US trade (export - import) with Niger in 2017
Published or Updated: Apr 16, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Niger in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Niger
In 2017, US trade with Niger was $51.5 million, down 29.10% ($21.1 million) from 2016.
US exports to Niger in 2017 were $44.1 million, down 33.47% ($22.2 million) from 2016.
US imports from Niger in 2017 totaled $7.4 million, up 16.68% ($1.1 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Niger in 2017 was $36.7 million, a 38.76% decrease ($23.2 million) over 2016.
Niger was the US 176th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 168th in 2016), accounting for 0.0013% of US total trade (down from 0.0020% in 2016).
Niger was the US 167th largest export market in 2017 (down from 152nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0029% of US total exports (down from 0.0046% in 2016).
Niger was the US 175th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 177th in 2016), accounting for 0.0003% of US total imports (just as in 2016).
US Exports to Niger
The major share of US exports to Niger in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 72.20% of US total exports to Niger (83.11% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.93% of US total exports to Niger (1.28% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.68% of US total exports to Niger (2.45% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.11% of US total exports to Niger (3.12% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.22% of US total exports to Niger (0.11% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.08% of US total exports to Niger (2.25% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Niger in 2017 over 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 $8,614.0 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $2,090.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,380.8 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $783.4 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $282.3 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $276.6 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $256.0 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $213.2 thousand;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $210.8 thousand;
- 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 $208.6 thousand;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $190.0 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $187.2 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $164.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Niger in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $22,027.7 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $10,460.5 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $1,221.9 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $758.2 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $521.6 thousand;
- 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 $452.8 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $327.6 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $287.1 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $228.0 thousand;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $220.0 thousand;
- Photographic or cinematographic goods (HS code 37) - a decrease of $173.3 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $152.5 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $152.0 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 5.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 228.0 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 49.9 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 190.0 | 0.43 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 20.5 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 85.4 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 44.2 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 521.6 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 254.7 | 0.58 | 407.3 | -37.45 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5.4 | 0.01 | 157.4 | -96.57 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 11.7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 213.2 | 0.48 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 117.3 | 0.27 | 444.9 | -73.63 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 97.0 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 82.3 | 0.19 | 7.7 | 966.93 |
| 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 | 35.0 | 0.08 | 66.4 | -47.37 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 173.3 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,408.6 | 3.19 | 27.8 | 4,971.40 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 925.0 | 2.10 | 642.7 | 43.93 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 153.0 | 0.35 | 166.3 | -8.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 211.4 | 0.48 | 2.9 | 7,279.51 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 242.3 | 0.55 | 55.1 | 339.85 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 38.4 | 0.09 | 17.7 | 117.15 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 259.0 | 0.59 | 3.0 | 8,533.33 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 22.6 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 88.8 | 0.20 | 4.1 | 2,080.35 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 458.3 | 1.04 | 181.7 | 152.23 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,711.8 | 6.15 | 620.9 | 336.77 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 180.2 | 0.41 | 16.0 | 1,026.56 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 55.2 | 0.13 | 5.3 | 952.13 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 66.9 | 0.15 | 2.9 | 2,190.52 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5.2 | 0.01 | 3.4 | 52.94 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.3 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 632.0 | 1.43 | 1,390.2 | -54.54 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3.2 | 0.01 | 10.8 | -70.67 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 52.9 | 0.12 | 340.0 | -84.44 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 166.6 | 0.38 | 167.2 | -0.35 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 75.1 | 0.17 | 142.0 | -47.15 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,289.1 | 14.26 | 6,263.0 | 0.42 |
| 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 | 11,012.7 | 24.97 | 2,398.6 | 359.12 |
| 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 | 30.0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,862.3 | 4.22 | 12,322.8 | -84.89 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 10,253.4 | 23.24 | 32,281.1 | -68.24 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 56.0 | 0.13 | 276.0 | -79.70 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,344.3 | 5.31 | 1,561.0 | 50.18 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 530.5 | 1.20 | 319.7 | 65.95 |
| 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 | 687.4 | 1.56 | 1,140.1 | -39.71 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 29.8 | 0.07 | 49.9 | -40.23 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3.6 | 0.01 | 4.5 | -19.89 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,333.8 | 5.29 | 3,555.7 | -34.36 |
US Imports from Niger
The major share of US imports from Niger in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.74% of US total imports from Niger (18.35% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.01% of US total imports from Niger (3.99% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.02% of US total imports from Niger (6.54% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.46% of US total imports from Niger (1.80% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.46% of US total imports from Niger (0.71% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Niger in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1,159.1 thousand;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - an increase of $343.0 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $118.9 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $106.9 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $78.7 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $64.6 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) - an increase of $62.9 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $55.4 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $54.5 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $47.1 thousand;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - an increase of $45.9 thousand;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $40.0 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $25.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Niger in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $586.4 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $148.9 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) - a decrease of $139.1 thousand;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $69.6 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $66.4 thousand;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $45.7 thousand;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $32.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $32.3 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $26.0 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 343.0 | 4.65 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 69.6 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11.3 | 0.15 | 160.2 | -92.94 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4.6 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 10.7 | 0.14 | 4.6 | 130.01 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.9 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 64.6 | 0.87 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 45.7 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 20.9 | 0.28 | 53.7 | -61.15 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 139.1 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 5.4 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 37.1 | 0.50 | 69.4 | -46.54 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 14.3 | 0.19 | 80.7 | -82.23 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 80.6 | 1.09 | 25.2 | 219.44 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5.7 | 0.08 | 4.0 | 42.02 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.2 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2.8 | 0.04 | 17.3 | -83.80 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 48.8 | 0.66 | 2.8 | 1,617.25 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 4.5 | 0.06 | 2.4 | 85.96 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2.2 | 0.03 | 3.0 | -26.74 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 40.0 | 0.54 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 108.0 | 1.46 | 45.2 | 139.16 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 58.6 | 0.79 | 11.5 | 408.08 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 9.7 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2.3 | 0.03 | 19.9 | -88.60 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 65.4 | 0.89 | 10.9 | 501.50 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 45.8 | 0.62 | 71.8 | -36.16 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 311.5 | 4.22 | 897.9 | -65.31 |
| 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 | 211.2 | 2.86 | 192.5 | 9.69 |
| 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 | 5.4 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 118.9 | 1.61 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 7.2 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 143.9 | 1.95 | 65.1 | 120.85 |
| 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 | 44.6 | 0.60 | 24.0 | 85.68 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 25.5 | 0.35 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 158.9 | 2.15 | 52.0 | 205.57 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 5,371.0 | 72.75 | 4,212.0 | 27.52 |