South Africa Balance of Trade
Exports minus imports of goods each quarter.
R17.97bn
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Q1 1970 to Q2 2026
Source: FRED series XTNTVA01ZAQ667S · OECD merchandise trade, quarterly, converted from US dollars to rand at each period's own rate.
South Africa Balance of Trade in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In South Africa, the balance of trade fell by R16.4bn over the year to Q2 2026, from R34.33bn in Q2 2025.
It is the lowest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −R8.47bn in Q2 2023 to R165.65bn in Q2 2021.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- XTNTVA01ZAQ667S
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- $m
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Below zero means South Africa buys more from abroad than it sells.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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