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South Africa Trade Summary

2005

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2005

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2005

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2005 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 46,991 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 55,033 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,676 products were exported to 214 countries and 4,689 products were imported from 219 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2005

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2005 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 5,149 million, with a partner share of 10.96 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 5,000 million, with a partner share of 10.64 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 4,893 million, with a partner share of 10.41 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 3,330 million, with a partner share of 7.09 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 2,341 million, with a partner share of 4.98 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2005 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 7,716 million, with a partner share of 14.02 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 4,946 million, with a partner share of 8.99 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 4,348 million, with a partner share of 7.90 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 3,716 million, with a partner share of 6.75 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 3,047 million, with a partner share of 5.54 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2005

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 3,177,862.12 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 2,175,707.76 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth 2,003,167.98 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 1,838,323.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 1,801,370.66 (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 6,474,153.45 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,576,085.75 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,489,195.95 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,013,376.72 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 972,384.69 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2005

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2005 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2005

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2005 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 625.66 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.85 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.64 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 31,742,127.33 and duty free tariff line items share was 52.35 percent.

Development Indicators 2005

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2005 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 288,867 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,480.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.23.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -659.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 47.43 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.30 .

Trade Indicators 2005

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2005 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.04.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.26.
  • World Growth in percentage was 6.13 and South Africa Country Growth was 4.58 .