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ANNUAL TRADE STATISTICS BULLETIN | 2012 1

ANNUAL TRADE STATISTICSBULLETIN

2012

ANNUAL TRADE STATISTICS BULLETIN | 20122

Mission, Vision and Core Values

MISSION STATEMENT“In a coordinated manner produce and disseminate relevant, quality and timely statistics

that are fit-for-purpose in accordance with international standards and best practice“

VISION STATEMENT“Be a high performance institution in statistics delivery”

CORE VALUESPerformance

Integrity

Service focus

Transparency

Accuracy

Partnership


Preface

Foreign trade plays an important role in a nation’s economy, but in particular in a country such as Namibia with a small population and unequal distribution of wealth that limits the purchasing power of the majority of the population. Hence, trade policies and the formulation of strategies are a focus of attention for political decision makers, planners, traders and development economists.

Foreign trade statistics measure values and quantities of goods that, by moving into or out of a country, add to or subtract from the nation’s material stock of goods. Foreign trade statistics are invaluable for the formulation of monetary, fiscal and regional integration policies. Reliable import statistics are crucial in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), since the share in intra-SACU trade deter-mines part of the country’s transfers from the Common Revenue Pool.

Since Namibia’s independence, government policy has been to develop, promote and diversify the country’s exports, to expand and consolidate market shares of existing markets and to penetrate new markets. Improvements in recording trade flows and the comput-erization of procedures at the Directorate of Customs and Excise through the introduction of an Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA++) has significantly enhanced the timely dissemination and analysis of trade statistics through prompt transfer of captured trade data at Customs to the Namibia Statistics Agency. These improvements in data capturing enable us to determine whether we have made progress concerning regional economic integration by analysing the trade flows between, for instance, SACU and SADC member countries. Furthermore, the data indicates whether we are competitive on the regional and global market with our manufac-tured products and can penetrate new markets with new products.

Last but not least trade flows show whether our trade strategies as well as the outgoing and incoming trade missions have been suc-cessful in increasing exports to and in sourcing inputs from a more diversified set of countries. These few examples illustrate how vital the information contained in this report is.

This bulletin presents trade statistical information for the year 2012 as compared to the previous year 2011. The data is presented by various trade categories, including; major products; country of origin and destination; and economic zones.

DR JOHN STEYTLER STATISTICIAN GENERAL


ContentsPreface 3

Introduction 6

Summary of exports and imports 6

Exports by major products 6

Major Re-Exports 7

Imports by major products 8

Trade by BEC classifications 9

Trade by SITC classifications 10

Exports to key markets 10

Imports from key markets 11

Namibia’s exports and imports by economic blocs 12

Exports 12

Imports 13

Conclusions 14

A description of Namibia’s Trade Statistics System 15

Appendix 16


IntroductionThe mandate of the Namibia Statistics Agency is to produce and disseminate relevant, quality and timely statistics, including statistics relating to imports and exports of goods and services. This bulletin presents a summary of the trade statistics in terms of imports and exports of merchandise goods for the year 2012 compared to the year 2011. More detailed data can be provided on request.

The basic information for the compilation of trade statistics is collected and / or captured based on import/export declarations made by traders and agents.

Through the introduction of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA++) in the Customs and Excise Department in the Ministry of Finance the process of compiling trade statistics has been accelerated. And enables NSA to, provide accurate, timely and relevant data.

This bulletin reveals the trade flow between Namibia and the rest of the world for the year 2012 as compared to that of 2011. It exam-ines the overall trade performance by value, commodities, trading partners and economic zones. Furthermore, a summary of the trade flow for the years 2011 and 2012 is shown in the annex, by quarterly and by major economic blocs, respectively.

Summary of exports and importsNamibia’s trade flow increased from 2003 through to 2008. In 2009, imports continued with an upward trend before it started to de-cline in 2010 and 2011. They, however, recovered in 2012. Exports declined as well from 2009 through to 2011, but also picked up in 2012. These trends are in line with global developments namely the financial crisis that turned into the worst global economic reces-sion in 2008 since the Great Depression. Consequently, the demand for commodities and hence prices dropped before both started to recover again. Namibia’s trade deficit was minimal between 2004 and 2008, but started widening from 2009 to 2012. It amounted to N$17,336 billion in 2012 compared to N$11,186 billion recorded in the preceding year.

Chart 1: Namibia’s annual Trade Flow for the years 2004 to 2012, in N$ M

Exports by major productsDiamonds, precious or semi-precious stones and metals chapter 71 of the HS classification (Harmonized Commodity De-scription and Coding System) dominated the list of Namibia’s exports, accounting for 29 percent of total exports during the year 2012 compared to 28 percent in the preceding year. Ores, ash and slag (chapter 26) followed in second place ac-counting for 18 percent (up from 15 percent a year earlier), while fish, mollusc, and other aquatic invertebrates (chapter 3) accounted for 14 percent like in the previous year.

HS 28 (inorganic chemicals etc.) recorded the strongest increase of almost 2,000 percent, which can be explained by the extremely low base. Vehicles recorded a substantial growth of 60 percent, while ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) showed the third highest growth of 45 percent. On the other hand, exports of copper dropped by almost 50 percent. The latter was caused by the rehabilitation and extension of the copper smelter in Tsumeb. It is expected that copper exports return to previous levels once this project has been completed.

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Table 1: Namibia’s exports for 2012 and 2011

Major Re-ExportsBoilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (Chapter 84 of HS classification) topped the list of re-exports from Namibia for the year 2012 with a share of 32 percent of total re-exports compared to 24 percent in 2011. Ships, boats and floating structures (Chapter 89) were placed in the second position with a share of 28 percent (down from 42 percent), while the third most significant products re-exported were vehicles (Chapter 87) with a share of 19 percent in 2012 compared to 23 percent a year earlier.

Articles of iron or steel (HS 73) recorded the strongest increase of 1300 percent. Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS 90) recorded a substantial growth of 600 percent, while aircrafts, spacecraft and parts thereof (HS 88) showed the third highest growth of 480 percent. On the other hand, ships, boats and other floating structures (HS 89) dropped by 15 percent.

HS code Commodity descriptions

Value (N$ M) %

Value (N$ M) %

Change in value for

2012 & 2011

71 Diamonds, precious or semi-‐precious stones and metals

12,054

28.6

10,184

27.6 18.4

26 Ores, Slag and Ash

7,766

18.4

5,356

14.5 45.0

03 Fish and crustaceans, mollusc and other aquatic invertebrates

5,716

13.6

5,145

14.0 11.1

79 Zinc and Articles thereof

2,265

5.4

2,391

6.5 -‐5.3

22 Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar

1,982

4.7

1,663

4.5 19.2

74 Copper and Articles thereof

1,550

3.7

2,992

8.1 -‐48.2

87 Vehicles

1,524

3.6

952

2.6 60.1

02 Meat and edible meat offal.

1,493

3.5

1,388

3.8 7.6

25 Salt, sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

837

2.0

744

2.0 12.4

28

Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or isotopes

772

1.8

37

0.1 2,009.9

Other products

6,210

14.7

5,987

16.3 3.7

Total

42,170

100

36,838 100 14.5


Imports by major productsMineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation (chapter 27 of the HS (classification) dominated the list of imports into Na-mibia in 2012 with a share of 13 percent (9 percent in the previous year). Since the average price of oil in US dollar in 2012 was almost the same as in 2011, the major increase in the value of oil imports can be explained by the depreciation of the N$ against the USD by about 14 percent and an increase in the volume of imports. Vehicles followed in the second place with a share of 11 percent (compared to 12 percent in 2011) of total imports. Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (Chapter 84) occupied the third place with 9 percent representing a slight decline from 10 percent in 2011.

Ships, boats and floating structures (HS) recorded the strongest increase of almost 2100 percent. HS 27 (Mineral fuels, mineral oils etc.) recorded a substantial growth of 80 percent, while ores slag and ash (HS 26) showed the third highest growth of 77 percent. On the other hand, pharmaceutical products (HS 83) dropped by 4 percent.

Table 2: Top Re-Export Products for 2012 and 2011

2012 2011

HS code Commodity descriptions Value(N$'000) % Value(N$'000) %

Change in value for 2012 & 2011

84 Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

856,998

32.3

506,353

23.7 69.2

89 Ships, Boats and floating structures

753,435

28.4

890,572

41.8 -‐15.4

87 Vehicles others than railway or tramway rolling-‐stock

515,528

19.4

481,433

22.6 7.1

88 Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof

153,619

5.8

26,645

1.2 476.5

85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof

147,132

5.5

142,363

6.7 3.3

90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments

126,980

4.8

52,217

2.4 143.2

73 Articles of iron or steel

44,062

1.7

3,152

0.1 1298.1

86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-‐stock and parts thereof

15,532

0.6

5,344

0.3 190.6

93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

11,027

0.4

7,778

0.4 41.8

92 Musical instruments and parts thereof

6,793

0.3

971

0.0 599.3

Other products

22,725

0.9

15,814

0.7 43.7

Total

2,653,833

100.0

2,132,644

100.0 24.4


Trade by BEC classificationsNamibia’s trade by the Broad Economic Category (BEC) in 2012 was dominated by industrial supplies in both imports and exports, which accounted for N$18 billion and N$27 billion respectively. Imports and exports of industrial supplies showed a strong increase as compared to 2011 when they stood at N$15 billion and N$23 billion, respectively. Food and beverages were the second largest export items with a value of N$11 billion, while transport equipments came second in terms of imports (N$10 billion).

Table 3: Top import products for 2012 and 2011

2012 2011 HS code Commodity descriptions Value(N$M) % Value(N$M) %

Change in value for 2012 & 2011

27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; 7,802

13.1 4,333

9.0 80.1

87 Vehicles 6,779

11.4 5,861

12.2 15.7

84 Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 5,289

8.9 4,979

10.4 6.2

71 Diamonds, precious or semi-‐precious stones and metals 3,139

5.3 2,617

5.4 20.0

85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; 2,937

4.9 2,621

5.5 12.1

26 Ores, Sag and Ash 2,926

4.9 1,652

3.4 77.2

89 Ships, Boats and floating structures 2,454

4.1 112

0.2 2095.6

73 Articles of iron or steel 2,329

3.9 2,148

4.5 8.4

30 Pharmaceutical products 1,300

2.2 1,350

2.8 -‐3.7

22 Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar 1,289

2.2 1,188

2.5 8.4

Other products 23,264

39.1 21,204

44.1 9.7

Total 59,507

100.0 48,064

100.0 23.8

Table 4: Trade flow by BEC sectors

2012 2011 BEC EX (N$ M) IM (N$ M) EX (N$ M) IM (N$ M)

Food and Beverages 10,542 6,448 10,364 5,872 Industrial Supplies not elsewhere specified 26,914 17,885 23,064 15,440

Fuels and Lubricants 521 7,664 661 4,203 Capital goods (except transport equipment), and parts and accessories thereof 1,296 9,243 710 7,936 Transport equipment and parts and accessories thereof 1,771 10,240 1,070 7,107

Consumer goods not elsewhere specified 1,113 7,878 953 7,447

Goods not elsewhere specified 24 297 31 119

Total 42,169 59,505 36,838 48,025


Table 5: Trade flow by SITC sectors

Trade by SITC classificationsDuring the period under review, manufactured goods topped the list of exports with a value of N$16 billion followed by the categories of food and live animals and of crude materials with each contributing a value of N$9 billion to total exports.

On the other hand, machinery and transport equipments emerged to be on top of the import list of SITC categories with a value of N$18 billion followed by manufactured goods (N$11 bn); mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (N$8 bn) and miscellaneous manufactured articles ( N$6 billion) to total imports.

The largest increase in imports was observed in mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials category at 82 percent followed by crude materials, inedible, except fuels category at 55 percent. The least growth was recorded by chemicals and related products category n.e.s at 0.3 percent.

On the other hand, chemicals and related products category recorded the highest increase in exports at 290 percent. Machinery and transport equipments category recorded a substantial growth at 50 percent, while, crude materials, inedible, except fuels category showed the third highest growth of 39 percent. Miscellaneous manufactured articles category recorded a decline of 83 percent fol-lowed by mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials and Animals and vegetable oils, fats and waxes categories, both showing a decline of 28 percent.

The table below further illustrates the exports and imports movements for the years 2012 and 2011.

Exports to key marketsNamibia’s major trading partners in 2012 were RSA (N$7 billion), UK (N$5 billion), Angola (N$3 billion) and Belgium (N$3 billion). This represented 16, 12 and 9 (for both Angola and Belgium) percent respectively; compared to 18, 17, 9 and 6 percent respectively as il-lustrated by the chart below. The decline in the share of most countries is explained by the steep increase in exports to Botswana and a smaller albeit significant increase in exports to Switzerland. Diamonds, precious or semi-precious stones and metals (HS 71) were the main contributor to the sharp increase in exports to Botswana with a share of 87 percent (up from 1 percent earlier). The highest growth was also recorded by HS 19 (preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks products) at 376,142 percent followed by HS 23 (soap, organic surface active agents etc.) at 134,090 percent, while HS 71 (Diamonds, precious or semi-precious stones and metals) showed the third highest growth of 82,965 percent.

2012 2011

SITC Exports (N$ M)

Imports (N$ M)

Exports (N$ M)

Imports (N$ M)

Food and live animals 9,257 5,637 8,899 4,879 Beverages and tobacco 1,988 1,721 1,689 1,578 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 9,096 3,687 6,524 2,384 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 398 7,747 552 4,267 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 37 270 51 252 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,164 5,387 300 5,369 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 15,946 11,314 11,488 10,088 Machinery and transport equipment 2,433 17,890 1,622 14,095 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 836 5,819 4,959 5,150 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC 1,010 4 755 3 Total 42,169 59,505 36,838 48,025


Chart 2: Exports by key markets for 2012 and 2011

Imports from key marketsNamibia’s import bill amounted to N$59 billion for the year 2012 as compared to N$48 billion recorded in 2011. The increase by over N$10 billion represents a growth of 22 percent.

The major trading partners, from where Namibia sourced most of her products during the year 2012, were RSA (N$40.772 billion), Switzerland (N$3.510 billion) and China (N$2.359 billion) representing 70, 6 and 4 percent of total imports respectively. Other partners that featured on the list were Export Processing Zone (N$1.473 billion), UK (N$1.422 billion), Germany (N$1.151 billion) and Botswana (N$931 million). There are some notable increases of imports from neighbouring countries such as Zambia – more than tenfold in-crease – and Botswana – fourfold increase. These increases would warrant further investigation.

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EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE

SWITZERLAND

SPAIN

CANADA

BOTSWANA

BELGIUM

ANGOLA

UK

RSA

Percentage

2011

2012

Table 6: Major import partners for 2012 and 2011

2012 2011 Partner Value (N$ M) % Value (N$ M) % RSA 41,571 69.9 36,491 76.0 Switzerland 3,513 5.9 1,992 4.1 China 2,372 4.0 1,456 3.0 Export Processing Zone 1,473 2.5 1,124 2.3 UK 1,434 2.4 1,628 3.4 Germany 1,189 2.0 1,034 2.2 Zambia 947 1.6 92 0.2 Botswana 931 1.6 235 0.5 Netherlands 667 1.1 99 0.2 Singapore 449 0.8 30 0.1 Other countries 4,958 8.3 3,844 8.0 Total 59,505 100.0 48,025 100.0


Chart 3: Exports by economic blocs for the year 2012 compared to 2011

Namibia’s exports and imports by economic blocs

ExportsA breakdown of exports by economic blocs shows that the bulk of Namibia’s exports for the year 2012 were destined to SADC member states. In the year under review Namibia exported goods to the value of N$15.750 billion to SADC member states, representing 32 percent of total exports. During the year 2011, Namibia exported goods to the tune of N$11.738 billion, or 29 percent of total exports to the SADC market. This represents an increase of 34 percent in exports to SADC.

Exports into the EU market amounted to N$15.149 billion representing a share of 31 percent (down from 38 percent in 2011). This was an increase of 0.1 percent in exports to the EU. Exports to SACU member states amounted to N$9.732 billion in the reporting year representing a share of 20 percent (up from 17 percent earlier) which reflects an increase of 41 percent, as illustrated in chart 2 below. The EAC recorded the highest growth of 1083 percent, while COMESA came second at 48 percent. Non-SACU SADC countries, such as Angola, account for about 38 per cent of Namibia’s exports to SADC countries.


Chart 4: Imports by Economic Blocs for 2012 and 2011

ImportsDuring the year under review, Namibia imported goods to the value of N$44.444 billion and N$42.669 billion from SADC and SACU countries respectively, representing 20 and 16 percent of growth in total imports from both economic blocs respectively.

Contrary to Namibia’s exports to SADC that are more diversified in terms of destinations, imports are almost exclusively sourced from SACU member countries and in particular RSA (70 percent).

The EU came third with a share of 5 percent which shows a 20 percent growth.COMESA and EAC member states had the least share of Namibia’s imports of N$1.484 billion and N$425 million representing 2 and 0.5 percent respectively. At the same time, EAC recorded the strongest growth of about 5000 percent; SADC-Non SACU member states showed the second strongest growth of 765 percent, while COMESA recorded the third highest growth of 377 percent.The chart below shows a comparison of Namibia’s imports from different economic blocs in 2012 and 2011.

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ConclusionsDuring the year 2012, Namibia’s total exports amounted to N$44 billion compared to N$39 billion in the preceding year representing an increase in total exports of N$5.1 billion or 13.1 percent.

Namibia’s imports in the year 2012 amounted to N$59 billion compared to N$48 billion in 2011, reflecting an increase in imports to N$10.4 billion or 21.6 percent. The substantial increase in imports resulted in a widening trade deficit that grew from N$9.1 billion in 2011 to N$14.4 billion in 2012.

While the main export destinations (RSA, UK, Angola and Belgium) and sources of imports (RSA, Switzerland and China) remained unchanged, trade with neighbouring countries, in particular Botswana, increased manifold. South Africa remained Namibia’s most important trading partner by far.

In terms of economic blocs, Namibia continued to trade mostly with SADC, SACU and the EU respectively. However, export destinations are more diversified than the sources of imports.

Major exports in terms of products were commodities such as diamonds; ores, slag, ash; and fish, .While major imports were mineral fuels, mineral oils; and vehicles.


A description of Namibia’s Trade Statistics SystemThis section briefly describes the sources of trade data; data processing; system of recording; classification systems and valuation basis.

Sources of trade dataIn Namibia, the main source of trade data is the Customs and Excise (C&E) Directorate in the Ministry of Finance. Essentially, informa-tion is collected and captured from source documents; the import and export declarations filled in by traders and agents and submitted to the Customs and Excise Directorate. At least 98 percent of customs offices and border posts are computerized and connected to the ASYCUDA++, a data capturing software used by C&E Directorate at the Ministry of Finance. The C&E Directorate provides this informa-tion, which forms the basis for the compilation of the foreign trade statistics, to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) for processing and dissemination.

Data processingData processing is done by the NSA using EUROTRACE, a microcomputer based program developed by the statistical office of the Euro-pean Union (EUROSTAT).

Trade SystemsThere are broadly two approaches, closely linked with customs procedures, used for the measurement of international trade in goods. These are the general trade system and the special trade system.

The general system is the wider concept and under it the recorded aggregates include all goods entering or leaving the economic ter-ritory of a country with the exception of simple transit trade. In particular, all goods received in customs warehouses are recorded as imports at that stage weather or not they subsequently go into free circulation of the recipient country. Similarly, outgoing goods from customs warehouses are included in the general trade aggregates at the time they leave the country. The general trade system is in use when the statistical territory coincides with the economic territory.

The special trade system, on the other hand, is a narrower concept. Goods from a foreign country which are received into customs warehouses are not recorded in the special trade aggregates unless they subsequently go into free circulation in the country of receipt (or are placed under the customs procedures for inward processing or processing under customs control). Similarly, outgoing goods from customs warehouses are not recorded as exports. The special trade system is in use when the statistical territory comprises only a particular part of the economic territory, so that certain flows of goods are not included in either import or export statistics of the compiling country.

Classification systemsForeign trade statistics derived from customs declarations are based on classification called Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).

Valuation of imports and exportsIn trade statistics, imports are valued at Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) values and exports at Free on Board (FOB) values. The CIF is the value of a good delivered at the frontier of the importing country. This value includes any insurance and freight charges incurred to the point, or the price of delivery service to a residence before the payment of any import duties or other taxes on imports or trade and transport margins within the country.

The FOB is the value of a good with no cost of transport and insurance charges, between the customs frontier of the exporting country and that of the importing country.


Appendix

Table 1: Namibia’s Imports and Exports for 2012 and 2011 by quarter

Table 2: Namibia trade against SADC member states for 2012 and 2011

Table 3: Namibia trade against SACU member states for 2012 and 2011

Year 2012 2011 Exports (N$ M) IMPORT (N$ M) Exports (N$ M) IMPORT (N$ M) Quarter 1 9,041 14,176 7,607 11,699 Quarter 2 11,663 14,326 9,235 10,490 Quarter 3 10,309 16,594 9,804 11,459 Quarter 4 11,156 14,409 10,192 14,377 Total 42,169 59,505 36,838 48,025

2011 2012 Partner EX (N$ ‘000) IM (N$ ‘000) EX (N$ ‘000) IM (N$ ‘000)

Angola 3,448,036 47,977 3,867,428 31,461 Botswana 254,275 235,295 2,931,534 931,474 DRC 693,209 86 816,294 11,093 Lesotho 9,840 887 13,976 762 Madagascar 426 1 -‐ -‐ Mauritius 12,200 30,413 4,896 40,086 Malawi 7,180 125 10,389 553 Mozambique 252,252 13,490 261,369 276,879 Seychelles 5,902 14 42 626 Swaziland 9,876 146,438 13,442 165,739 Tanzania 5,509 3,044 93,089 440,406 RSA 6,623,164 36,491,307 6,773,395 41,570,889 Zambia 315,105 91,893 609,015 947,212 Zimbabwe 100,891 18,318 355,244 27,279 Total 11,737,866 37,079,290 15,750,113 44,444,458

2011 2012 Partner EX (N$ ‘000) IM (N$ ‘000) EX (N$ ‘000) IM (N$ ‘000) Botswana 254,275 235,295 2,931,534 931,474 Lesotho 9,840 887 13,976 762 Swaziland 9,876 146,438 13,442 165,739 South Africa 6,623,164 36,491,307 6,773,395 41,570,889 Total 6,897,155 36,873,928 9,732,347 42,668,864


Table 5: Namibia imports via office of declaration

2012 2011 Office Value (NAD M) % Value (NAD M) % Walvis Bay 14,672 24.7 9,136 19.0 Trans Kalahari 12,592 21.2 13,066 27.2 Ariamsvlei 11,187 18.8 9,361 19.5 Noordoewer 5,984 10.1 5,799 12.1 Tsumeb 2,927 4.9 1,723 3.6 Luderitz 2,543 4.3 767 1.6 F. P. du Toit 2,072 3.5 1,845 3.8 Eros Airport 1,781 3.0 1,641 3.4 Chief Hosea Kutako Intl Airport 1,672 2.8 1,366 2.8 Windhoek Regional Excise Office 900 1.5 278 0.6 Other office 3,175 5.3 3,043 6.3 Total 59,505 100.0 48,025 100.0

Table 4: Namibia exports via office of declaration

2012 2011 Office Value (NAD M) % Value (NAD M) % Walvis Bay 15,388 36.5 12,861 34.9 Eros Airport 7,536 17.9 5,121 13.9 Oshikango 3,540 8.4 3,116 8.5 Chief Hosea Kutako Intl Airport 3,128 7.4 3,077 8.4 Trans Kalahari 2,799 6.6 2,289 6.2 Luderitz 2,776 6.6 2,916 7.9 Ariamsvlei 2,003 4.8 2,024 5.5 Noordoewer 1,880 4.5 1,636 4.4 Wenela 939 2.2 597 1.6 Windhoek Regional Warehouse Office 779 1.8 -‐ -‐ Other office 1,401 3.3 3,202 8.7 Total 42,169 100.0 36,838 100.0


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