The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) data shows that in the first half of 2009, China was South Africa’s top export destination with huge annual growth of 53.9%.

China has overtaken Japan, the United States and Germany as the top export market. China took 11.9% of total South African exports, while the US took 8.3% and Japan 7.5%.

On the other side, China is now the biggest import market, overtaking Germany, according to the latest DTI statistics.

Reported by Business Report