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Lesotho Trade Summary

2004

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2004

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2004

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2004 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 958 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,178 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,295 products were exported to 29 countries and 3,449 products were imported from 56 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2004

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2004 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 821 million, with a partner share of 85.68 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 94 million, with a partner share of 9.81 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Switzerland worth US$ 27 million, with a partner share of 2.81 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 0.56 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 0.40 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2004 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 894 million, with a partner share of 75.93 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 82 million, with a partner share of 6.98 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 75 million, with a partner share of 6.39 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 52 million, with a partner share of 4.38 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Germany worth US$ 22 million, with a partner share of 1.83 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2004

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, etc, of cott , worth 336,483.34 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 167,407.06 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 120,920.19 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 56,462.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 46,520.09 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Lesotho imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, =<30cm wide, non- , worth 45,943.75 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 38,872.40 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Automobiles nes including gas turbine powered , worth 19,614.84 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Other articles of plastics, nes , worth 18,999.16 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Screws, self-tapping, iron or steel , worth 15,166.70 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2004

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2004 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2004

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2004 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 60 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.97 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 16.35 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 39,175.51 and duty free tariff line items share was 46.01 percent.

Development Indicators 2004

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2004 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 1,511 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 810.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 27.02 .

Trade Indicators 2004

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2004 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.83.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was 10.40 and Lesotho Country Growth was 11.09 .