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Lesotho Trade Summary

2015

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2015

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 604 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,410 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,479 products were exported to 41 countries and 3,586 products were imported from 78 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 184 million, with a partner share of 30.46 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 175 million, with a partner share of 29.04 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 167 million, with a partner share of 27.69 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Unspecified worth US$ 67 million, with a partner share of 11.13 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.44 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,053 million, with a partner share of 74.69 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 116 million, with a partner share of 8.25 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 73 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 30 million, with a partner share of 2.15 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 1.66 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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

  1. Lesotho exported Diamond dust or powder , worth US$ 183,900.89 million.
  2. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth US$ 56,410.62 million.
  3. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of synthetic, , worth US$ 50,278.99 million.
  4. Lesotho exported Other unsweetened waters; ice and snow , worth US$ 48,963.73 million.
  5. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitt , worth US$ 20,868.83 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$ 148,948.01 million.
  2. Lesotho imported Looped pile fabrics of man-made fibres, knitted , worth US$ 52,938.71 million.
  3. Lesotho imported Denim, with >=85% cotton, >200g/m2 , worth US$ 29,925.69 million.
  4. Lesotho imported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth US$ 29,590.22 million.
  5. Lesotho imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 25,041.34 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 327.44 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.60 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.79 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,093,391.65 and duty free tariff line items share was 78.72 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2015 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,360 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,280.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -44.97.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,061.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 128.19 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.44 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.28.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.25.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and Lesotho Country Growth was -2.48 .