South Africa - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in South Africa was 35.33 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.14 in 1960 and a minimum value of 31.92 in 1978.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49.14
1961 46.15
1962 43.32
1963 45.38
1964 47.39
1965 47.96
1966 43.88
1967 43.24
1968 41.65
1969 43.41
1970 45.28
1971 44.97
1972 39.71
1973 42.18
1974 48.59
1975 42.10
1976 38.96
1977 32.42
1978 31.92
1979 35.94
1980 39.66
1981 45.03
1982 42.72
1983 37.61
1984 40.48
1985 44.52
1986 42.91
1987 40.24
1988 41.99
1989 45.02
1990 41.27
1991 44.19
1992 40.42
1993 37.31
1994 40.78
1995 40.09
1996 42.89
1997 42.89
1998 42.20
1999 42.68
2000 43.05
2001 41.49
2002 42.77
2003 40.53
2004 43.84
2005 44.93
2006 48.52
2007 48.03
2008 46.45
2009 40.18
2010 37.92
2011 41.23
2012 43.96
2013 43.63
2014 44.04
2015 40.89
2016 36.86
2017 37.62
2018 39.19
2019 38.70
2020 35.33

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports