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South Africa Trade Summary

2004

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2004

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2004

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2004 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 40,264 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 47,603 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,681 products were exported to 212 countries and 4,721 products were imported from 219 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2004

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2004 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 4,690 million, with a partner share of 11.65 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 4,215 million, with a partner share of 10.47 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 4,110 million, with a partner share of 10.21 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 3,237 million, with a partner share of 8.04 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 1,841 million, with a partner share of 4.57 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2004 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 6,751 million, with a partner share of 14.18 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 4,112 million, with a partner share of 8.64 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 3,575 million, with a partner share of 7.51 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 3,257 million, with a partner share of 6.84 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 3,257 million, with a partner share of 6.84 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2004

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by South Africa along with trade value are:

  1. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 2,563,746.82 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 2,350,157.60 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,920,273.57 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 1,492,314.11 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth 1,491,692.25 (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 5,913,820.19 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth 1,250,726.90 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,186,783.82 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,146,079.10 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 820,778.54 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2004

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2004 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2004

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2004 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 96 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.29 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.29 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 27,928,039.63 and duty free tariff line items share was 49.80 percent.

Development Indicators 2004

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2004 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 255,807 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,070.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.13.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -329.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 45.64 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.02 .

Trade Indicators 2004

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2004 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 12.59.
  • World Growth in percentage was 10.40 and South Africa Country Growth was 11.00 .