U.S. International Trade Commission

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

Value (1,000 dollars)
Country 2006 2007 2008 2008 YTD 2009 YTD
Angola:
        Exports 1,542,655 1,263,965 2,093,546 1,267,913 871,161
        Imports 11,513,833 12,210,961 18,763,434 14,173,877 5,849,661
        Trade Balance -9,971,178 -10,946,996 -16,669,888 -12,905,965 -4,978,500
Benin:
        Exports 109,158 280,339 832,319 604,245 222,828
        Imports 555 5,076 31,010 11,900 215
        Trade Balance 108,603 275,263 801,309 592,346 222,613
Botswana:
        Exports 26,700 52,452 61,111 44,914 37,986
        Imports 252,107 187,453 218,845 164,224 83,955
        Trade Balance -225,408 -135,001 -157,734 -119,310 -45,968
Burkina Faso:
        Exports 17,901 32,321 23,844 17,299 18,014
        Imports 1,020 1,466 585 466 723
        Trade Balance 16,881 30,854 23,260 16,833 17,291
Burundi:
        Exports 6,438 6,874 6,982 1,788 4,188
        Imports 1,866 1,111 2,843 2,076 3,632
        Trade Balance 4,572 5,763 4,139 -288 556
Cameroon:
        Exports 117,243 131,476 123,619 68,162 90,139
        Imports 223,517 306,742 626,414 569,659 203,570
        Trade Balance -106,274 -175,266 -502,796 -501,497 -113,430
Cape Verde:
        Exports 12,714 4,965 11,962 6,383 4,348
        Imports 965 2,193 397 340 373
        Trade Balance 11,750 2,772 11,565 6,043 3,974
Cen African Rep:
        Exports 24,575 19,670 23,093 17,156 27,544
        Imports 4,295 2,875 8,584 3,919 1,171
        Trade Balance 20,280 16,794 14,508 13,237 26,373
Chad:
        Exports 60,128 70,963 61,158 35,235 35,667
        Imports 1,904,713 2,238,277 3,320,248 2,409,248 997,099
        Trade Balance -1,844,585 -2,167,314 -3,259,090 -2,374,013 -961,432
Comoros:
        Exports 67 215 420 274 423
        Imports 1,487 485 925 410 275
        Trade Balance -1,420 -269 -505 -136 148
Congo (DROC):
        Exports 69,942 110,301 125,713 77,242 46,921
        Imports 85,111 206,404 266,750 247,073 125,180
        Trade Balance -15,168 -96,103 -141,037 -169,831 -78,258
Congo (ROC):
        Exports 137,310 138,798 183,113 100,221 178,820
        Imports 3,045,473 3,098,745 5,044,286 3,748,805 1,524,473
        Trade Balance -2,908,163 -2,959,948 -4,861,173 -3,648,584 -1,345,653
Cote d`Ivoire:
        Exports 145,444 156,118 246,885 172,105 150,223
        Imports 722,674 585,403 1,074,928 822,426 467,738
        Trade Balance -577,230 -429,285 -828,043 -650,320 -317,515
Djibouti:
        Exports 47,458 58,051 139,873 54,395 127,847
        Imports 3,295 4,484 7,037 4,715 2,299
        Trade Balance 44,163 53,566 132,836 49,679 125,548
Eq Guinea:
        Exports 551,209 234,482 184,279 103,198 141,442
        Imports 1,718,077 1,682,878 3,442,852 2,078,516 1,338,147
        Trade Balance -1,166,868 -1,448,396 -3,258,573 -1,975,318 -1,196,705
Eritrea:
        Exports 8,828 5,570 14,717 13,983 6,220
        Imports 858 431 129 116 510
        Trade Balance 7,970 5,139 14,588 13,867 5,710
Ethiopia:
        Exports 135,574 165,949 299,374 188,876 125,908
        Imports 81,120 88,236 152,243 110,153 78,096
        Trade Balance 54,453 77,714 147,131 78,723 47,811
Gabon:
        Exports 133,501 473,689 280,881 173,503 126,640
        Imports 1,330,984 2,146,911 2,263,512 1,544,871 982,705
        Trade Balance -1,197,483 -1,673,222 -1,982,631 -1,371,369 -856,065
Gambia:
        Exports 20,169 19,064 27,555 19,451 25,977
        Imports 287 148 641 329 33
        Trade Balance 19,882 18,916 26,913 19,122 25,944
Ghana:
        Exports 282,424 403,928 594,337 377,592 359,850
        Imports 192,228 198,652 222,362 190,768 80,315
        Trade Balance 90,196 205,275 371,975 186,824 279,534
Guinea:
        Exports 63,113 71,589 99,012 70,314 69,366
        Imports 91,689 95,748 105,964 75,072 44,719
        Trade Balance -28,576 -24,159 -6,952 -4,758 24,647
Guinea-Bissau:
        Exports 5,491 6,524 1,941 986 789
        Imports 470 38 164 156 9
        Trade Balance 5,021 6,487 1,777 830 779
Kenya:
        Exports 516,103 576,220 440,744 310,169 427,352
        Imports 352,804 326,086 343,533 215,723 197,296
        Trade Balance 163,299 250,134 97,211 94,446 230,057
Lesotho:
        Exports 4,029 7,506 1,299 1,223 16,246
        Imports 408,407 443,018 374,098 239,265 209,344
        Trade Balance -404,379 -435,512 -372,799 -238,041 -193,098
Liberia:
        Exports 66,624 72,754 150,970 81,151 63,850
        Imports 139,832 115,303 143,462 94,928 47,319
        Trade Balance -73,208 -42,549 7,508 -13,777 16,531
Madagascar:
        Exports 44,560 31,842 70,167 39,676 126,565
        Imports 281,065 337,895 324,262 208,453 177,370
        Trade Balance -236,505 -306,053 -254,095 -168,777 -50,805
Malawi:
        Exports 45,386 50,873 44,433 34,141 29,826
        Imports 79,010 69,007 52,557 26,581 51,210
        Trade Balance -33,624 -18,133 -8,124 7,560 -21,384
Mali:
        Exports 41,767 30,352 30,252 23,978 25,370
        Imports 7,851 9,712 5,129 3,411 2,670
        Trade Balance 33,916 20,640 25,123 20,568 22,699
Mauritania:
        Exports 89,942 102,317 105,340 85,551 43,659
        Imports 51,165 718 46,275 1,424 34,385
        Trade Balance 38,777 101,599 59,066 84,127 9,275
Mauritius:
        Exports 25,057 39,625 38,644 27,326 17,449
        Imports 218,649 187,020 176,189 119,205 111,071
        Trade Balance -193,593 -147,395 -137,544 -91,879 -93,622
Mozambique:
        Exports 63,739 113,621 212,461 143,784 147,885
        Imports 15,594 5,356 16,800 11,815 32,158
        Trade Balance 48,145 108,264 195,661 131,969 115,727
Namibia:
        Exports 113,220 116,383 271,350 208,303 117,991
        Imports 115,650 219,743 301,235 210,605 198,662
        Trade Balance -2,429 -103,361 -29,884 -2,303 -80,671
Niger:
        Exports 125,491 63,286 45,411 34,885 48,784
        Imports 123,695 9,082 44,158 43,400 78,962
        Trade Balance 1,797 54,204 1,253 -8,514 -30,178
Nigeria:
        Exports 2,145,636 2,688,619 3,990,603 2,657,949 2,429,945
        Imports 27,863,412 32,525,048 38,236,166 29,113,169 10,360,264
        Trade Balance -25,717,777 -29,836,429 -34,245,563 -26,455,220 -7,930,320
Rwanda:
        Exports 11,341 14,241 18,696 11,899 25,954
        Imports 8,854 12,675 13,704 4,115 10,459
        Trade Balance 2,488 1,566 4,992 7,784 15,494
Sao Tome & Prin:
        Exports 3,653 6,741 3,227 2,575 3,758
        Imports 187 393 137 78 166
        Trade Balance 3,466 6,348 3,090 2,497 3,592
Senegal:
        Exports 91,540 150,584 134,677 93,777 104,938
        Imports 21,450 18,734 17,942 15,550 5,520
        Trade Balance 70,090 131,850 116,735 78,227 99,418
Seychelles:
        Exports 8,278 9,144 24,457 16,740 32,014
        Imports 10,121 10,332 5,376 3,548 3,820
        Trade Balance -1,843 -1,188 19,082 13,192 28,194
Sierra Leone:
        Exports 38,635 54,605 58,023 42,940 26,568
        Imports 35,895 48,104 47,748 22,690 20,830
        Trade Balance 2,741 6,501 10,275 20,250 5,738
Somalia:
        Exports 19,906 20,663 64,341 43,687 3,974
        Imports 388 175 206 124 69
        Trade Balance 19,518 20,488 64,135 43,562 3,905
South Africa:
        Exports 4,234,080 5,204,285 6,186,311 4,008,258 2,856,657
        Imports 7,497,257 9,131,863 9,958,670 7,181,328 3,455,066
        Trade Balance -3,263,178 -3,927,578 -3,772,359 -3,173,070 -598,409
Sudan:
        Exports 76,284 66,888 143,192 96,982 34,356
        Imports 6,209 7,477 5,011 1,831 7,571
        Trade Balance 70,075 59,410 138,181 95,151 26,785
Swaziland:
        Exports 11,301 28,551 11,613 8,624 7,488
        Imports 155,807 147,963 133,877 86,638 82,762
        Trade Balance -144,506 -119,412 -122,265 -78,013 -75,275
Tanzania:
        Exports 158,770 171,974 165,538 94,562 100,106
        Imports 34,567 46,196 53,801 38,175 39,172
        Trade Balance 124,203 125,778 111,736 56,387 60,934
Togo:
        Exports 106,884 285,458 114,343 80,890 81,433
        Imports 3,554 5,039 11,127 10,768 3,871
        Trade Balance 103,330 280,419 103,216 70,122 77,562
Uganda:
        Exports 51,200 75,434 78,468 65,336 88,082
        Imports 21,787 26,622 52,716 45,599 18,779
        Trade Balance 29,413 48,812 25,752 19,737 69,303
Zambia:
        Exports 50,713 67,437 75,945 56,191 36,157
        Imports 28,969 48,780 51,456 36,294 7,741
        Trade Balance 21,743 18,657 24,489 19,897 28,416
Zimbabwe:
        Exports 47,150 103,572 91,410 53,448 63,056
        Imports 103,219 71,498 112,256 81,056 7,340
        Trade Balance -56,068 32,074 -20,846 -27,608 55,716

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

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