Key data points
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Observation period
Feb 2025
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Highest
52.74 B ZAR on Mar 31, 2021
Lowest
−36.13 B ZAR on Apr 30, 2020
About South Africa Balance Of Trade
In 2021, South Africa recorded a trade surplus for the fifth consecutive year. The top exports of South Africa are mineral products; base metals and articles of base metal; vehicles and aircraft vessels and machinery (6.8 percent), shipped primarily to China, the United States and Germany. The top imports of South Africa are machinery, mineral products, chemicals and vehicles & transport equipment, sourced mainly from China, India and the United States.