US trade (export - import) with Mongolia in 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Mongolia in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Mongolia
In 2017, US trade with Mongolia totaled $90.7 million, up 35.07% ($23.5 million) from 2016.
US exports to Mongolia in 2017 totaled $81.4 million, up 46.44% ($25.8 million) from 2016.
US imports from Mongolia in 2017 were $9.3 million, down 19.73% ($2.3 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Mongolia in 2017 was $72.2 million, a 63.75% increase ($28.1 million) over 2016.
Mongolia was the US 167th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 169th in 2016), accounting for 0.0023% of US total trade (up from 0.0018% in 2016).
Mongolia was the US 147th largest export market in 2017 (up from 156th in 2016), accounting for 0.0053% of US total exports (up from 0.0038% in 2016).
Mongolia was the US 170th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 167th in 2016), accounting for 0.0004% of US total imports (down from 0.0005% in 2016).
US Exports to Mongolia
The major share of US exports to Mongolia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 69.32% of US total exports to Mongolia (71.83% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.70% of US total exports to Mongolia (7.40% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.31% of US total exports to Mongolia (6.07% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.84% of US total exports to Mongolia (6.53% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.35% of US total exports to Mongolia (2.78% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.15% of US total exports to Mongolia (1.15% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 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 $13,216.8 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,191.0 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,555.1 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,926.2 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $1,866.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $1,813.2 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $828.2 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $820.9 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $539.3 thousand;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $477.9 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $350.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $334.1 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $296.3 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $255.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,454.0 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $820.5 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $587.3 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 $367.3 thousand.
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 | 24.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 31.3 | 0.04 | 110.0 | -71.52 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 26.2 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 235.2 | 0.29 | 142.7 | 64.89 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 65.9 | 0.08 | 65.1 | 1.24 |
10 | Cereals | 144.2 | 0.18 | 108.7 | 32.73 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.3 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 19.8 | 0.02 | 24.8 | -20.20 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 62.3 | 0.08 | 62.9 | -1.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 31.8 | 0.04 | 51.9 | -38.60 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 182.6 | 0.22 | 215.2 | -15.16 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 158.6 | 0.19 | 67.2 | 136.03 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 75.1 | 0.09 | 75.3 | -0.21 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 204.4 | 0.25 | 212.4 | -3.75 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,532.4 | 4.34 | 1,719.2 | 105.47 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 291.6 | 0.36 | 419.2 | -30.44 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 75.2 | 0.09 | 50.1 | 50.11 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 23.3 | 0.03 | 18.9 | 23.28 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 914.2 | 1.12 | 617.9 | 47.95 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.8 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 945.9 | 1.16 | 117.8 | 703.05 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,402.8 | 2.95 | 476.6 | 404.13 |
31 | Fertilizers | 28.2 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 293.8 | 0.36 | 76.1 | 285.84 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 668.8 | 0.82 | 412.9 | 61.97 |
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 | 769.5 | 0.94 | 291.6 | 163.92 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 23.0 | 0.03 | 103.4 | -77.74 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 7.1 | 0.01 | 7.1 | 0.41 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2.5 | 0.00 | 30.0 | -91.57 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 871.1 | 1.07 | 536.9 | 62.23 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,126.7 | 1.38 | 587.4 | 91.81 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,014.6 | 4.93 | 1,459.5 | 175.06 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 28.6 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 12.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 44.9 | 0.06 | 33.5 | 34.14 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 96.7 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 15.4 | 0.02 | 33.4 | -54.05 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 29.5 | 0.04 | 34.3 | -14.01 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 12.8 | 0.02 | 60.4 | -78.77 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.8 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 26.3 | 0.03 | 43.1 | -39.06 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 60.2 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,013.6 | 1.24 | 192.7 | 426.06 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 188.3 | 0.23 | 48.2 | 290.52 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 139.6 | 0.17 | 60.0 | 132.62 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 478.6 | 0.59 | 1,066.0 | -55.10 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 55.7 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 47.5 | 0.06 | 222.5 | -78.64 |
69 | Ceramic products | 4.4 | 0.01 | 65.9 | -93.32 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 69.6 | 0.09 | 21.5 | 224.47 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 21.2 | 0.03 | 15.8 | 34.60 |
72 | Iron and steel | 53.2 | 0.07 | 53.1 | 0.27 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,742.4 | 2.14 | 1,578.5 | 10.39 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 25.7 | 0.03 | 19.2 | 33.56 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 8.8 | 0.01 | 9.3 | -4.95 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 51.7 | 0.06 | 57.4 | -9.90 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 12.9 | 0.02 | 17.9 | -28.33 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 999.7 | 1.23 | 1,820.3 | -45.08 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 235.8 | 0.29 | 77.5 | 204.05 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 18,464.5 | 22.68 | 15,273.5 | 20.89 |
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 | 4,981.1 | 6.12 | 5,348.4 | -6.87 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 25,213.6 | 30.96 | 11,996.8 | 110.17 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 4,801.6 | 5.90 | 2,934.7 | 63.62 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 149.0 | 0.18 | 96.6 | 54.14 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,838.7 | 3.49 | 4,292.7 | -33.87 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 14.4 | 0.02 | 7.6 | 89.07 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 17.2 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 206.9 | 0.25 | 79.5 | 160.38 |
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 | 896.2 | 1.10 | 768.1 | 16.67 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 187.6 | 0.23 | 147.2 | 27.50 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 91.1 | 0.11 | 142.5 | -36.10 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.5 | -100.00 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,023.6 | 1.26 | 673.1 | 52.09 |
US Imports from Mongolia
The major share of US imports from Mongolia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 51.97% of US total imports from Mongolia (46.08% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 17.85% of US total imports from Mongolia (13.22% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.70% of US total imports from Mongolia (9.56% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.06% of US total imports from Mongolia (0.24% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.45% of US total imports from Mongolia (1.26% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.92% of US total imports from Mongolia (2.28% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 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 $276.4 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $129.6 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $117.0 thousand;
- 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 $53.3 thousand;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - an increase of $47.7 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $45.5 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $42.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $41.4 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $36.9 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Mongolia in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1,558.9 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 $569.7 thousand;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $455.0 thousand;
- 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) - a decrease of $178.7 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $116.6 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $80.6 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $48.6 thousand;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $47.4 thousand.
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 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.2 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 116.6 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12.8 | 0.14 | 17.3 | -25.90 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 45.5 | 0.49 | 0.0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 41.4 | 0.45 | 0.0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12.9 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ∞ |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 21.8 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 80.1 | 0.87 | 535.0 | -85.03 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 4,730.3 | 51.11 | 4,777.7 | -0.99 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 53.3 | 0.58 | 0.0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 117.0 | 1.26 | 0.0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 20.5 | 0.22 | 25.4 | -19.31 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.8 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 42.6 | 0.46 | 0.0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 11.2 | 0.12 | 4.5 | 150.97 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 15.9 | 0.17 | 14.3 | 11.30 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 50.0 | 0.54 | 2.2 | 2,124.21 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,139.2 | 12.31 | 1,219.8 | -6.61 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 109.8 | 1.19 | 113.0 | -2.82 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 254.2 | 2.75 | 124.5 | 104.11 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 46.8 | 0.51 | 9.9 | 374.30 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 36.7 | 0.40 | 40.2 | -8.84 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 84.8 | 0.92 | 263.5 | -67.83 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.6 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 207.3 | 2.24 | 195.1 | 6.27 |
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 | 191.0 | 2.06 | 760.7 | -74.89 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 366.8 | 3.96 | 90.4 | 305.68 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 40.5 | 0.44 | 55.7 | -27.29 |
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 | 44.9 | 0.49 | 47.0 | -4.30 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2.7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.1 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 669.2 | 7.23 | 717.9 | -6.77 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 806.9 | 8.72 | 2,365.8 | -65.89 |