US trade (export - import) with Rwanda in 2014
Published or Updated: Feb 08, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Rwanda in 2014: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Rwanda
In 2014, US trade with Rwanda totaled $62.9 million, up 25.15% ($12.6 million) from 2013.
US exports to Rwanda in 2014 were $21.2 million, down 15.77% ($4.0 million) from 2013.
US imports from Rwanda in 2014 totaled $41.7 million, up 66.22% ($16.6 million) from 2013.
US trade balance with Rwanda went from a surplus of $0.1 million in 2013, to a deficit of $20.5 million in 2014.
Rwanda was the US 176th largest trading partner in 2014 (just as in 2013), accounting for 0.0016% of US total trade (up from 0.0013% in 2013).
Rwanda was the US 183rd largest export market in 2014 (down from 178th in 2013), accounting for 0.0013% of US total exports (down from 0.0016% in 2013).
Rwanda was the US 145th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 152nd in 2013), accounting for 0.0017% of US total imports (up from 0.0011% in 2013).
US Exports to Rwanda
The major share of US exports to Rwanda in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 53.97% of US total exports to Rwanda (41.52% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 34.52% of US total exports to Rwanda (47.03% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.54% of US total exports to Rwanda (1.79% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.14% of US total exports to Rwanda (1.80% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.00% of US total exports to Rwanda (1.41% in 2013).
The largest gains in US exports to Rwanda in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $3,648.1 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 $662.4 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $180.3 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $139.8 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $83.1 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $68.1 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Rwanda in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $4,695.3 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,336.4 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $981.3 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $356.9 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $97.0 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $89.8 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $83.6 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 $80.2 thousand;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $70.0 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 25.2 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 50.2 | 0.24 | 50.5 | -0.73 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 68.1 | 0.32 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,857.8 | 32.32 | 11,553.1 | -40.64 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4.2 | 0.02 | 2.9 | 43.23 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6.7 | 0.03 | 31.4 | -78.63 |
| 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 | 45.6 | 0.21 | 8.5 | 435.93 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.6 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 263.2 | 1.24 | 82.9 | 217.58 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 62.0 | 0.29 | 46.8 | 32.49 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17.5 | 0.08 | 114.5 | -84.68 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 52.5 | 0.25 | 26.3 | 99.86 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 30.0 | 0.14 | 113.6 | -73.56 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 126.3 | 0.60 | 216.1 | -41.57 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 5.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 36.2 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.2 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 497.4 | 2.34 | 414.3 | 20.06 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.8 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 21.6 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 70.0 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 3.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 168.2 | 0.79 | 28.4 | 492.57 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 9.4 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 63.9 | 0.30 | 420.8 | -84.81 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,428.6 | 11.45 | 4,765.1 | -49.03 |
| 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 | 2,395.7 | 11.29 | 1,733.4 | 38.21 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 482.3 | 2.27 | 475.1 | 1.51 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 4,513.9 | 21.27 | 865.8 | 421.34 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,630.7 | 7.68 | 2,611.9 | -37.57 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 33.0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 132.9 | 0.63 | 213.1 | -37.64 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 56.4 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4.2 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,204.7 | 5.68 | 1,207.2 | -0.20 |
US Imports from Rwanda
The major share of US imports from Rwanda in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 61.47% of US total imports from Rwanda (83.33% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 35.18% of US total imports from Rwanda (11.84% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.58% of US total imports from Rwanda (2.30% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of US total imports from Rwanda (1.33% in 2013).
The largest gains in US imports from Rwanda in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $11,705.3 thousand;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $7,182.8 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $134.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Rwanda in 2014 over the 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $2,562.6 thousand;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - a decrease of $334.5 thousand.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.7 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 97.6 | 0.23 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 24,629.3 | 59.03 | 17,446.5 | 41.17 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 14.1 | 0.03 | 4.3 | 231.14 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 881.9 | 2.11 | 3,444.5 | -74.40 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 14.2 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 11.8 | 0.03 | 8.0 | 47.44 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 14,678.0 | 35.18 | 2,972.7 | 393.77 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 21.5 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4.4 | 0.01 | 7.0 | -37.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 220.6 | 0.53 | 100.5 | 119.40 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4.1 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 80.37 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 515.8 | 1.24 | 423.9 | 21.69 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 139.1 | 0.33 | 150.2 | -7.42 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 136.4 | 0.33 | 1.9 | 7,075.49 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 19.5 | 0.05 | 0.5 | 3,751.58 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 10.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3.2 | 0.01 | 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 | 157.2 | 0.38 | 44.0 | 257.05 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 334.5 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.0 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.8 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 11.0 | 0.03 | 30.7 | -64.21 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 49.6 | 0.12 | 12.4 | 299.68 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 101.8 | 0.24 | 84.7 | 20.21 |