WT/L/1073  
 
19 November  2019 
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General Council  
9-11 December 2019  
  Original: English  
 
  
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT  
REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 2018  
UNDER THE DECISION OF 30 NOVEMBER  20151 
The following communication, dated  12 November 2019 , 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 requ ired to extend the same duty -free treatment 
to like products of any other Member . This waiver expires 3 0 September  2025. 
1.2.  Under the terms of this waiver, the United States is required to submit to the General Council 
an annual report on the implementation o f the trade -related provisions of AGOA with a view to 
facilitating the annual review provided for in paragraph 4 of Article IX of the WTO Agreement . This 
report covers calendar year 2018. 
2  DUTY FREE TREATMENT UNDER AGOA  
2.1.  AGOA  was enacted on 1 8 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, i n 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 1 8 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 cou ntries 
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 . In 
December  2015, then-President Obama withdrew Burundi 's eligibility for AGO A benefits effective 
1 January  2016. In December  2016, then -President Obama reinstated Central African Republic 's 
eligibility for AGOA benefits effective immediately . Seychelles graduated from AGOA effective 
1 January  2017. The President restored eligibility for The Gambia and Eswatini  (formerly Swaziland)  
on 1 January  2018. In July 2018, President  Trump  suspended the duty -free treatment of all 
AGOA -eligible products in the apparel sector for Rwanda effective 3 1 July 2018. The President 
withdrew Mauritania 's eligibility on 1 January  2019. As of 1 September  2019, 39 sub-Saharan 
African countries were eligible for AGOA trade benefits . These countries are : Angola, Benin, 
                                                
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  Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ca bo Verde, Central Africa n Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, 
Côte d'Ivoire , Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon , The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, 
Rwanda  (benefits partially suspended) , Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa,  
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.  
2.3.  Section 112(a) of AGOA provides duty -free treatment for certain textile and apparel products 
from beneficiary countries that ad opt certain procedures to prevent illegal transhipment .2 
Section  112(c) of AGOA provides duty -free treatment for apparel made in "lesser 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 201 8, over 90% of U.S. 
imports from AGOA -eligible countries entered the United States duty -free, under AGOA, GSP, or 
other zero -tariff provisions.  
3.2.  In 201 8, US imports unde r AGOA fell 11.8 % from US$12.2 billion  to US$10.8 billion , due in 
most part to a  decrease in the value of imports of mineral fuels (HTS chapter 27) . In 201 8, mineral 
fuels accounted for a pproximately 72.9% of US imports under AGOA, compared to approximately 
75.5% in 201 7. Other leading categories of US imports include apparel (HTS chapters 61 an d 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, Lesotho , Mauritius and Madagascar . 
3.3.  Motor vehicles was the leading AGOA non -oil product sector for most of the period 20 16-2018. 
Imports under AGOA in this product sector reached approximately US$537.3 million in 201 8. 
3.4.  Another leading non -oil sector for the period 20 16-2018 was apparel . Apparel represented 
41.5% of total non -oil AGOA imports (not including its related GSP provisions) in 201 8. Imports of 
apparel under AGOA rose from US$1.0 billion  in 20 17 to US$1.2 billion  in 201 8. Eighteen AGOA  
beneficiary countries have shipped apparel products to the United States under AGOA since 2001 . 
In 2018, leading apparel exporters under AGOA were Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, 
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ghana and South Africa . The leading category of a pparel in 201 8 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 exampl e, the US Agency for International Development operates a regional Trade and 
Investment Hub  in South Africa  that assist s African governments and businesses to identify and 
develop market opportunities in the United States for African products, especially v alue-added and 
non-traditional products such as those covered under AGOA . In 201 9, the United States launched 
Prosper Africa, which seeks to expand two -way trade and investment between the United States and 
Africa . Through Pr osper Africa, the United States  seeks opportunities to do business in and with 
Africa, which benefits companies, investors, and workers both in Africa and the United States.  
3.6.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA programme fro m 2010 to 201 8. 
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2 As of 1  September  2019, 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, 
Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, L iberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, 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" 
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Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 20 10 to 
2018. 
 
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2016 to 201 8. 
 
Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countries from 20 10 to 201 8. 
 
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2010 -20184 
Source  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 
 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Nigeria  25,153,807.1  31,170,628.6  17,556,643.6  10,818,896.9  2,798,015.3  1,403,195.4  3,180,715.0  5,807,749.4  4,358,778.3  
Angola  6,293,944.1  11,576,597.8  6,619,092.3  6,000,957.9  3,539,542.2  1,830,054.3  1,998,268.2  2,270,552.3  1,950,021.2  
South Africa  1,917,120.3  2,449,926.9  2,383,352.1  2,578,496.1  1,750,421.2  1,730,100.1  1,858,426.3  1,818,956.1  1,497,106.0  
Chad 1,186,313.6  2,991,225.7  2,376,665.2  2,397,799.1  1,632,681.6  1,478,696.9  775,178.3  590,243.8  601,062.1  
Kenya  220,645.8  288,330.7  287,835.8  336,601.2  417,147.7  428,223.9  391,537.2  402,613.2  466,281.6  
Ghana  2,052.8  414,094.2  16,988.1  60,488.7  57,054.8  9,626.2  29,690.6  312,393.8  330,682.0  
Lesotho  280,341.6  314,311.2  300,688.7  320,806.9  288,888.8  299,313.9  295,345.8  290,312.6  319,590.0  
Congo  1,935,530.5  1,935,187.1  1,225,538.9  1,039,454.2  360,168.1  254,572.3  61,681.1  79,464.4  270,058.8  
Madagascar  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.5 39,830.8  93,827.9  150,561.2  189,864.0  
Côte d'Ivoire  0.0 0.0 29,901.5  229.3  554.8  529.6  120.1  37,716.9  177,430.1  
Ethiopia  6,882.5  10,879.1  18,300.9  31,714.1  35,675.1  40,897.3  61,830.2  86,614.0  153,915.6  
Gabon  1,124,243.8  477,521.3  1,271,620.6  924,950.5  607,486.3  167,003.2  60,050.4  99,913.2  147,848.1  
Mauritius  117,910.9  155,982.1  160,030.0  188,260.4  218,173.3  207,082.8  188,079.4  141,042.4  144,403.0  
Cameroon  113,469.3  137,525.0  111,612.1  36,426.7  23,004.6  53.1 6,390.2  393.1  63,313.3  
Tanzania  1,850.1  5,130.9  10,445.8  10,359.7  17,485.9  28,165.6  36,952.3  40,544.5  42,432.1  
Senegal  6.7 2.7 5,634.0  11.0 23.6 15,544.0  86.1 5,132.8  32,659.6  
Malawi  47,190.6  56,145.6  46,307.1  47,084.2  57,386.2  40,952.5  45,084.5  35,670.2  31,130.5  
Eswatini  92,798.4  77,121.1  62,373.3  53,940.0  59,075.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 4,619.4  
Rwanda  10.5 17.3 7.9 9.4 187.0  434.7  1,225.9  2,177.0  3,874.5  
Uganda  344.8  786.9  64.5 55.9 59.3 144.1  288.0  716.6  1,168.0  
Cabo Verde  145.6  154.0  116.9  146.4  333.2  522.9  586.3  720.2  844.0  
Mozambique  183.6  688.6  29.5 1,361.8  802.2  283.8  1,470.1  2,844.7  823.5  
Zambia  0.4 10.3 6.8 8.3 35.7 265.3  32.1 906.6  806.3  
Sierra Leone  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 522.7  92.5 682.3  
                                                
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years: Burundi (2016 -18), Central African Republic (2010 -16), Democratic Republic of Congo  (2011 -18), 
Côte d'Ivoire (2010), Eswatini (2015 -17), The Gambia  (2015 -17), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013), Niger (2010), and Seychelles 
(2017 -18). South Sudan eligibility began in 2013, but the country was not eligible in 2015 -17.   
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 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Burkina Faso  1.7 1.7 5.0 6.6 10.2 2.6 16.9 720.2  587.9  
Benin  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 17.3 386.4  
Namibia  5.3 12.8 215.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.7 338.1  
Djibouti  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 411.5  463.6  11.0 1,304.4  226.3  
Mali 3.6 1.6 20.6 0.0 6.1 14.4 13.3 20.3 66.1 
Guinea  0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 4.3 6.9 31.7 63.9 
Liberia  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 12.1 
Togo 0.0 0.0 44,448.4  0.0 2.7 10.9 19.6 72.5 10.2 
The Gambia  5.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 
Seychelles  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.8 0.0 0.0 
Botswana  11,558.5  15,478.5  10,426.7  5,856.1  9,457.6  8,251.1  4,766.5  990.7  0.0 
Guinea -Bissau  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Niger  0.0 0.0 1.2 0.3 2.4 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.0 
Democratic 
Republic of 
Congo  147,041.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Mauritania  26,395.5  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47,711.2  54,853.8  0.0 
Total 38,679,804.2  52,077,762.9  32,538,373.0  24,853,927.1  11,874,135.2  7,984,239.7  9,140,003.2  12,235,374.8  10,791,089.6  
Note:  Because of rou nding, figures may not add to totals given. The following countries that were eligible for AGOA for at least part of the perio d 2008 -2016 did not register 
any trade under AGOA provisions during this period: Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Guinea -Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, and South Sudan.  
    
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2010 -2018 
Source  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 
 Per cent of total  
Nigeria  65.03  59.85  53.96  43.53  23.56  17.57  34.80  47.47  40.39  
Angola  16.27  22.23  20.34  24.14  29.81  22.92  21.86  18.56  18.07  
South Africa  4.96 4.70 7.32 10.37  14.74  21.67  20.33  14.87  13.87  
Chad 3.07 5.74 7.30 9.65 13.75  18.52  8.48 4.82 5.57 
Kenya  0.57 0.55 0.88 1.35 3.51 5.36 4.28 3.29 4.32 
Ghana  0.01 0.80 0.05 0.24 0.48 0.12 0.32 2.55 3.06 
Lesotho  0.72 0.60 0.92 1.29 2.43 3.75 3.23 2.37 2.96 
Congo  5.00 3.72 3.77 4.18 3.03 3.19 0.67 0.65 2.50 
Madagascar  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.50 1.03 1.23 1.76 
Côte d'Ivoire  0.00 0.00 0.09 (a) (a) 0.01 (a) 0.31 1.64 
Ethiopia  0.02 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.30 0.51 0.68 0.71 1.43 
Gabon  2.91 0.92 3.91 3.72 5.12 2.09 0.66 0.82 1.37 
Mauritius  0.30 0.30 0.49 0.76 1.84 2.59 2.06 1.15 1.34 
Cameroon  0.29 0.26 0.34 0.15 0.19 (a) 0.07 (a) 0.59 
Tanzania  (a) 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.15 0.35 0.40 0.33 0.39 
Senegal  (a) (a) 0.02 (a) (a) 0.19 (a) 0.04 0.30 
Malawi  0.12 0.11 0.14 0.19 0.48 0.51 0.49 0.29 0.29 
Eswatini  0.24 0.15 0.19 0.22 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 
Rwanda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.04 
Uganda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 
Cabo Verde  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 
Mozambique  (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 (a) 0.02 0.02 0.01 
Zambia  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 
Sierra Leone  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 (a) 0.01 
Burkina Faso  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 
Benin  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a)   
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 Per cent of total  
Namibia  (a) (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) 
Djibouti  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.01 (a) 0.01 (a) 
Mali (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Guinea  0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Liberia  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 (a) 
Togo 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
The Gambia  (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 
Seychelles  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 0.00 
Botswana  0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.05 0.01 0.00 
Guinea -Bissau  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Niger  0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) 0.00 
Democratic Republic of Congo  0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Mauritania  0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.45 0.00 
Grand Total 100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  
(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, 2016 -20185 
HTS 
number  Description  2016 2017 2018 Change 
2017- 
2018   
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  5,439.4  8,386.6  6,796.6  -19.0 
2709.00.10  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous 
minerals, crude, testing under 25 degrees 
A.P.I.  472.4  492.8  740.8  50.3 
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  114.5  195.3  135.7  -30.5 
2710.19.06  Distillate and residual fuel oil (including 
blends) derived from petroleum or oils 
from bituminous minerals, testing < 25 
degrees A.P.I.  18.1 36.8 104.4  183.9 
2710.12.45  Light oil mixt. of hydrocarbons fr petro oils 
& bitum min(o/than crude) or prep 70%+ 
wt. fr petro oils, nesoi,n/o 50% any single 
hydrocarbon  102.3  64.7 59.3 -8.3 
 
Total of above  6,146.7  9,176.2  7,836.9  -14.6  
All other  4.5 57.4 29.8 -48.0  
Total for mineral fuels and oils  6,151.2  9,233.6  7,866.7  -14.8 
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  70.2 201.5  219.8  9.1 
6205.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or 
crocheted, of cotton, nesoi  142.6  119.6  146.0  22.0 
6110.30.30  Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, 
knitted or crocheted, of manmade fibers, 
nesoi 108.9  122.8  138.6  12.9 
6104.63.20  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibers, nesoi  91.6 94.9 113.2  19.4 
6204.62.80  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of cotton, 
nesoi, o/than rec perf outwear  26.7 83.9 99.2 18.2 
6105.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted, 
of manmade fibers, nesoi  77.8 76.9 81.0 5.3 
6109.90.10  T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar 
garments, knitted or crocheted, of 
man-made fibers  52.2 54.8 56.6 3.3 
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  6.9 29.0 50.4 73.5 
6204.63.90  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of 
synthetic fibers, nesoi, o/than rec perf 
outwear  9.9 42.5 50.2 18.1 
6103.43.15  Men's or boys' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibers, nesoi  30.5 28.9 34.2 18.4 
 
Total of above  617.2  854.8  989.1  15.7  
All other  387.8  173.8  224.9  29.4  
Total for textiles and apparel  1,004.9  1,028.6  1,214.0  18.0 
                                                
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  HTS 
number  Description  2016 2017 2018 Change 
2017- 
2018   
Value (millions of dollars)  Per cent  
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1 -24) 
0802.62.00  Macadamia nuts, shelled  85.7 107.9  140.2  30.0 
0805.10.00  Oranges, fresh or dried  37.7 37.8 43.4 14.7 
2204.21.50  Wine other than Tokay (not carbonated), 
not over 14% alcohol, in containers not 
over 2 liters  30.5 35.6 34.0 -4.3 
1604.14.30  Tunas and skipjack, not in oil, in airtight 
containers, n/o 7 kg, not of U.S. 
possessions, over quota  0.0 4.9 28.4 480.6  
2401.20.85  Tobacco, partly or wholly 
stemmed/stripped, threshed or similarly 
processed, not from cigar leaf , described in 
addl US note 5 to chap 24  27.1 19.4 17.9 -7.5 
1701.14.10  Other cane sugar, raw, in solid form, w/o 
added flavoring or coloring, subject to 
add. US 5 to Ch.17  7.3 21.5 16.8 -21.7 
0806.20.10  Raisins, made from dried seedless grapes  5.5 8.5 16.8 97.4 
2207.10.60  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 % vol. 
alcohol or higher, for nonbeverage 
purposes  11.5 11.4 14.3 25.5 
0802.90.98  Nuts nesoi, fresh or dried, shelled  6.0 9.4 12.3 30.3 
0714.30.10  Fresh or chilled yams (Dioscorea spp.), 
whether or not  sliced or in the form of 
pellets  0.0 0.5 9.5 1,654.0  
 
Total of above  211.3  257.0  333.7  29.9  
All other  63.9 92.9 113.8  22.4  
Total for agriculture  275.2  349.9  447.5  27.9 
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  NV 1,178.5  534.5  -54.6 
7202.41.00  Ferrochromium containing by weight more 
than 4 % of carbon  11.1 27.1 86.3 218.0  
7202.30.00  Ferrosilicon manganese  2.7 31.5 85.9 172.6  
7606.12.30  Aluminum alloy, plates/sheets/strip, 
w/thick. o/0.2mm, rectangular (incl. sq), 
not clad  23.5 92.4 83.6 -9.5 
7202.11.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight 
more than 4 % of carbon  33.5 85.0 60.9 -28.4 
3823.70.60  Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived 
from fatty substances of animal or 
vegetable origin  47.0 63.2 58.4 -7.5 
7202.19.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight 
more than 1 % but not more than 2 % of 
carbon  3.3 20.6 51.9 152.7  
2849.90.50  Carbides, nesoi  0.0 0.0 44.6 NA 
7113.19.29  Gold necklaces and neck chains (o/than of 
rope or mixed links)  5.1 12.1 32.7 170.2  
2843.90.00  Inorganic or organic compounds of 
precious metals, excluding those of silver 
and gold ; amalgams of precious metals  0.0 0.0 29.8 NA 
 
Total of above  126.2  1,510.4  1,068.6  -29.2  
All other  1,582.5  112.8  194.3  72.2  
Total for all other products  1,708.7  1,623.2  1,262.9  -22.2   
     
Grand total  9,140.0  12,235.4  10,791.1  -11.8 
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.  
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  TABLE 3  
US TRADE WITH AGOA BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES, 2010 -20186 
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  
2010 15,620.9  1.4 57,141.8  3.0 -41,520.8  
2011 19,711.1  1.5 68,842.2  3.2 -49,131.1  
2012 20,859.3  1.5 47,276.3  2.1 -26,417.0  
2013 21,692.1  1.6 38,203.9  1.7 -16,511.8  
2014 23,041.9  1.6 25,572.7  1.1 -2,530.8  
2015 16,419.2  1.3 19,147.6  0.9 -2,728.4  
2016 12,024.5  1.0 20,015.2  0.9 -7,990.8  
2017 12,653.3  1.0 24,868.4  1.1 -12,215.1  
2018 14,238.8  1.0 24,524.1  1.0 -10,285.3  
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 -18), Central African Republic (2010 -16), Democratic Republic of Congo (2011 -18), 
Côte d'Ivoire (2010), Eswantini (2015 -17), The Gambia (20 15-17), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), 
Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013), Niger (2010), and Seychelles (2017 -2018). South Sudan eligibility began 
in 2013, but the country was not eligible in 2015 -18. 
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis.  
8 Imports for  consumption, customs value.