US trade (export - import) with Syria in 2016
Published or Updated: Apr 18, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Syria in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Syria
In 2016, US trade with Syria totaled $10.8 million, up 5.38% ($0.6 million) from 2015.
US exports to Syria in 2016 totaled $3.7 million, up 8.64% ($0.3 million) from 2015.
US imports from Syria in 2016 totaled $7.2 million, up 3.79% ($0.3 million) from 2015.
US trade deficit with Syria in 2016 was $3.5 million, a 0.82% decrease ($0.0 million) over 2015.
Syria was the US 195th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 196th in 2015), accounting for 0.0003% of US total trade (just as in 2015).
Syria was the US 198th largest export market in 2016 (up from 201st in 2015), accounting for 0.0003% of US total exports (up from 0.0002% in 2015).
Syria was the US 171st largest supplier in 2016 (up from 174th in 2015), accounting for 0.0003% of US total imports (just as in 2015).
US Exports to Syria
The major share of US exports to Syria in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 77.28% of US total exports to Syria (76.51% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.06% of US total exports to Syria (15.57% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.66% of US total exports to Syria (7.62% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $222.3 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $196.0 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $42.7 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $37.5 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 $14.5 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $136.5 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $37.3 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $24.4 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $22.0 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $12.7 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 44.0 | 1.20 | 68.3 | -35.66 |
| 10 | Cereals | 51.0 | 1.40 | 8.3 | 515.94 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,718.7 | 74.42 | 2,496.3 | 8.91 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9.7 | 0.26 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5.4 | 0.15 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 52.2 | 1.43 | 14.8 | 253.66 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 138.9 | 3.80 | 160.8 | -13.65 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 494.5 | 13.53 | 298.5 | 65.67 |
| 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 | 3.4 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 10.3 | 0.28 | 8.6 | 19.98 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 28.1 | 0.77 | 40.8 | -31.09 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 47.3 | 1.29 | 183.8 | -74.28 |
| 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 | 14.5 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 35.3 | 0.97 | 72.5 | -51.35 |
US Imports from Syria
The major share of US imports from Syria in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 59.94% of US total imports from Syria (48.30% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.25% of US total imports from Syria (1.70% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.69% of US total imports from Syria (1.28% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $754.1 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $362.7 thousand;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $255.6 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $150.3 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $53.9 thousand;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $45.0 thousand;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $37.0 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Syria in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $728.1 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $240.8 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 $184.2 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $100.1 thousand;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $94.8 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $37.0 thousand;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $28.0 thousand;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $24.6 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2015 USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2.7 | 0.04 | 6.2 | -55.81 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 262.5 | 3.67 | 362.6 | -27.62 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,835.6 | 39.63 | 2,081.6 | 36.23 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2.9 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 13.7 | 0.19 | 50.7 | -73.02 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.6 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 612.6 | 8.56 | 357.0 | 71.60 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 45.0 | 0.63 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 213.0 | 2.98 | 307.8 | -30.80 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 254.5 | 3.56 | 104.2 | 144.18 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6.9 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 39.6 | 0.55 | 35.0 | 13.03 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 28.0 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12.8 | 0.18 | 20.1 | -36.40 |
| 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 | 39.9 | 0.56 | 2.9 | 1,295.35 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5.3 | 0.07 | 7.9 | -32.85 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2.8 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 158.4 | 2.21 | 104.5 | 51.52 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.9 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2.3 | 0.03 | 9.0 | -73.93 |
| 50 | Silk | 0.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 12.6 | 0.18 | 15.8 | -20.10 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 80.6 | 1.13 | 62.6 | 28.75 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 25.6 | 0.36 | 4.8 | 436.47 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1.4 | 0.02 | 4.5 | -68.18 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,190.6 | 30.61 | 1,827.9 | 19.84 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 12.4 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 8.0 | 0.11 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.1 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 34.6 | 0.48 | 26.2 | 32.07 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.4 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 6.0 | 0.08 | 9.4 | -35.96 |
| 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 | 77.4 | 1.08 | 261.6 | -70.41 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2.4 | 0.03 | 2.4 | 3.14 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 728.1 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 192.7 | 2.69 | 433.4 | -55.55 |