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South Africa Trade Summary

2010

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2010

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2010

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2010 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 82,631 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 83,100 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,567 products were exported to 218 countries and 4,538 products were imported from 227 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2010

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2010 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 8,096 million, with a partner share of 9.80 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 7,185 million, with a partner share of 8.70 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 6,429 million, with a partner share of 7.78 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 5,496 million, with a partner share of 6.65 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Botswana worth US$ 4,175 million, with a partner share of 5.05 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2010 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 11,502 million, with a partner share of 13.84 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 9,175 million, with a partner share of 11.04 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 5,998 million, with a partner share of 7.22 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 4,255 million, with a partner share of 5.12 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 3,246 million, with a partner share of 3.91 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2010

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 5,302,571.47 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 5,088,212.93 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 3,538,056.63 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth 3,340,351.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth 3,143,850.07 (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 11,219,897.95 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 3,372,661.19 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,935,777.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,779,074.78 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,216,330.29 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2010

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2010 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2010

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2010 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 589.09 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.31 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.59 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 46,635,336.23 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.73 percent.

Development Indicators 2010

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2010 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 417,364 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,810.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.16.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,845.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 50.41 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.53 .

Trade Indicators 2010

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2010 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.95.
  • World Growth in percentage was 9.74 and South Africa Country Growth was 7.34 .