# South Africa HS 291221 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 291221 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 291221 |
| Latest exports | $179.9K |
| Active destinations | 6 |
| Three-year growth | +303.7% |
| Destination HHI | 6,392 |
| Weighted share | 17.4% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: France at $306.3K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Mozambique at $833.3 / ton.
- Median reported price: $6.1K / ton.
- Price spread: 5,041.5%.

## Export history

- 2010: $233.9K
- 2011: $476.1K
- 2012: $89.0K
- 2013: $26.3K
- 2014: $48.7K
- 2015: $245.7K
- 2016: $22.7K
- 2017: $1.5K
- 2018: $84.1K
- 2019: $81.3K
- 2020: $89.2K
- 2021: $2.5K
- 2022: $9.5K
- 2023: $177.7K
- 2024: $162.8K

## 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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