South Africa Trade Summary

2012 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): 98,782
No. Of products: 4,522
No. Of partners: 219
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 104,136
No. Of products: 4,511
No. Of partners: 224

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Gold in oth semi-man ...8,654,579.51
Bituminous coal, not ...6,526,130.17
Agglomerated iron or ...5,425,151.54
Petroleum oils, etc, ...3,496,488.92
Platinum in other se ...3,329,024.32
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...15,786,310.48
Petroleum oils, etc, ...5,855,693.18
Automobiles with rec ...1,969,245.22
Transmission apparat ...1,941,374.09
Other medicaments of ...1,517,507.85

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China10,316 10.44
Unspecified9,186 9.30
United States7,820 7.92
Japan5,687 5.76
Botswana5,045 5.11
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China14,611 14.03
Germany10,233 9.83
Saudi Arabia7,935 7.62
United States7,487 7.19
Japan4,607 4.42

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials27,956 28.30 19,821 19.03 0.40
Intermediate goods36,436 36.88 17,111 16.43 2.13
Consumer goods18,868 19.10 30,921 29.69 11.46
Capital goods15,398 15.59 29,962 28.77 2.04

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.11
Index of export market penetration: 13.92
World Growth: 0.17
Country Growth: 1.33

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 5
Maximum Rate (%): 537.06
Simple Average (%): 7.12
Weighted Average (%): 4.22
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 64,119,891.40
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 64.14

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 434,401
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 8,320.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.30
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -5,666.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.43
Trade (% of GDP): 55.58