US trade (export - import) with Somalia in 2015
Published or Updated: Mar 28, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Somalia in 2015: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Somalia
In 2015, US trade with Somalia totaled $46.8 million, up 30.57% ($11.0 million) from 2014.
US exports to Somalia in 2015 totaled $45.8 million, up 28.46% ($10.1 million) from 2014.
US imports from Somalia in 2015 totaled $1.0 million, up 413.45% ($0.8 million) from 2014.
US trade surplus with Somalia in 2015 was $44.8 million, a 26.32% increase ($9.3 million) over 2014.
Somalia was the US 179th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 181st in 2014), accounting for 0.0012% of US total trade (up from 0.0009% in 2014).
Somalia was the US 163rd largest export market in 2015 (up from 172nd in 2014), accounting for 0.0030% of US total exports (up from 0.0022% in 2014).
Somalia was the US 204th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 210th in 2014), accounting for 0.0000% of US total imports (just as in 2014).
US Exports to Somalia
The major share of US exports to Somalia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 58.30% of US total exports to Somalia (64.41% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.40% of US total exports to Somalia (25.29% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.89% of US total exports to Somalia (4.05% in 2014).
The largest gains in US exports to Somalia 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 $4,249.4 thousand;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $2,754.8 thousand;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $2,074.1 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1,884.0 thousand;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,059.4 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $537.6 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $303.4 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $283.1 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $173.7 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $150.0 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Somalia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,345.6 thousand;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $1,066.0 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $324.4 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $306.0 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 $191.6 thousand;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $158.2 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 | 14.6 | 0.03 | 65.7 | -77.80 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 5.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,704.5 | 5.91 | 820.5 | 229.62 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,756.9 | 3.84 | 3,102.6 | -43.37 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,059.4 | 2.31 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 994.1 | 2.17 | 961.1 | 3.44 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,474.9 | 5.40 | 2,453.7 | 0.86 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,434.2 | 3.13 | 896.6 | 59.96 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,473.2 | 7.58 | 718.5 | 383.43 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0.0 | 0.00 | 63.7 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 5.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11.7 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 24.5 | 0.05 | 93.8 | -73.89 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 195.6 | 0.43 | 21.9 | 794.08 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 50.6 | 0.11 | 154.7 | -67.30 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.5 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10.0 | 0.02 | 40.0 | -75.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5.0 | 0.01 | 1,071.0 | -99.54 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.0 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 28.4 | 0.06 | 6.3 | 350.48 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 300.5 | 0.66 | 17.3 | 1,632.39 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,275.8 | 4.97 | 201.7 | 1,028.58 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 90.2 | 0.20 | 130.6 | -30.95 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 150.0 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 130.0 | 0.28 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 42.8 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 39.7 | 0.09 | 57.4 | -30.79 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 17.9 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 158.2 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 106.2 | 0.23 | 29.1 | 264.92 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7.2 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,340.3 | 2.93 | 1,036.9 | 29.26 |
| 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 | 648.6 | 1.42 | 840.2 | -22.81 |
| 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 | 7.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 24,419.5 | 53.32 | 20,170.0 | 21.07 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 82.4 | 0.18 | 388.4 | -78.78 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 204.1 | 0.45 | 528.5 | -61.38 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 10.7 | 0.02 | 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 | 233.2 | 0.51 | 106.5 | 119.08 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 142.8 | 0.31 | 53.6 | 166.15 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.4 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,287.6 | 2.81 | 1,419.3 | -9.28 |
US Imports from Somalia
The major share of US imports from Somalia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 76.63% of US total imports from Somalia (70.03% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.31% of US total imports from Somalia (22.85% in 2014).
The largest gains in US imports from Somalia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $629.0 thousand;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $115.7 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $67.7 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $21.1 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $12.3 thousand;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $6.4 thousand;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $5.0 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Somalia in 2015 over the 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $44.9 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6.4 | 0.63 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 766.6 | 75.99 | 137.6 | 457.14 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5.0 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 44.9 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 12.3 | 1.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 21.1 | 2.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 123.8 | 12.28 | 8.2 | 1,418.06 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 73.6 | 7.29 | 5.8 | 1,161.86 |