US trade (export - import) with Macedonia in 2016
Published or Updated: May 10, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Macedonia in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Macedonia
In 2016, US trade with Macedonia totaled $281.2 million, up 18.25% ($43.4 million) from 2015.
US exports to Macedonia in 2016 totaled $45.8 million, up 47.97% ($14.8 million) from 2015.
US imports from Macedonia in 2016 totaled $235.4 million, up 13.81% ($28.6 million) from 2015.
US trade deficit with Macedonia in 2016 was $189.6 million, a 7.80% increase ($13.7 million) over 2015.
Macedonia was the US 131st largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 137th in 2015), accounting for 0.0076% of US total trade (up from 0.0062% in 2015).
Macedonia was the US 160th largest export market in 2016 (up from 173rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0032% of US total exports (up from 0.0021% in 2015).
Macedonia was the US 106th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 107th in 2015), accounting for 0.0105% of US total imports (up from 0.0090% in 2015).
US Exports to Macedonia
The major share of US exports to Macedonia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 48.97% of US total exports to Macedonia (65.81% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.42% of US total exports to Macedonia (13.11% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.74% of US total exports to Macedonia (8.67% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.55% of US total exports to Macedonia (0.33% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.07% of US total exports to Macedonia (0.58% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Macedonia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $12,807.5 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,688.8 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,226.7 thousand;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $754.1 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $643.4 thousand;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $588.2 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $455.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $227.1 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $137.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Macedonia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $2,153.2 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1,020.6 thousand;
- 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 $667.6 thousand;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $394.2 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $348.3 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $278.2 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $210.6 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $162.9 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 542.5 | 1.18 | 1,563.1 | -65.29 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 127.6 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 39.9 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 20.4 | 0.04 | 28.7 | -29.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 125.0 | 0.27 | 230.1 | -45.70 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 24.3 | 0.05 | 26.1 | -6.92 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 115.8 | 0.25 | 107.4 | 7.74 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 387.4 | 0.85 | 598.0 | -35.23 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,461.0 | 3.19 | 2,128.6 | -31.36 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 141.4 | 0.31 | 105.0 | 34.65 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 714.4 | 1.56 | 877.3 | -18.57 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 244.1 | 0.53 | 334.4 | -27.00 |
| 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 | 13.3 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3.0 | 0.01 | 5.1 | -40.91 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 939.3 | 2.05 | 185.2 | 407.24 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 587.1 | 1.28 | 131.2 | 347.61 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 215.1 | 0.47 | 271.1 | -20.66 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8.6 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 11.8 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 73.0 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9.5 | 0.02 | 16.0 | -40.51 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 167.8 | 0.37 | 191.5 | -12.40 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 588.2 | 1.28 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 11.6 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 38.0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 57.5 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 71.5 | 0.16 | 33.4 | 114.14 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 214.7 | 0.47 | 608.9 | -64.74 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 13.8 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 33.5 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 214.1 | 0.47 | 76.2 | 181.09 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.9 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 39.7 | 0.09 | 54.8 | -27.63 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 231.5 | 0.51 | 4.4 | 5,175.14 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,057.9 | 37.26 | 13,369.1 | 27.59 |
| 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 | 1,258.2 | 2.75 | 3,411.3 | -63.12 |
| 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 | 5.3 | 0.01 | 87.2 | -93.92 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,622.1 | 3.54 | 1,970.4 | -17.68 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 154.3 | 0.34 | 432.5 | -64.32 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,318.6 | 5.06 | 1,091.9 | 112.35 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 41.7 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 21.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 965.9 | 2.11 | 322.5 | 199.53 |
| 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 | 99.0 | 0.22 | 81.9 | 20.87 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 18.7 | 0.04 | 73.7 | -74.63 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8.5 | 0.02 | 10.7 | -20.71 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 29.6 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 14,985.7 | 32.73 | 2,178.2 | 587.99 |
US Imports from Macedonia
The major share of US imports from Macedonia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 71.22% of US total imports from Macedonia (70.00% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 18.08% of US total imports from Macedonia (18.16% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.19% of US total imports from Macedonia (4.36% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.23% of US total imports from Macedonia (3.16% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.00% of US total imports from Macedonia (1.49% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Macedonia in 2016 over 2015 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 $22,864.0 thousand;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $5,975.5 thousand;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $1,449.3 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,218.4 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,065.4 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,042.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $977.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Macedonia in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $4,305.7 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $2,383.9 thousand;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,209.2 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2015 USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 31.9 | 0.01 | 91.6 | -65.23 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 635.2 | 0.27 | 4,940.9 | -87.14 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 20.9 | 0.01 | 21.4 | -2.07 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 102.3 | 0.04 | 159.7 | -35.95 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.3 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 31.9 | 0.01 | 21.5 | 48.16 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,364.6 | 0.58 | 741.8 | 83.96 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5.6 | 0.00 | 83.5 | -93.26 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 3.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 374.5 | 0.16 | 491.2 | -23.76 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 84.2 | 0.04 | 96.5 | -12.70 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 797.9 | 0.34 | 846.3 | -5.72 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,093.6 | 0.89 | 1,051.0 | 99.20 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,255.3 | 1.38 | 2,278.1 | 42.89 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,899.6 | 0.81 | 834.1 | 127.73 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 31,869.0 | 13.54 | 25,893.5 | 23.08 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 23.8 | 0.01 | 4.1 | 487.14 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.2 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 26.4 | 0.01 | 11.5 | 129.87 |
| 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 | 6.4 | 0.00 | 2.7 | 138.89 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 368.0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,122.2 | 1.75 | 2,903.8 | 41.96 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 153.2 | 0.07 | 82.7 | 85.31 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17.5 | 0.01 | 54.7 | -68.07 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8.8 | 0.00 | 78.5 | -88.84 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 2,558.6 | 1.09 | 1,109.3 | 130.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2.6 | 0.00 | 5.4 | -51.87 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 42.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 468.3 | 0.20 | 14.2 | 3,208.20 |
| 52 | Cotton | 66.7 | 0.03 | 67.3 | -0.81 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 484.2 | 0.21 | 281.2 | 72.16 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1.6 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 199.06 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 562.0 | 0.24 | 484.7 | 15.94 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,957.8 | 2.11 | 7,341.7 | -32.47 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,132.7 | 0.48 | 534.4 | 111.95 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 270.0 | 0.11 | 278.3 | -2.97 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 33.2 | 0.01 | 35.3 | -6.07 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 104.1 | 0.04 | 117.6 | -11.43 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,086.8 | 2.16 | 6,295.9 | -19.21 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 156.4 | 0.07 | 98.6 | 58.61 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 113.9 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3.2 | 0.00 | 24.1 | -86.82 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7.0 | 0.00 | 10.9 | -35.61 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,575.1 | 2.79 | 7,166.0 | -8.25 |
| 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 | 2,848.7 | 1.21 | 2,148.5 | 32.59 |
| 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 | 2,209.4 | 0.94 | 2,355.1 | -6.19 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 155,737.3 | 66.16 | 132,873.4 | 17.21 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 282.0 | 0.12 | 251.1 | 12.30 |
| 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 | 3,443.3 | 1.46 | 3,475.5 | -0.93 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 15.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 71.5 | 0.03 | 219.7 | -67.45 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 972.2 | 0.41 | 825.6 | 17.75 |