US trade (export - import) with Namibia in 2016
Published or Updated: May 03, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Namibia in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Namibia
In 2016, US trade with Namibia totaled $297.5 million, up 39.20% ($83.8 million) from 2015.
US exports to Namibia in 2016 totaled $212.9 million, up 66.44% ($85.0 million) from 2015.
US imports from Namibia in 2016 were $84.6 million, down 1.41% ($1.2 million) from 2015.
US trade surplus with Namibia in 2016 was $128.4 million, a 204.47% increase ($86.2 million) over 2015.
Namibia was the US 130th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 139th in 2015), accounting for 0.0080% of US total trade (up from 0.0056% in 2015).
Namibia was the US 122nd largest export market in 2016 (up from 138th in 2015), accounting for 0.0147% of US total exports (up from 0.0085% in 2015).
Namibia was the US 127th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 128th in 2015), accounting for 0.0038% of US total imports (up from 0.0037% in 2015).
US Exports to Namibia
The major share of US exports to Namibia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 39.74% of US total exports to Namibia (4.09% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.28% of US total exports to Namibia (46.07% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.40% of US total exports to Namibia (16.01% in 2015);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.11% of US total exports to Namibia (6.14% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.49% of US total exports to Namibia (7.08% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.37% of US total exports to Namibia (1.75% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Namibia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $82,383.4 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $17,389.0 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $3,875.7 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) - an increase of $3,033.2 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,663.9 thousand;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $707.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Namibia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $9,262.1 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $7,885.5 thousand;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $3,006.1 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 $1,983.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,864.8 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1,193.8 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - a decrease of $982.6 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 | 64.2 | 0.03 | 1,258.1 | -94.89 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 117.4 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 8.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 9,121.8 | 4.28 | 7,457.9 | 22.31 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 6.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 8.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 42.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 23.1 | 0.01 | 14.2 | 62.52 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 265.9 | 0.12 | 176.9 | 50.28 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 17.8 | 0.01 | 30.3 | -41.40 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,217.6 | 1.04 | 5,223.8 | -57.55 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 82,392.5 | 38.70 | 9.2 | 899,774.93 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 26.5 | 0.01 | 49.0 | -45.85 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 156.0 | 0.07 | 5.6 | 2,699.19 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 70.3 | 0.03 | 53.0 | 32.67 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 150.7 | 0.07 | 147.0 | 2.53 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 534.6 | 0.25 | 144.7 | 269.58 |
| 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 | 223.6 | 0.11 | 47.8 | 368.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.2 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.9 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 15,434.1 | 7.25 | 17,298.8 | -10.78 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,483.2 | 0.70 | 1,209.1 | 22.67 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,942.8 | 0.91 | 1,508.7 | 28.77 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 7.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | -29.38 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 22.3 | 0.01 | 30.9 | -27.74 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 27.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 30.8 | 0.01 | 31.5 | -2.15 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 53.6 | 0.03 | 78.0 | -31.32 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.8 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 232.4 | 0.11 | 117.5 | 97.71 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.7 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 8.0 | 0.00 | 152.1 | -94.74 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5.5 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 79.39 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 29.6 | 0.01 | 11.3 | 160.80 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 75.5 | 0.04 | 53.7 | 40.67 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5.6 | 0.00 | 31.4 | -82.30 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6.0 | 0.00 | 19.8 | -69.58 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 128.4 | 0.06 | 45.0 | 185.15 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 10,889.1 | 5.11 | 7,855.9 | 38.61 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 42.7 | 0.02 | 78.7 | -45.74 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,101.8 | 0.99 | 1,633.7 | 28.65 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2.6 | 0.00 | 18.4 | -86.09 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 38.4 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 333.8 | 0.16 | 57.9 | 476.90 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 39.1 | 0.02 | 27.3 | 43.41 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 365.4 | 0.17 | 352.2 | 3.75 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 39.1 | 0.02 | 27.7 | 41.28 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 21,817.7 | 10.25 | 31,079.8 | -29.80 |
| 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 | 2,545.6 | 1.20 | 4,529.3 | -43.80 |
| 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 | 108.8 | 0.05 | 247.4 | -56.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,714.2 | 2.68 | 13,599.7 | -57.98 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 7,555.6 | 3.55 | 3,679.9 | 105.32 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 59.9 | 0.03 | 245.6 | -75.60 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,384.2 | 2.53 | 5,556.1 | -3.09 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 707.2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 6.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 394.9 | 0.19 | 1,377.5 | -71.33 |
| 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 | 478.4 | 0.22 | 83.9 | 470.33 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 131.4 | 0.06 | 93.3 | 40.81 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 85.4 | 0.04 | 51.3 | 66.38 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 39,292.2 | 18.45 | 21,903.2 | 79.39 |
US Imports from Namibia
The major share of US imports from Namibia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 45.09% of US total imports from Namibia (48.55% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 38.17% of US total imports from Namibia (46.13% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.84% of US total imports from Namibia (1.30% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Namibia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $8,436.3 thousand;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $784.5 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $324.7 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) - an increase of $281.3 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Namibia in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $7,170.6 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 $3,516.1 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 63.4 | 0.07 | 237.4 | -73.31 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0.0 | 0.00 | 91.0 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 41.2 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 66.4 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 80.8 | 0.10 | 26.7 | 202.60 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 18.7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 39.3 | 0.05 | 70.0 | -43.87 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2.3 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -51.46 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 7.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 123.7 | -100.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 32,273.6 | 38.17 | 39,444.2 | -18.18 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 12.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 8.9 | 0.01 | 9.0 | -0.98 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 17.2 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 6,766.53 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 17.1 | 0.02 | 68.4 | -74.95 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4.3 | 0.01 | 9.3 | -54.11 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 23.8 | 0.03 | 10.9 | 118.53 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 89.3 | 0.11 | 57.8 | 54.57 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 25.5 | -100.00 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 18.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 3.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 35.8 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 93.3 | 0.11 | 1.5 | 6,113.52 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.6 | 0.00 | 192.7 | -99.69 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 72.0 | 0.09 | 217.0 | -66.81 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 467.4 | 0.55 | 142.7 | 227.59 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3.6 | 0.00 | 28.6 | -87.25 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 38,127.2 | 45.09 | 41,643.3 | -8.44 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 784.5 | 0.93 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7.3 | 0.01 | 33.1 | -77.83 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 315.3 | 0.37 | 367.0 | -14.09 |
| 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 | 797.4 | 0.94 | 516.1 | 54.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 312.5 | 0.37 | 72.6 | 330.19 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3.0 | 0.00 | 48.9 | -93.93 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 128.1 | 0.15 | 114.0 | 12.34 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -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 | 115.2 | 0.14 | 7.8 | 1,369.06 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 41.5 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16.4 | 0.02 | 25.6 | -36.20 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 104.1 | 0.12 | 114.6 | -9.22 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 10,411.2 | 12.31 | 1,974.9 | 427.17 |