South Africa |
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| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| |
| Agriculture
- products |
corn, wheat, sugarcane,
fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products
|
| Exports |
$31.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
|
| Exports
- commodities |
gold, diamonds, platinum, other
metals and minerals, machinery and equipment (1998 est.) |
| Exports
- partners |
UK 12.8%, US 12.7%, Germany 9%,
Japan 8.8%, Italy 5.8% (2002) |
| Imports |
$26.6 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
|
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery and equipment, chemicals,
petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs (2000
est.) |
| Imports
- partners |
Germany 15.4%, US 9.4%, UK 9%,
Saudi Arabia 6.9%, Japan 5.8%, France 5%, China 4.9%, Iran 4.1%
(2002) |
| Currency |
rand (ZAR) |
| Exchange
rates |
rand per US dollar - 10.54 (2002),
8.61 (2001), 6.94 (2000), 6.11 (1999), 5.53 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
1 April - 31 March |
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