April 2023) – Source: SARS.
Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (4 295 013 403)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.23
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (837 219 286)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.30
Exports
Month % of total 0.22
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 024 735 317
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 1 269 486 379
Month total 2023 (R'm) 358 681 237
Imports
Month % of total 0.75
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 5 105 071 016
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 5 564 499 782
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 195 900 523
Excluding Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (4 965 649 245)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.10
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 000 078 631)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.15
Exports
Month % of total 0.12
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 371 375 785
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 528 186 333
Month total 2023 (R'm) 180 035 961
Imports
Month % of total 0.76
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 5 059 918 378
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 5 493 835 578
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 180 114 592
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