South Africa Trade Summary

2021 Data

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR South Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 121,321
No. Of products: 4,449
No. Of partners: 216
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 93,440
No. Of products: 4,462
No. Of partners: 233

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Rhodium unwrought or ...8,778,861.80
Gold in oth semi-man ...7,307,540.00
Agglomerated iron or ...6,138,035.96
Bituminous coal, not ...5,815,477.99
Palladium unwrought ...4,075,275.32
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...8,383,514.89
Petroleum oils and o ...5,418,839.54
Transmission apparat ...2,715,481.91
New stamps; stamp-im ...1,645,117.86
Other medicaments of ...1,640,344.51

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China13,571 11.19
United States12,974 10.69
Germany9,374 7.73
Japan8,227 6.78
United Kingdom8,177 6.74
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China19,227 20.58
Germany7,545 8.07
United States6,576 7.04
India5,348 5.72
Saudi Arabia4,102 4.39

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials35,947 29.63 9,501 10.17 1.58
Intermediate goods52,354 43.15 19,764 21.15 2.13
Consumer goods18,568 15.30 32,335 34.61 9.52
Capital goods14,260 11.75 24,346 26.06 1.97

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.07
Index of export market penetration: 14.65
World Growth: 12.50
Country Growth: 20.03

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 11
Maximum Rate (%): 221.19
Simple Average (%): 7.16
Weighted Average (%): 4.46
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 41,731,960.16
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 64.72

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 419,016
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 6,530.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 6.17
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 25,852.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 5.41
Trade (% of GDP): 56.22