U.S. Trade by Commodity with Africa                            
             (Millions of Dollars; Total Exports, F.a.s. and General Imports, Customs)

SITC rev 3 Commodity                                           1999      2000      2001      2002      2003
                                  _________ EXPORTS _________
0   Food And Live Animals                                     1,820     2,068     1,850     1,964     2,153
1   Beverages And Tobacco                                       225        89        35        25        28
2   Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels                     282       297       320       279       308
3   Mineral Fuels, Lubricants And Related Materials             181       221       213       224       250
4   Animal And Vegetable Oils, Fats And Waxes                   174       117       125       190       230
5   Chemicals And Related Products                              756       898     1,151       896       897
6   Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly By Material           699       709       598       651       634
7   Machinery And Transport Equipment                         4,550     5,284     6,749     5,206     5,009
8   Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles                         909       936       905       856       836
9   Commodities & Transactions Not Classified Elsewhe           314       341       424       368       342
.   TOTAL                                                     9,909    10,960    12,369    10,658    10,685
              Top 20 Commodities

792 Aircraft & Associated Equipment                           1,287     1,973     2,588     1,820     1,273
041 Wheat And Meslin, Unmilled                                  844       974       750       698     1,038
723 Civil Engineering & Contractors' Plant & Equipmen           586       626       882       945       983
044 Maize (Not Including Sweet Corn) Unmilled                   521       596       617       720       559
764 Telecommunications Equipment                                347       364       553       324       338
781 All Motor Vehicles                                          119        91       188       196       257
891 Arms And Ammunition                                         338       357       284       326       246
994 Estimated Low Value Shipments                               196       208       255       210       216
782 Special Purpose Motor Vehicles                              115        97       156       129       191
874 Measuring/Checking/Analysing Instuments                     148       136       165       140       171
421 Fixed Vegetable Fats & Oils                                 126        67        93       120       149
728 Machinery Specialized For Particular Industries             110       126       125       106       141
752 Automatic Data Process Machines                             175       203       172       122       129
081 Feeding Stuff For Animals                                    97       161       176       165       128
744 Mechanical Handling Equipment                               107       105       143       135       123
335 Residual Petroleum Products                                  79        97       118       122       122
784 Parts And Accessories Of Motor Vehicles                      95       152       258        83       122
931 Special Transactions Not Classified By Kind                  79       104       158       150       119
759 Parts For Office Machines & ADP Machines                    119       119        92        87       114
679 Iron & Steel Tubes, Pipes & Fittings                        163        49       107       139       113

                                  _________ IMPORTS _________
0   Food And Live Animals                                       729       793       744       842     1,076
1   Beverages And Tobacco                                        92        61        79        88        78
2   Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels                     772       728       655       621       647
3   Mineral Fuels, Lubricants And Related Materials          10,702    20,279    17,678    14,258    23,077
4   Animal And Vegetable Oils, Fats And Waxes                    14        12        17         6        10
5   Chemicals And Related Products                              248       335       464       409       570
6   Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly By Material         2,318     3,029     2,966     2,720     3,016
7   Machinery And Transport Equipment                           466       550       803       792       926
8   Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles                       1,237     1,491     1,682     1,771     2,243
9   Commodities & Transactions Not Classified Elsewhe           377       360       337       637       392
.   TOTAL                                                    16,956    27,638    25,425    22,144    32,035
              Top 20 Commodities

333 Crude Oil                                                 8,228    16,290    14,283    12,222    19,926
334 Oil (Not Crude)                                           2,210     3,553     2,700     1,731     2,237
681 Silver, Platinum & Other Platinum Group Metals            1,023     1,529     1,534     1,173     1,272
667 Pearls, Precious & Semiprecious Stones                      386       454       527       587       718
845 Articles Of Apparel Of Textile Fabrics                      264       368       435       463       584
842 Women/Girls Coats, Not Knit                                 250       322       395       407       553
841 Men's Or Boy's Coats, Jackets Etc, Not Knit                 368       435       427       431       502
343 Natural Gas, Whether Or Not Liquefied                       134       155       362       110       483
072 Cocoa                                                       333       311       276       323       469
342 Liquefied Propane And Butane                                105       210       296       153       398
781 All Motor Vehicles                                            0        23       256       267       374
931 Special Transactions Not Classified By Kind                 249       320       288       588       326
671 Pig Iron and Iron & Steel Powder                            265       276       183       183       223
075 Spices                                                       28        42       100       136       211
844 Women's Or Girls' Coats, Capes, Knit                         73        81       108       146       199
843 Men's Or Boys' Coats, Jackets, Knitted                       68        65        90       106       159
288 Nonferrous Base Metal Waste & Scrap                         187       169       148       160       142
512 Alcohols, Phenols & Halogenated Derivatives                   5         8        45        68       127
057 Fruit and Nuts, Fresh Or Dried                               64        57        48        64       109
743 Pumps, Air Or Other Gas Compressors And Fans                 44        76       174       134       107

Top 20 commodities are sorted by 2003 values.  Unrevised data.  "." represents no trade while "0" 
represents trade less than $.5 million.         Last updated 12/14/2004