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South Africa Trade Summary

2015

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2015

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 80,264 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 85,511 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,511 products were exported to 217 countries and 4,496 products were imported from 229 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 7,420 million, with a partner share of 9.24 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 6,171 million, with a partner share of 7.69 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 5,017 million, with a partner share of 6.25 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Unspecified worth US$ 4,967 million, with a partner share of 6.19 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to Namibia worth US$ 4,153 million, with a partner share of 5.17 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 15,673 million, with a partner share of 18.33 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 9,623 million, with a partner share of 11.25 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 6,026 million, with a partner share of 7.05 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from India worth US$ 4,221 million, with a partner share of 4.94 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 3,137 million, with a partner share of 3.67 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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 US$ 4,678,363.68 million.
  2. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth US$ 3,901,838.27 million.
  3. South Africa exported Platinum unwrought or in powder form , worth US$ 3,164,306.37 million.
  4. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth US$ 2,873,449.85 million.
  5. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth US$ 2,837,174.56 million.

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 US$ 7,738,268.95 million.
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 4,662,840.08 million.
  3. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 1,710,854.55 million.
  4. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 1,322,179.21 million.
  5. South Africa imported Telegraphic apparatus, nes , worth US$ 1,292,076.44 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 328.80 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.35 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.38 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 49,362,340.65 and duty free tariff line items share was 68.17 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2015 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 346,710 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,550.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.30.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,505.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.73 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.02 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 14.33.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and South Africa Country Growth was -8.34 .