# South Africa HS 482040 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 482040 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 482040 | | Latest exports | $451.6K | | Active destinations | 19 | | Three-year growth | -8.3% | | Destination HHI | 3,001 | | Weighted share | 64.2% | ## Destination markets - Botswana: $242.9K; share 96.4%; growth -5.8% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Denmark at $232.0K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Angola at $62.1 / ton. - Median reported price: $4.5K / ton. - Price spread: 5,101.3%. ## Export history - 2010: $1.4M - 2011: $1.6M - 2012: $892.5K - 2013: $459.0K - 2014: $602.7K - 2015: $433.2K - 2016: $350.1K - 2017: $348.7K - 2018: $287.7K - 2019: $374.6K - 2020: $352.8K - 2021: $462.9K - 2022: $285.3K - 2023: $437.7K - 2024: $357.0K ## 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 ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/482040", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/482040", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/482040", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "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.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "482040", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 101, "current_lane_count": 19, "active_market_count": 19, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 451602.71278099105, "exports_current_2024_usd": 356990.5497279953, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 360001.416348923, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 379139.65195914055, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 368991.6636883123, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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