U.S. International Trade Commission

Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. exports, imports, GSP imports, and AGOA imports, by major commodity sectors, annual and year to date Jan -  Sep

AGOA-Eligible Countries Only

Value (1,000 dollars)
Sector 2005 2006 2007 2007 YTD 2008 YTD
Agricultural products:
        Exports 1,323,892 1,192,875 1,797,872 1,211,486 1,737,416
        Imports 682,023 781,428 695,879 519,464 558,845
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 272,075 360,803 271,538 197,743 182,470
        GSP imports 120,351 135,963 116,667 78,531 61,593
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 151,724 224,841 154,871 119,212 120,877
Forest products:
        Exports 155,482 174,659 197,091 147,229 189,067
        Imports 163,640 144,492 155,067 112,204 111,656
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 32,232 14,443 11,562 8,020 5,520
        GSP imports 32,066 14,370 11,518 7,994 5,461
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 166 73 44 26 59
Chemicals and related products:
        Exports 912,432 1,165,290 1,285,651 915,862 1,145,293
        Imports 611,890 540,696 765,057 581,942 893,298
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 329,282 284,739 308,885 238,225 317,980
        GSP imports 284,573 236,653 257,085 201,676 272,387
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 44,708 48,086 51,800 36,548 45,593
Energy-related products:
        Exports 223,172 396,584 442,659 273,833 1,229,613
        Imports 38,455,259 45,930,378 52,683,266 36,903,908 56,427,827
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 35,207,962 41,081,606 47,674,569 33,306,498 50,776,330
        GSP imports 4,298,324 6,942,523 7,506,972 5,953,745 6,533,160
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 30,909,638 34,139,083 40,167,597 27,352,754 44,243,169
Textiles and apparel:
        Exports 123,332 127,757 159,016 111,255 154,581
        Imports 1,500,570 1,335,956 1,332,515 1,020,894 868,974
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,424,939 1,261,128 1,270,589 972,757 833,044
        GSP imports 5,953 4,734 3,168 2,260 1,404
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,418,986 1,256,394 1,267,420 970,497 831,640
Footwear:
        Exports 14,910 16,390 22,779 15,758 21,474
        Imports 2,359 4,056 4,774 4,230 1,459
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 1,909 2,487 2,175 2,142 701
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 1,909 2,487 2,175 2,142 701
Minerals and metals:
        Exports 359,058 578,360 587,327 462,925 518,229
        Imports 4,487,270 5,886,783 7,333,320 5,545,259 5,969,589
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 493,881 596,337 796,266 586,094 1,027,739
        GSP imports 420,276 492,567 643,019 477,713 723,782
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 73,604 103,770 153,247 108,381 303,957
Machinery:
        Exports 842,657 1,020,269 1,384,555 989,916 1,271,646
        Imports 273,085 314,351 423,410 310,899 275,086
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 19,300 27,874 29,331 20,039 17,126
        GSP imports 18,963 27,658 29,320 20,028 16,953
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 337 216 10 10 173
Transportation equipment:
        Exports 3,811,872 4,135,699 5,144,678 3,910,016 4,706,524
        Imports 390,921 588,288 668,978 515,430 1,595,724
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 273,632 495,315 588,548 459,655 1,492,319
        GSP imports 135,490 140,584 121,078 93,190 66,528
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 138,142 354,730 467,470 366,465 1,425,791
Electronic products:
        Exports 944,200 1,173,695 1,230,430 928,653 995,790
        Imports 75,390 83,859 92,264 63,737 75,077
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 19,188 16,427 21,324 16,858 12,044
        GSP imports 19,118 16,427 21,254 16,815 12,040
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 70 0 71 43 4
Miscellaneous manufactures:
        Exports 140,799 146,850 186,653 133,639 148,721
        Imports 120,929 172,125 174,351 124,905 99,236
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 71,995 98,033 76,596 57,679 42,589
        GSP imports 68,204 94,724 71,654 54,455 39,750
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 3,791 3,309 4,943 3,224 2,839
Special provisions:
        Exports 390,696 443,988 528,930 378,145 442,001
        Imports 239,454 227,851 203,417 131,169 210,280
        AGOA including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 0 0 0 0 0
        GSP imports 00000
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 00000
All sectors:
        Exports 9,242,503 10,572,416 12,967,640 9,478,716 12,560,357
        Imports 47,002,789 56,010,263 64,532,297 45,834,040 67,087,052
        AGOA Including GSP provisions of the AGOA act 38,146,396 44,239,193 51,051,383 35,865,709 54,707,861
        GSP imports 5,403,319 8,106,203 8,781,735 6,906,406 7,733,058
        Duty-free items added for AGOA cts. 32,743,077 36,132,990 42,269,649 28,959,302 46,974,803
Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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