Lesotho Trade Summary

2011 Data

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Lesotho

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 753
No. Of products: 1,442
No. Of partners: 63
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 1,324
No. Of products: 3,594
No. Of partners: 56

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Men's or boys' trous ...119,247.55
Other unsweetened wa ...67,583.70
Women's or girls' tr ...42,494.91
Parts for use with t ...40,666.90
Women's or girls' tr ...27,818.14
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...110,951.20
Cotton, not carded o ...31,456.51
Other medicaments of ...21,688.92
Natural gas, liquefi ...17,183.12
Motor vehicle parts ...16,818.80

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa352 46.73
United States296 39.33
Canada41 5.43
Belgium23 3.09
United Arab Emirates5 0.70
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa1,273 96.15
United States9 0.69
India9 0.65
Zambia7 0.51
China6 0.45

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials53 7.05 134 10.14 4.07
Intermediate goods52 6.97 236 17.79 18.23
Consumer goods552 73.31 700 52.90 11.59
Capital goods61 8.16 193 14.54 2.43

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.30
Index of export market penetration: 1.29
World Growth: 9.23
Country Growth: 14.88

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 4
Maximum Rate (%): 598.73
Simple Average (%): 10.41
Weighted Average (%): 13.16
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 57,949.62
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 48.69

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,579
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,340.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -55.13
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -1,422.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 20.69
Trade (% of GDP): 149.01