U.S. International Trade Commission

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

Value (1,000 dollars)
Country 2005 2006 2007 2007 YTD 2008 YTD
Angola:
        Exports 922,527 1,542,655 1,263,965 1,163,497 1,918,999
        Imports 8,466,134 11,513,833 12,210,961 11,349,835 18,100,532
        Trade Balance -7,543,607 -9,971,178 -10,946,996 -10,186,338 -16,181,533
Benin:
        Exports 69,101 109,158 280,339 262,428 770,662
        Imports 513 555 5,076 5,004 31,010
        Trade Balance 68,588 108,603 275,263 257,424 739,653
Botswana:
        Exports 67,190 26,700 52,452 49,164 55,958
        Imports 178,164 252,107 187,453 176,218 212,043
        Trade Balance -110,974 -225,408 -135,001 -127,054 -156,085
Burkina Faso:
        Exports 24,308 17,901 32,321 31,928 21,481
        Imports 2,084 1,020 1,466 1,411 547
        Trade Balance 22,223 16,881 30,854 30,517 20,934
Burundi:
        Exports 7,221 6,438 6,874 6,779 6,427
        Imports 4,423 1,866 1,111 998 2,650
        Trade Balance 2,798 4,572 5,763 5,781 3,777
Cameroon:
        Exports 115,778 117,243 131,476 122,430 109,064
        Imports 154,520 223,517 306,742 271,200 622,078
        Trade Balance -38,742 -106,274 -175,266 -148,770 -513,014
Cape Verde:
        Exports 8,849 12,714 4,965 4,898 10,950
        Imports 2,624 965 2,193 1,787 397
        Trade Balance 6,225 11,750 2,772 3,111 10,554
Cen African Rep:
        Exports 13,878 24,575 19,670 18,861 21,653
        Imports 5,697 4,295 2,875 2,754 7,746
        Trade Balance 8,181 20,280 16,794 16,107 13,907
Chad:
        Exports 53,693 60,128 70,963 64,959 46,731
        Imports 1,472,053 1,904,713 2,238,277 1,980,003 3,225,996
        Trade Balance -1,418,360 -1,844,585 -2,167,314 -1,915,043 -3,179,265
Comoros:
        Exports 225 67 215 206 373
        Imports 1,445 1,487 485 482 832
        Trade Balance -1,220 -1,420 -269 -276 -459
Congo (DROC):
        Exports 62,747 69,942 110,301 94,099 117,083
        Imports 246,134 85,111 206,404 174,559 264,993
        Trade Balance -183,388 -15,168 -96,103 -80,461 -147,910
Congo (ROC):
        Exports 103,429 137,310 138,798 127,944 157,729
        Imports 1,662,438 3,045,473 3,098,745 2,912,075 4,795,795
        Trade Balance -1,559,009 -2,908,163 -2,959,948 -2,784,131 -4,638,065
Cote d`Ivoire:
        Exports 119,363 145,444 156,118 143,734 232,496
        Imports 1,140,983 722,674 585,403 486,546 972,717
        Trade Balance -1,021,620 -577,230 -429,285 -342,812 -740,220
Djibouti:
        Exports 47,625 47,458 58,051 43,218 117,855
        Imports 1,101 3,295 4,484 4,244 5,778
        Trade Balance 46,523 44,163 53,566 38,974 112,077
Eq Guinea:
        Exports 248,427 551,209 234,482 221,503 153,768
        Imports 1,561,519 1,718,077 1,682,878 1,517,211 3,248,850
        Trade Balance -1,313,092 -1,166,868 -1,448,396 -1,295,709 -3,095,082
Eritrea:
        Exports 30,944 8,828 5,570 5,440 14,410
        Imports 1,285 858 431 428 125
        Trade Balance 29,659 7,970 5,139 5,012 14,285
Ethiopia:
        Exports 513,272 135,574 165,949 139,411 274,224
        Imports 61,803 81,120 88,236 84,962 147,517
        Trade Balance 451,469 54,453 77,714 54,448 126,707
Gabon:
        Exports 95,404 133,501 473,689 459,583 222,659
        Imports 2,885,673 1,330,984 2,146,911 2,042,650 2,151,762
        Trade Balance -2,790,269 -1,197,483 -1,673,222 -1,583,067 -1,929,103
Gambia:
        Exports 29,033 20,169 19,064 17,488 25,852
        Imports 427 287 148 148 630
        Trade Balance 28,606 19,882 18,916 17,340 25,222
Ghana:
        Exports 324,068 282,424 403,928 374,305 557,998
        Imports 159,260 192,228 198,652 187,025 210,178
        Trade Balance 164,808 90,196 205,275 187,281 347,820
Guinea:
        Exports 124,120 63,113 71,589 65,139 90,166
        Imports 74,734 91,689 95,748 88,975 96,752
        Trade Balance 49,386 -28,576 -24,159 -23,836 -6,586
Guinea-Bissau:
        Exports 2,077 5,491 6,524 6,476 1,696
        Imports 114 470 38 38 164
        Trade Balance 1,963 5,021 6,487 6,438 1,532
Kenya:
        Exports 625,910 516,103 576,220 549,023 412,113
        Imports 347,754 352,804 326,086 297,496 311,948
        Trade Balance 278,156 163,299 250,134 251,527 100,165
Lesotho:
        Exports 4,010 4,029 7,506 5,012 1,273
        Imports 403,471 408,407 443,018 414,269 342,060
        Trade Balance -399,460 -404,379 -435,512 -409,257 -340,787
Liberia:
        Exports 73,934 66,624 72,754 68,252 136,824
        Imports 90,827 139,832 115,303 103,507 136,791
        Trade Balance -16,893 -73,208 -42,549 -35,256 33
Madagascar:
        Exports 24,994 44,560 31,842 30,092 63,999
        Imports 323,877 281,065 337,895 314,229 299,037
        Trade Balance -298,883 -236,505 -306,053 -284,137 -235,038
Malawi:
        Exports 27,368 45,386 50,873 47,610 41,520
        Imports 82,444 79,010 69,007 65,867 46,239
        Trade Balance -55,076 -33,624 -18,133 -18,256 -4,720
Mali:
        Exports 31,774 41,767 30,352 29,209 28,704
        Imports 3,588 7,851 9,712 8,602 4,299
        Trade Balance 28,186 33,916 20,640 20,607 24,404
Mauritania:
        Exports 84,860 89,942 102,317 99,490 102,387
        Imports 825 51,165 718 595 1,788
        Trade Balance 84,035 38,777 101,599 98,895 100,600
Mauritius:
        Exports 20,054 25,057 39,625 32,328 36,191
        Imports 221,997 218,649 187,020 173,291 163,164
        Trade Balance -201,943 -193,593 -147,395 -140,963 -126,973
Mozambique:
        Exports 58,786 63,739 113,621 103,440 192,461
        Imports 10,817 15,594 5,356 5,035 15,036
        Trade Balance 47,969 48,145 108,264 98,406 177,426
Namibia:
        Exports 92,954 113,220 116,383 96,078 257,300
        Imports 129,557 115,650 219,743 183,766 293,125
        Trade Balance -36,603 -2,429 -103,361 -87,688 -35,825
Niger:
        Exports 61,908 125,491 63,286 59,047 42,791
        Imports 65,511 123,695 9,082 8,567 44,074
        Trade Balance -3,602 1,797 54,204 50,480 -1,283
Nigeria:
        Exports 1,577,149 2,145,636 2,688,619 2,404,405 3,735,350
        Imports 23,875,179 27,863,412 32,525,048 29,137,950 36,615,551
        Trade Balance -22,298,031 -25,717,777 -29,836,429 -26,733,545 -32,880,201
Rwanda:
        Exports 10,226 11,341 14,241 13,785 17,115
        Imports 6,301 8,854 12,675 9,784 11,134
        Trade Balance 3,925 2,488 1,566 4,001 5,980
Sao Tome & Prin:
        Exports 7,043 3,653 6,741 5,758 3,144
        Imports 144 187 393 393 96
        Trade Balance 6,899 3,466 6,348 5,365 3,047
Senegal:
        Exports 150,323 91,540 150,584 137,070 122,457
        Imports 3,663 21,450 18,734 18,313 17,055
        Trade Balance 146,660 70,090 131,850 118,757 105,402
Seychelles:
        Exports 19,816 8,278 9,144 8,862 23,482
        Imports 5,884 10,121 10,332 9,528 4,961
        Trade Balance 13,932 -1,843 -1,188 -666 18,521
Sierra Leone:
        Exports 37,202 38,635 54,605 47,731 56,065
        Imports 9,389 35,895 48,104 46,085 40,732
        Trade Balance 27,812 2,741 6,501 1,647 15,333
Somalia:
        Exports 8,807 19,906 20,663 19,734 55,454
        Imports 308 388 175 175 187
        Trade Balance 8,499 19,518 20,488 19,559 55,267
South Africa:
        Exports 3,652,401 4,234,080 5,204,285 4,730,196 5,609,658
        Imports 5,854,118 7,497,257 9,131,863 8,134,501 9,269,401
        Trade Balance -2,201,718 -3,263,178 -3,927,578 -3,404,305 -3,659,743
Sudan:
        Exports 102,487 76,284 66,888 64,331 128,512
        Imports 13,574 6,209 7,477 6,789 3,998
        Trade Balance 88,913 70,075 59,410 57,542 124,513
Swaziland:
        Exports 11,481 11,301 28,551 27,771 10,873
        Imports 198,876 155,807 147,963 132,782 123,331
        Trade Balance -187,395 -144,506 -119,412 -105,010 -112,458
Tanzania:
        Exports 94,052 158,770 171,974 157,965 144,406
        Imports 34,066 34,567 46,196 42,356 46,665
        Trade Balance 59,986 124,203 125,778 115,608 97,742
Togo:
        Exports 26,774 106,884 285,458 279,501 102,673
        Imports 6,439 3,554 5,039 4,890 11,090
        Trade Balance 20,335 103,330 280,419 274,610 91,583
Uganda:
        Exports 58,731 51,200 75,434 68,545 75,591
        Imports 25,851 21,787 26,622 24,381 50,110
        Trade Balance 32,880 29,413 48,812 44,163 25,481
Zambia:
        Exports 28,242 50,713 67,437 63,105 69,728
        Imports 31,698 28,969 48,780 41,952 50,222
        Trade Balance -3,457 21,743 18,657 21,153 19,506
Zimbabwe:
        Exports 44,550 47,150 103,572 93,167 87,670
        Imports 95,212 103,219 71,498 70,452 110,954
        Trade Balance -50,662 -56,068 32,074 22,715 -23,284

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

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