Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2025
*
7.8 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2024
*
10.0 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2025
60.3 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
79.4 %
Binding coverage
100.0 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %
Imports
Total imports: 1,878.6 million USD in 2024
Imports by partner
South Africa
78.9 %
1,482.0
million USD
China
10.3 %
193.3
million USD
Chinese Taipei
2.9 %
54.1
million USD
India
1.4 %
26.6
million USD
European Union
1.2 %
22.2
million USD
Japan
1.0 %
19.4
million USD
Mozambique
0.6 %
10.5
million USD
Zambia
0.5 %
9.8
million USD
United States of America
0.5 %
9.1
million USD
Botswana
0.5 %
8.9
million USD
Rest of the World
2.3 %
42.7
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
271012
Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
10.6 %
199.8
million USD
271600
Electrical energy
3.2 %
59.9
million USD
600330
Knitted or crocheted fabrics of synthetic fibres, of a width of <= 30 cm (excl. those containing by weight >= 5% of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, and pile fabrics, incl. "long pile", looped pile fabrics, labels, badges and similar articles, knitted or crocheted fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, and sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers of subheading 3006.10.30)
2.0 %
36.9
million USD
110220
Maize "corn" flour
1.7 %
31.8
million USD
100590
Maize (excl. seed for sowing)
1.6 %
30.9
million USD
843031
Self-propelled coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery (excl. hydraulically operated self-advancing supports for mines)
1.5 %
27.7
million USD
853890
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus)
1.4 %
26.7
million USD
520100
Cotton, neither carded nor combed
1.4 %
25.8
million USD
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.3 %
24.8
million USD
100199
Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat)
1.2 %
21.9
million USD
Rest of the products
74.1 %
1,392.2
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 1,004.8 million USD in 2024
Exports by destination
South Africa
58.5 %
587.7
million USD
European Union
24.3 %
244.2
million USD
United States of America
14.5 %
146.2
million USD
Eswatini
0.6 %
6.5
million USD
Canada
0.4 %
4.3
million USD
Botswana
0.3 %
2.8
million USD
United Kingdom
0.2 %
2.5
million USD
Egypt
0.2 %
2.1
million USD
Viet Nam
0.1 %
1.3
million USD
United Arab Emirates
0.1 %
1.1
million USD
Rest of the World
0.6 %
6.0
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
710231
Non-industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted (excl. industrial diamonds)
22.3 %
224.3
million USD
220110
Mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or flavoured
18.5 %
185.4
million USD
620342
Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear)
5.2 %
51.8
million USD
510119
Greasy wool, incl. fleece-washed wool, neither carded nor combed (excl. shorn wool)
3.8 %
37.7
million USD
630493
Articles for interior furnishing, of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, blankets and travelling rugs, bedlinen, table linen, toilet linen, kitchen linen, curtains, incl. drapes, interior blinds, curtain or bed valances, bedspreads, lampshades and articles of heading 9404)
3.6 %
36.6
million USD
610520
Men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, T-shirts, singlets and other vests)
3.3 %
32.9
million USD
853620
Automatic circuit breakers for a voltage <= 1.000 V
3.2 %
32.3
million USD
610990
T-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton)
2.6 %
26.4
million USD
620462
Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear)
2.5 %
25.4
million USD
110100
Wheat or meslin flour
1.6 %
15.6
million USD
Rest of the products
33.5 %
336.4
million USD
Preferential regimes provided by Lesotho
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Lesotho as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes
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