The South Africa trade fact sheet aims to enhance international trade advocacy of South African trade unions, particularly the campaign to uphold labour rights within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Drawing on national and international data sources, it provides a snapshot of international trade, focusing on revenue, imports, exports, and intra-Africa trade.
It also describes the country’s export processing zones, industrial policy, and labour migration.
South Africa’s intra-Africa trade is significantly low as its export to the rest of Africa was just about 17 percent of total export in 2022. Similarly, just about 9 percent of total imports came from the rest of Africa.
Resource: South Africa Trade Fact Sheet: Trade unions, trade and AfCFTA
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Dr Prince Asafu‐Adjaye
Prince Asafu‐Adjaye is an Associate at the Labour Research Service with a PhD in Development Studies and a background in Applied Labour Economics and Sociology. His doctoral research focused on trade union responses to neoliberalism in Ghana. With 15 years of experience in trade union research and policy at the Trades Union Congress (Ghana), his interests include labour markets, labour market institutions, and industrial relations.
