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
Footwear Industry Articles
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Leather Industry Articles
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PPE Industry Articles
- First international pet product safety standard publishedStandard addresses safety of dog harnesses for use in motor vehicles. W. Conshohocken, Pa., U.S.A. (13 November 2025) – ASTM International’s consumer products committee (F15) has approved a new standard for the safety of dog harnesses used in motor vehicles. The standard (F3725) was developed by the pet products subcommit ...moreA+A 2025: Product launches were aimed at the European market, but new technology – and fashion – will slowly make their way to Africa
Show report from Messe DüsseldorfDüsseldorf, Germany (7 November 2025) – The theme for A+A 2025 was ‘People matter’.2,340 exhibitors from 70 countries presented a spectrum of products, technologies and innovations for a safe, healthy and sustainable world of work in 13 exhibition halls. There were 67,000 trade ...moreWhat workplace PPE innovation trends are anticipated?We are being flooded with in the innovation of Artificial (narrow) Intelligence and the risk of its use within the Occupational and Construction Health and Safety fields where the machine learning and artificial intelligence data sets are not locally sourced.However, when it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE), the future is in t ...more
