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South Africa Trade Summary

2012

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2012

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 98,782 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 104,136 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,522 products were exported to 219 countries and 4,511 products were imported from 224 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 10,316 million, with a partner share of 10.44 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to Unspecified worth US$ 9,186 million, with a partner share of 9.30 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 7,820 million, with a partner share of 7.92 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 5,687 million, with a partner share of 5.76 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Botswana worth US$ 5,045 million, with a partner share of 5.11 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 14,611 million, with a partner share of 14.03 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 10,233 million, with a partner share of 9.83 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 7,935 million, with a partner share of 7.62 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 7,487 million, with a partner share of 7.19 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 4,607 million, with a partner share of 4.42 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 8,654,579.51 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 6,526,130.17 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 5,425,151.54 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 3,496,488.92 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 3,329,024.32 (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 15,786,310.48 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 5,855,693.18 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,969,245.22 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,941,374.09 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,517,507.85 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 537.06 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.12 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.22 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 64,119,891.40 and duty free tariff line items share was 64.14 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2012 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 434,401 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,320.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.30.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -5,666.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 55.58 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.43 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.92.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and South Africa Country Growth was 1.33 .