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South Africa Trade Summary

2008

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2008

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 73,966 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 87,593 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,449 products were exported to 214 countries and 4,482 products were imported from 225 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 8,120 million, with a partner share of 10.98 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 7,987 million, with a partner share of 10.80 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 5,749 million, with a partner share of 7.77 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 4,906 million, with a partner share of 6.63 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 4,310 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 9,914 million, with a partner share of 11.32 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 9,909 million, with a partner share of 11.31 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 7,038 million, with a partner share of 8.03 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 5,523 million, with a partner share of 6.31 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 4,883 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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 4,502,204.16 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth 3,579,426.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth 3,408,390.33 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus , worth 2,967,915.01 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 2,629,489.06 (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 14,957,218.52 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 3,326,863.86 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,472,200.10 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,442,180.22 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,035,341.84 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 590.47 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.62 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.90 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 52,928,757.14 and duty free tariff line items share was 55.15 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2008 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 316,131 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,560.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.47.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,632.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 65.97 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.69 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 14.10.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and South Africa Country Growth was -94.75 .