US trade (export - import) with Lesotho in 2017
Published or Updated: May 05, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Lesotho in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Lesotho
In 2017, US trade with Lesotho was $318.9 million, down 0.92% ($3.0 million) from 2016.
US exports to Lesotho in 2017 were $1.9 million, down 8.91% ($0.2 million) from 2016.
US imports from Lesotho in 2017 were $317.0 million, down 0.87% ($2.8 million) from 2016.
US trade deficit with Lesotho in 2017 was $315.1 million, a 0.81% decrease ($2.6 million) over 2016.
Lesotho was the US 128th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 126th in 2016), accounting for 0.0081% of US total trade (down from 0.0087% in 2016).
Lesotho was the US 207th largest export market in 2017 (down from 203rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0001% of US total exports (just as in 2016).
Lesotho was the US 100th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 99th in 2016), accounting for 0.0132% of US total imports (down from 0.0142% in 2016).
US Exports to Lesotho
The major share of US exports to Lesotho in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 47.47% of US total exports to Lesotho (34.32% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 38.06% of US total exports to Lesotho (19.04% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.49% of US total exports to Lesotho (1.35% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.34% of US total exports to Lesotho (1.48% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of US total exports to Lesotho (32.49% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Lesotho in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $0.3 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $0.1 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) - an increase of $0.1 million;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $0.0 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $0.0 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $0.0 million;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $0.0 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Lesotho in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $0.5 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $0.2 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $0.1 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $0.0 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.0 million;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $0.0 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $0.0 million;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $0.0 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $0.0 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 458.6 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 219.6 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 704.6 | 37.05 | 210.7 | 234.44 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 35.1 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4.5 | 0.24 | 121.2 | -96.31 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 14.7 | 0.77 | 27.3 | -46.28 |
| 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 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.7 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2.8 | 0.15 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 28.2 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9.3 | 0.49 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4.5 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6.5 | 0.34 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 31.0 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 100.9 | 5.31 | 423.8 | -76.19 |
| 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 | 135.2 | 7.11 | 55.3 | 144.42 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5.2 | 0.27 | 38.6 | -86.52 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 343.4 | 18.06 | 17.7 | 1,836.23 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 318.0 | 16.72 | 180.9 | 75.76 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 18.5 | 0.97 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 233.6 | 12.28 | 218.2 | 7.07 |
US Imports from Lesotho
The major share of US imports from Lesotho in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 94.26% of US total imports from Lesotho (95.32% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.03% of US total imports from Lesotho (4.19% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Lesotho in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $5.3 million;
- 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) - an increase of $2.6 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Lesotho in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $11.3 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2016 USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 54.0 | 0.02 | 12.6 | 327.23 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 79.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 422.3 | 0.13 | 349.8 | 20.73 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 196,121.4 | 61.86 | 207,441.2 | -5.46 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 102,733.3 | 32.40 | 97,393.0 | 5.48 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 15,942.2 | 5.03 | 13,387.1 | 19.09 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 76.4 | 0.02 | 4.6 | 1,560.05 |
| 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 | 1,139.7 | 0.36 | 792.2 | 43.87 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.8 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 471.3 | 0.15 | 421.7 | 11.78 |