US trade (export - import) with Myanmar (Burma) in 2015
Published or Updated: Feb 18, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Myanmar (Burma) in 2015: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Myanmar (Burma)
In 2015, US trade with Myanmar (Burma) totaled $377.6 million, up 100.04% ($188.8 million) from 2014.
US exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 totaled $227.3 million, up 144.80% ($134.5 million) from 2014.
US imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 totaled $150.3 million, up 56.70% ($54.4 million) from 2014.
US trade with Myanmar (Burma) went from a deficit of $3.0 million in 2014, to a surplus of $77.0 million in 2015.
Myanmar (Burma) was the US 120th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 148th in 2014), accounting for 0.0099% of US total trade (up from 0.0047% in 2014).
Myanmar (Burma) was the US 120th largest export market in 2015 (up from 147th in 2014), accounting for 0.0151% of US total exports (up from 0.0057% in 2014).
Myanmar (Burma) was the US 116th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 124th in 2014), accounting for 0.0065% of US total imports (up from 0.0040% in 2014).
US Exports to Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of US exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 74.86% of US total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (69.01% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 16.88% of US total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (17.16% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.89% of US total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (4.59% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.98% of US total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.24% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.97% of US total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (2.80% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.68% of US total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.25% in 2014).
The largest gains in US exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $95.6 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $18.6 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $17.0 million;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $7.7 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) - an increase of $1.2 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $0.9 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $0.7 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3.9 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 $3.2 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1.9 million;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $1.5 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1.5 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 254.0 | 0.11 | 18.5 | 1,270.09 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 100.8 | 0.04 | 150.0 | -32.82 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 440.0 | 0.19 | 892.2 | -50.69 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,337.8 | 0.59 | 2,868.6 | -53.36 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 584.3 | 0.26 | 19.6 | 2,884.94 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 975.5 | 0.43 | 604.2 | 61.47 |
| 10 | Cereals | 3,282.1 | 1.44 | 5,185.2 | -36.70 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 19,168.3 | 8.43 | 2,194.2 | 773.57 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 75.0 | 0.03 | 35.6 | 110.68 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 3.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 24.5 | 0.01 | 9.0 | 173.24 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 23.9 | 0.01 | 29.2 | -17.99 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 97.2 | 0.04 | 64.5 | 50.83 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,113.5 | 0.49 | 718.8 | 54.91 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 180.1 | 0.08 | 83.9 | 114.64 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 10,717.0 | 4.71 | 3,056.7 | 250.60 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 18.5 | 0.01 | 32.4 | -42.80 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 686.1 | 0.30 | 424.4 | 61.67 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 368.4 | 0.16 | 235.9 | 56.20 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 948.0 | 0.42 | 249.6 | 279.82 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,191.1 | 0.52 | 1,048.1 | 13.64 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 31.6 | 0.01 | 7.9 | 302.34 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 593.3 | 0.26 | 263.3 | 125.36 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 367.2 | 0.16 | 453.8 | -19.08 |
| 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 | 324.8 | 0.14 | 239.9 | 35.41 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 262.5 | 0.12 | 80.9 | 224.51 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 153.6 | 0.07 | 3.2 | 4,731.20 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 961.1 | 0.42 | 943.2 | 1.90 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,326.4 | 0.58 | 602.1 | 120.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 35.0 | 0.02 | 134.7 | -74.05 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 286.6 | 0.13 | 13.5 | 2,027.15 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 979.3 | 0.43 | 1,242.0 | -21.15 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.6 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 476.3 | 0.21 | 587.9 | -18.99 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 250.0 | 0.11 | 263.8 | -5.22 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 502.8 | 0.22 | 504.5 | -0.35 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 642.9 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 568.5 | 0.25 | 109.4 | 419.50 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 183.2 | 0.08 | 90.3 | 102.87 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 5.7 | 0.00 | 3.4 | 66.02 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 80.0 | 0.04 | 12.0 | 568.87 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 320.3 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 86.6 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 279.6 | 0.12 | 197.6 | 41.49 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 115.1 | 0.05 | 17.3 | 563.92 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 20.5 | 0.01 | 37.0 | -44.52 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3.5 | 0.00 | 18.0 | -80.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 18.4 | 0.01 | 56.2 | -67.25 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.6 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,461.2 | 0.64 | 714.4 | 104.55 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 142.9 | 0.06 | 53.6 | 166.76 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.7 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 528.2 | 0.23 | 345.2 | 53.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 87.4 | 0.04 | 30.3 | 188.40 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 32,362.1 | 14.24 | 13,778.0 | 134.88 |
| 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 | 11,619.9 | 5.11 | 14,860.9 | -21.81 |
| 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 | 542.5 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10,836.5 | 4.77 | 14,784.2 | -26.70 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 98,222.5 | 43.21 | 2,643.7 | 3,615.36 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 111.5 | 0.05 | 61.8 | 80.35 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16,475.7 | 7.25 | 17,950.2 | -8.21 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 22.5 | 0.01 | 100.4 | -77.59 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 86.7 | 0.04 | 81.7 | 6.08 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 38.6 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 1,511.2 | 0.66 | 267.6 | 464.71 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 314.9 | 0.14 | 139.6 | 125.62 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 19.0 | 0.01 | 76.0 | -74.95 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,219.9 | 1.42 | 2,366.8 | 36.04 |
US Imports from Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of US imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 40.98% of US total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (26.08% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 33.18% of US total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (57.90% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.26% of US total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (1.37% in 2014);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.78% of US total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (11.35% in 2014).
The largest gains in US imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $28.2 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $19.2 million;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $7.0 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $6.8 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $3.7 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $3.0 million;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2.9 million;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $1.8 million;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $0.6 million;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (HS code 67) - an increase of $0.5 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2015 over the 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $12.3 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) - a decrease of $9.7 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2014 USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 35,181.8 | 23.41 | 47,517.3 | -25.96 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,842.5 | 1.89 | 1,027.5 | 176.63 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,302.8 | 4.86 | 4,439.5 | 64.49 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 122.5 | 0.08 | 70.3 | 74.34 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 309.5 | 0.21 | 177.9 | 73.94 |
| 10 | Cereals | 71.1 | 0.05 | 39.5 | 80.18 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 727.3 | 0.48 | 321.3 | 126.37 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 109.1 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 261.8 | 0.17 | 22.8 | 1,045.94 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,828.8 | 1.22 | 1,888.4 | -3.16 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 30.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 89.3 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 570.0 | 0.38 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 372.5 | 0.25 | 9.4 | 3,853.90 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 45.4 | 0.03 | 14.4 | 216.55 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.6 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9.2 | 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 | 9.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 20.0 | 0.01 | 0.5 | 3,925.10 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 29,996.0 | 19.96 | 1,810.0 | 1,557.22 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,547.1 | 3.03 | 849.3 | 435.41 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 349.3 | 0.23 | 465.7 | -24.98 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.2 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.7 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 13,021.0 | 8.66 | 6,216.6 | 109.46 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 29,700.3 | 19.76 | 10,523.5 | 182.23 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,062.4 | 2.04 | 96.3 | 3,078.75 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,573.2 | 7.04 | 3,579.4 | 195.39 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 148.4 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 27,847.65 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5,074.7 | 3.38 | 4,583.7 | 10.71 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 10.4 | 0.01 | 4.2 | 144.82 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.4 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 17.1 | 0.01 | 11.6 | 47.64 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,165.5 | 0.78 | 10,883.9 | -89.29 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5.5 | 0.00 | 77.9 | -93.01 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 544.8 | 0.36 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 32.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 63.5 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 90.0 | 0.06 | 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 | 1,247.1 | 0.83 | 993.1 | 25.57 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 104.1 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 13.1 | 0.01 | 143.2 | -90.82 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 601.5 | 0.40 | 104.1 | 477.64 |