# South Africa HS 080280 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 080280 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 080280 |
| Latest exports | $361.7K |
| Active destinations | 10 |
| Three-year growth | +1,094.5% |
| Destination HHI | 3,548 |
| Weighted share | 12.6% |

## Destination markets

- China: $166.5K; share 0.4%; growth +0%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Zambia at $20.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Zambia at $325.7 / ton.
- Median reported price: $4.9K / ton.
- Price spread: 405.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $8.7K
- 2011: $11.6K
- 2012: $28.6K
- 2013: $37.1K
- 2014: $17.1K
- 2015: $11.3K
- 2016: $125.1K
- 2017: $9.6K
- 2018: $1.6K
- 2019: $493.1
- 2020: $2.7K
- 2021: $42.8
- 2022: $168.0K
- 2023: $315.4
- 2024: $73.0K

## 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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