US trade with Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017
Published or Updated: Sep 02, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Palau
In the 2nd quarter of 2017, US trade with Palau was $4.1 million, down 46.55% ($3.6 million) from the 2nd quarter of 2016.
US exports to Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 were $3.9 million, down 47.82% ($3.6 million) from the 2nd quarter of 2016.
US imports from Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 totaled $0.2 million, up 35.20% ($0.0 million) from the 2nd quarter of 2016.
US trade surplus with Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 was $3.8 million, a 49.13% decrease ($3.6 million) over the 2nd quarter of 2016.
Palau was the US 190th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2017 (down from 183rd in the 2nd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0004% of US total trade (down from 0.0008% in the 2nd quarter of 2016).
Palau was the US 181st largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2017 (down from 171st in the 2nd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0010% of US total exports (down from 0.0021% in the 2nd quarter of 2016).
Palau was the US 207th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2017 (up from 210th in the 2nd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (just as in the 2nd quarter of 2016).
US Exports to Palau
The major share of US exports to Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.08% of US total exports to Palau (35.33% in the 2nd quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 12.45% of US total exports to Palau (39.51% in the 2nd quarter of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.45% of US total exports to Palau (5.02% in the 2nd quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.55% of US total exports to Palau (3.14% in the 2nd quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.00% of US total exports to Palau (1.18% in the 2nd quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 over the 2nd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $325.2 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 $186.6 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $113.5 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $67.8 thousand;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $41.7 thousand;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $35.4 thousand;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $35.1 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) - an increase of $33.4 thousand;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $24.1 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $23.3 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) - an increase of $20.4 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $20.4 thousand;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $20.3 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $13.3 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 over the 2nd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,101.0 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $341.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $340.2 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $272.0 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $174.5 thousand;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $164.1 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $82.5 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $77.2 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $74.2 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $56.1 thousand;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $43.4 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $42.8 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $41.8 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $40.5 thousand;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $37.4 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $29.7 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $27.8 thousand;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $17.8 thousand;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $12.6 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in Q2 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in Q2 2017 over Q2 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 753.3 | 19.17 | 428.1 | 75.97 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 90.4 | 2.30 | 22.5 | 301.11 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 89.9 | 2.29 | 96.8 | -7.14 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 274.1 | 6.98 | 160.6 | 70.68 |
| 10 | Cereals | 137.1 | 3.49 | 177.5 | -22.79 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 22.0 | 0.56 | 65.4 | -66.35 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 18.3 | 0.47 | 26.3 | -30.49 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 34.2 | 0.87 | 198.2 | -82.75 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 8.5 | 0.22 | 26.3 | -67.63 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 78.1 | 1.99 | 120.9 | -35.42 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 30.7 | 0.78 | 58.5 | -47.56 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 523.9 | 13.33 | 864.0 | -39.37 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 300.3 | 7.64 | 377.5 | -20.45 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 37.4 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26.1 | 0.66 | 5.7 | 354.32 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 38.7 | 0.98 | 51.3 | -24.58 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 23.3 | 0.59 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 29.7 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 35.4 | 0.90 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 82.5 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 33.7 | 0.86 | 13.3 | 153.75 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5.0 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3.5 | 0.09 | 59.6 | -94.07 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4.1 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 20.3 | 0.52 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 107.7 | 2.74 | 282.2 | -61.84 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 21.9 | 0.56 | 8.6 | 155.65 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 45.3 | 1.15 | 87.1 | -48.02 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 74.2 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.7 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 24.1 | 0.61 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 7.9 | 0.20 | 2.9 | 175.34 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.7 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5.9 | 0.15 | 3.3 | 78.27 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 78.6 | 2.00 | 420.6 | -81.30 |
| 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 | 242.2 | 6.16 | 55.6 | 335.65 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 25.0 | 0.64 | 297.0 | -91.58 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 59.3 | 1.51 | 58.3 | 1.69 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 41.7 | 1.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 42.3 | 1.08 | 2,143.2 | -98.03 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | -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 | 36.5 | 0.93 | 3.1 | 1,069.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 72.4 | 1.84 | 37.3 | 94.14 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3.8 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
US Imports from Palau
The major share of US imports from Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 34.78% of US total imports from Palau (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.91% of US total imports from Palau (31.29% in the 2nd quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.00% of US total imports from Palau (2.43% in the 2nd quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 over the 2nd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $54.9 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $44.6 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $32.5 thousand;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $4.1 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Palau in the 2nd quarter of 2017 over the 2nd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $36.5 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $2.8 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in Q2 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in Q2 2017 over Q2 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 36.5 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 44.6 | 28.28 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4.1 | 2.62 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 54.9 | 34.78 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 32.5 | 20.59 | 0.0 | ∞ |