South Africa’s base metal export value up 1.1 percent in H1

Tuesday, 01 August 2017 17:26:59 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to data released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), in June this year the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 12.25 billion ($924.86 million), down 6.3 percent from May. In the first half of this year, South Africa's export value of base metals and articles thereof increased by 1.1 percent year on year to ZAR 69.74 billion ($5.27 billion). 

In June of the current year, the country's imports of base metals and articles thereof amounted to ZAR 5.18 billion ($391.2 million), decreasing  1.2 percent from the previous month, while in the January-June period of this year South African imports of base metals and articles thereof fell by 1.6 percent year on year, amounting to ZAR 30.14 billion ($2.28 billion).


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