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Lesotho Trade Summary

2016

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2016

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 664 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,356 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,813 products were exported to 82 countries and 3,681 products were imported from 92 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 357 million, with a partner share of 53.82 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 275 million, with a partner share of 41.40 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Eswatini worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 1.26 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Canada worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 0.69 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Germany worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 0.42 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,012 million, with a partner share of 74.63 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 96 million, with a partner share of 7.09 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 70 million, with a partner share of 5.14 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 44 million, with a partner share of 3.23 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 15 million, with a partner share of 1.14 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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

  1. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 89,919.60 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of synthetic, , worth 68,568.74 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Mineral waters and aerated waters, unsweetened , worth 56,938.51 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitt , worth 35,824.78 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth 35,575.84 (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 120,553.19 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Looped pile fabrics of man-made fibres, knitted , worth 40,980.29 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 36,782.85 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Maize (corn) flour , worth 35,777.42 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Denim, with >=85% cotton, >200g/m2 , worth 28,578.58 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 314.31 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.11 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.01 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,181,569.16 and duty free tariff line items share was 80.29 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2016 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,114 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,230.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -49.69.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,051.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 138.35 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 21.16 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.27.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.27.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Lesotho Country Growth was -1.90 .