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

Value (1,000 dollars)
Sector 2005 2006 2007 2007 YTD 2008 YTD
Agricultural products:
        Exports 1,508,200 1,348,679 1,966,809 367,453 506,974
        Imports 1,333,629 1,285,251 1,156,902 366,080 453,220
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 272,075 360,803 271,538 56,796 49,475
        GSP imports 150,954 174,141 145,857 34,361 24,133
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 151,724 224,841 154,871 27,927 30,296
Forest products:
        Exports 163,507 184,656 206,031 51,318 59,760
        Imports 191,078 166,056 182,816 40,557 45,463
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 32,232 14,443 11,562 2,615 1,820
        GSP imports 34,043 15,635 12,284 2,761 1,870
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 166 73 44 4 27
Chemicals and related products:
        Exports 958,442 1,234,758 1,387,194 301,206 347,504
        Imports 875,360 778,097 991,625 211,563 389,111
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 329,282 284,739 308,885 66,702 98,157
        GSP imports 429,114 317,706 377,104 58,402 143,397
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 44,708 48,086 51,800 8,300 12,271
Energy-related products:
        Exports 232,749 548,043 667,435 165,520 289,169
        Imports 40,327,190 47,814,479 54,238,452 11,391,471 17,217,071
        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 5,641,308 8,450,722 8,699,481 1,975,119 2,366,332
        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 134,258 140,518 166,905 36,346 50,203
        Imports 1,504,188 1,338,875 1,333,860 320,965 265,802
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,424,939 1,261,128 1,270,589 306,907 253,634
        GSP imports 6,106 5,100 3,267 623 270
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,418,986 1,256,394 1,267,420 306,332 253,364
Footwear:
        Exports 17,268 21,466 28,382 6,827 7,471
        Imports 2,552 4,334 5,358 1,864 972
        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 404,569 655,152 610,399 151,750 149,847
        Imports 4,565,442 5,960,938 7,390,962 1,715,808 1,961,815
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 493,881 596,337 796,266 139,940 285,619
        GSP imports 468,163 536,586 667,186 125,422 221,005
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 73,604 103,770 153,247 20,229 75,918
Machinery:
        Exports 890,896 1,125,739 1,454,445 314,675 423,745
        Imports 273,226 314,898 423,496 99,739 77,764
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 19,300 27,874 29,331 5,793 4,665
        GSP imports 18,979 27,660 29,361 5,796 4,665
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 337 216 10 0 0
Transportation equipment:
        Exports 4,039,745 4,587,483 5,356,113 1,506,704 1,344,532
        Imports 391,093 588,482 669,035 169,946 427,045
        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 1,009,333 1,231,780 1,274,865 305,740 342,534
        Imports 76,069 85,149 93,611 19,295 22,535
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 19,188 16,427 21,324 3,669 3,275
        GSP imports 19,145 16,438 21,256 3,669 3,274
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 70 0 71 0 1
Miscellaneous manufactures:
        Exports 144,557 156,117 192,425 40,685 49,025
        Imports 132,291 185,276 182,838 48,207 25,274
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 71,995 98,033 76,596 20,777 10,992
        GSP imports 71,499 98,687 74,322 20,834 10,371
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 3,791 3,309 4,943 792 906
Special provisions:
        Exports 415,589 474,939 549,274 119,109 144,239
        Imports 252,385 240,186 219,603 40,218 82,568
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 00000
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 00000
All sectors:
        Exports 9,919,113 11,709,330 13,860,276 3,367,333 3,715,003
        Imports 49,924,502 58,762,021 66,888,558 14,425,712 20,968,640
        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 6,974,802 9,783,261 10,151,197 2,256,758 2,797,228
        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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