# South Africa HS 722220 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 722220 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 722220 |
| Latest exports | $1.0M |
| Active destinations | 23 |
| Three-year growth | -29.4% |
| Destination HHI | 606 |
| Weighted share | 20% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: United Arab Emirates at $322.7K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Angola at $31.9 / ton.
- Median reported price: $3.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 10,018.3%.

## Export history

- 2010: $332.5K
- 2011: $272.6K
- 2012: $628.2K
- 2013: $432.1K
- 2014: $510.1K
- 2015: $497.1K
- 2016: $257.8K
- 2017: $535.4K
- 2018: $342.0K
- 2019: $432.4K
- 2020: $524.5K
- 2021: $633.3K
- 2022: $315.9K
- 2023: $608.7K
- 2024: $222.8K

## 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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