US trade (export - import) with Namibia in 2017
Published or Updated: May 03, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Namibia in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Namibia
In 2017, US trade with Namibia was $229.1 million, down 22.99% ($68.4 million) from 2016.
US exports to Namibia in 2017 were $100.9 million, down 52.61% ($112.0 million) from 2016.
US imports from Namibia in 2017 totaled $128.2 million, up 51.59% ($43.6 million) from 2016.
US trade balance with Namibia went from a surplus of $128.4 million in 2016, to a deficit of $27.3 million in 2017.
Namibia was the US 142nd largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 130th in 2016), accounting for 0.0058% of US total trade (down from 0.0080% in 2016).
Namibia was the US 143rd largest export market in 2017 (down from 122nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0065% of US total exports (down from 0.0147% in 2016).
Namibia was the US 118th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 127th in 2016), accounting for 0.0053% of US total imports (up from 0.0038% in 2016).
US Exports to Namibia
The major share of US exports to Namibia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.42% of US total exports to Namibia (9.40% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 23.17% of US total exports to Namibia (20.28% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.78% of US total exports to Namibia (39.74% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.69% of US total exports to Namibia (4.49% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 9.07% of US total exports to Namibia (5.11% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.84% of US total exports to Namibia (1.37% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Namibia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $3.7 million;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $3.1 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2.7 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $2.5 million;
- 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 $0.4 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Namibia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $75.8 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $21.4 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8.6 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $5.6 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $3.7 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2.8 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1.9 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 $1.7 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1.5 million;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $0.5 million;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $0.3 million.
| 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 | 2,562.1 | 2.54 | 64.2 | 3,887.75 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 22.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.1 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 217.5 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 6,296.2 | 6.24 | 9,121.8 | -30.98 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.2 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6.7 | 0.01 | 6.9 | -3.04 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 11.6 | 0.01 | 8.1 | 43.25 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 42.5 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 9.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 8.9 | 0.01 | 23.1 | -61.36 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 478.5 | 0.47 | 265.9 | 79.93 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 160.0 | 0.16 | 17.8 | 800.03 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,272.2 | 5.22 | 2,217.6 | 137.74 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 6,619.0 | 6.56 | 82,392.5 | -91.97 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 18.6 | 0.02 | 26.5 | -29.89 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 156.0 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 70.3 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4.1 | 0.00 | 150.7 | -97.31 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 80.0 | 0.08 | 534.6 | -85.03 |
| 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 | 585.8 | 0.58 | 223.6 | 161.98 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 19,122.3 | 18.95 | 15,434.1 | 23.90 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,176.9 | 1.17 | 1,483.2 | -20.65 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,659.6 | 4.62 | 1,942.8 | 139.84 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 5.3 | 0.01 | 7.0 | -24.54 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 27.6 | 0.03 | 22.3 | 23.75 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 2.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4.4 | 0.00 | 27.2 | -83.81 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 115.1 | 0.11 | 30.8 | 273.29 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 117.1 | 0.12 | 53.6 | 118.51 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 264.8 | 0.26 | 232.4 | 13.97 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 14.0 | 0.01 | 5.5 | 153.27 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 19.9 | 0.02 | 29.6 | -32.68 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 19.1 | 0.02 | 75.5 | -74.73 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 7.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 6.4 | 0.01 | 5.6 | 15.47 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6.1 | 0.01 | 6.0 | 1.83 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 4.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | 58.80 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 17.2 | 0.02 | 128.4 | -86.62 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9,154.7 | 9.07 | 10,889.1 | -15.93 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 7.5 | 0.01 | 42.7 | -82.45 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 624.5 | 0.62 | 2,101.8 | -70.29 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 333.8 | -100.00 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 39.1 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 135.4 | 0.13 | 365.4 | -62.94 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 77.6 | 0.08 | 39.1 | 98.51 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 13,183.2 | 13.06 | 21,817.7 | -39.58 |
| 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 | 2,624.9 | 2.60 | 2,545.6 | 3.11 |
| 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 | 3.8 | 0.00 | 108.8 | -96.55 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,863.0 | 3.83 | 5,714.2 | -32.40 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 1,941.6 | 1.92 | 7,555.6 | -74.30 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 96.0 | 0.10 | 59.9 | 60.17 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,670.3 | 1.66 | 5,384.2 | -68.98 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 582.9 | 0.58 | 707.2 | -17.59 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.3 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 585.4 | 0.58 | 394.9 | 48.24 |
| 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 | 215.1 | 0.21 | 478.4 | -55.03 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 173.4 | 0.17 | 131.4 | 31.90 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 61.5 | 0.06 | 85.4 | -27.97 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 29.7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 17,935.4 | 17.77 | 39,292.2 | -54.35 |
US Imports from Namibia
The major share of US imports from Namibia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 54.50% of US total imports from Namibia (45.09% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 36.67% of US total imports from Namibia (38.17% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.66% of US total imports from Namibia (1.84% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Namibia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $31.7 million;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $13.9 million;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $1.3 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1.2 million;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $0.8 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $0.6 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Namibia in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $6.8 million;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $0.8 million.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 123.1 | 0.10 | 63.4 | 94.17 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 14.2 | 0.01 | 2.9 | 381.69 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 66.4 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 144.7 | 0.11 | 80.8 | 79.17 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.7 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 90.4 | 0.07 | 39.3 | 130.01 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.3 | -100.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 789.8 | 0.62 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 46,219.6 | 36.06 | 32,273.6 | 43.21 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6.3 | 0.00 | 12.0 | -47.31 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 95.6 | 0.07 | 8.9 | 974.01 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10.1 | 0.01 | 17.2 | -41.39 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 25.6 | 0.02 | 17.1 | 49.19 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 20.5 | 0.02 | 4.3 | 382.26 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 6.7 | 0.01 | 23.8 | -71.63 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 96.1 | 0.07 | 89.3 | 7.62 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 9.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 40.9 | 0.03 | 18.8 | 118.14 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 36.1 | 0.03 | 5.4 | 564.33 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 38.0 | 0.03 | 93.3 | -59.31 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1.5 | 0.00 | 0.6 | 152.40 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19.2 | 0.01 | 72.0 | -73.31 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,779.0 | 1.39 | 467.4 | 280.64 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 69,858.7 | 54.50 | 38,127.2 | 83.23 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 618.8 | 0.48 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 784.5 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12.6 | 0.01 | 7.3 | 71.66 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 456.5 | 0.36 | 315.3 | 44.79 |
| 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 | 1,180.6 | 0.92 | 797.4 | 48.05 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,504.3 | 1.17 | 312.5 | 381.37 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3.4 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 14.93 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 263.3 | 0.21 | 128.1 | 105.55 |
| 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 | 418.0 | 0.33 | 115.2 | 262.70 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 265.7 | 0.21 | 41.5 | 540.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 16.4 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 385.9 | 0.30 | 104.1 | 270.82 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,624.0 | 2.83 | 10,411.2 | -65.19 |