Exports:
$41.97 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and
equipment (1998 est.)
Exports - partners:
US 10.2%, UK 9.2%, Japan 9%, Germany 7.1%, Netherlands 4% (2004)
Imports:
$39.42 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific
instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)
Imports - partners:
Germany 14.2%, US 8.5%, China 7.5%, Japan 6.9%, UK 6.9%, France 6%,
Saudi Arabia 5.6%, Iran 5% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$11.68 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$27.01 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$487.5 million (2000)
Currency (code):
rand (ZAR)