U.S. International Trade Commission

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

Value (1,000 dollars)
Country 2006 2007 2008 2008 YTD 2009 YTD
Angola:
        Exports 1,542,655 1,263,965 2,093,546 1,435,914 980,179
        Imports 11,513,833 12,210,961 18,763,434 15,664,738 6,807,834
        Trade Balance -9,971,178 -10,946,996 -16,669,888 -14,228,824 -5,827,655
Benin:
        Exports 109,158 280,339 832,319 634,901 254,920
        Imports 555 5,076 31,010 30,977 221
        Trade Balance 108,603 275,263 801,309 603,924 254,699
Botswana:
        Exports 26,700 52,452 61,111 48,199 44,256
        Imports 252,107 187,453 218,845 180,364 93,872
        Trade Balance -225,408 -135,001 -157,734 -132,165 -49,617
Burkina Faso:
        Exports 17,901 32,321 23,844 18,839 20,834
        Imports 1,020 1,466 585 486 771
        Trade Balance 16,881 30,854 23,260 18,353 20,063
Burundi:
        Exports 6,438 6,874 6,982 1,896 4,848
        Imports 1,866 1,111 2,843 2,079 3,633
        Trade Balance 4,572 5,763 4,139 -183 1,215
Cameroon:
        Exports 117,243 131,476 123,619 75,267 105,636
        Imports 223,517 306,742 626,414 577,342 218,857
        Trade Balance -106,274 -175,266 -502,796 -502,075 -113,222
Cape Verde:
        Exports 12,714 4,965 11,962 8,951 4,701
        Imports 965 2,193 397 367 384
        Trade Balance 11,750 2,772 11,565 8,584 4,317
Cen African Rep:
        Exports 24,575 19,670 23,093 20,104 28,838
        Imports 4,295 2,875 8,584 5,590 1,680
        Trade Balance 20,280 16,794 14,508 14,515 27,158
Chad:
        Exports 60,128 70,963 61,158 37,623 41,372
        Imports 1,904,713 2,238,277 3,320,248 2,766,889 1,149,947
        Trade Balance -1,844,585 -2,167,314 -3,259,090 -2,729,266 -1,108,574
Comoros:
        Exports 67 215 420 274 564
        Imports 1,487 485 925 495 403
        Trade Balance -1,420 -269 -505 -221 161
Congo (DROC):
        Exports 69,942 110,301 125,713 87,607 59,456
        Imports 85,111 206,404 266,750 252,552 125,747
        Trade Balance -15,168 -96,103 -141,037 -164,946 -66,290
Congo (ROC):
        Exports 137,310 138,798 183,113 115,262 204,525
        Imports 3,045,473 3,098,745 5,044,286 4,104,028 1,903,660
        Trade Balance -2,908,163 -2,959,948 -4,861,173 -3,988,765 -1,699,135
Cote d`Ivoire:
        Exports 145,444 156,118 246,885 184,806 164,127
        Imports 722,674 585,403 1,074,928 889,943 513,505
        Trade Balance -577,230 -429,285 -828,043 -705,137 -349,378
Djibouti:
        Exports 47,458 58,051 139,873 88,336 159,163
        Imports 3,295 4,484 7,037 4,835 2,576
        Trade Balance 44,163 53,566 132,836 83,501 156,587
Eq Guinea:
        Exports 551,209 234,482 184,279 122,409 195,599
        Imports 1,718,077 1,682,878 3,442,852 2,422,452 1,496,897
        Trade Balance -1,166,868 -1,448,396 -3,258,573 -2,300,043 -1,301,297
Eritrea:
        Exports 8,828 5,570 14,717 14,268 6,248
        Imports 858 431 129 122 510
        Trade Balance 7,970 5,139 14,588 14,146 5,738
Ethiopia:
        Exports 135,574 165,949 299,374 197,981 158,966
        Imports 81,120 88,236 152,243 128,007 88,398
        Trade Balance 54,453 77,714 147,131 69,973 70,568
Gabon:
        Exports 133,501 473,689 280,881 186,503 137,778
        Imports 1,330,984 2,146,911 2,263,512 1,757,625 1,051,636
        Trade Balance -1,197,483 -1,673,222 -1,982,631 -1,571,122 -913,858
Gambia:
        Exports 20,169 19,064 27,555 22,416 28,926
        Imports 287 148 641 337 250
        Trade Balance 19,882 18,916 26,913 22,079 28,676
Ghana:
        Exports 282,424 403,928 594,337 415,524 466,084
        Imports 192,228 198,652 222,362 197,941 86,301
        Trade Balance 90,196 205,275 371,975 217,583 379,783
Guinea:
        Exports 63,113 71,589 99,012 77,082 74,306
        Imports 91,689 95,748 105,964 83,340 50,049
        Trade Balance -28,576 -24,159 -6,952 -6,258 24,257
Guinea-Bissau:
        Exports 5,491 6,524 1,941 1,152 933
        Imports 470 38 164 156 9
        Trade Balance 5,021 6,487 1,777 996 924
Kenya:
        Exports 516,103 576,220 440,744 338,225 470,941
        Imports 352,804 326,086 343,533 249,046 222,137
        Trade Balance 163,299 250,134 97,211 89,179 248,804
Lesotho:
        Exports 4,029 7,506 1,299 1,241 16,302
        Imports 408,407 443,018 374,098 275,974 227,329
        Trade Balance -404,379 -435,512 -372,799 -274,733 -211,027
Liberia:
        Exports 66,624 72,754 150,970 95,432 69,429
        Imports 139,832 115,303 143,462 108,839 54,429
        Trade Balance -73,208 -42,549 7,508 -13,407 15,000
Madagascar:
        Exports 44,560 31,842 70,167 49,181 130,381
        Imports 281,065 337,895 324,262 235,734 198,064
        Trade Balance -236,505 -306,053 -254,095 -186,553 -67,682
Malawi:
        Exports 45,386 50,873 44,433 37,903 32,797
        Imports 79,010 69,007 52,557 32,151 59,107
        Trade Balance -33,624 -18,133 -8,124 5,751 -26,311
Mali:
        Exports 41,767 30,352 30,252 25,433 27,573
        Imports 7,851 9,712 5,129 3,792 3,304
        Trade Balance 33,916 20,640 25,123 21,641 24,270
Mauritania:
        Exports 89,942 102,317 105,340 92,033 45,898
        Imports 51,165 718 46,275 1,698 34,502
        Trade Balance 38,777 101,599 59,066 90,335 11,396
Mauritius:
        Exports 25,057 39,625 38,644 29,972 20,995
        Imports 218,649 187,020 176,189 137,893 126,843
        Trade Balance -193,593 -147,395 -137,544 -107,921 -105,848
Mozambique:
        Exports 63,739 113,621 212,461 152,686 157,200
        Imports 15,594 5,356 16,800 13,032 32,477
        Trade Balance 48,145 108,264 195,661 139,653 124,723
Namibia:
        Exports 113,220 116,383 271,350 222,713 139,712
        Imports 115,650 219,743 301,235 255,779 208,591
        Trade Balance -2,429 -103,361 -29,884 -33,066 -68,879
Niger:
        Exports 125,491 63,286 45,411 36,346 50,004
        Imports 123,695 9,082 44,158 43,568 104,766
        Trade Balance 1,797 54,204 1,253 -7,222 -54,762
Nigeria:
        Exports 2,145,636 2,688,619 3,990,603 2,964,646 2,664,130
        Imports 27,863,412 32,525,048 38,236,166 31,647,423 12,228,344
        Trade Balance -25,717,777 -29,836,429 -34,245,563 -28,682,777 -9,564,214
Rwanda:
        Exports 11,341 14,241 18,696 15,675 26,866
        Imports 8,854 12,675 13,704 5,617 11,736
        Trade Balance 2,488 1,566 4,992 10,058 15,130
Sao Tome & Prin:
        Exports 3,653 6,741 3,227 2,621 3,759
        Imports 187 393 137 84 181
        Trade Balance 3,466 6,348 3,090 2,536 3,578
Senegal:
        Exports 91,540 150,584 134,677 103,453 121,852
        Imports 21,450 18,734 17,942 16,145 5,905
        Trade Balance 70,090 131,850 116,735 87,307 115,946
Seychelles:
        Exports 8,278 9,144 24,457 18,461 32,436
        Imports 10,121 10,332 5,376 4,027 4,161
        Trade Balance -1,843 -1,188 19,082 14,434 28,274
Sierra Leone:
        Exports 38,635 54,605 58,023 47,970 28,471
        Imports 35,895 48,104 47,748 24,741 22,343
        Trade Balance 2,741 6,501 10,275 23,228 6,128
Somalia:
        Exports 19,906 20,663 64,341 43,836 4,053
        Imports 388 175 206 126 93
        Trade Balance 19,518 20,488 64,135 43,710 3,960
South Africa:
        Exports 4,234,080 5,204,285 6,186,311 4,538,874 3,191,753
        Imports 7,497,257 9,131,863 9,958,670 8,036,691 3,975,175
        Trade Balance -3,263,178 -3,927,578 -3,772,359 -3,497,818 -783,422
Sudan:
        Exports 76,284 66,888 143,192 99,823 52,183
        Imports 6,209 7,477 5,011 2,204 8,852
        Trade Balance 70,075 59,410 138,181 97,619 43,330
Swaziland:
        Exports 11,301 28,551 11,613 9,166 9,270
        Imports 155,807 147,963 133,877 101,083 89,426
        Trade Balance -144,506 -119,412 -122,265 -91,917 -80,156
Tanzania:
        Exports 158,770 171,974 165,538 106,697 108,235
        Imports 34,567 46,196 53,801 40,309 42,178
        Trade Balance 124,203 125,778 111,736 66,388 66,057
Togo:
        Exports 106,884 285,458 114,343 87,959 87,709
        Imports 3,554 5,039 11,127 11,028 5,762
        Trade Balance 103,330 280,419 103,216 76,931 81,947
Uganda:
        Exports 51,200 75,434 78,468 69,907 95,072
        Imports 21,787 26,622 52,716 47,073 20,968
        Trade Balance 29,413 48,812 25,752 22,834 74,105
Zambia:
        Exports 50,713 67,437 75,945 60,039 39,510
        Imports 28,969 48,780 51,456 42,765 7,870
        Trade Balance 21,743 18,657 24,489 17,274 31,640
Zimbabwe:
        Exports 47,150 103,572 91,410 66,339 65,373
        Imports 103,219 71,498 112,256 107,532 10,210
        Trade Balance -56,068 32,074 -20,846 -41,193 55,163

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

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