# South Africa HS 120770 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 120770 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 120770 |
| Latest exports | $463.3K |
| Active destinations | 21 |
| Three-year growth | +27.4% |
| Destination HHI | 1,357 |
| Weighted share | 10.1% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Uruguay at $5.9M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Lesotho at $44.1 / ton.
- Median reported price: $24.1K / ton.
- Price spread: 24,262.6%.

## Export history

- 2010: $63.4K
- 2011: $53.8K
- 2012: $14.2K
- 2013: $4.2K
- 2014: $33.7K
- 2015: $136.4K
- 2016: $75.8K
- 2017: $160.1K
- 2018: $87.0K
- 2019: $49.4K
- 2020: $154.8K
- 2021: $156.8K
- 2022: $112.9K
- 2023: $346.4K
- 2024: $324.7K

## 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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