ECONOMICS
TECHNOLOGY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
fruits, veggies, and crude oil
|
|
|
gold, diamonds, and platinum
|
|
|
Either A or B
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Exports The top exports of South Africa are Gold ($13B), Platinum ($11.9B), Coal Briquettes ($6.37B), Cars ($5.19B), and Diamonds ($4.75B), exporting mostly to China ($11.9B), United States ($10.2B), India ($7.88B), United Kingdom ($7.51B), and Germany ($6.93B).
Detailed explanation-2: -South Africa exports mostly: mineral products (24.1 percent of total exports), base metals and articles of base metal (9.3 percent), vehicles and aircraft vessels (9.2 percent), machinery (6.8 percent), chemicals (6.2 percent) and vegetables (5.2 percent). Main export partners are China, the United States and Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -South Africa accounted for the largest value-based share of global platinum exports in 2021, with some 25.6 percent of the total export value.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gems, precious metals: US$35 billion (28.2% of total exports) Ores, slag, ash: $18.6 billion (15%) Vehicles: $10.7 billion (8.6%) Mineral fuels including oil: $10.3 billion (8.3%) Machinery including computers: $6.6 billion (5.4%) Iron, steel: $6.3 billion (5.1%) More items •24-Nov-2022