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South Africa Trade Summary

1997

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1997

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 1997

Exports and imports of South Africa in 1997 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 22,485 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 30,879 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,677 products were exported to 194 countries and 4,756 products were imported from 202 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1997

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 1997 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to Special Categories worth US$ 4,104 million, with a partner share of 18.25 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 2,164 million, with a partner share of 9.62 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 1,506 million, with a partner share of 6.70 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 1,413 million, with a partner share of 6.28 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,399 million, with a partner share of 6.22 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 1997 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Special Categories worth US$ 6,551 million, with a partner share of 21.22 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 3,781 million, with a partner share of 12.24 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,446 million, with a partner share of 11.16 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,841 million, with a partner share of 9.20 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 2,079 million, with a partner share of 6.73 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1997

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 3,305,477.38 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 1,487,415.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 371,948.48 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Parts of seats other than those of heading No 9 , worth 297,481.98 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Titanium oxides , worth 286,980.26 (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 3,238,566.66 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 557,845.82 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 350,513.50 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Apparatus, for carrier-current line systems, ne , worth 304,776.00 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 292,521.92 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1997

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1997 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1997

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 1997 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 499.82 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.72 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.99 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 15,502,161.29 and duty free tariff line items share was 36.50 percent.

Development Indicators 1997

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 1997 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 168,978 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,790.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.02.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 1,723.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 42.30 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.75 .

Trade Indicators 1997

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 1997 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 7.37.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.05 and South Africa Country Growth was 7.85 .