SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE
MEDIA RELEASE NUMBER 2 OF 1999

21 JANUARY 1999

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS OF TRADE STATISTICS FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

The South African Revenue Service is investigating every possible option to advance with and stay abreast of changing technology, and to thereby assist in simplifying the tax responsibilities of SARS clients. SARS realize that time is valuable and no effort should be spared in upgrading services to our clients.

As from Monday 25 January 1999, preliminary statements of Trade Statistics for the Republic of South Africa and for the BLNS Countries as released by the Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service will be made available on the Internet. Trade statistics will be published on a monthly basis on SARS Online at www.sars.gov.za and will be released within the last week of each month. A banner on SARS Online as well as a faxed notice will serve as indicator to the anticipated date and time of each publication. These statistics will be available free of charge and will allow all interested parties simultaneous and unbiased access to the information. No statistics will be made available to any party before the publishing thereof on SARS Online.

ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE
PRETORIA



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