# Democratic Republic of the Congo HS 720430 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 720430 exports from Democratic Republic of the Congo: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | HS6 | 720430 | | Latest exports | $3.1M | | Active destinations | 5 | | Three-year growth | -27.9% | | Destination HHI | 6,504 | | Weighted share | 4.8% | ## Destination markets - Uganda: $2.4M; share 5.5%; growth +2.4% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Angola at $581.0 / ton. - Lowest reported market price: United Rep. of Tanzania at $49.9 / ton. - Median reported price: $297.8 / ton. - Price spread: 178.4%. ## Export history - 2010: $841.3K - 2011: $331.6K - 2012: $142.0K - 2013: $78.5K - 2014: $139.4K - 2015: $417.3K - 2016: $622.3K - 2017: $1.9M - 2018: $4.8M - 2019: $7.3M - 2020: $5.2M - 2021: $6.5M - 2022: $11.1M - 2023: $3.8M - 2024: $2.4M ## Methods Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade. Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed. ## Complete structured values ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/cod/720430", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/720430", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/cod/720430", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "720430", "exporter_iso3": "COD", "first_data_year": 2001, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 14, "current_lane_count": 5, "active_market_count": 5, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 3055112.364712619, "exports_current_2024_usd": 2434292.361850069, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 5775132.523167518, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 5802253.518782008, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 4396886.435058463, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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