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South Africa Trade Summary

2002

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2002

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2002

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2002 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 23,064 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 26,221 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,674 products were exported to 214 countries and 4,671 products were imported from 217 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2002

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2002 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,519 million, with a partner share of 10.92 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 2,439 million, with a partner share of 10.58 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 1,884 million, with a partner share of 8.17 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 1,490 million, with a partner share of 6.46 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,189 million, with a partner share of 5.15 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2002 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 4,078 million, with a partner share of 15.55 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,085 million, with a partner share of 11.77 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,373 million, with a partner share of 9.05 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 1,819 million, with a partner share of 6.94 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 1,359 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2002

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 1,766,650.71 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,368,261.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus , worth 916,848.22 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 804,541.14 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Aluminium unwrought, not alloyed , worth 675,387.94 (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 2,797,338.03 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 669,581.75 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 520,680.70 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 413,523.60 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 374,207.38 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2002

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2002 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2002

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2002 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 431.18 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.30 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.95 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 15,070,329.74 and duty free tariff line items share was 45.26 percent.

Development Indicators 2002

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2002 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 129,088 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,890.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 3.40.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,385.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 53.47 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.22 .

Trade Indicators 2002

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2002 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.36.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.43.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.38 and South Africa Country Growth was 58.09 .