# South Africa HS 540822 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 540822 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 540822 |
| Latest exports | $94.2K |
| Active destinations | 6 |
| Three-year growth | -3.8% |
| Destination HHI | 1,569 |
| Weighted share | 63.5% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Namibia at $70.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: India at $361.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $7.6K / ton.
- Price spread: 918.8%.

## Export history

- 2010: $7.6K
- 2011: $24.4K
- 2012: $1.8K
- 2013: $1.9K
- 2014: $1.5K
- 2015: $8.5K
- 2016: $6.2K
- 2017: $114.4K
- 2018: $3.5K
- 2019: $1.8K
- 2020: $58.0K
- 2021: $59.4K
- 2022: $30.6K
- 2023: $15.0K
- 2024: $52.8K

## 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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