# South Africa Imports of goods and services, constant 2015 prices, SA annualised (SARB Web API NRI6014D; Quarterly Bulletin KBP6014D)

South Africa Imports of goods and services, constant 2015 prices, SA annualised (SARB Web API NRI6014D; Quarterly Bulletin KBP6014D) was up 5.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −1.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,376,339 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.7% (Q2 2020) to 21.0% (Q3 2022), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Web API
- Makrognosis code: `ZA.IMPORTS.Q.REAL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR
- Coverage: 1960-03-31 to 2026-06-30 (266 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-africa/imports-of-goods-and-services-constant-2015-prices-sa-annualised-sarb

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,376,339 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 5.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,312,034 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −1.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,341,659 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 2.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,334,514 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 3.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,305,475 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −2.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,333,513 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,305,066 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −6.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,287,780 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −3.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,341,221 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −8.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,320,953 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −7.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,389,660 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 2.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,336,976 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −2.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,465,458 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 7.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,422,638 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 9.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,358,609 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 10.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,371,254 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 21.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,368,346 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 17.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,304,010 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 11.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,231,443 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 12.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,133,238 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 15.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,166,238 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | 17.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,167,707 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −3.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,094,525 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −13.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 983,995 ZAR million, 2015 prices, SAAR | −24.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/ZA.IMPORTS.Q.REAL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/ZA.IMPORTS.Q.REAL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```