Exports - commodities:
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and
equipment (1998 est.)
Exports - partners:
UK 12.6%, US 12.4%, Japan 9.2%, Germany 8.1%, China 4.7%, Italy
4.4% (2003)
Imports:
$33.89 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific
instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)
Imports - partners:
Germany 16.6%, UK 8.5%, US 8.2%, Japan 5.9%, China 5.9%, Saudi
Arabia 5.2%, France 5% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$7.972 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$25.9 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$487.5 million (2000)
Currency:
rand (ZAR)
Currency code:
ZAR