US trade (export - import) with Georgia in 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Georgia in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Georgia
In 2018, US trade with Georgia totaled $677.9 million, up 30.36% ($157.9 million) from 2017.
US exports to Georgia in 2018 totaled $479.4 million, up 25.03% ($96.0 million) from 2017.
US imports from Georgia in 2018 totaled $198.5 million, up 45.33% ($61.9 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Georgia in 2018 was $280.9 million, a 13.80% increase ($34.1 million) over 2017.
Georgia was the US 108th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 115th in 2017), accounting for 0.0158% of US total trade (up from 0.0132% in 2017).
Georgia was the US 103rd largest export market in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.0288% of US total exports (up from 0.0248% in 2017).
Georgia was the US 113th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 114th in 2017), accounting for 0.0076% of US total imports (up from 0.0057% in 2017).
US Exports to Georgia
The major share of US exports to Georgia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.30% of US total exports to Georgia (68.38% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.72% of US total exports to Georgia (14.97% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.32% of US total exports to Georgia (9.78% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.48% of US total exports to Georgia (1.09% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.06% of US total exports to Georgia (1.41% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Georgia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $97.0 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $7.2 million;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $6.0 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $5.0 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4.8 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3.8 million;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $3.0 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2.6 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $2.0 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1.5 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Georgia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $17.1 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $6.9 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $5.1 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $3.6 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $3.1 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 $2.0 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 49.9 | -100.00 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 41,073.3 | 8.57 | 44,684.7 | -8.08 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,287.1 | 0.48 | 3,490.9 | -34.48 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 368.1 | 0.08 | 87.9 | 318.76 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12.5 | 0.00 | 11.2 | 10.99 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 336.4 | 0.07 | 17.2 | 1,853.37 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 117.5 | 0.02 | 14.6 | 704.39 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,729.5 | 1.61 | 1,746.3 | 342.63 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.0 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 88.4 | 0.02 | 16.8 | 425.86 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 119.7 | 0.02 | 90.6 | 32.12 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 22.4 | 0.00 | 22.6 | -1.27 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 85.5 | 0.02 | 24.0 | 256.49 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 8.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 42.5 | 0.01 | 11.1 | 282.66 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 478.3 | 0.10 | 767.9 | -37.71 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,106.0 | 1.07 | 4,359.7 | 17.12 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 812.8 | 0.17 | 909.9 | -10.68 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,255.1 | 0.47 | 1,050.6 | 114.64 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 37.8 | 0.01 | 102.9 | -63.29 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 237.7 | 0.05 | 5,308.3 | -95.52 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 28.2 | 0.01 | 49.0 | -42.31 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 9,619.7 | 2.01 | 5,796.7 | 65.95 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,900.6 | 0.61 | 9,821.0 | -70.47 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2.6 | 0.00 | 82.5 | -96.80 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 128.6 | 0.03 | 488.0 | -73.66 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,647.1 | 0.34 | 2,119.1 | -22.27 |
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 | 446.8 | 0.09 | 732.3 | -38.99 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 182.7 | 0.04 | 140.8 | 29.81 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 158.2 | 0.03 | 13.4 | 1,080.95 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.6 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,518.1 | 0.94 | 7,660.7 | -41.02 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 15,016.0 | 3.13 | 10,243.2 | 46.60 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 421.2 | 0.09 | 327.9 | 28.44 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,154.4 | 0.45 | 1,421.6 | 51.54 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 190.6 | 0.04 | 77.5 | 145.86 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 102.6 | 0.02 | 279.4 | -63.28 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 358.3 | 0.07 | 151.3 | 136.81 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 50.6 | 0.01 | 91.0 | -44.37 |
52 | Cotton | 4.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 4.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 60.5 | 0.01 | 443.4 | -86.35 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 15.6 | 0.00 | 257.1 | -93.92 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 57.5 | 0.01 | 88.2 | -34.83 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 497.7 | 0.10 | 380.9 | 30.66 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,193.4 | 0.46 | 690.0 | 217.88 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 191.5 | 0.04 | 250.3 | -23.52 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 3.4 | 0.00 | 3.7 | -8.08 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 300.4 | 0.06 | 47.2 | 536.73 |
69 | Ceramic products | 43.3 | 0.01 | 112.2 | -61.43 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 144.9 | 0.03 | 299.9 | -51.68 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 148.5 | 0.03 | 115.6 | 28.49 |
72 | Iron and steel | 42.5 | 0.01 | 120.0 | -64.61 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,930.6 | 1.24 | 3,311.0 | 79.12 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 13.8 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 248.04 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 296.6 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 69.8 | 0.01 | 169.2 | -58.77 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 577.1 | 0.12 | 142.3 | 305.60 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 183.1 | 0.04 | 415.6 | -55.95 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 39,269.0 | 8.19 | 56,396.7 | -30.37 |
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 | 8,466.6 | 1.77 | 10,499.1 | -19.36 |
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 | 206.8 | 0.04 | 3.9 | 5,183.30 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 281,028.0 | 58.62 | 184,017.6 | 52.72 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 3,431.1 | 0.72 | 2,369.8 | 44.78 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,088.1 | 0.64 | 130.3 | 2,269.78 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 15,928.8 | 3.32 | 8,759.4 | 81.85 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 16.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 17.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 8,740.3 | 1.82 | 6,712.9 | 30.20 |
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 | 801.2 | 0.17 | 1,478.8 | -45.82 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 982.9 | 0.21 | 759.3 | 29.44 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 55.5 | 0.01 | 56.4 | -1.57 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 5,108.0 | 1.07 | 124.8 | 3,993.25 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,318.2 | 0.48 | 2,933.4 | -20.97 |
US Imports from Georgia
The major share of US imports from Georgia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 77.95% of US total imports from Georgia (70.12% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.40% of US total imports from Georgia (14.18% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.95% of US total imports from Georgia (5.06% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.08% of US total imports from Georgia (3.95% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.03% of US total imports from Georgia (4.10% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.99% of US total imports from Georgia (0.47% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Georgia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $57.3 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3.5 million;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $3.3 million;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $2.8 million;
- Tin and articles thereof (HS code 80) - an increase of $1.0 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Georgia in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $3.7 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1.6 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $1.2 million.
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 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 23.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 262.8 | 0.13 | 118.3 | 122.20 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 58.6 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.9 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 23.6 | 0.01 | 36.1 | -34.59 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 47.7 | 0.02 | 222.3 | -78.52 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 4.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 7.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 14.3 | 0.01 | 13.3 | 7.13 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.4 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.6 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,627.5 | 0.82 | 1,603.8 | 1.48 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 295.9 | 0.15 | 211.1 | 40.15 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 7,460.3 | 3.76 | 4,688.0 | 59.14 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0.0 | 0.00 | 147.2 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,953.7 | 1.99 | 501.3 | 688.66 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 9,848.5 | 4.96 | 13,521.2 | -27.16 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 59.2 | 0.03 | 168.4 | -64.85 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 16.1 | 0.01 | 93.4 | -82.78 |
31 | Fertilizers | 8,351.9 | 4.21 | 5,092.0 | 64.02 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13.5 | 0.01 | 64.3 | -79.08 |
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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 38.2 | -100.00 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 13.1 | 0.01 | 48.5 | -72.98 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 73.3 | 0.04 | 114.9 | -36.21 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 239.8 | 0.12 | 193.7 | 23.77 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 40.2 | 0.02 | 28.3 | 41.96 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 99.5 | 0.05 | 227.5 | -56.26 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 17.8 | 0.01 | 2.8 | 527.41 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12.0 | 0.01 | 25.1 | -52.16 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3.2 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 193.55 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -30.61 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,114.6 | 0.56 | 2,335.8 | -52.28 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,870.4 | 1.45 | 3,217.1 | -10.78 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.7 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 37.4 | 0.02 | 40.9 | -8.53 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 32.3 | 0.02 | 229.5 | -85.90 |
69 | Ceramic products | 15.8 | 0.01 | 13.3 | 18.78 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 4.0 | 0.00 | 72.2 | -94.49 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 36.4 | 0.02 | 42.5 | -14.28 |
72 | Iron and steel | 153,032.0 | 77.09 | 95,713.7 | 59.89 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 554.3 | 0.28 | 17.6 | 3,042.77 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 79.2 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 1,018.4 | 0.51 | 0.0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14.8 | 0.01 | 52.3 | -71.78 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 35.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,661.8 | 1.34 | 2,656.9 | 0.18 |
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 | 711.4 | 0.36 | 648.0 | 9.79 |
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 | 2.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 30.7 | 0.02 | 1,652.2 | -98.14 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 716.2 | 0.36 | 444.1 | 61.26 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 46.4 | 0.02 | 5.1 | 814.64 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -100.00 |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 27.6 | 0.01 | 53.0 | -47.99 |
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 | 214.9 | 0.11 | 240.2 | -10.51 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 21.5 | 0.01 | 16.4 | 30.96 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 70.5 | 0.04 | 26.9 | 161.61 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 940.7 | 0.47 | 592.0 | 58.89 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,659.0 | 0.84 | 1,325.8 | 25.13 |