U.S. International Trade Commission

Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. exports, imports, and trade balance, annual and year-to-date from Jan -  Apr

Value (1,000 dollars)
Country 2006 2007 2008 2008 YTD 2009 YTD
Angola:
        Exports 1,542,655 1,263,965 2,093,546 507,942 454,995
        Imports 11,513,833 12,210,961 18,763,434 5,658,341 2,966,263
        Trade Balance -9,971,178 -10,946,996 -16,669,888 -5,150,399 -2,511,269
Benin:
        Exports 109,158 280,339 832,319 300,625 90,678
        Imports 555 5,076 31,010 188 115
        Trade Balance 108,603 275,263 801,309 300,437 90,563
Botswana:
        Exports 26,700 52,452 61,111 21,050 16,369
        Imports 252,107 187,453 218,845 60,902 21,807
        Trade Balance -225,408 -135,001 -157,734 -39,853 -5,438
Burkina Faso:
        Exports 17,901 32,321 23,844 3,901 8,963
        Imports 1,020 1,466 585 225 397
        Trade Balance 16,881 30,854 23,260 3,677 8,566
Burundi:
        Exports 6,438 6,874 6,982 1,486 965
        Imports 1,866 1,111 2,843 1,831 2,621
        Trade Balance 4,572 5,763 4,139 -344 -1,656
Cameroon:
        Exports 117,243 131,476 123,619 26,571 41,558
        Imports 223,517 306,742 626,414 114,470 105,593
        Trade Balance -106,274 -175,266 -502,796 -87,899 -64,035
Cape Verde:
        Exports 12,714 4,965 11,962 4,340 892
        Imports 965 2,193 397 281 311
        Trade Balance 11,750 2,772 11,565 4,059 582
Cen African Rep:
        Exports 24,575 19,670 23,093 8,254 11,775
        Imports 4,295 2,875 8,584 708 696
        Trade Balance 20,280 16,794 14,508 7,546 11,079
Chad:
        Exports 60,128 70,963 61,158 16,412 20,007
        Imports 1,904,713 2,238,277 3,320,248 1,027,232 466,779
        Trade Balance -1,844,585 -2,167,314 -3,259,090 -1,010,820 -446,773
Comoros:
        Exports 67 215 420 200 8
        Imports 1,487 485 925 160 180
        Trade Balance -1,420 -269 -505 40 -172
Congo (DROC):
        Exports 69,942 110,301 125,713 39,749 21,250
        Imports 85,111 206,404 266,750 64,322 62,588
        Trade Balance -15,168 -96,103 -141,037 -24,572 -41,338
Congo (ROC):
        Exports 137,310 138,798 183,113 49,919 92,418
        Imports 3,045,473 3,098,745 5,044,286 1,797,898 624,402
        Trade Balance -2,908,163 -2,959,948 -4,861,173 -1,747,979 -531,984
Cote d`Ivoire:
        Exports 145,444 156,118 246,885 63,515 75,479
        Imports 722,674 585,403 1,074,928 513,768 300,102
        Trade Balance -577,230 -429,285 -828,043 -450,253 -224,623
Djibouti:
        Exports 47,458 58,051 139,873 12,994 58,611
        Imports 3,295 4,484 7,037 2,244 1,688
        Trade Balance 44,163 53,566 132,836 10,750 56,922
Eq Guinea:
        Exports 551,209 234,482 184,279 52,230 79,356
        Imports 1,718,077 1,682,878 3,442,852 676,790 542,631
        Trade Balance -1,166,868 -1,448,396 -3,258,573 -624,560 -463,275
Eritrea:
        Exports 8,828 5,570 14,717 7,818 4,610
        Imports 858 431 129 28 475
        Trade Balance 7,970 5,139 14,588 7,791 4,135
Ethiopia:
        Exports 135,574 165,949 299,374 111,512 70,983
        Imports 81,120 88,236 152,243 33,915 26,537
        Trade Balance 54,453 77,714 147,131 77,597 44,446
Gabon:
        Exports 133,501 473,689 280,881 54,921 61,198
        Imports 1,330,984 2,146,911 2,263,512 645,234 487,892
        Trade Balance -1,197,483 -1,673,222 -1,982,631 -590,312 -426,693
Gambia:
        Exports 20,169 19,064 27,555 10,734 8,677
        Imports 287 148 641 10 13
        Trade Balance 19,882 18,916 26,913 10,724 8,665
Ghana:
        Exports 282,424 403,928 594,337 189,476 145,736
        Imports 192,228 198,652 222,362 73,732 32,787
        Trade Balance 90,196 205,275 371,975 115,744 112,949
Guinea:
        Exports 63,113 71,589 99,012 31,009 36,000
        Imports 91,689 95,748 105,964 46,439 18,929
        Trade Balance -28,576 -24,159 -6,952 -15,430 17,070
Guinea-Bissau:
        Exports 5,491 6,524 1,941 465 262
        Imports 470 38 164 149 0
        Trade Balance 5,021 6,487 1,777 316 262
Kenya:
        Exports 516,103 576,220 440,744 103,892 269,695
        Imports 352,804 326,086 343,533 100,404 100,886
        Trade Balance 163,299 250,134 97,211 3,488 168,810
Lesotho:
        Exports 4,029 7,506 1,299 534 10,251
        Imports 408,407 443,018 374,098 104,723 96,358
        Trade Balance -404,379 -435,512 -372,799 -104,189 -86,107
Liberia:
        Exports 66,624 72,754 150,970 32,099 41,535
        Imports 139,832 115,303 143,462 41,315 26,368
        Trade Balance -73,208 -42,549 7,508 -9,217 15,167
Madagascar:
        Exports 44,560 31,842 70,167 20,197 81,440
        Imports 281,065 337,895 324,262 97,478 84,302
        Trade Balance -236,505 -306,053 -254,095 -77,281 -2,862
Malawi:
        Exports 45,386 50,873 44,433 16,829 10,761
        Imports 79,010 69,007 52,557 13,883 27,445
        Trade Balance -33,624 -18,133 -8,124 2,946 -16,684
Mali:
        Exports 41,767 30,352 30,252 8,446 10,868
        Imports 7,851 9,712 5,129 1,640 949
        Trade Balance 33,916 20,640 25,123 6,806 9,919
Mauritania:
        Exports 89,942 102,317 105,340 48,173 17,441
        Imports 51,165 718 46,275 1,337 34,274
        Trade Balance 38,777 101,599 59,066 46,836 -16,833
Mauritius:
        Exports 25,057 39,625 38,644 8,004 7,883
        Imports 218,649 187,020 176,189 56,030 53,691
        Trade Balance -193,593 -147,395 -137,544 -48,026 -45,808
Mozambique:
        Exports 63,739 113,621 212,461 38,458 46,602
        Imports 15,594 5,356 16,800 4,998 22,832
        Trade Balance 48,145 108,264 195,661 33,459 23,770
Namibia:
        Exports 113,220 116,383 271,350 58,736 50,462
        Imports 115,650 219,743 301,235 72,930 168,612
        Trade Balance -2,429 -103,361 -29,884 -14,194 -118,150
Niger:
        Exports 125,491 63,286 45,411 20,020 9,259
        Imports 123,695 9,082 44,158 1,617 14,461
        Trade Balance 1,797 54,204 1,253 18,403 -5,202
Nigeria:
        Exports 2,145,636 2,688,619 3,990,603 1,044,189 1,172,265
        Imports 27,863,412 32,525,048 38,236,166 13,433,062 4,021,975
        Trade Balance -25,717,777 -29,836,429 -34,245,563 -12,388,873 -2,849,710
Rwanda:
        Exports 11,341 14,241 18,696 8,659 5,219
        Imports 8,854 12,675 13,704 2,425 6,564
        Trade Balance 2,488 1,566 4,992 6,234 -1,345
Sao Tome & Prin:
        Exports 3,653 6,741 3,227 1,246 379
        Imports 187 393 137 49 3
        Trade Balance 3,466 6,348 3,090 1,197 376
Senegal:
        Exports 91,540 150,584 134,677 39,935 30,217
        Imports 21,450 18,734 17,942 8,673 2,904
        Trade Balance 70,090 131,850 116,735 31,262 27,313
Seychelles:
        Exports 8,278 9,144 24,457 3,684 28,330
        Imports 10,121 10,332 5,376 1,675 1,908
        Trade Balance -1,843 -1,188 19,082 2,009 26,422
Sierra Leone:
        Exports 38,635 54,605 58,023 17,422 12,991
        Imports 35,895 48,104 47,748 13,928 6,176
        Trade Balance 2,741 6,501 10,275 3,494 6,816
Somalia:
        Exports 19,906 20,663 64,341 14,265 3,338
        Imports 388 175 206 20 13
        Trade Balance 19,518 20,488 64,135 14,245 3,325
South Africa:
        Exports 4,234,080 5,204,285 6,186,311 1,889,193 1,528,331
        Imports 7,497,257 9,131,863 9,958,670 3,259,478 1,702,882
        Trade Balance -3,263,178 -3,927,578 -3,772,359 -1,370,285 -174,550
Sudan:
        Exports 76,284 66,888 143,192 57,840 26,437
        Imports 6,209 7,477 5,011 1,398 2,546
        Trade Balance 70,075 59,410 138,181 56,442 23,891
Swaziland:
        Exports 11,301 28,551 11,613 4,231 3,282
        Imports 155,807 147,963 133,877 37,205 45,715
        Trade Balance -144,506 -119,412 -122,265 -32,974 -42,433
Tanzania:
        Exports 158,770 171,974 165,538 46,680 47,185
        Imports 34,567 46,196 53,801 17,967 25,250
        Trade Balance 124,203 125,778 111,736 28,712 21,936
Togo:
        Exports 106,884 285,458 114,343 43,889 30,848
        Imports 3,554 5,039 11,127 7,624 224
        Trade Balance 103,330 280,419 103,216 36,265 30,624
Uganda:
        Exports 51,200 75,434 78,468 35,842 67,360
        Imports 21,787 26,622 52,716 38,374 7,982
        Trade Balance 29,413 48,812 25,752 -2,532 59,378
Zambia:
        Exports 50,713 67,437 75,945 26,642 18,349
        Imports 28,969 48,780 51,456 13,669 6,270
        Trade Balance 21,743 18,657 24,489 12,973 12,079
Zimbabwe:
        Exports 47,150 103,572 91,410 12,867 15,570
        Imports 103,219 71,498 112,256 49,866 2,808
        Trade Balance -56,068 32,074 -20,846 -36,999 12,762

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce

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