US trade (export - import) with Cuba in 2018
Published or Updated: Jun 05, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Cuba in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Cuba
In 2018, US trade with Cuba was $281.9 million, down 0.44% ($1.3 million) from 2017.
US exports to Cuba in 2018 were $280.6 million, down 0.90% ($2.5 million) from 2017.
US imports from Cuba in 2018 totaled $1.3 million, up ∞% ($1.3 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Cuba in 2018 was $279.4 million, a 1.35% decrease ($3.8 million) over 2017.
Cuba was the US 143rd largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 135th in 2017), accounting for 0.0066% of US total trade (down from 0.0072% in 2017).
Cuba was the US 122nd largest export market in 2018 (down from 116th in 2017), accounting for 0.0169% of US total exports (down from 0.0183% in 2017).
Cuba was the US 200th largest supplier in 2018 (there were no US imports from Cuba in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports.
US Exports to Cuba
The major share of US exports to Cuba in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 76.92% of US total exports to Cuba (89.79% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.97% of US total exports to Cuba (4.58% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.47% of US total exports to Cuba (3.09% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Cuba in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $14.5 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $9.7 million;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $6.5 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $5.2 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $2.9 million;
- 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 $2.2 million;
- 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 $2.1 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Cuba in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $14.9 million;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $10.1 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $7.2 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $6.4 million;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $3.7 million;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $2.3 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1.2 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1.0 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 39.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 154,537.8 | 55.07 | 161,724.9 | -4.44 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.1 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 19,139.9 | 6.82 | 34,012.7 | -43.73 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 34,220.6 | 12.19 | 40,663.0 | -15.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,467.3 | 2.30 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.1 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 982.1 | 0.35 | 3,249.8 | -69.78 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 166.3 | 0.06 | 3,879.9 | -95.71 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 114.3 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 279.0 | 0.10 | 486.9 | -42.69 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 28.3 | 0.01 | 10,116.7 | -99.72 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,597.8 | 1.64 | 2,391.4 | 92.27 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,377.8 | 0.49 | 2,548.4 | -45.93 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 407.5 | 0.15 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8,960.5 | 3.19 | 3,797.8 | 135.94 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 232.2 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.9 | 0.00 | 16.5 | -82.49 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 191.2 | 0.07 | 105.1 | 81.98 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 33.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 354.0 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 6.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.5 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 9.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 268.5 | 0.10 | 15.8 | 1,604.61 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7.6 | 0.00 | 93.3 | -91.90 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 116.7 | 0.04 | 10.2 | 1,046.46 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 508.0 | 0.18 | 4.3 | 11,708.46 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 18,525.0 | 6.60 | 3,981.5 | 365.28 |
| 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 | 4,341.9 | 1.55 | 2,253.3 | 92.69 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,285.6 | 0.46 | 456.5 | 181.64 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 12,724.7 | 4.53 | 2,979.6 | 327.06 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,333.5 | 0.83 | 3,298.2 | -29.25 |
| 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 | 99.5 | 0.04 | 330.7 | -69.92 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 33.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 29.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 8,918.8 | 3.18 | 6,034.6 | 47.80 |
US Imports from Cuba
The major share of US imports from Cuba in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
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The largest gains in US imports from Cuba in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $1.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Cuba in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2017 USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,275.9 | 100.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |