US trade (export - import) with Paraguay in 2013
Published or Updated: Feb 01, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Paraguay in 2013: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Paraguay
In 2013, US trade with Paraguay totaled $2,224.0 million, up 14.31% ($278.4 million) from 2012.
US exports to Paraguay in 2013 totaled $1,932.9 million, up 11.02% ($191.9 million) from 2012.
US imports from Paraguay in 2013 totaled $291.1 million, up 42.28% ($86.5 million) from 2012.
US trade surplus with Paraguay in 2013 was $1,641.7 million, a 6.86% increase ($105.4 million) over 2012.
Paraguay was the US 81st largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 84th in 2012), accounting for 0.0570% of US total trade (up from 0.0501% in 2012).
Paraguay was the US 63rd largest export market in 2013 (up from 66th in 2012), accounting for 0.1225% of US total exports (up from 0.1127% in 2012).
Paraguay was the US 105th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 111th in 2012), accounting for 0.0125% of US total imports (up from 0.0088% in 2012).
US Exports to Paraguay
The major share of US exports to Paraguay in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.43% of US total exports to Paraguay (71.66% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.89% of US total exports to Paraguay (8.64% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.10% of US total exports to Paraguay (2.34% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.42% of US total exports to Paraguay (3.06% in 2012).
The largest gains in US exports to Paraguay in 2013 over 2012 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 $171.9 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $23.8 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $19.3 million;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $11.8 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $7.5 million;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $6.8 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Paraguay in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $21.2 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $11.2 million;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $10.2 million;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $8.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2012 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2013 over 2012 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 178.5 | 0.01 | 20.0 | 792.37 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 47.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 117.6 | 0.01 | 120.1 | -2.12 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,188.6 | 0.06 | 781.7 | 52.06 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 5.8 | 0.00 | 27.3 | -78.56 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 43.1 | 0.00 | 19.3 | 122.71 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 24.8 | 0.00 | 79.5 | -68.81 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 521.3 | 0.03 | 223.3 | 133.43 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 320.8 | 0.02 | 52.9 | 506.38 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 9.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 31.6 | 0.00 | 49.3 | -35.88 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 47.5 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 318.7 | 0.02 | 125.2 | 154.51 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 374.3 | 0.02 | 718.9 | -47.93 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,910.5 | 0.10 | 1,505.9 | 26.87 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 324.9 | 0.02 | 396.7 | -18.11 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,785.1 | 0.35 | 7,136.0 | -4.92 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 32,389.3 | 1.68 | 40,823.5 | -20.66 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 271.1 | 0.01 | 156.6 | 73.08 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,823.8 | 0.09 | 933.8 | 95.32 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 83.2 | 0.00 | 123.5 | -32.65 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 59,822.5 | 3.10 | 40,565.1 | 47.47 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 127.0 | 0.01 | 110.0 | 15.44 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,165.4 | 0.22 | 5,402.1 | -22.89 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 16,086.0 | 0.83 | 10,550.1 | 52.47 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 394.2 | 0.02 | 383.0 | 2.90 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,431.8 | 0.23 | 7,845.7 | -43.51 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 72,028.0 | 3.73 | 82,276.0 | -12.46 |
| 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 | 1,632.5 | 0.08 | 1,896.5 | -13.92 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 243.8 | 0.01 | 676.6 | -63.96 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 2.7 | 0.00 | 59.7 | -95.51 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,608.7 | 0.08 | 653.6 | 146.15 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,371.6 | 0.69 | 9,236.8 | 44.77 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 32,590.6 | 1.69 | 25,070.6 | 30.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,817.7 | 0.30 | 6,183.1 | -5.91 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 22.6 | 0.00 | 57.5 | -60.71 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,076.0 | 0.06 | 1,312.5 | -18.02 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 51.1 | 0.00 | 125.0 | -59.11 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 26.3 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,281.2 | 0.32 | 5,447.5 | 15.30 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,624.7 | 0.08 | 1,718.2 | -5.45 |
| 50 | Silk | 23.4 | 0.00 | 42.1 | -44.44 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 31.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 73.7 | 0.00 | 84.3 | -12.58 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 71.6 | 0.00 | 70.8 | 1.12 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,194.2 | 0.06 | 1,933.6 | -38.24 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 65.6 | 0.00 | 30.7 | 113.52 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 292.5 | 0.02 | 263.9 | 10.81 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 418.8 | 0.02 | 363.2 | 15.33 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 144.8 | 0.01 | 125.6 | 15.29 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,457.0 | 0.08 | 787.0 | 85.14 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,371.1 | 0.12 | 2,399.5 | -1.18 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,500.3 | 0.13 | 1,978.6 | 26.37 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 795.3 | 0.04 | 990.4 | -19.70 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,404.7 | 0.07 | 1,832.0 | -23.33 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 259.0 | 0.01 | 394.5 | -34.36 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 33.2 | 0.00 | 5.5 | 500.42 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 359.7 | 0.02 | 206.5 | 74.19 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 93.5 | 0.00 | 134.3 | -30.37 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 339.5 | 0.02 | 649.0 | -47.70 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,134.3 | 0.11 | 3,223.5 | -33.79 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 685.0 | 0.04 | 2,927.5 | -76.60 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 682.4 | 0.04 | 1,244.6 | -45.17 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,531.8 | 0.08 | 2,781.1 | -44.92 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 53.2 | 0.00 | 33.2 | 60.20 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 643.4 | 0.03 | 205.0 | 213.89 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 7.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3.3 | 0.00 | 34.4 | -90.44 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,135.5 | 0.06 | 1,070.4 | 6.09 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 497.9 | 0.03 | 460.0 | 8.25 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 479,357.1 | 24.80 | 500,507.7 | -4.23 |
| 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 | 802,131.5 | 41.50 | 630,268.3 | 27.27 |
| 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 | 118.4 | 0.01 | 122.2 | -3.11 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 66,963.5 | 3.46 | 43,153.7 | 55.17 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 29,393.9 | 1.52 | 17,574.3 | 67.26 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 5,674.9 | 0.29 | 8,975.9 | -36.78 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 35,700.3 | 1.85 | 46,899.3 | -23.88 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 13,883.5 | 0.72 | 13,496.5 | 2.87 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,324.1 | 0.07 | 1,625.9 | -18.57 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 3,944.0 | 0.20 | 3,530.5 | 11.71 |
| 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 | 4,095.1 | 0.21 | 1,564.9 | 161.69 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 184,352.1 | 9.54 | 177,600.1 | 3.80 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,396.2 | 0.07 | 809.1 | 72.56 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 97.8 | 0.01 | 445.5 | -78.04 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 16,967.9 | 0.88 | 17,152.4 | -1.08 |
US Imports from Paraguay
The major share of US imports from Paraguay in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 73.75% of US total imports from Paraguay (41.70% in 2012);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 16.26% of US total imports from Paraguay (44.69% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.52% of US total imports from Paraguay (8.71% in 2012).
The largest gains in US imports from Paraguay in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $115.1 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $12.7 million;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $4.2 million;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1.0 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Paraguay in 2013 over the 2012 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) - a decrease of $44.1 million;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $2.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2012 USD thousand) |
Change in 2013 over 2012 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 20.3 | 0.01 | 73.5 | -72.43 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12,610.4 | 4.33 | 8,424.6 | 49.69 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 126.2 | 0.04 | 235.2 | -46.36 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 5.4 | 0.00 | 13.5 | -59.70 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 119.6 | 0.04 | 266.4 | -55.11 |
| 10 | Cereals | 15,687.6 | 5.39 | 3,037.4 | 416.49 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,696.9 | 0.58 | 867.2 | 95.68 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 123,048.9 | 42.27 | 7,914.9 | 1,454.65 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 725.1 | 0.25 | 1,293.2 | -43.93 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 54,878.5 | 18.85 | 57,243.6 | -4.13 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 43.9 | 0.02 | 29.8 | 47.71 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 49.8 | 0.02 | 9.8 | 408.37 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 821.0 | 0.28 | 1,151.4 | -28.70 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 39.0 | 0.01 | 71.4 | -45.39 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 848.4 | 0.29 | 485.4 | 74.78 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,984.3 | 1.37 | 4,203.2 | -5.21 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0.0 | 0.00 | 75.1 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,290.7 | 0.44 | 1,205.7 | 7.04 |
| 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 | 4.1 | 0.00 | 11.3 | -63.95 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 90.6 | 0.03 | 68.0 | 33.28 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 30.1 | 0.01 | 24.3 | 24.13 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 158.5 | 0.05 | 7.4 | 2,055.14 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,116.7 | 1.07 | 3,407.3 | -8.53 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 18,841.9 | 6.47 | 17,815.2 | 5.76 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 108.3 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 43.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 39.9 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 162.2 | 0.06 | 298.1 | -45.59 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 48.1 | 0.02 | 53.2 | -9.58 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 106.2 | 0.04 | 36.0 | 195.02 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2.9 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -16.39 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 81.9 | 0.03 | 32.3 | 153.24 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 6.6 | 0.00 | 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 | 47,334.5 | 16.26 | 91,437.7 | -48.23 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 14.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 19.6 | 0.01 | 13.6 | 43.37 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 63.2 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 576.9 | 0.20 | 538.4 | 7.16 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 27.3 | 0.01 | 12.9 | 111.33 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 194.4 | 0.07 | 362.3 | -46.33 |
| 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 | 80.7 | 0.03 | 261.1 | -69.09 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 31.5 | -100.00 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 5.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 65.0 | 0.02 | 47.4 | 36.96 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 13.5 | 0.00 | 4.2 | 225.11 |
| 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 | 159.9 | 0.05 | 245.6 | -34.88 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 62.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 25.4 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 26.8 | 0.01 | 12.3 | 118.71 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,683.3 | 1.27 | 3,219.9 | 14.39 |