U.S. International Trade Commission

Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. imports under the Generalized System of Preferences and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, by sectors, year-to-date from Jan - Sep

AGOA-Eligible Countries Only


Value (1,000 dollars)
Imports AGOA including GSP provisions 2008 AGOA including GSP provisions 2008 YTD AGOA including GSP provisions 2009 YTD GSP 2008 GSP 2008 YTD GSP 2009 YTD
Agricultural products 250,214 182,470 217,165 88,156 61,593 89,910
Forest products 6,762 5,520 2,558 6,699 5,461 2,483
Chemicals and related products 428,269 317,980 199,959 350,302 272,387 172,013
Energy-related products 61,154,766 50,776,330 20,265,304 8,354,550 6,533,160 3,414,164
Textiles and apparel 1,138,837 833,044 710,800 1,846 1,404 2,837
Footwear 712 701 406 0 0 0
Minerals and metals 1,263,964 1,027,739 267,613 893,642 723,782 209,685
Machinery 23,189 17,126 17,468 22,851 16,953 17,329
Transportation equipment 1,911,828 1,492,319 1,080,539 90,540 66,528 44,347
Electronic products 16,941 12,044 15,249 16,937 12,040 15,070
Miscellaneous manufactures 63,346 42,589 33,211 59,654 39,750 31,661
Total 66,258,828 54,707,861 22,810,273 9,885,178 7,733,058 3,999,499

Percent of total sectoral imports
Imports AGOA including GSP provisions 2008 AGOA including GSP provisions 2008 YTD AGOA including GSP provisions 2009 YTD GSP 2008 GSP 2008 YTD GSP 2009 YTD
Agricultural products 18.19 17.45 21.05 6.41 5.89 8.72
Forest products 4 4.08 4.1 3.96 4.04 3.98
Chemicals and related products 30.26 29.81 34.35 24.75 25.54 29.55
Energy-related products 85.26 85.99 81.67 11.65 11.06 13.76
Textiles and apparel 96.21 95.84 97.24 0.16 0.16 0.39
Footwear 36.88 46.12 44.45 0 0 0
Minerals and metals 17.38 16.92 10.95 12.29 11.91 8.58
Machinery 6.46 6.21 10.64 6.36 6.15 10.56
Transportation equipment 93.17 93.52 92.02 4.41 4.17 3.78
Electronic products 17.82 15.93 26.86 17.81 15.92 26.54
Miscellaneous manufactures 45.16 40.99 37.03 42.52 38.26 35.3
Total 76.97 77.58 72.87 11.48 10.97 12.78

Note -- Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.


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