U.S. International Trade Commission

Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. imports under the Generalized System of Preferences and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, by sectors, year-to-date from Jan - Sep

AGOA-Eligible Countries Only


Value (1,000 dollars)
Imports AGOA including GSP provisions 2007 AGOA including GSP provisions 2007 YTD AGOA including GSP provisions 2008 YTD GSP 2007 GSP 2007 YTD GSP 2008 YTD
Agricultural products 271,538 197,743 182,470 116,667 78,531 61,593
Forest products 11,562 8,020 5,520 11,518 7,994 5,461
Chemicals and related products 308,885 238,225 317,980 257,085 201,676 272,387
Energy-related products 47,674,569 33,306,498 50,776,330 7,506,972 5,953,745 6,533,160
Textiles and apparel 1,270,589 972,757 833,044 3,168 2,260 1,404
Footwear 2,175 2,142 701 0 0 0
Minerals and metals 796,266 586,094 1,027,739 643,019 477,713 723,782
Machinery 29,331 20,039 17,126 29,320 20,028 16,953
Transportation equipment 588,548 459,655 1,492,319 121,078 93,190 66,528
Electronic products 21,324 16,858 12,044 21,254 16,815 12,040
Miscellaneous manufactures 76,596 57,679 42,589 71,654 54,455 39,750
Total 51,051,383 35,865,709 54,707,861 8,781,735 6,906,406 7,733,058

Percent of total sectoral imports
Imports AGOA including GSP provisions 2007 AGOA including GSP provisions 2007 YTD AGOA including GSP provisions 2008 YTD GSP 2007 GSP 2007 YTD GSP 2008 YTD
Agricultural products 23.47 23.36 17.45 10.08 9.28 5.89
Forest products 6.32 6.01 4.08 6.3 5.99 4.04
Chemicals and related products 31.15 33.34 29.81 25.93 28.22 25.54
Energy-related products 87.9 87.53 85.99 13.84 15.65 11.06
Textiles and apparel 95.26 95.17 95.84 0.24 0.22 0.16
Footwear 40.59 47.71 46.12 0 0 0
Minerals and metals 10.77 10.49 16.92 8.7 8.55 11.91
Machinery 6.93 6.44 6.21 6.92 6.44 6.15
Transportation equipment 87.97 89.18 93.52 18.1 18.08 4.17
Electronic products 22.78 25.98 15.93 22.7 25.91 15.92
Miscellaneous manufactures 41.89 44.4 40.99 39.19 41.92 38.26
Total 76.32 75.47 77.58 13.13 14.53 10.97

Note -- Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

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


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