US trade (export - import) with Liberia in 2015
Published or Updated: Feb 23, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Liberia in 2015: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Liberia
In 2015, US trade with Liberia was $183.0 million, down 32.66% ($88.8 million) from 2014.
US exports to Liberia in 2015 were $135.9 million, down 26.34% ($48.6 million) from 2014.
US imports from Liberia in 2015 were $47.2 million, down 46.01% ($40.2 million) from 2014.
US trade surplus with Liberia in 2015 was $88.7 million, a 8.63% decrease ($8.4 million) over 2014.
Liberia was the US 144th largest trading partner in 2015 (down from 135th in 2014), accounting for 0.0048% of US total trade (down from 0.0067% in 2014).
Liberia was the US 135th largest export market in 2015 (down from 132nd in 2014), accounting for 0.0090% of US total exports (down from 0.0114% in 2014).
Liberia was the US 145th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 127th in 2014), accounting for 0.0020% of US total imports (down from 0.0036% in 2014).
US Exports to Liberia
The major share of US exports to Liberia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 40.28% of US total exports to Liberia (50.86% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.30% of US total exports to Liberia (8.77% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 13.67% of US total exports to Liberia (6.44% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.41% of US total exports to Liberia (12.44% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.87% of US total exports to Liberia (7.75% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.77% of US total exports to Liberia (2.48% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.03% of US total exports to Liberia (0.53% in 2014).
The largest gains in US exports to Liberia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $5.8 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $5.8 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $5.5 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) - an increase of $2.9 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2.1 million;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $2.0 million;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1.0 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $0.8 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $0.6 million;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $0.5 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Liberia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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) - a decrease of $26.1 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $15.3 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $14.5 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $4.5 million;
- 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) - a decrease of $4.0 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $3.1 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2.6 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2.3 million;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $2.3 million;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $0.5 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,293.5 | 1.69 | 1,680.8 | 36.45 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 18.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,065.9 | 0.78 | 1,108.2 | -3.82 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 329.3 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 171.3 | 0.13 | 15.3 | 1,018.48 |
| 10 | Cereals | 12,124.2 | 8.92 | 6,275.2 | 93.21 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 75.9 | 0.06 | 214.4 | -64.59 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11.3 | 0.01 | 17.0 | -33.77 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 6.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 784.1 | 0.58 | 928.1 | -15.51 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 13.4 | 0.01 | 60.4 | -77.86 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 16.8 | 0.01 | 3.9 | 329.13 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,240.9 | 0.91 | 1,630.5 | -23.89 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 591.0 | 0.44 | 545.1 | 8.42 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,010.6 | 3.69 | 3,058.5 | 63.83 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 77.0 | 0.06 | 301.3 | -74.44 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 24.6 | 0.02 | 2,295.6 | -98.93 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 7,819.5 | 5.76 | 2,287.0 | 241.90 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 892.3 | 0.66 | 616.6 | 44.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 29.3 | 0.02 | 20.5 | 43.18 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 490.0 | 0.36 | 3,115.2 | -84.27 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,004.9 | 0.74 | 2.7 | 36,506.63 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 177.2 | 0.13 | 337.3 | -47.46 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 398.6 | 0.29 | 422.2 | -5.59 |
| 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 | 407.0 | 0.30 | 611.2 | -33.41 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 53.2 | 0.04 | 65.1 | -18.24 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 14.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 375.0 | 0.28 | 230.3 | 62.84 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,321.9 | 2.45 | 7,772.4 | -57.26 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 809.7 | 0.60 | 1,104.8 | -26.71 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 284.8 | 0.21 | 157.5 | 80.83 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 61.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 881.2 | 0.65 | 93.7 | 840.34 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 244.8 | 0.18 | 110.6 | 121.30 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 277.9 | 0.20 | 776.6 | -64.21 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.2 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.5 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 24.9 | 0.02 | 35.6 | -30.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.8 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 7.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 116.4 | 0.09 | 47.9 | 143.06 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 21.1 | 0.02 | 16.2 | 30.47 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,048.9 | 0.77 | 325.9 | 221.80 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 16,876.0 | 12.42 | 11,092.3 | 52.14 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 472.7 | 0.35 | 296.7 | 59.32 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 9.9 | 0.01 | 25.9 | -61.74 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 212.3 | 0.16 | 222.2 | -4.50 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 496.0 | 0.37 | 34.7 | 1,329.54 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 48.5 | 0.04 | 32.7 | 48.57 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 152.0 | 0.11 | 244.6 | -37.85 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,751.3 | 4.97 | 21,269.4 | -68.26 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 294.1 | 0.22 | 5.8 | 4,970.88 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 575.8 | 0.42 | 382.7 | 50.46 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 137.6 | 0.10 | 293.8 | -53.18 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 800.5 | 0.59 | 748.5 | 6.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 30,839.4 | 22.70 | 46,097.0 | -33.10 |
| 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 | 8,141.1 | 5.99 | 5,260.2 | 54.77 |
| 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 | 1,702.1 | 1.25 | 27,793.2 | -93.88 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10,986.7 | 8.09 | 8,884.0 | 23.67 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 172.4 | 0.13 | 164.3 | 4.94 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 178.9 | 0.13 | 550.9 | -67.53 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,706.4 | 1.99 | 5,049.1 | -46.40 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 26.5 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 7.7 | 0.01 | 93.4 | -91.74 |
| 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 | 1,613.5 | 1.19 | 5,604.5 | -71.21 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 95.0 | 0.07 | 36.3 | 161.48 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 46.5 | 0.03 | 175.7 | -73.55 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 47.5 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 10,242.4 | 7.54 | 13,340.4 | -23.22 |
US Imports from Liberia
The major share of US imports from Liberia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 91.70% of US total imports from Liberia (87.49% in 2014);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.56% of US total imports from Liberia (1.62% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.16% of US total imports from Liberia (0.66% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.03% of US total imports from Liberia (9.77% in 2014).
The largest gains in US imports from Liberia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $1.2 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 $0.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Liberia in 2015 over the 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $33.3 million;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $8.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2014 USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 11.7 | 0.02 | 3.9 | 196.22 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.9 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 16.5 | 0.03 | 28.3 | -41.77 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.7 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 518.0 | 1.10 | 501.1 | 3.37 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 28.3 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8,444.0 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12.7 | 0.03 | 90.9 | -86.01 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 31.5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 66.2 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.1 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 43,150.2 | 91.49 | 76,427.0 | -43.54 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.6 | 58.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 86.2 | 0.18 | 92.5 | -6.78 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.7 | -57.04 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 9.5 | 0.02 | 15.7 | -39.44 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,620.6 | 5.56 | 1,412.6 | 85.51 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 24.6 | 0.05 | 23.5 | 4.65 |
| 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 | 329.8 | 0.70 | 48.5 | 579.42 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3.2 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 40.17 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 17.8 | 0.04 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 12.0 | 0.03 | 32.5 | -63.11 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 239.7 | 0.51 | 181.3 | 32.25 |