# South Africa HS 520300 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 520300 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 520300 |
| Latest exports | $2.7M |
| Active destinations | 9 |
| Three-year growth | -14.3% |
| Destination HHI | 5,503 |
| Weighted share | 54.4% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Netherlands at $373.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Germany at $277.8 / ton.
- Median reported price: $6.1K / ton.
- Price spread: 6,151.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $1.3M
- 2011: $2.8M
- 2012: $1.1M
- 2013: $498.9K
- 2014: $3.5M
- 2015: $1.4M
- 2016: $1.0M
- 2017: $2.0M
- 2018: $3.8M
- 2019: $2.6M
- 2020: $2.0M
- 2021: $3.6M
- 2022: $3.5M
- 2023: $2.3M
- 2024: $2.3M

## 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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