US trade (export - import) with Tanzania in 2014
Published or Updated: Feb 08, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Tanzania in 2014: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Tanzania
In 2014, US trade with Tanzania was $390.8 million, down 19.27% ($93.3 million) from 2013.
US exports to Tanzania in 2014 were $302.2 million, down 26.65% ($109.8 million) from 2013.
US imports from Tanzania in 2014 totaled $88.6 million, up 22.90% ($16.5 million) from 2013.
US trade surplus with Tanzania in 2014 was $213.5 million, a 37.17% decrease ($126.3 million) over 2013.
Tanzania was the US 127th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 122nd in 2013), accounting for 0.0097% of US total trade (down from 0.0124% in 2013).
Tanzania was the US 120th largest export market in 2014 (down from 106th in 2013), accounting for 0.0187% of US total exports (down from 0.0261% in 2013).
Tanzania was the US 126th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 129th in 2013), accounting for 0.0037% of US total imports (up from 0.0031% in 2013).
US Exports to Tanzania
The major share of US exports to Tanzania in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 58.62% of US total exports to Tanzania (61.86% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.87% of US total exports to Tanzania (9.42% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 9.48% of US total exports to Tanzania (7.33% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.55% of US total exports to Tanzania (12.19% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.01% of US total exports to Tanzania (4.33% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.71% of US total exports to Tanzania (0.72% in 2013).
The largest gains in US exports to Tanzania in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $22.0 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $5.7 million;
- 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 $5.2 million;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $4.4 million;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $3.8 million;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $3.6 million;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $2.1 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $2.0 million;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1.4 million;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1.3 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Tanzania in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - a decrease of $95.1 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $26.7 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $8.9 million;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $6.8 million;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $6.4 million;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $5.0 million;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $3.7 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $2.5 million;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $1.6 million;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $1.5 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1.4 million;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1.1 million.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 3,118.2 | 1.03 | 1,783.8 | 74.81 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 234.3 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 64.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,159.5 | 0.71 | 5,829.6 | -62.96 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 38.6 | 0.01 | 39.3 | -2.03 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 9,659.9 | 3.20 | 10,336.8 | -6.55 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 17,543.1 | 5.81 | 13,745.8 | 27.62 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 330.5 | 0.11 | 359.6 | -8.11 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 3.0 | 0.00 | 138.9 | -97.87 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,042.1 | 0.34 | 2,163.7 | -51.84 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 17.3 | 0.01 | 12.3 | 39.71 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5.0 | 0.00 | 9.2 | -45.46 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,266.2 | 0.42 | 1,887.5 | -32.92 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 39.7 | 0.01 | 55.4 | -28.39 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,535.1 | 2.16 | 2,153.6 | 203.45 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 39.8 | 0.01 | 9.7 | 311.79 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 10.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 26.3 | 0.01 | 23.7 | 11.35 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 666.5 | 0.22 | 613.3 | 8.68 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 802.8 | 0.27 | 224.5 | 257.66 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,207.8 | 0.73 | 135.7 | 1,526.98 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,402.3 | 0.46 | 933.5 | 50.23 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 340.6 | 0.11 | 27,086.2 | -98.74 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 91.0 | 0.03 | 226.0 | -59.73 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,259.1 | 0.75 | 2,433.7 | -7.17 |
| 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 | 344.0 | 0.11 | 338.8 | 1.55 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 121.4 | 0.04 | 109.0 | 11.39 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 195.1 | 0.06 | 233.7 | -16.50 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 200.7 | 0.07 | 89.3 | 124.67 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,976.4 | 0.65 | 4,525.5 | -56.33 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,666.1 | 0.55 | 3,102.0 | -46.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,969.4 | 1.98 | 11,000.0 | -45.73 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 323.5 | 0.11 | 131.9 | 145.20 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 159.4 | 0.05 | 8.1 | 1,880.26 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 49.7 | 0.02 | 17.7 | 181.11 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,050.6 | 0.68 | 622.5 | 229.40 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,941.6 | 1.97 | 2,330.5 | 154.95 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.7 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 2.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 129.1 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 194.6 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.3 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 177.0 | 0.06 | 423.2 | -58.19 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 52.7 | 0.02 | 52.3 | 0.85 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 558.9 | 0.18 | 417.6 | 33.81 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 25,319.2 | 8.38 | 26,833.1 | -5.64 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,389.4 | 0.79 | 2,246.4 | 6.36 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 28.3 | 0.01 | 5.0 | 462.58 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 3.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 257.5 | 0.09 | 34.7 | 642.71 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 38.4 | 0.01 | 24.1 | 59.16 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 85.1 | 0.03 | 207.9 | -59.06 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 57.4 | 0.02 | 47.9 | 19.88 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 19.6 | 0.01 | 189.3 | -89.64 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,599.9 | 1.85 | 12,426.8 | -54.94 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 46.2 | 0.02 | 60.6 | -23.75 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 7.1 | 0.00 | 2.7 | 163.65 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 279.5 | 0.09 | 128.3 | 117.83 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 13.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.9 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,625.2 | 0.87 | 4,217.7 | -37.76 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 498.1 | 0.16 | 788.1 | -36.80 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 88,498.3 | 29.29 | 66,493.6 | 33.09 |
| 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 | 59,869.0 | 19.81 | 54,666.7 | 9.52 |
| 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 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 179.0 | -93.19 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,382.5 | 1.78 | 14,263.1 | -62.26 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 6,450.3 | 2.13 | 101,511.9 | -93.65 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 968.1 | 0.32 | 7,417.7 | -86.95 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 15,955.6 | 5.28 | 10,287.8 | 55.09 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 6.7 | 0.00 | 28.5 | -76.52 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 15.4 | 0.01 | 12.4 | 24.74 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 1,268.5 | 0.42 | 1,098.9 | 15.44 |
| 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 | 924.7 | 0.31 | 614.8 | 50.41 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 313.7 | 0.10 | 905.1 | -65.34 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 919.0 | 0.30 | 529.9 | 73.44 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 25.0 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 14,703.4 | 4.87 | 12,661.1 | 16.13 |
US Imports from Tanzania
The major share of US imports from Tanzania in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.03% of US total imports from Tanzania (50.73% in 2013);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 26.34% of US total imports from Tanzania (27.21% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 20.57% of US total imports from Tanzania (15.08% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.02% of US total imports from Tanzania (1.39% in 2013).
The largest gains in US imports from Tanzania in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $6.2 million;
- 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) - an increase of $3.7 million;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $3.6 million;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2.6 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1.2 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1.2 million;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1.0 million;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $0.9 million;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $0.4 million;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $0.4 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Tanzania in 2014 over the 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $2.9 million;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $1.0 million;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $0.3 million;
- 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 $0.3 million.
| 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 284.2 | 0.32 | 223.5 | 27.16 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 245.7 | 0.28 | 564.8 | -56.49 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 32.8 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 169.4 | 0.19 | 153.9 | 10.05 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 437.8 | 0.49 | 630.5 | -30.56 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,847.7 | 4.34 | 1,266.6 | 203.77 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 20,529.1 | 23.16 | 23,405.7 | -12.29 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,196.2 | 4.73 | 3,260.9 | 28.68 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 8,426.5 | 9.51 | 4,801.6 | 75.50 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 883.9 | 1.00 | 454.0 | 94.70 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,541.7 | 1.74 | 1,688.5 | -8.69 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,095.0 | 1.24 | 140.9 | 677.42 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 14.2 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0.0 | 0.00 | 998.9 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8.3 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 19.1 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.4 | -100.00 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 60.4 | 0.07 | 39.7 | 52.30 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6.5 | 0.01 | 5.0 | 30.35 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 340.3 | 0.38 | 177.0 | 92.25 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 50.6 | 0.06 | 63.5 | -20.34 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3.4 | 0.00 | 16.4 | -79.53 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.7 | -28.90 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 16,977.6 | 19.15 | 10,798.2 | 57.23 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,238.8 | 1.40 | 65.8 | 1,782.54 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6.8 | 0.01 | 12.3 | -44.82 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 8.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.2 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1.8 | 0.00 | 1.5 | 20.36 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 23,347.3 | 26.34 | 19,623.8 | 18.97 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 34.9 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 32.6 | 0.04 | 130.3 | -75.01 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 62.2 | 0.07 | 25.0 | 148.45 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 83.3 | 0.09 | 159.5 | -47.77 |
| 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 | 70.5 | 0.08 | 50.2 | 40.46 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 30.8 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.1 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 36.7 | 0.04 | 4.1 | 790.16 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2.2 | 0.00 | 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 | 17.6 | 0.02 | 320.5 | -94.50 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 552.2 | 0.62 | 169.5 | 225.82 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,990.0 | 4.50 | 2,796.2 | 42.69 |