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South Africa Trade Summary

1996

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 1996

Exports and imports of South Africa in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 23,469 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 26,872 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,731 products were exported to 199 countries and 4,837 products were imported from 192 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 3,107 million, with a partner share of 13.24 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 2,257 million, with a partner share of 9.62 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 2,022 million, with a partner share of 8.62 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 1,307 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Zimbabwe worth US$ 1,248 million, with a partner share of 5.32 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 4,042 million, with a partner share of 15.04 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,479 million, with a partner share of 12.95 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 3,095 million, with a partner share of 11.52 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 2,098 million, with a partner share of 7.81 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 1,229 million, with a partner share of 4.57 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

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

  1. South Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 2,039,319.94 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 1,456,157.31 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Aluminium unwrought, not alloyed , worth 638,140.67 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth 592,488.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 455,875.65 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by South Africa along with trade value are

  1. South Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 2,137,281.15 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 388,540.38 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 376,906.69 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Recorded media for sound or other similarly rec , worth 320,286.40 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 276,683.81 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 83 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 14.80 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.27 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,888,259.02 and duty free tariff line items share was 18.93 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 1996 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 163,235 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,830.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.35.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 2,204.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 42.20 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.63 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 6.51.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and South Africa Country Growth was 7.84 .