# Ghana HS 180500 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 180500 exports from Ghana: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Ghana |
| HS6 | 180500 |
| Latest exports | $107.2M |
| Active destinations | 93 |
| Three-year growth | -1% |
| Destination HHI | 2,302 |
| Weighted share | 14.7% |

## Destination markets

- Netherlands: $46.5M; share 28.2%; growth -2.7%
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $19.2M; share 4.7%; growth -0%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Malaysia at $71.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Namibia at $129.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $2.6K / ton.
- Price spread: 2,679.9%.

## Export history

- 2010: $90.9M
- 2011: $141.6M
- 2012: $113.6M
- 2013: $73.8M
- 2014: $65.4M
- 2015: $74.9M
- 2016: $41.9M
- 2017: $76.4M
- 2018: $83.2M
- 2019: $77.3M
- 2020: $86.7M
- 2021: $110.3M
- 2022: $104.8M
- 2023: $119.2M
- 2024: $106.9M

## 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.

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