US trade (export - import) with Uganda in 2017
Published or Updated: May 02, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Uganda in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Uganda
In 2017, US trade with Uganda totaled $189.3 million, up 53.91% ($66.3 million) from 2016.
US exports to Uganda in 2017 totaled $107.8 million, up 56.17% ($38.8 million) from 2016.
US imports from Uganda in 2017 totaled $81.5 million, up 51.01% ($27.5 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Uganda in 2017 was $26.3 million, a 74.71% increase ($11.2 million) over 2016.
Uganda was the US 147th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 155th in 2016), accounting for 0.0048% of US total trade (up from 0.0033% in 2016).
Uganda was the US 139th largest export market in 2017 (up from 151st in 2016), accounting for 0.0070% of US total exports (up from 0.0047% in 2016).
Uganda was the US 128th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 136th in 2016), accounting for 0.0034% of US total imports (up from 0.0024% in 2016).
US Exports to Uganda
The major share of US exports to Uganda in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 78.65% of US total exports to Uganda (71.35% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.59% of US total exports to Uganda (12.20% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.57% of US total exports to Uganda (1.14% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.73% of US total exports to Uganda (3.15% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.53% of US total exports to Uganda (2.99% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.93% of US total exports to Uganda (1.95% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Uganda in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $33.3 million;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3.1 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3.1 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2.1 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1.4 million;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $0.9 million;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $0.8 million;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $0.6 million;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $0.5 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $0.5 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Uganda in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2.5 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $2.4 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) - a decrease of $2.2 million;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $0.5 million;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $0.4 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.6 | -100.00 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 4.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 14.1 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 2.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 230.7 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 821.2 | 0.76 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0.0 | 0.00 | 479.8 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 102.5 | 0.10 | 328.5 | -68.78 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 267.4 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 32.8 | 0.03 | 19.3 | 70.32 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 29.0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 122.1 | 0.11 | 79.1 | 54.34 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3.5 | 0.00 | 176.1 | -98.01 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 17.0 | 0.02 | 10.1 | 67.55 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 490.0 | 0.45 | 357.5 | 37.06 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,227.1 | 1.14 | 3,748.6 | -67.27 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 172.8 | 0.16 | 78.1 | 121.10 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,143.4 | 1.06 | 490.2 | 133.23 |
| 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 | 100.7 | 0.09 | 111.7 | -9.84 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 26.1 | 0.02 | 16.6 | 57.67 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.6 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 61.9 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,514.0 | 3.26 | 2,102.3 | 67.15 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,439.0 | 3.19 | 1,352.6 | 154.26 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 149.0 | 0.14 | 150.4 | -0.94 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 251.2 | 0.23 | 112.2 | 123.82 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12.5 | 0.01 | 6.1 | 103.46 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,649.4 | 3.39 | 550.5 | 562.89 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 188.8 | 0.18 | 231.3 | -18.35 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 117.0 | 0.11 | 60.9 | 92.16 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 8.9 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 63.8 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 42.8 | 0.04 | 6.8 | 530.42 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 225.8 | 0.21 | 90.3 | 150.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 49.5 | 0.05 | 141.8 | -65.09 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,829.9 | 1.70 | 1,702.6 | 7.48 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 569.8 | 0.53 | 74.6 | 664.24 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 94.0 | 0.09 | 23.0 | 307.88 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5.6 | 0.01 | 2.5 | 121.18 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 48.0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 212.0 | 0.20 | 126.8 | 67.15 |
| 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 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 729.0 | 0.68 | 527.3 | 38.24 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 17.9 | 0.02 | 80.8 | -77.79 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 77.3 | 0.07 | 504.5 | -84.68 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 434.8 | 0.40 | 609.8 | -28.70 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 383.9 | 0.36 | 323.0 | 18.87 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,492.3 | 15.30 | 15,866.6 | 3.94 |
| 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 | 8,989.8 | 8.34 | 11,153.1 | -19.40 |
| 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 | 938.4 | 0.87 | 11.0 | 8,430.89 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,431.6 | 1.33 | 1,668.4 | -14.20 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 48,674.6 | 45.16 | 15,391.0 | 216.25 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 47.3 | 0.04 | 29.0 | 63.13 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 8,196.5 | 7.60 | 5,120.6 | 60.07 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 5.3 | 0.00 | 3.9 | 34.25 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 6.0 | 0.01 | 7.8 | -22.83 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 490.5 | 0.46 | 29.2 | 1,581.73 |
| 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 | 443.6 | 0.41 | 395.4 | 12.19 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 126.6 | 0.12 | 87.7 | 44.46 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 34.8 | 0.03 | 46.0 | -24.48 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,475.6 | 1.37 | 3,911.9 | -62.28 |
US Imports from Uganda
The major share of US imports from Uganda in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 71.17% of US total imports from Uganda (65.21% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.46% of US total imports from Uganda (14.09% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.18% of US total imports from Uganda (2.01% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Uganda in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $27.0 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $5.1 million;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $0.7 million;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $0.4 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Uganda in 2017 over the 2016 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) - a decrease of $4.3 million;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $0.9 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $0.7 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2016 USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,788.1 | 3.42 | 2,747.5 | 1.48 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0.0 | 0.00 | 40.2 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,146.5 | 1.41 | 1,147.3 | -0.07 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 8.4 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 208.7 | 0.26 | 267.6 | -22.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 52,918.8 | 64.94 | 25,875.7 | 104.51 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 598.5 | 0.73 | 4,915.5 | -87.82 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 140.3 | 0.17 | 128.6 | 9.13 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 129.2 | 0.16 | 69.7 | 85.30 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 50.0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11.9 | 0.01 | 2.7 | 346.41 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.9 | -100.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 710.0 | 0.87 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 199.6 | 0.24 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 12.4 | 0.02 | 4.1 | 199.71 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 17.0 | 0.02 | 26.1 | -34.70 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,665.0 | 8.18 | 7,571.7 | -11.97 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3.9 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -10.42 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 6.9 | 0.01 | 4.7 | 48.82 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 123.4 | 0.15 | 46.4 | 165.96 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 59.5 | 0.07 | 37.4 | 58.85 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 229.8 | 0.28 | 132.1 | 73.90 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2.2 | 0.00 | 30.3 | -92.78 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9.9 | 0.01 | 25.7 | -61.68 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.8 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 9.2 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 403.8 | 0.50 | 47.5 | 749.42 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12.7 | 0.02 | 3.3 | 278.67 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 20.4 | 0.02 | 26.9 | -24.37 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 140.4 | 0.17 | 143.1 | -1.92 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 27.1 | 0.03 | 107.6 | -74.79 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 12.3 | 0.02 | 22.3 | -44.51 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 42.8 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 237.4 | 0.29 | 91.2 | 160.38 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 12.9 | 0.02 | 24.4 | -47.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 57.1 | 0.07 | 155.3 | -63.26 |
| 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 | 26.4 | 0.03 | 144.0 | -81.69 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6.8 | 0.01 | 34.1 | -80.03 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 55.0 | 0.07 | 751.2 | -92.67 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 11.7 | 0.01 | 2.9 | 308.47 |
| 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 | 11.5 | 0.01 | 10.5 | 10.12 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 26.7 | 0.03 | 26.6 | 0.24 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 52.2 | 0.06 | 84.8 | -38.41 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 30.3 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 14,287.9 | 17.53 | 9,172.9 | 55.76 |