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South Africa Trade Summary

2022

South Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2022

Exports and imports of South Africa in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 121,616 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 111,880 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,441 products were exported to 218 countries and 4,447 products were imported from 231 countries.

South Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which South Africa exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Africa exports to China worth US$ 11,695 million, with a partner share of 9.62 percent.
  2. South Africa exports to United States worth US$ 10,728 million, with a partner share of 8.82 percent.
  3. South Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 8,835 million, with a partner share of 7.26 percent.
  4. South Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 8,498 million, with a partner share of 6.99 percent.
  5. South Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 6,305 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.

Top five countries from which South Africa imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Africa imports from China worth US$ 22,462 million, with a partner share of 20.08 percent.
  2. South Africa imports from India worth US$ 8,334 million, with a partner share of 7.45 percent.
  3. South Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 8,205 million, with a partner share of 7.33 percent.
  4. South Africa imports from United States worth US$ 8,204 million, with a partner share of 7.33 percent.
  5. South Africa imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 4,501 million, with a partner share of 4.02 percent.

South Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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

  1. South Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 12,185,339.18 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa exported Rhodium unwrought or in powder form , worth 5,610,939.44 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 5,264,750.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 4,220,019.48 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth 3,589,128.33 (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 18,729,544.64 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 4,397,934.67 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 3,243,144.61 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Africa imported New stamps; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; c , worth 1,882,496.38 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,580,229.43 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 82 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.37 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.83 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 51,576,802.02 and duty free tariff line items share was 61.18 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2022 are below

  • South Africa GDP in current US dollar was 405,870 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,780.00 .
  • South Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.98.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 8,032.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 64.91 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.58 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for South Africa in 2022 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.47.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and South Africa Country Growth was 0.84 .