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Lesotho Trade Summary

2006

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2006

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2006

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2006 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 693 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 800 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,400 products were exported to 11 countries and 3,343 products were imported from 33 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2006

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2006 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 546 million, with a partner share of 78.85 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 145 million, with a partner share of 20.99 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.06 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Mauritius worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.03 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Kenya worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.02 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2006 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 774 million, with a partner share of 96.76 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 1.41 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from United States worth US$ 7 million, with a partner share of 0.89 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from Germany worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 0.60 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.11 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2006

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 161,450.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 100,949.84 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 95,363.94 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 67,920.11 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of cotton, kni , worth 32,584.32 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Lesotho imported Slide fasteners, nes , worth 69,012.97 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 53,570.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Other food preparations, nes , worth 18,883.78 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Buses with a seating capacity of more than nine , worth 18,534.42 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Dresses of cotton, knitted or crocheted , worth 16,383.72 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2006

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2006 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2006

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2006 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 703.02 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.91 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 15.67 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 42,901.06 and duty free tariff line items share was 45.80 percent.

Development Indicators 2006

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2006 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 1,800 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,140.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 23.14 .

Trade Indicators 2006

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2006 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.63.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.39.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.66 and Lesotho Country Growth was 2.84 .