# South Africa HS 721250 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 721250 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 721250 |
| Latest exports | $5.0M |
| Active destinations | 16 |
| Three-year growth | +5% |
| Destination HHI | 1,541 |
| Weighted share | 60.3% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Angola at $127.5K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Nigeria at $232.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $2.4K / ton.
- Price spread: 5,217.6%.

## Export history

- 2010: $7.0M
- 2011: $7.7M
- 2012: $11.0M
- 2013: $5.7M
- 2014: $1.6M
- 2015: $995.2K
- 2016: $1.1M
- 2017: $827.9K
- 2018: $2.0M
- 2019: $1.4M
- 2020: $1.4M
- 2021: $1.6M
- 2022: $1.3M
- 2023: $1.1M
- 2024: $1.8M

## 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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