SA footwear & accessories trade statistics for September 2023
Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (31 October 2023) – Source: SARS.
Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (10 870 466 163)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.21
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 384 720 209)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.21
Exports
Month % of total 0.21
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 2 668 479 016
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 2 908 090 875
Month total 2023 (R'm) 375 104 966
Imports
Month % of total 1.09
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 14 258 455 327
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 13 778 557 038
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 759 825 175
Excluding Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (12 431 359 503)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.09
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 604 762 350)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.07
Exports
Month % of total 0.08
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 025 991 329
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 1 174 728 228
Month total 2023 (R'm) 129 515 801
Imports
Month % of total 1.11
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 14 145 558 539
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 13 606 087 731
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 734 278 151
Footwear Industry Articles
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