South Africa Trade Summary

2010 Data

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.
South Africa monthly trade data
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR South Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 82,329
No. Of products: 4,567
No. Of partners: 218
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 82,796
No. Of products: 4,538
No. Of partners: 227

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Bituminous coal, not ...5,283,183.83
Agglomerated iron or ...5,069,609.04
Platinum in other se ...3,525,120.53
Ferro-chromium conta ...3,328,138.70
Platinum unwrought o ...3,132,355.30
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...11,178,874.95
Petroleum oils, etc, ...3,360,329.82
Automobiles with rec ...1,928,700.18
Transmission apparat ...1,772,570.00
Other medicaments of ...1,211,883.05

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China8,066 9.80
United States7,159 8.70
Japan6,405 7.78
Germany5,476 6.65
Botswana4,160 5.05
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China11,460 13.84
Germany9,142 11.04
United States5,977 7.22
Japan4,239 5.12
Saudi Arabia3,234 3.91

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials22,752 27.64 14,205 17.16 0.77
Intermediate goods30,123 36.59 14,572 17.60 2.22
Consumer goods17,276 20.98 24,037 29.03 10.63
Capital goods12,071 14.66 24,791 29.94 2.21

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.05
Index of export market penetration: 14.04
World Growth: 10.04
Country Growth: 7.72

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 5
Maximum Rate (%): 589.09
Simple Average (%): 7.31
Weighted Average (%): 4.59
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 46,635,336.23
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 56.73

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 417,364
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 6,810.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.16
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 4,845.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.53
Trade (% of GDP): 50.41