| Balance of Payments: SOUTH AFRICA MAR-2008 (Source: Reserve Bank Quarterly Bulletin), seasonally adjusted at an annual rate | |
| Balance of Payments | |
| Value of Exports | |
| Value of Imports | |
| Prices of Trade | |
| Volume of Trade | |
| Net Direct Investments & Change in Net Foreign Reserves |
| Balance of Payments | |||||||||
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| Current prices | (Annualized pct change) | ||||||||
| Year | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Exports of goods & services Current prices. | 2000 | 240,155 | 245,130 | 253,619 | 289,140 | 13.59 | 28.20 | 23.49 | 33.50 |
| 2001 | 294,187 | 311,236 | 293,364 | 330,425 | 22.50 | 26.97 | 15.67 | 14.28 | |
| 2002 | 378,242 | 387,492 | 380,811 | 395,695 | 28.57 | 24.50 | 29.81 | 19.75 | |
| 2003 | 366,332 | 347,681 | 356,459 | 344,432 | -3.15 | -10.27 | -6.39 | -12.96 | |
| 2004 | 351,138 | 371,182 | 376,561 | 392,007 | -4.15 | 6.76 | 5.64 | 13.81 | |
| 2005 | 375,732 | 427,353 | 441,386 | 447,721 | 7.00 | 15.13 | 17.22 | 14.21 | |
| 2006 | 431,907 | 484,311 | 546,525 | 600,433 | 14.95 | 13.33 | 23.82 | 34.11 | |
| 2007 | 594,579 | 625,958 | 629,577 | 674,030 | 37.66 | 29.25 | 15.20 | 12.26 | |
| 2008 | 712,800 | 19.88 | |||||||
| Imports of goods & services Current prices. | 2000 | 250,780 | 258,613 | 274,186 | 293,273 | 21.95 | 27.71 | 25.97 | 23.99 |
| 2001 | 294,466 | 330,156 | 313,063 | 339,523 | 17.42 | 27.66 | 14.18 | 15.77 | |
| 2002 | 375,419 | 398,538 | 396,277 | 400,758 | 27.49 | 20.71 | 26.58 | 18.04 | |
| 2003 | 374,456 | 399,643 | 371,420 | 379,605 | -.26 | .28 | -6.27 | -5.28 | |
| 2004 | 379,180 | 431,121 | 435,184 | 462,515 | 1.26 | 7.88 | 17.17 | 21.84 | |
| 2005 | 451,458 | 487,198 | 519,127 | 529,729 | 19.06 | 13.01 | 19.29 | 14.53 | |
| 2006 | 551,024 | 606,508 | 676,650 | 763,738 | 22.05 | 24.49 | 30.34 | 44.18 | |
| 2007 | 753,697 | 778,752 | 817,295 | 855,740 | 36.78 | 28.40 | 20.79 | 12.05 | |
| 2008 | 941,776 | 24.95 | |||||||
| Balance of Payments : transfers (net receipts +) | 2000 | -5,680 | -6,783 | -6,777 | -6,448 | 27.90 | 12.84 | 11.61 | 5.29 |
| 2001 | -6,607 | -6,634 | -5,861 | -5,926 | 16.32 | -2.20 | -13.52 | -8.10 | |
| 2002 | -5,708 | -5,764 | -6,260 | -5,644 | -13.61 | -13.11 | 6.81 | -4.76 | |
| 2003 | -5,784 | -8,804 | -8,704 | -6,620 | 1.33 | 52.74 | 39.04 | 17.29 | |
| 2004 | -9,359 | -12,927 | -12,307 | -10,711 | 61.81 | 46.83 | 41.39 | 61.80 | |
| 2005 | -12,813 | -18,571 | -20,987 | -19,225 | 36.91 | 43.66 | 70.53 | 79.49 | |
| 2006 | -20,532 | -19,262 | -18,555 | -17,227 | 60.24 | 3.72 | -11.59 | -10.39 | |
| 2007 | -19,032 | -22,360 | -22,080 | -19,704 | -7.31 | 16.08 | 19.00 | 14.38 | |
| 2008 | -21,524 | 13.09 | |||||||
| Balance of Payments : balance on current account | 2000 | -896.00 | -780.00 | -9,566 | 6,474 | -108.61 | -89.73 | 39.08 | -151.56 |
| 2001 | 7,468 | 5,670 | -7,738 | 6,076 | -933.48 | -826.92 | -19.11 | -6.15 | |
| 2002 | 12,792 | 3,482 | 8,427 | 14,015 | 71.29 | -38.59 | -208.90 | 130.66 | |
| 2003 | 1,138 | -35,236 | -3,052 | -17,490 | -91.10 | -1,112 | -136.22 | -224.79 | |
| 2004 | -24,047 | -48,209 | -47,548 | -58,720 | -2,213 | 36.82 | 1,458 | 235.73 | |
| 2005 | -55,511 | -54,403 | -65,185 | -73,617 | 130.84 | 12.85 | 37.09 | 25.37 | |
| 2006 | -105,688 | -99,704 | -100,644 | -143,348 | 90.39 | 83.27 | 54.40 | 94.72 | |
| 2007 | -132,998 | -126,099 | -163,309 | -157,658 | 25.84 | 26.47 | 62.26 | 9.98 | |
| 2008 | -194,677 | 46.38 | |||||||
| Value of Exports | |||||||||
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| Current prices | (Annualized pct change) | ||||||||
| Year | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Balance of Payments : value of merchandise exports, f.o.b | 2000 | 174,131 | 184,250 | 191,439 | 227,072 | 16.99 | 31.83 | 27.17 | 39.03 |
| 2001 | 229,007 | 244,808 | 221,294 | 251,115 | 31.51 | 32.87 | 15.60 | 10.59 | |
| 2002 | 283,441 | 293,509 | 280,873 | 300,609 | 23.77 | 19.89 | 26.92 | 19.71 | |
| 2003 | 266,896 | 256,762 | 266,282 | 247,372 | -5.84 | -12.52 | -5.19 | -17.71 | |
| 2004 | 264,244 | 280,791 | 289,134 | 293,139 | -.99 | 9.36 | 8.58 | 18.50 | |
| 2005 | 284,452 | 331,235 | 344,139 | 340,690 | 7.65 | 17.96 | 19.02 | 16.22 | |
| 2006 | 326,647 | 370,198 | 426,192 | 473,083 | 14.83 | 11.76 | 23.84 | 38.86 | |
| 2007 | 466,510 | 494,627 | 494,348 | 527,863 | 42.82 | 33.61 | 15.99 | 11.58 | |
| 2008 | 568,264 | 21.81 | |||||||
| Balance of Payments : value of net gold exports | 2000 | 31,925 | 26,562 | 28,033 | 24,832 | 4.37 | 23.05 | 18.19 | 31.35 |
| 2001 | 26,011 | 24,088 | 30,570 | 36,435 | -18.52 | -9.31 | 9.05 | 46.73 | |
| 2002 | 43,995 | 43,900 | 45,475 | 41,202 | 69.14 | 82.25 | 48.76 | 13.08 | |
| 2003 | 36,442 | 30,703 | 27,449 | 33,830 | -17.17 | -30.06 | -39.64 | -17.89 | |
| 2004 | 29,106 | 29,300 | 25,787 | 30,599 | -20.13 | -4.57 | -6.05 | -9.55 | |
| 2005 | 24,904 | 25,896 | 25,980 | 31,312 | -14.44 | -11.62 | .75 | 2.33 | |
| 2006 | 29,331 | 33,707 | 39,352 | 39,490 | 17.78 | 30.16 | 51.47 | 26.12 | |
| 2007 | 37,273 | 36,292 | 40,955 | 45,072 | 27.08 | 7.67 | 4.07 | 14.14 | |
| 2008 | 46,061 | 23.58 | |||||||
| Value of service receipts | 2000 | 34,099 | 34,318 | 34,147 | 37,236 | 6.60 | 14.95 | 9.77 | 8.40 |
| 2001 | 39,169 | 42,340 | 41,500 | 42,875 | 14.87 | 23.38 | 21.53 | 15.14 | |
| 2002 | 50,806 | 50,083 | 54,463 | 53,884 | 29.71 | 18.29 | 31.24 | 25.68 | |
| 2003 | 62,994 | 60,216 | 62,728 | 63,230 | 23.99 | 20.23 | 15.18 | 17.34 | |
| 2004 | 57,788 | 61,091 | 61,640 | 68,269 | -8.26 | 1.45 | -1.73 | 7.97 | |
| 2005 | 66,376 | 70,222 | 71,267 | 75,719 | 14.86 | 14.95 | 15.62 | 10.91 | |
| 2006 | 75,929 | 80,406 | 80,981 | 87,860 | 14.39 | 14.50 | 13.63 | 16.03 | |
| 2007 | 90,796 | 95,039 | 94,274 | 101,095 | 19.58 | 18.20 | 16.41 | 15.06 | |
| 2008 | 98,475 | 8.46 | |||||||
| Income receipts , | 2000 | 15,409 | 19,486 | 17,778 | 17,055 | 69.80 | 100.51 | 54.77 | 26.26 |
| 2001 | 14,354 | 31,224 | 17,822 | 21,100 | -6.85 | 60.24 | .25 | 23.72 | |
| 2002 | 15,677 | 20,292 | 30,153 | 24,722 | 9.22 | -35.01 | 69.19 | 17.17 | |
| 2003 | 15,046 | 25,530 | 20,613 | 24,303 | -4.03 | 25.81 | -31.64 | -1.69 | |
| 2004 | 13,354 | 24,657 | 23,382 | 22,499 | -11.25 | -3.42 | 13.43 | -7.42 | |
| 2005 | 33,028 | 24,013 | 33,543 | 27,616 | 147.33 | -2.61 | 43.46 | 22.74 | |
| 2006 | 33,961 | 41,755 | 48,036 | 37,184 | 2.82 | 73.88 | 43.21 | 34.65 | |
| 2007 | 45,152 | 49,055 | 46,489 | 43,756 | 32.95 | 17.48 | -3.22 | 17.67 | |
| 2008 | 55,823 | 23.63 | |||||||
| Value of Imports | |||||||||
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| Current prices | (Annualized pct change) | ||||||||
| Year | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Balance of Payments : Value of merchandise imports, f.o.b , | 2000 | 41,835 | 43,830 | 50,675 | 53,071 | 25.03 | 24.05 | 28.61 | 27.39 |
| 2001 | 50,757 | 53,947 | 55,395 | 61,136 | 21.33 | 23.08 | 9.31 | 15.20 | |
| 2002 | 65,997 | 70,009 | 72,104 | 74,894 | 30.03 | 29.77 | 30.16 | 22.50 | |
| 2003 | 64,303 | 64,898 | 67,809 | 67,742 | -2.57 | -7.30 | -5.96 | -9.55 | |
| 2004 | 66,390 | 79,419 | 80,469 | 85,481 | 3.25 | 22.38 | 18.67 | 26.19 | |
| 2005 | 77,328 | 89,470 | 96,924 | 94,797 | 16.48 | 12.66 | 20.45 | 10.90 | |
| 2006 | 94,111 | 109,893 | 126,241 | 146,300 | 21.70 | 22.83 | 30.25 | 54.33 | |
| 2007 | 132,818 | 140,339 | 150,425 | 152,374 | 41.13 | 27.71 | 19.16 | 4.15 | |
| 2008 | 161,339 | 21.47 | |||||||
| Value of payments for services , | 2000 | 9,252 | 10,249 | 10,441 | 10,404 | 20.11 | 19.62 | 11.38 | 9.08 |
| 2001 | 9,715 | 11,348 | 11,913 | 11,790 | 5.00 | 10.72 | 14.10 | 13.32 | |
| 2002 | 13,237 | 14,244 | 14,826 | 15,326 | 36.25 | 25.52 | 24.45 | 29.99 | |
| 2003 | 13,687 | 15,334 | 15,613 | 15,651 | 3.40 | 7.65 | 5.31 | 2.12 | |
| 2004 | 14,640 | 16,950 | 17,047 | 17,781 | 6.96 | 10.54 | 9.18 | 13.61 | |
| 2005 | 17,298 | 19,027 | 20,317 | 20,742 | 18.16 | 12.25 | 19.18 | 16.65 | |
| 2006 | 20,900 | 23,277 | 25,476 | 27,297 | 20.82 | 22.34 | 25.39 | 31.60 | |
| 2007 | 26,498 | 29,829 | 29,830 | 30,685 | 26.78 | 28.15 | 17.09 | 12.41 | |
| 2008 | 30,826 | 16.33 | |||||||
| Less: Income payments , | 2000 | 8,777 | 10,010 | 10,961 | 9,708 | 18.18 | 53.53 | 52.28 | 3.24 |
| 2001 | 10,292 | 16,590 | 13,869 | 12,550 | 17.26 | 65.73 | 26.53 | 29.27 | |
| 2002 | 10,069 | 16,600 | 14,217 | 11,225 | -2.17 | .06 | 2.51 | -10.56 | |
| 2003 | 12,072 | 21,181 | 10,300 | 12,691 | 19.89 | 27.60 | -27.55 | 13.06 | |
| 2004 | 9,236 | 14,903 | 13,592 | 11,092 | -23.49 | -29.64 | 31.96 | -12.60 | |
| 2005 | 12,690 | 17,050 | 15,692 | 15,543 | 37.40 | 14.41 | 15.45 | 40.13 | |
| 2006 | 16,764 | 19,461 | 21,368 | 18,392 | 32.10 | 14.14 | 36.17 | 18.33 | |
| 2007 | 19,923 | 27,030 | 29,752 | 31,868 | 18.84 | 38.89 | 39.24 | 73.27 | |
| 2008 | 31,607 | 58.65 | |||||||
| Prices of Trade | |||||||||
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| Current prices | (Annualized pct change) | ||||||||
| Year | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Price of exports and no-factor services including gold Index 2000=100. | 2000 | 92.70 | 98.30 | 101.30 | 107.60 | 7.42 | 13.77 | 18.07 | 21.03 |
| 2001 | 112.10 | 113.20 | 115.30 | 127.00 | 20.93 | 15.16 | 13.82 | 18.03 | |
| 2002 | 144.70 | 144.10 | 147.00 | 144.50 | 29.08 | 27.30 | 27.49 | 13.78 | |
| 2003 | 139.30 | 132.40 | 131.00 | 129.20 | -3.73 | -8.12 | -10.88 | -10.59 | |
| 2004 | 136.80 | 138.00 | 136.20 | 133.90 | -1.79 | 4.23 | 3.97 | 3.64 | |
| 2005 | 133.70 | 144.20 | 144.30 | 149.70 | -2.27 | 4.49 | 5.95 | 11.80 | |
| 2006 | 150.80 | 159.90 | 172.70 | 175.00 | 12.79 | 10.89 | 19.68 | 16.90 | |
| 2007 | 178.80 | 186.20 | 188.90 | 192.60 | 18.57 | 16.45 | 9.38 | 10.06 | |
| 2008 | 221.00 | 23.60 | |||||||
| Prices of imports and non-factor services Index 2000=100. | 2000 | 93.70 | 97.60 | 101.20 | 107.40 | 15.97 | 19.32 | 16.99 | 19.20 |
| 2001 | 109.80 | 111.90 | 114.90 | 125.50 | 17.18 | 14.65 | 13.54 | 16.85 | |
| 2002 | 140.10 | 139.30 | 139.60 | 142.50 | 27.60 | 24.49 | 21.50 | 13.55 | |
| 2003 | 129.60 | 125.30 | 122.10 | 119.50 | -7.49 | -10.05 | -12.54 | -16.14 | |
| 2004 | 121.20 | 128.00 | 126.00 | 128.00 | -6.48 | 2.15 | 3.19 | 7.11 | |
| 2005 | 125.70 | 131.40 | 134.40 | 134.10 | 3.71 | 2.66 | 6.67 | 4.77 | |
| 2006 | 132.20 | 138.90 | 152.60 | 156.40 | 5.17 | 5.71 | 13.54 | 16.63 | |
| 2007 | 153.50 | 156.40 | 161.90 | 165.60 | 16.11 | 12.60 | 6.09 | 5.88 | |
| 2008 | 180.00 | 17.26 | |||||||
| Terms of trade including gold Index 2000=100. | 2000 | 99.00 | 100.70 | 100.10 | 100.20 | -7.30 | -4.64 | .91 | 1.42 |
| 2001 | 102.10 | 101.20 | 100.40 | 101.20 | 3.13 | .50 | .30 | 1.00 | |
| 2002 | 103.30 | 103.40 | 105.30 | 101.40 | 1.18 | 2.17 | 4.88 | .20 | |
| 2003 | 107.50 | 105.70 | 107.30 | 108.20 | 4.07 | 2.22 | 1.90 | 6.71 | |
| 2004 | 112.90 | 107.80 | 108.10 | 104.60 | 5.02 | 1.99 | .75 | -3.33 | |
| 2005 | 106.30 | 109.70 | 107.40 | 111.60 | -5.85 | 1.76 | -.65 | 6.69 | |
| 2006 | 114.10 | 115.10 | 113.20 | 111.90 | 7.34 | 4.92 | 5.40 | .27 | |
| 2007 | 116.50 | 119.00 | 116.70 | 116.30 | 2.10 | 3.39 | 3.09 | 3.93 | |
| 2008 | 122.80 | 5.41 | |||||||
| Volume of Trade | |||||||||
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| Current prices | (Annualized pct change) | ||||||||
| Year | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Volume of exports and non-factor services excluding gold Index 2000=100. | 2000 | 98.80 | 97.20 | 97.00 | 106.90 | 7.39 | 12.76 | 5.66 | 9.75 |
| 2001 | 104.40 | 108.20 | 99.10 | 101.90 | 5.67 | 11.32 | 2.16 | -4.68 | |
| 2002 | 103.00 | 105.60 | 101.60 | 107.70 | -1.34 | -2.40 | 2.52 | 5.69 | |
| 2003 | 104.30 | 105.00 | 109.70 | 105.40 | 1.26 | -.57 | 7.97 | -2.14 | |
| 2004 | 102.90 | 107.70 | 111.80 | 117.70 | -1.34 | 2.57 | 1.91 | 11.67 | |
| 2005 | 114.30 | 121.30 | 125.60 | 121.90 | 11.08 | 12.63 | 12.34 | 3.57 | |
| 2006 | 117.60 | 125.00 | 130.50 | 142.10 | 2.89 | 3.05 | 3.90 | 16.57 | |
| 2007 | 138.20 | 140.00 | 138.20 | 145.40 | 17.52 | 12.00 | 5.90 | 2.32 | |
| 2008 | 135.10 | -2.24 | |||||||
| Volume of exports and non-factor services including gold Index 2000=100. | 2000 | 100.80 | 97.20 | 97.40 | 104.60 | 5.77 | 12.89 | 20.99 | 29.62 |
| 2001 | 102.10 | 106.90 | 99.00 | 101.20 | 1.29 | 9.98 | 1.64 | -3.25 | |
| 2002 | 101.70 | 104.60 | 100.80 | 106.50 | -.39 | -2.15 | 1.82 | 5.24 | |
| 2003 | 102.30 | 102.20 | 105.90 | 103.70 | .59 | -2.29 | 5.06 | -2.63 | |
| 2004 | 99.80 | 104.70 | 107.50 | 113.90 | -2.44 | 2.45 | 1.51 | 9.84 | |
| 2005 | 109.30 | 115.30 | 119.00 | 116.40 | 9.52 | 10.12 | 10.70 | 2.19 | |
| 2006 | 111.40 | 117.80 | 123.10 | 133.50 | 1.92 | 2.17 | 3.45 | 14.69 | |
| 2007 | 129.40 | 130.80 | 129.70 | 136.20 | 16.16 | 11.04 | 5.36 | 2.02 | |
| 2008 | 125.50 | -3.01 | |||||||
| Volume of imports and non-factor services Index 2000=100. | 2000 | 100.80 | 97.60 | 99.50 | 102.10 | 7.12 | 4.16 | 5.40 | 4.61 |
| 2001 | 100.60 | 102.40 | 97.80 | 100.20 | -.20 | 4.92 | -1.71 | -1.86 | |
| 2002 | 103.60 | 105.50 | 105.10 | 108.20 | 2.98 | 3.03 | 7.46 | 7.98 | |
| 2003 | 107.90 | 111.60 | 116.40 | 120.70 | 4.15 | 5.78 | 10.75 | 11.55 | |
| 2004 | 121.00 | 130.60 | 132.70 | 138.50 | 12.14 | 17.03 | 14.00 | 14.75 | |
| 2005 | 135.50 | 142.50 | 149.60 | 149.30 | 11.98 | 9.11 | 12.74 | 7.80 | |
| 2006 | 156.10 | 168.00 | 170.30 | 191.00 | 15.20 | 17.89 | 13.84 | 27.93 | |
| 2007 | 188.70 | 189.20 | 189.20 | 189.80 | 20.88 | 12.62 | 11.10 | -.63 | |
| 2008 | 194.70 | ||||||||