US trade (export - import) with Liberia in 2017
Published or Updated: May 02, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Liberia in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Liberia
In 2017, US trade with Liberia was $239.6 million, down 1.90% ($4.6 million) from 2016.
US exports to Liberia in 2017 were $144.1 million, down 18.34% ($32.4 million) from 2016.
US imports from Liberia in 2017 totaled $95.5 million, up 40.89% ($27.7 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Liberia in 2017 was $48.6 million, a 55.27% decrease ($60.1 million) over 2016.
Liberia was the US 140th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 139th in 2016), accounting for 0.0061% of US total trade (down from 0.0066% in 2016).
Liberia was the US 129th largest export market in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.0093% of US total exports (down from 0.0121% in 2016).
Liberia was the US 125th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 131st in 2016), accounting for 0.0040% of US total imports (up from 0.0030% in 2016).
US Exports to Liberia
The major share of US exports to Liberia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 29.41% of US total exports to Liberia (39.52% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.80% of US total exports to Liberia (19.12% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 18.83% of US total exports to Liberia (10.62% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.37% of US total exports to Liberia (6.58% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.06% of US total exports to Liberia (7.68% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.84% of US total exports to Liberia (6.98% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Liberia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $8.5 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1.7 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1.5 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $0.7 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Liberia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $22.2 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $4.8 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $4.2 million;
- 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 $2.7 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2.5 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) - a decrease of $2.5 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $2.2 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1.4 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $0.6 million;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $0.5 million;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $0.4 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 998.3 | 0.69 | 2,421.7 | -58.78 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 220.2 | 0.15 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 123.4 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 320.3 | 0.22 | 237.5 | 34.85 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 95.6 | 0.07 | 224.4 | -57.42 |
| 10 | Cereals | 26,869.1 | 18.64 | 26,182.1 | 2.62 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 67.1 | 0.05 | 64.4 | 4.07 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 23.7 | 0.02 | 61.7 | -61.60 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 35.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.4 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 12.0 | 0.01 | 36.0 | -66.67 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 353.6 | 0.25 | 384.6 | -8.04 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 219.1 | 0.15 | 645.5 | -66.06 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,344.0 | 2.32 | 3,370.5 | -0.79 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 177.6 | 0.12 | 76.7 | 131.47 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6.0 | 0.00 | 65.3 | -90.80 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 27,127.1 | 18.82 | 18,669.7 | 45.30 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 121.6 | 0.08 | 2,785.8 | -95.64 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 245.7 | 0.17 | 554.0 | -55.65 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 962.9 | 0.67 | 608.6 | 58.23 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 359.7 | 0.25 | 11.8 | 2,958.30 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 208.4 | 0.14 | 193.5 | 7.69 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 154.8 | 0.11 | 600.0 | -74.20 |
| 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 | 338.4 | 0.23 | 339.5 | -0.31 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 51.9 | 0.04 | 58.0 | -10.46 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,746.7 | 1.21 | 1,772.3 | -1.44 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,384.3 | 3.74 | 3,885.6 | 38.57 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,484.3 | 1.72 | 810.7 | 206.46 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8.9 | 0.01 | 264.5 | -96.63 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 408.4 | 0.28 | 705.0 | -42.07 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 136.4 | 0.09 | 131.5 | 3.66 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 272.6 | 0.19 | 419.8 | -35.06 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 70.7 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 15.8 | 0.01 | 23.1 | -31.64 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 33.6 | 0.02 | 46.6 | -27.85 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 20.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2.9 | 0.00 | 106.7 | -97.33 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 231.6 | 0.16 | 787.5 | -70.59 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,518.6 | 6.60 | 11,697.6 | -18.63 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 339.9 | 0.24 | 813.9 | -58.24 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 7.0 | 0.00 | 9.3 | -24.81 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 471.3 | 0.33 | 97.1 | 385.36 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 716.4 | 0.50 | 566.6 | 26.44 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 33.8 | 0.02 | 3.7 | 824.88 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 50.3 | 0.03 | 31.0 | 62.48 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,775.7 | 4.01 | 10,587.5 | -45.45 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 64.1 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 668.0 | 0.46 | 572.8 | 16.61 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 345.3 | 0.24 | 730.2 | -52.71 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 75.5 | 0.05 | 382.1 | -80.25 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 21,015.5 | 14.58 | 43,219.3 | -51.37 |
| 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 | 3,237.6 | 2.25 | 5,691.2 | -43.11 |
| 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 | 533.1 | 0.37 | 782.5 | -31.87 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10,894.1 | 7.56 | 13,387.5 | -18.62 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 248.8 | 0.17 | 63.9 | 289.45 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 545.3 | 0.38 | 519.5 | 4.97 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,913.9 | 4.10 | 6,082.7 | -2.78 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 35.6 | 0.02 | 26.1 | 36.34 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 3.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 5.5 | 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 | 2,081.0 | 1.44 | 1,911.1 | 8.89 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 22.6 | 0.02 | 206.3 | -89.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 114.7 | 0.08 | 46.9 | 144.55 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 25.0 | 0.02 | 4.4 | 463.70 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 8,187.5 | 5.68 | 12,385.3 | -33.89 |
US Imports from Liberia
The major share of US imports from Liberia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 65.98% of US total imports from Liberia (64.53% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.62% of US total imports from Liberia (1.19% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.62% of US total imports from Liberia (1.07% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Liberia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $19.3 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $5.5 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 $1.7 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $1.3 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Liberia in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 26.2 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 29.2 | 0.03 | 32.3 | -9.39 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 523.2 | 0.55 | 695.4 | -24.76 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 63,010.6 | 65.98 | 43,734.5 | 44.08 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 117.3 | 0.12 | 131.8 | -10.97 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.8 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.6 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1.2 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -72.50 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.1 | -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 | 0.3 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 35.7 | 0.04 | 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 | 2,502.8 | 2.62 | 805.8 | 210.61 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 68.5 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 66.9 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 125.3 | 0.13 | 24.2 | 418.62 |
| 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 | 49.6 | 0.05 | 11.9 | 317.64 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 17.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,441.9 | 1.51 | 139.7 | 932.39 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 27,590.6 | 28.89 | 22,041.7 | 25.17 |