# South Africa HS 030749 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 030749 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 030749 |
| Latest exports | $4.7M |
| Active destinations | 18 |
| Three-year growth | -1.5% |
| Destination HHI | 1,006 |
| Weighted share | 27.9% |

## Destination markets

- Italy: $467.8K; share 1.3%; growth -73.7%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Belgium at $83.3K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Lesotho at $444.4 / ton.
- Median reported price: $4.7K / ton.
- Price spread: 1,751.4%.

## Export history

- 2010: $64.9M
- 2011: $64.9M
- 2012: $48.0M
- 2013: $32.5M
- 2014: $40.9M
- 2015: $50.8M
- 2016: $66.6M
- 2017: $5.6M
- 2018: $2.9M
- 2019: $1.3M
- 2020: $636.1K
- 2021: $789.0K
- 2022: $979.1K
- 2023: $1.2M
- 2024: $752.9K

## 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

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