US trade (export - import) with Congo - Kinshasa in 2016
Published or Updated: May 03, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Congo - Kinshasa in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Congo - Kinshasa
In 2016, US trade with Congo - Kinshasa was $262.0 million, down 10.52% ($30.8 million) from 2015.
US exports to Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 were $83.3 million, down 38.89% ($53.0 million) from 2015.
US imports from Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 totaled $178.6 million, up 14.21% ($22.2 million) from 2015.
US trade deficit with Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 was $95.3 million, a 376.20% increase ($75.3 million) over 2015.
Congo - Kinshasa was the US 134th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 130th in 2015), accounting for 0.0071% of US total trade (down from 0.0077% in 2015).
Congo - Kinshasa was the US 147th largest export market in 2016 (down from 134th in 2015), accounting for 0.0057% of US total exports (down from 0.0091% in 2015).
Congo - Kinshasa was the US 108th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 115th in 2015), accounting for 0.0079% of US total imports (up from 0.0068% in 2015).
US Exports to Congo - Kinshasa
The major share of US exports to Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 34.00% of US total exports to Congo - Kinshasa (26.71% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.12% of US total exports to Congo - Kinshasa (18.03% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 11.81% of US total exports to Congo - Kinshasa (6.10% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.39% of US total exports to Congo - Kinshasa (37.60% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.05% of US total exports to Congo - Kinshasa (3.75% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $7,188.1 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 $3,642.4 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1,580.6 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $1,185.0 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,151.2 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $729.8 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $494.6 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $348.5 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $347.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $45,515.2 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $10,371.5 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $3,579.4 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $2,778.2 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,615.2 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,495.8 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 $885.6 thousand;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $718.7 thousand;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $629.7 thousand;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $434.6 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $377.3 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 | 17,312.5 | 20.77 | 20,090.8 | -13.83 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 137.0 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 612.4 | 0.73 | 117.8 | 420.04 |
| 10 | Cereals | 188.5 | 0.23 | 3.5 | 5,261.21 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 97.1 | 0.12 | 726.8 | -86.64 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 93.0 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.8 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 205.7 | 0.25 | 233.5 | -11.91 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 737.8 | 0.89 | 8.0 | 9,092.85 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 517.8 | 0.62 | 169.8 | 204.86 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,265.0 | 1.52 | 2,880.2 | -56.08 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 128.6 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 12.1 | 0.01 | 39.8 | -69.54 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 69.2 | 0.08 | 76.4 | -9.40 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 36.1 | 0.04 | 61.9 | -41.76 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 41.8 | 0.05 | 139.4 | -70.01 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 33.5 | 0.04 | 45,548.8 | -99.93 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 116.9 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 43.8 | 0.05 | 80.4 | -45.47 |
| 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 | 62.2 | 0.07 | 228.2 | -72.75 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 31.6 | 0.04 | 21.4 | 47.34 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 20.1 | 0.02 | 10.9 | 84.69 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 161.0 | 0.19 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,451.4 | 1.74 | 300.2 | 383.49 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,851.3 | 5.82 | 4,502.8 | 7.74 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 258.5 | 0.31 | 271.2 | -4.67 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 31.6 | 0.04 | 78.6 | -59.84 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3.4 | 0.00 | 33.9 | -90.01 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 148.6 | 0.18 | 343.1 | -56.69 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.8 | 0.00 | 18.8 | -85.02 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 80.9 | 0.10 | 149.6 | -45.95 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 14.2 | 0.02 | 30.6 | -53.47 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 67.0 | 0.08 | 69.7 | -3.91 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2.6 | 0.00 | 11.0 | -76.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,526.7 | 11.43 | 7,946.2 | 19.89 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 225.2 | 0.27 | 244.6 | -7.93 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 3.7 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -25.32 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.2 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 300.6 | 0.36 | 201.1 | 49.46 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 11.8 | 0.01 | 133.0 | -91.11 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 12.6 | 0.02 | 27.6 | -54.47 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 156.2 | 0.19 | 590.9 | -73.56 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 448.1 | 0.54 | 4,027.5 | -88.87 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 108.0 | 0.13 | 35.3 | 205.97 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 9.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 21.3 | 0.03 | 57.3 | -62.91 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 121.9 | 0.15 | 337.7 | -63.89 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 14.1 | 0.02 | 64.8 | -78.19 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,404.3 | 13.68 | 21,775.8 | -47.63 |
| 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 | 10,271.8 | 12.32 | 6,629.4 | 54.94 |
| 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 | 89.4 | 0.11 | 46.5 | 92.05 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,175.5 | 3.81 | 4,671.3 | -32.02 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 2,293.0 | 2.75 | 1,108.0 | 106.94 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 17.5 | 0.02 | 736.2 | -97.62 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,086.0 | 1.30 | 1,463.3 | -25.78 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 25.2 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 5.5 | 0.01 | 19.7 | -72.14 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 87.9 | -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 | 226.3 | 0.27 | 1,111.9 | -79.64 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 119.5 | 0.14 | 103.3 | 15.67 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 13.5 | 0.02 | 55.5 | -75.67 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.8 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 15,296.6 | 18.35 | 8,108.5 | 88.65 |
US Imports from Congo - Kinshasa
The major share of US imports from Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 57.39% of US total imports from Congo - Kinshasa (81.99% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 25.88% of US total imports from Congo - Kinshasa (2.81% in 2015);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.65% of US total imports from Congo - Kinshasa (1.05% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.84% of US total imports from Congo - Kinshasa (5.50% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.09% of US total imports from Congo - Kinshasa (1.95% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.10% of US total imports from Congo - Kinshasa (1.26% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $41,552.2 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 $8,460.7 thousand;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $1,651.3 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $662.1 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Congo - Kinshasa in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $25,684.4 thousand;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $2,348.7 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,602.7 thousand;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $1,077.8 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 9.5 | 0.01 | 6.4 | 47.34 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 53.9 | 0.03 | 47.0 | 14.65 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,682.5 | 1.50 | 5,031.2 | -46.68 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 11.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 4,082.4 | 2.29 | 2,431.1 | 67.93 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 17.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5.7 | 0.00 | 1,083.5 | -99.48 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15.1 | 0.01 | 21.2 | -28.66 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 4,653.1 | 2.61 | 4,379.3 | 6.25 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 41,552.2 | 23.26 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 388.7 | 0.22 | 278.3 | 39.68 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.9 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,707.8 | 2.08 | 3,045.7 | 21.74 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 83.1 | 0.05 | 2.0 | 4,053.55 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 293.05 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 67.4 | 0.04 | 61.1 | 10.19 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 5.4 | 0.00 | 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 | 10,095.6 | 5.65 | 1,634.9 | 517.49 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10.0 | 0.01 | 32.2 | -69.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 102,482.8 | 57.38 | 128,167.2 | -20.04 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4.0 | 0.00 | 13.4 | -70.36 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 53.9 | 0.03 | 1,656.6 | -96.74 |
| 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 | 76.5 | 0.04 | 42.6 | 79.45 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6.9 | 0.00 | 265.3 | -97.40 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 37.0 | 0.02 | 3.7 | 895.00 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 31.8 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 20.8 | 0.01 | 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 | 3.2 | 0.00 | 5.2 | -38.02 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 22.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5.5 | 0.00 | 5.5 | 1.56 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 7,933.1 | 4.44 | 7,456.3 | 6.39 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 478.7 | 0.27 | 671.6 | -28.71 |