It analyses trends in global exports and imports of capital goods; and trends in South African imports and exports of capital goods. [...] Graph 1 shows the global exports of capital goods of the top five exporters and the rest of the exporters, and the share of global exports of South Africa and the top three exporters. [...] CAPITAL GOODS SHARE IN SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE Graph 5 presents the share of South Africa’s capital goods trade in total imports and exports, as well as the capital goods share in total manufacturing trade. [...] The share of manufacturing exports increased from 6% in 2021 to 9% in 2022, mainly due to a surge in exports to the European Union and the United States, as detailed in the trends in South African exports section. [...] The sources of the surges in exports to the EU include the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands.
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Table of Contents
- Author Lucas Mthembu TIPS Economist 1
- CONTENTS 2
- Graphs 2
- Tables 2
- Disclaimer 2
- ABBREVIATIONS 3
- 1. INTRODUCTION 4
- 2. TRENDS IN GLOBAL EXPORTS 4
- Graph 1 Global capital goods exports by country and share of global exports 4
- Graph 2 Global capital goods exports by product 5
- 3. TRENDS IN GLOBAL IMPORTS 5
- Graph 3 Global capital goods imports by country and share of imports 6
- Graph 4 Global imports of capital goods by product 6
- 4. CAPITAL GOODS SHARE IN SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE 7
- Graph 5 Capital goods share of total South African trade and manufacturing trade 7
- 5. TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICAN IMPORTS 7
- Graph 6 Imports by major import partner 8
- Graph 7 Top five imported products 8
- 6. TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICAN EXPORTS 9
- Graph 8 Exports by major export partner 9
- Graph 9 Top five exported products 10
- 6.1. Trends in South African exports to Africa 10
- Graph 10 South African exports by African region 10
- Graph 11 South African exports by SADC and SACU countries 11
- 7. TRENDS IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT 11
- Table 1 Capital goods industry FDI projects in South Africa 2016 2023Q3 13
- INVESTOR FIRMS PROJECT NAME 13
- INVESTMENT VALUE PROVINCE 13
- INVESTOR COUNTRY 13
- 8. DOMINANT FOREIGN EXPORTERS 13
- Table 2 SAEEC 2023 capital equipment exporter of the year per turnover 14
- TURNOVER RANDS EXPORTER 14
- 9. CONCLUSION 15
- REFERENCES 16
- ANNEXURE A OTHER CAPITAL GOODS 17
- Table 3 Other capital goods 17
- OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINERY OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINERY 17
- Trade Industrial Policies Strategies TIPS is an independent non-profit economic research 17
