SA footwear & accessories trade statistics for July 2023
Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (31 August 2023) – Source: SARS.
Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (8 110 145 239)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.21
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 411 294 417)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.19
Exports
Month % of total 0.19
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 931 818 618
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 2 182 586 383
Month total 2023 (R'm) 324 610 857
Imports
Month % of total 1.10
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 9 668 177 716
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 10 292 731 622
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 735 905 274
Excluding Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (9 243 449 192)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.09
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 587 107 553)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.07
Exports
Month % of total 0.08
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 768 722 570
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 925 132 254
Month total 2023 (R'm) 127 201 212
Imports
Month % of total 1.12
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 9 584 727 730
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 10 168 581 446
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 714 308 765
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