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Lesotho Trade Summary

2008

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2008

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 245 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,066 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 738 products were exported to 29 countries and 3,248 products were imported from 26 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 202 million, with a partner share of 82.74 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 36 million, with a partner share of 14.65 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Madagascar worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 0.75 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Kenya worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.61 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.45 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,015 million, with a partner share of 95.22 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 19 million, with a partner share of 1.82 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Germany worth US$ 15 million, with a partner share of 1.37 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from United States worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 0.73 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.24 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Lesotho exported Television receivers including video monitors a , worth US$ 50,880.73 million.
  2. Lesotho exported Parts for use with the apparatus of heading no. , worth US$ 34,124.60 million.
  3. Lesotho exported Potato flour and meal , worth US$ 13,721.79 million.
  4. Lesotho exported Greasy wool (excl. shorn), not carded or combed , worth US$ 12,232.42 million.
  5. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth US$ 12,079.52 million.

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 US$ 70,293.54 million.
  2. Lesotho imported Buses with a seating capacity of more than nine , worth US$ 35,985.41 million.
  3. Lesotho imported Manicure or pedicure preparations , worth US$ 29,216.80 million.
  4. Lesotho imported Spark plugs , worth US$ 26,956.89 million.
  5. Lesotho imported Footwear with leather or composition leather so , worth US$ 18,056.30 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 589.10 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.20 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.06 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 29,428.96 and duty free tariff line items share was 47.81 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2008 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 1,767 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,290.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -56.22.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -993.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 160.21 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 25.60 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.47.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.59.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Lesotho Country Growth was -5.82 .