# South Africa HS 720429 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 720429 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 720429 |
| Latest exports | $44.5M |
| Active destinations | 13 |
| Three-year growth | +24.6% |
| Destination HHI | 1,055 |
| Weighted share | 31.5% |

## Destination markets

- Turkey: $8.7M; share 28.5%; growth +40.3%
- Pakistan: $6.2M; share 4.4%; growth -0.7%
- India: $4.7M; share 2.6%; growth +12.6%
- Luxembourg: $3.7M; share 2.5%; growth +0%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Botswana at $39.8K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Slovenia at $3.3 / ton.
- Median reported price: $366.5 / ton.
- Price spread: 10,853.8%.

## Export history

- 2010: $64.7M
- 2011: $158.0M
- 2012: $239.8M
- 2013: $164.5M
- 2014: $107.1M
- 2015: $53.0M
- 2016: $33.7M
- 2017: $34.7M
- 2018: $51.2M
- 2019: $44.4M
- 2020: $23.7M
- 2021: $6.2M
- 2022: $38.0M
- 2023: $8.7M
- 2024: $12.0M

## 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.

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