# South Africa HS 382590 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 382590 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 382590 |
| Latest exports | $335.9K |
| Active destinations | 20 |
| Three-year growth | +15.7% |
| Destination HHI | 1,268 |
| Weighted share | 30.6% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $41.1K; share 0.2%; growth +109%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Republic of Korea at $448.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Netherlands at $13.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $3.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 14,084.3%.

## Export history

- 2010: $4.0M
- 2011: $2.1M
- 2012: $1.7M
- 2013: $1.8M
- 2014: $877.5K
- 2015: $881.9K
- 2016: $180.5K
- 2017: $62.4K
- 2018: $156.4K
- 2019: $52.5K
- 2020: $51.5K
- 2021: $81.4K
- 2022: $86.1K
- 2023: $16.2K
- 2024: $126.3K

## 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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