US trade (export - import) with Sierra Leone in 2015
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Sierra Leone in 2015: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Sierra Leone
In 2015, US trade with Sierra Leone totaled $117.8 million, up 0.65% ($0.8 million) from 2014.
US exports to Sierra Leone in 2015 were $77.9 million, down 11.38% ($10.0 million) from 2014.
US imports from Sierra Leone in 2015 totaled $39.9 million, up 37.00% ($10.8 million) from 2014.
US trade surplus with Sierra Leone in 2015 was $38.0 million, a 35.32% decrease ($20.8 million) over 2014.
Sierra Leone was the US 157th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 161st in 2014), accounting for 0.0031% of US total trade (up from 0.0029% in 2014).
Sierra Leone was the US 149th largest export market in 2015 (down from 148th in 2014), accounting for 0.0052% of US total exports (down from 0.0054% in 2014).
Sierra Leone was the US 149th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 152nd in 2014), accounting for 0.0017% of US total imports (up from 0.0012% in 2014).
US Exports to Sierra Leone
The major share of US exports to Sierra Leone in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 36.14% of US total exports to Sierra Leone (40.91% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 29.19% of US total exports to Sierra Leone (21.66% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.25% of US total exports to Sierra Leone (5.70% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.75% of US total exports to Sierra Leone (14.51% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.33% of US total exports to Sierra Leone (1.70% in 2014).
The largest gains in US exports to Sierra Leone in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $6,021.6 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $5,106.7 thousand;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $560.5 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $518.8 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $470.2 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $331.4 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $312.9 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $307.3 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 $303.2 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 $279.9 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $251.9 thousand;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $246.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Sierra Leone in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $14,386.3 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $4,376.0 thousand;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $2,155.5 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,538.5 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $834.8 thousand;
- 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 (HS code 86) - a decrease of $411.5 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $403.9 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $356.3 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $335.8 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $328.0 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 $286.8 thousand;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $253.7 thousand.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2014 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 6,652.4 | 8.54 | 7,008.7 | -5.08 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 86.0 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 93.3 | 0.12 | 62.7 | 48.81 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 130.7 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 17.0 | 0.02 | 7.9 | 116.18 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 71.4 | 0.09 | 102.0 | -30.01 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 288.1 | 0.37 | 616.1 | -53.24 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 136.3 | 0.17 | 390.0 | -65.06 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 103.7 | 0.13 | 80.8 | 28.34 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 25.3 | 0.03 | 13.0 | 94.61 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 549.8 | 0.71 | 1,384.5 | -60.29 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 662.4 | 0.85 | 499.5 | 32.62 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 13,672.2 | 17.55 | 8,565.6 | 59.62 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 308.5 | 0.40 | 187.9 | 64.17 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5.0 | 0.01 | 11.7 | -57.34 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 26.2 | 0.03 | 22.2 | 18.24 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 235.0 | 0.30 | 317.5 | -25.98 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 21.5 | 0.03 | 308.3 | -93.03 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 10.0 | 0.01 | 10.8 | -7.11 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 291.6 | 0.37 | 128.2 | 127.36 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2,155.5 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 262.0 | 0.34 | 160.6 | 63.20 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 776.0 | 1.00 | 547.3 | 41.79 |
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 | 335.9 | 0.43 | 182.6 | 83.95 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 11.4 | 0.01 | 14.0 | -18.75 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 87.0 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 640.2 | 0.82 | 332.9 | 92.31 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,477.4 | 1.90 | 5,853.4 | -74.76 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,434.5 | 1.84 | 2,973.1 | -51.75 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 64.8 | 0.08 | 53.4 | 21.35 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 17.1 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 531.3 | 0.68 | 199.8 | 165.89 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 150.3 | 0.19 | 128.4 | 17.07 |
52 | Cotton | 22.4 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 41.5 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 61.6 | 0.08 | 51.6 | 19.20 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 15.7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 20.4 | 0.03 | 12.1 | 68.71 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 4.5 | 0.01 | 15.4 | -70.82 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,457.8 | 1.87 | 987.6 | 47.61 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 161.1 | 0.21 | 355.6 | -54.70 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,785.1 | 4.86 | 3,266.4 | 15.88 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 117.6 | 0.15 | 239.2 | -50.85 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 41.1 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 721.2 | 0.93 | 469.3 | 53.67 |
69 | Ceramic products | 815.5 | 1.05 | 569.1 | 43.29 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 64.1 | 0.08 | 13.0 | 392.10 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5.3 | 0.01 | 25.1 | -78.87 |
72 | Iron and steel | 43.4 | 0.06 | 16.8 | 158.57 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 509.9 | 0.65 | 913.8 | -44.20 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.8 | -100.00 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 23.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 168.9 | 0.22 | 108.9 | 55.11 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 12.0 | 0.02 | 3.0 | 303.36 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 276.1 | 0.35 | 93.8 | 194.35 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 335.8 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,959.5 | 10.22 | 22,345.9 | -64.38 |
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 | 3,382.4 | 4.34 | 3,079.2 | 9.85 |
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 | 86.1 | 0.11 | 497.6 | -82.69 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 15,206.3 | 19.52 | 9,184.8 | 65.56 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 68.2 | 0.09 | 136.7 | -50.11 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 565.0 | 0.73 | 4.5 | 12,455.56 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 891.5 | 1.14 | 714.6 | 24.76 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.6 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 14.6 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 4.6 | 0.01 | 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 | 1,966.3 | 2.52 | 1,686.4 | 16.60 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 127.6 | 0.16 | 117.3 | 8.77 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 54.4 | 0.07 | 51.6 | 5.35 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 10,308.7 | 13.23 | 9,995.8 | 3.13 |
US Imports from Sierra Leone
The major share of US imports from Sierra Leone in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 69.66% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (57.44% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 11.87% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (14.43% in 2014);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 8.88% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (21.62% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.42% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (2.01% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.21% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (0.05% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.34% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (0.81% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.43% of US total imports from Sierra Leone (1.44% in 2014).
The largest gains in US imports from Sierra Leone in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $11,054.9 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $847.5 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 $735.0 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $335.1 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $232.3 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $171.3 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $165.6 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $134.3 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Sierra Leone in 2015 over the 2014 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 $2,751.2 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $573.8 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $206.0 thousand.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2014 USD thousand) |
Change in 2015 over 2014 (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 621.9 | 1.56 | 286.8 | 116.83 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 60.9 | 0.15 | 14.4 | 323.22 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.2 | -100.00 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 35.0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 15.1 | 0.04 | 14.7 | 2.67 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 182.7 | 0.46 | 224.6 | -18.68 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3.5 | 0.01 | 9.6 | -63.17 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 14.0 | 0.04 | 12.0 | 16.48 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 25.6 | 0.06 | 3.4 | 659.91 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 27,768.3 | 69.66 | 16,713.4 | 66.14 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 43.2 | 0.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 18.9 | 0.05 | 23.3 | -19.12 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.1 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 137.6 | 0.35 | 3.3 | 4,114.92 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 61.8 | 0.16 | 0.0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 112.2 | 0.28 | 77.2 | 45.39 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 156.8 | 0.39 | 130.3 | 20.33 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 119.2 | 0.30 | 0.0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 19.2 | 0.05 | 1.3 | 1,332.49 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 861.8 | 2.16 | 14.3 | 5,906.06 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 20.7 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 13.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.7 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 9.5 | 0.02 | 35.4 | -73.08 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.1 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 24.1 | 0.06 | 68.8 | -65.01 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 45.0 | 0.11 | 251.0 | -82.08 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3.8 | 0.01 | 8.8 | -57.29 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 68.1 | 0.17 | 51.6 | 31.94 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 6.0 | 0.02 | 1.7 | 258.54 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 173.8 | 0.44 | 2.5 | 6,908.10 |
69 | Ceramic products | 19.7 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 77.6 | 0.19 | 59.4 | 30.57 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 3,538.5 | 8.88 | 6,289.7 | -43.74 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 144.5 | 0.36 | 53.2 | 171.77 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6.9 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13.2 | 0.03 | 4.1 | 223.71 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 18.0 | 0.05 | 10.7 | 68.02 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 35.9 | 0.09 | 78.5 | -54.35 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,231.6 | 3.09 | 1,805.4 | -31.78 |
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 | 1,717.4 | 4.31 | 982.3 | 74.83 |
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 | 38.0 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 175.4 | 0.44 | 95.1 | 84.49 |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 30.8 | 0.08 | 9.3 | 230.24 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,539.3 | 3.86 | 1,307.0 | 17.78 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 7.4 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.7 | -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 | 69.9 | 0.18 | 14.7 | 375.49 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.2 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 21.8 | 0.05 | 40.1 | -45.73 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 103.4 | 0.26 | 89.8 | 15.12 |
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 440.0 | 1.10 | 274.3 | 60.37 |