# South Africa HS 283525 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 283525 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 283525 |
| Latest exports | $5.9M |
| Active destinations | 17 |
| Three-year growth | -4.3% |
| Destination HHI | 1,337 |
| Weighted share | 18.8% |

## Destination markets

- Australia: $1.5M; share 10.4%; growth -13.4%
- Indonesia: $461.1K; share 2.9%; growth +171.7%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Mauritius at $103.5K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Uruguay at $447.9 / ton.
- Median reported price: $1.0K / ton.
- Price spread: 10,156.8%.

## Export history

- 2010: $2.2M
- 2011: $2.7M
- 2012: $3.4M
- 2013: $3.3M
- 2014: $4.9M
- 2015: $7.6M
- 2016: $4.6M
- 2017: $5.6M
- 2018: $6.1M
- 2019: $4.5M
- 2020: $4.9M
- 2021: $4.3M
- 2022: $6.4M
- 2023: $3.8M
- 2024: $3.8M

## 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.

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