71205 v2 South Africa: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $266,168 $5,596 0.52% $3,597 1948 1995 3 0 Sth Africa TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SSA Ranking Decile TP Upper mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 73 6 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 69 6 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 32 2 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 24 2 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 119 8 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 5.4 6.4 6.6 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 5.7 5.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 6.2 6.3 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 9.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 131.1 129.7 269.4 277.5 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 9.7 9.3 9.2 9.3 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 9.0 7.8 7.8 7.6 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 6.2 5.3 5.8 5.8 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 50.4 62.3 68.0 67.8 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 6.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 Nontariff measures Agriculture 8.3 7.5 8.1 8.7 Nonagriculture 5.9 5.0 4.9 4.5 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 6.3 5.8 * SSA Upper mid inc Sth Africa Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 4.5 6.4 6.1 Agriculture .. 8.9 9.5 9.1 Nonagriculture .. 5.1 6.9 6.7 Import duties (% of imports) .. 2.8 4.1 4.0 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 10.3 11.4 11.3 11.4 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) 97.2 97.4 97.1 96.6 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 29.0 1.0 3.0 3.1 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 11.6 .. .. .. SSA Upper mid inc Sth Africa Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 53.4 53.4 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 3.0 2.5 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 6.5 4.2 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 5.0 3.5 2.5 1.9 * MFN duty free Agriculture 16.8 12.5 9.1 6.8 * (exports) Nonagriculture 3.7 2.6 1.9 1.5 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 49.0 51.3 55.6 55.2 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 0.0 41.9 43.0 41.2 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 87.7 77.3 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 1.1 0.9 * SSA Upper mid inc Sth Africa Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) -3.7 2.1 -4.0 -15.6 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates South Africa Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 35 32 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 57 47 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 83 47 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 71 82 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.77 0.75 0.72 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.13 0.24 0.15 .. SSA Upper mid inc Sth Africa WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.44 0.44 0.32 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 3.5 3.5 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 3.2 3.2 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 3.4 3.4 * International transportation costs .. .. 3.6 3.6 * Logistics competence .. .. 3.5 3.5 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 3.7 3.7 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.8 3.8 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 137 147 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 8 8 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 29 29 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,087 1,445 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 9 9 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 35 35 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,195 1,721 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 25.1 27.5 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 17.1 41.8 91.6 98.6 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 2.8 1.3 .. .. SSA Upper mid inc Sth Africa Internet usage (per 100 people) 2.1 6.7 7.9 8.3 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 89.2 89.9 .. .. TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 5.5 4.8 9.7 4.0 12 Exports 6.2 2.9 6.8 2.8 10 9.7 9.1 8 8.0 7.9 Imports 4.9 6.7 12.9 4.9 6.2 7.1 6.4 7.4 6 5.9 5.5 Other trade outcome indicators 4 4.8 4.0 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 47.8 56.0 62.1 81.8 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 1.1 1.7 1.6 3.1 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -3.4 3.0 -0.1 -0.1 Trade Growth Rate Exports -3.3 1.7 -2.5 0.3 Sth Africa SSA Upper mid inc Imports -3.5 4.5 2.2 -0.5 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 85.3 85.0 84.1 86.1 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 12.0 9.9 8.1 7.5 * Service, Agric, Manufacturing 45.2 48.4 45.9 44.6 * 8.1 15.9 Mining, fuel and others 28.0 26.7 29.7 32.1 * Service share in total exports (%) 14.7 15.0 15.9 14.0 Tourism 7.6 9.0 10.3 9.4 * Transportation 3.1 2.9 2.1 2.0 * Mining, Manuf, Other services 4.1 3.1 3.5 3.7 * 29.7 45.9 Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 15.7 13.5 14.7 15.6 * Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 24.1 25.8 22.9 23.1 * Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 36.1 36.2 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) Silver/platinum[681],Pig iron ferro alloy[671],Coal[321], Fans/filters/gas pumps[743],Cars[781] ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.