# South Africa HS 490600 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 490600 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 490600 | | Latest exports | $869.3K | | Active destinations | 26 | | Three-year growth | +61% | | Destination HHI | 2,551 | | Weighted share | 22.5% | ## Destination markets - India: $3.0K; share 0.2%; growth +186% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: China at $3.1M / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Eswatini at $166.7 / ton. - Median reported price: $19.6K / ton. - Price spread: 16,009.8%. ## Export history - 2010: $135.2K - 2011: $335.4K - 2012: $140.0K - 2013: $211.3K - 2014: $70.5K - 2015: $62.1K - 2016: $59.9K - 2017: $86.6K - 2018: $293.9K - 2019: $24.4K - 2020: $27.2K - 2021: $42.9K - 2022: $97.7K - 2023: $53.5K - 2024: $179.0K ## 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/490600", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/490600", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/490600", "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": "490600", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 113, "current_lane_count": 26, "active_market_count": 26, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 869278.415749491, "exports_current_2024_usd": 178974.15850374012, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 110060.66551396914, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 80050.36383019578, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 92725.16555311655, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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