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Lesotho Trade Summary

2020

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2020

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 837 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,281 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,456 products were exported to 83 countries and 3,477 products were imported from 103 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 310 million, with a partner share of 37.00 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 267 million, with a partner share of 31.84 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 226 million, with a partner share of 26.96 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Germany worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 1.00 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Eswatini worth US$ 7 million, with a partner share of 0.82 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 909 million, with a partner share of 70.97 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 85 million, with a partner share of 6.62 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 79 million, with a partner share of 6.15 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 48 million, with a partner share of 3.78 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 42 million, with a partner share of 3.26 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 266,580.27 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 76,364.83 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of synthetic, , worth 75,626.26 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Mineral waters and aerated waters, unsweetened , worth 62,373.28 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Greasy wool (excl. shorn), not carded or combed , worth 34,414.50 (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 103,691.94 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, =<30cm wide, non- , worth 46,423.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 44,417.62 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth 42,679.13 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, >30cm wide, >=5% , worth 29,738.20 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 70.72 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.81 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,382,214.27 and duty free tariff line items share was 70.32 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2020 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,118 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,210.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -50.76.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,075.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 134.45 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.73 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2020 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.26.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.40.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.77 and Lesotho Country Growth was -8.23 .