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South Africa Trade Summary

2003

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2003

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2003

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2003 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 31,636 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 34,414 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,685 products were exported to 209 countries and 4,700 products were imported from 216 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2003

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2003 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 3,844 million, with a partner share of 12.15 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 3,197 million, with a partner share of 10.11 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 3,148 million, with a partner share of 9.95 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 2,440 million, with a partner share of 7.71 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,509 million, with a partner share of 4.77 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2003 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 5,109 million, with a partner share of 14.85 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 3,413 million, with a partner share of 9.92 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,990 million, with a partner share of 8.69 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 2,425 million, with a partner share of 7.05 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 2,211 million, with a partner share of 6.42 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2003

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$ 1,715,920.47 million.
  2. South Africa exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 1,611,633.47 million.
  3. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth US$ 1,383,039.41 million.
  4. South Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 1,271,572.30 million.
  5. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth US$ 1,170,511.07 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$ 3,584,461.52 million.
  2. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 777,275.87 million.
  3. South Africa imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 736,227.56 million.
  4. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 659,210.20 million.
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 531,930.23 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2003

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2003 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2003

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2003 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 431.35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.46 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.15 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 19,867,833.56 and duty free tariff line items share was 44.98 percent.

Development Indicators 2003

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2003 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 197,019 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,180.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 2.11.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,151.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 45.72 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.48 .

Trade Indicators 2003

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2003 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.53.
  • World Growth in percentage was 8.09 and South Africa Country Growth was 8.69 .