US trade (export - import) with Gabon in 2016
Published or Updated: May 04, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Gabon in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Gabon
In 2016, US trade with Gabon was $199.1 million, down 64.25% ($357.8 million) from 2015.
US exports to Gabon in 2016 were $84.8 million, down 58.43% ($119.2 million) from 2015.
US imports from Gabon in 2016 were $114.4 million, down 67.60% ($238.7 million) from 2015.
US trade deficit with Gabon in 2016 was $29.6 million, a 80.15% decrease ($119.5 million) over 2015.
Gabon was the US 144th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 112th in 2015), accounting for 0.0054% of US total trade (down from 0.0146% in 2015).
Gabon was the US 145th largest export market in 2016 (down from 124th in 2015), accounting for 0.0058% of US total exports (down from 0.0136% in 2015).
Gabon was the US 118th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 93rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0051% of US total imports (down from 0.0153% in 2015).
US Exports to Gabon
The major share of US exports to Gabon in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 52.81% of US total exports to Gabon (70.74% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 19.91% of US total exports to Gabon (15.27% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.53% of US total exports to Gabon (5.23% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.91% of US total exports to Gabon (3.49% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.48% of US total exports to Gabon (0.97% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.22% of US total exports to Gabon (1.34% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Gabon in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $5,108.4 thousand;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $685.7 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 $436.6 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Gabon in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $60,136.7 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) - a decrease of $27,052.2 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $14,066.3 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $4,192.2 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,699.7 thousand;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $3,561.2 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $2,564.4 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,518.4 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $1,295.1 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,042.4 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,007.3 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 $985.7 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $599.9 thousand;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $415.0 thousand;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $369.8 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $284.0 thousand;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $279.9 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 | 16,731.0 | 19.74 | 30,797.3 | -45.67 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 150.0 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 29.2 | 0.03 | 58.2 | -49.82 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 14.3 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.5 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.2 | -100.00 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 5.4 | 0.01 | 19.7 | -72.80 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 7.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 7.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 68.3 | 0.08 | 63.4 | 7.78 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4.0 | 0.00 | 15.8 | -74.68 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 4.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 20.2 | 0.02 | 5.1 | 292.54 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 169.6 | 0.20 | 2,734.0 | -93.80 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 667.7 | 0.79 | 947.6 | -29.54 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 552.5 | 0.65 | 545.4 | 1.31 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 77.0 | 0.09 | 54.1 | 42.26 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.8 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 85.7 | 0.10 | 184.0 | -53.42 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 664.9 | 0.78 | 809.5 | -17.87 |
| 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 | 694.7 | 0.82 | 924.5 | -24.85 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 9.1 | 0.01 | 378.9 | -97.60 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 77.1 | 0.09 | 492.1 | -84.34 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 103.4 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,166.4 | 1.38 | 2,173.7 | -46.34 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,890.2 | 2.23 | 2,490.1 | -24.09 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 498.1 | 0.59 | 1,540.5 | -67.67 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 29.6 | 0.03 | 144.2 | -79.48 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 21.9 | 0.03 | 122.7 | -82.16 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.3 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 13.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 39.6 | 0.05 | 59.8 | -33.87 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 36.5 | 0.04 | 46.3 | -21.16 |
| 52 | Cotton | 700.7 | 0.83 | 15.0 | 4,571.19 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 48.6 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5.7 | 0.01 | 22.5 | -74.74 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.5 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 14.4 | 0.02 | 107.8 | -86.64 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 35.9 | 0.04 | 319.9 | -88.79 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,266.1 | 1.49 | 1,267.9 | -0.15 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 72.0 | 0.08 | 154.8 | -53.50 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.4 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.7 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 10.6 | 0.01 | 14.1 | -24.89 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 66.2 | 0.08 | 72.6 | -8.85 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 102.3 | 0.12 | 137.4 | -25.59 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 6.4 | 0.01 | 11.3 | -43.74 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 12.3 | 0.01 | 7.2 | 69.67 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 309.4 | 0.37 | 212.9 | 45.31 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,437.6 | 2.88 | 4,956.0 | -50.82 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 219.4 | 0.26 | 65.4 | 235.48 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 73.0 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2.7 | 0.00 | 120.6 | -97.77 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 7.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 17.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 78.0 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 207.1 | 0.24 | 1,502.2 | -86.22 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 115.5 | 0.14 | 116.5 | -0.93 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 28,385.4 | 33.49 | 88,522.0 | -67.93 |
| 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 | 9,586.9 | 11.31 | 10,572.6 | -9.32 |
| 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 | 965.5 | 1.14 | 28,017.6 | -96.55 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,089.0 | 3.64 | 6,788.8 | -54.50 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 652.1 | 0.77 | 528.3 | 23.43 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 67.9 | 0.08 | 3,629.2 | -98.13 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,022.0 | 2.39 | 6,214.2 | -67.46 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 26.6 | 0.03 | 20.6 | 29.13 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 25.0 | 0.03 | 5.1 | 388.94 |
| 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 | 1,049.4 | 1.24 | 612.8 | 71.24 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 89.6 | 0.11 | 171.3 | -47.71 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 77.5 | 0.09 | 172.6 | -55.07 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 4.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 9,527.2 | 11.24 | 4,418.7 | 115.61 |
US Imports from Gabon
The major share of US imports from Gabon in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 81.02% of US total imports from Gabon (93.87% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.11% of US total imports from Gabon (1.28% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.44% of US total imports from Gabon (0.98% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Gabon in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $3,607.1 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $539.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Gabon in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $196,975.8 thousand;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $41,757.7 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $4,437.0 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 35,873.8 | 31.37 | 77,631.6 | -53.79 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 56,782.0 | 49.65 | 253,757.7 | -77.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2.8 | 0.00 | 54.9 | -94.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,929.7 | 3.44 | 3,390.5 | 15.90 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,110.6 | 7.09 | 4,503.6 | 80.09 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18.7 | 0.02 | 6.2 | 203.80 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 36.1 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 218.8 | 0.19 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 163.1 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 88.3 | 0.08 | 58.2 | 51.76 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.6 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 362.8 | 0.32 | 589.8 | -38.50 |
| 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 | 386.1 | 0.34 | 157.5 | 145.18 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 54.2 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 32.2 | 0.03 | 27.0 | 19.57 |
| 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 | 1.7 | 0.00 | 0.6 | 164.66 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3,407.4 | 2.98 | 3,322.6 | 2.55 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 4,975.9 | 4.35 | 9,413.0 | -47.14 |