Lesotho Trade Summary

2022 Data

Lesotho exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Lesotho

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 900
No. Of products: 1,301
No. Of partners: 75
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 1,869
No. Of products: 3,528
No. Of partners: 102

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Diamonds non-industr ...172,199.84
Mineral waters and a ...85,641.80
Women's or girls' tr ...77,883.95
Men's or boys' trous ...72,211.48
T-shirts, singlets, ...47,742.99
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...233,439.59
Cotton, not carded o ...94,424.86
Knitted or crocheted ...52,339.12
Electrical energy42,863.33
Maize (corn) flour36,723.17

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa453 50.38
United States236 26.21
Belgium172 19.15
Eswatini11 1.26
Germany7 0.78
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa1,446 77.36
China116 6.21
Other Asia, nes78 4.18
Zimbabwe72 3.83
India32 1.70

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials241 26.79 260 13.89 0.67
Intermediate goods53 5.91 523 27.96 2.48
Consumer goods544 60.49 846 45.27 4.03
Capital goods61 6.78 239 12.80 2.78

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.24
Index of export market penetration: 1.54
World Growth: 5.18
Country Growth: 4.07

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 7
Maximum Rate (%): 60
Simple Average (%): 4.21
Weighted Average (%): 3.40
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 798,052.48
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 65.94

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,553
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,260.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): ...
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): ...
Trade in services (% of GDP): 18.10
Trade (% of GDP): ...