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We take a look at South Africa's imports of tomatoes in more detail. How many kilograms of tomatoes did we import during 2019? Who did we import these tomatoes from and what was the overall value of our tomato imports?
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South Africa's imports of tomatoes for 2019 looked at in more detail
So lets take a look at the main sources of South Africa's tomato imports first. The summary below shows the countries South Africa imported tomatoes from (ranked from highest to lowest in terms of total value of tomato imports) from January 2019 to November 2019
Next up we take a look at the amount of tomatoes imported into South Africa during the period January 2019 to November 2019 (ranked from highest to lowest based on the number of kilograms of tomatoes imported)
- Namibia: R 13 738 650
- Unclassified: R5 235 200
- Italy: R601 572
- Swaziland: R34 301
- Singapore : R 4 270
- Netherlands: R2 594
- Nigeria : R1 257
- Spain : R1 181
- Belgium : R575
- Poland: R327
- Egypt: R15
- Greece: R4
Next up we take a look at the amount of tomatoes imported into South Africa during the period January 2019 to November 2019 (ranked from highest to lowest based on the number of kilograms of tomatoes imported)
- Namibia : 1 813 695
- Unclassified: 697 815
- Swaziland: 7 157
- Nigeria: 500
- Poland: 220
- Italy : 72
- Netherlands: 46
- Spain: 15
- Belgium: 11
- Egypt: 11
- Greece: 9
- Singapore: 1.2
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Price per kilogram of tomatoes per country?
The summary below shows the price per kilogram of tomatoes imported into South Africa per country for the period January 2019 to November 2019:
The above makes on question the accuracy or validity of the customs data published by the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The 72 kilograms of tomatoes imported from Italy cost a whopping R601 572 (or R8 403 a kilogram), which we find highly unlikely. This must be the most expensive tomatoes on planet earth if this is true. The same goes for the lousy 1 kilogram of tomatoes that South Africa imported from Singapore at a cost of R4 270 (or R3 558 per kilogram).
Another data quality issue is the amount of tomatoes in kilograms (697 815kgs of tomatoes), to which the country of origin is assigned as "Unclassified". So essentially the customs office cannot tell us where almost 700 000kgs of tomatoes, worth an estimated R5.23 millon that was imported into South Africa came from. If the data quality and coverage issues are ignored for now, the biggest supplier of South Africa's tomato imports is its northerly neighbor Namibia, with South Africa importing 1.8 million kilograms of tomatoes from Namibia at a total value of R13.74 million at an average price of R7.60 per kilogram of tomatoes
- Italy: R8 403.0
- Singapore: R3 558.3
- Spain : R78.7
- Netherlands: R56.5
- Belgium: R50.8
- Namibia : R7.6
- Unclassified: R7.5
- Swaziland: R4.8
- Nigeria: R2.5
- Poland: R1.5
- Egypt: R1.4
- Greece : R 0.5
The above makes on question the accuracy or validity of the customs data published by the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The 72 kilograms of tomatoes imported from Italy cost a whopping R601 572 (or R8 403 a kilogram), which we find highly unlikely. This must be the most expensive tomatoes on planet earth if this is true. The same goes for the lousy 1 kilogram of tomatoes that South Africa imported from Singapore at a cost of R4 270 (or R3 558 per kilogram).
Another data quality issue is the amount of tomatoes in kilograms (697 815kgs of tomatoes), to which the country of origin is assigned as "Unclassified". So essentially the customs office cannot tell us where almost 700 000kgs of tomatoes, worth an estimated R5.23 millon that was imported into South Africa came from. If the data quality and coverage issues are ignored for now, the biggest supplier of South Africa's tomato imports is its northerly neighbor Namibia, with South Africa importing 1.8 million kilograms of tomatoes from Namibia at a total value of R13.74 million at an average price of R7.60 per kilogram of tomatoes