The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released trade statistics for June 2015, in which a trade surplus of R5.80 billion was recorded. This figure includes trade data with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS).
Summary The R5.80 billion surplus for June 2015 is due to exports of R90.28 billion and imports of R84.48 billion. Exports increased from May 2015 to June 2015 by R1.45 billion (1.6%) and imports increased from May 2015 to June 2015 by R0.59 billion (0.7%). The cumulative deficit for 2015 is R24.65 billion compared to R46.77 billion in 2014. The world zone results from May 2015 to June 2015 are given below. Africa:Exports: R26 189 million – this is an increase of R 1 597 million from May 2015
Imports: R7 914 million – this is a decrease of R 264 million from May 2015
Trade surplus: R18 275 million This is an 11.3% increase in comparison to the R16 413 million surplus recorded in May 2015 America:
Exports: R8 249 million – this is a decrease of R 301 million from May 2015
Imports: R9 337 million – this is a decrease of R 483 million from May 2015
Trade deficit: R1 088 million This is a 14.4% decrease in comparison to the R1 270 million deficit recorded in May 2015.
Asia:
Exports: R26 090 million – this is a decrease of R1 129 million from May 2015
Imports: R39 571 million – this is an increase of R1 938 million from May 2015
Trade deficit: R13 480 million
Exports: R21 115 million – this is an increase of R1 245 million from May 2015
Imports: R26 160 million – this is a decrease of R 521 million from May 2015
Trade deficit: R5 045 million This is a 25.9% decrease in comparison to the R6 812 million deficit recorded in May 2015 Oceania:
Exports: R1 077 million – this is an increase of R 7 million from May 2015
Imports: R1 294 million – this is a decrease of R 79 million from May 2015
Trade deficit: R 217 million This is a 28.4% decrease compared to the R 304 million deficit recorded in May 2015.
