# South Africa HS 550959 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 550959 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 550959 |
| Latest exports | $146.4K |
| Active destinations | 7 |
| Three-year growth | -0.2% |
| Destination HHI | 814 |
| Weighted share | 51.3% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands at $1.1M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Botswana at $306.6 / ton.
- Median reported price: $6.1K / ton.
- Price spread: 18,131.4%.

## Export history

- 2010: $32.8K
- 2011: $55.0K
- 2012: $21.8K
- 2013: $8.5K
- 2014: $41.2K
- 2015: $31.8K
- 2016: $28.2K
- 2017: $20.5K
- 2018: $248.0K
- 2019: $114.3K
- 2020: $56.6K
- 2021: $58.1K
- 2022: $74.8K
- 2023: $29.1K
- 2024: $57.7K

## 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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