WT/L/929  
 
11 July 2014  
(14-4006)  Page: 1/10  
General Council 
24-25 July 2014  Original: English  
 
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT 
REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 2013 
UNDER THE DECISION OF 27 MAY 20091 
The following communication, dated 10 July 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States. 
 
_______________ 
 
1  INTRODUCTION 
1.1.  On 27 May 2009, the United States was granted a waiver (WT/L/754) 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 Governme nt 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 be ing required to extend the same duty-free 
treatment to like products of any other Member. This waiver expires 30 September 2015. 
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 of the tr ade-related provisions of AGOA with a view to 
facilitating the annual review provided for in para graph 4 of Article IX of the WTO Agreement. This 
report covers calendar year 2013. 
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 th e 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 th is 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 506B of the Trade Act of 1974, as added by section 114 of AGOA, as amended, extends preferences for these products and for GSP products to 
AGOA beneficiary countries through 30 September 2015. 
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 2013, President Obama reinstated the Republic of Mali eligibility to receive AGOA 
benefits in 2014. On 26 June 2014, President Obama reinstated Madagascar's eligibility for AGOA benefits effective immediately, and withdrew Swaziland's AGOA eligibility, effective 
1 January 2015. As of 30 June 2014, 41 sub-Saharan African countries were eligible for AGOA 
trade benefits. These countries are:  Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Cong o, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, The 
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra 
Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. 
                                               
1 WT/L/754. WT/L/929 
 
- 2 - 
 
  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 trea tment 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 2015.3   
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 2013, about 91% of 
US imports from AGOA-eligible countries entered the United States duty-free, under AGOA, GSP, 
or other zero-tariff provisions. 
3.2.  In 2013, US. imports under AGOA fell 24.3% from $32.7 billion to $24.8 billion, due in most 
part to a large drop in imports of mineral fuels (H TS chapter 27).  Nevertheless, mineral fuels still 
accounted for almost 85.6% of US imports under AGOA in 2013, compared to approximately 90% in 2012. Other leading categories of US imports include motor vehicles and their parts (HTS 
chapter 87), apparel (HTS chapters 61 and 62), ir on and steel products (HTS chapter 72), and 
edible fruits and nuts (HTS chapter 8). Non-oil imports under AGOA (not including its related GSP provisions) more than quadrupled from 2001 to 2013, rising from $752 million in 2001 to $3.6 billion in 2013. South Africa is currently the largest non-oil AGOA beneficiary. Other leading 
beneficiary countries are Nigeria, Angola, Chad, Re public of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Mauritius, Swaziland, and Malawi. 
3.3.  Apparel was the leading AGOA non-oil product sector for most of the period 2001-2013. 
Apparel represented 25% to 79% of total non-oil AGOA imports (not including its related GSP 
provisions) during this period. Imports of apparel under AGOA rose from $356 million in 2001 to $903 million in 2013. Eighteen AGOA beneficiary countries have shipped apparel products to the 
United States under AGOA since 2001, led by Lesotho, Kenya, Mauritius, Swaziland, and 
Botswana. The leading category of apparel in 2013 was woven cotton men's or boy's shirts. 
3.4.  Another leading non-oil sector for the period 2001-2013 was motor vehicles and their parts. 
Imports under AGOA in this product sector reac hed approximately $2.1 billion in 2013. US imports 
of agricultural products, metals, certain footwear, and certain chemicals also grew during this 
period.  
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, under the four-year, $120 million African Competitiveness and Trade Expansion 
(ACTE) initiative, the US Agency for International Development operates three Regional Hubs for 
Global Competitiveness – in Botswana, Kenya, and Ghana – that assist African governments and 
businesses to identify and develop market opportuni ties in the United States for African products, 
especially value-added and non-traditional products such as those covered under AGOA.   
3.6.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA programme from 2005 to 2013. 
______________ 
 
 
Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 2005 to 
2013. 
                                               
2 As of 1 June 2013, the beneficiary countries eligible for duty-free treatment of certain textile and 
apparel products were: Benin, Botswa na, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verd e, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, 
The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone, So uth Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, 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/929 
 
- 3 - 
 
   
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2011 to 2013.  
Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countries from 2005 to 2013. 
 
_______________ 
  
  WT/L/929  
 
- 4 - TABLE 1 
US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2005-20134 
Source 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 
 Value (1,000 dollars) 
Nigeria 22,460,051.8 25,823,091.1 30,137,133.0 35,366,204.2 17,228,232.2 25,153,807.1 31,003,704.9 17,723,567.3 10,818,896.9 
Angola 4,216,468.8 4,532,941.5 4,767,933.9 9,794,964.5 4,225,139.3 6,293,944.1 11,534,111.7 6,660,737.9 6,003,257.5 
South Africa 455,315.6 717,439.1 1,076,984.9 2,427,689.9 1,642,892.5 1,902,140.4 2,464,830.8 2,384,108.7 2,578,238.1 
Chad 1,028,953.9 1,531,432.6 1,487,551.9 2,309,229.9 1,190,403.4 1,186,313.6 2,991,225.7 2,376,665.2 2,397,799.1 
Congo (ROC) 571,418.6 774,536.5 1,487,669.8 2,639,140.5 1,471,657.0 1,935,530.5 1,935,187.1 1,225,538.9 1,039,454.2 
Gabon 2,487,326.2 1,290,030.8 1,673,604.6 2,143,355.3 1,210,007.2 1,124,243.8 477,521.3 1,271,620.6 924,950.5 
Kenya 272,131.1 265,051.2 250,352.0 252,243.0 204,981.6 220,636.1 288,273.4 287,737.5 336,534.8 
Lesotho 388,344.3 384,451.9 379,592.0 338,796.8 277,046.4 280,341.6 314,311.2 300,609.0 320,806.9 
Mauritius 146,807.5 145,843.0 112,347.1 97,291.5 98,747.2 117,910.9 155,982.1 160,030.0 187,894.6 
Swaziland 160,462.3 135,424.6 135,837.7 125,386.6 94,718.2 92,798.4 77,121.1 62,373.3 53,940.0 
Malawi 32,375.2 29,901.2 27,568.3 26,680.4 39,734.3 47,190.6 56,145.6 46,307.1 47,084.2 
Cameroon 100,910.2 152,393.8 169,172.5 441,316.1 96,749.7 113,469.3 137,372.0 111,765.0 36,426.7 
Ethiopia 3,646.4 5,000.4 4,741.3 9,391.5 6,723.4 6,875.1 10,886.5 18,294.1 31,711.3 
Tanzania 2,811.7 3,022.4 2,814.8 1,527.3 1,006.2 1,850.1 5,130.9 10,445.8 10,359.7 
Botswana 30,043.7 28,224.5 31,331.2 15,803.0 12,361.7 11,558.5 15,478.5 10,426.7 5,856.1 
Ghana 49,926.9 34,873.8 56,151.3 31,493.6 2,303.3 2,052.8 414,094.2 16,988.1 2,811.0 
Mozambique 2,827.7 939.8 825.2 129.1 0.0 183.6 688.6 29.5 1,361.8 
Côte d'Ivoire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29,901.5 229.3 
Cabo Verde 2,115.4 85.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 145.6 154.0 116.9 146.4 
Uganda 4,854.3 1,489.5 1,189.4 472.6 221.9 344.8 786.9 64.5 55.9 
Senegal 9.2 14,239.5 13.5 10,228.9 1,585.1 6.7 2.7 5,634.0 11.0 
Rwanda 0.5 0.0 0.0 5.3 62.9 10.5 17.3 7.9 9.4 
                                               
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding  years:  Burundi (2005), Central African Republic (2005-13), Co moros (2005-07), Congo (DROC) (2011-13), 
Côte d'Ivoire (2005-10), Eritrea (2005-13), Guinea (2010), Guinea-Bissau (2013), Liberia (2005-06), Madagascar (2010-13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2006, 2009), Niger (2010), 
and Togo (2005-07). South Sudan eligibility began in 2013. 
Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given . The following countries that were eligible for AGOA for at least part of the period 2005-2013 did not register 
any trade under AGOA provisions during this  period:  Benin, Burundi, Comoros, Guinea -Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Se ychelles, Sierra Leon e, and South Sudan.  
  WT/L/929  
 
- 5 - Source 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 
 Value (1,000 dollars) 
Zambia 0.0 8.1 73.0 4.8 6.7 0.4 10.3 6.8 8.3 
Burkina Faso 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 5.0 6.6 
Guinea 0.0 0.0 26.6 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.6 
Niger 24.3 0.7 26.6 0.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.3 
Congo (DROC) 0.0 0.0 39,478.3 65,234.2 35,651.5 147,041.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Djibouti 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
The Gambia 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 
Madagascar 273,193.1 229,541.2 281,443.3 277,050.7 210,003.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Mali 0.0 2.9 8.5 3.9 61.6 3.6 1.6 20.6 0.0 
Mauritania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26,395.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Namibia 53,058.4 33,018.7 28,579.2 6.2 0.0 5.3 12.8 215.6 0.0 
Togo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44,448.4 0.0 
Total 32,743,077.0 36,132,990.2 42,152,450.3 56,373,650.9 28,050,317.9 38,664,807.2 51,883,054.2 32,747,669.6 24,797,856.1 
  
  WT/L/929  
 
- 6 - TABLE 1 – CONTINUED 
US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2005-2013 
 
Source 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 
 % of total  
Nigeria 68.59 71.47 71.50 62.74 61.42 65.06 59.76 54.12 43.63 
Angola 12.88 12.55 11.31 17.38 15.06 16.28 22.23 20.34 24.21 
South Africa 1.39 1.99 2.55 4.31 5.86 4.92 4.75 7.28 10.40 Chad 3.14 4.24 3.53 4.10 4.24 3.07 5.77 7.26 9.67 
Congo (ROC) 1.75 2.14 3.53 4.68 5.25 5.01 3.73 3.74 4.19 
Gabon 7.60 3.57 3.97 3.80 4.31 2.91 0.92 3.88 3.73 Kenya 0.83 0.73 0.59 0.45 0.73 0.57 0.56 0.88 1.36 
Lesotho 1.19 1.06 0.90 0.60 0.99 0.73 0.61 0.92 1.29 
Mauritius 0.45 0.40 0.27 0.17 0.35 0.30 0.30 0.49 0.76 Swaziland 0.49 0.37 0.32 0.22 0.34 0.24 0.15 0.19 0.22 
Malawi 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.19 
Cameroon 0.31 0.42 0.40 0.78 0.34 0.29 0.26 0.34 0.15 Ethiopia 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.13 
Tanzania 0.01 0.01 0.01 (
a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.03 0.04 
Botswana 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 Ghana 0.15 0.10 0.13 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.80 0.05 0.01 
Mozambique 0.01 (
a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.01 
Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 (a) 
Cabo Verde 0.01 (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Uganda 0.01 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Senegal (a) 0.04 (a) 0.02 0.01 (a) (a) 0.02 (a) 
Rwanda (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Zambia 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Burkina Faso 0.00 (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Guinea 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) 
Niger (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a)  
  WT/L/929  
 
- 7 -  
 Source 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 
 % of total  
Congo (DROC) 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.12 0.13 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Djibouti 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
The Gambia 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 
Madagascar 0.83 0.64 0.67 0.49 0.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Mali 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.00 
Mauritania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 Namibia 0.16 0.09 0.07 (
a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 
Togo 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 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 offi cial statistics of the US Department of Commerce. WT/L/929 
 
- 8 - 
 
  TABLE 2 
LEADING US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION UNDER AGOA PROVISIONS, 2011-20135 
                                               
5 Not all countries were eligible for AGOA preferen ces in all years. See AGOA table 1 for periods of 
program coverage. HTS number Description 2011 2012 2013 Change 
2012-
2013 
Value (millions of dollars) % 
Mineral fuels and oils (HTS chapter 27) 
2709.00.20 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, 
crude, testing 25 degr ees A.P.I. or more 42,623.1 24,879.4 15,718.1 -36.8 
2709.00.10 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, 
crude, testing under  25 degrees A.P.I. 4,810.9 3,234.3 4,265.6 31.9 
2710.12.25 Naphthas (exc. motor fuel/mtr fuel blend. stock) fr 
petroleum oils & bitumen mi nerals (o/than crude) or 
preps 70%+ by wt. fr petroleum oils NV 554.9 644.5 16.2 
2710.19.06 Distillate and residual fuel oil (including blends) 
derived from petroleum or oils from bituminous minerals, testing > 25 degrees A.P.I. NV 452.5 433.0 -4.3 
2710.12.45 Light oil mixt. of hydrocarbons fr petro oils & 
bitumen (o/than crude) or prep 70%+ wt. fr petro oils, nesoi,n/o 50% any single hydrocarbon NV 252.4 88.8 -64.8 
Total of above 47,434.1 29,373.5 21,150.0 -28.0 
All other 1,063.4 88.3 69.8 -21.0 
  Total for mineral fuels and oils 48,497.5 29,461.7 21,219.8 -28.0 
Textiles and apparel (HTS chapters 50-63) 
6205.20.20 Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or crocheted, of 
cotton, nesoi 116.7 128.9 148.5 15.2 
6203.42.40 Men's or boys' trousers and shorts, not bibs, not 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton, not containing 15% or more by weight of down, etc 141.1 134.6 139.8 3.9 
6110.30.30 Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of manmade fibers, nesoi 72.6 68.2 99.0 45.0 
6204.62.40 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton, nesoi 125.9 105.2 87.8 -16.6 
6104.63.20 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi 41.1 47.2 83.8 77.6 
6105.20.20 Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted, of 
manmade fibers, nesoi 28.1 35.1 48.6 38.2 
6109.90.10 T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments, 
knitted or crocheted, of man-made fibers 18.4 27.3 39.8 45.7 
6204.63.35 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi 15.3 19.7 30.5 54.7 
6103.43.15 Men's or boys' trousers, breeches and shorts, knitted 
or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi 25.6 25.8 28.4 10.0 
6110.20.20 Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of cotton, nesoi 62.4 32.0 24.1 -24.6 
Total of above 647.2 624.2 730.4 17.0 
All other 207.7 188.5 173.0 -8.2 
  Total for textiles and apparel 854.8 812.7 903.4 11.2 
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1-24) 
0802.62.00 Macadamia nuts, shelled NV 57.0 52.1 NA 
0805.10.00 Oranges, fresh or dried 38.0 39.6 51.0 28.8 2204.21.50 Wine other than Tokay (not carbonated), not over 
14% alcohol, in containers not over 2 liters 27.4 29.5 33.4 13.4 WT/L/929 
 
- 9 - 
 
   
 
 
  HTS number Description 2011 2012 2013 Change 
2012-
2013 
  Value (millions of dollars) % 
2401.20.85 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, 
threshed or similarly proc essed, not from cigar leaf, 
described in addl US note 5 to chap 24 35.2 34.4 31.9 -7.2 
2204.29.60 Grape wine, other than sparkling, not over 14% vol. 
alcohol, in containers holding over 4 liters 2.9 15.3 18.1 18.8 
2207.10.60 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 percept vol. alcohol 
or higher, for nonbeverage purposes 17.0 17.0 16.8 -1.3 
0806.20.10 Raisins, made from dried seedless grapes 2.0 2.0 7.7 295.6 
0802.90.98 Nuts nesi, fresh or dried, shelled 0.0 7.5 5.9 -21.7 
2105.00.50 Edible ice, except ice cream, not described in add US 
note 1 to Ch. 4, nesoi 7.2 5.8 5.6 -3.7 
0805.20.00 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); 
clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried 5.4 7.6 5.2 -32.3 
Total of above 135.2 215.5 227.7 5.7 
All other 84 31 33 7.2 
  Total for agriculture 219.0 246.1 260.5 5.8 
All other products (HTS chapters 25-26, 28-49, and 64-97) 
8703.23.00 Mtr cars & o/mtr. vehicles for transport of persons, 
w/spark-ign. int. combust. recip. piston engine w/cyl. cap. o/1500 cc n/o 3000 cc 1,994.8 1,871.6 2,098.1 12.1 
7202.11.50 Ferromanganese containing by weight more than 
4 % of carbon 204.5 197.4 180.0 -8.8 
3823.70.60 Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived from 
fatty substances of animal or vegetable origin 47.5 54.4 60.7 11.5 
8111.00.47 Unwrought manganese flake containing at least 
99.5% by weight manganese 8.0 23.7 22.7 -4.2 
8703.24.00 Mtr cars & o/mtr. vehicles for transport of persons, 
w/spark-ign. int. combust. recip. piston engine w/cyl. cap. o/ 3000 cc 34.9 42.9 15.0 -65.0 
6403.99.90 Footwear w/outer soles of rubber/plastics/comp. 
leather & uppers of leat her, n/cov. ankle, for 
women/child./infants, val. over $2.50/pair 0.5 2.3 7.2 207.1 
6403.91.90 Footwear w/outer soles of rubber/plastics/comp. 
leather & uppers of leather, cov. ankle, n/welt, for 
persons other than men/youths/boys 0.1 1.3 6.3 389.3 
8708.92.50 Pts. & access. of mtr. vehic. of 8701, nesoi, and 
8702-8705, mufflers & exhaust pipes 5.5 6.0 5.1 -15.5 
6402.99.31 Footwear w/outer soles & uppers of rubber or 
plastics, nesoi, n/cov. ankle, w/ext. surf. of uppers o/90% rubber or plastics, nesoi (
a) 1.2 2.7 131.3 
8707.10.00 Bodies (including cabs), for mtr. vehicles for 
transport of persons of heading 8703 2.9 4.6 2.6 -44.4 
Total of above 2,298.6 2,205.4 2,400.4 8.8 
All other 13.1 21.7 13.8 -36.5 
  Total for all other products 2,311.8 2,227.1 2,414.2 8.4 
    
  Grand total 51,883.1 32,747.7 24,797.9 -24.3 
a Less than $500,000. 
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given.  NV indicates the tariff line was not valid in that year. NA 
indicates a calculation was not applicable. 
Source:  Compiled from offi cial statistics of the US Department of Commerce. WT/L/929 
 
- 10 - 
 
  TABLE 3 
US TRADE WITH AGOA BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES, 2005-20136 
Year US exports7 Share of 
US exports 
to the 
world US imports8 Share of US 
imports 
from the 
world US trade 
balance 
Millions dollars % Millions dollars % Millions dollars 
2005 9,242.5 1.1  44,937.4  2.7 -35,694.9  
2006 10,572.4 1.1  52,787.5  2.9 -42,215.1  
2007 12,967.6 1.2  61,583.7  3.2 -48,616.1  
2008 17,239.7 1.5  77,490.1  3.7 -60,250.4  
2009 13,873.1 1.5  41,580.9  2.7 -27,707.7  
2010 15,576.3 1.4  57,126.6  3.0 -41,550.3  
2011 19,645.1  1.5 68,638.9  3.2 -48,993.8  
2012 20,953.5 1.5  47,456.6  2.1 -26,503.1  
2013 21,793.5 1.6  38,208.1  1.7 -16,414.6  
Note: Because of rounding, figure s may not add to totals given . 
Source:  Compiled from offi cial statistics of the US Department of Commerce.  
 
__________  
 
                                               
6 Imports in this table includes all imports, not just AGOA eligible impo rts. Trade reflects countries AGOA 
eligible in the specified year.  The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years:  Burundi (2005), Central African Republic (2005-13), Comoros (2005-07), Congo (DROC) (2011-13), Côte d'Ivoire (2005-10), Eritrea (2005-13), Guinea (2010), Guinea-Bissau (2013), Liberia (2005-06), Madagascar (2010-13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2006, 2009), Niger (2010), and Togo (2005-07). South Sudan eligibility 
began in 2013, although there were no imports under AGOA provisions from this country in 2013. 
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis. 
8 Imports for consumption, customs value.