South Africa Trade Summary

2014 Data

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.
South Africa monthly trade data
South Africa quarterly trade data

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR South Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 92,591
No. Of products: 4,505
No. Of partners: 224
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 99,795
No. Of products: 4,498
No. Of partners: 227

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Gold in oth semi-man ...6,626,761.27
Bituminous coal, not ...4,879,576.93
Agglomerated iron or ...4,589,923.36
Ferro-chromium conta ...3,102,461.82
Petroleum oils, etc, ...3,059,006.39
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...16,197,045.40
Petroleum oils, etc, ...5,833,701.30
Transmission apparat ...2,023,105.12
Automobiles with rec ...1,519,560.82
Other medicaments of ...1,267,825.36

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China8,772 9.47
Unspecified6,966 7.52
United States6,484 7.00
Japan4,886 5.28
Botswana4,764 5.14
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China15,442 15.47
Germany10,014 10.03
Saudi Arabia7,123 7.14
United States6,602 6.62
Nigeria5,131 5.14

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials25,656 27.71 19,728 19.77 0.31
Intermediate goods33,694 36.39 16,526 16.56 1.71
Consumer goods18,910 20.42 29,145 29.21 11.03
Capital goods14,219 15.36 27,900 27.96 1.94

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.12
Index of export market penetration: 13.76
World Growth: 0.23
Country Growth: -3.61

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 5
Maximum Rate (%): 360.63
Simple Average (%): 6.32
Weighted Average (%): 3.87
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 65,084,578.48
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 67.86

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 381,199
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 7,340.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.50
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -5,712.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 9.01
Trade (% of GDP): 59.50