US trade with Gabon in the first half of 2017
Published or Updated: Oct 22, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Gabon in the first half of 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Gabon
In the first half of 2017, US trade with Gabon totaled $104.6 million, up 10.37% ($9.8 million) from the first half of 2016.
US exports to Gabon in the first half of 2017 were $33.0 million, down 31.73% ($15.3 million) from the first half of 2016.
US imports from Gabon in the first half of 2017 totaled $71.6 million, up 54.20% ($25.2 million) from the first half of 2016.
US trade balance with Gabon went from a surplus of $1.9 million in the first half of 2016, to a deficit of $38.6 million in the first half of 2017.
Gabon was the US 140th largest trading partner in the first half of 2017 (down from 137th in the first half of 2016), accounting for 0.0054% of US total trade (up from 0.0053% in the first half of 2016).
Gabon was the US 153rd largest export market in the first half of 2017 (down from 136th in the first half of 2016), accounting for 0.0044% of US total exports (down from 0.0068% in the first half of 2016).
Gabon was the US 116th largest supplier in the first half of 2017 (up from 122nd in the first half of 2016), accounting for 0.0061% of US total imports (up from 0.0043% in the first half of 2016).
US Exports to Gabon
The major share of US exports to Gabon in the first half of 2017 (and in the first half of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 44.77% of US total exports to Gabon (67.43% in the first half of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 24.14% of US total exports to Gabon (13.40% in the first half of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.68% of US total exports to Gabon (6.47% in the first half of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.15% of US total exports to Gabon (0.25% in the first half of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.94% of US total exports to Gabon (2.77% in the first half of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.00% of US total exports to Gabon (4.21% in the first half of 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Gabon in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 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 $1.6 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1.5 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $0.7 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 $0.5 million;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $0.4 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $0.4 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $0.3 million;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $0.3 million;
- 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 $0.2 million;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $0.1 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $0.1 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Gabon in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $11.4 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) - a decrease of $5.2 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $0.8 million;
- 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 $0.7 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- 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 $0.5 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $0.4 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $0.2 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in first-half 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in first-half 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in first-half 2017 over first-half 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 7,914.6 | 23.99 | 6,415.2 | 23.37 |
| 10 | Cereals | 14.6 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.4 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 35.8 | 0.11 | 53.3 | -32.90 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 27.1 | 0.08 | 8.5 | 220.67 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,671.5 | 5.07 | 112.6 | 1,384.50 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 612.6 | 1.86 | 130.1 | 370.86 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 315.2 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 108.4 | 0.33 | 70.2 | 54.42 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 357.6 | 1.08 | 85.7 | 317.17 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 392.3 | 1.19 | 357.1 | 9.86 |
| 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 | 502.6 | 1.52 | 306.7 | 63.86 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 24.8 | 0.08 | 9.1 | 172.22 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 139.4 | 0.42 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 631.5 | 1.91 | 722.7 | -12.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,204.4 | 3.65 | 923.2 | 30.46 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 211.6 | 0.64 | 207.4 | 2.01 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 82.7 | 0.25 | 22.2 | 272.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 21.5 | 0.07 | 7.5 | 185.50 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2.7 | 0.01 | 13.5 | -80.18 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.1 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5.0 | 0.02 | 36.5 | -86.34 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 700.7 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 20.6 | 0.06 | 5.7 | 262.04 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 18.3 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 5.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 37.6 | 0.11 | 6.9 | 444.78 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 124.2 | 0.38 | 21.0 | 492.22 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,282.5 | 3.89 | 552.4 | 132.18 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 138.3 | 0.42 | 52.9 | 161.50 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 3.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 15.0 | 0.05 | 63.1 | -76.25 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 8.3 | 0.03 | 45.8 | -81.85 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 12.4 | 0.04 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.3 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 10.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 857.9 | 2.60 | 1,637.0 | -47.59 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 71.8 | 0.22 | 67.6 | 6.34 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.1 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.4 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 47.8 | 0.14 | 204.1 | -76.59 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3.2 | 0.01 | 97.6 | -96.71 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,149.6 | 27.73 | 20,569.6 | -55.52 |
| 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 | 2,079.9 | 6.30 | 7,327.2 | -71.61 |
| 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 | 238.0 | 0.72 | 959.2 | -75.19 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,018.1 | 6.12 | 1,659.9 | 21.58 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 81.5 | 0.25 | 525.2 | -84.48 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 431.5 | 1.31 | 67.9 | 535.23 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 773.7 | 2.34 | 1,483.4 | -47.84 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.5 | -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 | 458.3 | 1.39 | 956.4 | -52.08 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.5 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 15.3 | 0.05 | 38.8 | -60.61 |
US Imports from Gabon
The major share of US imports from Gabon in the first half of 2017 (and in the first half of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 85.99% of US total imports from Gabon (72.84% in the first half of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.66% of US total imports from Gabon (6.47% in the first half of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.46% of US total imports from Gabon (4.43% in the first half of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.41% of US total imports from Gabon (1.21% in the first half of 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Gabon in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $14.8 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $13.0 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 $0.5 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $0.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Gabon in the first half of 2017 over the first half of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $0.8 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $0.4 million;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $0.2 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in first-half 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in first-half 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in first-half 2017 over first-half 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 27,140.9 | 37.90 | 12,389.0 | 119.07 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 34,435.9 | 48.09 | 21,436.4 | 60.64 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 67.9 | 0.09 | 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 | 40.0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1.4 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -50.62 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,370.2 | 3.31 | 2,056.4 | 15.26 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,619.7 | 3.66 | 3,002.7 | -12.75 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 20.1 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4.0 | 0.01 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 218.8 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 361.3 | 0.50 | 163.1 | 121.55 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 56.8 | 0.08 | 56.6 | 0.40 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 98.3 | 0.14 | 241.6 | -59.31 |
| 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 | 830.8 | 1.16 | 298.5 | 178.28 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 79.6 | 0.11 | 21.0 | 279.29 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.7 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,149.8 | 3.00 | 2,921.3 | -26.41 |