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Lesotho Trade Summary

2013

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2013

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 350 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,832 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 771 products were exported to 31 countries and 3,596 products were imported from 76 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 268 million, with a partner share of 76.60 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 53 million, with a partner share of 15.08 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 16 million, with a partner share of 4.63 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Eswatini worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.92 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 0.67 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,402 million, with a partner share of 76.54 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 159 million, with a partner share of 8.68 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 64 million, with a partner share of 3.52 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 42 million, with a partner share of 2.29 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 1.35 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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

  1. Lesotho exported Mineral waters and aerated waters, unsweetened , worth US$ 54,531.03 million.
  2. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth US$ 25,494.56 million.
  3. Lesotho exported Parts for use with the apparatus of heading no. , worth US$ 21,566.44 million.
  4. Lesotho exported Other unsweetened waters; ice and snow , worth US$ 13,386.39 million.
  5. Lesotho exported Diamond dust or powder , worth US$ 12,344.54 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$ 138,113.68 million.
  2. Lesotho imported Mattress supports , worth US$ 98,993.76 million.
  3. Lesotho imported Garments made up of knitted or crocheted fabric , worth US$ 63,338.53 million.
  4. Lesotho imported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth US$ 53,768.99 million.
  5. Lesotho imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 39,628.63 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 432.85 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.60 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.37 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,474,606.85 and duty free tariff line items share was 83.46 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2013 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,367 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,430.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -58.04.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,374.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 132.44 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 16.96 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.28.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.24.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.18 and Lesotho Country Growth was -0.43 .