# South Africa HS 870323 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 870323 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 870323 |
| Latest exports | $2.7B |
| Active destinations | 101 |
| Three-year growth | +16.8% |
| Destination HHI | 3,993 |
| Weighted share | 4.3% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.7B; share 1.8%; growth +29.3%
- Germany: $439.1M; share 3.8%; growth +8.1%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Finland at $3.7M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Lesotho at $307.1 / ton.
- Median reported price: $15.0K / ton.
- Price spread: 24,981.1%.

## Export history

- 2010: $2.6B
- 2011: $2.8B
- 2012: $2.9B
- 2013: $2.8B
- 2014: $2.5B
- 2015: $3.0B
- 2016: $2.7B
- 2017: $2.5B
- 2018: $1.7B
- 2019: $1.9B
- 2020: $1.4B
- 2021: $1.7B
- 2022: $2.5B
- 2023: $3.0B
- 2024: $2.7B

## 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.

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