U.S. International Trade Commission

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

Value (1,000 dollars)
Country 2005 2006 2007 2007 YTD 2008 YTD
Angola:
        Exports 922,527 1,542,655 1,263,965 282,622 303,740
        Imports 8,466,134 11,513,833 12,210,961 2,929,032 3,977,001
        Trade Balance -7,543,607 -9,971,178 -10,946,996 -2,646,409 -3,673,261
Benin:
        Exports 69,101 109,158 280,339 44,153 201,106
        Imports 513 555 5,076 135 137
        Trade Balance 68,588 108,603 275,263 44,018 200,969
Botswana:
        Exports 67,190 26,700 52,452 16,947 17,427
        Imports 178,164 252,107 187,453 44,626 43,958
        Trade Balance -110,974 -225,408 -135,001 -27,679 -26,531
Burkina Faso:
        Exports 24,308 17,901 32,321 4,218 2,320
        Imports 2,084 1,020 1,466 694 214
        Trade Balance 22,223 16,881 30,854 3,524 2,107
Burundi:
        Exports 7,221 6,438 6,874 1,471 1,380
        Imports 4,423 1,866 1,111 606 1,292
        Trade Balance 2,798 4,572 5,763 864 88
Cameroon:
        Exports 115,778 117,243 131,476 28,094 22,324
        Imports 154,520 223,517 306,742 56,927 80,336
        Trade Balance -38,742 -106,274 -175,266 -28,833 -58,011
Cape Verde:
        Exports 8,849 12,714 4,965 750 2,041
        Imports 2,624 965 2,193 459 270
        Trade Balance 6,225 11,750 2,772 291 1,770
Cen African Rep:
        Exports 13,878 24,575 19,670 6,221 6,290
        Imports 5,697 4,295 2,875 1,096 589
        Trade Balance 8,181 20,280 16,794 5,125 5,701
Chad:
        Exports 53,693 60,128 70,963 22,152 8,059
        Imports 1,472,053 1,904,713 2,238,277 305,615 716,527
        Trade Balance -1,418,360 -1,844,585 -2,167,314 -283,462 -708,468
Comoros:
        Exports 225 67 215 29 192
        Imports 1,445 1,487 485 291 120
        Trade Balance -1,220 -1,420 -269 -262 72
Congo (DROC):
        Exports 62,747 69,942 110,301 13,082 29,763
        Imports 246,134 85,111 206,404 29,704 40,482
        Trade Balance -183,388 -15,168 -96,103 -16,622 -10,718
Congo (ROC):
        Exports 103,429 137,310 138,798 28,484 32,469
        Imports 1,662,438 3,045,473 3,098,745 588,255 1,428,727
        Trade Balance -1,559,009 -2,908,163 -2,959,948 -559,771 -1,396,258
Cote d`Ivoire:
        Exports 119,363 145,444 156,118 38,802 44,992
        Imports 1,140,983 722,674 585,403 227,330 459,014
        Trade Balance -1,021,620 -577,230 -429,285 -188,528 -414,022
Djibouti:
        Exports 47,625 47,458 58,051 8,718 7,669
        Imports 1,101 3,295 4,484 1,013 1,515
        Trade Balance 46,523 44,163 53,566 7,705 6,155
Eq Guinea:
        Exports 248,427 551,209 234,482 68,947 37,754
        Imports 1,561,519 1,718,077 1,682,878 434,287 555,879
        Trade Balance -1,313,092 -1,166,868 -1,448,396 -365,340 -518,125
Eritrea:
        Exports 30,944 8,828 5,570 443 1,463
        Imports 1,285 858 431 185 28
        Trade Balance 29,659 7,970 5,139 257 1,435
Ethiopia:
        Exports 513,272 135,574 165,949 21,114 61,883
        Imports 61,803 81,120 88,236 11,415 16,995
        Trade Balance 451,469 54,453 77,714 9,698 44,888
Gabon:
        Exports 95,404 133,501 473,689 353,171 43,029
        Imports 2,885,673 1,330,984 2,146,911 548,385 489,921
        Trade Balance -2,790,269 -1,197,483 -1,673,222 -195,215 -446,892
Gambia:
        Exports 29,033 20,169 19,064 3,162 9,435
        Imports 427 287 148 38 5
        Trade Balance 28,606 19,882 18,916 3,124 9,430
Ghana:
        Exports 324,068 282,424 403,928 93,880 148,351
        Imports 159,260 192,228 198,652 27,773 61,982
        Trade Balance 164,808 90,196 205,275 66,107 86,369
Guinea:
        Exports 124,120 63,113 71,589 11,867 24,135
        Imports 74,734 91,689 95,748 16,501 37,594
        Trade Balance 49,386 -28,576 -24,159 -4,634 -13,459
Guinea-Bissau:
        Exports 2,077 5,491 6,524 648 408
        Imports 114 470 38 9 149
        Trade Balance 1,963 5,021 6,487 639 259
Kenya:
        Exports 625,910 516,103 576,220 302,357 74,595
        Imports 347,754 352,804 326,086 70,637 75,062
        Trade Balance 278,156 163,299 250,134 231,720 -467
Lesotho:
        Exports 4,010 4,029 7,506 2,240 508
        Imports 403,471 408,407 443,018 110,703 79,537
        Trade Balance -399,460 -404,379 -435,512 -108,463 -79,028
Liberia:
        Exports 73,934 66,624 72,754 19,763 21,206
        Imports 90,827 139,832 115,303 27,092 27,449
        Trade Balance -16,893 -73,208 -42,549 -7,329 -6,243
Madagascar:
        Exports 24,994 44,560 31,842 3,577 15,969
        Imports 323,877 281,065 337,895 69,054 72,924
        Trade Balance -298,883 -236,505 -306,053 -65,477 -56,954
Malawi:
        Exports 27,368 45,386 50,873 8,170 9,987
        Imports 82,444 79,010 69,007 24,597 11,177
        Trade Balance -55,076 -33,624 -18,133 -16,427 -1,190
Mali:
        Exports 31,774 41,767 30,352 6,679 6,360
        Imports 3,588 7,851 9,712 821 1,045
        Trade Balance 28,186 33,916 20,640 5,858 5,315
Mauritania:
        Exports 84,860 89,942 102,317 48,215 17,728
        Imports 825 51,165 718 108 1,324
        Trade Balance 84,035 38,777 101,599 48,107 16,404
Mauritius:
        Exports 20,054 25,057 39,625 4,203 5,561
        Imports 221,997 218,649 187,020 45,001 41,830
        Trade Balance -201,943 -193,593 -147,395 -40,798 -36,268
Mozambique:
        Exports 58,786 63,739 113,621 23,485 32,006
        Imports 10,817 15,594 5,356 1,378 4,756
        Trade Balance 47,969 48,145 108,264 22,108 27,250
Namibia:
        Exports 92,954 113,220 116,383 30,665 48,715
        Imports 129,557 115,650 219,743 91,665 62,770
        Trade Balance -36,603 -2,429 -103,361 -61,000 -14,056
Niger:
        Exports 61,908 125,491 63,286 16,508 14,699
        Imports 65,511 123,695 9,082 698 1,472
        Trade Balance -3,602 1,797 54,204 15,810 13,227
Nigeria:
        Exports 1,577,149 2,145,636 2,688,619 581,059 790,959
        Imports 23,875,179 27,863,412 32,525,048 6,594,027 10,010,333
        Trade Balance -22,298,031 -25,717,777 -29,836,429 -6,012,969 -9,219,374
Rwanda:
        Exports 10,226 11,341 14,241 1,673 6,488
        Imports 6,301 8,854 12,675 1,584 1,809
        Trade Balance 3,925 2,488 1,566 88 4,679
Sao Tome & Prin:
        Exports 7,043 3,653 6,741 2,437 1,036
        Imports 144 187 393 71 40
        Trade Balance 6,899 3,466 6,348 2,366 996
Senegal:
        Exports 150,323 91,540 150,584 25,857 31,019
        Imports 3,663 21,450 18,734 6,720 8,277
        Trade Balance 146,660 70,090 131,850 19,136 22,741
Seychelles:
        Exports 19,816 8,278 9,144 2,293 2,644
        Imports 5,884 10,121 10,332 2,249 1,147
        Trade Balance 13,932 -1,843 -1,188 45 1,497
Sierra Leone:
        Exports 37,202 38,635 54,605 8,094 12,016
        Imports 9,389 35,895 48,104 9,884 11,903
        Trade Balance 27,812 2,741 6,501 -1,791 113
Somalia:
        Exports 8,807 19,906 20,663 1,111 10,797
        Imports 308 388 175 57 15
        Trade Balance 8,499 19,518 20,488 1,054 10,783
South Africa:
        Exports 3,652,401 4,234,080 5,204,285 1,047,301 1,425,662
        Imports 5,854,118 7,497,257 9,131,863 2,067,425 2,528,640
        Trade Balance -2,201,718 -3,263,178 -3,927,578 -1,020,124 -1,102,978
Sudan:
        Exports 102,487 76,284 66,888 22,551 50,801
        Imports 13,574 6,209 7,477 1,044 300
        Trade Balance 88,913 70,075 59,410 21,508 50,500
Swaziland:
        Exports 11,481 11,301 28,551 18,870 2,666
        Imports 198,876 155,807 147,963 36,588 28,831
        Trade Balance -187,395 -144,506 -119,412 -17,719 -26,164
Tanzania:
        Exports 94,052 158,770 171,974 44,580 32,870
        Imports 34,066 34,567 46,196 9,533 11,699
        Trade Balance 59,986 124,203 125,778 35,047 21,171
Togo:
        Exports 26,774 106,884 285,458 61,009 34,562
        Imports 6,439 3,554 5,039 3,681 7,406
        Trade Balance 20,335 103,330 280,419 57,329 27,156
Uganda:
        Exports 58,731 51,200 75,434 8,754 30,913
        Imports 25,851 21,787 26,622 5,858 36,487
        Trade Balance 32,880 29,413 48,812 2,896 -5,575
Zambia:
        Exports 28,242 50,713 67,437 18,046 19,199
        Imports 31,698 28,969 48,780 5,825 11,225
        Trade Balance -3,457 21,743 18,657 12,220 7,973
Zimbabwe:
        Exports 44,550 47,150 103,572 8,862 9,807
        Imports 95,212 103,219 71,498 15,034 18,452
        Trade Balance -50,662 -56,068 32,074 -6,172 -8,645

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

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