WT/L/1017  
 
8 November 2017  
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General Council  
30 November - 1 December 2017  Original: English  
 
 
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND O PPORTUNITY ACT  
REPORT OF THE GOVERN MENT OF THE UNITED S TATES FOR THE YEAR 2 016 
UNDER THE DECISION O F 30 NOVEMBER  20151 
The following communication, dated 3 November 2017 , 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 n ecessary 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 t he 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 report 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 WTO Agreement. This 
report covers calendar year 2016. 
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 auth orizes 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 eligibilit y for AGOA benefits effective 
1 January 2016. In December 2016, then -President Obama reinstated Central African Republic’s 
eligibility for AGOA b enefits effective immediately. Seychelles graduated from AGOA effective 
1 January 2017. As of 1 June 2017, 38 sub -Saharan African countries were eligible for AGOA trade 
benefits. These countries are: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, 
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, 
Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,  Madagascar, Malawi, 
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa,  Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.  
                                                
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  2.3.  Section 112(a) of AGOA provides duty -free treatment for certain t extile 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 "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 2016, over  90% of 
US imports from AGOA -eligible countries entered the United States duty -free, under AGOA, GSP, 
or other zero -tariff provisions.  
3.2.  In 2016, US imports under AGOA rose 17.8%  from $8.0 bil lion to $9.4 billion, due in most 
part to an increase in the value of imports of m ineral fuels (HTS chapter 27). In 2016, mineral 
fuels accounted for  approximately 68.2 % of US imports under AGOA , compared to approximately 
64.5%  in 2015. Other leading categ ories of US imports include apparel (HTS chapters 61 and 62) 
and motor vehicles and parts (HTS  chapter 87). South Africa is currently the largest non -oil AGOA 
beneficiary. Other leading beneficiary countries are Angola, Chad, Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Madag ascar, and Mauritius.  
3.3.  Motor vehicles and their parts was the leading AGOA non -oil product sector for most of the 
period 2014 -2016. Imports under AGOA in this product sector reached approximately $1.5 billion 
in 2016.  
3.4.  Another leading non -oil sector for the period 2014 -2016 was apparel. Apparel represented 
33.6% of total non -oil AGOA imports (not including its related GSP provisions) in 2016 . Imports of 
apparel under AGOA rose from $987.6 million in 2015 to $1.0 billion in 2016 . Eighteen AGOA 
beneficiary coun tries have shipped apparel products to the United States under AGOA since 2001, 
led by Kenya, Lesotho,  Mauritius, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Botswana. The leading category of 
apparel in 2016 was woven cotton men’s or boy’s cotton shirts.  
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 Trade and 
Investment Hubs – in South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana, with satellite offices in Dakar and Gaborone 
– that assist African governments and businesses to identify an d develop market opportunities in 
the United States for African products, especially value -added and non -traditional products suc h as 
those covered under AGOA. In 2013, the United States launched Trade Africa, a partnership with 
sub-Saharan Africa that see ks to increase internal and regional trade within Africa, and expand 
trade and economic ties between Africa, the United St ates, and other global markets.  In its initial 
phase, Trade Africa focused on the Partner States of the  East African Community (EAC). In July 
2015, the United States expanded the Trade Africa Initiative to involve new partners, including 
Côte d' Ivoire, Ghana, Mozambique, Senegal, and Zambia, and is working to address capacity 
issues that have constrained trade, namely trade facilitation,  SPS and TBT harmonization and 
compliance with international standards, and export promotion. The United States is also working 
to support the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the areas of trade 
facilitation, SPS and TBT on a regional basis.  
3.6.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA programme from 2008 to 2016.  
                                                
2 As of 1 May 2017 , the beneficiary countries eligible for duty -free treatment of certain textile and 
apparel products  were: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, 
Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia , Ghana,  Guinea,  Kenya, Lesotho,  Liberia,  Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia . 
3 Of the countries listed in footnote 2 , only Sou th 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 2008 to 
2016.  
 
Table 2  provides info rmation on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2014 to 2016.  
 
Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countries from 2008 to 2016.  
 
 
 
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSU MPTION UNDER AGOA PR OVISIONS, BY SOURCES , 2008 -20164 
Source  2008  2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 
 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Nigeria  35,366,204.2  17,228,232.2  25,153,807.1  31,170,628.6  17,556,643.6  10,818,896.9  2,798,015.3  1,403,195.4  3,474,961.8  
Angola  9,794,964.5  4,225,139.3  6,293,944.1  11,576,597.8  6,619,092.3  6,000,957.9  3,539,542.2  1,830,054.3  1,954,780.8  
South Africa  2,427,689.9  1,642,892.5  1,917,120.3  2,449,926.9  2,383,352.1  2,578,496.1  1,750,421.2  1,730,110.0  1,864,038.4  
Chad 2,309,229.9  1,190,403.4  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  
Kenya  252,243.0  204,981.6  220,645.8  288,330.7  287,835.8  336,601.2  417,147.7  428,223.9  389,991.8  
Lesotho  338,796.8  277,046.4  280,341.6  314,311.2  300,688.7  320,806.9  288,892.4  299,313.9  295,425.7  
Mauritius  97,291.5  98,747.2  117,910.9  155,982.1  160,030.0  188,260.4  218,173.3  207,082.8  188,031.8  
Madagascar  277,050.7  210,003.9  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.5 39,830.8  93,419.1  
Congo (ROC)  2,639,140.5  1,471,657.0  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  
Ethiopia  9,391.5  6,723.4  6,882.5  10,879.1  18,300.9  31,714.1  35,675.1  40,897.3  61,563.6  
Gabon  2,143,355.3  1,210,007.2  1,124,243.8  477,521.3  1,271,620.6  924,950.5  607,486.3  167,003.2  60,050.4  
Mauritania  0.0 0.0 26,395.5  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47,711.2  
Malawi  26,680.4  39,734.3  47,190.6  56,145.6  46,307.1  47,084.2  57,386.2  40,952.5  44,882.4  
Tanzania  1,527.3  1,006.2  1,850.1  5,130.9  10,445.8  10,359.7  17,485.9  28,165.6  36,952.4  
Ghana  31,493.6  2,303.3  2,052.8  414,094.2  16,988.1  60,488.7  57,054.8  9,626.2  29,690.6  
Cameroon  441,316.1  96,749.7  113,469.3  137,525.0  111,612.1  36,426.7  23,004.6  53.1 16,757.7  
Botswana  15,803.0  12,361.7  11,558.5  15,478.5  10,426.7  5,856.1  9,457.6  8,251.1  4,766.5  
Mozambique  129.1  0.0 183.6  688.6  29.5 1,361.8  802.2  283.8  1,470.1  
Rwanda  5.3 62.9 10.5 17.3 7.9 9.4 187.0  434.7  1,220.2  
Cape Verde  0.0 0.0 145.6  154.0  116.9  146.4  333.2  522.9  586.3  
Sierra Leone  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 522.7  
Uganda  472.6  221.9  344.8  786.9  64.5 55.9 59.3 144.1  288.0  
Burkina Faso  0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 5.0 6.6 10.2 2.6 166.9  
Côte d' Ivoire  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29,901.5  229.3  554.8  529.6  120.1  
Senegal  10,228.9  1,585.1  6.7 2.7 5,634.0  11.0 23.6 15,544.0  87.2 
Seychelles  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.8 
Zambia  4.8 6.7 0.4 10.3 6.8 8.3 35.7 265.3  32.1 
Togo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44,448.4  0.0 2.7 10.9 19.6 
Liberia  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 
Benin  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 
Mali 3.9 61.6 3.6 1.6 20.6 0.0 6.1 14.4 13.3 
Djibouti  0.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 411.5  463.6  11.0 
                                                
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years: Central African Republic (2008 -16), Congo (DROC) (2011 -16), Côte d'Ivoire (2008 -10), Eritrea 
(2008 -16), Gambia (2015 -16), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2009), Niger (2010), and Swaziland (2015 -16). South 
Sudan eligibility began in 2013, but the country was not eligible in 2015 -16.  
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 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Guinea  0.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 4.3 6.9 
Niger  0.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.3 2.4 0.0 3.2 
Swaziland  125,386.6  94,718.2  92,798.4  77,121.1  62,373.3  53,940.0  59,075.6  0.0 0.0 
Namibia  6.2 0.0 5.3 12.8 215.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Gambia  0.0 0.0 5.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Congo (DROC)  65,234.2  35,651.5  147,041.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Total 56,373,650.9  28,050,317.9  38,679,804.2  52,077,762.9  32,538,373.0  24,853,927.1  11,874,138.9  7,984,249.6  9,404,496.8  
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 2008 -2016 did not register 
any trade under AGOA provisions dur ing this period: Burundi, Comoros, Guinea -Bissau,  Sao Tome and Principe,  and South Sudan . 
   
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSU MPTION UNDER AGOA PR OVISIONS, BY SOURCES , 2008 -2016 
Source  2008  2009  2010 2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
 % of total  
Nigeria  62.74  61.42  65.03  59.85  53.96  43.53  23.56  17.57  36.95  
Angola  17.38  15.06  16.27  22.23  20.34  24.14  29.81  22.92  20.79  
South Africa  4.31 5.86 4.96 4.70 7.32 10.37  14.74  21.67  19.82  
Chad 4.10 4.24 3.07 5.74 7.30 9.65 13.75  18.52  8.24 
Kenya  0.45 0.73 0.57 0.55 0.88 1.35 3.51 5.36 4.15 
Lesotho  0.60 0.99 0.72 0.60 0.92 1.29 2.43 3.75 3.14 
Mauritius  0.17 0.35 0.30 0.30 0.49 0.76 1.84 2.59 2.00 
Madagascar  0.49 0.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.50 0.99 
Congo  (ROC)  4.68 5.25 5.00 3.72 3.77 4.18 3.03 3.19 0.66 
Ethiopia  0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.30 0.51 0.65 
Gabon  3.80 4.31 2.91 0.92 3.91 3.72 5.12 2.09 0.64 
Mauritania  0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 
Malawi  0.05 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.19 0.48 0.51 0.48 
Tanzania  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.15 0.35 0.39 
Ghana  0.06 0.01 0.01 0.80 0.05 0.24 0.48 0.12 0.32 
Cameroon  0.78 0.34 0.29 0.26 0.34 0.15 0.19 0.00 0.18 
Botswana  0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.05 
Mozambique  (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 (a) 0.02 
Rwanda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 
Cape Verde  0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 
Sierra Leone  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 
Uganda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Burkina Faso  0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Côte d'Ivoire  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 (a) (a) 0.01 (a) 
Senegal  0.02 0.01 (a) (a) 0.02 (a) (a) 0.19 0.00 
Seychelles  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 
Zambia  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Togo 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 
Liberia  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 
Benin  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 
Mali (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 
Djibouti  0.00 (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.01 (a) 
Guinea  (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 (a) (a) 
Niger  (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) 
Swaziland  0.22 0.34 0.24 0.15 0.19 0.22 0.50 0.00 0.00 
Namibia  (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
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Gambia  0.00 0.00 (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Congo (DROC)  0.12 0.13 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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.  WT/L/1017  
 
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  TABLE 2  
LEADING US IMPORTS F OR CONSUMPTION UNDER  AGOA PROVISIONS, 201 4-20165 
HTS number  Description  2014 2015 2016 Change 
2015-
2016 
  Value (millions of dollars)  % 
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 5,825.0  3,445.7  5,707.6  65.6 
2709.00.10  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous 
minerals, crude, testing under 25 degrees 
A.P.I. 2,093.6  1,368.4  451.1 -67.0 
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  311.1 182.2  114.5  -37.1 
2710.12.45  Light oil mixt. of hyd rocarbons fr petro oils & 
bitum in (o/than crude) or prep 70%+ wt. fr 
petro oils, nesoi,  n/o 50% any single 
hydrocarbon  263.2  91.0 105.7  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. 506.3  43.1 29.0 -32.9 
 Total of  above  8,999.2  5,130.4  6,407.8  24.9 
 All other  13.1 17.2 4.8 -72.0 
 Total for mineral fuels and oils  9,012.3  5,147.5  6,412.6  24.6 
Textiles and apparel (HTS chapters 50 -63) 
6205.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or 
crocheted, of cotton, nesoi  148.1  148.1  142.6  -3.7 
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. 166.1  179.4  a123.0  -31.4 
6110.30.30  Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, 
knitted or crocheted, of manmade fibres , 
nesoi 97.9 101.7  108.8  6.9 
6104.63.20  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibres , nesoi  83.3 97.8 91.6 -6.4 
6105.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted, 
of manmade fibres , nesoi  52.7 60.4 77.8 28.7 
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  NV NV 70.1 NA 
6204.62.40  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of cotton, 
nesoi 94.6 88.5 a66.8 -24.5 
6109.90.10  T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar 
garments, knitted or crocheted, of man -
made fibres  52.8 47.0 52.2 11.1 
6103.43.15  Men's or boys' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibres , nesoi  31.7 31.0 30.4 -1.9 
6204.62.80  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of cotton, 
nesoi, o/than rec perf outwear  NV NV 26.6 NA 
 Total of above  727.2  753.9  789.8  4.8 
 All other  258.6  233.9  214.0  -8.5 
 Total for textiles and apparel  985.8  987.7  1,003.8  1.6 
                                                
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  HTS number  Description  2014 2015 2016 Change 
2015-
2016 
 Value (millions of dollars)  
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1 -24) 
0802.62.00  Macadamia nuts, shelled  70.9 102.5  84.7 -17.3 
0805.10.00  Oranges, fresh or dried  41.2 46.4 37.7 -18.8 
2204.21.50  Wine other than Tokay (not carbonated), not 
over 14% alcohol, in containers not over 2 
litres 33.2 34.7 30.5 -12.2 
2401.20.85  Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, 
threshed or similarly processed, not from 
cigar leaf , described in add US note 5 to 
chap 24  44.2 22.7 27.3 19.9 
0805.20.00  Mandarins (including tangerines and 
satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar 
citrus  hybrids, fresh or dried  9.5 12.1 14.0 15.2 
2207.10.60  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 percent vol. 
alcohol or higher, for non -3beverage 
purposes  16.9 15.8 11.5 -26.8 
2105.00.50  Edible ice, except ice cream, not described in 
add US note 1 to Ch. 4, nesoi  5.9 7.4 7.9 6.8 
1701.14.10  Other cane sugar, raw, in solid form, w/o 
added flavouring  or colouring , subject to 
add. US 5 to Ch.17  0.0 0.0 7.3 NA 
0802.90.98  Nuts nesi, fresh or dried, shelled  7.1 8.1 6.0 -26.7 
0806.20.10  Raisins, made from dried seedless grapes  4.6 10.0 5.5 -44.6 
 Total of above  233.5  259.8  232.3  -10.6 
 All other  45.1 45.9 42.3 -7.9 
 Total for agriculture  278.6  305.7  274.6  -10.2 
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  1,297.6  1,348.8  1,498.1  11.1 
3823.70.60  Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived 
from fatty substances of animal or vegetable 
origin  46.0 41.8 47.0 12.3 
7202.11.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight more 
than 4 percent of carbon  183.1  86.6 33.5 -61.4 
7606.12.30  Aluminium  alloy, plates/sheets/strip, 
w/thick. o/0.2mm, rectangular (incl. sq.), 
not clad  0.0 0.0 23.5 NA 
6403.99.90  Footwear w/outer  soles of 
rubber/plastics/comp. leather & uppers of 
leather, n/cov. ankle, for 
women/child./infants, val. over $2.50/pair  13.5 13.2 18.2 38.1 
8111.00.47  Unwrought manganese flake containing at 
least 99.5 percent by weight manganese  25.1 18.6 12.4 -33.5 
7202.41.00  Ferrochromium containing by weight more 
than 4 percent of carbon  0.0 0.0 11.1 NA 
7202.49.10  Ferrochromium containing by weight more 
than 3 percent but not more than 4 percent 
of carbon  3.0 2.2 8.2 273.8  
8707.10.00  Bodies (including cabs), for mtr. vehicles for 
transport of persons of heading 8703  3.2 4.7 5.8 24.7 
7113.19.29  Gold necklaces and neck chains (o/than of 
rope or mixed links)  0.0 0.0 5.1 NA 
 Total of above  1,571.5  1,516.0  1,662.9  9.7 
 All other  25.9 27.3 50.5 85.4 
 Total for all other products  1,597.4  1,543.3  1,713.4  11.0 
 Grand total  11,874.1  7,984.2  9,404.5  17.8 
a Tariff line was valid for only part of the year.  
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given. The abbreviation s "nesoi" and "nesi"  stand 
for "not elsewhere spe cified 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/1017  
 
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  TABLE 3  
US TRADE WITH AGOA B ENEFICIARY COUNTRIES, 2 008-20166 
 
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  
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 15,620.9  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 23,043.5  1.6 25,572.7  1.1 -2,529.2  
2015 16,424.4  1.3 19,138.8  0.9 -2,714.4  
2016 12,137.5  1.0 19,996.9  0.9 -7,859.4  
 
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: Central African Republic (2008 -16), Congo (DROC) (2011 -16), Côte d'Ivoire (2008 -10), 
Eritrea (2008 -16), Gambia (2015 -16), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali 
(2013), Mauritania (2009), Niger (2010), and Swaziland (2015 -16). South Sudan eligibility began in 2013, but 
the country was not eligible in 2015 -16. 
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis.  
8 Imports for consumption, customs value.