# South Africa HS 284910 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 284910 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 284910 | | Latest exports | $6.4M | | Active destinations | 10 | | Three-year growth | -28.7% | | Destination HHI | 363 | | Weighted share | 16.2% | ## Destination markets - India: $295.7K; share 0.9%; growth -47.2% - France: $22.6K; share 0.2%; growth +68.9% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Germany at $52.7K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Lesotho at $88.4 / ton. - Median reported price: $820.7 / ton. - Price spread: 6,407%. ## Export history - 2010: $24.3M - 2011: $34.7M - 2012: $31.7M - 2013: $30.9M - 2014: $27.1M - 2015: $24.7M - 2016: $25.6M - 2017: $27.9M - 2018: $12.8M - 2019: $2.8M - 2020: $256.3K - 2021: $460.1K - 2022: $417.2K - 2023: $226.9K - 2024: $166.6K ## 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/284910", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/284910", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/284910", "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": "284910", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 121, "current_lane_count": 10, "active_market_count": 10, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 6352987.648601293, "exports_current_2024_usd": 166561.05474435908, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 270243.05421332666, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 305418.86905234616, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 9541614.728824718, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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