Lesotho Trade Summary

2021 Data

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Lesotho

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 949
No. Of products: 1,546
No. Of partners: 89
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 1,668
No. Of products: 3,490
No. Of partners: 119

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Diamonds non-industr ...175,422.35
Women's or girls' tr ...113,032.55
Mineral waters and a ...82,943.13
Men's or boys' trous ...73,589.84
Greasy wool (excl. s ...38,315.92
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...165,343.15
Knitted or crocheted ...63,230.24
Knitted or crocheted ...38,925.93
Electrical energy37,251.33
Woven fabrics of hig ...31,323.83

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa426 44.87
United States287 30.24
Belgium175 18.50
Unspecified20 2.15
Eswatini10 1.09
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa1,249 74.88
China144 8.63
Other Asia, nes95 5.67
India24 1.42
Japan23 1.36

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials240 25.29 128 7.69 0.33
Intermediate goods44 4.63 538 32.27 5.29
Consumer goods590 62.21 752 45.11 1.87
Capital goods74 7.83 248 14.84 0.70

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.25
Index of export market penetration: 1.51
World Growth: 12.50
Country Growth: 5.48

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 11
Maximum Rate (%): 221.19
Simple Average (%): 6.01
Weighted Average (%): 3.35
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 1,382,111.99
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 69.34

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,373
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,240.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -47.97
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -1,139.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 18.09
Trade (% of GDP): 139.07