US trade (export - import) with Gambia in 2018
Published or Updated: Jul 07, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Gambia in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Gambia
In 2018, US trade with Gambia totaled $42.6 million, up 5.78% ($2.3 million) from 2017.
US exports to Gambia in 2018 totaled $42.0 million, up 7.09% ($2.8 million) from 2017.
US imports from Gambia in 2018 were $0.6 million, down 42.92% ($0.5 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Gambia in 2018 was $41.4 million, a 8.47% increase ($3.2 million) over 2017.
Gambia was the US 183rd largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 180th in 2017), accounting for 0.0010% of US total trade (just as in 2017).
Gambia was the US 171st largest export market in 2018 (down from 170th in 2017), accounting for 0.0025% of US total exports (just as in 2017).
Gambia was the US 210th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 203rd in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (just as in 2017).
US Exports to Gambia
The major share of US exports to Gambia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 49.25% of US total exports to Gambia (56.71% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 31.66% of US total exports to Gambia (27.36% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.51% of US total exports to Gambia (8.93% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.39% of US total exports to Gambia (1.50% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Gambia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $3,108.8 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,620.0 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $950.1 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 $515.3 thousand;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $206.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Gambia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,930.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $657.4 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $533.8 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 11,688.4 | 27.81 | 8,579.6 | 36.23 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 5.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3,930.1 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 8.8 | 0.02 | 5.0 | 75.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 30.8 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 24.0 | 0.06 | 52.6 | -54.34 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,917.1 | 21.22 | 9,574.5 | -6.87 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 48.2 | 0.11 | 73.4 | -34.33 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11.6 | 0.03 | 25.6 | -54.51 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 103.0 | 0.25 | 42.7 | 141.50 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 356.1 | 0.85 | 250.2 | 42.34 |
| 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 | 71.4 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 13.9 | 0.03 | 10.1 | 37.09 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 135.5 | 0.32 | 17.4 | 678.34 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,127.5 | 9.82 | 3,177.4 | 29.90 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 29.1 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9.6 | 0.02 | 19.0 | -49.38 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 57.9 | 0.14 | 12.8 | 352.59 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 8.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 13.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 99.7 | 0.24 | 35.8 | 178.49 |
| 52 | Cotton | 28.8 | 0.07 | 58.7 | -50.89 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 133.0 | 0.32 | 123.3 | 7.87 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 33.0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 24.5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 4.0 | 0.01 | 71.7 | -94.42 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 358.1 | 0.85 | 294.9 | 21.44 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3.0 | 0.01 | 33.5 | -91.04 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 14.0 | 0.03 | 12.9 | 9.14 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 288.1 | 0.69 | 81.9 | 251.81 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 21.2 | 0.05 | 19.6 | 8.48 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 9.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 68.1 | 0.16 | 66.5 | 2.39 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 15.0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7.3 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 10.5 | 0.02 | 28.0 | -62.61 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,636.8 | 3.90 | 2,170.6 | -24.59 |
| 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 | 730.8 | 1.74 | 215.4 | 239.19 |
| 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 | 2.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10,408.1 | 24.77 | 7,788.1 | 33.64 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 108.8 | 0.26 | 190.6 | -42.90 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.5 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 418.2 | 1.00 | 367.2 | 13.87 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 10.1 | 0.02 | 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 | 1,669.6 | 3.97 | 1,553.2 | 7.50 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 20.5 | 0.05 | 10.0 | 105.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 14.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 249.0 | 0.59 | 290.6 | -14.31 |
US Imports from Gambia
The major share of US imports from Gambia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 50.82% of US total imports from Gambia (28.83% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.82% of US total imports from Gambia (41.61% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.88% of US total imports from Gambia (2.14% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.95% of US total imports from Gambia (1.15% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.46% of US total imports from Gambia (4.29% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.41% of US total imports from Gambia (1.14% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Gambia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $72.0 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 $28.0 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $17.7 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $17.6 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $17.5 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $3.5 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2.5 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2.3 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Gambia in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $149.1 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $105.0 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $92.5 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $61.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $38.5 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $26.4 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 $24.7 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $22.6 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $20.1 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $17.7 thousand;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $15.3 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $12.0 thousand;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $7.8 thousand;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $6.0 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $4.0 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $4.0 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) - a decrease of $3.6 thousand;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - a decrease of $2.7 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 226.9 | 37.70 | 154.8 | 46.52 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10.1 | 1.67 | 27.8 | -63.79 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3.1 | 0.51 | 9.1 | -66.32 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 47.3 | 7.87 | 67.4 | -29.77 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 18.5 | 3.07 | 44.9 | -58.86 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.6 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 17.6 | 2.92 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2.3 | 0.38 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3.5 | 0.59 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.6 | 0.09 | 1.3 | -57.23 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.5 | 0.41 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.8 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17.7 | 2.95 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4.5 | 0.75 | 3.9 | 16.24 |
| 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 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2.8 | 0.46 | 41.3 | -93.29 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 108.3 | 18.00 | 200.8 | -46.07 |
| 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 | 32.3 | 5.37 | 57.0 | -43.29 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 105.0 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 14.7 | 2.45 | 75.8 | -80.58 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -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 | 28.0 | 4.65 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.3 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 20.1 | 3.34 | 2.6 | 672.01 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 41.2 | 6.84 | 190.3 | -78.37 |