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South Africa Trade Summary

2021

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2021

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 121,321 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 93,440 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,449 products were exported to 216 countries and 4,462 products were imported from 233 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 13,571 million, with a partner share of 11.19 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 12,974 million, with a partner share of 10.69 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 9,374 million, with a partner share of 7.73 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 8,227 million, with a partner share of 6.78 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 8,177 million, with a partner share of 6.74 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 19,227 million, with a partner share of 20.58 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 7,545 million, with a partner share of 8.07 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 6,576 million, with a partner share of 7.04 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from India worth US$ 5,348 million, with a partner share of 5.72 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 4,102 million, with a partner share of 4.39 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by South Africa along with trade value are:

  1. South Africa exported Rhodium unwrought or in powder form , worth 8,778,861.80 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 7,307,540.00 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 6,138,035.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 5,815,477.99 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Palladium unwrought or in powder form , worth 4,075,275.32 (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, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 8,383,514.89 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 5,418,839.54 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 2,715,481.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported New stamps; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; c , worth 1,645,117.86 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,640,344.51 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 221.19 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.16 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.46 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 41,731,960.16 and duty free tariff line items share was 64.72 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2021 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 419,016 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,530.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 6.17.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 25,852.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.22 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 5.41 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 14.65.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.50 and South Africa Country Growth was 20.03 .