08 Jul 2011South Africa’s primary agricultural exports declined significantly, from R7,5 billion in the third quarter of 2010 to R4,2 billion in the fourth quarter, while primary agricultural imports moved more or less sideways.
The trade surplus of primary products fell from R5,2 billion to R2,2 billion, according to the May edition of TradeProbe, published by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) in co-operation with the agriculture department. Mozambique, Japan and the Netherlands topped the list of South Africa’s growing export markets between 2009 and 2010. Exports of ethyl alcohol to Mozambique, groundnuts to Japan and avocados to the Netherlands registered the highest growth.
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