US trade (export - import) with Swaziland in 2014
Published or Updated: Feb 08, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Swaziland in 2014: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Swaziland
In 2014, US trade with Swaziland totaled $111.2 million, up 31.67% ($26.8 million) from 2013.
US exports to Swaziland in 2014 totaled $25.7 million, up 13.42% ($3.0 million) from 2013.
US imports from Swaziland in 2014 totaled $85.5 million, up 38.36% ($23.7 million) from 2013.
US trade deficit with Swaziland in 2014 was $59.8 million, a 52.81% increase ($20.7 million) over 2013.
Swaziland was the US 164th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 167th in 2013), accounting for 0.0028% of US total trade (up from 0.0022% in 2013).
Swaziland was the US 179th largest export market in 2014 (up from 180th in 2013), accounting for 0.0016% of US total exports (up from 0.0014% in 2013).
Swaziland was the US 130th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 132nd in 2013), accounting for 0.0035% of US total imports (up from 0.0027% in 2013).
US Exports to Swaziland
The major share of US exports to Swaziland in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 39.74% of US total exports to Swaziland (33.04% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 30.26% of US total exports to Swaziland (32.12% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.13% of US total exports to Swaziland (10.21% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.07% of US total exports to Swaziland (1.44% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.37% of US total exports to Swaziland (4.52% in 2013).
The largest gains in US exports to Swaziland in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $2,590.3 thousand;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $1,994.2 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $749.7 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) - an increase of $604.3 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $437.8 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $405.5 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $284.3 thousand;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $222.4 thousand;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $181.2 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $168.1 thousand;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $135.3 thousand;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - an increase of $134.7 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Swaziland in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $1,402.1 thousand;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $849.0 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $689.4 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $620.6 thousand;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $341.7 thousand;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $289.2 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $251.5 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $193.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $124.4 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 $116.1 thousand;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $85.0 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $82.8 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 341.7 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,295.3 | 5.04 | 857.6 | 51.05 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.8 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.3 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 400.3 | 1.56 | 651.8 | -38.59 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 16.4 | 0.06 | 76.9 | -78.75 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0.0 | 0.00 | 193.1 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 73.1 | 0.28 | 50.1 | 45.95 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 306.2 | 1.19 | 125.0 | 144.97 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 16.2 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 73.9 | 0.29 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,601.8 | 6.23 | 852.1 | 87.98 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 349.0 | 1.36 | 379.0 | -7.91 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,295.7 | 24.48 | 3,705.4 | 69.91 |
| 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 | 6.1 | 0.02 | 3.0 | 99.61 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 653.5 | 2.54 | 628.8 | 3.91 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,024.1 | 3.98 | 1,713.6 | -40.23 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 205.7 | 0.80 | 203.6 | 1.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8.2 | 0.03 | 6.0 | 37.45 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 30.7 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 141.1 | 0.55 | 5.8 | 2,334.01 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 21.0 | 0.08 | 34.8 | -39.65 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 849.0 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 235.6 | 0.92 | 13.2 | 1,689.74 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 96.8 | 0.38 | 127.0 | -23.79 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 85.0 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.1 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 138.8 | 0.54 | 4.2 | 3,227.61 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 22.5 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 46.9 | 0.18 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 21.1 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 5.8 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 5.5 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11.7 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 32.5 | 0.13 | 10.7 | 205.16 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 228.0 | 0.89 | 172.0 | 32.52 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 49.0 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 457.6 | 1.78 | 52.1 | 777.74 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 12.5 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13.5 | 0.05 | 16.0 | -15.76 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 31.4 | 0.12 | 66.0 | -52.35 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 18.1 | 0.07 | 142.5 | -87.30 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,842.5 | 11.05 | 3,463.0 | -17.92 |
| 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 | 2,281.0 | 8.87 | 1,676.6 | 36.04 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 291.4 | 1.13 | 123.3 | 136.37 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 948.5 | 3.69 | 664.2 | 42.80 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,420.0 | 5.52 | 1,356.0 | 4.72 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,129.3 | 8.28 | 135.1 | 1,475.80 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 36.8 | 0.14 | 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 | 128.8 | 0.50 | 244.8 | -47.41 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 94.6 | 0.37 | 383.8 | -75.35 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2.8 | 0.01 | 7.4 | -61.45 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 53.2 | 0.21 | 1,455.3 | -96.35 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,606.8 | 6.25 | 1,689.6 | -4.90 |
US Imports from Swaziland
The major share of US imports from Swaziland in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 67.27% of US total imports from Swaziland (84.29% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 27.87% of US total imports from Swaziland (9.16% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.47% of US total imports from Swaziland (1.90% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.63% of US total imports from Swaziland (2.09% in 2013).
The largest gains in US imports from Swaziland in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $18,968.7 thousand;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $6,575.3 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $835.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Swaziland in 2014 over the 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,065.2 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $790.6 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $549.1 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 19,025.8 | 22.25 | 57.1 | 33,241.74 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,809.9 | 5.62 | 5,600.5 | -14.12 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 66.3 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 45.2 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4.3 | 0.00 | 31.2 | -86.35 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 159.7 | 0.19 | 708.8 | -77.47 |
| 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 | 3.3 | 0.00 | 14.1 | -76.74 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2.8 | 0.00 | 27.3 | -89.81 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4.0 | 0.00 | 47.9 | -91.70 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 348.7 | 0.41 | 413.8 | -15.72 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -100.00 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1.3 | 0.00 | 1.8 | -29.72 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 13.6 | 0.02 | 13.1 | 3.84 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.8 | -100.00 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 5.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 52.5 | 0.06 | 78.4 | -32.98 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 7.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 69.2 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 37.0 | 0.04 | 3.4 | 992.79 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.3 | 0.00 | 2.1 | -86.30 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 6.6 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 521.91 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 37,420.2 | 43.76 | 30,844.9 | 21.32 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 19,959.3 | 23.34 | 21,024.5 | -5.07 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10.8 | 0.01 | 220.4 | -95.11 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 13.4 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 4,487.37 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 35.0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 33.9 | 0.04 | 124.9 | -72.89 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 7.5 | 0.01 | 20.7 | -63.65 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 13.7 | 0.02 | 6.3 | 119.30 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8.9 | 0.01 | 4.0 | 125.34 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 133.8 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 107.4 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,160.7 | 1.36 | 325.3 | 256.79 |
| 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 | 536.3 | 0.63 | 551.5 | -2.76 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 103.4 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 6.1 | 0.01 | 11.1 | -45.25 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 306.8 | 0.36 | 288.3 | 6.43 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 67.0 | 0.08 | 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 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 34.2 | -98.52 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 404.3 | 0.47 | 418.1 | -3.30 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 678.1 | 0.79 | 731.1 | -7.26 |