South Africa Trade Summary

2017 Data

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.
South Africa monthly trade data
South Africa quarterly trade data

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR South Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 88,233
No. Of products: 4,476
No. Of partners: 223
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 83,087
No. Of products: 4,467
No. Of partners: 229

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Bituminous coal, not ...5,548,623.93
Gold in oth semi-man ...4,984,980.14
Agglomerated iron or ...3,237,780.14
Ferro-chromium conta ...3,115,525.24
Diesel powered truck ...2,632,506.77
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...6,427,889.67
Petroleum oils, etc, ...4,449,757.73
Transmission apparat ...2,745,002.60
Other medicaments of ...1,351,193.35
Automobiles with rec ...1,051,012.61

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China8,672 9.83
United States6,622 7.50
Germany5,815 6.59
Unspecified5,467 6.20
Japan4,162 4.72
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China15,234 18.33
Germany9,573 11.52
United States5,504 6.62
India3,917 4.71
Saudi Arabia3,850 4.63

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials26,632 30.18 10,242 12.33 1.51
Intermediate goods30,361 34.41 15,781 18.99 2.01
Consumer goods18,757 21.26 26,305 31.66 10.20
Capital goods11,954 13.55 23,978 28.86 2.00

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.07
Index of export market penetration: 14.67
World Growth: 5.56
Country Growth: 5.09

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 9
Maximum Rate (%): 282.40
Simple Average (%): 6.67
Weighted Average (%): 4.61
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 49,566,100.31
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 66.96

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 381,449
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 5,950.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.14
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 4,365.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.69
Trade (% of GDP): 53.54