US trade (export - import) with Luxembourg in 2014
Published or Updated: Feb 07, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Luxembourg in 2014: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Luxembourg
In 2014, US trade with Luxembourg was $2,301.3 million, down 8.44% ($212.2 million) from 2013.
US exports to Luxembourg in 2014 were $1,516.2 million, down 17.99% ($332.6 million) from 2013.
US imports from Luxembourg in 2014 totaled $785.1 million, up 18.11% ($120.4 million) from 2013.
US trade surplus with Luxembourg in 2014 was $731.1 million, a 38.26% decrease ($453.0 million) over 2013.
Luxembourg was the US 79th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 77th in 2013), accounting for 0.0571% of US total trade (down from 0.0644% in 2013).
Luxembourg was the US 71st largest export market in 2014 (down from 65th in 2013), accounting for 0.0936% of US total exports (down from 0.1172% in 2013).
Luxembourg was the US 82nd largest supplier in 2014 (up from 86th in 2013), accounting for 0.0326% of US total imports (up from 0.0286% in 2013).
US Exports to Luxembourg
The major share of US exports to Luxembourg in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 66.09% of US total exports to Luxembourg (78.97% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.85% of US total exports to Luxembourg (7.03% in 2013);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 3.84% of US total exports to Luxembourg (0.86% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.90% of US total exports to Luxembourg (1.50% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.58% of US total exports to Luxembourg (0.74% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.21% of US total exports to Luxembourg (2.87% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.08% of US total exports to Luxembourg (0.75% in 2013).
The largest gains in US exports to Luxembourg in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $68.7 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 $42.3 million;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $33.5 million;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $10.2 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $7.2 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $6.9 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Luxembourg in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $421.5 million;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $36.4 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $30.2 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $11.5 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $11.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2014 over 2013 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 96.2 | 0.01 | 226.9 | -57.61 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,500.8 | 0.10 | 715.6 | 109.73 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.3 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 6.1 | 0.00 | 5.9 | 4.25 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 13,229.9 | 0.87 | 49,667.6 | -73.36 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 131.7 | 0.01 | 99.0 | 33.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 169.1 | 0.01 | 28.2 | 500.09 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,314.5 | 0.15 | 2,028.6 | 14.09 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 35.3 | 0.00 | 31.9 | 10.60 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2.8 | 0.00 | 138.0 | -97.98 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 64.6 | 0.00 | 21.0 | 207.14 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 359.4 | 0.02 | 44.9 | 700.67 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 22.5 | 0.00 | 31.9 | -29.58 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 488.1 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,349.6 | 1.01 | 13,492.5 | 13.76 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 708.1 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 386.5 | 0.03 | 443.8 | -12.91 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 55,206.5 | 3.64 | 21,746.7 | 153.86 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,224.7 | 0.08 | 26.9 | 4,448.91 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,280.0 | 0.08 | 1,752.2 | -26.95 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,160.7 | 0.27 | 5,024.3 | -17.19 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,178.1 | 0.08 | 669.0 | 76.10 |
| 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 | 64.4 | 0.00 | 20.2 | 218.03 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 36.2 | 0.00 | 25.8 | 40.48 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 686.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 68.5 | 0.00 | 104.4 | -34.34 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,011.7 | 0.26 | 2,996.1 | 33.90 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 36,042.0 | 2.38 | 28,885.7 | 24.77 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 75,684.2 | 4.99 | 68,784.2 | 10.03 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 298.9 | 0.02 | 607.3 | -50.79 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 17.0 | 0.00 | 48.8 | -65.20 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 90.2 | 0.01 | 34.9 | 158.47 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,855.0 | 0.19 | 1,898.7 | 50.37 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 900.2 | 0.06 | 938.1 | -4.04 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 567.6 | 0.04 | 356.7 | 59.11 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 26,794.5 | 1.77 | 23,292.4 | 15.04 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3.3 | 0.00 | 17.9 | -81.59 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 117.8 | 0.01 | 210.5 | -44.02 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2,362.5 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 33.4 | 0.00 | 68.9 | -51.57 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 918.3 | 0.06 | 740.0 | 24.09 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 66.9 | 0.00 | 102.0 | -34.45 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 248.1 | 0.02 | 184.5 | 34.51 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 39.6 | 0.00 | 395.9 | -90.01 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,812.7 | 0.12 | 1,932.0 | -6.18 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 272.5 | 0.02 | 102.5 | 165.94 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,151.8 | 0.08 | 1,581.6 | -27.18 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 58,196.1 | 3.84 | 15,862.1 | 266.89 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 102.7 | 0.01 | 60.3 | 70.38 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,542.2 | 0.10 | 1,522.7 | 1.28 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,487.9 | 0.49 | 8,571.9 | -12.65 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 98.4 | 0.01 | 145.1 | -32.13 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,106.0 | 0.07 | 504.9 | 119.02 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 284.3 | 0.02 | 10.6 | 2,581.10 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 12.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 11,121.8 | 0.73 | 958.6 | 1,060.18 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,448.4 | 0.10 | 1,129.1 | 28.27 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 722.0 | 0.05 | 686.8 | 5.13 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 120,014.4 | 7.92 | 150,253.3 | -20.13 |
| 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 | 47,379.0 | 3.12 | 45,435.6 | 4.28 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 40.0 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,931.2 | 0.39 | 3,500.0 | 69.46 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 788,551.8 | 52.01 | 1,210,010.5 | -34.83 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 994.6 | 0.07 | 7.8 | 12,688.70 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 39,191.1 | 2.58 | 50,698.4 | -22.70 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 66.2 | 0.00 | 75.1 | -11.96 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 525.5 | 0.03 | 258.0 | 103.66 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 4,427.7 | 0.29 | 7,706.5 | -42.55 |
| 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 | 773.9 | 0.05 | 972.0 | -20.38 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 595.0 | 0.04 | 840.0 | -29.16 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 87.7 | 0.01 | 111.6 | -21.39 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 139,461.7 | 9.20 | 70,787.8 | 97.01 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 35,373.5 | 2.33 | 46,731.2 | -24.30 |
US Imports from Luxembourg
The major share of US imports from Luxembourg in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 43.72% of US total imports from Luxembourg (40.10% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.61% of US total imports from Luxembourg (8.40% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.61% of US total imports from Luxembourg (11.67% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.41% of US total imports from Luxembourg (4.55% in 2013);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.03% of US total imports from Luxembourg (0.07% in 2013).
The largest gains in US imports from Luxembourg in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $70.2 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $29.8 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $9.2 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 $7.6 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3.8 million;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $3.4 million;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $3.2 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 $2.6 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Luxembourg in 2014 over the 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $5.2 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4.9 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 $3.0 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2013 USD thousand) |
Change in 2014 over 2013 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 70.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 17.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 181.3 | 0.02 | 9.9 | 1,726.95 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 272.5 | 0.03 | 286.4 | -4.86 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 23.5 | 0.00 | 22.7 | 3.72 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 64.1 | 0.01 | 60.8 | 5.46 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 3,359.4 | 0.43 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11.4 | 0.00 | 13.5 | -15.59 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 325.1 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 21.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 381.9 | 0.05 | 454.8 | -16.03 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,238.7 | 0.41 | 995.2 | 225.42 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.8 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 275.8 | 0.04 | 341.7 | -19.27 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 35,922.7 | 4.58 | 26,686.8 | 34.61 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 27,435.6 | 3.49 | 27,366.2 | 0.25 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 15.0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 149.06 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 45.1 | 0.01 | 729.8 | -93.82 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 185.1 | 0.02 | 129.5 | 42.93 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 265.0 | 0.03 | 471.6 | -43.79 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 31,169.6 | 3.97 | 28,923.9 | 7.76 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 27.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,451.4 | 0.44 | 1,152.9 | 199.36 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.4 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -81.01 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12.9 | 0.00 | 4.9 | 165.69 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.3 | 0.00 | 2.2 | -85.43 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.3 | 0.00 | 188.6 | -99.86 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,529.2 | 0.32 | 2,292.8 | 10.32 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 38.2 | 0.00 | 53.8 | -28.97 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3,412.0 | 0.43 | 2,941.9 | 15.98 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 8,123.0 | 1.03 | 474.4 | 1,612.14 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 171,024.9 | 21.78 | 100,809.1 | 69.65 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 127,826.6 | 16.28 | 124,008.8 | 3.08 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 16,732.6 | 2.13 | 17,388.1 | -3.77 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 2.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,161.1 | 0.28 | 2,360.4 | -8.45 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 9,862.0 | 1.26 | 9,542.8 | 3.34 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 15,550.4 | 1.98 | 12,383.3 | 25.58 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 123.7 | 0.02 | 58.7 | 110.88 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 41,553.5 | 5.29 | 46,411.0 | -10.47 |
| 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 | 8,602.9 | 1.10 | 5,963.5 | 44.26 |
| 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 | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,623.0 | 0.84 | 7,559.8 | -12.39 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 3,426.5 | 0.44 | 8,654.9 | -60.41 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 8.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,346.9 | 0.94 | 9,000.8 | -18.37 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.2 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 64.0 | 0.01 | 332.7 | -80.76 |
| 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 | 892.1 | 0.11 | 3,849.1 | -76.82 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 174.6 | 0.02 | 33.4 | 423.54 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 218.1 | 0.03 | 287.1 | -24.02 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 809.3 | 0.10 | 964.1 | -16.06 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 251,231.5 | 32.00 | 221,476.9 | 13.43 |