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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 710 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 723 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,434 products were exported to 29 countries and 3,249 products were imported from 27 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 United States worth US$ 375 million, with a partner share of 52.80 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 284 million, with a partner share of 40.07 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 38 million, with a partner share of 5.37 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.47 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Madagascar worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.40 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$ 682 million, with a partner share of 94.31 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 18 million, with a partner share of 2.48 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Germany worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 1.51 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from United States worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 1.04 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.16 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 Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of cotton, kni , worth 121,161.13 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 72,407.94 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 55,009.11 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Television receivers including video monitors a , worth 48,501.37 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 38,402.17 (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 32,132.16 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Buses with a seating capacity of more than nine , worth 30,160.75 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Parts for use with the apparatus of heading no. , worth 18,315.63 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Footwear with leather or composition leather so , worth 18,116.87 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Parts suitable for use solely or princ with the , worth 15,398.27 (US$ Thousands).

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 -59.29 and Lesotho Country Growth was -12.86 .