US trade (export - import) with Armenia in 2016
Published or Updated: Apr 18, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Armenia in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Armenia
In 2016, US trade with Armenia was $89.1 million, down 23.38% ($27.2 million) from 2015.
US exports to Armenia in 2016 were $43.7 million, down 13.07% ($6.6 million) from 2015.
US imports from Armenia in 2016 were $45.5 million, down 31.22% ($20.6 million) from 2015.
US trade deficit with Armenia in 2016 was $1.8 million, a 88.74% decrease ($14.1 million) over 2015.
Armenia was the US 164th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 158th in 2015), accounting for 0.0024% of US total trade (down from 0.0031% in 2015).
Armenia was the US 162nd largest export market in 2016 (down from 161st in 2015), accounting for 0.0030% of US total exports (down from 0.0033% in 2015).
Armenia was the US 143rd largest supplier in 2016 (down from 135th in 2015), accounting for 0.0020% of US total imports (down from 0.0029% in 2015).
US Exports to Armenia
The major share of US exports to Armenia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 41.67% of US total exports to Armenia (55.08% in 2015);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 12.14% of US total exports to Armenia (12.72% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.40% of US total exports to Armenia (8.35% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.58% of US total exports to Armenia (0.33% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.37% of US total exports to Armenia (5.82% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Armenia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $1,873.6 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1,633.9 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $412.9 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $369.1 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $285.8 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) - an increase of $208.2 thousand;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $152.0 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $143.8 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $137.1 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $134.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Armenia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $3,077.3 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,053.5 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 $1,874.0 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,437.2 thousand;
- 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) - a decrease of $1,090.7 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $456.5 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $267.2 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $186.4 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $162.5 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $132.8 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 3,555.0 | 8.14 | 3,142.1 | 13.14 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 369.1 | 0.85 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 25.4 | 0.06 | 50.9 | -50.19 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 152.0 | 0.35 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 91.2 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 88.5 | 0.20 | 251.0 | -64.74 |
| 10 | Cereals | 7.2 | 0.02 | 16.7 | -57.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 57.4 | 0.13 | 18.2 | 216.15 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 32.4 | 0.07 | 129.6 | -75.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 26.0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 41.4 | 0.09 | 89.3 | -53.66 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5.6 | 0.01 | 5.0 | 12.39 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 16.3 | 0.04 | 9.4 | 74.34 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 93.6 | 0.21 | 156.9 | -40.32 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 42.3 | 0.10 | 99.6 | -57.54 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0.0 | 0.00 | 87.8 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 30.3 | 0.07 | 46.7 | -34.97 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 13.8 | 0.03 | 29.4 | -53.18 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 150.5 | 0.34 | 13.4 | 1,022.67 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 54.0 | 0.12 | 25.9 | 108.93 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 256.9 | 0.59 | 122.0 | 110.64 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 483.2 | 1.11 | 939.7 | -48.57 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 237.4 | 0.54 | 236.8 | 0.28 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 199.8 | 0.46 | 212.6 | -6.06 |
| 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 | 16.1 | 0.04 | 22.0 | -26.73 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 323.7 | 0.74 | 222.3 | 45.63 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 741.2 | 1.70 | 1,008.4 | -26.50 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 32.4 | 0.07 | 133.7 | -75.78 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9.1 | 0.02 | 5.5 | 66.25 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 53.8 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 97.8 | 0.22 | 220.6 | -55.67 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10.1 | 0.02 | 196.5 | -94.86 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 2.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,873.6 | 4.29 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 21.6 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 18.0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 43.3 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 74.2 | 0.17 | 5.4 | 1,284.74 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 237.6 | 0.54 | 93.7 | 153.49 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 48.6 | 0.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 152.2 | 0.35 | 22.5 | 576.63 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 5.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.9 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 36.1 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 36.5 | 0.08 | 5.8 | 528.95 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5,299.7 | 12.14 | 6,390.3 | -17.07 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 49.5 | 0.11 | 30.3 | 63.09 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 339.9 | 0.78 | 54.0 | 528.91 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 43.6 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 15.5 | 0.04 | 12.2 | 26.66 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.5 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,570.8 | 21.91 | 11,008.0 | -13.06 |
| 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 | 3,868.7 | 8.86 | 5,742.7 | -32.63 |
| 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 | 6.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,232.8 | 5.11 | 5,286.3 | -57.76 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 75.9 | 0.17 | 114.9 | -33.92 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,442.3 | 5.59 | 5,519.6 | -55.75 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 37.7 | 0.09 | 5.0 | 658.45 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 11.9 | 0.03 | 9.5 | 25.66 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 131.6 | 0.30 | 77.2 | 70.42 |
| 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 | 542.3 | 1.24 | 334.2 | 62.30 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 70.6 | 0.16 | 203.4 | -65.28 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3.4 | 0.01 | 30.2 | -88.74 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 310.8 | 0.71 | 200.0 | 55.40 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 8,982.7 | 20.57 | 7,348.8 | 22.23 |
US Imports from Armenia
The major share of US imports from Armenia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 45.88% of US total imports from Armenia (69.00% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 21.63% of US total imports from Armenia (11.61% in 2015);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 15.07% of US total imports from Armenia (7.56% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 10.06% of US total imports from Armenia (5.92% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Armenia in 2016 over 2015 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 $1,854.3 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,267.0 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,090.3 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $722.2 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $273.5 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $214.6 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Armenia in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $24,766.7 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $988.8 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $216.6 thousand;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $139.9 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2015 USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 326.9 | 0.72 | 270.8 | 20.73 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 9.8 | 0.02 | 3.5 | 180.76 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3.0 | 0.01 | 5.6 | -45.83 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 13.2 | 0.03 | 33.8 | -61.05 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 141.6 | 0.31 | 213.8 | -33.79 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 74.4 | 0.16 | 214.3 | -65.30 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.9 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 64.1 | 0.14 | 20.1 | 217.95 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.8 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,075.3 | 6.77 | 1,808.3 | 70.07 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 244.8 | 0.54 | 298.7 | -18.06 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,863.0 | 12.90 | 4,772.8 | 22.84 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 10.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7.2 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 27.2 | 0.06 | 10.5 | 159.89 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 13.5 | 0.03 | 17.3 | -21.48 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 40.2 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 31.7 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 111.9 | 0.25 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.3 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 58.1 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 31.1 | 0.07 | 5.2 | 499.96 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 10.5 | 0.02 | 56.1 | -81.35 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 442.6 | 0.97 | 227.9 | 94.15 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 92.2 | 0.20 | 45.9 | 101.08 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 36.1 | 0.08 | 119.5 | -69.78 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,417.9 | 9.72 | 3,695.7 | 19.54 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 13.6 | 0.03 | 5.8 | 133.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 13.7 | 0.03 | 44.3 | -69.12 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.2 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 41.6 | 0.09 | 21.5 | 93.65 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,850.6 | 15.07 | 4,996.2 | 37.11 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.7 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20,818.7 | 45.80 | 45,585.4 | -54.33 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 21.9 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13.8 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 165.5 | 0.36 | 382.1 | -56.69 |
| 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 | 23.6 | 0.05 | 104.5 | -77.46 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.4 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 25.6 | 0.06 | 73.1 | -64.99 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 143.3 | 0.32 | 80.5 | 78.14 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 34.6 | 0.08 | 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 | 4.6 | 0.01 | 16.4 | -71.93 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 129.0 | 0.28 | 84.2 | 53.27 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 480.1 | 1.06 | 206.5 | 132.44 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,560.3 | 3.43 | 2,549.0 | -38.79 |