Question NW29 to the Minister of Trade and Industry

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27 February 2020 - NW29

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Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)What (a) is the contribution of goat farming to the Republic’s agricultural export from 2014 to 2019 and (b) are the details of each destination and the form of export of goat as (i) livestock and/or (ii) processed meat exported to each destination?

Reply:

1. (a) Neither the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) nor Statistics South Africa publishes statistics on goat farming.

(b) The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is the legislated entity for statistics on the importation and exportation of goods.

(b) (i) According to SARS data published on the dti’s Trade Statistics portal, downloaded on 13 February 2020, South Africa exported goat livestock to the destinations indicated in Table 1.

Table 1: Goat Livestock Exports by Destination (2014-2019), Rands

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

UAE

3,652,215

UAE

6,981,829

Lesotho

3,381,028

Mauritius

5,243,500

Mauritius

8,275,592

Thailand

4,039,794

Nigeria

2,162,332

Mauritius

3,045,546

Mauritius

2,741,599

Botswana

4,336,366

Singapore

4,490,277

Mauritius

3,199,713

Botswana

1,377,653

Botswana

1,649,694

UAE

2,140,450

UAE

3,250,979

Botswana

8, 931,000

Bangladesh

1,208,881

Mauritius

1,007,450

Lesotho

1,361,258

Botswana

2,015,479

Comoros

2,520,679

Zimbabwe

2,109,291

Zimbabwe

975,177

Kenya

941,285

Namibia

1,120,173

Zambia

1,638,166

Saudi Arabia

1,596,825

Zambia

1,032,570

Lesotho

360 516

Mozambique

851,617

Zambia

902,312

Zimbabwe

1,463,363

Lesotho

1,239,448

Namibia

1,021,529

Eswatini

322,812

Namibia

765,879

Mozambique

887,540

Nepal

1,351,575

Kenya

1,126,666

Thailand

841,705

Tanzania

284,400

Zambia

445,500

Zimbabwe

542,200

Namibia

1,294,689

Bangladesh

941,556

Bangladesh

833,663

Mozambique

192,000

Lesotho

430,896

Angola

415,,000

Kenya

714,037

Zimbabwe

753,059

Sudan

587,470

Zambia

177,845

Angola

350,221

Kenya

320,112

Mozambique

548.428

Namibia

638,238

Saudi Arabia

578,500

Senegal

161, 712

Thailand

170, 955

Cameroon

157,232

Uganda

458,078

Senegal

594,270

Senegal

512,085

Switzerland

137,485

Zimbabwe

156,915

Malawi

100, 000

Eswatini

332,590

Uganda

523,890

Kenya

438,000

Italy

70,947

Malawi

121,200

Eswatini

94, 178

Senegal

310,525

Mozambique

515,526

Uganda

418,698

France

67,340

Eswatini

115, 727

Bangladesh

84, 096

Malawi

77,193

Malawi

424,150

Lesotho

411,445

Kenya

52,477

Dem rep of Congo

56, 214

Tunisia

60,822

unallocated

50,500

unallocated

423,950

Mozambique

284,534

Ghana

49,000

Sri Lanka

34 ,256

unallocated

21,950

Australia

20,372

Nigeria

400,000

Eswatini

262,479

Namibia

24,296

USA

15, 050

UK

6,534

Ghana

882

reunion

47,782

unallocated

204,700

Australia

18,179

India

13 ,206

Netherlands

3, 004

 

 

Australia

38,315

Tanzania

8,056

Botswana

9.547

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands

2,660

Italy

233,954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eswatini

2,896

Australia

62,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK

150

USA

74,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

china

40

 

 

Total

12,668,571

 

17,753,480

 

18,538,954

 

24,620,905

 

25,076,293

 

11,352,121

(b) (ii) According to SARS data which is published on the dti’s Trade Statistics portal, downloaded on 13 February 2020, South Africa exported goat meat to the destinations indicated in Table 2.

Table 2: Goat Meat Exports by Destination (2014-2019), Rands

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Destination

Value

Namibia

743,764

Lesotho

1,394,909

Lesotho

2,021,099

Namibia

425,875

Mozambique

26,699

Hong Kong

169,827

Bahrain

400,617

Mozambique

47,946

Seychelles

392,160

Lesotho

133,296

Lesotho

230

Botswana

20,092

Lesotho

281,882

Maldives

6,828

Zambia

235,625

Hong Kong

105,147

 

 

Lesotho

9,447

Seychelles

256,402

Germany

2,660

Tanzania

34,216

Mozambique

5,854

 

 

Mozambique

8,978

DRC

153,718

DRC

1,752

Hong Kong

20,014

 

 

 

 

Ghana

3,784

UAE

126,435

 

 

Mozambique

9,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gabon

101,442

 

 

Namibia

6,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nigeria

95,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oman

54,179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kuwait

49,514

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maldives

49,432

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tanzania

26,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eswatini

8,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mozambique

5,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zimbabwe

4,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethiopia

1,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

2,359,123

 

1,454,095

 

2,719,763

 

670,172

 

26,929

 

212,128

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