28 April 2017 – Trade Statistics for March 2017
Pretoria, 28 April 2017 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for March 2017 recording a trade balance surplus of R11.44 billion. These statistics include trade data with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS). The year-to-date trade balance surplus (01 January to 31 March 2017) of R4.98 billion is an improvement on the deficit for the comparable period in 2016 of R24.27 billion.