# South Africa HS 480530 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 480530 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 480530 |
| Latest exports | $379.2K |
| Active destinations | 14 |
| Three-year growth | -7.7% |
| Destination HHI | 1,993 |
| Weighted share | 17.1% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Maldives at $112.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: China at $81.5 / ton.
- Median reported price: $2.8K / ton.
- Price spread: 3,929.1%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.3M
- 2011: $1.4M
- 2012: $2.1M
- 2013: $2.5M
- 2014: $1.6M
- 2015: $1.2M
- 2016: $274.4K
- 2017: $230.0K
- 2018: $160.6K
- 2019: $110.9K
- 2020: $127.0K
- 2021: $78.1K
- 2022: $64.5K
- 2023: $111.5K
- 2024: $61.4K

## 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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