US trade (export - import) with Armenia in 2015
Published or Updated: Mar 01, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Armenia in 2015: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Armenia
In 2015, US trade with Armenia was $116.3 million, down 28.05% ($45.4 million) from 2014.
US exports to Armenia in 2015 were $50.2 million, down 16.92% ($10.2 million) from 2014.
US imports from Armenia in 2015 were $66.1 million, down 34.70% ($35.1 million) from 2014.
US trade deficit with Armenia in 2015 was $15.8 million, a 61.10% decrease ($24.9 million) over 2014.
Armenia was the US 158th largest trading partner in 2015 (down from 154th in 2014), accounting for 0.0031% of US total trade (down from 0.0040% in 2014).
Armenia was the US 161st largest export market in 2015 (down from 159th in 2014), accounting for 0.0033% of US total exports (down from 0.0037% in 2014).
Armenia was the US 135th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 122nd in 2014), accounting for 0.0029% of US total imports (down from 0.0042% in 2014).
US Exports to Armenia
The major share of US exports to Armenia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 55.08% of US total exports to Armenia (39.27% in 2014);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 12.72% of US total exports to Armenia (3.89% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.35% of US total exports to Armenia (22.65% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.82% of US total exports to Armenia (7.17% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.33% of US total exports to Armenia (2.82% in 2014).
The largest gains in US exports to Armenia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $4,039.3 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,022.8 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,709.2 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $439.2 thousand;
- 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 $409.7 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $197.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Armenia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $7,916.5 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $4,416.2 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,613.1 thousand;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $785.9 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $728.7 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $711.9 thousand;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $458.9 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $412.7 thousand;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $381.2 thousand;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - a decrease of $301.2 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $284.0 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $283.9 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 3,142.1 | 6.25 | 11,058.6 | -71.59 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 711.9 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 50.9 | 0.10 | 94.5 | -46.11 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 91.2 | 0.18 | 24.3 | 274.72 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 251.0 | 0.50 | 663.8 | -62.18 |
| 10 | Cereals | 16.7 | 0.03 | 8.4 | 99.77 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 18.2 | 0.04 | 20.7 | -12.34 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 129.6 | 0.26 | 172.7 | -24.97 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.5 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 89.3 | 0.18 | 144.5 | -38.21 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5.0 | 0.01 | 43.6 | -88.48 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 9.4 | 0.02 | 60.4 | -84.47 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 156.9 | 0.31 | 286.7 | -45.28 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 99.6 | 0.20 | 75.4 | 32.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 87.8 | 0.17 | 225.5 | -61.06 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 46.7 | 0.09 | 91.4 | -48.91 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 29.4 | 0.06 | 107.2 | -72.58 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13.4 | 0.03 | 297.4 | -95.49 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 25.9 | 0.05 | 2.9 | 780.35 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 122.0 | 0.24 | 129.5 | -5.86 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 939.7 | 1.87 | 500.5 | 87.75 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 236.8 | 0.47 | 194.6 | 21.66 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 212.6 | 0.42 | 323.6 | -34.28 |
| 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 | 22.0 | 0.04 | 59.0 | -62.67 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.1 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 222.3 | 0.44 | 274.0 | -18.87 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,008.4 | 2.01 | 2,621.5 | -61.53 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 133.7 | 0.27 | 205.5 | -34.94 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5.5 | 0.01 | 37.4 | -85.30 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 53.8 | 0.11 | 48.7 | 10.47 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 220.6 | 0.44 | 72.3 | 205.15 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 196.5 | 0.39 | 228.7 | -14.06 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 785.9 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 301.2 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 381.2 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 43.3 | 0.09 | 3.0 | 1,332.45 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5.4 | 0.01 | 13.9 | -61.36 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 93.7 | 0.19 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 68.3 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 22.5 | 0.04 | 138.3 | -83.73 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 14.9 | 0.03 | 2.6 | 465.89 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 5.8 | 0.01 | 29.4 | -80.23 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,390.3 | 12.72 | 2,351.1 | 171.81 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 30.3 | 0.06 | 22.6 | 34.52 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 54.0 | 0.11 | 83.4 | -35.21 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.7 | -100.00 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 43.6 | 0.09 | 48.2 | -9.41 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.6 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 12.2 | 0.02 | 37.9 | -67.68 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8.5 | 0.02 | 30.7 | -72.34 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,008.0 | 21.91 | 9,298.8 | 18.38 |
| 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 | 5,742.7 | 11.43 | 5,333.0 | 7.68 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,286.3 | 10.52 | 5,570.2 | -5.10 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 114.9 | 0.23 | 49.5 | 132.33 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,519.6 | 10.99 | 3,496.8 | 57.85 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 5.0 | 0.01 | 10.7 | -53.67 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 9.5 | 0.02 | 19.1 | -50.47 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 77.2 | 0.15 | 24.0 | 221.08 |
| 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 | 334.2 | 0.67 | 793.0 | -57.86 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 203.4 | 0.40 | 932.0 | -78.18 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30.2 | 0.06 | 13.8 | 118.37 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 200.0 | 0.40 | 2.8 | 7,012.38 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 7,348.8 | 14.63 | 11,765.0 | -37.54 |
US Imports from Armenia
The major share of US imports from Armenia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 69.00% of US total imports from Armenia (82.43% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.61% of US total imports from Armenia (5.19% in 2014);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 7.56% of US total imports from Armenia (2.11% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.92% of US total imports from Armenia (4.81% in 2014).
The largest gains in US imports from Armenia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $2,857.3 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,761.1 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $469.5 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $350.8 thousand;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $270.8 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Armenia in 2015 over the 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $37,428.3 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $865.1 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $731.5 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $655.2 thousand;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $396.6 thousand;
- 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 $270.7 thousand;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $232.5 thousand;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $213.8 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $212.6 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2014 USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 270.8 | 0.41 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3.5 | 0.01 | 6.8 | -48.23 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 5.6 | 0.01 | 2.7 | 106.05 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6.5 | 0.01 | 5.3 | 20.68 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.9 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 33.8 | 0.05 | 11.3 | 200.10 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 213.8 | 0.32 | 117.1 | 82.61 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 214.3 | 0.32 | 47.4 | 351.71 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 6.9 | 0.01 | 22.9 | -69.71 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 20.1 | 0.03 | 97.3 | -79.29 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 20.8 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,808.3 | 2.74 | 1,338.7 | 35.07 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 298.7 | 0.45 | 342.8 | -12.86 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4,772.8 | 7.22 | 3,011.7 | 58.47 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 232.5 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 17.3 | 0.03 | 30.0 | -42.46 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 40.2 | 0.06 | 26.1 | 54.14 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.1 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.3 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5.2 | 0.01 | 4.0 | 28.71 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 5.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 56.1 | 0.08 | 55.8 | 0.69 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.8 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 227.9 | 0.34 | 440.5 | -48.26 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 45.9 | 0.07 | 259.7 | -82.34 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 119.5 | 0.18 | 149.4 | -20.03 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,695.7 | 5.59 | 4,427.2 | -16.52 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5.8 | 0.01 | 17.8 | -67.20 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 44.3 | 0.07 | 12.0 | 269.01 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9.2 | 0.01 | 19.3 | -52.44 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 21.5 | 0.03 | 7.9 | 171.80 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 4,996.2 | 7.56 | 2,139.0 | 133.58 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 396.6 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 14.7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 45,585.4 | 68.97 | 83,013.7 | -45.09 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.4 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 382.1 | 0.58 | 31.3 | 1,119.41 |
| 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 | 104.5 | 0.16 | 375.3 | -72.14 |
| 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 | 6.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 73.1 | 0.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.3 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 80.5 | 0.12 | 168.4 | -52.21 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 16.4 | 0.02 | 10.5 | 56.84 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 84.2 | 0.13 | 48.5 | 73.50 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 206.5 | 0.31 | 861.8 | -76.03 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,549.0 | 3.86 | 3,414.1 | -25.34 |