South Africa Trade Summary

2001 Data

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR South Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 25,998
No. Of products: 4,745
No. Of partners: 210
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 25,595
No. Of products: 4,744
No. Of partners: 218

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Bituminous coal, not ...1,690,126.30
Automobiles with rec ...1,296,854.10
Platinum in other se ...1,271,597.56
Petroleum oils, etc, ...1,089,786.72
Filtering or purifyi ...1,062,969.54
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...3,147,290.86
Transmission apparat ...585,484.98
Automobiles with rec ...549,175.48
Aircraft nes of an u ...443,726.05
Aircraft nes of an u ...437,451.08

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States3,631 13.97
United Kingdom2,837 10.91
Germany2,358 9.07
Japan2,306 8.87
Netherlands1,133 4.36
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Germany3,768 14.72
United States3,046 11.90
United Kingdom2,144 8.38
Saudi Arabia1,745 6.82
Japan1,722 6.73

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials5,973 22.98 4,285 16.74 0.73
Intermediate goods10,982 42.24 4,579 17.89 4.73
Consumer goods5,347 20.57 5,649 22.07 12.82
Capital goods3,617 13.91 8,921 34.86 2.47

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.06
Index of export market penetration: 12.66
World Growth: -1.72
Country Growth: 2.27

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 4
Maximum Rate (%): 494.85
Simple Average (%): 9.65
Weighted Average (%): 5.10
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 15,106,610.53
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 44.56

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 135,430
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 3,080.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 3.54
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 4,797.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 7.45
Trade (% of GDP): 49.17