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South Africa Trade Summary

2001

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2001

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2001

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2001 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 25,998 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 25,595 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,745 products were exported to 210 countries and 4,744 products were imported from 218 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2001

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2001 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 3,631 million, with a partner share of 13.97 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,837 million, with a partner share of 10.91 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 2,358 million, with a partner share of 9.07 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 2,306 million, with a partner share of 8.87 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,133 million, with a partner share of 4.36 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2001 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 3,768 million, with a partner share of 14.72 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,046 million, with a partner share of 11.90 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,144 million, with a partner share of 8.38 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 1,745 million, with a partner share of 6.82 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 1,722 million, with a partner share of 6.73 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2001

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 US$ 1,690,126.30 million.
  2. South Africa exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 1,296,854.10 million.
  3. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth US$ 1,271,597.56 million.
  4. South Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 1,089,786.72 million.
  5. South Africa exported Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus , worth US$ 1,062,969.54 million.

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 US$ 3,147,290.86 million.
  2. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 585,484.98 million.
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 549,175.48 million.
  4. South Africa imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 443,726.05 million.
  5. South Africa imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight > 2,000 kg bu , worth US$ 437,451.08 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2001

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2001 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2001

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2001 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 494.85 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.65 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.10 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 15,106,610.53 and duty free tariff line items share was 44.56 percent.

Development Indicators 2001

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2001 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 135,430 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,080.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 3.54.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,797.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 49.17 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.45 .

Trade Indicators 2001

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2001 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 12.66.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.76 and South Africa Country Growth was 2.08 .