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South Africa Trade Summary

1998

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 1998

Exports and imports of South Africa in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 19,586 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 26,624 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,628 products were exported to 198 countries and 4,549 products were imported from 194 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 2,418 million, with a partner share of 12.35 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to Special Categories worth US$ 1,670 million, with a partner share of 8.53 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 1,665 million, with a partner share of 8.50 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,530 million, with a partner share of 7.81 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 1,486 million, with a partner share of 7.59 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Special Categories worth US$ 3,874 million, with a partner share of 14.55 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 3,589 million, with a partner share of 13.48 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,317 million, with a partner share of 12.46 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,428 million, with a partner share of 9.12 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 1,954 million, with a partner share of 7.34 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

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

  1. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 1,332,433.28 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 1,220,356.61 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 377,220.38 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Parts of seats other than those of heading No 9 , worth 314,738.91 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Titanium ores and concentrates , worth 301,949.76 (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 1,810,726.40 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,022,135.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Apparatus, for carrier-current line systems, ne , worth 505,471.10 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 325,815.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 274,297.89 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 1998 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 152,983 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,420.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.00.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 1,534.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 44.04 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.23 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 7.66.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and South Africa Country Growth was -2.33 .