U.S. International Trade Commission

Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. exports, imports, GSP imports, and AGOA imports, by major commodity sectors, annual and year to date Jan -  Jun

AGOA-Eligible Countries Only

Value (1,000 dollars)
Sector 2006 2007 2008 2008 YTD 2009 YTD
Agricultural products:
        Exports 1,192,875 1,797,872 2,395,683 1,004,808 850,497
        Imports 781,428 695,879 732,204 319,260 372,299
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 360,803 271,538 250,214 93,362 125,073
        GSP imports 135,963 116,667 88,156 39,226 64,227
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 224,841 154,871 162,058 54,136 60,846
Forest products:
        Exports 174,659 197,091 263,975 117,012 80,321
        Imports 144,492 155,067 137,494 76,843 40,916
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 14,443 11,562 6,762 3,678 1,707
        GSP imports 14,370 11,518 6,699 3,633 1,650
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 73 44 62 44 57
Chemicals and related products:
        Exports 1,165,290 1,285,651 1,447,459 738,922 678,951
        Imports 540,696 765,057 1,191,819 589,768 271,462
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 284,739 308,885 428,269 189,555 120,403
        GSP imports 236,653 257,085 350,302 162,394 106,349
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 48,086 51,800 77,967 27,161 14,054
Energy-related products:
        Exports 396,584 442,659 1,475,090 660,773 349,468
        Imports 45,930,378 52,683,266 68,119,588 36,018,403 13,629,725
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 41,081,606 47,674,569 61,154,766 32,172,230 11,745,300
        GSP imports 6,942,523 7,506,972 8,354,550 3,938,744 2,167,339
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 34,139,083 40,167,597 52,800,216 28,233,486 9,577,961
Textiles and apparel:
        Exports 127,757 159,016 214,892 100,071 90,900
        Imports 1,335,956 1,332,515 1,183,325 532,538 455,217
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,261,128 1,270,589 1,138,837 508,886 442,482
        GSP imports 4,734 3,168 1,846 856 1,846
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,256,394 1,267,420 1,136,992 508,030 440,636
Footwear:
        Exports 16,390 22,779 31,117 14,657 15,029
        Imports 4,056 4,774 1,860 1,234 648
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 2,487 2,175 712 595 288
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 2,487 2,175 712 595 288
Minerals and metals:
        Exports 578,360 587,327 831,134 343,717 304,711
        Imports 5,886,783 7,333,320 7,162,451 3,823,705 1,643,564
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 596,337 796,266 1,263,964 622,443 172,598
        GSP imports 492,567 643,019 893,642 439,609 126,833
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 103,770 153,247 370,322 182,833 45,764
Machinery:
        Exports 1,020,269 1,384,555 1,776,268 819,735 912,135
        Imports 314,351 423,410 358,340 179,241 100,790
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 27,874 29,331 23,189 10,059 10,992
        GSP imports 27,658 29,320 22,851 10,059 10,992
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 216 10 338 0 0
Transportation equipment:
        Exports 4,135,699 5,144,678 6,566,213 2,778,420 2,438,343
        Imports 588,288 668,978 2,051,923 1,015,779 803,702
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 495,315 588,548 1,911,828 943,384 743,489
        GSP imports 140,584 121,078 90,540 41,716 22,526
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 354,730 467,470 1,821,288 901,667 720,963
Electronic products:
        Exports 1,173,695 1,230,430 1,409,265 647,949 690,788
        Imports 83,859 92,264 94,486 45,253 37,834
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 16,427 21,324 16,941 7,239 9,277
        GSP imports 16,427 21,254 16,937 7,235 9,099
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 0 71 4 4 179
Miscellaneous manufactures:
        Exports 146,850 186,653 229,195 93,712 84,066
        Imports 172,125 174,351 134,240 60,518 53,579
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 98,033 76,596 63,346 25,758 19,865
        GSP imports 94,724 71,654 59,654 23,822 18,841
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 3,309 4,943 3,692 1,936 1,024
Special provisions:
        Exports 443,988 528,930 599,437 283,800 257,154
        Imports 227,851 203,417 270,346 133,670 89,545
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 0 0 0 0 0
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 00000
All sectors:
        Exports 10,572,416 12,967,640 17,239,730 7,603,576 6,752,362
        Imports 56,010,263 64,532,297 81,438,075 42,796,212 17,499,281
        AGOA Including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 44,239,193 51,051,383 66,258,828 34,577,187 13,391,473
        GSP imports 8,106,203 8,781,735 9,885,178 4,667,295 2,529,701
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 36,132,990 42,269,649 56,373,651 29,909,892 10,861,772
Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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