Total two-way trade (AGOA and non-AGOA) between Sub-Saharan African countries and the United States has grown significantly since the inception of AGOA. African goods exports to the US far exceed imports from the US resulting in a trade balance in favor of African countries. However, AGOA beneficiary countries' trade surplus has been declining, mainly as a result of lower oil prices and export volumes in this sector, which accounts for the bulk of African exports to the United States. Combined two-way goods trade in 2015 was valued at $36 billion (2014: $50 billion, 2013: $61 billion, 2012: $66 billion).
Aggregated Bilateral Trade between AGOA Countries and the United States Click here
Unit: $ million (rounded), YTD Data to July 2015 AGOA beneficiary countries
Aggregated Bilateral Trade between AGOA Countries and the United States Unit: $ million (rounded), YTD Data to July 2015
AGOA beneficiary countries
2012 2013 2014 2014 YTD 2015 YTD - Angola - US exports 1,449,472 1,385,601 1,875,505 1,171,025 720,664 - US imports 9,601,959 8,900,353 5,477,544 3,250,355 1,637,563 - Trade Balance -8,152,488 -7,514,752 -3,602,038 -2,079,329 -916,899 - Benin: - US exports 567,805 599,616 765,037 444,426 390,612 - US imports 2,674 3,128 5,408 3,482 3,508 - Trade Balance 565,131 596,488 759,629 440,944 387,104 - Botswana: - US exports 38,837 76,947 45,393 28,775 19,572 - US imports 223,536 277,714 317,968 190,934 129,035 - Trade Balance -184,699 -200,768 -272,574 -162,159 -109,463 - Burkina Faso: - US exports 45,584 74,699 64,778 36,193 29,001 - US imports 2,304 6,111 6,209 2,519 2,744 - Trade Balance 43,280 68,588 58,569 33,675 26,258 - Burundi: - US exports 19,794 15,253 4,447 2,595 2,221 - US imports 4,809 4,297 4,373 3,344 5,034 - Trade Balance 14,985 10,955 74 -750 -2,814 - Cameroon: - US exports 243,035 320,859 273,893 151,353 131,457 - US imports 318,077 272,902 186,219 88,746 74,829 - Trade Balance -75,042 47,957 87,675 62,607 56,627 - Cape Verde: - US exports 7,365 8,995 6,651 3,388 3,875 - US imports 1,313 2,134 1,683 900 885 - Trade Balance 6,051 6,861 4,968 2,488 2,990 - Cen African Rep: - US exports 8,262 4,013 28,545 4,653 23,857 - US imports 4,070 2,787 1,352 1,059 588 - Trade Balance 4,192 1,226 27,192 3,594 23,269 - Chad: - US exports 34,965 40,108 59,549 29,903 39,093 - US imports 2,832,760 2,413,290 2,070,945 1,125,369 1,155,912 - Trade Balance -2,797,794 -2,373,183 -2,011,397 -1,095,465 -1,116,820 - Comoros: - US exports 935 3,482 3,439 555 703 - US imports 1,959 2,843 2,080 841 909 - Trade Balance -1,024 639 1,359 -287 -206 - Congo (DROC): - US exports 195,459 164,507 178,928 107,092 101,157 - US imports 132,810 75,559 154,346 105,109 101,906 - Trade Balance 62,649 88,947 24,583 1,983 -749 - Congo (ROC): - US exports 230,011 216,238 260,216 123,316 170,717 - US imports 1,480,791 1,265,250 405,276 301,870 241,878 - Trade Balance -1,250,780 -1,049,012 -145,060 -178,554 -71,161 - Cote d`Ivoire: - US exports 177,309 155,840 229,714 110,558 174,248 - US imports 1,164,412 1,016,545 1,189,531 890,049 749,875 - Trade Balance -987,103 -860,705 -959,817 -779,491 -575,627 - Djibouti: - US exports 113,404 156,741 99,544 48,871 93,732 - US imports 11,850 3,948 11,849 2,635 29,178 - Trade Balance 101,555 152,793 87,695 46,236 64,554 - Eq Guinea: - US exports 207,728 732,607 556,401 262,279 83,002 - US imports 1,646,976 920,502 254,933 96,182 46,093 - Trade Balance -1,439,248 -187,895 301,468 166,097 36,909 - Eritrea: - US exports 5,722 13,391 4,994 3,350 2,145 - US imports 200 158 216 132 28 - Trade Balance 5,522 13,233 4,779 3,218 2,117 - Ethiopia: - US exports 1,263,499 675,759 1,651,738 812,429 1,014,707 - US imports 183,126 193,567 206,780 131,112 197,800 - Trade Balance 1,080,372 482,192 1,444,957 681,318 816,908 - Gabon: - US exports 306,740 302,011 406,300 315,607 113,816 - US imports 1,697,592 1,046,972 856,319 515,173 125,173 - Trade Balance -1,390,852 -744,961 -450,019 -199,566 -11,357 - Gambia: - US exports 26,515 33,167 39,967 25,915 20,652 - US imports 352 1,686 298 165 363 - Trade Balance 26,163 31,481 39,669 25,750 20,289 - Ghana: - US exports 1,292,108 963,437 1,162,792 593,054 531,608 - US imports 291,604 308,155 324,647 229,617 215,445 - Trade Balance 1,000,504 655,282 838,146 363,437 316,164 - Guinea: - US exports 143,352 74,108 62,112 32,678 108,939 - US imports 103,051 90,046 88,083 57,767 41,844 - Trade Balance 40,301 -15,938 -25,971 -25,090 67,096 - Guinea-Bissau: - US exports 20,852 6,477 2,685 1,563 1,246 - US imports 81 3,221 58 41 40 - Trade Balance 20,771 3,256 2,627 1,521 1,207 - Kenya: - US exports 534,395 604,133 1,614,035 822,562 465,996 - US imports 389,679 433,478 590,711 321,325 319,752 - Trade Balance 144,716 170,655 1,023,324 501,237 146,244 - Lesotho: - US exports 16,481 489 2,094 1,674 378 - US imports 310,571 351,403 361,165 219,625 175,000 - Trade Balance -294,091 -350,914 -359,070 -217,951 -174,622 - Liberia: - US exports 232,259 167,453 175,063 106,819 85,172 - US imports 144,092 92,631 77,540 46,738 30,507 - Trade Balance 88,167 74,822 97,523 60,081 54,665 - Madagascar: - US exports 62,621 62,852 44,829 22,944 31,027 - US imports 109,782 178,203 217,169 123,719 207,727 - Trade Balance -47,160 -115,350 -172,339 -100,775 -176,700 - Malawi: - US exports 56,357 41,490 39,114 29,503 24,104 - US imports 62,019 63,897 80,252 41,220 28,522 - Trade Balance -5,661 -22,407 -41,138 -11,717 -4,418 - Mali: - US exports 58,479 46,871 33,697 23,882 39,392 - US imports 3,644 3,680 4,772 2,098 1,698 - Trade Balance 54,835 43,191 28,925 21,784 37,695 - Mauritania: - US exports 261,705 241,092 138,421 79,791 64,343 - US imports 692 130,690 78,219 32,418 828 - Trade Balance 261,013 110,402 60,202 47,372 63,515 - Mauritius: - US exports 43,176 38,082 31,689 17,382 15,747 - US imports 260,072 338,289 400,845 223,125 225,642 - Trade Balance -216,897 -300,207 -369,156 -205,743 -209,895 - Mozambique: - US exports 348,589 297,778 363,173 204,761 128,272 - US imports 38,532 75,900 99,782 58,156 63,426 - Trade Balance 310,058 221,878 263,390 146,605 64,846 - Namibia: - US exports 166,357 223,806 329,654 231,003 70,310 - US imports 231,280 262,176 256,177 197,808 59,661 - Trade Balance -64,923 -38,371 73,477 33,195 10,649 - Niger: - US exports 36,482 45,153 55,547 36,959 31,643 - US imports 81,717 2,320 4,564 3,473 2,702 - Trade Balance -45,235 42,834 50,982 33,487 28,941 - Nigeria: - US exports 4,892,289 6,231,417 5,821,291 3,508,465 1,853,275 - US imports 18,913,515 11,942,366 3,585,937 2,821,980 939,868 - Trade Balance -14,021,226 -5,710,949 2,235,353 686,485 913,407 - Rwanda: - US exports 29,373 24,221 19,193 12,323 5,812 - US imports 33,287 24,422 40,664 10,146 19,426 - Trade Balance -3,914 -201 -21,472 2,177 -13,614 - Sao Tome & Prin: - US exports 825 1,953 1,036 710 720 - US imports 553 253 984 412 409 - Trade Balance 272 1,700 52 297 312 - Senegal: - US exports 145,371 222,679 167,241 103,509 106,506 - US imports 16,772 16,981 25,443 13,876 44,190 - Trade Balance 128,600 205,698 141,798 89,634 62,317 - Seychelles: - US exports 14,315 10,639 10,853 6,153 12,104 - US imports 4,646 5,761 3,852 2,666 3,926 - Trade Balance 9,669 4,877 7,000 3,486 8,178 - Sierra Leone: - US exports 96,551 77,934 81,929 50,098 45,269 - US imports 17,835 41,561 28,368 15,309 13,955 - Trade Balance 78,716 36,373 53,561 34,789 31,314 - Somalia: - US exports 16,444 15,763 35,044 30,626 35,814 - US imports 976 1,194 538 235 551 - Trade Balance 15,468 14,569 34,506 30,391 35,264 - South Africa: - US exports 7,078,271 6,699,630 5,542,973 3,238,141 2,854,527 - US imports 8,695,457 8,392,156 8,270,848 4,673,899 4,264,428 - Trade Balance -1,617,186 -1,692,526 -2,727,875 -1,435,758 -1,409,901 - South Sudan: - US exports 29,976 12,202 45,254 16,320 7,146 - US imports 10 201 66 33 167 - Trade Balance 29,967 12,001 45,188 16,287 6,979 - Sudan: - US exports 52,817 83,345 75,944 43,388 34,263 - US imports 6,524 10,369 11,942 6,647 4,796 - Trade Balance 46,293 72,976 64,002 36,741 29,467 - Swaziland: - US exports 38,819 21,408 21,913 12,859 12,756 - US imports 66,637 58,907 81,405 32,950 2,765 - Trade Balance -27,817 -37,499 -59,491 -20,091 9,991 - Tanzania: - US exports 237,802 405,827 294,053 148,434 97,259 - US imports 114,863 70,326 86,112 53,744 76,896 - Trade Balance 122,939 335,501 207,941 94,689 20,363 - Togo: - US exports 367,369 982,480 1,020,591 862,734 180,743 - US imports 51,911 7,720 9,074 5,585 7,208 - Trade Balance 315,458 974,761 1,011,517 857,148 173,535 - Uganda: - US exports 80,591 109,673 67,324 45,642 41,434 - US imports 34,479 47,089 45,931 22,246 48,291 - Trade Balance 46,112 62,584 21,393 23,396 -6,856 - Zambia: - US exports 141,864 131,232 106,806 67,885 40,907 - US imports 63,020 37,700 55,603 32,249 36,505 - Trade Balance 78,844 93,532 51,203 35,635 4,403 - Zimbabwe: - US exports 47,203 50,110 40,906 23,815 15,558 - US imports 52,404 13,882 64,932 16,348 45,078 - Trade Balance -5,202 36,229 -24,026 7,467 -29,519
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Aggregate exports to USA by AGOA Beneficiary (AGOA plus non-AGOA goods), incl. YTD 2017 / 2018 Click here
Unit: $ million Current and past AGOA beneficiary countries
Aggregate exports to USA by AGOA Beneficiary (AGOA plus non-AGOA goods), incl. YTD 2017 / 2018 Unit: $ million
Current and past AGOA beneficiary countries
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 YTD to Mar 2018 YTD to Mar % change 2017/2018 YTD South Africa 4,204 4,430 4,236 4,888 5,926 5,854 7,497 9,132 9,959 5,877 8,221 9,461 8,695 8,392 8,279 7,437 7,015 8,044 1,526 2,023 32.60% Nigeria 9,680 8,916 5,820 10,114 16,295 23,875 27,863 32,525 38,236 19,474 29,977 34,001 18,914 11,942 3,586 1,925 4,200 7,136 1,649 1,774 7.60% Cote d`Ivoire 367 320 382 490 715 1,141 723 585 1,075 747 1,196 1,145 1,164 1,017 1,190 1,028 1,164 1,196 506 447 -11.80% Chad 5 6 6 22 698 1,472 1,905 2,238 3,320 1,879 2,038 3,189 2,833 2,413 2,071 1,667 788 690 255 354 38.90% Angola 3,343 2,776 3,231 4,176 4,476 8,466 11,514 12,211 18,763 9,306 11,771 13,803 9,602 8,900 5,478 3,010 2,917 2,651 355 348 -2.00% Madagascar 158 272 216 383 469 324 281 338 324 253 108 87 110 178 217 322 442 742 191 285 49.30% Ghana 206 185 116 84 140 159 192 199 222 135 273 779 292 308 325 309 324 747 192 163 -15.30% Kenya 109 129 189 249 352 348 353 326 344 280 311 381 390 433 591 573 552 574 130 144 10.60% Lesotho 140 217 321 393 467 403 408 443 374 304 299 384 311 351 361 330 311 309 62 127 105.20% Botswana 41 21 30 14 73 178 252 187 219 132 170 293 224 278 318 225 445 776 129 104 -19.60% Congo (ROC) 508 458 224 407 850 1,662 3,045 3,099 5,044 3,187 3,309 2,377 1,481 1,265 405 312 132 127 5 77 1360.20% Cameroon 146 102 172 193 328 155 224 307 626 268 297 323 318 273 187 132 151 119 47 73 57.10% Ethiopia 29 29 26 30 41 62 81 88 152 113 128 144 183 194 207 310 237 292 49 73 49.10% Mauritius 286 275 280 298 270 222 219 187 176 169 196 252 260 338 401 395 335 285 61 63 2.80% Gabon 2,038 1,732 1,622 1,928 2,424 2,886 1,331 2,147 2,264 1,285 2,223 4,432 1,698 1,047 856 281 149 199 19 54 188.20% Namibia 42 38 57 123 238 130 116 220 301 328 195 436 231 262 256 111 117 146 42 39 -6.70% Mozambique 24 7 8 9 10 11 16 5 17 39 65 35 39 76 100 110 127 157 37 31 -16.40% Senegal 4 102 4 4 3 4 21 19 18 7 5 7 17 17 25 72 55 72 15 29 92.80% Tanzania 35 27 25 24 24 34 35 46 54 49 43 59 115 70 86 107 153 131 49 27 -44.00% Zambia 18 16 8 12 32 32 29 49 51 9 30 47 63 38 56 59 70 65 10 26 150.90% Uganda 29 18 15 35 26 26 22 27 53 30 58 46 34 47 46 64 51 82 19 23 22.00% Rwanda 5 7 3 3 5 6 9 13 14 19 21 31 33 24 41 46 25 44 11 19 73.70% Liberia 45 43 46 59 84 91 140 115 143 78 180 158 144 93 78 48 64 91 11 15 30.80% Sierra Leone 4 5 4 6 11 9 36 48 48 24 29 27 18 42 29 40 30 46 2 11 367.60% Malawi 68 72 68 80 79 82 79 69 53 74 67 72 62 64 80 61 76 65 14 11 -25.60% Djibouti 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 7 3 3 4 12 4 12 35 28 34 7 9 27.80% Benin 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 31 2 3 3 5 5 7 18 4 6 43.80% Niger 7 1 1 4 27 66 124 9 44 106 26 289 82 2 5 4 6 8 1 3 135.60% Togo 6 13 3 6 2 6 4 5 11 7 9 32 52 8 9 14 11 15 3 2 -25.10% Comoros 4 11 5 4 17 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 5 2 326.70% Burkina Faso 2 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 6 6 4 5 5 1 2 77.90% Swaziland 53 65 114 162 199 199 156 148 134 110 115 83 67 59 82 20 17 20 1 1 17.80% Mauritania 1 1 7 1 51 1 46 35 53 1 1 131 78 1 50 61 1 1 88.00% Guinea 88 88 72 69 64 75 92 96 106 67 65 81 103 90 88 78 9 6 1 1 -19.40% Mali 8 6 3 2 4 4 8 10 5 4 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 1 1 -24.60% Cape Verde 4 1 2 6 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 42.40% Cen African Rep 3 2 2 2 9 6 4 3 9 3 7 6 4 3 1 3 1 2 1 106.50% Sao Tome & Prin 1 1 1 1 1 1 116.90% Gambia 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 -14.90% Guinea-Bissau 2 27 1 3 -75.30% Total 21,714 20,396 17,318 24,287 34,400 47,996 56,836 64,908 82,247 44,407 61,505 72,479 47,562 38,383 25,566 19,149 20,075 24,968 5,408 6,370 17.80%
USITC / Dept. Commerce
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'Domestic' exports by USA to AGOA Countries, incl. YTD 2017 / 2018 Click here
Unit: $ million, FAS value Current and past AGOA beneficiary countries
'Domestic' exports by USA to AGOA Countries, incl. YTD 2017 / 2018 Unit: $ million, FAS value
Current and past AGOA beneficiary countries
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 YTD to Mar 2018 YTD to Mar YoY change South Africa 3,085 2,962 2,525 2,821 3,172 3,882 4,462 5,518 6,495 4,461 5,632 7,271 7,553 7,293 6,375 5,457 4,605 5,043 1,207 1,328 10.00% Nigeria 718 957 1,057 1,029 1,552 1,615 2,231 2,787 4,102 3,658 4,061 4,905 5,029 6,388 5,966 3,435 1,895 2,155 441 614 39.10% Ghana 191 200 193 209 306 338 290 416 609 634 989 1,199 1,322 981 1,186 950 832 886 245 166 -32.30% Kenya 238 577 271 197 394 632 526 584 474 654 375 461 569 636 1,641 943 397 455 169 128 -23.90% Angola 226 276 372 492 594 928 1,550 1,280 2,117 1,423 1,293 1,503 1,491 1,443 2,039 1,166 1,251 810 104 109 4.70% Cote d`Ivoire 95 97 76 103 118 124 148 162 254 206 163 131 188 167 239 266 291 330 85 94 10.90% Togo 11 16 14 15 24 28 109 288 117 125 158 210 371 1,008 1,025 312 229 485 91 93 1.80% Namibia 80 256 58 28 73 114 127 128 280 202 110 137 185 235 343 128 213 101 28 86 206.10% Benin 26 32 35 30 45 71 116 289 846 398 463 618 573 605 781 631 235 252 62 74 19.20% Ethiopia 165 61 61 409 459 515 137 168 302 276 773 690 1,275 689 1,669 1,555 826 873 150 66 -55.70% Cameroon 59 184 156 91 100 117 120 133 125 154 132 221 253 336 301 225 190 160 31 62 102.60% Mauritania 16 25 23 35 78 86 90 103 107 56 84 243 292 245 149 126 116 128 29 38 29.90% Liberia 43 37 28 33 61 75 68 76 157 95 191 195 241 173 185 136 158 144 51 38 -25.70% Zambia 19 16 36 19 26 29 52 69 79 59 56 130 147 141 114 84 82 84 15 38 157.20% Guinea 67 78 63 36 59 125 65 74 102 95 85 256 155 79 65 135 84 103 20 38 90.40% Senegal 82 85 75 102 89 158 97 153 137 176 219 265 149 229 171 199 184 211 61 37 -39.20% Gabon 63 74 66 63 93 98 135 478 284 171 243 205 319 308 417 204 85 89 17 35 99.40% Mozambique 58 28 98 63 76 62 65 115 213 190 224 459 352 303 375 264 149 180 37 33 -8.90% Tanzania 45 64 62 66 128 96 161 174 169 158 163 260 245 412 302 173 158 149 33 31 -7.70% Botswana 31 43 32 26 54 67 27 54 62 93 48 44 48 82 53 39 42 93 9 26 200.10% Djibouti 17 19 56 34 43 48 48 59 141 197 123 129 119 164 111 145 133 163 45 24 -47.10% Congo (ROC) 82 90 52 79 65 104 138 140 185 277 254 227 237 222 322 249 131 117 40 20 -51.20% Uganda 27 32 23 43 64 62 53 80 89 119 94 94 100 123 78 88 69 108 16 19 18.20% Sierra Leone 19 28 25 28 40 38 39 55 59 43 61 103 101 82 88 77 63 79 21 18 -13.30% Swaziland 67 12 11 8 12 12 12 29 12 15 24 20 40 23 26 29 26 24 6 16 182.10% Madagascar 15 21 15 46 36 28 45 32 71 166 116 56 64 64 47 55 42 53 15 15 1.40% Rwanda 19 17 10 8 11 11 12 16 20 34 31 120 30 25 21 14 75 66 4 13 220.20% Burkina Faso 16 4 19 11 22 25 18 33 24 26 47 33 47 79 74 54 35 59 16 13 -17.80% Niger 36 64 41 34 35 81 129 69 50 58 49 48 37 46 59 72 66 44 12 12 1.60% Mali 32 33 11 31 43 32 43 32 31 37 37 55 60 50 38 72 73 62 17 12 -29.30% Gambia 9 8 10 27 23 30 21 20 29 34 29 29 27 34 42 37 40 39 12 10 -16.40% Mauritius 24 29 27 32 28 31 36 50 51 70 40 46 96 42 36 58 87 63 30 10 -66.90% Chad 11 137 127 64 40 54 60 71 63 63 90 35 37 41 66 57 33 32 5 8 80.80% Malawi 14 15 30 17 22 28 46 52 45 40 37 57 64 54 51 37 47 28 5 5 -7.00% Cape Verde 7 8 10 9 51 10 14 6 12 6 10 11 8 9 7 7 9 9 2 2 -20.70% Cen African Rep 2 4 6 7 30 15 25 20 23 31 10 12 9 4 32 34 9 11 3 1 -56.00% Sao Tome & Prin 1 11 2 1 4 10 4 8 3 4 1 6 1 2 1 1 2 3 66.30% Guinea-Bissau 1 3 1 1 2 6 7 2 2 3 12 21 7 3 2 4 4 2 -82.40% Comoros 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 9.90% Lesotho 1 1 2 5 5 4 4 8 1 17 11 13 17 1 2 1 3 2 -53.30% Total 5,720 6,605 5,781 6,355 8,077 9,785 11,325 13,833 17,943 14,524 16,532 20,514 21,871 22,831 24,503 17,521 12,971 13,699 3,137 3,334 6.30%
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Combined two-way trade between the United States and AGOA-eligible Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries has doubled between 2001 and 2014. Peak trade flows were recorded in 2008, valued at almost $100 billion. The global financial crisis subsequently resulted in a significant contraction in SSA’s exports to the United States although the period since then has initially seen a gradual recovery in trade flows, before declining again after 2011. In 2014, two-way trade was worth $50 billion, and eligible AGOA countries' trade surplus with the United States had declined to a mere $2 billion.
SSA exports to the US have consistently exceeded imports resulting in a significant trade surplus in favour of African countries overall; however this surplus has declined and is now very small (2014). SSA's largest exporter by value has traditionally been Nigeria which accounts for 32% (in 2013) of combined exports to the US based on exports from all AGOA beneficiaries in 2013. Angola and South Africa each account for a further 24% of the combined total (2013).
A note on the data: “Domestic exports grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States, and commodities of foreign origin that have been changed in the United States
This value differs from "total exports” which measures the total physical movement of goods out of the United States to foreign countries whether such goods are exported from within the US customs territory or from a Customs and Border Protection (Customs) bonded warehouse or a US Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ).
