Lesotho Trade Summary

2014 Data

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Lesotho

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 818
No. Of products: 1,254
No. Of partners: 22
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 1,424
No. Of products: 3,509
No. Of partners: 74

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Diamond dust or powd ...376,860.80
Men's or boys' trous ...67,749.60
Mineral waters and a ...58,732.34
Women's or girls' tr ...28,769.34
Jerseys, pullovers, ...26,659.73
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...126,542.32
Automobiles with rec ...36,109.97
Petroleum oils and o ...32,392.95
Looped pile fabrics ...26,703.34
Self-adhesive tape, ...19,228.34

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Belgium377 46.06
United States248 30.28
South Africa188 23.02
United Kingdom1 0.11
Eswatini1 0.08
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa1,151 80.84
Other Asia, nes100 7.05
China41 2.89
India23 1.58
Japan21 1.48

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials405 49.49 167 11.76 0.00
Intermediate goods21 2.57 305 21.41 3.92
Consumer goods365 44.61 700 49.18 1.79
Capital goods25 3.07 238 16.68 0.39

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.29
Index of export market penetration: 1.26
World Growth: 0.23
Country Growth: 5.71

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 4
Maximum Rate (%): 359.90
Simple Average (%): 3.19
Weighted Average (%): 2.43
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 1,486,010.78
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 78.62

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,441
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,320.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -51.74
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -1,263.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 14.71
Trade (% of GDP): 125.88