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Trade Profiles  Angola  Benin  BNLS Region  Botswana  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cameroon  Cape Verde  CEMAC Region  Chad  COMESA Region  Comores  Congo  Dem. Rep of Congo  Djibouti  ECOWAS Region  Ethiopia  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Guinea  Guinea Bissau  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Madagascar  Malawi  Mali  Mauritania  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Niger  Nigeria  Rwanda  SACU Region  SADC Region  Sao Tome  Senegal  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  South Africa  Swaziland  Tanzania  Togo  Uganda  Zambia	Total Trade under AGOA by Product Sectors AGOA covers over 6000 product items, after the extension of GSP preferences to a further 1,800 product lines (including numerous food products, handbags, gloves, footwear, iron and steel items, automotive components and vehicles). Countries meeting the 'Apparel Provisions' further qualify for duty-free access for apparel. An analysis of the trade data by Product Sector reveals the distribution of exports into the U.S. under AGOA. It shows that there are three sectors, namely 'energy-related products', 'textiles and apparel' and 'transportation equipment' that account for the vast bulk (over 90%) of exports currently qualifying for AGOA benefits. 'Agricultural products' and 'minerals and metals' have also been successfully exported to the U.S. under AGOA, while AGOA-eligible exports in the remaining product categories are still insignificant. Attention is drawn to the significant year-on-year increases of exports to the U.S. under AGOA in the 'textiles and apparel' and 'transportation equipment' categories. The former relates to the increasing number (26 as of August 2007 - see this link ) of AGOA-eligible countries that have subsequently met the 'Wearing Apparel' provisions, while the significant increase in exports of the latter ('transportation equipment') is due to the recent success of South Africa's exports in this category. AGOA-eligible exports as a percentage of total exports in each respective category (see second table below) reveals that in a number of the product categories, the percentage of exports qualifying for AGOA benefits is indeed very high. These product sectors include 'energy-related products', 'transportation equipment' and 'textiles and apparel'. Most of the other product sectors lag far behind, with only a very small proportion of total exports to the U.S. in those categories being AGOA-eligible. The data is Year-to-Date and is compiled by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Total Exports to the U.S. under GSP and AGOA by Product Sectors, Year-to-Date (January - June 2010) (AGOA eligible countries only, updated AUGUST 2010, quarterly data) Unit: '000 U.S. dollars, Customs Value (Source of Data: U.S. International Trade Commission USITC, based on U.S. Dept. Commerce)   AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP % change GSP GSP GSP GSP GSP 2006 YTD 2007 2007 YTD 2008 2009 2009 YTD 2010 YTD 2009/2010 2007 2008 2009 2009 YTD 2010 YTD Agricultural products 360 803 271 538 197 743 250 214 290 422 125 073 125 502 0% 116 667 88 156 122 385 64 227 59 094 Forest products 14 443 11 562 8 020 6 762 3323 1707 1036 -39% 11 518 6 699 3 230 1650 1036 Chemicals and related products 284 739 308 885 238 225 428 269 263462 120403 152632 27% 257 085 350 302 222 291 106349 137571 Energy-related products 41 081 606 47 674 569 33 306 498 61 154 766 30295551 11745300 20732590 77% 7 506 972 8 354 550 4 836 474 2167339 2510702 Textiles and apparel 1 261 128 1 270 589 972 757 1 138 837 918240 442482 290213 -34% 3 168 1 846 4 002 1846 2277 Footwear 2 487 2 175 2 142 712 494 288 117 -59% 0 0 0 0 0 Minerals and metals 596 337 796 266 586 094 1 263 964 413129 172598 371293 115% 643 019 893 642 317 520 126833 315770 Machinery 27 874 29 331 20 039 23 189 23618 10992 6274 -43% 29 320 22 851 23 479 10992 6248 Transportation equipment 495 315 588 548 459 655 1 911 828 1436008 743489 653491 -12% 121 078 90 540 66 701 22526 43605 Electronic products 16 427 21 324 16 858 16 941 21912 9277 10354 12% 21 254 16 937 21 732 9099 10354 Miscellaneous manufactures 98 033 76 596 57 679 63 346 43141 19865 13832 -30% 71 654 59 654 41 166 18841 12880 Total 44 239 193 51 051 383 35 865 709 66 258 828 33709298 13391473 22357333 67% 8 781 735 9 885 178 5 658 980 2529701 3099537 Total Exports to the U.S. under GSP and AGOA by Product Sectors, Year-to-Date (January - June 2010) (AGOA eligible countries only, updated AUGUST 2010, quarterly data) Unit: Percent of total sectoral imports (Source of Data: U.S. International Trade Commission USITC, based on U.S. Dept. Commerce)   AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP AGOA + GSP GSP GSP GSP GSP GSP GSP 2006 2007 2007 YTD 2008 2009 2009 YTD 2010 YTD 2006 2007 2008 2009 2009 YTD 2010 YTD Agricultural products 28.07 23.47 23.36 18.19 19.91 17.25 12.56 10.58 10.08 6.41 8.39 8.86 5.91 Forest products 8.70 6.32 6.01 4 4.2 3.67 2.9 8.65 6.30 3.96 4.09 3.55 2.9 Chemicals and related products 36.59 31.15 33.34 30.26 26.68 39.23 17.79 30.41 25.93 24.75 22.51 34.65 16.03 Energy-related products 85.92 87.90 87.53 85.26 80.42 80.42 81.86 14.52 13.84 11.65 12.84 14.84 9.91 Textiles and apparel 94.19 95.26 95.17 96.21 97.35 97.18 84.53 0.35 0.24 0.16 0.42 0.41 0.66 Footwear 57.39 40.59 47.71 36.88 38.63 42.24 15.39 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Minerals and metals 10.00 10.77 10.49 17.38 10.83 10.48 14.87 8.26 8.70 12.29 8.33 7.7 12.64 Machinery 8.85 6.93 6.44 6.46 10.43 10.89 4.93 8.78 6.92 6.37 10.37 10.89 4.91 Transportation equipment 84.17 87.97 89.18 93.16 92.69 92.46 96.59 23.89 18.10 4.41 4.31 2.8 6.44 Electronic products 19.29 22.78 25.98 17.82 26.92 24.42 28.77 19.29 22.70 17.81 26.7 23.95 28.77 Miscellaneous manufactures 52.91 41.89 44.40 45.16 32.01 36.71 13.07 51.13 39.19 42.52 30.54 34.82 12.17 Total 75.29 76.32 75.47 76.97 71.48 70.93 71.84 13.79 13.13 11.48 12 13.4 9.96
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