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 - Jun

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 93,362 125,073 108,899 48,995 83,040
Forest products 6,762 3,678 1,707 7,016 3,859 1,758
Chemicals and related products 428,269 189,555 120,403 508,462 262,393 131,771
Energy-related products 61,154,766 32,172,230 11,745,300 11,001,424 4,881,488 2,873,570
Textiles and apparel 1,138,837 508,886 442,482 1,846 856 1,846
Footwear 712 595 288 0 0 0
Minerals and metals 1,263,964 622,443 172,598 981,244 494,761 127,140
Machinery 23,189 10,059 10,992 22,851 10,059 10,992
Transportation equipment 1,911,828 943,384 743,489 90,540 41,716 22,526
Electronic products 16,941 7,239 9,277 16,937 7,235 9,099
Miscellaneous manufactures 63,346 25,758 19,865 60,406 24,310 18,942
Total 66,258,828 34,577,187 13,391,473 12,799,625 5,775,672 3,280,686

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 12.84 17.25 7.92 6.74 11.45
Forest products 4 3.99 3.67 4.15 4.19 3.78
Chemicals and related products 30.26 25.95 39.23 35.92 35.93 42.93
Energy-related products 85.26 86.17 80.42 15.34 13.07 19.67
Textiles and apparel 96.21 95.54 97.18 0.16 0.16 0.41
Footwear 36.88 46.91 42.24 0 0 0
Minerals and metals 17.38 15.99 10.48 13.49 12.71 7.72
Machinery 6.46 5.6 10.89 6.36 5.6 10.89
Transportation equipment 93.17 92.87 92.46 4.41 4.11 2.8
Electronic products 17.82 15.92 24.42 17.81 15.91 23.95
Miscellaneous manufactures 45.16 40.08 36.71 43.06 37.83 35
Total 76.97 77.25 70.93 14.87 12.9 17.38

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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