South Africa | Exports of goods and services (current US$)

Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Exports of goods and services (current US$)
1960 2238599104.5604
1961 2337999064.8004
1962 2498999000.4004
1963 2696398921.4404
1964 2846198861.5205
1965 2913398834.6405
1966 3123398750.6405
1967 3385198645.9205
1968 3760398495.8406
1969 3859798456.0806
1970 3904598438.1606
1971 4325959813.595
1972 5260658883.2157
1973 7213682652.7216
1974 9997395055.3146
1975 10231126640.956
1976 9840552460.1381
1977 11914002978.501
1978 14669403667.351
1979 19695423996.732
1980 28496444685.26
1981 23474809675.254
1982 20090880959.573
1983 20941567184.274
1984 19094719161.215
1985 17986023085.466
1986 19987466258.678
1987 25959795347.129
1988 26828616017.468
1989 25616574210.244
1990 27148931269.062
1991 26149497612.55
1992 27855753863.761
1993 29312901691.749
1994 30010718717.314
1995 34412207047.808
1996 35543985845.299
1997 36601647322.613
1998 34450654127.031
1999 33741638410.052
2000 37034203153.162
2001 35694800701.716
2002 36701099077.703
2003 47117624127.383
2004 58215305278.44
2005 68171982951.658
2006 79301796383.663
2007 93124912619.857
2008 101967105838.93
2009 82381621006.425
2010 107610657455.82
2011 126912776368.75
2012 117892612029.38
2013 113768565563.41
2014 110550033012.43
2015 96085897668.363
2016 91109021408.952
2017 104288394991.05
2018 111434691808.01
2019 105906059176.94
2020 93122660985.06
2021 130704196367.41
2022 135921544367.85

South Africa | Exports of goods and services (current US$)

Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source