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South Africa Trade Balance

Latest Release

Mar 28, 2024

Actual

14.04B

Forecast

8.60B

-9.44B

The Trade Balance measures the difference in value between imported and exported goods and services over the reported period. A positive number indicates that more goods and services were exported than imported (a trade surplus). A negative number indicates that fewer goods and services were exported than imported (a trade deficit).
A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the ZAR , while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the ZAR.

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Currency: ZAR

Source: South African Revenue Service

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Apr 30, 2024 (Mar)	13:00			14.04B
Mar 28, 2024 (Feb)	13:00	14.04B	8.60B	-9.44B
Feb 29, 2024 (Jan)	13:00	-9.44B	-5.20B	14.06B
Jan 31, 2024 (Dec)	13:00	14.06B	15.00B	20.56B
Dec 29, 2023 (Nov)	13:00	21.02B	5.80B	-12.88B
Nov 30, 2023 (Oct)	13:00	-12.66B	9.05B	13.14B

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