Total external trade up
The external trade in goods in SOCCSKSARGEN Region totaled to US$156.376 million in September 2021, increased by 11.3 percent from US$140.485 million in September 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$59.365 million on September 2021, about 94.4 percent lower than the US$30.542 million the same month of 2020.

Merchandise Trade
In September 2021, SOCCSKSARGEN exports totaled US$107.870 million, up 26.1 percent from US$85.514 million in September 2020. From September 2020 to September 2021, overall exports increased by 58.1 percent to 96.623 million kilograms. Imports totaled $48.505 million in September 2021, down 11.8 percent from $54.971 million the previous year. From 124.942 million kilograms in September 2020, imports totaled 159.429 million kilograms in September 2021.