US trade (export - import) with Kyrgyzstan in 2018
Published or Updated: Jun 17, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Kyrgyzstan in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Kyrgyzstan
In 2018, US trade with Kyrgyzstan was $24.7 million, down 24.68% ($8.1 million) from 2017.
US exports to Kyrgyzstan in 2018 were $17.0 million, down 34.83% ($9.1 million) from 2017.
US imports from Kyrgyzstan in 2018 totaled $7.7 million, up 14.46% ($1.0 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was $9.2 million, a 52.10% decrease ($10.1 million) over 2017.
Kyrgyzstan was the US 187th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 181st in 2017), accounting for 0.0006% of US total trade (down from 0.0008% in 2017).
Kyrgyzstan was the US 185th largest export market in 2018 (down from 176th in 2017), accounting for 0.0010% of US total exports (down from 0.0017% in 2017).
Kyrgyzstan was the US 175th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 179th in 2017), accounting for 0.0003% of US total imports (just as in 2017).
US Exports to Kyrgyzstan
The major share of US exports to Kyrgyzstan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 69.14% of US total exports to Kyrgyzstan (58.55% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.99% of US total exports to Kyrgyzstan (17.95% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.80% of US total exports to Kyrgyzstan (2.66% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.78% of US total exports to Kyrgyzstan (3.77% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.23% of US total exports to Kyrgyzstan (1.26% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.88% of US total exports to Kyrgyzstan (1.84% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Kyrgyzstan 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 $749.2 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 $386.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $123.3 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $66.9 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $57.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $51.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Kyrgyzstan 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 $3,033.2 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $2,415.9 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - a decrease of $1,960.2 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $1,293.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $345.2 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $325.0 thousand;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $221.7 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $217.3 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $170.5 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $159.4 thousand;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - a decrease of $153.6 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $116.2 thousand;
- 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 $75.0 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 27.0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2.5 | 0.01 | 28.6 | -91.21 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.8 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 86.7 | 0.51 | 112.5 | -22.96 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 40.1 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 87.0 | 0.51 | 59.2 | 46.95 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 221.7 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 345.2 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 229.2 | 1.35 | 190.8 | 20.12 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 475.5 | 2.80 | 692.7 | -31.36 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 77.0 | 0.45 | 19.4 | 297.26 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 21.0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 57.4 | 0.34 | 216.7 | -73.53 |
| 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 | 133.3 | 0.78 | 208.2 | -35.99 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3.8 | 0.02 | 9.9 | -61.98 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 118.2 | 0.70 | 67.0 | 76.32 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 365.5 | 2.15 | 481.7 | -24.13 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,260.0 | 7.42 | 3,676.0 | -65.72 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10.8 | 0.06 | 21.8 | -50.49 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17.1 | 0.10 | 39.4 | -56.57 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 32.6 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 40.6 | 0.24 | 79.8 | -49.06 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 66.9 | 0.39 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2.7 | 0.02 | 173.2 | -98.45 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 27.5 | 0.16 | 37.1 | -25.81 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 11.0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 153.6 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5.2 | 0.03 | 13.0 | -59.78 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11.4 | 0.07 | 10.3 | 10.36 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6.3 | 0.04 | 29.5 | -78.76 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 4.5 | 0.03 | 5.7 | -20.96 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 274.1 | 1.61 | 234.5 | 16.87 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 23.5 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3.2 | 0.02 | 6.5 | -50.71 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 45.7 | 0.27 | 73.4 | -37.73 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 28.0 | 0.16 | 2.8 | 900.68 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,529.8 | 26.67 | 7,563.0 | -40.11 |
| 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 | 3,549.6 | 20.90 | 3,162.7 | 12.23 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,363.2 | 8.02 | 614.0 | 122.03 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 201.7 | 1.19 | 1,494.8 | -86.51 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,101.5 | 12.37 | 2,426.6 | -13.39 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.1 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 266.9 | 1.57 | 2,227.0 | -88.02 |
| 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 | 46.9 | 0.28 | 28.7 | 63.29 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4.6 | 0.03 | 7.8 | -41.42 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 139.2 | 0.82 | 15.9 | 773.72 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,218.7 | 7.17 | 1,233.0 | -1.16 |
US Imports from Kyrgyzstan
The major share of US imports from Kyrgyzstan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 57.04% of US total imports from Kyrgyzstan (71.92% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 18.38% of US total imports from Kyrgyzstan (1.89% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.95% of US total imports from Kyrgyzstan (5.94% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.79% of US total imports from Kyrgyzstan (5.70% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.06% of US total imports from Kyrgyzstan (3.19% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Kyrgyzstan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $941.7 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $529.5 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $316.5 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $200.7 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $140.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $81.0 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $72.1 thousand;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $51.5 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $41.0 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Kyrgyzstan in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $403.3 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $183.1 thousand;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $133.8 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $119.8 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $95.9 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 $90.0 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $78.5 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $66.2 thousand;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $57.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $40.1 thousand;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $30.2 thousand;
- 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 $25.3 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $23.4 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.3 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5.9 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 85.5 | 1.10 | 34.0 | 151.72 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 55.6 | 0.72 | 14.6 | 281.28 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 66.2 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 316.5 | 4.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 17.5 | 0.23 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 941.7 | 12.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3.0 | 0.04 | 60.8 | -95.13 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 40.2 | 0.52 | 223.4 | -81.98 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 81.0 | 1.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10.9 | 0.14 | 89.5 | -87.77 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2.7 | 0.03 | 27.9 | -90.42 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 4.6 | 0.06 | 4.9 | -5.16 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.4 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 11.5 | 0.15 | 10.6 | 8.27 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 24.1 | 0.31 | 47.5 | -49.31 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 22.5 | 0.29 | 142.3 | -84.18 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 47.8 | 0.62 | 63.3 | -24.45 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 190.8 | 2.47 | 118.7 | 60.73 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4.6 | 0.06 | 2.1 | 116.45 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 3.3 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 30.2 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 16.9 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.3 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4.9 | 0.06 | 138.7 | -96.47 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.7 | -100.00 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.4 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 40.1 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,886.8 | 24.38 | 2,290.1 | -17.61 |
| 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 | 33.4 | 0.43 | 123.5 | -72.93 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,492.1 | 32.20 | 2,351.1 | 5.99 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2.3 | 0.03 | 98.3 | -97.63 |
| 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 | 82.6 | 1.07 | 95.5 | -13.52 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 426.7 | 5.51 | 226.0 | 88.80 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 918.0 | 11.86 | 388.5 | 136.28 |