US trade (export - import) with Botswana in 2017
Published or Updated: May 04, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Botswana in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Botswana
In 2017, US trade with Botswana totaled $877.5 million, up 80.29% ($390.8 million) from 2016.
US exports to Botswana in 2017 totaled $93.1 million, up 119.97% ($50.8 million) from 2016.
US imports from Botswana in 2017 totaled $784.4 million, up 76.51% ($340.0 million) from 2016.
US trade deficit with Botswana in 2017 was $691.4 million, a 71.94% increase ($289.3 million) over 2016.
Botswana was the US 99th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 113th in 2016), accounting for 0.0222% of US total trade (up from 0.0131% in 2016).
Botswana was the US 144th largest export market in 2017 (up from 164th in 2016), accounting for 0.0060% of US total exports (up from 0.0029% in 2016).
Botswana was the US 80th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 89th in 2016), accounting for 0.0326% of US total imports (up from 0.0198% in 2016).
US Exports to Botswana
The major share of US exports to Botswana in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 48.78% of US total exports to Botswana (46.41% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 6.15% of US total exports to Botswana (1.63% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.83% of US total exports to Botswana (4.32% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.29% of US total exports to Botswana (1.22% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Botswana in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $28.5 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $21.7 million;
- 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 $5.0 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $0.6 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Botswana in 2017 over 2016 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 $1.9 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1.6 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $0.8 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $0.3 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 22.5 | 0.02 | 19.3 | 16.65 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 62.1 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 54.3 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 16.0 | 0.02 | 24.0 | -33.39 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 375.6 | 0.40 | 1,207.8 | -68.90 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 20.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3.4 | 0.00 | 72.9 | -95.32 |
| 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 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 7.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 204.8 | 0.22 | 80.6 | 154.22 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 109.7 | 0.12 | 422.6 | -74.04 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 34.6 | 0.04 | 16.5 | 110.21 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 25.0 | 0.03 | 3.0 | 728.88 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.7 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 16.0 | 0.02 | 13.2 | 21.94 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 111.1 | 0.12 | 191.6 | -42.02 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.8 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 25.1 | 0.03 | 15.6 | 60.47 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 26.1 | 0.03 | 89.9 | -71.02 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8.2 | 0.01 | 3.5 | 133.86 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 37.6 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 5.3 | 0.01 | 5.3 | 0.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.7 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 11.6 | 0.01 | 16.8 | -30.82 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2.6 | 0.00 | 17.5 | -85.18 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5,723.4 | 6.15 | 691.2 | 728.06 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 230.6 | 0.25 | 479.7 | -51.92 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.4 | -100.00 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.3 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 24.8 | 0.03 | 13.6 | 81.92 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,814.6 | 5.17 | 5,003.3 | -3.77 |
| 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 | 2,525.2 | 2.71 | 4,402.5 | -42.64 |
| 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 | 28,709.9 | 30.85 | 202.0 | 14,114.24 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 142.8 | 0.15 | 1,705.1 | -91.62 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 7,763.1 | 8.34 | 7,152.9 | 8.53 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 48.0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,396.1 | 1.50 | 1,171.2 | 19.20 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 237.1 | -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 | 30.0 | 0.03 | 63.5 | -52.79 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 16.0 | 0.02 | 13.1 | 21.73 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 26.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 40,480.5 | 43.50 | 18,809.5 | 115.21 |
US Imports from Botswana
The major share of US imports from Botswana in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 99.55% of US total imports from Botswana (98.56% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.13% of US total imports from Botswana (1.12% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Botswana in 2017 over 2016 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 $342.9 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Botswana in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $3.5 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2016 USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.8 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18.3 | 0.00 | 105.6 | -82.71 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2.0 | 0.00 | 504.9 | -99.61 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 999.5 | 0.13 | 4,475.2 | -77.66 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 25.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 214.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 780,883.2 | 99.55 | 438,011.0 | 78.28 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.1 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 45.1 | 0.01 | 56.3 | -19.97 |
| 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 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 38.3 | -54.28 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.3 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2.2 | 0.00 | 14.0 | -84.23 |
| 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 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 12.5 | -76.40 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.2 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 48.7 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,232.2 | 0.28 | 1,117.3 | 99.77 |