US trade (export - import) with Afghanistan in 2013
Published or Updated: Feb 02, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Afghanistan in 2013: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Afghanistan
In 2013, US trade with Afghanistan was $1,456.0 million, down 6.64% ($103.5 million) from 2012.
US exports to Afghanistan in 2013 were $1,409.6 million, down 7.36% ($111.9 million) from 2012.
US imports from Afghanistan in 2013 totaled $46.3 million, up 22.12% ($8.4 million) from 2012.
US trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2013 was $1,363.3 million, a 8.11% decrease ($120.3 million) over 2012.
Afghanistan was the US 90th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 92nd in 2012), accounting for 0.0373% of US total trade (down from 0.0402% in 2012).
Afghanistan was the US 72nd largest export market in 2013 (down from 69th in 2012), accounting for 0.0894% of US total exports (down from 0.0985% in 2012).
Afghanistan was the US 139th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 146th in 2012), accounting for 0.0020% of US total imports (up from 0.0016% in 2012).
US Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of US exports to Afghanistan in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 90.47% of US total exports to Afghanistan (85.97% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.14% of US total exports to Afghanistan (1.66% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.95% of US total exports to Afghanistan (2.99% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.42% of US total exports to Afghanistan (1.73% in 2012).
The largest gains in US exports to Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $79.2 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $8.2 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $54.8 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $33.6 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $32.8 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - a decrease of $14.8 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $14.4 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $9.3 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8.5 million;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $4.5 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2012 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2013 over 2012 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 306.0 | 0.02 | 346.0 | -11.56 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 23,147.5 | 1.64 | 32,485.7 | -28.75 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 14.1 | 0.00 | 4.5 | 213.72 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 15.6 | 0.00 | 330.7 | -95.30 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 774.4 | 0.05 | 764.0 | 1.36 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 84.1 | 0.01 | 95.0 | -11.48 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6.9 | 0.00 | 23.0 | -70.10 |
| 10 | Cereals | 837.8 | 0.06 | 4,280.8 | -80.43 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 9.1 | 0.00 | 1,455.8 | -99.37 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 608.6 | 0.04 | 5,096.5 | -88.06 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 3.1 | 0.00 | 131.2 | -97.61 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 22.8 | 0.00 | 18.0 | 26.90 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 259.3 | 0.02 | 99.3 | 161.07 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 32.2 | 0.00 | 54.8 | -41.29 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 312.1 | 0.02 | 252.0 | 23.86 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,096.5 | 0.08 | 10.0 | 10,865.36 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 11.5 | 0.00 | 8.6 | 33.40 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 16.5 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 24.9 | 0.00 | 4.6 | 442.02 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 527.2 | 0.04 | 772.6 | -31.76 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 142.2 | 0.01 | 195.8 | -27.39 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 197.2 | 0.01 | 432.7 | -54.42 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13,204.6 | 0.94 | 5,019.1 | 163.09 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 6.9 | 0.00 | 27.3 | -74.89 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,076.5 | 0.08 | 801.5 | 34.31 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 96.2 | 0.01 | 223.4 | -56.92 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 551.6 | 0.04 | 1,478.2 | -62.69 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 115.4 | 0.01 | 890.9 | -87.04 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 2,518.9 | 0.18 | 567.9 | 343.56 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 36.3 | 0.00 | 24.4 | 48.73 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,381.3 | 0.24 | 3,282.5 | 3.01 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,479.8 | 0.46 | 9,721.7 | -33.35 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,375.0 | 0.17 | 2,542.5 | -6.59 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1,005.7 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 981.1 | 0.07 | 1,849.0 | -46.94 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 457.2 | 0.03 | 742.8 | -38.45 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 77.5 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 178.5 | 0.01 | 280.2 | -36.28 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,610.5 | 0.11 | 1,944.4 | -17.17 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 669.2 | 0.05 | 1,094.6 | -38.86 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 20.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 8.6 | 0.00 | 251.1 | -96.57 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 365.8 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 6.8 | 0.00 | 62.6 | -89.20 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 446.5 | 0.03 | 116.3 | 283.87 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 6.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 23.3 | 0.00 | 37.3 | -37.50 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 923.1 | 0.07 | 367.6 | 151.13 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 5.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 732.4 | 0.05 | 1,874.9 | -60.94 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,782.3 | 0.27 | 4,286.0 | -11.75 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,327.4 | 0.09 | 2,194.2 | -39.50 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 946.1 | 0.07 | 1,054.1 | -10.24 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 551.6 | 0.04 | 1,205.4 | -54.24 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 7.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 431.2 | 0.03 | 793.9 | -45.68 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 799.3 | 0.06 | 946.2 | -15.53 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 440.9 | 0.03 | 617.9 | -28.64 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 178.2 | 0.01 | 692.6 | -74.27 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 605.4 | 0.04 | 1,285.2 | -52.90 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9,639.5 | 0.68 | 8,625.6 | 11.75 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 530.0 | 0.04 | 1,187.9 | -55.38 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3.5 | 0.00 | 37.7 | -90.85 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,435.9 | 0.17 | 2,830.3 | -13.93 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 3.0 | 0.00 | 13.1 | -77.09 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 22.9 | 0.00 | 53.9 | -57.45 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 19.3 | 0.00 | 71.1 | -72.91 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,411.7 | 0.31 | 8,605.8 | -48.74 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,294.7 | 0.16 | 3,660.9 | -37.32 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 145,483.3 | 10.32 | 154,008.4 | -5.54 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 186,597.6 | 13.24 | 241,426.4 | -22.71 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 756.8 | 0.05 | 883.7 | -14.37 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 217,325.7 | 15.42 | 138,157.2 | 57.30 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 338,803.8 | 24.03 | 372,433.5 | -9.03 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 146.5 | 0.01 | 465.8 | -68.54 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 386,218.0 | 27.40 | 400,653.5 | -3.60 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 131.4 | 0.01 | 118.5 | 10.83 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 299.5 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 5,208.2 | 0.37 | 19,970.2 | -73.92 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 9,414.2 | 0.67 | 11,008.4 | -14.48 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 704.8 | 0.05 | 3,494.0 | -79.83 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 549.2 | 0.04 | 614.0 | -10.56 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 25,518.9 | 1.81 | 58,333.0 | -56.25 |
US Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of US imports from Afghanistan in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.06% of US total imports from Afghanistan (17.71% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.07% of US total imports from Afghanistan (7.92% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.41% of US total imports from Afghanistan (1.56% in 2012).
The largest gains in US imports from Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $7.3 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1.7 million;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - an increase of $0.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Afghanistan in 2013 over the 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $1.9 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.6 million;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $0.2 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2012 USD thousand) |
Change in 2013 over 2012 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 188.0 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 23.9 | 0.05 | 12.0 | 98.95 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,266.5 | 2.73 | 530.1 | 138.95 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 244.8 | 0.53 | 120.5 | 103.17 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.1 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,963.7 | 8.56 | 5,856.2 | -32.31 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4.9 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 109.18 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 80.8 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2.4 | 0.01 | 2.6 | -5.84 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5.1 | 0.01 | 3.0 | 70.88 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.9 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8.2 | 0.02 | 2.1 | 291.08 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0.3 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -93.78 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 10.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 21.2 | 0.05 | 50.5 | -57.96 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6.0 | 0.01 | 36.2 | -83.50 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 20.0 | 0.04 | 12.3 | 63.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 6.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 35.6 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 8.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 6.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,150.7 | 6.80 | 2,873.9 | 9.63 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1.6 | 0.00 | 10.5 | -84.55 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 28.0 | 0.06 | 17.5 | 60.42 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 12.6 | 0.03 | 87.8 | -85.61 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.7 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -79.71 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 29.7 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 14.9 | 0.03 | 22.8 | -34.65 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 441.7 | 0.95 | 323.4 | 36.56 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 30.9 | 0.07 | 21.1 | 46.05 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 84.8 | 0.18 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 504.2 | 1.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 563.8 | -100.00 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 18.7 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 128.6 | 0.28 | 28.2 | 356.39 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 8.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 3.4 | 0.01 | 8.6 | -60.85 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 7,670.5 | 16.56 | 403.4 | 1,801.41 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 28,445.1 | 61.42 | 26,727.4 | 6.43 |