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 -  Sep

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 1,737,416 1,329,840
        Imports 781,428 695,879 732,204 558,845 590,372
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 360,803 271,538 250,214 182,470 217,165
        GSP imports 135,963 116,667 88,156 61,593 89,910
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 224,841 154,871 162,058 120,877 127,255
Forest products:
        Exports 174,659 197,091 263,975 189,067 137,013
        Imports 144,492 155,067 137,494 111,656 53,892
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 14,443 11,562 6,762 5,520 2,558
        GSP imports 14,370 11,518 6,699 5,461 2,483
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 73 44 62 59 74
Chemicals and related products:
        Exports 1,165,290 1,285,651 1,447,459 1,145,293 1,039,166
        Imports 540,696 765,057 1,191,819 893,298 525,688
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 284,739 308,885 428,269 317,980 199,959
        GSP imports 236,653 257,085 350,302 272,387 172,013
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 48,086 51,800 77,967 45,593 27,946
Energy-related products:
        Exports 396,584 442,659 1,475,090 1,229,613 852,715
        Imports 45,930,378 52,683,266 68,119,588 56,427,827 23,277,120
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 41,081,606 47,674,569 61,154,766 50,776,330 20,265,304
        GSP imports 6,942,523 7,506,972 8,354,550 6,533,160 3,414,164
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 34,139,083 40,167,597 52,800,216 44,243,169 16,851,140
Textiles and apparel:
        Exports 127,757 159,016 214,892 154,581 141,097
        Imports 1,335,956 1,332,515 1,183,325 868,974 730,834
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,261,128 1,270,589 1,138,837 833,044 710,800
        GSP imports 4,734 3,168 1,846 1,404 2,837
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,256,394 1,267,420 1,136,992 831,640 707,963
Footwear:
        Exports 16,390 22,779 31,117 21,474 23,213
        Imports 4,056 4,774 1,860 1,459 880
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 2,487 2,175 712 701 406
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 2,487 2,175 712 701 406
Minerals and metals:
        Exports 578,360 587,327 831,134 518,229 488,467
        Imports 5,886,783 7,333,320 7,162,451 5,969,589 2,434,769
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 596,337 796,266 1,263,964 1,027,739 267,613
        GSP imports 492,567 643,019 893,642 723,782 209,685
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 103,770 153,247 370,322 303,957 57,928
Machinery:
        Exports 1,020,269 1,384,555 1,776,268 1,271,646 1,300,578
        Imports 314,351 423,410 358,340 275,086 163,924
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 27,874 29,331 23,189 17,126 17,468
        GSP imports 27,658 29,320 22,851 16,953 17,329
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 216 10 338 173 139
Transportation equipment:
        Exports 4,135,699 5,144,678 6,566,213 4,706,524 3,480,732
        Imports 588,288 668,978 2,051,923 1,595,724 1,173,814
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 495,315 588,548 1,911,828 1,492,319 1,080,539
        GSP imports 140,584 121,078 90,540 66,528 44,347
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 354,730 467,470 1,821,288 1,425,791 1,036,192
Electronic products:
        Exports 1,173,695 1,230,430 1,409,265 995,790 966,007
        Imports 83,859 92,264 94,486 75,077 56,583
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 16,427 21,324 16,941 12,044 15,249
        GSP imports 16,427 21,254 16,937 12,040 15,070
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 0 71 4 4 179
Miscellaneous manufactures:
        Exports 146,850 186,653 229,195 148,721 125,816
        Imports 172,125 174,351 134,240 99,236 88,313
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 98,033 76,596 63,346 42,589 33,211
        GSP imports 94,724 71,654 59,654 39,750 31,661
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 3,309 4,943 3,692 2,839 1,551
Special provisions:
        Exports 443,988 528,930 599,437 442,001 387,199
        Imports 227,851 203,417 270,346 210,280 139,456
        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 12,560,357 10,271,844
        Imports 56,010,263 64,532,297 81,438,075 67,087,052 29,235,644
        AGOA Including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 44,239,193 51,051,383 66,258,828 54,707,861 22,810,273
        GSP imports 8,106,203 8,781,735 9,885,178 7,733,058 3,999,499
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 36,132,990 42,269,649 56,373,651 46,974,803 18,810,774
Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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