00859nam a22001337a 4500 SA Revenue Service (SARS) SARS Media Statement On UNCTAD Report Pretoria SARS 2016 2p. This media statement notes that the South Africa’s Trade Statistics are compiled according to the United Nations International Merchandise Trade Statistics (UN IMTS) guidelines which are based on the movement of goods in and out of the country’s economic territories. The report indicates that South Africa’s gold exports were $34.5 billion and gold imported by South Africa’s trading partners was $116.2 billion. Thus the difference in the export value of gold is $81.7 billion. Smuggling iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/sars-media-statement-on-unctad-report-29-july-2016.pdf CF 745 745