SA hides, skins, and leather trade statistics for December 2023
Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (31 January 2023) – Source: SARS. https://www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Docs/TradeStats/2023/8784Nov/Media-Release-November-2023.pdf
Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (649 586 236)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.87
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (91 971 966)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.80
Exports
Month % of total 0.22
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 4 197 734 419
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 4 333 530 381
Month total 2023 (R'm) 359 931 413
Imports
Month % of total 0.30
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 4 616 115 540
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 4 983 116 617
Month total 2023 (R'm) 451 903 379
Excluding Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)
Cumulative trade
Trade balance R'm (1 159 820 761)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.76
Monthly trade
Trade balance R'm (150 999 168)
Ratio (exports/imports) 0.66
Exports
Month % of total 0.20
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 3 591 238 138
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 3 710 726 303
Month total 2023 (R'm) 296 539 178
Imports
Month % of total 0.31
Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 4 494 749 873
Cumulative 2023 (R'm) 4 870 547 064
Month total 2023 (R'm) 447 538 346
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