# South Africa HS 280430 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 280430 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 280430 |
| Latest exports | $1.9M |
| Active destinations | 35 |
| Three-year growth | +35.9% |
| Destination HHI | 724 |
| Weighted share | 45.1% |

## Destination markets

- Netherlands: $78.9K; share 0.1%; growth +224.4%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Madagascar at $8.1K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Lesotho at $31.7 / ton.
- Median reported price: $154.9 / ton.
- Price spread: 5,209.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.4M
- 2011: $1.0M
- 2012: $1.3M
- 2013: $893.6K
- 2014: $2.1M
- 2015: $885.0K
- 2016: $545.2K
- 2017: $450.9K
- 2018: $788.5K
- 2019: $517.3K
- 2020: $547.0K
- 2021: $479.7K
- 2022: $720.4K
- 2023: $903.1K
- 2024: $1.2M

## 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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