WT/L/1173  
 
7 November  2023 
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General Council  
14-15 December 2023  Original: English  
 
  
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT  
REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR  2020 
UNDER THE DECISION OF 30 NOVEMBER 2015 
The following communication, dated 27 October 2023 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States.  
 
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1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  On 30 November 2015, the United States was granted a waiver (WT/L/970) of its obligations 
under paragraph 1 of Article  I and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article XIII of the GATT  1994 to the extent 
necessary to permit the United States Government to provide duty -free treatment to eligible 
products of certain sub -Saharan African countries as authorized by the provisions of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) without being required to extend the same duty -free treatment 
to like products of any other Member. This waiver expires 30  September  2025.  
1.2.  Under the terms of this waiver, the United States is required to submit to the General Council 
an annual r eport on the implementation of the trade -related provisions of AGOA with a view to 
facilitating the annual review provided for in paragraph 4 of Article IX of the Agreement establishing 
the WTO.1 This report covers calendar year 2022.  
2  DUTY FREE TREATMENT UNDER AGOA  
2.1.  AGOA was enacted on 18  May 2000. Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974, as added by 
section  111 of AGOA, authorizes the President of the United States to provide duty -free treatment 
to certain products from eligible sub -Saharan African beneficiary countries, in addition to the 
products designated for duty -free treatment for these countries under the US  Generalized System 
of Preferences (GSP). The President exercised this authority on 18  December  2000, when he 
designated 1,835 products as  eligible for duty -free treatment in the United States when originating 
from an AGOA beneficiary country. Section 103 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 
extends preferences for these products and for GSP products to AGOA beneficiary countries 
through  30 September  2025.  
2.2.  Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 also authorizes the President of the United States to 
designate certain sub -Saharan African countries as eligible for benefits under AGOA. As of 1 January 
2023, 35  sub-Saharan African countrie s were eligible for AGOA trade benefits. These countries are: 
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of the 
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, C ôte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eswatini, Gabon, The Gambia, 
Ghana, Guinea -Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda (benefits partially suspended), Sao Tom é and Principe, Senegal, 
Sierra  Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.  
 
1 Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO), consulted at: 
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  2.3.  Section  112(a) of AGOA provides duty -free treatment for certain textile and apparel products 
from beneficiary countries that adopt certain procedures to prevent illegal transhipment.2 
Section  112(c) of AGOA provides duty -free treatment for apparel made in "lesse r developed" 
beneficiary countries regardless of the source of the fabric or yarn, subject to an annual quantitative 
limit through  30 September  2025.3 
3  AGOA PERFORMANCE  
3.1.  Since its inception in 2000, the AGOA program has helped African beneficiary countries to 
expand and diversify their exports to the United States. By providing new market opportunities for 
African exports – especially of non -traditional and higher -value products – AGOA has helped African 
firms become more competitive internationally, thereby  bolstering African economic growth and 
helping to alleviate poverty in one of the poorest regions of the world. In 2022, approximately 85  per 
cent of US imports from AGOA -eligible countries are eligible to enter the United States duty -free, 
under AGOA, GS P, or other zero -tariff provisions.  
3.2.  In 2022, US imports under AGOA rose 59.2  per cent from US$6.0  billion to US$9.6  billion, due 
in most part to an increase in the value of imports of mineral fuels (HTS chapter 27). In 2022, 
mineral fuels accounted for app roximately 47.7  per cent of US imports under AGOA, compared to 
approximately 31.8  per cent in 2021. Other leading categories of US imports include apparel 
(HTS chapters 61 and 62) and motor vehicles (HTS  chapter 87). South Africa is currently the largest 
non-oil AGOA beneficiary. Other leading non -oil beneficiary countries are Kenya, Ghana, and 
Madagascar.  
3.3.  Motor vehicles was the leading AGOA non -oil product sector for most of the period 2020 -2022. 
Imports under AGOA in this product sector reached approximat ely US$1.48  billion in 2022.  
3.4.  Another leading non -oil sector for the period 2020 -2022 was apparel. Apparel represented 
14.3 per cent of total US imports for consumption under AGOA in 2022. Imports of apparel under 
AGOA remained relatively the same in 2022 c ompared to the previous year at US$1.3  billion. 
Eighteen AGOA beneficiary countries have shipped apparel products to the United States under AGOA 
since 2001. In 2022, leading apparel exporters under AGOA were Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, 
Mauritius, Tanzania , Ghana, and South Africa. The leading category of apparel in 2022 was cotton 
men's or boy's trousers and shorts.  
3.5.  The US  Government has provided substantial trade -related technical assistance to AGOA 
beneficiary countries to help them make the most of the trade opportunities available under AGOA. 
For example, the US  Agency for International Development operates a regional Trade and 
Investment Hub in South Africa that assists African governments and businesses to identify and 
develop market opportunities in the United States for African products, especially value -added and 
non-traditional products such as those covered under AGOA. In 2019, the United States launched 
Prosper Africa, which seeks to expand two -way trade and investment between the United States a nd 
Africa. Prosper Africa mobilizes services and resources from across the US Government to empower 
businesses and investors with market insights, deal support, and financing opportunities.  
3.6.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description  of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA programme from 2014 to 2022.  
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2 As of 1 January 2023,  the beneficiary countries eligible for duty -free treatment of certain textile and 
apparel products were: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ca bo Verde, Chad, C ôte d'Ivoire, E swatini,  
Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, M auritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra 
Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.  
3 Of the countries listed in footnote 2, only South Africa has not been designated a "lesser developed " 
beneficiary country for the purposes of  AGOA.  WT/L/1173  
 
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  Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 2014 to 
2022.  
 
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2019 to 2022.  
 
Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countries from 2014 to 2022.  
 
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2014 -20224 
Source  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  
 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Nigeria  2,798,015.3  1,403,195.4  3,180,715.0  5,807,749.4  4,358,630.1  3,167,447.0  477,446.0  1,399,141.8  3,515,567.9  
South Africa  1,750,421.2  1,730,100.1  1,858,426.3  1,819,104.8  1,498,020.8  1,224,562.2  1,178,213.2  2,075,003.8  3,025,553.2  
Ghana  57,054.8  9,626.2  29,690.6  312,393.8  330,679.4  416,560.2  106,522.6  305,560.1  721,528.0  
Kenya  417,147.7  428,223.9  391,537.2  402,612.2  466,476.1  512,369.5  430,530.0  516,752.9  607,213.6  
Madagascar  42.5 39,830.8  93,827.9  150,624.4  190,145.9  233,920.5  194,187.4  274,398.7  397,680.1  
Angola  3,539,542.2  1,830,054.3  1,998,268.2  2,270,552.3  1,950,021.2  543,205.3  134,161.5  300,022.9  379,635.1  
Lesotho  288,888.8  299,313.9  295,345.8  290,312.6  319,589.4  301,567.8  256,778.9  291,884.2  260,802.0  
Gabon  607,486.3  167,003.2  60,050.4  99,913.2  147,848.1  311.9  1,077.0  2,383.4  123,863.9  
Congo -Kinshasa  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 219,065.4  92,175.9  
Côte d'Ivoire  554.8  529.6  120.1  37,716.9  177,430.1  1,347.7  1,859.0  34,066.9  76,798.1  
Tanzania  17,485.9  28,165.6  36,952.3  40,544.5  42,431.4  51,970.7  39,560.1  32,842.2  74,829.9  
Senegal  23.6 15,544.0  86.1 5,132.8  32,659.4  50,848.4  45,834.4  57,020.4  71,053.0  
Mauritius  218,173.3  207,082.8  188,079.4  141,042.4  144,433.9  128,961.8  77,023.1  62,637.6  70,500.0  
Congo -Brazza  360,168.1  254,572.3  61,681.1  79,464.4  294,255.3  409,701.0  2.4 1.4 44,737.7  
Malawi  57,386.2  40,952.5  45,084.5  35,670.2  31,130.5  43,112.8  26,658.4  25,181.2  32,582.2  
Togo 2.7 10.9 19.6 72.5 10.2 80.1 138.5  528.0  22,648.1  
Eswatini  59,075.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 4,619.4  1,209.4  12,462.6  17,026.8  17,749.3  
Zambia  35.7 265.3  32.1 906.6  806.3  1,250.7  376.7  115,744.9  17,185.2  
Mozambique  802.2  283.8  1,470.1  2,844.7  823.5  1,730.4  7,522.5  8,770.0  14,055.6  
Uganda  59.3 144.1  288.0  723.6  1,153.0  1,044.6  3,721.7  5,841.9  10,572.5  
Namibia  0.0 0.0 0.0 30.7 338.1  1,325.5  3,382.0  4,808.4  6,261.1  
Rwanda  187.0  434.7  1,225.9  2,177.0  3,882.6  1,472.1  1,457.7  963.8  3,866.0  
Djibouti  411.5  463.6  11.0 1,304.4  226.3  120.5  263.7  237.6  2,650.1  
Cabo Verde  333.2  522.9  586.3  720.2  844.0  1,980.8  2,015.3  3,335.0  2,042.2  
 
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years: Burundi (2016 -22), Cameroon (2020 -22), Central African Republic (2010 -16), Congo -Kinshasa 
(2011 -20), C ôte d'Ivoire (2010), Eswatini (2015 -17), The Gambia (2015 -17), Guinea (201 0 and 2022 ), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013  and 2022 ), 
Mauritania (2019 -2022), Niger (2010), Seychelles (2017 -22), and Ethiopia (2022) . South Sudan eligibility began in 2013, but the country was not eligible in 2015 -22.   
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 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Benin  0.0 0.0 15.1 17.3 386.4  92.0 131.8  1,050.3  392.4  
Central African 
Republic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 250.3  0.0 0.0 292.4  
Sierra Leone  0.0 0.0 522.7  92.5 682.3  55.0 0.0 18.4 238.2  
The Gambia  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 20.0 10.1 13.8 23.9 
Burkina Faso  10.2 2.6 16.9 720.2  587.9  1,866.3  592.1  5.0 0.7 
Mauritania  0.0 0.0 47,711.2  54,853.8  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Mali 6.1 14.4 13.3 20.3 66.1 29.4 24.5 43.6 0.0 
Seychelles  0.0 0.0 33.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Botswana  9,457.6  8,251.1  4,766.5  990.7  0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Guinea -Bissau  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Niger  2.4 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.0 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Chad 1,632,681.6  1,478,696.9  775,178.3  590,243.8  601,062.1  5,513.3  0.0 0.0 0.0 
Ethiopia  35,675.1  40,897.3  61,830.2  86,611.9  154,250.2  240,105.7  238,041.6  272,134.8  0.0 
Liberia  0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 12.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Guinea  0.0 4.3 6.9 31.7 63.4 47.8 17.5 173.2  0.0 
Cameroon  23,004.6  53.1 6,390.2  393.1  63,313.3  8,488.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 
Total 11,874,135.2  7,984,239.7  9,140,003.2  12,235,590.6  10,816,882.6  7,352,583.4  3,240,012.0  6,026,658.1  9,592,498.5  
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given. The following countries that were eligible for AGOA for at least pa rt of the period 2014 -2022 did not register 
any trade under AGOA provisions during this period: Guinea -Bissau, Sao Tom é and Principe, and South Sudan.  
    
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2014 -2022 
Source  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  
 Per cent  of total  
Nigeria  23.6 17.6 34.8 47.5 40.3 43.1 14.7 23.2 36.6 
South Africa  14.7 21.7 20.3 14.9 13.8 16.7 36.4 34.4 31.5 
Ghana  0.5 0.1 0.3 2.6 3.1 5.7 3.3 5.1 7.5 
Kenya  3.5 5.4 4.3 3.3 4.3 7.0 13.3 8.6 6.3 
Madagascar  (a) 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.8 3.2 6.0 4.6 4.1 
Angola  29.8 22.9 21.9 18.6 18.0 7.4 4.1 5.0 4.0 
Lesotho  2.4 3.7 3.2 2.4 3.0 4.1 7.9 4.8 2.7 
Gabon  5.1 2.1 0.7 0.8 1.4 (a) 0.0 0.0 1.3 
Congo -Kinshasa  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 1.0 
Côte d'Ivoire  (a) 0.0 (a) 0.3 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.8 
Tanzania  0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.8 
Senegal  (a) 0.2 (a) 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.7 
Mauritius  1.8 2.6 2.1 1.2 1.3 1.8 2.4 1.0 0.7 
Congo -Brazza  3.0 3.2 0.7 0.6 2.7 5.6 (a) (a) 0.5 
Malawi  0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.3 
Togo (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.0 0.2 
Eswatini  0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2 
Zambia  (a) (a) (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.2 
Mozambique  0.0 (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 
Uganda  (a) (a) (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Namibia  0.0 0.0 0.0 (a) (a) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Rwanda  (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Djibouti  (a) 0.0 (a) 0.0 (a) (a) 0.0 (a) 0.0 
Cabo Verde  (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 
Benin  0.0 0.0 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.0 (a) 
Central African Rep ublic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (a) 0.0 0.0 (a)   
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 Per cent  of total  
Sierra Leone  0.0 0.0 0.0 (a) 0.0 (a) 0.0 (a) (a) 
The Gambia  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Burkina Faso  (a) (a) (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (a) (a) 
Mauritania  0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Mali (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.0 
Seychelles  0.0 0.0 (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Botswana  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Guinea -Bissau  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Niger  (a) 0.0 (a) (a) 0.0 (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Chad 13.7 18.5 8.5 4.8 5.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Ethiopia  0.3 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.4 3.3 7.3 4.5 0.0 
Liberia  0.0 0.0 (a) 0.0 (a) (a) 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Guinea  0.0 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.0 
Cameroon  0.2 (a) 0.1 (a) 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Total 100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  
(a) Less than 0.005%.  
Source:  Compiled from official statistics of the US  Department of Commerce.  
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TABLE 2  
LEADING US  IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, 2020 -20225 
HTS 
number  Description  2020  2021  2022  Change 
2021 - 
2022    
Value (millions of dollars)  Per cent  
Mineral fuels and oils (HTS chapter 27)  
2709.00.20  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous 
minerals, crude, testing 25 degrees A.P.I. or 
more 596.6  1,645.3  4,407.2  167.9  
2709.00.10  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous 
minerals, crude, testing under 25 degrees 
A.P.I.  55.5 136.7  91.4 -33.1 
2710.19.11  Distillate and residual fuel oil (including 
blends) derived from petroleum oils or oil of 
bituminous minerals, testing 25 degree 
A.P.I. or >  16.3 52.3 47.9 -8.4 
2710.12.25  Naphthas (exc. motor fuel/mtr fuel blend. 
stock) fr petroleum oils & bitumin minerals 
(o/than crude) or preps 70%+ by wt. fr 
petroleum oils  11.7 69.6 26.0 -62.6 
2707.99.55  Metacresol/orthocresol/paracresol/metapar
acresol (from dist.of hi -temp c oal tar or wt. 
of aromatic > nonaromatic), w/purity of 
75%+ by wt.  7.4 11.1 10.1 -9.5  
Total of above  687.6  1,914.9  4,582.6  139.3   
All other  9.6 0.0 0.0 -100.0  
  Total for mineral fuels and oils  697.2  1,914.9  4,582.6  139.3  
Textiles and apparel (HTS chapters 50 -63) 
6203.42.45  Men's/boys' trousers &shorts, not bibs, not 
knit/crochet, cotton, not containing 15% or 
more by weight of down, etc, o/than rec perf 
outwear  212.9  246.1  222.2  -9.7 
6110.30.30  Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, 
knitted or crocheted, of manmade fibers, 
nesoi 88.9 132.6  131.1  -1.1 
6104.63.20  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibers, nesoi  98.8 113.4  119.2  5.1 
6109.90.10  T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar 
garments, knitted or crocheted, of man -
made fibers  51.2 65.1 113.1  73.8 
6105.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted, 
of manmade fibers, nesoi  63.0 58.3 95.4 63.7 
6203.43.90  Men's/boys' trousers, breeches, shorts, not 
k/c, synth fibers, con under 15% wt down 
etc, cont und 36% wt wool, n/water resist, 
not rec perf outwear  64.7 81.0 91.4 12.8 
6204.63.90  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibers, nesoi, o/than rec perf outwear  72.4 72.5 81.5 12.4 
6205.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or 
crocheted, of cotton, nesoi  102.6  77.2 79.7 3.3 
6204.62.80  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of cotton, 
nesoi, o/than rec perf outwear  90.0 77.3 70.8 -8.3 
6110.20.20  Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton, nesoi  30.3 39.6 41.2 4.1  
Total of above  874.8  962.9  1,045.6  8.6  
All other  311.2  416.2  319.3  -23.3  
Total for textiles and apparel  1,185.9  1,379.1  1,364.9  -1.0 
 
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  HTS 
number  Description  2020  2021  2022  Change 
2021 - 
2022    
Value (millions of dollars)  Per cent  
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1 -24) 
0802.62.00  Macadamia nuts, shelled  96.4 97.6 115.8  18.7 
1803.20.00  Cocoa paste, wholly or partly defatted  0.0 32.1 76.9 139.8  
1604.14.30  Tunas and skipjack, not in oil, in airtight 
containers, n/o 7 kg, not of U.S. 
possessions, over quota  43.8 50.8 64.9 27.8 
0805.21.00  Mandarins, including tangerines and 
satsumas, fresh or dried  24.6 36.3 59.7 64.4 
0805.10.00  Oranges, fresh or dried  48.3 46.0 58.4 27.0 
1701.14.10  Other cane sugar, raw, in solid form, w/o 
added flavoring or coloring, subject to add. 
US 5 to Ch.17  19.3 43.5 47.9 10.0 
2204.21.50  Wine other than Tokay (not carbonated), 
not over 14% alcohol, in containers not over 
2 liters  35.6 33.8 34.8 3.1 
2105.00.50  Edible ice, except ice cream, not described 
in add US note 1 to Ch. 4, nesoi  10.7 20.7 32.4 56.5 
2304.00.00  Oilcake and other solid residues, resulting 
from the extraction of soybean oil  0.2 0.5 28.7 5643.4  
0802.61.00  Macadamia nuts, in shell  0.3 2.3 27.0 1091.3   
Total of above  279.3  363.6  546.7  50.4  
All other  153.6  238.8  272.0  13.9 
  Total for agriculture  432.9  602.4  818.7  35.9 
All other products (HTS chapters 25 -26, 28 -49, and 64 -97) 
8703.23.01  Motor vehicles to transport persons, 
w/spark -ign. IC recip. piston engine, w/cyl 
capacity >1, 500cc but <=3, 000cc  538.9  753.5  1,477.3  96.1 
7202.41.00  Ferrochromium containing by weight more 
than 4 percent of carbon  0.0 141.3  153.4  8.5 
7403.11.00  Refined copper cathodes and sections of 
cathodes  0.0 330.4  101.2  -69.4 
7202.30.00  Ferrosilicon manganese  54.8 84.8 98.8 16.5 
7113.19.29  Gold necklaces and neck chains (o/than of 
rope or mixed links)  20.5 66.7 80.6 20.9 
7801.10.00  Refined lead, unwrought  0.0 40.5 76.5 89.0 
3823.70.60  Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived 
from fatty substances of animal or 
vegetable origin  56.9 70.7 73.3 3.7 
7202.19.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight more 
than 1 percent but not more than 2 percent 
of carbon  21.2 47.8 59.4 24.4 
8409.99.91  Parts nesoi, used solely or principally with 
the engines of heading 8408, for vehicles of 
heading 8701.2, 8702, 8703, 8704  0.0 68.2 57.6 -15.6 
7202.11.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight more 
than 4 percent of carbon  17.4 28.5 53.9 89.3 
 Total of above  709.8  1,632.3  2,232.0  36.7  
All other  214.2  497.9  594.3  19.3 
  Total for all other products  924.0  2,130.2  2,826.2  32.7   
    
  Grand total  3,240.0  6,026.7  9,592.5  59.2 
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given. The abbreviations "nesoi" and "nesi" stand 
for "not elsewhere specified or otherwise included." NV indicates the tariff line was not valid in that 
year. NA indicates a calculation was not applicable.  
Source:  Compiled from official statistics of the US Department of Commerce.  WT/L/1173  
 
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  TABLE 3  
US TRADE WITH AGOA BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES, 2014 -20226 
 
Year  US exports7 Share of US 
exports to 
the world  US imports8 Share of US 
imports from 
the world  US trade balance  
 
Millions dollars  Per cent Millions dollars  Per cent Millions dollars  
2014 23,041.9  1.6 25,572.8  1.1 -2,530.9  
2015 16,419.2  1.3 19,147.7  0.9 -2,728.6  
2016 12,024.5  1.0 20,078.2  0.9 -8,053.7  
2017 12,654.1  1.0 24,916.1  1.1 -12,261.9  
2018 14,254.6  1.0 24,588.2  1.0 -10,333.5  
2019 13,987.9  1.0 20,675.6  0.8 -6,687.8  
2020 11,898.8  1.0 18,401.6  0.8 -6,502.9  
2021 14,530.4  1.0 27,355.6  1.0 -12,825.2  
2022 14,812.8  0.8 30,022.7  0.9 -15,209.9  
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given.  
Source:  Compiled from official statistics of the US Department of Commerce.  
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6 Trade figures in this table include all imports, not just AGOA eligible imports and all exports, and 
reflects countries AGOA eligible in the specified year. The following countries were not eligible for the 
corresponding years: Burundi (2016 -22), Cameroon (2020 -22), Central African Republic (2010 -16), 
Congo -Kinshasa (2011 -20), Cote d'Ivoire (2010), Eswatini (2015 -17), The Gambia (2015 -17), Guin ea (2010  
and 2022 ), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013  and 2022 ), Mauritania (2019 -2022), 
Niger (2010), Seychelles (2017 -22), and Ethiopia (2022) . South Sudan eligibility began in 2013, but the 
country was not eligible in 2015 -22. 
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis.  
8 Imports for consumption, customs value.