# South Africa HS 300490 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 300490 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 300490 |
| Latest exports | $298.8M |
| Active destinations | 145 |
| Three-year growth | +1.1% |
| Destination HHI | 719 |
| Weighted share | 23% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Serbia at $26.5M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Burundi at $277.6 / ton.
- Median reported price: $45.9K / ton.
- Price spread: 57,707.3%.

## Export history

- 2010: $238.2M
- 2011: $315.3M
- 2012: $367.8M
- 2013: $325.0M
- 2014: $366.7M
- 2015: $276.4M
- 2016: $326.4M
- 2017: $340.1M
- 2018: $279.0M
- 2019: $308.5M
- 2020: $272.5M
- 2021: $286.6M
- 2022: $260.7M
- 2023: $266.9M
- 2024: $296.3M

## 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

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