US trade (export - import) with Oman in 2014
Published or Updated: Feb 07, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Oman in 2014: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Oman
In 2014, US trade with Oman totaled $3,056.1 million, up 15.10% ($400.8 million) from 2013.
US exports to Oman in 2014 totaled $2,015.9 million, up 28.30% ($444.7 million) from 2013.
US imports from Oman in 2014 were $1,040.2 million, down 4.04% ($43.8 million) from 2013.
US trade surplus with Oman in 2014 was $975.8 million, a 100.25% increase ($488.5 million) over 2013.
Oman was the US 71st largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 73rd in 2013), accounting for 0.08% of US total trade (up from 0.07% in 2013).
Oman was the US 66th largest export market in 2014 (up from 70th in 2013), accounting for 0.12% of US total exports (up from 0.10% in 2013).
Oman was the US 76th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 78th in 2013), accounting for 0.04% of US total imports (down from 0.05% in 2013).
US Exports to Oman
The major share of US exports to Oman in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 74.35% of US total exports to Oman (66.99% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.95% of US total exports to Oman (11.90% in 2013);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.10% of US total exports to Oman (4.55% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.10% of US total exports to Oman (5.09% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.95% of US total exports to Oman (3.57% in 2013).
The largest gains in US exports to Oman in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $477.3 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) - an increase of $31.3 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $11.7 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $10.4 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $9.5 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $8.7 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $7.3 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Oman in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $68.3 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $28.5 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 $22.7 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $7.3 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $6.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2014 over 2013 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 266.0 | 0.01 | 972.6 | -72.65 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 15,028.9 | 0.75 | 16,161.4 | -7.01 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 241.2 | 0.01 | 21.8 | 1,006.91 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,861.3 | 0.14 | 3,860.3 | -25.88 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 123.1 | 0.01 | 114.5 | 7.49 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 134.0 | 0.01 | 69.6 | 92.62 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,494.0 | 0.07 | 1,359.8 | 9.88 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 231.2 | 0.01 | 286.9 | -19.40 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 69.4 | 0.00 | 113.6 | -38.91 |
| 10 | Cereals | 700.2 | 0.03 | 16.6 | 4,108.58 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 279.1 | 0.01 | 429.7 | -35.05 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,428.8 | 0.07 | 842.4 | 69.61 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 147.0 | 0.01 | 258.7 | -43.19 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.9 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,704.3 | 0.63 | 10,086.3 | 25.96 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 102.0 | 0.01 | 84.3 | 20.94 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 355.4 | 0.02 | 196.7 | 80.70 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 676.3 | 0.03 | 542.3 | 24.72 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,385.9 | 0.12 | 2,747.9 | -13.17 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,105.9 | 0.25 | 8,891.8 | -42.58 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,200.8 | 0.31 | 4,232.8 | 46.49 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 565.5 | 0.03 | 647.3 | -12.64 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 8,419.7 | 0.42 | 4,146.5 | 103.06 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,322.5 | 0.12 | 1,842.1 | 26.08 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 8.8 | 0.00 | 18.7 | -53.10 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 8,988.3 | 0.45 | 6,865.6 | 30.92 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,331.5 | 0.17 | 4,042.8 | -17.59 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 8,936.4 | 0.44 | 77,227.8 | -88.43 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,727.6 | 0.38 | 5,483.4 | 40.93 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 226.4 | 0.01 | 198.9 | 13.82 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,386.3 | 0.07 | 2,054.9 | -32.54 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,993.1 | 0.10 | 2,255.5 | -11.63 |
| 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 | 7,187.9 | 0.36 | 6,585.0 | 9.16 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,374.4 | 0.17 | 3,240.6 | 4.13 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 4,597.6 | 0.23 | 6,423.9 | -28.43 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,645.4 | 0.13 | 2,831.0 | -6.56 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11,673.4 | 0.58 | 18,092.7 | -35.48 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 59,629.0 | 2.96 | 52,364.3 | 13.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,242.9 | 0.36 | 6,204.1 | 16.74 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 48.4 | 0.00 | 128.1 | -62.21 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 463.0 | 0.02 | 385.5 | 20.12 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,749.6 | 0.14 | 3,308.1 | -16.88 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,243.8 | 0.21 | 3,778.5 | 12.31 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,144.3 | 0.06 | 1,255.7 | -8.87 |
| 52 | Cotton | 89.5 | 0.00 | 120.1 | -25.45 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 75.2 | 0.00 | 61.9 | 21.64 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 125.8 | 0.01 | 202.3 | -37.83 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 285.6 | 0.01 | 75.9 | 276.37 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,047.6 | 0.05 | 502.5 | 108.46 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 21.0 | 0.00 | 37.6 | -44.25 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 313.4 | 0.02 | 423.8 | -26.04 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 244.6 | 0.01 | 387.4 | -36.86 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 300.6 | 0.01 | 458.8 | -34.48 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7,709.1 | 0.38 | 6,432.6 | 19.84 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 111.3 | 0.01 | 986.6 | -88.72 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 259.4 | 0.01 | 34.0 | 662.19 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 14.8 | 0.00 | 9.3 | 59.12 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 54.7 | 0.00 | 43.9 | 24.66 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,067.7 | 0.10 | 1,696.6 | 21.87 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 587.3 | 0.03 | 439.6 | 33.58 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,810.0 | 0.09 | 1,677.5 | 7.90 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 102,801.7 | 5.10 | 71,508.3 | 43.76 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,331.0 | 0.26 | 3,957.9 | 34.69 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 30,175.6 | 1.50 | 37,470.0 | -19.47 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 722.5 | 0.04 | 464.8 | 55.43 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,912.8 | 0.09 | 844.9 | 126.40 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,140.0 | 0.25 | 3,158.1 | 62.76 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 33.5 | 0.00 | 72.8 | -53.99 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 14.9 | 0.00 | 38.5 | -61.31 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 6.6 | 0.00 | 15.3 | -57.27 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,363.9 | 0.07 | 843.5 | 61.70 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 34,523.1 | 1.71 | 30,766.3 | 12.21 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,451.4 | 0.17 | 2,276.6 | 51.60 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 373,888.8 | 18.55 | 365,214.6 | 2.38 |
| 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 | 111,025.3 | 5.51 | 133,731.1 | -16.98 |
| 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 | 556.7 | 0.03 | 1,027.7 | -45.83 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 419,498.6 | 20.81 | 448,013.2 | -6.36 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 503,709.5 | 24.99 | 26,389.2 | 1,808.77 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,152.5 | 0.16 | 614.0 | 413.47 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 87,063.2 | 4.32 | 77,542.0 | 12.28 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 176.1 | 0.01 | 165.3 | 6.48 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 68.4 | 0.00 | 29.3 | 133.39 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 15,895.4 | 0.79 | 4,209.6 | 277.60 |
| 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 | 11,560.9 | 0.57 | 10,250.5 | 12.78 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,886.2 | 0.09 | 1,431.7 | 31.74 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 489.0 | 0.02 | 365.7 | 33.72 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 30.8 | 0.00 | 166.6 | -81.52 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 86,863.1 | 4.31 | 76,414.8 | 13.67 |
US Imports from Oman
The major share of US imports from Oman in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 57.23% of US total imports from Oman (56.30% in 2013);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 23.05% of US total imports from Oman (21.23% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 14.87% of US total imports from Oman (10.82% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.19% of US total imports from Oman (9.25% in 2013).
The largest gains in US imports from Oman in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $53.7 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $39.3 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) - an increase of $9.6 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $7.5 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Oman in 2014 over the 2013 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 $87.9 million;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $44.2 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $24.9 million;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $3.2 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2013 USD thousand) |
Change in 2014 over 2013 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 42.9 | 0.00 | 195.3 | -78.04 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 481.6 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 45.7 | 0.00 | 24.8 | 83.93 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 92.6 | 0.01 | 67.1 | 37.85 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 45.7 | 0.00 | 80.9 | -43.48 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 25.1 | 0.00 | 41.4 | -39.34 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,817.9 | 0.27 | 1,691.7 | 66.57 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 30.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 38.5 | 0.00 | 2.1 | 1,772.49 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,412.8 | 1.19 | 100,304.0 | -87.62 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 104.1 | 0.01 | 24,973.8 | -99.58 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 206,878.6 | 19.89 | 251,055.3 | -17.60 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 521.4 | 0.05 | 127.0 | 310.54 |
| 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 | 121.6 | 0.01 | 125.7 | -3.22 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.9 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 387,674.8 | 37.27 | 333,944.2 | 16.09 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 13.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.9 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 20.8 | 0.00 | 10.4 | 100.32 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.2 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,888.5 | 0.57 | 3,940.0 | 49.46 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,963.3 | 0.28 | 1,482.0 | 99.95 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 141.4 | 0.01 | 151.2 | -6.47 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 174.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 112.6 | 0.01 | 172.8 | -34.83 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 239,734.9 | 23.05 | 230,168.8 | 4.16 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,273.8 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 137,118.5 | 13.18 | 97,778.1 | 40.23 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 16,260.6 | 1.56 | 19,459.9 | -16.44 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5.7 | 0.00 | 52.1 | -89.16 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 43.2 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 1,286.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,319.5 | 0.13 | 791.9 | 66.62 |
| 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 | 223.3 | 0.02 | 108.5 | 105.71 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,722.4 | 0.55 | 7,061.3 | -18.96 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 385.6 | 0.04 | 5.9 | 6,492.22 |
| 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 | 81.8 | 0.01 | 19.0 | 330.58 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 67.1 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 34.0 | 0.00 | 256.2 | -86.71 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 17,290.3 | 1.66 | 9,799.0 | 76.45 |