1. Do you include in trade statistics non-monetary gold? | YES |
2. Do you include in trade statistics trade on government account? | YES |
3. Do you include in trade statistics military goods? | YES |
4. Do you include in trade statistics electricity, gas and water? | YES |
5. Do you include in trade statistics postal items? | YES |
6. Do you include in trade statistics goods used as carriers of information and software (not to order)? | YES |
7. Do you include in trade statistics trade in marine vessels and aircraft that engage in international traffic? | YES |
8. Do you include in trade statistics mobile equipment (i.e. drilling rigs) operating in international waters? Comment: Regarded as a temporary export. | NO |
9. Do you include in trade statistics goods delivered to and from offshore installations located in the economic territory of the compiling country? Comment: Regarded as temporary removals. | NO |
10. Do you include in trade statistics trade in products mined from the seabed in international waters? | YES |
11. Do you include in trade statistics bunkers, stores, ballast and dunnage supplied to foreign vessels or aircraft in the national territory? | YES |
12. Do you include in trade statistics bunkers, stores, ballast and dunnage sold from foreign vessels or aircraft in the national territory? | YES |
13. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage landed from foreign vessels in national ports? | YES |
14. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage acquired by national vessels on the high seas from foreign vessels? | YES |
15. Do you include in trade statistics goods for processing? | YES |
16. Do you include in trade statistics goods on financial lease (one year or more)? | YES |
17. Do you include in trade statistics illegal trade? Comment: Illegal goods, if cleared, would not be allowed on the open market but would be abandoned to government and would therefore not be included in trade statistics. | NO |
18. Do you include in trade statistics barter trade? | YES |
19. Do you include in trade statistics foreign aid? Comment: Not if monetary aid. | NO |
20. Do you include in trade statistics local border trade? Comment: Trade across provincial borders or in the Customs union not included in trade statistics. | NO |
21. Do you include in trade statistics goods consigned by a government to its armed forces and diplomatic representatives abroad? | YES |
22. Do you include in trade statistics monetary gold? | YES |
23. Do you include in trade statistics issued securities, banknotes and coins in circulation? Comment: Banknotes and coins are locally produced. | NO |
24. Do you include in trade statistics bunkers, stores, ballast and dunnage acquired abroad for national vessels or aircraft? Comment: There would be no clearance documents. | NO |
25. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage sold abroad from national vessels? Comment: There would be no export documents. | NO |
26. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage sold to foreign vessels from national vessels? Comment: See footnote 25. | NO |
27. Do you include in trade statistics goods on operational lease (less than one year)? | YES |
28. Do you include in trade statistics improvement and repair trade? | YES |
29. Do you include in trade statistics goods on temporary admission? Comment: Normally no change in ownership has taken place. | NO |
30. Is transit trade (i.e. goods simply being transported through the territory) excluded from the import and export statistics? | YES |
31. Are separate data available in respect of transit trade? | NO |
32. Is there a minimum value below which a transaction is not included in the trade statistics? | YES |
33. If Yes, what is that value in respect of exports? Comment: R20. | < $25 |
34. If Yes, what is that value in respect of imports? | N/A |
35. In the compilation of trade statistics, do you distinguish between civilian and military uses for aircraft? | YES |
36. In the compilation of trade statistics, do you distinguish between civilian and military uses for radio navigational aids, radars and radio remote control apparatus? | YES |
37. In the compilation of trade statistics, do you distinguish between civilian and military uses for chemicals, leather, rubber, clothing etc.? | NO |
38. Are there customs warehouses/customs bonded warehouses in your country? | YES |
39. Are there free zones (free ports, entrepôt ports, free warehouses) in your country? Comment: E.g., Jan Smuts Airport. | YES |
40. Are there warehouses for inward processing? | YES |
41. Do you use the general trade system? | YES |
42. If Yes, are separate data available for domestic exports (goods of national origin)? | YES |
43. If Yes, are separate data available for re-exports of imported goods in free circulation? | YES |
44. If Yes, are separate data available for exports from customs bonded warehouses and free zones? Comment: There are no free zones, and only internal information is available for goods in bonded warehouses. | NO |
45. If Yes, are separate data available for imports into customs bonded warehouses and free zones? Comment: See footnote 44. | NO |
46. If Yes, are separate data available for exports from inward processing zones? Comment: There are no processing zones. | NO |
47. If Yes, are separate data available for imports into inward processing zones? Comment: See footnote 46. | NO |
48. Do you use the special trade system? | NO |
49. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for imports into premises for customs warehousing? | N/A |
50. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for exports from premises for customs warehousing? | N/A |
51. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for exports from premises for inward processing? | N/A |
52. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for imports into premises for inward processing? | N/A |
53. Is the statistical value of imported goods a CIF-type value? | NO |
54. Is the statistical value of exported goods an FOB-type value? | YES |
55. Do you use some other valuation for imports? | YES |
56. Do you use some other valuation for exports? | NO |
57. Are data separately available for freight and insurance costs? Comment: Total CIF value in respect of each consignment is available, but not that for each commodity cleared in the consignment. | NO |
58. Do you classify imports by country of origin or production? | YES |
59. Do you classify imports by country of consignment? | NO |
60. Do you classify imports by country of purchase? | NO |
61. Do you classify exports by country of consumption or home use? | NO |
62. Do you classify exports by country of last known destination? | YES |
63. Do you classify exports by country of sale? | YES |
64. Do you compile total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | NO |
65. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | N/A |
66. What is the latest year for which total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale are available? | N/A |
67. Do you compile the total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | NO |
68. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | N/A |
69. What is the latest year for which total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase are available? | N/A |
70. Do you compile the total exports from warehouses for inward processing by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | NO |
71. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from warehouses for inward processing by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | N/A |
72. What is the latest year for which total exports from warehouses for inward processing by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale are available? | N/A |
73. Do you compile the total imports into warehouses for inward processing by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | NO |
74. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into warehouses for inward processing by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | N/A |
75. What is the latest year for which total imports into warehouses for inward processing by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase are available? | N/A |
76. Do you compile the total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | NO |
77. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | N/A |
78. What is the latest year for which total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports are available? | N/A |
79. Do you compile the total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | NO |
80. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | N/A |
81. What is the latest year for which total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports are available? | N/A |
82. Do you compile the total exports from warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | NO |
83. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | N/A |
84. What is the latest year for which total exports from warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country for exports are available? | N/A |
85. Do you compile the total imports into warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | NO |
86. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | N/A |
87. What is the latest year for which total imports into warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports are available? | N/A |
88. Are the data referred in questions 76 - 87 available on tape? | N/A |
89. Are the data referred in questions 76 - 87 available on diskette? | N/A |
90. Are the data referred in questions 76 - 87 available in a publication? | N/A |
91. Do you use the Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature (CCCN)? | YES |
92. Do you use the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS)? Comment: Extended to 8-digit. | YES |
93. Do you use the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)? | YES |
94. Do you use classifications other than CCCN, HS and SITC? Comment: ISIC and BEC; only published annually in yearbook in terms of ISIC/BEC divisions. | YES |
95. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use HS? | YES |
96. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use SITC, Rev.1? | NO |
97. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use SITC, Rev.2? | YES |
98. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use SITC, Rev.3? | NO |
99. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use the Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature (CCCN)? | NO |
100. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use a classification other than CCCN, HS and SITC? | NO |
101. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to SITC, Rev.1? | NO |
102. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to SITC, Rev.2? | YES |
103. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to SITC, Rev.3? | NO |
104. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to another classification? Comment: BEC, ISIC. | YES |
105. Is confidentiality applied to certain products? Comment: Exp.: bullion, platinum, uranium, defence stores, some mineral products. Imp.: crude oil products, petrol, defence stores. | YES |
106. Do you use customs declarations as a source? | YES |
107. If you use customs declarations as a source, do you use other sources as well? | NO |
108. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date goods enter/leave the economic territory? | NO |
109. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date of customs clearance? | YES |
110. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date of receipt of the source document at the statistical agency? | NO |
111. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics other than indicated in questions 108-110? | N/A |
112. Is conversion of foreign currencies into national currency based on the prevailing market or on the official rate? | NO |
113. Is conversion of foreign currencies into national currency based on an official rate established solely for conversion of trade data? | YES |
114. Are different (multiple) rates used in currency conversion? Comment: A single rate of exchange determined by the Customs Administration is used. | NO |
115. Are different (multiple) rates used in currency conversion for exports? Comment: Exports are reflected in local currency. | N/A |
116. Are different (multiple) rates used in currency conversion for imports? Comment: Imports are reflected in local currency. | N/A |
117. Is the exchange rate used for currency conversion that which is in effect at the time of exportation or importation? | NO |
118. Is the exchange rate used for currency conversion a rate different from that which is in effect at the time of exportation or importation? Comment: Date of transport document. | YES |
119. Monthly data become available in (days): | > 1month |
120. Quarterly data become available in (days): | N/A |
121. Annual data become available in (days): | > 90days |
122. On what basis can you provide data on total imports? | Monthly |
123. On what basis can you provide data on total exports? | Monthly |
124. On what basis can you provide data on total re-exports? | N/A |
125. On what basis can you provide data on total imports by any of the following partner country attributions: origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | Monthly |
126. On what basis can you provide data on total exports by any of the following partner country attributions: consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | Monthly |
127. On what basis can you provide data on total re-exports by any of the following partner country attributions: consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | N/A |
128. On what basis can you provide data on total imports by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | Monthly |
129. On what basis can you provide data on total exports by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | Monthly |
130. On what basis can you provide data on total re-exports by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | N/A |
131. On what basis can you provide other data?.........(Please specify.) | N/A |
132. Are the data referred to the questions 122 - 131 available on tape? | YES |
133. Are the data referred to the questions 122 - 131 available on diskette? | YES |
134. Are the data referred to the questions 122 - 131 available in a publication? | YES |
135. Do you have available external trade data by air? Comment: Not for publication. | YES |
136. Do you have available external trade data by sea? Comment: See footnote 135. | YES |
137. Do you have available external trade data by inland waterway? | NO |
138. Do you have available external trade data by railway? Comment: See footnote 135. | YES |
139. Do you have available external trade data by road? Comment: See footnote 135. | YES |
140. Do you have available external trade data by pipeline? | NO |
141. Do you have available external trade data by other mode of transportation? | N/A |
142. Do you collect quantity data? | YES |
143. Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of all commodities where applicable? | NO |
144. Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of most commodities? | YES |
145. Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of a few selected commodities? | NO |
146. For commodities where a unit of quantity measurement other than weight is commonly used, do you use this unit in addition to weight? | YES |
147. For commodities where a unit of quantity measurement other than weight is commonly used, do you use only this unit? | YES |
148. Do you use units of weight on a net basis (e.g. excluding packing)? | YES |
149. Do you use units of weight on a gross basis? | NO |
150. Do you use for ships, number of ships? | YES |
151. Do you use for ships, gross registered tons? | NO |
152. Do you use for ships, dead-weight tons? | NO |
153. Do you use for ships, other quantity units? | NO |
154. Do you use for aircraft, number of planes? | YES |
155. Do you use for aircraft their carrying capacity in terms of number of seats and/or kilograms? | NO |
156. Do you use for aircraft other quantity units? | NO |