# South Africa HS 282732 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 282732 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 282732 | | Latest exports | $3.1M | | Active destinations | 20 | | Three-year growth | +1.3% | | Destination HHI | 2,401 | | Weighted share | 58.6% | ## Destination markets - Malaysia: $79.9K; share 1.1%; growth -26.3% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Spain at $147.8K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: United Rep. of Tanzania at $301.1 / ton. - Median reported price: $1.0K / ton. - Price spread: 14,090.8%. ## Export history - 2010: $701.5K - 2011: $1.0M - 2012: $1.9M - 2013: $1.8M - 2014: $1.5M - 2015: $2.6M - 2016: $2.3M - 2017: $5.3M - 2018: $2.0M - 2019: $2.7M - 2020: $2.3M - 2021: $2.2M - 2022: $2.6M - 2023: $987.4K - 2024: $2.3M ## 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/282732", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/282732", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/282732", "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": "282732", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 60, "current_lane_count": 20, "active_market_count": 20, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 3063269.934495295, "exports_current_2024_usd": 2339619.3120561345, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 1967075.1383657604, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 2097286.3047204274, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 2547926.3792839237, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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