# South Africa HS 540743 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 540743 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 540743 |
| Latest exports | $531.1K |
| Active destinations | 8 |
| Three-year growth | -19.4% |
| Destination HHI | 3,838 |
| Weighted share | 64.4% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Switzerland, Liechtenstein at $849.8K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Botswana at $401.9 / ton.
- Median reported price: $9.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 9,243.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $298.3K
- 2011: $426.6K
- 2012: $611.3K
- 2013: $617.4K
- 2014: $445.2K
- 2015: $4.2M
- 2016: $5.1M
- 2017: $605.4K
- 2018: $284.9K
- 2019: $128.7K
- 2020: $379.4K
- 2021: $827.3K
- 2022: $732.0K
- 2023: $804.1K
- 2024: $433.8K

## 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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