Lesotho Trade Summary

2017 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): 719
No. Of products: 1,627
No. Of partners: 82
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 1,664
No. Of products: 3,630
No. Of partners: 11

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Men's or boys' trous ...93,636.66
Women's or girls' tr ...85,482.06
Mineral waters and a ...67,789.58
Men's or boys' shirt ...37,619.90
T-shirts, singlets, ...32,600.12
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...148,089.43
Articles, iron or st ...94,328.43
Weft knits or croche ...53,837.43
Knitted or crocheted ...42,101.93
Cotton, not carded o ...35,085.41

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa388 54.04
United States295 41.05
Eswatini11 1.57
Germany6 0.80
Canada5 0.74
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Unspecified1,634 98.19
South Africa19 1.17
Mozambique10 0.60
Japan0 0.03
Germany0 0.01

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials36 4.96 151 9.10 0.10
Intermediate goods68 9.53 464 27.89 2.30
Consumer goods562 78.26 809 48.63 0.95
Capital goods52 7.22 238 14.28 0.19

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.23
Index of export market penetration: 1.32
World Growth: 5.17
Country Growth: 10.07

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 9
Maximum Rate (%): 281.96
Simple Average (%): 2.35
Weighted Average (%): 1.43
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 1,214,867.96
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 86.76

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,307
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,150.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -52.24
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -1,205.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 21.11
Trade (% of GDP): 144.29