# South Africa HS 722840 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 722840 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 722840 |
| Latest exports | $744.6K |
| Active destinations | 16 |
| Three-year growth | +25.1% |
| Destination HHI | 1,054 |
| Weighted share | 44.2% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Uganda at $500.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Ghana at $90.1 / ton.
- Median reported price: $4.5K / ton.
- Price spread: 11,025.9%.

## Export history

- 2010: $72.0K
- 2011: $408.5K
- 2012: $305.9K
- 2013: $219.5K
- 2014: $470.3K
- 2015: $1.6M
- 2016: $215.9K
- 2017: $107.0K
- 2018: $119.1K
- 2019: $166.7K
- 2020: $182.6K
- 2021: $140.3K
- 2022: $437.7K
- 2023: $222.7K
- 2024: $274.6K

## 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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