# South Africa HS 900290 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 900290 exports from South Africa: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | South Africa |
| HS6 | 900290 |
| Latest exports | $594.9K |
| Active destinations | 46 |
| Three-year growth | -4.8% |
| Destination HHI | 519 |
| Weighted share | 23.7% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Turkey at $10.1M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: China at $666.7 / ton.
- Median reported price: $65.1K / ton.
- Price spread: 15,539.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $929.5K
- 2011: $580.5K
- 2012: $347.8K
- 2013: $862.7K
- 2014: $1.5M
- 2015: $1.1M
- 2016: $657.1K
- 2017: $497.5K
- 2018: $596.0K
- 2019: $492.3K
- 2020: $236.3K
- 2021: $394.7K
- 2022: $978.9K
- 2023: $584.5K
- 2024: $340.8K

## 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

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