1 JAPAN - R34.4 billion, platinum accounting for one-third of the total, also raw materials like coal (69 million tons through the port of Richards Bay last year), iron ore, wood, aluminium, nickel, motor vehicles and crustaceans. 2 INDIA – R19.7 billion, of which more than half, R12.6 billion, is gold. 3 CHINA – R9.7 billion, mainly rolled stainless steel and iron ore products. 4 KOREA (SOUTH) – R5.6 billion, ferro-alloys, aluminium, copper and motor vehicles. 5 TAIWAN – R5.2 billion, motor vehicles, ferro-alloys, copper and aluminium. Source: Customs & Excise
