SA footwear & accessories trade statistics for June 2023
Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (31 July 2023) – Source: SARS.
Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (6 697 973 758)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.22
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 372 239 254)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.16
Exports
Month % of total 0.16
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 586 273 653
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 1 857 975 526
Month total 2023 (R'm) 264 142 968
Imports
Month % of total 0.96
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 636 382 222
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 7 831 851 576
Month total 2023 (R'm) 8 555 949 284
Excluding Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (7 655 464 575)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.09
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 502 180 564)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.07
Exports
Month % of total 0.08
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 618 646 149
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 797 931 042
Month total 2023 (R'm) 118 432 492
Imports
Month % of total 0.97
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 7 763 796 953
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 8 453 395 617
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 620 613 056
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