US trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017
Published or Updated: Oct 19, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the first half of 2017, US trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina totaled $53.4 million, up 11.86% ($5.7 million) from the first half of 2016.
US exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 totaled $13.3 million, up 30.35% ($3.1 million) from the first half of 2016.
US imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 totaled $40.1 million, up 6.84% ($2.6 million) from the first half of 2016.
US trade deficit with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 was $26.9 million, a 1.92% decrease ($0.5 million) over the first half of 2016.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was the US 160th largest trading partner in the first half of 2017 (down from 158th in the first half of 2016), accounting for 0.0028% of US total trade (up from 0.0027% in the first half of 2016).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was the US 173rd largest export market in the first half of 2017 (up from 180th in the first half of 2016), accounting for 0.0018% of US total exports (up from 0.0014% in the first half of 2016).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was the US 127th largest supplier in the first half of 2017 (just as in the first half of 2016), accounting for 0.0034% of US total imports (just as in the first half of 2016).
US Exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of US exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 (and in the first half of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.17% of US total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (39.51% in the first half of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 29.97% of US total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (33.91% in the first half of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.91% of US total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2.02% in the first half of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.48% of US total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (6.57% in the first half of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.00% of US total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2.83% in the first half of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.54% of US total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (3.22% in the first half of 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $2,064.8 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $1,459.6 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,387.7 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 $584.3 thousand;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $270.6 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $49.0 thousand;
- Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (HS code 67) - an increase of $43.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 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 $674.8 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $470.3 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $298.4 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $293.6 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $235.7 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $192.8 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $138.1 thousand;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $74.8 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $62.4 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $47.6 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $46.1 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in first-half 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in first-half 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in first-half 2017 over first-half 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 29.6 | 0.22 | 104.4 | -71.62 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 32.0 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 279.9 | 2.11 | 418.0 | -33.04 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 10.7 | 0.08 | 3.2 | 237.90 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,368.2 | 32.86 | 2,908.5 | 50.18 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 227.2 | 1.71 | 520.8 | -56.38 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 26.6 | 0.20 | 42.2 | -36.86 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 22.8 | 0.17 | 11.3 | 101.77 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13.2 | 0.10 | 22.0 | -40.14 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 54.8 | 0.41 | 43.7 | 25.44 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 36.9 | 0.28 | 84.4 | -56.33 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.3 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 171.4 | 1.29 | 217.5 | -21.20 |
| 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 | 10.1 | 0.08 | 27.2 | -62.83 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 10.5 | 0.08 | 11.1 | -5.94 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 75.6 | 0.57 | 111.3 | -32.06 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 99.9 | 0.75 | 162.3 | -38.43 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 2,810.5 | 21.14 | 745.7 | 276.89 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3.4 | 0.03 | 36.3 | -90.77 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3.6 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 472.9 | 3.56 | 202.3 | 133.78 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 43.1 | 0.32 | 4.0 | 984.79 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 22.2 | 0.17 | 5.3 | 318.49 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 33.7 | 0.25 | 226.5 | -85.12 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7.8 | 0.06 | 18.5 | -57.99 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.6 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 69.4 | 0.52 | 25.9 | 168.06 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 56.4 | 0.42 | 7.3 | 668.02 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 20.9 | 0.16 | 256.6 | -91.84 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 6.4 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 44.4 | 0.33 | 60.5 | -26.68 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.5 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 793.3 | 5.97 | 1,263.6 | -37.22 |
| 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 | 993.9 | 7.48 | 409.6 | 142.67 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,634.7 | 12.30 | 246.9 | 561.95 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 129.5 | 0.97 | 427.9 | -69.74 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 16.1 | 0.12 | 18.1 | -10.94 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 417.5 | 3.14 | 1,092.3 | -61.77 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 18.7 | 0.14 | 32.7 | -43.03 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 184.0 | 1.38 | 169.3 | 8.71 |
| 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 | 22.6 | 0.17 | 55.5 | -59.31 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2.5 | 0.02 | 14.8 | -82.90 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
US Imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of US imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 (and in the first half of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 30.06% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (40.74% in the first half of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.65% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (8.04% in the first half of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.17% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (8.20% in the first half of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.52% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (7.05% in the first half of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.47% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (5.43% in the first half of 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.98% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.34% in the first half of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.20% of US total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.36% in the first half of 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $1,095.8 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,073.9 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) - an increase of $1,042.8 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $914.5 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $637.9 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $569.0 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $491.1 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 $423.6 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $389.8 thousand;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $317.4 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $219.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $2,600.7 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,279.6 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $800.6 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $407.7 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $132.6 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in first-half 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in first-half 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in first-half 2017 over first-half 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 3.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 15.1 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 6.9 | 0.02 | 3.3 | 107.22 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 132.6 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 747.9 | 1.86 | 767.0 | -2.49 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 40.8 | 0.10 | 70.1 | -41.74 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.3 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 28.9 | 0.07 | 19.0 | 52.06 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 309.4 | 0.77 | 406.8 | -23.93 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 193.7 | 0.48 | 142.3 | 36.09 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 10.9 | 0.03 | 125.3 | -91.27 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 434.7 | 1.08 | 357.7 | 21.52 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 17.5 | 0.04 | 15.8 | 10.46 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,287.5 | 5.70 | 1,191.7 | 91.95 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 621.6 | 1.55 | 52.6 | 1,082.22 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 317.4 | 0.79 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,005.1 | 4.99 | 1,513.9 | 32.44 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 247.8 | 0.62 | 160.7 | 54.24 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1.2 | 0.00 | 100.9 | -98.79 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 150.6 | 0.38 | 206.4 | -27.03 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 57.5 | 0.14 | 100.0 | -42.48 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 72.4 | 0.18 | 480.1 | -84.92 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.9 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9.0 | 0.02 | 12.7 | -29.45 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 754.8 | 1.88 | 116.9 | 545.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,861.2 | 9.62 | 5,140.8 | -24.89 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7,340.9 | 18.28 | 9,941.6 | -26.16 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 9.6 | 0.02 | 3.1 | 204.91 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 100.9 | 0.25 | 92.5 | 9.03 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.5 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 20.8 | 0.05 | 8.5 | 145.15 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 60.5 | 0.15 | 109.7 | -44.87 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 394.3 | 0.98 | 502.5 | -21.54 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 22.7 | 0.06 | 55.9 | -59.48 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,418.7 | 3.53 | 344.8 | 311.51 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6.7 | 0.02 | 10.1 | -33.56 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.6 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 674.1 | 1.68 | 284.3 | 137.08 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.9 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 389.5 | 0.97 | 311.2 | 25.18 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,239.1 | 3.09 | 1,019.7 | 21.52 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,136.4 | 2.83 | 1,033.2 | 9.99 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 859.3 | 2.14 | 948.7 | -9.42 |
| 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 | 658.1 | 1.64 | 234.5 | 180.62 |
| 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 | 39.0 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 658.7 | 1.64 | 1,459.3 | -54.86 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.1 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 25.8 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 4,657.7 | 11.60 | 4,734.1 | -1.61 |
| 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 | 4,495.3 | 11.20 | 3,452.5 | 30.20 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,173.0 | 2.92 | 258.5 | 353.74 |