US trade (export - import) with Rwanda in 2013
Published or Updated: Feb 02, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Rwanda in 2013: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Rwanda
In 2013, US trade with Rwanda was $50.3 million, down 22.15% ($14.3 million) from 2012.
US exports to Rwanda in 2013 were $25.2 million, down 17.38% ($5.3 million) from 2012.
US imports from Rwanda in 2013 were $25.1 million, down 26.42% ($9.0 million) from 2012.
US trade balance with Rwanda went from a deficit of $3.6 million in 2012, to a surplus of $0.1 million in 2013.
Rwanda was the US 176th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 173rd in 2012), accounting for 0.0013% of US total trade (down from 0.0017% in 2012).
Rwanda was the US 178th largest export market in 2013 (down from 175th in 2012), accounting for 0.0016% of US total exports (down from 0.0020% in 2012).
Rwanda was the US 152nd largest supplier in 2013 (down from 148th in 2012), accounting for 0.0011% of US total imports (down from 0.0015% in 2012).
US Exports to Rwanda
The major share of US exports to Rwanda in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 47.03% of US total exports to Rwanda (47.80% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 41.52% of US total exports to Rwanda (41.21% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.80% of US total exports to Rwanda (0.37% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.79% of US total exports to Rwanda (3.55% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.41% of US total exports to Rwanda (0.44% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.30% of US total exports to Rwanda (1.95% in 2012).
The largest gains in US exports to Rwanda in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $387.3 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $121.5 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $83.7 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Rwanda in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,352.2 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,551.2 thousand;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $477.0 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $382.7 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) - a decrease of $317.9 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $298.4 thousand;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - a decrease of $171.5 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $169.2 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $126.9 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $90.8 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $82.2 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 59.0 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 477.0 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 25.2 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 50.5 | 0.20 | 53.2 | -5.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.7 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,553.1 | 45.86 | 13,905.2 | -16.92 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2.9 | 0.01 | 2.9 | 0.24 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 31.4 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 8.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6.6 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 82.9 | 0.33 | 165.1 | -49.79 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 46.8 | 0.19 | 345.2 | -86.45 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 114.5 | 0.45 | 137.9 | -16.96 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.0 | 0.00 | 16.2 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 26.3 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 113.6 | 0.45 | 40.8 | 178.44 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 216.1 | 0.86 | 94.6 | 128.45 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 171.5 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 23.2 | 0.09 | 114.1 | -79.63 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 414.3 | 1.64 | 796.9 | -48.02 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 70.0 | 0.28 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3.9 | 0.02 | 3.9 | -0.56 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 28.4 | 0.11 | 58.3 | -51.29 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 420.8 | 1.67 | 33.6 | 1,154.33 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3.9 | 0.02 | 20.4 | -80.73 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,765.1 | 18.92 | 6,316.2 | -24.56 |
| 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 | 1,733.4 | 6.88 | 2,051.3 | -15.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 475.1 | 1.89 | 423.5 | 12.19 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 865.8 | 3.44 | 992.8 | -12.79 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 7.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,611.9 | 10.37 | 2,781.1 | -6.08 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.2 | -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 | 213.1 | 0.85 | 200.5 | 6.28 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 56.4 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 75.1 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,207.2 | 4.79 | 1,123.5 | 7.45 |
US Imports from Rwanda
The major share of US imports from Rwanda in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 83.33% of US total imports from Rwanda (85.30% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.84% of US total imports from Rwanda (11.64% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.30% of US total imports from Rwanda (1.92% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.33% of US total imports from Rwanda (0.00% in 2012).
The largest gains in US imports from Rwanda in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $334.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Rwanda in 2013 over the 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $5,967.6 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $2,238.0 thousand;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $997.2 thousand;
- Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork (HS code 46) - a decrease of $96.6 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $93.7 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 13.7 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 17,446.5 | 69.50 | 23,414.1 | -25.49 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4.3 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 3,444.5 | 13.72 | 5,682.5 | -39.38 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 8.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2,972.7 | 11.84 | 3,969.8 | -25.12 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 100.5 | 0.40 | 94.2 | 6.67 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 423.9 | 1.69 | 520.5 | -18.56 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 150.2 | 0.60 | 135.2 | 11.10 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1.9 | 0.01 | 14.6 | -87.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.9 | -41.37 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 44.0 | 0.18 | 59.4 | -25.81 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 334.5 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 13.0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 30.7 | 0.12 | 2.2 | 1,296.37 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 12.4 | 0.05 | 40.8 | -69.62 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 84.7 | 0.34 | 178.4 | -52.54 |