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Lesotho Trade Summary

2007

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2007

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2007

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2007 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 536 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 862 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,356 products were exported to 7 countries and 3,191 products were imported from 29 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2007

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2007 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 263 million, with a partner share of 49.04 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 250 million, with a partner share of 46.67 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 4.27 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Kenya worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.02 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Eswatini worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.00 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2007 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 834 million, with a partner share of 96.67 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 16 million, with a partner share of 1.91 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Germany worth US$ 6 million, with a partner share of 0.73 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from United States worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.31 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.07 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2007

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 77,031.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 63,950.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Television receivers including video monitors a , worth 55,447.28 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 40,308.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 35,347.13 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Lesotho imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 49,932.71 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Buses with a seating capacity of more than nine , worth 36,301.90 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Dresses of cotton, knitted or crocheted , worth 27,956.14 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Motor vehicle parts nes , worth 23,006.78 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Pts of sorting/screening/mixing/crushing/grindi , worth 21,582.41 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2007

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2007 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2007

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2007 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 669.88 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.40 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 13.58 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 18,192.76 and duty free tariff line items share was 49.41 percent.

Development Indicators 2007

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2007 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 1,682 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,300.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -60.01.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,009.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 163.62 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 24.87 .

Trade Indicators 2007

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2007 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.33.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.23.
  • World Growth in percentage was 183.19 and Lesotho Country Growth was 27.28 .