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 2009 2010 2011 2011 YTD 2012 YTD
Angola:
        Exports 1,388,630 1,255,370 1,458,062 247,945 412,069
        Imports 9,305,811 11,778,529 13,756,358 2,721,302 2,903,684
        Trade Balance -7,917,181 -10,523,159 -12,298,296 -2,473,357 -2,491,615
Benin:
        Exports 393,492 458,244 610,363 133,361 115,628
        Imports 441 276 1,971 48 196
        Trade Balance 393,051 457,968 608,393 133,312 115,432
Botswana:
        Exports 92,625 44,076 42,352 4,309 18,480
        Imports 131,909 169,739 293,286 67,723 42,690
        Trade Balance -39,285 -125,663 -250,934 -63,414 -24,210
Burkina Faso:
        Exports 25,304 43,394 32,697 9,023 8,129
        Imports 1,778 2,372 3,603 667 223
        Trade Balance 23,527 41,021 29,094 8,356 7,906
Burundi:
        Exports 8,440 14,016 32,425 6,605 7,671
        Imports 4,082 3,352 9,558 5,485 1,431
        Trade Balance 4,358 10,665 22,867 1,119 6,240
Cameroon:
        Exports 152,155 130,423 216,235 45,534 44,395
        Imports 268,391 298,493 322,219 67,677 146,591
        Trade Balance -116,236 -168,070 -105,984 -22,143 -102,195
Cape Verde:
        Exports 6,233 9,643 11,213 3,284 1,834
        Imports 806 1,236 1,468 119 167
        Trade Balance 5,428 8,407 9,745 3,165 1,668
Cen African Rep:
        Exports 30,727 10,112 12,263 3,674 1,984
        Imports 3,388 7,104 6,034 1,593 1,110
        Trade Balance 27,339 3,008 6,229 2,081 874
Chad:
        Exports 62,069 86,871 34,730 10,552 10,917
        Imports 1,878,579 2,037,630 3,188,885 480,481 802,192
        Trade Balance -1,816,511 -1,950,758 -3,154,155 -469,929 -791,275
Comoros:
        Exports 1,893 1,245 1,092 334 423
        Imports 1,079 1,674 1,779 467 1,302
        Trade Balance 813 -429 -687 -133 -879
Congo (DROC):
        Exports 77,532 91,322 162,991 22,920 36,074
        Imports 317,951 435,150 475,133 34,686 104,148
        Trade Balance -240,419 -343,828 -312,142 -11,766 -68,074
Congo (ROC):
        Exports 273,007 248,010 222,430 44,496 56,689
        Imports 3,187,384 3,308,922 2,376,790 450,343 502,492
        Trade Balance -2,914,377 -3,060,912 -2,154,360 -405,848 -445,803
Cote d`Ivoire:
        Exports 202,827 156,828 125,889 14,020 41,729
        Imports 746,965 1,196,499 1,144,783 424,163 513,778
        Trade Balance -544,137 -1,039,671 -1,018,894 -410,143 -472,048
Djibouti:
        Exports 195,931 122,191 130,578 23,596 32,481
        Imports 2,902 3,041 4,053 116 4,702
        Trade Balance 193,029 119,150 126,525 23,480 27,778
Eq Guinea:
        Exports 304,445 269,575 279,048 60,597 54,004
        Imports 2,391,496 2,324,360 1,189,911 465,758 301,390
        Trade Balance -2,087,050 -2,054,785 -910,863 -405,161 -247,387
Eritrea:
        Exports 6,658 1,954 3,982 1,323 1,403
        Imports 510 102 140 89 34
        Trade Balance 6,149 1,852 3,842 1,234 1,369
Ethiopia:
        Exports 270,426 758,291 684,958 165,759 40,073
        Imports 112,875 127,329 144,404 26,685 16,141
        Trade Balance 157,551 630,963 540,554 139,075 23,932
Gabon:
        Exports 166,716 235,547 197,361 40,559 53,921
        Imports 1,285,454 2,222,520 4,432,129 1,051,173 245,186
        Trade Balance -1,118,738 -1,986,973 -4,234,768 -1,010,614 -191,264
Gambia:
        Exports 32,945 28,339 27,780 9,651 5,188
        Imports 1,214 3,137 82 39 35
        Trade Balance 31,731 25,202 27,697 9,612 5,153
Ghana:
        Exports 619,016 963,753 1,155,466 241,715 349,121
        Imports 134,771 273,452 778,993 195,177 71,664
        Trade Balance 484,245 690,301 376,474 46,538 277,457
Guinea:
        Exports 92,595 80,763 249,565 48,258 55,894
        Imports 67,270 90,410 80,644 21,558 33,737
        Trade Balance 25,325 -9,647 168,920 26,700 22,157
Guinea-Bissau:
        Exports 1,512 4,330 11,818 4,382 4,437
        Imports 43 885 261 69 13
        Trade Balance 1,469 3,445 11,557 4,314 4,424
Kenya:
        Exports 638,432 345,023 447,393 83,481 143,129
        Imports 280,423 311,127 380,463 75,621 82,528
        Trade Balance 358,009 33,897 66,929 7,860 60,601
Lesotho:
        Exports 16,612 11,300 13,123 6,144 7,839
        Imports 304,154 298,926 384,351 74,566 78,566
        Trade Balance -287,543 -287,626 -371,228 -68,422 -70,727
Liberia:
        Exports 85,634 180,206 184,976 35,300 45,758
        Imports 78,337 180,010 158,178 24,844 40,838
        Trade Balance 7,297 196 26,797 10,457 4,920
Madagascar:
        Exports 164,343 112,546 53,996 12,210 14,317
        Imports 253,409 108,379 87,118 19,026 27,475
        Trade Balance -89,066 4,167 -33,122 -6,816 -13,158
Malawi:
        Exports 39,608 36,493 65,415 8,223 9,938
        Imports 73,631 66,673 72,354 19,737 19,226
        Trade Balance -34,023 -30,180 -6,938 -11,515 -9,288
Mali:
        Exports 34,663 36,686 53,286 13,933 17,468
        Imports 3,736 6,305 4,079 659 988
        Trade Balance 30,927 30,380 49,207 13,274 16,480
Mauritania:
        Exports 53,920 82,357 241,473 18,468 35,927
        Imports 34,753 52,864 965 139 287
        Trade Balance 19,167 29,494 240,508 18,329 35,640
Mauritius:
        Exports 66,711 32,457 41,260 10,876 12,335
        Imports 168,863 196,055 250,483 50,269 61,038
        Trade Balance -102,153 -163,598 -209,222 -39,392 -48,702
Mozambique:
        Exports 188,884 222,695 445,908 94,989 91,829
        Imports 38,829 64,704 34,967 4,461 7,778
        Trade Balance 150,055 157,991 410,941 90,528 84,051
Namibia:
        Exports 173,901 95,642 121,006 19,099 29,280
        Imports 327,607 195,036 436,338 69,809 34,311
        Trade Balance -153,706 -99,395 -315,332 -50,709 -5,031
Niger:
        Exports 56,909 48,998 44,620 11,756 5,964
        Imports 106,230 26,681 288,667 37,514 78,431
        Trade Balance -49,321 22,316 -244,047 -25,758 -72,467
Nigeria:
        Exports 3,602,285 3,976,221 4,706,183 1,074,058 1,014,911
        Imports 19,474,031 29,977,131 33,834,588 8,363,799 4,050,601
        Trade Balance -15,871,746 -26,000,910 -29,128,404 -7,289,741 -3,035,690
Rwanda:
        Exports 32,535 29,454 118,577 9,191 6,149
        Imports 19,159 21,491 30,858 4,309 9,098
        Trade Balance 13,377 7,962 87,719 4,882 -2,948
Sao Tome & Prin:
        Exports 3,973 1,242 6,079 284 121
        Imports 214 314 982 160 93
        Trade Balance 3,759 928 5,097 124 28
Senegal:
        Exports 172,870 210,683 258,782 52,921 53,270
        Imports 6,909 5,117 6,766 1,481 2,917
        Trade Balance 165,961 205,565 252,016 51,440 50,353
Seychelles:
        Exports 33,661 10,465 12,877 2,971 2,029
        Imports 6,323 4,700 6,265 1,114 1,031
        Trade Balance 27,337 5,765 6,612 1,856 999
Sierra Leone:
        Exports 39,150 56,509 99,532 18,512 23,215
        Imports 24,233 29,024 26,480 3,147 4,179
        Trade Balance 14,916 27,485 73,051 15,365 19,037
Somalia:
        Exports 4,095 1,458 5,228 396 9,455
        Imports 253 140 1,105 199 296
        Trade Balance 3,842 1,318 4,123 197 9,160
South Africa:
        Exports 4,202,519 5,267,519 6,848,590 1,988,319 1,714,498
        Imports 5,876,698 8,199,239 9,473,432 2,172,087 2,097,624
        Trade Balance -1,674,179 -2,931,720 -2,624,841 -183,768 -383,126
South Sudan:
        Exports 0 0 6,801 0 14,175
        Imports 0 0 17 0 1
        Trade Balance 0 0 6,784 0 14,174
Sudan:
        Exports 0 0 59,851 0 13,377
        Imports 0 0 4,160 0 3,207
        Trade Balance 0 0 55,691 0 10,170
Sudan prior2011:
        Exports 78,070 112,706 12,427 4,814 0
        Imports 9,882 8,068 6,337 1,430 0
        Trade Balance 68,188 104,639 6,090 3,384 0
Swaziland:
        Exports 12,675 20,592 17,420 6,731 6,140
        Imports 109,603 114,914 83,290 22,854 14,168
        Trade Balance -96,928 -94,322 -65,869 -16,124 -8,029
Tanzania:
        Exports 154,075 157,909 250,729 58,105 60,307
        Imports 49,374 42,888 58,244 22,263 52,974
        Trade Balance 104,702 115,021 192,485 35,842 7,333
Togo:
        Exports 123,713 168,598 212,523 40,799 22,034
        Imports 6,640 9,120 31,745 5,887 908
        Trade Balance 117,073 159,478 180,778 34,911 21,125
Uganda:
        Exports 112,793 85,184 87,229 28,976 12,569
        Imports 30,170 57,652 45,882 9,273 10,476
        Trade Balance 82,623 27,532 41,348 19,703 2,093
Zambia:
        Exports 56,676 53,983 123,078 20,724 35,104
        Imports 8,548 29,607 47,321 9,195 15,333
        Trade Balance 48,128 24,376 75,757 11,529 19,772
Zimbabwe:
        Exports 84,217 65,388 56,636 10,982 8,113
        Imports 22,080 58,902 51,412 5,524 28,430
        Trade Balance 62,137 6,486 5,224 5,459 -20,317

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

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