US trade (export - import) with Kazakhstan in 2016
Published or Updated: Apr 16, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Kazakhstan in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Kazakhstan
In 2016, US trade with Kazakhstan totaled $1,890.6 million, up 40.91% ($548.9 million) from 2015.
US exports to Kazakhstan in 2016 totaled $1,111.1 million, up 118.41% ($602.4 million) from 2015.
US imports from Kazakhstan in 2016 were $779.5 million, down 6.42% ($53.5 million) from 2015.
US trade balance with Kazakhstan went from a deficit of $324.3 million in 2015, to a surplus of $331.6 million in 2016.
Kazakhstan was the US 78th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 88th in 2015), accounting for 0.0511% of US total trade (up from 0.0352% in 2015).
Kazakhstan was the US 73rd largest export market in 2016 (up from 94th in 2015), accounting for 0.0765% of US total exports (up from 0.0338% in 2015).
Kazakhstan was the US 80th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 79th in 2015), accounting for 0.0347% of US total imports (down from 0.0361% in 2015).
US Exports to Kazakhstan
The major share of US exports to Kazakhstan in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 79.83% of US total exports to Kazakhstan (63.46% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.89% of US total exports to Kazakhstan (10.55% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.02% of US total exports to Kazakhstan (12.69% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.81% of US total exports to Kazakhstan (8.05% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Kazakhstan in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $484,093.0 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $46,318.4 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $26,466.4 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) - an increase of $25,581.2 thousand;
- 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) - an increase of $15,199.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $11,652.1 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 $7,903.6 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $7,466.7 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $3,525.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Kazakhstan in 2016 over 2015 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 $13,818.6 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $7,708.0 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 6.6 | 0.00 | 1,332.4 | -99.50 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 73,766.3 | 6.64 | 47,299.9 | 55.95 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 17.2 | 0.00 | 128.3 | -86.58 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7.0 | 0.00 | 70.4 | -90.04 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 218.4 | 0.02 | 299.4 | -27.06 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 18.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 20.3 | 0.00 | 168.0 | -87.93 |
| 10 | Cereals | 177.0 | 0.02 | 117.5 | 50.63 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 380.4 | 0.03 | 769.9 | -50.59 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 13.8 | 0.00 | 13.1 | 5.11 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 172.2 | 0.02 | 184.4 | -6.59 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 79.5 | 0.01 | 389.4 | -79.59 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 31.7 | 0.00 | 8.1 | 292.87 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 923.6 | 0.08 | 1,658.5 | -44.31 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 433.2 | 0.04 | 546.0 | -20.65 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 150.8 | 0.01 | 52.6 | 186.82 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 150.5 | 0.01 | 619.2 | -75.69 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 750.1 | 0.07 | 939.8 | -20.19 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.3 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,166.3 | 0.28 | 3,922.0 | -19.27 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,191.5 | 0.11 | 15,010.1 | -92.06 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,338.3 | 0.39 | 2,295.6 | 88.98 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,288.6 | 0.93 | 11,995.9 | -14.23 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 736.3 | 0.07 | 402.5 | 82.94 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,415.3 | 0.67 | 7,840.7 | -5.43 |
| 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 | 1,208.0 | 0.11 | 1,426.4 | -15.31 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,275.1 | 0.11 | 1,572.4 | -18.90 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 119.8 | 0.01 | 82.9 | 44.46 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 109.8 | 0.01 | 136.1 | -19.34 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 24,358.2 | 2.19 | 12,706.1 | 91.70 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 9,097.2 | 0.82 | 5,571.8 | 63.27 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,705.8 | 0.60 | 5,534.1 | 21.17 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 190.2 | 0.02 | 198.1 | -3.99 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 5.0 | 0.00 | 21.8 | -77.10 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 360.3 | 0.03 | 27.6 | 1,203.91 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 44.4 | 0.00 | 76.9 | -42.22 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,848.2 | 0.35 | 2,095.0 | 83.69 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 6.8 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 129.88 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 442.0 | 0.04 | 157.3 | 180.96 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 36.3 | 0.00 | 16.9 | 114.95 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 3.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 527.0 | 0.05 | 186.7 | 182.30 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 3.1 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -13.03 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 204.1 | 0.02 | 175.7 | 16.12 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,035.6 | 0.09 | 1,182.9 | -12.45 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 436.9 | 0.04 | 571.8 | -23.59 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 978.9 | 0.09 | 972.5 | 0.66 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 169.5 | 0.02 | 224.8 | -24.61 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 21.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 211.6 | 0.02 | 106.2 | 99.25 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,484.8 | 0.13 | 523.2 | 183.80 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3,170.5 | 0.29 | 133.5 | 2,274.46 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 520.5 | 0.05 | 813.9 | -36.04 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,806.6 | 0.16 | 2,550.4 | -29.17 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 110.3 | 0.01 | 108.8 | 1.39 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 26,892.3 | 2.42 | 19,425.6 | 38.44 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 138.9 | 0.01 | 184.3 | -24.63 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 290.8 | 0.03 | 1,310.0 | -77.80 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 272.8 | 0.02 | 948.4 | -71.24 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.9 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 10,012.6 | 0.90 | 11,197.9 | -10.58 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,983.2 | 0.27 | 5,658.0 | -47.27 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,659.9 | 0.15 | 2,114.1 | -21.48 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 269,626.8 | 24.27 | 223,308.4 | 20.74 |
| 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 | 58,667.7 | 5.28 | 33,086.5 | 77.32 |
| 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 | 19,899.6 | 1.79 | 4,700.5 | 323.35 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 19,252.7 | 1.73 | 26,960.7 | -28.59 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 492,647.4 | 44.34 | 8,554.3 | 5,659.03 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 330.0 | 0.03 | 50.8 | 549.30 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 26,552.8 | 2.39 | 26,176.4 | 1.44 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 30.4 | 0.00 | 114.2 | -73.35 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 18.2 | 0.00 | 282.5 | -93.57 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 955.3 | 0.09 | 1,366.6 | -30.10 |
| 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 | 10,852.3 | 0.98 | 2,948.8 | 268.03 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 744.3 | 0.07 | 1,332.1 | -44.13 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 235.4 | 0.02 | 215.4 | 9.28 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 7.9 | 0.00 | 315.6 | -97.51 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 6,057.1 | 0.55 | 5,181.6 | 16.90 |
US Imports from Kazakhstan
The major share of US imports from Kazakhstan in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 71.75% of US total imports from Kazakhstan (66.49% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 17.86% of US total imports from Kazakhstan (21.83% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.21% of US total imports from Kazakhstan (9.02% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.77% of US total imports from Kazakhstan (1.45% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Kazakhstan in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $30,151.9 thousand;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $21,684.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Kazakhstan in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - a decrease of $39,341.8 thousand;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - a decrease of $32,406.9 thousand;
- 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 $11,108.4 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $9,964.2 thousand;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $6,295.4 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $5,691.5 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,100.2 | 0.40 | 4,263.6 | -27.29 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,068.7 | 0.14 | 6,760.2 | -84.19 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 31.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,797.7 | 0.23 | 1,052.2 | 70.86 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,487.6 | 0.45 | 9,783.0 | -64.35 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 123,548.8 | 15.85 | 101,864.4 | 21.29 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 432,244.5 | 55.45 | 442,208.7 | -2.25 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 64,005.6 | 8.21 | 75,114.1 | -14.79 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.6 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1.1 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -74.87 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 116.7 | 0.01 | 6.9 | 1,590.15 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.5 | 0.00 | 350.5 | -99.87 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 38.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 51.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 89,498.8 | 11.48 | 59,346.9 | 50.81 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 545.5 | 0.07 | 5.2 | 10,379.83 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,285.3 | 0.16 | 2,259.9 | -43.13 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 153.0 | 0.02 | 719.2 | -78.72 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 20,299.9 | 2.60 | 59,641.7 | -65.96 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 27,478.4 | 3.53 | 59,885.3 | -54.11 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,185.5 | 0.15 | 118.9 | 897.28 |
| 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 | 586.9 | 0.08 | 104.1 | 463.59 |
| 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 | 95.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 26.6 | 0.00 | 262.7 | -89.88 |
| 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 | 11.5 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 88.4 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 8,870.2 | 1.14 | 9,127.6 | -2.82 |