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South Africa Trade Summary

2007

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2007

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2007

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2007 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 64,027 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 79,873 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,444 products were exported to 214 countries and 4,470 products were imported from 224 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2007

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2007 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 7,529 million, with a partner share of 11.76 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 7,039 million, with a partner share of 10.99 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 5,106 million, with a partner share of 7.97 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 4,907 million, with a partner share of 7.66 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 4,170 million, with a partner share of 6.51 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2007 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 9,317 million, with a partner share of 11.66 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 8,563 million, with a partner share of 10.72 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 6,166 million, with a partner share of 7.72 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 5,249 million, with a partner share of 6.57 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 3,863 million, with a partner share of 4.84 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2007

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

  1. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth US$ 3,355,428.89 million.
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth US$ 3,224,119.37 million.
  3. South Africa exported Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus , worth US$ 3,121,768.30 million.
  4. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth US$ 2,269,323.76 million.
  5. South Africa exported Rhodium unwrought or in powder form , worth US$ 2,234,843.96 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$ 10,917,941.06 million.
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 3,241,346.29 million.
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 2,351,582.15 million.
  4. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 1,547,430.24 million.
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 974,877.62 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2007

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2007 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2007

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2007 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 669.36 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.06 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.81 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 45,930,456.18 and duty free tariff line items share was 54.04 percent.

Development Indicators 2007

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2007 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 333,077 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,510.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.21.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,021.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 57.13 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.21 .

Trade Indicators 2007

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2007 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.58 and South Africa Country Growth was 11.32 .