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Lesotho Trade Summary

2010

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2010

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2010

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2010 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 487 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,172 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,380 products were exported to 31 countries and 3,643 products were imported from 79 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2010

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2010 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 374 million, with a partner share of 76.70 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 97 million, with a partner share of 19.95 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 6 million, with a partner share of 1.29 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Egypt, Arab Rep. worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 0.43 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Bangladesh worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.28 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2010 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 909 million, with a partner share of 77.57 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 67 million, with a partner share of 5.68 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 40 million, with a partner share of 3.38 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 33 million, with a partner share of 2.81 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from United States worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 2.09 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2010

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

  1. Lesotho exported Other unsweetened waters; ice and snow , worth 60,027.68 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Parts for use with the apparatus of heading no. , worth 39,035.05 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 33,222.49 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, breeches, etc, of c , worth 17,505.86 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Jerseys, pullovers, etc, of cotton, knitted or , worth 15,967.16 (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 45,491.48 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Printed circuits , worth 42,461.58 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Denim, with >=85% cotton, >200g/m2 , worth 29,415.27 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 24,436.42 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Motor vehicle parts nes , worth 17,993.12 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2010

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2010 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2010

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2010 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 589.01 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.73 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 10.56 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 85,699.35 and duty free tariff line items share was 48.08 percent.

Development Indicators 2010

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2010 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,235 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,260.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -66.84.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,494.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 149.12 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 22.06 .

Trade Indicators 2010

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2010 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.30.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.28.
  • World Growth in percentage was 10.04 and Lesotho Country Growth was 28.72 .