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South Africa Trade Summary

2011

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2011

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 107,956 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 102,793 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,553 products were exported to 222 countries and 4,529 products were imported from 228 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 12,496 million, with a partner share of 11.57 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to Unspecified worth US$ 10,816 million, with a partner share of 10.02 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 8,174 million, with a partner share of 7.57 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 7,625 million, with a partner share of 7.06 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 5,470 million, with a partner share of 5.07 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 14,209 million, with a partner share of 13.82 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 10,685 million, with a partner share of 10.39 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 7,998 million, with a partner share of 7.78 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 4,736 million, with a partner share of 4.61 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 4,449 million, with a partner share of 4.33 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

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

  1. South Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 10,372,426.03 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 7,240,050.60 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 6,688,452.71 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 4,097,396.81 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth 3,797,557.92 (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 14,098,602.74 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 5,747,589.31 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 2,209,916.58 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 2,130,479.96 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,398,881.21 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 598.27 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.11 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.39 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 58,385,536.49 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.73 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2011 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 458,199 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,700.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.76.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 3,482.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 54.64 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.31 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2011 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.59.
  • World Growth in percentage was 9.23 and South Africa Country Growth was 18.39 .