# South Africa HS 846820 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 846820 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | South Africa | | HS6 | 846820 | | Latest exports | $985.5K | | Active destinations | 30 | | Three-year growth | -13% | | Destination HHI | 1,303 | | Weighted share | 20.8% | ## Destination markets - India: $33.3K; share 0.3%; growth +143.7% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Côte d\'Ivoire at $149.1K / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Malta at $494.6 / ton. - Median reported price: $45.4K / ton. - Price spread: 327.3%. ## Export history - 2010: $731.0K - 2011: $1.1M - 2012: $555.7K - 2013: $640.7K - 2014: $568.3K - 2015: $355.3K - 2016: $567.5K - 2017: $836.5K - 2018: $1.4M - 2019: $1.9M - 2020: $484.4K - 2021: $580.7K - 2022: $367.9K - 2023: $406.2K - 2024: $381.8K ## 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 ```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/846820", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/846820", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/zaf/846820", "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": "846820", "exporter_iso3": "ZAF", "first_data_year": 2000, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 100, "current_lane_count": 30, "active_market_count": 30, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 985488.5401850473, "exports_current_2024_usd": 381817.5801705085, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 385299.72829795553, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 444207.3492329794, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 728149.2108930027, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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