The contribution of services to international trade in Southern Africa

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Figure 1. Categorisation of heterogenous service industries.

Source: authors’ own.

Figure 2. Services export growth, 1995–2012.

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018). Note: Trade flows are converted to constant prices using a US GDP deflator.

Table 1. Relative size and growth of services exports in SADC.

	ANG	BOT	DRC	COM	LES	MAD	MAU	MAL	MOZ	NAM	SEY	ESW	TAN	ZAF	ZAM	ZIM
Relative size of services exports in 2012
% of total exports	1.1%	11.6%	3.2%	78.2%	4.1%	45.9%	56.3%	7.6%	17.0%	18.3%	54.6%	8.6%	32.1%	15.0%	9.4%	7.9%
Relative growth of services exports 1995–2012: (Ratio: %▵exports/%▵GDP)
Total services	0.5	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.6	0.7	0.2
Transport	0.3	1.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.2	0.9	0.6	1.0	0.7	0.5
Travel	0.4	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.8	0.4
Comms.	0.3	1.9	0.8	5.1	2.6	1.7	6.2	0.9	1.2	1.4	3.7	1.2	0.7	1.5	0.6	−0.4
IT	0.8	4.6	1.5	9.3	0.0	2.6	4.6	2.3	2.2	3.8	6.2	−0.5	1.5	3.1	1.2	3.8
Finance & ins.	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.7	−0.2	1.7	5.9	1.5	0.5	2.2	2.3	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.9	−4.9
Construction	0.6	3.6	1.3	9.8	−0.1	0.3	4.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	1.2	4.5	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.1
Bus. services	0.7	0.9	0.5	2.0	3.3	1.7	2.3	1.1	1.2	3.2	2.2	2.3	1.2	2.2	0.6	1.1

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018).

Notes: GDP sourced from World Bank (2019)

ANG = Angola BOT = Botswana, DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo, COM = Comoros, LES = Lesotho, MAD = Madagascar, MAU = Mauritius, MAL = Malawi, MOZ = Mozambique, SEY = Seychelles, ESW = Eswatini, TAN = Tanzania, ZAF = South Africa, ZAM = Zambia, ZIM = Zimbabwe.

Figure 3. Detailed breakdown of the composition of services exports in SADC, 2012.

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018).

Figure 4. Overview of service imports and exports in SADC, 2012.

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018). Notes: The percentages reflect the weighted average across SADC countries.

Figure 5. Total services trade in SADC ranked by GDP, 2012.

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018). Notes: GDP in 2012 sourced from World Bank (2019).

Figure 6. Total services exports and imports by major regions, 2012.

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018).

Figure 7. Composition of services exports by sector and region, largest SADC service exporters 2012.

Source: OECD-WTO BaTIS database (2018).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and World Trade Organization. 2018. Balanced trade in services (BaTIS) database. World Trade Organization, Geneva. https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/trade_datasets_e.htm

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