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Do you know South Africa exports vehicles? Jip we manufacture a range of vehicles (mostly right hand drive cars) for the local and international market.
We manufacture cars for Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. We import the parts, assemble the cars and then ship them off to other right hand drive locations such as the United Kingdom. |
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So just how many vehicles do we export every month?
The line graph below shows the monthly vehicle exports as reported by NAAMSA from April 2013. The raw number is exceptionally volatile so we added a 13month moving average to smooth out some of the volatility and get to the underlying trend in the volatile data. From the moving average numbers it shows there was a pretty strong increases early on (2014-2015) but after that it has flattened out and has stayed relatively stable over the last number of years.
Based on the graphic above and the moving average, South Africa exports an average of 16 905 vehicles every month. Which in turn implies that South Africa exports an average of 202 860 vehicles every year. Which is a considerable amount of cars being shipped out of South Africa.
But lets break down the vehicle exports (per month) and the total for each year a little more. The table below shows the average number of vehicles exported per month for every year, as well as the total number of vehicles exported each year from 2014.
Year |
Monthly |
Total for year |
2014 |
13 050 |
156 600 |
2015 |
19 144 |
229 728 |
2016 |
19 879 |
238 548 |
2017 |
19 246 |
230 952 |
2018 |
15 945 |
191 340 (estimate) |
South Africa's manufacturing industry has been faltering for years, and it looks like the number of vehicles produced in South Africa has hit its peak and things are starting to slow down in this sector too. This is not good for the sector and one would hope continued foreign investment in local vehicle manufacturing plants take place, to ensure this part of the manufacturing sector stays strong and contributes to job creation and skills development in South Africa. As a interesting side note, the majority of vehicle exports leaves SA's borders via Port Elizabeth and East London.