# South Africa HS 721430 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 721430 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 721430 | | Latest exports | $5.5M | | Active destinations | 14 | | Three-year growth | -28.2% | | Destination HHI | 4,502 | | Weighted share | 74.5% | ## Destination markets - Mexico: $3.0K; share 0.2%; growth +0% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Sierra Leone at $32.9K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Zambia at $58.5 / ton. - Median reported price: $1.0K / ton. - Price spread: 3,260.6%. ## Export history - 2010: $1.4M - 2011: $1.2M - 2012: $863.3K - 2013: $978.3K - 2014: $1.4M - 2015: $898.6K - 2016: $731.7K - 2017: $498.3K - 2018: $730.3K - 2019: $1.3M - 2020: $352.1K - 2021: $939.0K - 2022: $1.4M - 2023: $345.9K - 2024: $347.3K ## 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 ```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/721430", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/721430", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/721430", "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": "721430", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 62, "current_lane_count": 14, "active_market_count": 14, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 5455984.184377065, "exports_current_2024_usd": 347305.3960067597, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 707927.8018453397, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 682989.016142091, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 760370.7869226366, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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