South Africa Trade Summary

2022 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): 121,616
No. Of products: 4,441
No. Of partners: 218
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 111,880
No. Of products: 4,447
No. Of partners: 231

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Bituminous coal, not ...12,185,339.18
Rhodium unwrought or ...5,610,939.44
Gold in oth semi-man ...5,264,750.96
Agglomerated iron or ...4,220,019.48
Ferro-chromium conta ...3,589,128.33
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...18,729,544.64
Petroleum oils and o ...4,397,934.67
Transmission apparat ...3,243,144.61
New stamps; stamp-im ...1,882,496.38
Automobiles with rec ...1,580,229.43

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China11,695 9.62
United States10,728 8.82
Germany8,835 7.26
Japan8,498 6.99
United Kingdom6,305 5.18
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China22,462 20.08
India8,334 7.45
Germany8,205 7.33
United States8,204 7.33
Saudi Arabia4,501 4.02

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials41,006 33.72 8,985 8.03 1.86
Intermediate goods45,477 37.39 22,168 19.81 2.30
Consumer goods20,445 16.81 45,061 40.28 10.28
Capital goods14,392 11.83 28,244 25.24 2.45

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.07
Index of export market penetration: 13.47
World Growth: 5.18
Country Growth: 0.84

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 7
Maximum Rate (%): 82
Simple Average (%): 7.37
Weighted Average (%): 4.83
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 51,576,802.02
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 61.18

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 405,870
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 6,780.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.98
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 8,032.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 7.58
Trade (% of GDP): 64.91