The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released trade statistics for March 2015, which shows a trade surplus of R0.48 billion.

This figure includes trade data with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS).

SARS says the R0.48 billion surplus for March 2015 is due to exports of R91.34 billion and imports of R90.86 billion. Exports increased from February 2015 to March 2015 by R14.75 billion (19.3%) and imports increased from February 2015 to March 2015 by R5.55 billion (6.5%).

The cumulative deficit for 2015 is R32.62 billion compared to R27.22 billion in 2014.

Full SARS trade stats