# South Africa HS 252800 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 252800 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 252800 | | Latest exports | $589.5K | | Active destinations | 10 | | Three-year growth | -2.5% | | Destination HHI | 2,793 | | Weighted share | 55% | ## Destination markets - India: $54.9K; share 0.6%; growth +0% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Lesotho at $85.7K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Zambia at $374.8 / ton. - Median reported price: $1.4K / ton. - Price spread: 6,271.5%. ## Export history - 2010: $239.2K - 2011: $463.6K - 2012: $173.6K - 2013: $35.7K - 2014: $38.0K - 2015: $152.8K - 2016: $143.8K - 2017: $367.1K - 2018: $261.6K - 2019: $43.7K - 2020: $285.2K - 2021: $401.3K - 2022: $347.7K - 2023: $464.3K - 2024: $372.1K ## 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/zaf/252800", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/252800", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/252800", "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": "252800", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 52, "current_lane_count": 10, "active_market_count": 10, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 589511.3287306798, "exports_current_2024_usd": 372060.5442956248, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 394674.05274289404, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 374086.2189321952, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 283939.05901823414, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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