South Africa’s trade surplus widens to $2.28 billion in November

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s trade surplus widened to 35.83 billion rand ($2.28 billion) in November from a revised surplus of 27.68 billion rand in October, data from the revenue service showed on Tuesday.

Exports rose 4.5% on a month-on-month basis to 162.79 billion rand, while imports fell 0.9% to 126.96 billion rand, the South African Revenue Service said.

($1 = 15.7492 rand)

(Reporting by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; Editing by Nqobile Dludla)

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