# South Africa HS 520839 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 520839 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 520839 |
| Latest exports | $2.5M |
| Active destinations | 10 |
| Three-year growth | +35.6% |
| Destination HHI | 6,037 |
| Weighted share | 92.8% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Italy at $1.4M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: United Kingdom at $200.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $16.0K / ton.
- Price spread: 8,450.6%.

## Export history

- 2010: $634.6K
- 2011: $643.3K
- 2012: $1.4M
- 2013: $825.0K
- 2014: $1.2M
- 2015: $1.1M
- 2016: $1.1M
- 2017: $2.2M
- 2018: $924.7K
- 2019: $819.4K
- 2020: $1.2M
- 2021: $961.5K
- 2022: $898.5K
- 2023: $917.1K
- 2024: $2.4M

## 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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