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 |
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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 |
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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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