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Lesotho Trade Summary

2001

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2001

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2001

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2001 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 299 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 553 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 474 products were exported to 39 countries and 3,070 products were imported from 44 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2001

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2001 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 184 million, with a partner share of 61.56 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 77 million, with a partner share of 25.80 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 22 million, with a partner share of 7.31 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 14 million, with a partner share of 4.56 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Gabon worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.21 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2001 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 532 million, with a partner share of 96.37 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 6 million, with a partner share of 1.00 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.48 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from Botswana worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 0.31 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.25 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2001

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Lesotho along with trade value are:

  1. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches of other text , worth 33,803.09 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Footwear with leather or composition leather so , worth 29,247.84 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Other unsweetened waters; ice and snow , worth 25,340.07 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Track-suits of cotton, knitted or crocheted , worth 22,696.13 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of wool , worth 12,633.60 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Lesotho along with trade value are

  1. Lesotho imported Other unsweetened waters; ice and snow , worth 21,889.35 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 18,348.45 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 16,386.24 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Medicaments of other hormones, not for retail s , worth 13,632.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Trucks nes , worth 12,783.39 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2001

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2001 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2001

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2001 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 54 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 0.78 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.38 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 882,769.25 and duty free tariff line items share was 96.33 percent.

Development Indicators 2001

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2001 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 826 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 650.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 29.82 .

Trade Indicators 2001

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2001 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.79.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.19.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.72 and Lesotho Country Growth was 17.23 .