Johannesburg - South Africa recorded a trade surplus of R6.85bn in December after a revised R5.27bn shortfall in November, data from the SA Revenue Service showed on Friday.
Exports rose 3.8% to R87.49bn, while imports fell by 9.9% to R80.64bn on a month-on-month basis.
The December data brings the cumulative trade deficit for 2014 to R95.3bn compared with R71.36bn in 2013.