# South Africa HS 870850 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 870850 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 870850 |
| Latest exports | $33.8M |
| Active destinations | 116 |
| Three-year growth | +0.7% |
| Destination HHI | 1,565 |
| Weighted share | 19% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Israel at $2.5M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Egypt at $317.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $16.7K / ton.
- Price spread: 14,935.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $32.9M
- 2011: $67.4M
- 2012: $80.7M
- 2013: $59.0M
- 2014: $54.2M
- 2015: $44.3M
- 2016: $30.2M
- 2017: $31.1M
- 2018: $30.7M
- 2019: $31.0M
- 2020: $21.1M
- 2021: $32.9M
- 2022: $29.0M
- 2023: $37.8M
- 2024: $33.5M

## 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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