US trade with Malta in the first nine months of 2017
Published or Updated: May 20, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Malta in the first nine months of 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Malta
In the first nine months of 2017, US trade with Malta was $311.1 million, down 78.78% ($1,154.7 million) from the first nine months of 2016.
US exports to Malta in the first nine months of 2017 were $184.0 million, down 18.18% ($40.9 million) from the first nine months of 2016.
US imports from Malta in the first nine months of 2017 were $127.0 million, down 89.76% ($1,113.8 million) from the first nine months of 2016.
US trade balance with Malta went from a deficit of $1,015.9 million in the first nine months of 2016, to a surplus of $57.0 million in the first nine months of 2017.
Malta was the US 118th largest trading partner in the first nine months of 2017 (down from 77th in the first nine months of 2016), accounting for 0.0107% of US total trade (down from 0.0559% in the first nine months of 2016).
Malta was the US 118th largest export market in the first nine months of 2017 (down from 106th in the first nine months of 2016), accounting for 0.0162% of US total exports (down from 0.0213% in the first nine months of 2016).
Malta was the US 111th largest supplier in the first nine months of 2017 (down from 66th in the first nine months of 2016), accounting for 0.0072% of US total imports (down from 0.0794% in the first nine months of 2016).
US Exports to Malta
The major share of US exports to Malta in the first nine months of 2017 (and in the first nine months of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 46.28% of US total exports to Malta (46.65% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 44.68% of US total exports to Malta (42.06% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.50% of US total exports to Malta (3.31% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.47% of US total exports to Malta (1.57% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.28% of US total exports to Malta (0.87% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.63% of US total exports to Malta (1.85% in the first nine months of 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Malta in the first nine months of 2017 over the first nine months of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $1.0 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Malta in the first nine months of 2017 over the first nine months of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $17.9 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $12.4 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 $3.2 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2.6 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 $1.7 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1.4 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $0.7 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $0.6 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in first 9 months 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in first 9 months 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in first 9 months 2017 over first 9 months 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 528.1 | 0.29 | 75.3 | 601.62 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 26.4 | 0.01 | 18.2 | 44.67 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.1 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 381.2 | 0.21 | 166.1 | 129.53 |
| 10 | Cereals | 146.6 | 0.08 | 173.0 | -15.26 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 7.1 | 0.00 | 58.2 | -87.79 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 76.3 | 0.04 | 127.7 | -40.22 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 138.1 | 0.08 | 232.1 | -40.52 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 997.2 | 0.54 | 1,019.7 | -2.21 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 11.8 | 0.01 | 3.8 | 213.87 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 23.3 | 0.01 | 48.1 | -51.59 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 82,234.7 | 44.68 | 94,599.3 | -13.07 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 204.2 | 0.11 | 8.5 | 2,302.61 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 85.8 | 0.05 | 84.0 | 2.18 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 465.4 | 0.25 | 396.5 | 17.38 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 116.5 | 0.06 | 5.0 | 2,233.80 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 183.1 | 0.10 | 224.7 | -18.50 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,036.2 | 0.56 | 924.0 | 12.15 |
| 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 | 172.3 | 0.09 | 198.0 | -12.97 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 34.1 | 0.02 | 15.8 | 116.23 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 4.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 312.8 | 0.17 | 351.6 | -11.05 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,398.6 | 1.85 | 4,769.1 | -28.74 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 436.0 | 0.24 | 474.8 | -8.18 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7.0 | 0.00 | 11.9 | -41.56 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,163.1 | 1.18 | 2,399.3 | -9.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 334.3 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 456.4 | 0.25 | 515.8 | -11.52 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 88.7 | 0.05 | 285.5 | -68.92 |
| 52 | Cotton | 3.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | 16.05 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.1 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 58.6 | 0.03 | 118.3 | -50.43 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 76.2 | 0.04 | 87.4 | -12.82 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 2.8 | 0.00 | 115.3 | -97.57 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 133.0 | 0.07 | 173.6 | -23.40 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 127.5 | 0.07 | 92.2 | 38.29 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 97.4 | 0.05 | 308.6 | -68.46 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 29.3 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 11.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 215.8 | 0.12 | 424.9 | -49.22 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 9.3 | 0.01 | 21.9 | -57.34 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 73.5 | 0.04 | 179.0 | -58.96 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 45.0 | 0.02 | 49.5 | -9.24 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 39.2 | 0.02 | 102.1 | -61.62 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 376.5 | 0.20 | 3,023.3 | -87.55 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 57.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 38.2 | 0.02 | 396.5 | -90.36 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 110.1 | 0.06 | 311.1 | -64.59 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 8.8 | 0.00 | 14.5 | -39.28 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 163.2 | 0.09 | 213.7 | -23.64 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 370.5 | 0.20 | 88.2 | 319.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 15,949.8 | 8.67 | 15,710.6 | 1.52 |
| 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 | 4,287.9 | 2.33 | 6,033.5 | -28.93 |
| 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 | 10.8 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 921.7 | 0.50 | 1,650.6 | -44.16 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 56,188.9 | 30.53 | 74,083.3 | -24.15 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,485.7 | 1.89 | 2,479.7 | 40.57 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,328.8 | 2.35 | 4,956.8 | -12.67 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 26.7 | 0.01 | 34.1 | -21.60 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 20.2 | 0.01 | 26.3 | -23.30 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 119.2 | 0.06 | 23.6 | 404.45 |
| 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 | 151.7 | 0.08 | 3,396.6 | -95.53 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 291.9 | 0.16 | 254.9 | 14.51 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 138.9 | 0.08 | 192.4 | -27.81 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 427.7 | 0.23 | 121.7 | 251.41 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,928.1 | 1.05 | 2,613.2 | -26.22 |
US Imports from Malta
The major share of US imports from Malta in the first nine months of 2017 (and in the first nine months of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 72.26% of US total imports from Malta (6.22% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 18.44% of US total imports from Malta (92.34% in the first nine months of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.30% of US total imports from Malta (0.15% in the first nine months of 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Malta in the first nine months of 2017 over the first nine months of 2016 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) - an increase of $11.8 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2.9 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $2.3 million;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $0.5 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Malta in the first nine months of 2017 over the first nine months of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,125.0 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $4.7 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1.0 million;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $0.8 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $0.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in first 9 months 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in first 9 months 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in first 9 months 2017 over first 9 months 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 328.1 | 0.26 | 723.4 | -54.65 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 9.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 87.0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3.2 | 0.00 | 17.2 | -81.13 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 9.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.7 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 162.9 | 0.13 | 154.8 | 5.22 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 29.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 931.2 | 0.73 | 1,753.8 | -46.91 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 6.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 5,067.2 | 3.99 | 2,815.8 | 79.95 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,366.8 | 8.95 | 1,136,377.1 | -99.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13.2 | 0.01 | 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 | 15.8 | 0.01 | 15.7 | 0.82 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 31.2 | 0.02 | 20.7 | 51.15 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,165.5 | 3.28 | 4,050.5 | 2.84 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,760.3 | 2.17 | 2,458.8 | 12.26 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 35.7 | 0.03 | 125.6 | -71.55 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 286.3 | 0.23 | 57.3 | 400.15 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.8 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 6.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 444.5 | 0.35 | 450.8 | -1.39 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 258.0 | 0.20 | 208.6 | 23.67 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 198.8 | 0.16 | 1,162.2 | -82.90 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -40.27 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 450.2 | 0.35 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 162.0 | 0.13 | 8.4 | 1,834.29 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2.2 | 0.00 | 6.5 | -66.53 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 71.2 | 0.06 | 25.2 | 182.97 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 35.8 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7.6 | 0.01 | 3.5 | 118.28 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 25.0 | 0.02 | 121.6 | -79.40 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4.7 | 0.00 | 8.6 | -45.86 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,605.9 | 6.78 | 5,749.0 | 49.69 |
| 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 | 80,883.3 | 63.68 | 69,114.1 | 17.03 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 339.1 | 0.27 | 115.2 | 194.37 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 6.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,946.8 | 1.53 | 2,234.0 | -12.86 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 18.0 | 0.01 | 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 | 55.5 | 0.04 | 97.6 | -43.19 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,016.7 | 1.59 | 2,203.5 | -8.47 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 21.3 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 577.5 | 0.45 | 346.8 | 66.53 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 5,616.5 | 4.42 | 10,303.6 | -45.49 |