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Exports by destination, 1999-2004

(Million Dollars)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

SADC 121.6 119.9 156.4 173.3 256.6 295.4

SADC (minus electricity) 58.8 52.9 99.1 78.0 143.4 193.1

EU 74.0 93.6 448.4 336.0 656.8 1012.7

EU (Minus Aluminum) 74.0 33.4 64.8 32.7 89.2 97.7

Select Developing Countries 45.8 31.3 16.9 29.3 28.7 105.7

Select Developed Countries 24.1 33.3 37.2 67.8 25.5 23.0

Transition Countries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 16.2

Other 5.3 85.9 44.2 75.4 76.3 50.9

Total 270.8 364.0 703.1 682.0 1043.9 1503.9

Adjusted Total 208.0 236.9 262.2 283.4 363.1 486.6

Source:INE

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Exports to SADC (non-electricity)

(Million Dollars)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Malawi 4.8 11.0 10.3 10.3 32.8 49.3

Swaziland 5.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 17.6 2.7

RSA (minus electricity) 42.9 44.0 83.4 59.2 81.7 129.0

Zimbabwe 5.4 0.4 3.6 4.5 4.7 7.1

Rest of SADC 0.4 0.6 1.0 3.4 6.9 5.1

58.8 52.9 99.1 78.0 143.4 193.1

Source:INE

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Products of export interest in SADC

• South Africa – fish, coconut oil, pimentos, pigeon peas, bananas, guavas/mangoes, grapefruit, oilcake, lumber

• Malawi – coal, beans, maize, tobacco, cooking oil

• Zimbabwe – coal, fish, wheat flour

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Disappointments

• Declines in some traditional exports

– Tires, apparel, wood products

• Expected non-traditional exports have not appeared

– Footwear

– Recorded agricultural trade with Malawi

– Sugar to SADC

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Exports, 1999-2004

(Thousand Dollars)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Total Exports 270.8 364 703.1 682.0 1,043.9 1,503.9

Aluminum 0.0 60.2 383.6 361.3 567.6 915.0

Electricity 62.8 67.0 57.3 95.3 113.2 102.3

Natural Gas 0.1 0.2 31.3

Agriculture 87.0 82.7 79.5 80.1 119.5 193.4

Fisheries 74.8 99.6 99.6 66.5 95.9 106.8

Other Goods 46.2 54.6 83.2 78.7 147.6 155.1

Source: INE

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Agricultural exports

Agriculture 87.0 82.7 79.5 80.1 119.5 193.4

Cotton 20.2 25.8 18.3 19.4 37.3 33.6

Tobacco 2.6 7.8 9.1 4.9 21.5 40.9

Sugar 5.5 4.3 8.0 22.3 16.1 48.1

Oilseeds 2.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 8.7 12.5

Cashew 33.1 20.0 13.8 13.2 10.1 29.2

Coconut oil 5.3 3.6 6.2 2.0 2.7 6.6

Vegetables 9.5 2.0 0.6 3.2 1.9 4.1

Oilcake 2.8 6.5 16.2 2.4 4.5 5.2

Wheat Flour 0.0 0.2 0.4 2.2 6.3 4.3

Maize 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.4 3.1

Tea 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.5 1.8 2.2

Other fruit and nuts 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8

Cut flowers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2

Other agriculture 3.7 8.6 3.2 6.2 6.7 2.5

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Exports of non-agricultural goods

Fisheries 74.8 99.6 99.6 66.5 95.9 106.8

Prawns 64.6 91.2 90.2 63.7 75.7 91.7

Other seafood 10.2 8.4 9.4 2.8 20.1 15.1

Other Goods 46.2 54.6 83.2 78.7 147.6 155.1

Wood 9.2 14.3 12.3 17.4 16.0 30.4

unprocessed 7.0 10.8 8.7 14.0 11.0 23.5

processed 2.2 3.5 3.6 3.4 5.0 6.9

Apparel 5.8 6.7 18.1 6.0 13.5 3.9

Coal 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.5 2.5

Steel containers/cables 0.3 0.4 3.5 0.6 1.0 2.3