# South Africa HS 401490 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 401490 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 401490 |
| Latest exports | $690.7K |
| Active destinations | 28 |
| Three-year growth | -6.6% |
| Destination HHI | 1,666 |
| Weighted share | 65.4% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Japan at $4.2M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Nigeria at $1.1K / ton.
- Median reported price: $10.7K / ton.
- Price spread: 39,202.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.0M
- 2011: $1.7M
- 2012: $589.9K
- 2013: $1.9M
- 2014: $653.7K
- 2015: $600.6K
- 2016: $1.0M
- 2017: $691.2K
- 2018: $842.6K
- 2019: $797.5K
- 2020: $736.0K
- 2021: $709.6K
- 2022: $883.5K
- 2023: $696.4K
- 2024: $578.2K

## 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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