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Lesotho Trade Summary

2019

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2019

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 895 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,589 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,614 products were exported to 80 countries and 3,574 products were imported from 107 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 355 million, with a partner share of 39.68 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 310 million, with a partner share of 34.67 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 168 million, with a partner share of 18.72 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to China worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 2.84 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Eswatini worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 0.99 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,152 million, with a partner share of 72.47 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 127 million, with a partner share of 8.02 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 109 million, with a partner share of 6.83 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 53 million, with a partner share of 3.34 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 1.79 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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

  1. Lesotho exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 167,532.05 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of synthetic, , worth 98,855.85 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 81,248.68 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Mineral waters and aerated waters, unsweetened , worth 57,234.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported T-shirts, singlets, etc, of other textiles, nes , worth 41,158.56 (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 149,444.49 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, =<30cm wide, non- , worth 59,620.27 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 40,687.09 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Electrical energy , worth 34,019.02 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Denim, with >=85% cotton, >200g/m2 , worth 29,642.03 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.45 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.35 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,382,210.16 and duty free tariff line items share was 70.75 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2019 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,436 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,250.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -46.63.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,136.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 136.47 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.87 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.21.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.36.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.34 and Lesotho Country Growth was -5.46 .