US trade (export - import) with Central African Republic in 2016
Published or Updated: Apr 25, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Central African Republic in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Central African Republic
In 2016, US trade with Central African Republic was $10.6 million, down 71.53% ($26.5 million) from 2015.
US exports to Central African Republic in 2016 were $9.5 million, down 72.13% ($24.5 million) from 2015.
US imports from Central African Republic in 2016 were $1.1 million, down 65.10% ($2.1 million) from 2015.
US trade surplus with Central African Republic in 2016 was $8.4 million, a 72.85% decrease ($22.4 million) over 2015.
Central African Republic was the US 196th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 182nd in 2015), accounting for 0.0003% of US total trade (down from 0.0010% in 2015).
Central African Republic was the US 188th largest export market in 2016 (down from 171st in 2015), accounting for 0.0007% of US total exports (down from 0.0023% in 2015).
Central African Republic was the US 203rd largest supplier in 2016 (down from 191st in 2015), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (down from 0.0001% in 2015).
US Exports to Central African Republic
The major share of US exports to Central African Republic in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 59.19% of US total exports to Central African Republic (85.83% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.16% of US total exports to Central African Republic (2.07% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.04% of US total exports to Central African Republic (1.05% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.71% of US total exports to Central African Republic (0.03% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.14% of US total exports to Central African Republic (0.22% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Central African Republic in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $375.7 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $340.5 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $329.2 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $308.9 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $212.0 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 $204.2 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $120.4 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $60.0 thousand;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $41.1 thousand;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $29.6 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Central African Republic 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 $22,596.4 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $2,141.6 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,390.4 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 $233.2 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $112.5 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - a decrease of $44.9 thousand;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $36.4 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 | 223.1 | 2.36 | 11.1 | 1,904.50 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.6 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 15.4 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4.0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 979.9 | 10.36 | 671.0 | 46.03 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 22.4 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 351.2 | 3.71 | 10.7 | 3,176.04 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8.3 | 0.09 | 24.6 | -66.25 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3.2 | 0.03 | 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 | 41.1 | 0.44 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 29.6 | 0.31 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.2 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 421.9 | 4.46 | 301.5 | 39.93 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 335.8 | 3.55 | 6.6 | 4,979.70 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 15.3 | 0.16 | 15.9 | -4.04 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8.5 | 0.09 | 45.0 | -81.04 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17.4 | 0.18 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18.9 | 0.20 | 22.0 | -14.20 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 23.4 | 0.25 | 3.9 | 495.80 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7.1 | 0.07 | 12.9 | -45.30 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 7.6 | 0.08 | 13.0 | -41.73 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20.9 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.9 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 4.2 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 66.1 | 0.70 | 44.1 | 49.64 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9.3 | 0.10 | 12.5 | -25.86 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,224.0 | 12.94 | 2,614.4 | -53.18 |
| 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 | 3,642.2 | 38.52 | 3,438.0 | 5.94 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 122.0 | 1.29 | 22,718.4 | -99.46 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 478.8 | 5.06 | 103.1 | 364.33 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 130.1 | 1.38 | 242.6 | -46.36 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 44.9 | -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 | 46.8 | 0.49 | 279.9 | -83.29 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3.7 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 60.0 | 0.63 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,114.0 | 11.78 | 3,255.6 | -65.78 |
US Imports from Central African Republic
The major share of US imports from Central African Republic in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 44.14% of US total imports from Central African Republic (13.09% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 17.18% of US total imports from Central African Republic (12.10% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.40% of US total imports from Central African Republic (13.38% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.00% of US total imports from Central African Republic (0.17% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Central African Republic in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $380.5 thousand;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $80.7 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $62.4 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $54.1 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $41.3 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $23.3 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $18.4 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $17.9 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $15.8 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $12.3 thousand;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $11.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $11.6 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $7.4 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $6.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $6.2 thousand;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $5.0 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $3.8 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Central African Republic in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1,735.5 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $413.8 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $346.3 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 $204.9 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $73.9 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $32.5 thousand;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - a decrease of $7.4 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 54.1 | 4.90 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 41.3 | 3.74 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 413.8 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 380.5 | 34.49 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 7.4 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3.8 | 0.34 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6.0 | 0.54 | 1.0 | 497.01 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 76.9 | 6.97 | 423.1 | -81.84 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 15.8 | 1.44 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 23.7 | 2.15 | 5.2 | 351.69 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 11.8 | 1.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 17.9 | 1.62 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 12.3 | 1.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11.6 | 1.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 91.4 | 8.28 | 165.4 | -44.72 |
| 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 | 12.4 | 1.13 | 217.4 | -94.28 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 62.4 | 5.66 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 23.3 | 2.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.4 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 80.7 | 7.31 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6.8 | 0.61 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6.2 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 47.3 | 4.28 | 79.8 | -40.78 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 109.8 | 9.95 | 1,845.3 | -94.05 |