# South Africa HS 722300 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 722300 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 722300 |
| Latest exports | $2.7M |
| Active destinations | 47 |
| Three-year growth | +14.5% |
| Destination HHI | 1,226 |
| Weighted share | 54% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Bulgaria at $3.3M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Norway at $17.2 / ton.
- Median reported price: $6.9K / ton.
- Price spread: 48,424.3%.

## Export history

- 2010: $3.6M
- 2011: $3.0M
- 2012: $1.9M
- 2013: $3.2M
- 2014: $4.0M
- 2015: $2.4M
- 2016: $2.0M
- 2017: $2.0M
- 2018: $2.1M
- 2019: $1.5M
- 2020: $1.7M
- 2021: $1.3M
- 2022: $1.6M
- 2023: $2.1M
- 2024: $2.0M

## 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.

## Complete structured values

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