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Lesotho Trade Summary

2021

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LESOTHO 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Lesotho 2021

Exports and imports of Lesotho in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 949 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,668 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,546 products were exported to 89 countries and 3,490 products were imported from 119 countries.

Lesotho top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Lesotho exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lesotho exports to South Africa worth US$ 426 million, with a partner share of 44.87 percent.
  2. Lesotho exports to United States worth US$ 287 million, with a partner share of 30.24 percent.
  3. Lesotho exports to Belgium worth US$ 175 million, with a partner share of 18.50 percent.
  4. Lesotho exports to Unspecified worth US$ 20 million, with a partner share of 2.15 percent.
  5. Lesotho exports to Eswatini worth US$ 10 million, with a partner share of 1.09 percent.

Top five countries from which Lesotho imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lesotho imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,249 million, with a partner share of 74.88 percent.
  2. Lesotho imports from China worth US$ 144 million, with a partner share of 8.63 percent.
  3. Lesotho imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 95 million, with a partner share of 5.67 percent.
  4. Lesotho imports from India worth US$ 24 million, with a partner share of 1.42 percent.
  5. Lesotho imports from Japan worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 1.36 percent.

Lesotho Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 175,422.35 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho exported Women's or girls' trousers, etc, of synthetic, , worth 113,032.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho exported Mineral waters and aerated waters, unsweetened , worth 82,943.13 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 73,589.84 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho exported Greasy wool (excl. shorn), not carded or combed , worth 38,315.92 (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 165,343.15 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lesotho imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, =<30cm wide, non- , worth 63,230.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lesotho imported Knitted or crocheted fabrics, >30cm wide, >=5% , worth 38,925.93 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lesotho imported Electrical energy , worth 37,251.33 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lesotho imported Woven fabrics of high tenacity yarn of nylon... , worth 31,323.83 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Lesotho in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 221.19 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.01 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.35 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,382,111.99 and duty free tariff line items share was 69.34 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Lesotho in 2021 are below

  • Lesotho GDP in current US dollar was 2,373 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,240.00 .
  • Lesotho Trade balance: as % of GDP was -47.97.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,139.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 139.07 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.09 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Lesotho in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.25.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.51.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.50 and Lesotho Country Growth was 5.48 .