US trade (export - import) with Mali in 2018
Published or Updated: Jul 07, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Mali in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Mali
In 2018, US trade with Mali totaled $83.3 million, up 28.00% ($18.2 million) from 2017.
US exports to Mali in 2018 totaled $78.4 million, up 26.39% ($16.4 million) from 2017.
US imports from Mali in 2018 totaled $4.9 million, up 60.49% ($1.9 million) from 2017.
US trade surplus with Mali in 2018 was $73.4 million, a 24.62% increase ($14.5 million) over 2017.
Mali was the US 170th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 172nd in 2017), accounting for 0.0019% of US total trade (up from 0.0016% in 2017).
Mali was the US 156th largest export market in 2018 (up from 160th in 2017), accounting for 0.0047% of US total exports (up from 0.0040% in 2017).
Mali was the US 186th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 193rd in 2017), accounting for 0.0002% of US total imports (up from 0.0001% in 2017).
US Exports to Mali
The major share of US exports to Mali in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 70.09% of US total exports to Mali (64.00% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.57% of US total exports to Mali (17.97% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.93% of US total exports to Mali (4.95% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.66% of US total exports to Mali (4.58% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.49% of US total exports to Mali (2.91% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Mali in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $23,231.7 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,778.1 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $944.1 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $914.3 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $813.0 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $593.1 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $402.3 thousand;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $380.8 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $241.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Mali in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $7,186.9 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,249.3 thousand;
- 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 $2,242.2 thousand;
- 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 $495.8 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $303.1 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 $239.1 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 25.7 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 182.0 | 0.23 | 283.7 | -35.85 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 53.0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 857.3 | 1.09 | 762.0 | 12.51 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 9.0 | 0.01 | 53.3 | -83.11 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.8 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 323.4 | 0.41 | 338.6 | -4.48 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 7.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.9 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,649.3 | 2.11 | 1,584.8 | 4.07 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 40.5 | 0.05 | 163.3 | -75.22 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 239.1 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 11.3 | 0.01 | 65.7 | -82.77 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,024.9 | 2.58 | 4,274.1 | -52.63 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 31.7 | 0.04 | 45.8 | -30.73 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 303.1 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 4.8 | 0.01 | 22.8 | -79.16 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 23.2 | 0.03 | 17.6 | 31.89 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 438.6 | 0.56 | 57.8 | 658.97 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 239.4 | 0.31 | 228.3 | 4.87 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,808.5 | 3.58 | 2,617.8 | 7.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,046.2 | 6.44 | 3,268.1 | 54.41 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 81.4 | 0.10 | 10.8 | 654.86 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 113.1 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 22.2 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 122.3 | 0.16 | 178.2 | -31.40 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 101.2 | 0.13 | 40.5 | 149.61 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 50.5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 9.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 42.4 | 0.05 | 36.0 | 17.83 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 21.9 | 0.03 | 19.8 | 10.29 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11.8 | 0.02 | 133.1 | -91.13 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,787.7 | 2.28 | 1,546.2 | 15.62 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3.8 | 0.00 | 26.2 | -85.50 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 23.0 | 0.03 | 44.7 | -48.58 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 17.9 | 0.02 | 13.7 | 30.61 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 9.5 | 0.01 | 28.2 | -66.28 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 8.1 | 0.01 | 29.6 | -72.64 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6.1 | 0.01 | 7.5 | -18.87 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 168.4 | 0.21 | 166.9 | 0.90 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,794.4 | 2.29 | 1,842.9 | -2.63 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 28.7 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 166.8 | 0.21 | 119.6 | 39.49 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 583.0 | 0.74 | 598.2 | -2.55 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 119.1 | 0.15 | 112.1 | 6.25 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,285.5 | 22.06 | 24,472.4 | -29.37 |
| 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 | 6,389.3 | 8.15 | 8,631.5 | -25.98 |
| 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 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,170.3 | 5.32 | 3,577.3 | 16.58 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 23,739.0 | 30.30 | 507.3 | 4,579.32 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0.0 | 0.00 | 57.5 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,335.0 | 4.26 | 2,420.6 | 37.77 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 746.0 | 0.95 | 343.7 | 117.05 |
| 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 | 179.5 | 0.23 | 675.3 | -73.42 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 968.6 | 1.24 | 155.6 | 522.46 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 17.7 | 0.02 | 65.6 | -73.05 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 20.3 | 0.03 | 12.0 | 68.75 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,561.2 | 3.27 | 1,617.1 | 58.39 |
US Imports from Mali
The major share of US imports from Mali in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 37.65% of US total imports from Mali (27.34% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.03% of US total imports from Mali (16.39% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.29% of US total imports from Mali (7.16% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.49% of US total imports from Mali (1.13% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.99% of US total imports from Mali (13.03% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Mali in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,139.5 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $988.1 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $254.2 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $130.0 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $95.6 thousand;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $53.6 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $49.4 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $22.5 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $21.6 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $20.8 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Mali in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $303.4 thousand;
- 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 $181.2 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $111.1 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $52.0 thousand;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $45.5 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $39.4 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $36.6 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $34.4 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $27.3 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $18.7 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $17.2 thousand;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $16.5 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $15.6 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2017 USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 46.6 | 0.95 | 42.5 | 9.60 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.3 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2.7 | 0.06 | 2.6 | 4.91 |
| 10 | Cereals | 10.6 | 0.22 | 26.2 | -59.58 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 13.7 | 0.28 | 30.2 | -54.60 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.2 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 64.9 | 1.32 | 176.1 | -63.11 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 382.8 | 7.78 | 128.5 | 197.83 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 52.0 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 21.6 | 0.44 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.2 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 53.6 | 1.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3.5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 4.9 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5.5 | 0.11 | 7.0 | -20.32 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 57.0 | 1.16 | 7.6 | 649.68 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2.7 | 0.06 | 1.9 | 41.89 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 17.4 | 0.35 | 13.6 | 27.91 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7.0 | 0.14 | 43.6 | -84.06 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 31.5 | 0.64 | 45.9 | -31.49 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3.5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6.8 | 0.14 | 310.2 | -97.80 |
| 52 | Cotton | 17.4 | 0.35 | 62.9 | -72.34 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.4 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8.8 | 0.18 | 12.9 | -31.66 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 73.6 | 1.50 | 51.1 | 44.04 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 61.6 | 1.25 | 80.3 | -23.28 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.3 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2.7 | 0.05 | 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 | 15.4 | 0.31 | 10.5 | 47.18 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5.6 | 0.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20.8 | 0.42 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,160.4 | 23.58 | 20.8 | 5,466.58 |
| 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 | 478.7 | 9.73 | 659.9 | -27.45 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 100.0 | 2.03 | 4.4 | 2,196.21 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 114.0 | 2.32 | 153.4 | -25.68 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 73.0 | 1.48 | 71.6 | 1.91 |
| 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 | 3.0 | 0.06 | 2.9 | 4.87 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 34.4 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,655.1 | 33.63 | 667.0 | 148.13 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 399.3 | 8.11 | 269.3 | 48.29 |