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South Africa Trade Summary

1999

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1999

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 1999

Exports and imports of South Africa in 1999 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 23,189 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 24,092 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,756 products were exported to 203 countries and 4,772 products were imported from 190 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1999

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 1999 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 2,793 million, with a partner share of 12.04 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,531 million, with a partner share of 10.92 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 2,193 million, with a partner share of 9.46 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 1,842 million, with a partner share of 7.94 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,016 million, with a partner share of 4.38 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 1999 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 3,533 million, with a partner share of 14.67 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,320 million, with a partner share of 13.78 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,287 million, with a partner share of 9.49 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 1,873 million, with a partner share of 7.78 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 987 million, with a partner share of 4.09 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1999

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 1,305,639.04 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 833,146.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 785,527.94 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 724,532.74 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Aluminium unwrought, not alloyed , worth 707,578.94 (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 2,089,201.92 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 541,640.32 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth 414,977.31 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Apparatus, for carrier-current line systems, ne , worth 382,418.27 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 362,072.51 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1999

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1999 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1999

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 1999 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 552.77 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.74 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.47 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 14,036,884.38 and duty free tariff line items share was 40.79 percent.

Development Indicators 1999

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 1999 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 151,517 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,330.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 2.28.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 3,455.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 42.26 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.25 .

Trade Indicators 1999

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 1999 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 8.35.
  • World Growth in percentage was 2.42 and South Africa Country Growth was 4.96 .