US trade (export - import) with Benin in 2016
Published or Updated: May 04, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Benin in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Benin
In 2016, US trade with Benin was $239.5 million, down 62.41% ($397.6 million) from 2015.
US exports to Benin in 2016 were $232.3 million, down 63.25% ($399.8 million) from 2015.
US imports from Benin in 2016 totaled $7.3 million, up 42.61% ($2.2 million) from 2015.
US trade surplus with Benin in 2016 was $225.0 million, a 64.11% decrease ($402.0 million) over 2015.
Benin was the US 140th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 108th in 2015), accounting for 0.0065% of US total trade (down from 0.0167% in 2015).
Benin was the US 121st largest export market in 2016 (down from 88th in 2015), accounting for 0.0160% of US total exports (down from 0.0420% in 2015).
Benin was the US 170th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 179th in 2015), accounting for 0.0003% of US total imports (up from 0.0002% in 2015).
US Exports to Benin
The major share of US exports to Benin in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 81.27% of US total exports to Benin (87.84% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.64% of US total exports to Benin (6.30% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.17% of US total exports to Benin (0.81% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.18% of US total exports to Benin (1.47% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.61% of US total exports to Benin (2.28% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Benin in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $22,846.9 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 $5,119.8 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,515.2 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,077.6 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,001.6 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Benin in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $394,351.8 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $10,604.8 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $8,360.8 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $4,211.4 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $3,527.6 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $2,592.3 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $2,494.8 thousand;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $2,385.1 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $1,433.8 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $1,329.8 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,262.3 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,155.6 thousand;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $1,113.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $723.1 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 | 6,615.4 | 2.85 | 14,976.2 | -55.83 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 143.5 | 0.06 | 2,735.8 | -94.75 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,276.3 | 0.98 | 3,538.6 | -35.67 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 100.0 | 0.04 | 84.0 | 19.05 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2,935.6 | 1.26 | 4,091.2 | -28.25 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 125.1 | 0.05 | 311.0 | -59.77 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 95.9 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 638.1 | 0.27 | 3,133.0 | -79.63 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,539.1 | 0.66 | 2,868.9 | -46.35 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0.0 | 0.00 | 137.9 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,022.9 | 0.87 | 2,746.0 | -26.33 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,656.0 | 1.57 | 5,089.8 | -28.17 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9.1 | 0.00 | 2,394.2 | -99.62 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,410.4 | 0.61 | 12,015.2 | -88.26 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5.0 | 0.00 | 220.3 | -97.73 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,642.1 | 1.57 | 126.9 | 2,770.38 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,477.3 | 1.50 | 399.7 | 770.05 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 66.8 | 0.03 | 13.9 | 381.42 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,031.7 | 0.87 | 1,961.0 | 3.60 |
| 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 | 110.8 | 0.05 | 410.4 | -73.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 967.9 | 0.42 | 353.9 | 173.52 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,372.8 | 0.59 | 1,487.9 | -7.74 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 331.3 | 0.14 | 124.7 | 165.77 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9.8 | 0.00 | 52.9 | -81.47 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.9 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14.5 | 0.01 | 33.4 | -56.77 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 184.7 | 0.08 | 242.7 | -23.90 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.6 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 5.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 37.5 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 117.6 | 0.05 | 113.6 | 3.48 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,788.8 | 2.06 | 9,000.2 | -46.79 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 86.5 | 0.04 | 134.4 | -35.63 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 62.8 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 32.5 | 0.01 | 12.2 | 165.80 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.7 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 229.7 | 0.10 | 460.7 | -50.14 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 34.7 | 0.01 | 33.0 | 5.24 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 31.4 | 0.01 | 28.2 | 11.23 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 15.3 | 0.01 | 150.8 | -89.88 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 102.0 | 0.04 | 40.4 | 152.22 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 29,482.5 | 12.69 | 6,635.6 | 344.31 |
| 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 | 6,190.6 | 2.67 | 1,070.8 | 478.13 |
| 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 | 26.9 | 0.01 | 6.2 | 330.45 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 151,751.8 | 65.33 | 546,103.6 | -72.21 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 23.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1,117.3 | -99.69 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,288.2 | 0.55 | 286.6 | 349.54 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.0 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 420.6 | 0.18 | 32.9 | 1,179.50 |
| 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 | 459.4 | 0.20 | 361.1 | 27.24 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 150.6 | 0.06 | 14.4 | 944.77 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 97.6 | 0.04 | 39.5 | 147.43 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,173.3 | 1.37 | 6,700.9 | -52.64 |
US Imports from Benin
The major share of US imports from Benin in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.68% of US total imports from Benin (80.50% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.80% of US total imports from Benin (2.29% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.30% of US total imports from Benin (0.49% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.04% of US total imports from Benin (0.95% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Benin in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1,405.0 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $592.0 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 $42.4 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $34.4 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $23.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Benin in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 97.6 | 1.34 | 103.3 | -5.55 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3.3 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 13.1 | 0.18 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 4,562.0 | 62.73 | 3,970.0 | 14.91 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 14.5 | 0.20 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 9.7 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 28.6 | 0.39 | 18.1 | 57.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 10.8 | 0.15 | 5.0 | 114.39 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 20.5 | 0.28 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3.8 | 0.05 | 4.8 | -22.07 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10.6 | 0.15 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 58.2 | 0.80 | 43.4 | 34.15 |
| 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 | 71.3 | 0.98 | 73.3 | -2.79 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1.3 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 72.6 | 1.00 | 48.7 | 49.15 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3.4 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.1 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4.1 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 34.4 | 0.47 | 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 | 47.0 | 0.65 | 4.6 | 926.32 |
| 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 | 12.9 | 0.18 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.7 | -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 | 104.3 | 1.43 | 118.4 | -11.87 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 31.9 | 0.44 | 26.0 | 22.91 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,054.5 | 28.25 | 649.5 | 216.33 |