# South Africa HS 360500 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 360500 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 360500 |
| Latest exports | $8.9M |
| Active destinations | 34 |
| Three-year growth | +3% |
| Destination HHI | 1,847 |
| Weighted share | 74.4% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $58.5K; share 0.5%; growth +15.1%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Benin at $173.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Malawi at $794.2 / ton.
- Median reported price: $3.0K / ton.
- Price spread: 5,798.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $14.7M
- 2011: $25.0M
- 2012: $19.7M
- 2013: $17.3M
- 2014: $12.4M
- 2015: $10.6M
- 2016: $8.1M
- 2017: $10.1M
- 2018: $10.4M
- 2019: $6.8M
- 2020: $6.8M
- 2021: $8.0M
- 2022: $8.2M
- 2023: $8.1M
- 2024: $8.8M

## 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.

## Complete structured values

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