US trade with Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Georgia
In the 4th quarter of 2017, US trade with Georgia totaled $145.9 million, up 45.31% ($45.5 million) from the 4th quarter of 2016.
US exports to Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 totaled $107.6 million, up 23.46% ($20.4 million) from the 4th quarter of 2016.
US imports from Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 totaled $38.3 million, up 188.58% ($25.1 million) from the 4th quarter of 2016.
US trade surplus with Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 was $69.2 million, a 6.25% decrease ($4.6 million) over the 4th quarter of 2016.
Georgia was the US 114th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 120th in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0140% of US total trade (up from 0.0104% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
Georgia was the US 106th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2017 (down from 104th in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0264% of US total exports (up from 0.0230% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
Georgia was the US 115th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 134th in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0060% of US total imports (up from 0.0023% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
US Exports to Georgia
The major share of US exports to Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 (and in the 4th quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 70.12% of US total exports to Georgia (76.30% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.04% of US total exports to Georgia (7.43% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.18% of US total exports to Georgia (11.55% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.49% of US total exports to Georgia (1.01% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 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 $17.8 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3.7 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $3.5 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3.5 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $2.4 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1.3 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5.1 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $1.5 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 $1.3 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $0.8 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $0.5 million;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $0.4 million.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in Q4 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in Q4 2017 over Q4 2016 (%) |
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02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 7,691.8 | 7.15 | 6,433.5 | 19.56 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 991.2 | 0.92 | 710.2 | 39.57 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 67.9 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 14.6 | 0.01 | 34.7 | -57.95 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 134.9 | 0.13 | 429.4 | -68.58 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 3.6 | 0.00 | 18.9 | -80.95 |
10 | Cereals | 16.8 | 0.02 | 23.4 | -28.26 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 29.4 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5.4 | 0.00 | 41.4 | -87.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 122.0 | 0.11 | 241.4 | -49.49 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,733.2 | 1.61 | 1,706.3 | 1.58 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 137.1 | 0.13 | 372.1 | -63.16 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 11.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 11.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 111.5 | 0.10 | 157.4 | -29.21 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 30.1 | 0.03 | 115.0 | -73.80 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,652.6 | 3.40 | 192.2 | 1,800.78 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,345.5 | 4.04 | 619.5 | 601.46 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 13.1 | 0.01 | 282.7 | -95.38 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 756.4 | 0.70 | 586.8 | 28.90 |
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 | 7.7 | 0.01 | 132.4 | -94.18 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 13.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,753.9 | 3.49 | 258.0 | 1,355.10 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,581.3 | 3.33 | 4,034.6 | -11.24 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 27.5 | 0.03 | 251.3 | -89.05 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 321.0 | 0.30 | 737.9 | -56.49 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | -100.00 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 26.3 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 53.3 | 0.05 | 322.1 | -83.45 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6.7 | 0.01 | 16.7 | -59.88 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.6 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 23.8 | 0.02 | 12.8 | 85.59 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 257.1 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 32.6 | 0.03 | 13.0 | 150.90 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 89.0 | 0.08 | 252.5 | -64.76 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 316.4 | 0.29 | 298.9 | 5.85 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 215.6 | 0.20 | 56.1 | 284.64 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 60.9 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 22.1 | 0.02 | 17.3 | 27.44 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 17.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 109.4 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 272.5 | 0.25 | 584.4 | -53.37 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 44.2 | -100.00 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 30.6 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 162.1 | 0.15 | 8.3 | 1,859.62 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 78.5 | 0.07 | 27.5 | 185.43 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13.6 | 0.01 | 71.7 | -81.04 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 14,052.6 | 13.07 | 19,105.0 | -26.45 |
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 | 2,851.2 | 2.65 | 4,170.0 | -31.63 |
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 | 33.5 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 56,486.2 | 52.52 | 38,714.0 | 45.91 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 180.2 | 0.17 | 1,673.1 | -89.23 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 48.5 | 0.05 | 155.4 | -68.79 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,802.8 | 1.68 | 2,616.8 | -31.11 |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 2,558.3 | 2.38 | 140.7 | 1,717.85 |
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 | 104.6 | 0.10 | 221.6 | -52.80 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 115.5 | 0.11 | 381.2 | -69.70 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 215.8 | 0.20 | 495.2 | -56.43 |
US Imports from Georgia
The major share of US imports from Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 (and in the 4th quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 69.05% of US total imports from Georgia (10.93% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.00% of US total imports from Georgia (43.70% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.64% of US total imports from Georgia (19.08% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.97% of US total imports from Georgia (7.35% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.70% of US total imports from Georgia (8.93% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.31% of US total imports from Georgia (0.00% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $25.0 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 $1.4 million;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1.2 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $0.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Georgia in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $2.4 million;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $0.2 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $0.2 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) - a decrease of $0.2 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.1 million.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in Q4 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in Q4 2017 over Q4 2016 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 67.0 | 0.17 | 18.5 | 261.40 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 660.8 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 11.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 72.5 | 0.19 | 177.6 | -59.19 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 13.3 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 8.3 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 480.9 | 1.25 | 586.0 | -17.94 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 53.4 | 0.14 | 44.0 | 21.54 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,221.7 | 5.79 | 1,043.4 | 112.93 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 501.3 | 1.31 | 0.0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,401.7 | 11.48 | 3,024.7 | 45.52 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 20.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 64.8 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2,448.5 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 20.2 | 0.05 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 151.4 | -100.00 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 48.5 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 12.0 | 0.03 | 94.8 | -87.37 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 33.3 | 0.09 | 7.0 | 373.02 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1.2 | 0.00 | 78.8 | -98.48 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 34.4 | 0.09 | 4.0 | 759.73 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 2.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.8 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 375.2 | 0.98 | 455.0 | -17.55 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,041.2 | 2.72 | 725.8 | 43.46 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1.6 | 0.00 | 5.2 | -69.91 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2.4 | 0.01 | 180.1 | -98.69 |
69 | Ceramic products | 4.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2.6 | 0.01 | 3.9 | -33.43 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9.7 | 0.03 | 5.5 | 76.26 |
72 | Iron and steel | 26,433.3 | 68.94 | 1,414.2 | 1,769.08 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 38.4 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 40.3 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,258.7 | 3.28 | 510.3 | 146.65 |
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 | 196.6 | 0.51 | 163.2 | 20.48 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3.0 | 0.01 | 150.4 | -97.98 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 64.8 | 0.17 | 151.9 | -57.36 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 5.1 | 0.01 | 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 | 43.2 | 0.11 | 79.1 | -45.35 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.1 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7.6 | 0.02 | 50.8 | -84.96 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 331.0 | 0.86 | 366.4 | -9.67 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 444.3 | 1.16 | 617.2 | -28.02 |