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 -  Mar

AGOA-Eligible Countries Only

Value (1,000 dollars)
Sector 2005 2006 2007 2007 YTD 2008 YTD
Agricultural products:
        Exports 1,323,892 1,192,875 1,797,872 338,485 435,971
        Imports 682,023 781,428 695,879 141,865 136,376
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 272,075 360,803 271,538 56,796 49,475
        GSP imports 120,351 135,963 116,667 28,869 19,179
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 151,724 224,841 154,871 27,927 30,296
Forest products:
        Exports 155,482 174,659 197,091 49,426 56,828
        Imports 163,640 144,492 155,067 34,350 39,490
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 32,232 14,443 11,562 2,615 1,820
        GSP imports 32,066 14,370 11,518 2,611 1,793
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 166 73 44 4 27
Chemicals and related products:
        Exports 912,432 1,165,290 1,285,651 276,286 328,090
        Imports 611,890 540,696 765,057 162,093 298,576
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 329,282 284,739 308,885 66,702 98,157
        GSP imports 284,573 236,653 257,085 58,402 85,887
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 44,708 48,086 51,800 8,300 12,271
Energy-related products:
        Exports 223,172 396,584 442,659 115,793 284,075
        Imports 38,455,259 45,930,378 52,683,266 11,006,786 16,619,812
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 35,207,962 41,081,606 47,674,569 10,137,366 14,978,246
        GSP imports 4,298,324 6,942,523 7,506,972 1,656,138 1,921,994
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 30,909,638 34,139,083 40,167,597 8,481,228 13,056,252
Textiles and apparel:
        Exports 123,332 127,757 159,016 34,338 48,960
        Imports 1,500,570 1,335,956 1,332,515 320,311 265,750
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,424,939 1,261,128 1,270,589 306,907 253,634
        GSP imports 5,953 4,734 3,168 575 270
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,418,986 1,256,394 1,267,420 306,332 253,364
Footwear:
        Exports 14,910 16,390 22,779 5,015 7,328
        Imports 2,359 4,056 4,774 1,817 957
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,909 2,487 2,175 1,536 517
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,909 2,487 2,175 1,536 517
Minerals and metals:
        Exports 359,058 578,360 587,327 142,765 145,817
        Imports 4,487,270 5,886,783 7,333,320 1,703,343 1,944,920
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 493,881 596,337 796,266 139,940 285,619
        GSP imports 420,276 492,567 643,019 119,711 209,701
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 73,604 103,770 153,247 20,229 75,918
Machinery:
        Exports 842,657 1,020,269 1,384,555 297,928 409,035
        Imports 273,085 314,351 423,410 99,725 77,713
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 19,300 27,874 29,331 5,793 4,665
        GSP imports 18,963 27,658 29,320 5,793 4,665
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 337 216 10 0 0
Transportation equipment:
        Exports 3,811,872 4,135,699 5,144,678 1,447,619 1,318,810
        Imports 390,921 588,288 668,978 169,946 426,999
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 273,632 495,315 588,548 150,559 383,021
        GSP imports 135,490 140,584 121,078 29,771 21,910
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 138,142 354,730 467,470 120,788 361,111
Electronic products:
        Exports 944,200 1,173,695 1,230,430 296,009 331,912
        Imports 75,390 83,859 92,264 18,823 22,417
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 19,188 16,427 21,324 3,669 3,275
        GSP imports 19,118 16,427 21,254 3,669 3,274
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 70 0 71 0 1
Miscellaneous manufactures:
        Exports 140,799 146,850 186,653 40,009 46,366
        Imports 120,929 172,125 174,351 46,438 22,853
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 71,995 98,033 76,596 20,777 10,992
        GSP imports 68,204 94,724 71,654 19,985 10,086
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 3,791 3,309 4,943 792 906
Special provisions:
        Exports 390,696 443,988 528,930 115,685 139,714
        Imports 239,454 227,851 203,417 37,211 78,380
        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 9,242,503 10,572,416 12,967,640 3,159,358 3,552,907
        Imports 47,002,789 56,010,263 64,532,297 13,742,706 19,934,244
        AGOA Including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 38,146,396 44,239,193 51,051,383 10,892,660 16,069,422
        GSP imports 5,403,319 8,106,203 8,781,735 1,925,524 2,278,759
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 32,743,077 36,132,990 42,269,649 8,967,136 13,790,663
Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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