South East Asis

South East Asia - Overview

Economic Outlook

Includes Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, and China.

Rank	Country	2012 GDP (PPP)	2013 GDP (PPP)	2014 GDP (PPP)	2015 GDP (PPP) in USD	2016 GDP (PPP)
World		billions of USD	billions of USD	of USD	CIA factbook est.[1]	of USD
		Forecast[2]	Forecast[3]	Forecast		IMF Estimate
1	China[note 1]	$12,164.94	$13,198.96	$14,320.87	$19.39 trillion	$20,853,331 trillion
5	Japan	$4,507.97	$4,599.20	$4,692.27	$4.83 trillion	$4,901,102
14	South Korea	$1,616.79	$1,703.42	$1,795.93	$1.84 trillion	$1,848,518
22	Taiwan	$921.06	$956.98	$994.31	$1.09 trillion	$1,099,030
--	North Korea			$40 billion[1]
118	Mongolia	$13.33	$14.86	$16.57	$36.07 billion	$36,068

GDP per capita (Nominal) ($) Rank (Nominal) GDP per capita (PPP)

Country	2013	2014	Change	Asia	World	2013	2014	Change	Asia	World
China	6,959	7,589	630	19	80	11,886	12,880	994	22	90
Japan	38,633	36,332	-2,301	8	27	36,793	37,390	597	11	29
Mongolia	4,353	4,096	-257	24	109	11,024	11,882	858	24	93
Taiwan Province of China	21,874	22,598	723	12	37	43,678	45,854	2,176	9	20
Korea	25,975	28,101	2,125	10	31	33,791	35,277	1,486	12	31

Trade Stats - South Africa

Trade Stats - KwaZulu-Natal

Trade Agreements

Top 10 Imported Products - KwaZulu-Natal from South East Asia

Products	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
HST15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	R2,141,515,591	R2,451,406,474	R2,176,951,996	R2,452,730,921	R1,248,631,237	R10,471,236,219
HST87: Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof	R2,523,130,665	R839,731,542	R914,518,445	R876,540,060	R1,097,904,595	R6,251,825,307
HST85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	R330,951,483	R627,580,027	R1,049,835,472	R690,829,195	R1,297,763,623	R3,996,959,800
HST39: Plastics and articles thereof	R330,657,091	R371,119,429	R467,858,302	R574,971,289	R641,258,999	R2,385,865,110
HST40: Rubber and articles thereof	R469,440,623	R431,304,687	R433,811,608	R481,304,022	R379,356,184	R2,195,217,124
HST38: Miscellaneous chemical products	R385,927,902	R454,309,941	R413,298,532	R411,529,772	R300,689,187	R1,965,755,334
HST10: Cereals	R503,857,521	R316,567,821	R291,604,734	R383,533,693	R336,459,994	R1,832,023,763
HST84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	R115,556,109	R158,249,064	R222,316,434	R270,828,706	R535,953,686	R1,302,903,999
HST44: Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	R190,938,319	R219,496,190	R217,788,681	R230,378,189	R321,803,557	R1,180,404,936
HST94: Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings	R177,889,508	R216,134,788	R275,464,507	R232,036,015	R226,203,629	R1,127,728,447

Top 10 Imported Products - South Africa from South East Asia

Products	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
H27: Mineral fuels and mineral oils	R6,081,234,533	R8,960,121,532	R14,992,253,634	R16,650,969,867	R13,635,299,736	R60,319,879,302
H85: Electrical machinery and equipment	R6,272,926,166	R9,821,179,655	R13,248,831,879	R14,406,598,944	R15,443,108,071	R59,192,644,715
H98: Original equipment components	R5,011,748,545	R7,118,209,155	R9,449,125,497	R9,772,717,548	R10,599,015,897	R41,950,816,642
H84: Nuclear reactors, machinery and mechanical appliances	R3,953,217,189	R5,001,011,823	R6,748,023,820	R6,486,105,025	R7,132,225,149	R29,320,583,006
H15: Animal and vegetable fats	R3,542,814,363	R3,821,177,183	R3,524,622,541	R4,497,229,642	R3,883,039,127	R19,268,882,856
H87: Vehicles and accessories	R2,652,079,840	R2,706,319,928	R4,113,301,914	R3,180,052,360	R3,676,602,119	R16,328,356,161
H10: Cereals	R2,511,935,070	R2,072,642,891	R2,342,209,265	R2,750,303,550	R3,244,596,321	R12,921,687,097
H40: Rubber and articles thereof	R2,306,107,498	R2,247,169,756	R2,210,773,525	R2,073,027,798	R2,049,338,199	R10,886,416,776
H39: Plastics and articles thereof	R1,445,876,630	R1,698,584,082	R1,798,701,022	R2,168,592,960	R2,502,013,094	R9,613,767,788
H64: Footwear and gaiters	R964,699,132	R1,233,461,217	R1,733,444,973	R2,079,411,434	R2,694,498,410	R8,705,515,166

Top 10 Exported Products - KwaZulu-Natal to South East Asia

Products	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
HST76: Aluminium and articles thereof	R1,782,644,042	R1,952,256,259	R2,997,958,729	R2,234,342,807	R1,431,929,494	R10,399,131,331
HST72: Iron and steel	R1,388,059,966	R1,760,952,711	R1,974,494,991	R1,728,019,583	R1,863,326,075	R8,714,853,326
HST47: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	R260,644,622	R225,833,119	R176,385,353	R326,388,958	R2,237,574,305	R3,226,826,357
HST17: Sugars and sugar confectionery	R160,066	R142,287,784	R358,155,182	R590,102,207	R1,059,055	R1,091,764,294
HST26: Ores, slag and ash	R193,678,952	R246,758,053	R43,958,912	R113,479,149	R282,799,812	R880,674,878
HST28: Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	R77,309,992	R188,341,534	R252,668,008	R219,508,572	R5,481,577	R743,309,683
HST38: Miscellaneous chemical products	R42,196,646	R55,504,694	R90,544,109	R119,206,142	R153,590,609	R461,042,200
HST87: Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof	R34,664,156	R60,733,024	R87,064,302	R50,134,338	R152,033,051	R384,628,871
HST85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	R16,057,736	R29,393,342	R81,693,860	R96,954,075	R65,735,723	R289,834,736
HST84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	R29,588,923	R41,273,802	R82,665,224	R45,222,610	R43,387,921	R242,138,480

Top 10 Exported Products - South Africa to South East Asia

Products	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
H27: Mineral fuels and mineral oils	R3,833,682,545	R6,893,939,449	R4,880,721,554	R4,394,561,876	R2,017,864,634	R22,020,770,058
H72: Iron and steel	R3,660,803,450	R3,047,443,599	R3,556,717,431	R2,753,671,064	R1,936,779,622	R14,955,415,166
H47: Pulp of wood and other products	R3,425,113,048	R2,542,401,044	R2,406,919,160	R2,317,242,400	R2,646,914,791	R13,338,590,443
H76: Aluminium and articles thereof	R1,790,769,456	R1,959,695,148	R3,007,087,212	R2,246,540,982	R1,434,462,144	R10,438,554,942
H26: Ores, slag and ash	R939,272,935	R2,489,438,818	R4,069,024,645	R1,832,459,179	R1,037,949,858	R10,368,145,435
H29: Organic chemical compounds	R1,111,394,297	R1,664,148,369	R1,805,728,025	R2,373,883,069	R2,300,666,426	R9,255,820,186
H08: Fruit and nuts	R985,194,408	R1,238,486,383	R1,574,752,747	R2,191,871,055	R2,639,411,493	R8,629,716,086
H84: Nuclear reactors, machinery and mechanical appliances	R732,549,733	R1,185,253,119	R1,441,808,674	R1,650,675,512	R2,018,785,769	R7,029,072,807
H87: Vehicles and accessories	R544,524,526	R537,035,341	R653,284,007	R2,390,244,606	R1,353,892,026	R5,478,980,506
H75: Nickel and articles thereof	R119,620,200	R133,545,663	R232,639,479	R547,944,268	R937,170,944	R1,970,920,554

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