# South Africa HS 690310 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 690310 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 690310 | | Latest exports | $401.5K | | Active destinations | 24 | | Three-year growth | -1% | | Destination HHI | 845 | | Weighted share | 15.3% | ## Destination markets - USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $67.1K; share 0.2%; growth +226.2% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Austria at $51.1M / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Botswana at $166.0 / ton. - Median reported price: $7.0K / ton. - Price spread: 729,926.2%. ## Export history - 2010: $113.5K - 2011: $150.1K - 2012: $103.1K - 2013: $128.6K - 2014: $114.1K - 2015: $181.6K - 2016: $174.9K - 2017: $212.1K - 2018: $103.6K - 2019: $235.0K - 2020: $157.7K - 2021: $133.7K - 2022: $234.9K - 2023: $70.1K - 2024: $129.6K ## 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 ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/690310", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/690310", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/690310", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "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.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "690310", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 68, "current_lane_count": 24, "active_market_count": 24, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 401481.2500456102, "exports_current_2024_usd": 129640.72547074444, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 144867.00177071127, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 145190.89348564157, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 163312.36086405217, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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