Total external trade up
The external trade in goods in SOCCSKSARGEN Region totaled to US$191.240 million in August 2021, up by 25.1 percent from US$152.872 million in August 2020.

Trade balance decrease
Balance of trade in goods (BoT-G) is the difference between the value of exports and imports. The BoT-G amounted to US$60.998 million on August 2021, about 20.3 percent higher than the US$50.693 million the previous year.

Merchandise Trade
Exports on August 2021 amounted to US$126.119 million up by 23.9 percent from US$101.783 million on August 2020. The volume of exports increased by 35.2 percent to 101.592 million kilograms in 2021 from 75.164 million kilograms in August 2020. Imports sales increased by 27.5 percent to US$65.121 million in August 2021 from US$51.090 million last year. The volume of imports totaled to 139.121 million kilograms in August 2021 from 124.942 million kilograms in the same month of 2020.