# South Africa HS 721661 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 721661 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 721661 |
| Latest exports | $1.9M |
| Active destinations | 18 |
| Three-year growth | +50.3% |
| Destination HHI | 4,044 |
| Weighted share | 70.7% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Uganda at $40.5K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Zambia at $107.4 / ton.
- Median reported price: $1.6K / ton.
- Price spread: 2,512.6%.

## Export history

- 2010: $5.4M
- 2011: $4.1M
- 2012: $3.1M
- 2013: $3.5M
- 2014: $2.9M
- 2015: $1.6M
- 2016: $2.2M
- 2017: $2.0M
- 2018: $1.3M
- 2019: $1.2M
- 2020: $771.0K
- 2021: $481.1K
- 2022: $494.0K
- 2023: $1.1M
- 2024: $1.6M

## 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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