US trade (export - import) with Central African Republic in 2017
Published or Updated: Apr 13, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Central African Republic in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Central African Republic
In 2017, US trade with Central African Republic totaled $13.5 million, up 27.46% ($2.9 million) from 2016.
US exports to Central African Republic in 2017 totaled $11.2 million, up 18.29% ($1.7 million) from 2016.
US imports from Central African Republic in 2017 totaled $2.3 million, up 106.08% ($1.2 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Central African Republic in 2017 was $8.9 million, a 6.69% increase ($0.6 million) over 2016.
Central African Republic was the US 193rd largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 196th in 2016), accounting for 0.0003% of US total trade (just as in 2016).
Central African Republic was the US 185th largest export market in 2017 (up from 188th in 2016), accounting for 0.0007% of US total exports (just as in 2016).
Central African Republic was the US 195th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 203rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0001% of US total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2016).
US Exports to Central African Republic
The major share of US exports to Central African Republic in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 66.05% of US total exports to Central African Republic (59.19% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.82% of US total exports to Central African Republic (0.52% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.96% of US total exports to Central African Republic (1.14% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.14% of US total exports to Central African Republic (13.16% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.76% of US total exports to Central African Republic (9.04% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.03% of US total exports to Central African Republic (3.71% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Central African Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,724.1 thousand;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $811.1 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $394.7 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 $220.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $112.6 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $104.5 thousand;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $90.6 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $85.1 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $61.6 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $46.1 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $40.5 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $33.7 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Central African Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $939.9 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $351.2 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $268.7 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $188.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $108.5 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 $58.6 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) - a decrease of $41.1 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 10.0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 247.6 | 2.21 | 223.1 | 11.01 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 46.1 | 0.41 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 5.6 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 9.7 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.4 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 104.5 | 0.93 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 40.0 | 0.36 | 979.9 | -95.92 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.4 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 351.2 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 6.3 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10.6 | 0.09 | 8.3 | 27.17 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 41.1 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 20.3 | 0.18 | 29.6 | -31.36 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 313.4 | 2.80 | 421.9 | -25.72 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 67.1 | 0.60 | 335.8 | -80.01 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.3 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 32.5 | 0.29 | 8.5 | 280.65 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7.9 | 0.07 | 17.4 | -54.42 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 811.1 | 7.25 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 33.7 | 0.30 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 16.6 | 0.15 | 18.9 | -11.99 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.4 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 8.6 | 0.08 | 7.1 | 21.85 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4.8 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 19.0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 402.3 | 3.60 | 7.6 | 5,201.87 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2.5 | 0.02 | 20.9 | -87.87 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 94.8 | 0.85 | 4.2 | 2,165.75 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 45.0 | 0.40 | 66.1 | -31.92 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 121.8 | 1.09 | 9.3 | 1,214.22 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,948.2 | 26.36 | 1,224.0 | 140.86 |
| 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 | 3,583.6 | 32.04 | 3,642.2 | -1.61 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 183.7 | 1.64 | 122.0 | 50.50 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 563.8 | 5.04 | 478.8 | 17.77 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3.7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 104.8 | 0.94 | 130.1 | -19.49 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 6.6 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 4.2 | 0.04 | 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 | 267.6 | 2.39 | 46.8 | 471.91 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2.6 | 0.02 | 3.7 | -29.04 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 100.5 | 0.90 | 60.0 | 67.52 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 925.1 | 8.27 | 1,114.0 | -16.96 |
US Imports from Central African Republic
The major share of US imports from Central African Republic in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 53.02% of US total imports from Central African Republic (0.00% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.85% of US total imports from Central African Republic (17.18% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.55% of US total imports from Central African Republic (8.40% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.80% of US total imports from Central African Republic (0.00% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.53% of US total imports from Central African Republic (0.00% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.03% of US total imports from Central African Republic (7.00% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.36% of US total imports from Central African Republic (44.14% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.09% of US total imports from Central African Republic (0.00% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Central African Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (HS code 67) - an increase of $1,198.0 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $230.6 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $124.4 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $109.1 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) - an increase of $57.5 thousand;
- 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 $48.3 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) - an increase of $47.9 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $15.9 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $13.1 thousand;
- Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - an increase of $9.7 thousand;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $9.0 thousand;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $7.7 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $7.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Central African Republic in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $380.5 thousand;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - a decrease of $80.7 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $62.4 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $41.3 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $35.5 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $25.4 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $17.9 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $15.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $11.6 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $9.9 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $8.8 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 18.6 | 0.82 | 54.1 | -65.65 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 41.3 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 5.2 | 0.23 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 380.5 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 7.1 | 0.31 | 7.4 | -4.38 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 109.1 | 4.80 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3.6 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7.7 | 0.34 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 13.1 | 0.58 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.5 | 0.02 | 6.0 | -90.89 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 201.3 | 8.85 | 76.9 | 161.87 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 15.9 | 0.70 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.8 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7.5 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,198.0 | 52.69 | 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 | 57.5 | 2.53 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 27.4 | 1.21 | 23.7 | 15.89 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5.6 | 0.25 | 11.8 | -52.12 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 9.7 | 0.43 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.9 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3.4 | 0.15 | 12.3 | -71.99 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.6 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 66.1 | 2.91 | 91.4 | -27.73 |
| 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 | 60.3 | 2.65 | 12.4 | 385.01 |
| 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 | 48.3 | 2.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 62.4 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 253.8 | 11.16 | 23.3 | 990.13 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 9.0 | 0.39 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 80.7 | -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 | 3.2 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.8 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.2 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 37.4 | 1.64 | 47.3 | -20.93 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 104.2 | 4.58 | 109.8 | -5.14 |