US trade (export - import) with Somalia in 2013
Published or Updated: Feb 02, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Somalia in 2013: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Somalia
In 2013, US trade with Somalia was $16.3 million, down 4.14% ($0.7 million) from 2012.
US exports to Somalia in 2013 were $16.0 million, down 4.63% ($0.8 million) from 2012.
US imports from Somalia in 2013 totaled $0.4 million, up 22.16% ($0.1 million) from 2012.
US trade surplus with Somalia in 2013 was $15.6 million, a 5.15% decrease ($0.8 million) over 2012.
Somalia was the US 193rd largest trading partner in 2013 (just as in 2012), accounting for 0.0004% of US total trade (just as in 2012).
Somalia was the US 188th largest export market in 2013 (down from 186th in 2012), accounting for 0.0010% of US total exports (down from 0.0011% in 2012).
Somalia was the US 207th largest supplier in 2013 (just as in 2012), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (just as in 2012).
US Exports to Somalia
The major share of US exports to Somalia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 54.27% of US total exports to Somalia (21.55% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 36.60% of US total exports to Somalia (61.00% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.08% of US total exports to Somalia (10.11% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.30% of US total exports to Somalia (2.16% in 2012).
The largest gains in US exports to Somalia in 2013 over 2012 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) - an increase of $4,061.3 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $3,345.3 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,807.5 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $889.4 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 $780.5 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $461.8 thousand;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $91.4 thousand;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $68.7 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Somalia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $4,699.2 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $3,423.4 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,599.0 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $580.2 thousand;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $411.0 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $363.6 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $334.3 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $257.9 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $240.3 thousand;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $120.0 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $96.5 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $65.1 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $59.4 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 120.0 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0.0 | 0.00 | 363.6 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 122.1 | 0.77 | 3,545.6 | -96.56 |
| 10 | Cereals | 889.4 | 5.57 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 662.6 | 4.15 | 5,361.8 | -87.64 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,162.4 | 26.08 | 817.1 | 409.42 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4.5 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 15.0 | 0.09 | 111.5 | -86.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 184.2 | 1.15 | 249.3 | -26.10 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7.5 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 411.0 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2.7 | 0.02 | 6.2 | -56.79 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 59.4 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 91.4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 334.3 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 19.7 | 0.12 | 599.9 | -96.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 175.2 | 1.10 | 415.5 | -57.83 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 45.9 | 0.29 | 303.8 | -84.88 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 38.1 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3.3 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 30.7 | 0.19 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 722.1 | 4.52 | 2,321.1 | -68.89 |
| 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 | 895.1 | 5.61 | 114.5 | 681.42 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,751.8 | 17.24 | 944.3 | 191.42 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 64.3 | 0.40 | 50.2 | 28.05 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,227.7 | 26.49 | 166.5 | 2,439.58 |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 43.9 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 68.7 | 0.43 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 809.0 | 5.07 | 347.1 | 133.03 |
US Imports from Somalia
The major share of US imports from Somalia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 29.79% of US total imports from Somalia (49.85% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.33% of US total imports from Somalia (0.00% in 2012);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.00% of US total imports from Somalia (1.15% in 2012).
The largest gains in US imports from Somalia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $170.1 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $5.9 thousand;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $3.1 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 $3.1 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Somalia in 2013 over the 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $65.3 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $35.0 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $7.6 thousand;
- 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 $3.6 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.6 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 115.3 | 29.79 | 150.3 | -23.29 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3.1 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | -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 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.6 | -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 | 3.1 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5.9 | 1.54 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 226.6 | 58.54 | 56.5 | 301.25 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 33.0 | 8.54 | 98.3 | -66.40 |