# South Africa HS 620721 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 620721 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 620721 |
| Latest exports | $122.1K |
| Active destinations | 23 |
| Three-year growth | -18.2% |
| Destination HHI | 960 |
| Weighted share | 46.7% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Germany at $158.5K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: France at $1.0K / ton.
- Median reported price: $27.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 579.3%.

## Export history

- 2010: $422.2K
- 2011: $819.9K
- 2012: $306.6K
- 2013: $443.2K
- 2014: $315.2K
- 2015: $245.2K
- 2016: $273.9K
- 2017: $248.6K
- 2018: $156.5K
- 2019: $270.1K
- 2020: $154.9K
- 2021: $170.6K
- 2022: $93.6K
- 2023: $85.9K
- 2024: $93.3K

## 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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