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Goods trade balance (calculated by SOTW from World Bank GEM exports and imports): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 1,266.5 USD mn for 2026-08, from World Bank Global Economic Monitor (calculation by SOTW).

Source series · Listed tier · Trade · Monthly · USD mn · WBGEM.L.CALC.TRADE.BALANCE.M · ZAF

Calculated by SOTW: merchandise exports minus merchandise imports, current US$ millions, not seasonally adjusted, from World Bank GEM. Eight countries whose export figures are at the wrong scale in the source are left out. Listed tier; not individually reviewed.

Latest
1,266.5
USD mn · 2026-08
Previous
1,095.8
USD mn · 2026-07
Oldest shown
878.9
USD mn · 2016-09
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

South Africa · history

USD mn · Monthly

Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor (calculation by SOTW). Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:19:20.076Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Goods trade balance (calculated by SOTW from World Bank GEM exports and imports): South Africa: 120 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor (calculation by SOTW).
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-081,266.5
2026-071,095.8
2026-061,050.3
2026-05419.8
2026-04854.2
2026-031,707.1
2026-022,251.3
2026-01498.3
2025-121,294.5
2025-112,063.8
2025-10792.5
2025-091,236.2
2025-08134.5
2025-071,069.2
2025-061,210.6
2025-051,116.3
2025-04732.0
2025-031,246.5
2025-021,079.4
2025-01-1,263.5
2024-12777.1
2024-111,887.9
2024-10813.3
2024-09762.9
2024-08427.4
2024-071,191.0
2024-061,526.9
2024-051,224.6
2024-04785.6
2024-03647.1
2024-02936.7
2024-01-206.4
2023-121,009.2
2023-111,473.5
2023-10-333.4
2023-091,014.7
2023-08982.9
2023-071,068.8
2023-068.0
2023-05763.4
2023-04317.0
2023-03801.7
2023-02818.5
2023-01-1,124.8
2022-12597.9
2022-11717.9
2022-10358.7
2022-091,430.3
2022-08492.2
2022-071,576.3
2022-061,648.8
2022-052,109.2
2022-041,264.8
2022-033,245.9
2022-021,037.8
2022-01491.2
2021-122,001.6
2021-112,463.4
2021-101,519.6
2021-091,639.4
2021-082,929.3
2021-072,499.6
2021-063,795.5
2021-053,743.0
2021-043,511.4
2021-033,526.9
2021-022,089.9
2021-01847.0
2020-122,180.3
2020-112,244.9
2020-102,060.7
2020-092,117.5
2020-082,317.4
2020-072,284.3
2020-062,672.8
2020-05809.7
2020-04-1,946.3
2020-031,261.3
2020-02876.1
2020-01-231.1
2019-12988.0
2019-11431.9
2019-10256.2
2019-09294.0
2019-08274.3
2019-07-287.7
2019-06151.9
2019-0574.0
2019-04-294.6
2019-03247.4
2019-02238.5
2019-01-912.8
2018-121,139.8
2018-11196.3
2018-10-391.6
2018-09-253.2
2018-08605.7
2018-07-330.5
2018-06905.6
2018-05427.5
2018-04176.0
2018-03774.9
2018-02-4.9
2018-01-2,182.7
2017-121,110.7
2017-11946.9
2017-10300.3
2017-09417.9
2017-08513.4
2017-07650.0
2017-06673.7
2017-05591.0
2017-04291.8
2017-03884.9
2017-02287.0
2017-01-871.1
2016-12788.5
2016-111.8
2016-10-293.7
2016-09878.9

Source: World Bank Global Economic Monitor (calculation by SOTW). Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-09 to 2026-08. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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