US trade (export - import) with Gibraltar in 2016
Published or Updated: May 11, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Gibraltar in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Gibraltar
In 2016, US trade with Gibraltar was $1,772.1 million, down 11.72% ($235.2 million) from 2015.
US exports to Gibraltar in 2016 were $1,771.7 million, down 11.66% ($233.8 million) from 2015.
US imports from Gibraltar in 2016 were $0.4 million, down 80.13% ($1.5 million) from 2015.
US trade surplus with Gibraltar in 2016 was $1,771.3 million, a 11.59% decrease ($232.3 million) over 2015.
Gibraltar was the US 79th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 78th in 2015), accounting for 0.0479% of US total trade (down from 0.0527% in 2015).
Gibraltar was the US 63rd largest export market in 2016 (down from 57th in 2015), accounting for 0.1219% of US total exports (down from 0.1334% in 2015).
Gibraltar was the US 213th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 198th in 2015), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (down from 0.0001% in 2015).
US Exports to Gibraltar
The major share of US exports to Gibraltar in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 72.89% of US total exports to Gibraltar (73.96% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Gibraltar in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $8,346.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Gibraltar in 2016 over 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 $191,758.3 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $51,188.1 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 30.9 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 8.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 26.0 | 0.00 | 26.2 | -0.61 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 215.5 | 0.01 | 144.8 | 48.78 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 124.6 | 0.01 | 84.6 | 47.27 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,291,431.1 | 72.89 | 1,483,189.4 | -12.93 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 117.5 | 0.01 | 216.6 | -45.75 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 26.1 | 0.00 | 140.5 | -81.44 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 24.3 | 0.00 | 277.1 | -91.25 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 618.3 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.7 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.6 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 73.0 | 0.00 | 49.6 | 47.16 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12.9 | 0.00 | 19.6 | -34.13 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 4.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 365.4 | 0.02 | 96.0 | 280.54 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.6 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 8.7 | 0.00 | 4.6 | 88.57 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 947.5 | 0.05 | 1,169.7 | -19.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.6 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 24.4 | 0.00 | 36.6 | -33.45 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.9 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,853.8 | 0.10 | 208.0 | 791.32 |
| 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 | 713.6 | 0.04 | 728.1 | -2.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 191.1 | 0.01 | 98.2 | 94.58 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 11.8 | 0.00 | 21.3 | -44.34 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 2,799.3 | 0.16 | 2,790.8 | 0.31 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 130.5 | 0.01 | 179.8 | -27.44 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 423.2 | 0.02 | 131.1 | 222.78 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 12.3 | 0.00 | 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 | 4.6 | 0.00 | 2.8 | 65.18 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 109.7 | 0.01 | 277.9 | -60.53 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3.3 | 0.00 | 16.3 | -80.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 8,353.9 | 0.47 | 7.6 | 109,243.84 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 463,676.7 | 26.17 | 514,864.7 | -9.94 |
US Imports from Gibraltar
The major share of US imports from Gibraltar in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.60% of US total imports from Gibraltar (8.85% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.39% of US total imports from Gibraltar (0.00% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.20% of US total imports from Gibraltar (1.35% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of US total imports from Gibraltar (1.30% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Gibraltar in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $57.0 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $32.8 thousand;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $8.6 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $4.3 thousand;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $1.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Gibraltar in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1,360.3 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 $83.6 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $55.5 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $24.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $23.7 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $5.7 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $5.3 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 $4.2 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 8.6 | 2.39 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4.3 | 1.20 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.6 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1.4 | 0.39 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3.0 | 0.82 | 4.0 | -25.43 |
| 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 | 4.2 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.7 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 49.2 | 13.60 | 16.4 | 200.83 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 83.6 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.7 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 55.5 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 65.0 | 17.96 | 7.9 | 717.77 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 230.4 | 63.66 | 1,590.7 | -85.52 |