SA footwear & accessories trade statistics for November 2023
Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (29 December 2023) – Source: SARS.
Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (12 834 783 773)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.23
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (945 993 044)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.35
Exports
Month % of total 0.27
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 3 544 491 874
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 3 816 944 577
Month total 2023 (R'm) 503 201 703
Imports
Month % of total 0.88
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 17 331 209 418
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 16 651 728 350
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 449 194 747
Excluding Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (14 899 277 443)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.09
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (1 210 576 022)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.15
Exports
Month % of total 0.12
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 329 701 037
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 1 516 926 348
Month total 2023 (R'm) 207 616 345
Imports
Month % of total 0.89
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 17 182 242 499
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 16 416 203 791
Month total 2023 (R'm) 1 418 192 367
Footwear Industry Articles
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