WT/L/1006  
 
20 January 2017  
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General Council  
 Original: English  
 
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND O PPORTUNITY ACT  
REPORT OF THE GOVERN MENT OF THE UNITED S TATES FOR THE YEAR 2 015 
UNDER THE DECISION O F 30 NOVEMBER  20151 
The following communication, dated  16 January 2017 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegat ion of the United States.  
 
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1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  On 2 December 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 report on the implementation of the trade -related prov isions 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 2015. 
2  DUTY FREE TREATMENT UNDER AGOA  
2.1.  AGOA was enacted on 18 May 2000. Section 506A of the Trade Ac t 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 treat ment 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 A GOA beneficiary country. Section 103 of the Trade Preferences 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 Preside nt of the United States to 
designate certain sub -Saharan African countries as eligible for benefits under AGOA.  In June  2014, 
President Obama withdrew Swaziland’s eligibility to receive AGO A benefits, effective 
1 January  2015. On 23 December 2014, Presiden t Obama reinstated Guinea -Bissau’s eligibility for 
AGOA benefits effective immediately, and withdrew The Gambia and South Sudan’s AGOA 
eligibil ity, effective 1 January 2015. In December 2015, President Obama withdrew Burundi’s 
eligibility for AGOA benefi ts effective 1 January 2016. As of 1 November 2016, 38 sub -Saharan 
African countries were eligible for AGOA trade  benefits. These countries are:  Angola, Benin, 
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo, C ôte 
d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, 
                                                
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  Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, 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 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 mor e competitive internationally, thereby bolstering African economic growth 
and helping to alleviate poverty in one of the poorest regions of the world. In 2015, over  90% of 
US imports from AGOA -eligible countries entered the United States duty -free, under A GOA, GSP, 
or other zero -tariff provisions.  
3.2.  In 2015, US imports under AGOA fell 32.8%  from $11.9 billion to $8.0 billion, due in most 
part to a large drop in the value of imports of mineral fuels (HTS chapter 27).  Nevertheless, 
mineral fuels still accounte d for almost 64.5 % of US imports under AGOA in 2015 , compared to 
approximately 75.8 % in 2014. Other leading categories of US imports include apparel 
(HTS chapters 61 and 62) and motor vehicles and parts (HTS  chapter 87). South Africa is currently 
the large st non -oil AGOA beneficiary. Other leading beneficiary countries are Angola, Chad, 
Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, the Republic of Congo, and Mauritius.  
3.3.  Motor vehicles and their parts was the leading AGOA non -oil product sector for most of the 
period 2013 -2015. I mports under AGOA in this product sector reached approximately $1.3 billion 
in 2015.  
3.4.  Another leading non -oil sector for the period 2013 -2015 was apparel. Apparel represented 
25.2% to 34.9% of total non -oil AGOA imports (not including its related GSP provis ions) during 
this period. Imports of apparel under AGOA rose from $903.8 million in 2013 to $987.6 million in 
2015. Eighteen AGOA beneficiary countries have shipped apparel products to the United States 
under AGOA since 2001, led by Kenya, Lesotho,  Mauriti us, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Botswana. The 
leading category of apparel in 2015 was woven 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, under the four -year, $120 million African Competitiveness and Trade Expansion 
(ACTE) initiative, the US Agency for International Development operates three regional Trade and 
Investmen t Hubs – in South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana, with satellite offices in Dakar and Gaborone 
– that assist African governments and businesses to identify and 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 new partnership 
with sub -Saharan Africa that seeks 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). As 
of July 2015, the United States has expanded the Trade Africa Initiative to involve new partners,  
including C ôte 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) to increase intra -
regional trade.  
                                                
2 As of 1 November 2016 , the beneficiary countries eligible for duty -free treatment of certain textile and 
apparel products  were: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ca pe Verde, 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 South Africa has  not been designated a " lesser developed " 
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  3.6.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA programme from 2007 to  2015.  
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Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 2007 to 
2015.  
 
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2013 to 2015.  
 
Table 3  provides informa tion on US trade with AGOA countries from 2007 to 2015.   
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPT ION UNDER AGOA PROVI SIONS, BY SOURCES, 2 007-20154 
Source  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Angola  4,767,933.9  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  
South Africa  1,076,984.9  2,427,689.9  1,642,892.5  1,917,120.3  2,449,926.9  2,383,352.1  2,578,496.1  1,750,301.2  1,727,143.3  
Chad 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  1,632,681.6  1,478,696.9  
Nigeria  30,137,133.0  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  
Kenya  250,352.0  252,243.0  204,981.6  220,645.8  288,330.7  287,835.8  336,601.2  417,136.1  427,436.7  
Lesotho  379,592.0  338,796.8  277,046.4  280,341.6  314,311.2  300,688.7  320,806.9  288,888.8  299,313.9  
Congo (ROC)  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  360,168.1  254,572.3  
Mauritius  112,347.1  97,291.5  98,747.2  117,910.9  155,982.1  160,030.0  188,260.4  218,173.3  206,906.1  
Gabon  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  607,486.3  167,003.2  
Ethiopia  4,741.3  9,391.5  6,723.4  6,882.5  10,879.1  18,300.9  31,714.1  35,675.1  40,779.5  
Malawi  27,568.3  26,680.4  39,734.3  47,190.6  56,145.6  46,307.1  47,084.2  57,386.2  40,232.3  
Madagascar  281,443.3  277,050.7  210,003.9  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.5 39,830.8  
Tanzania  2,814.8  1,527.3  1,006.2  1,850.1  5,130.9  10,445.8  10,359.7  17,485.9  28,165.6  
Senegal  13.5 10,228.9  1,585.1  6.7 2.7 5,634.0  11.0 23.6 15,544.0  
Ghana  56,151.3  31,493.6  2,303.3  2,052.8  414,094.2  16,988.1  60,488.7  57,045.8  9,654.9  
Botswana  31,331.2  15,803.0  12,361.7  11,558.5  15,478.5  10,426.7  5,856.1  9,457.6  8,251.1  
Côte d' Ivoire  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29,901.5  229.3  554.8  529.6  
Cape Verde  0.0 0.0 0.0 145.6  154.0  116.9  146.4  333.2  522.9  
Djibouti  0.0 0.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 411.5  463.6  
Rwanda  0.0 5.3 62.9 10.5 17.3 7.9 9.4 187.0  434.7  
Mozambique  825.2  129.1  0.0 183.6  688.6  29.5 1,361.8  802.2  283.8  
Zambia  73.0 4.8 6.7 0.4 10.3 6.8 8.3 35.7 265.3  
Uganda  1,189.4  472.6  221.9  344.8  786.9  64.5 55.9 59.3 144.1  
Cameroon  169,172.5  441,316.1  96,749.7  113,469.3  137,525.0  111,612.1  36,426.7  23,004.6  53.1 
                                                
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years: Central African Republic (2007 -15), Comoros (2007), Congo (DROC) (2011 -15), C ôte d’Ivoire 
(2007 -10), Eritrea (2007 -15), Gambia (2015), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2009), Niger (2010), Swaziland (2015), 
and Togo (2007). South Sudan eligibility began in 2013, but the cou ntry was not eligible in 2015.   
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 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Mali 8.5 3.9 61.6 3.6 1.6 20.6 0.0 6.1 14.4 
Togo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44,448.4  0.0 2.7 10.9 
Guinea  26.6 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 4.3 
Burkina Faso  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 5.0 6.6 10.2 2.6 
Congo (DROC)  39,478.3  65,234.2  35,651.5  147,041.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Mauritania  0.0 0.0 0.0 26,395.5  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Niger  26.6 0.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.3 2.4 0.0 
Gambia  0.4 0.0 0.0 5.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Swaziland  135,837.7  125,386.6  94,718.2  92,798.4  77,121.1  62,373.3  53,940.0  59,075.6  0.0 
Namibia  28,579.2  6.2 0.0 5.3 12.8 215.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 
 Total 42,152,450.3  56,373,650.9  28,050,317.9  38,679,804.2  52,077,762.9  32,538,373.0  24,853,927.1  11,873,994.7  7,979,509.8  
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given . The following countries that were eligib le for AGOA for at least part of the period 2007 -2015 did not register 
any trade under AGOA provisions dur ing this period:  Benin,  Burundi, Comoros, Guinea -Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and South 
Sudan . 
 
 
  
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US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPT ION UNDER AGOA PROVI SIONS, BY SOURCES, 2 007-2015 
 
Source  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
 % of total  
Angola  11.31  17.38  15.06  16.27  22.23  20.34  24.14  29.81  22.93  
South Africa  2.55 4.31 5.86 4.96 4.70 7.32 10.37  14.74  21.64  
Chad 3.53 4.10 4.24 3.07 5.74 7.30 9.65 13.75  18.53  
Nigeria  71.50  62.74  61.42  65.03  59.85  53.96  43.53  23.56  17.58  
Kenya  0.59 0.45 0.73 0.57 0.55 0.88 1.35 3.51 5.36 
Lesotho  0.90 0.60 0.99 0.72 0.60 0.92 1.29 2.43 3.75 
Congo (ROC)  3.53 4.68 5.25 5.00 3.72 3.77 4.18 3.03 3.19 
Mauritius  0.27 0.17 0.35 0.30 0.30 0.49 0.76 1.84 2.59 
Gabon  3.97 3.80 4.31 2.91 0.92 3.91 3.72 5.12 2.09 
Ethiopia  0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.30 0.51 
Malawi  0.07 0.05 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.19 0.48 0.50 
Madagascar  0.67 0.49 0.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.50 
Tanzania  0.01 (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.15 0.35 
Senegal  (a) 0.02 0.01 (a) (a) 0.02 (a) (a) 0.19 
Ghana  0.13 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.80 0.05 0.24 0.48 0.12 
Botswana  0.07 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.08 0.10 
Cote d'Ivoire  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 (a) (a) 0.01 
Cape Verde  0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Djibouti  0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.01 
Rwanda  0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 
Mozambique  (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 (a) 
Zambia  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Uganda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Cameroon  0.40 0.78 0.34 0.29 0.26 0.34 0.15 0.19 (a) 
Mali (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) 
Togo 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Guinea  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 (a) (a) 
Burkina Faso  0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Congo (DROC)  0.09 0.12 0.13 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0. 00 0.00 
Mauritania  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Niger  (a) (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 
Gambia  (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Swaziland  0.32 0.22 0.34 0.24 0.15 0.19 0.22 0.50 0.00 
Namibia  0.07 (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 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 %. 
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  TABLE  2 
LEADING US IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPT ION UNDER  AGOA PROVISIONS, 201 3-20155 
HTS number  Description  2013 2014 2015 Change 
2014 -
2015 
  Value (millions of dollars)  % 
Mineral fuels an d oils (HTS chapter 27)  
2709.00.20  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous 
minerals, crude, testing 25 degrees A.P.I. or 
more 15,773.5  5,825.0  3,445.7  -40.8 
2709.00.10  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous 
minerals, crude, testing under 25 degrees 
A.P.I. 4,265.6  2,093.6  1,368.4  -34.6 
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  644.5 311.1 182.2 -41.4 
2710.12.45  Light oil mixt. of hydr ocarbons fr petro oils & 
bitumen (o/than crude) or prep 70%+ wt. fr 
petro oils, nesoi,  n/o 50% any single 
hydrocarbon  88.8 263.2  91.0 -65.4 
2710.19.06  Distillate and residual fuel oil (including 
blends) derived from petroleum or oils from 
bituminous minerals, testing  < 25 degrees 
A.P.I.  433.0  506.3  43.1 -91.5 
 Total of above  21,205.4  8,999.2  5,130.4  -43.0 
 All other  69.8 13.1 17.2 30.8 
 Total for mineral fuels and oils  21,275.2  9,012.3  5,147.5  -42.9 
Textiles and apparel (HTS chapters 50 -63) 
6203.42.40  Men's or bo ys' trousers and shorts, not bibs, 
not knitted or crocheted, of cotton, not 
containing 15% or more by weight of down, 
etc. 139.8  166.1  179.4  8.0 
6205.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or crocheted, 
of cotton, nesoi  148.9  148.1  148.1  0.0 
6110.30.30  Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, 
knitted or crocheted, of manmade fibers, nesoi  99.0 97.9 101.7  4.0 
6104.63.20  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibers, nesoi  83.8 83.3 97.8 17.4 
6204.62.40  Wome n's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of cotton, 
nesoi 87.8 94.6 88.5 -6.4 
6105.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted, of 
manmade fibers, nesoi  48.6 52.7 60.4 14.7 
6109.90.10  T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar 
garments, knitted or crocheted, of man -made 
fibers  39.8 52.8 47.0 -11.1 
6204.63.35  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and 
shorts, not knitted or crocheted, of synthetic 
fibers, nesoi  30.5 36.3 32.0 -11.9 
6103.43.15  Men's or boys' trousers, bree ches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi  28.4 31.7 31.0 -2.3 
6104.53.20  Women's or girls' skirts and divided skirts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi  5.2 14.1 21.1 49.5 
 Total of above  711.8  777.6  807.0  3.8 
 All other  192.0  208.1  180.6  -13.2 
 Total for textiles and apparel  903.8  985.8  987.6  0.2 
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1 -24) 
0802.62.00  Macadamia nuts, shelled  52.1 70.9 100.9  42.3 
0805.10.00  Oranges, fresh or dried  51.0 41.2 46.4 12.7 
                                                
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  HTS number  Description  2013 2014 2015 Change 
2014 -
2015 
  Value (millions of dollars)  % 
2204.21.50  Wine other th an Tokay (not carbonated), not 
over 14% alcohol, in containers not over 2 
liters 33.5 33.1 34.5 4.3 
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  31.9 44.2 22.7 -48.5 
2207.10.60  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 percent vol. 
alcohol or higher, for non -beverage purposes  16.8 16.9 15.8 -7.0 
0805.20.00  Mandarins (including tangerines and 
satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar 
citrus hybrids, fresh or d ried 5.2 9.5 12.1 28.0 
0806.20.10  Raisins, made from dried seedless grapes  7.7 4.6 10.0 115.2  
2008.20.00  Pineapples, otherwise prepared or preserved, 
nesi 0.5 1.6 8.6 445.8  
0802.90.98  Nuts nesi, fresh or dried, shelled  5.9 7.1 8.1 14.0 
2105.00.50  Edible ice, except ice cream, not described in 
add US note 1 to Ch. 4, nesoi  5.6 5.9 7.4 26.6 
 Total of above  210.1  235.0  266.6  13.5 
 All other  50.5 43.5 37.2 -14.6 
 Total for agriculture  260.6  278.5  303.8  9.1 
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 2,098.1  1,297.6  1,343.6  3.5 
7202.11.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight more 
than 4 percent of  carbon  180.0  183.1  88.9 -51.4 
3823.70.60  Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived 
from fatty substances of animal or vegetable 
origin  60.7 46.0 41.8 -9.1 
8111.00.47  Unwrought manganese flake containing at 
least 99.5 per  cent by weight manganese  22.7 25.1 18.6 -25.8 
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  7.2 13.5 13.2 -1.9 
8707.10.00  Bodies (including cabs), for mtr. vehicles for 
transport o f persons of heading 8703  2.6 3.2 4.7 45.0 
3301.13.00  Essential oils of lemon  1.0 1.1 3.9 240.4  
4203.29.08  Gloves, wholly of horsehide or cowhide 
(except calfskin) leather, not specially 
designed for use in sports, nesi  2.1 3.8 3.0 -21.3 
8708.92.50  Pts. & access. of mtr. vehic. of 8701, nesoi, 
and 8702 -8705, mufflers & exhaust pipes  5.1 4.4 2.7 -39.0 
9507.90.70  Artificial baits and flies  1.5 1.5 2.5 65.3 
 Total of above  2,380.9  1,579.4  1,522.9  -3.6 
 All other  33.5 18.1 17.6 -2.3 
 Total for all other products  2,414.4  1,597.4  1,540.6  -3.6 
      
 Grand total  24,853.9  11,874.0  7,979.5  -32.8 
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."  
Source:  Compiled from official statistics of the US Department of Commerce.  
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  TABLE 3  
US TRADE WITH AGOA BENE FICIARY COUNTRIES, 2 007-20156 
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  
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 15,620.9  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 21,693.6  1.6 38,203.9  1.7 -16,510.3  
2014 23,038.8  1.6 25,560.6  1.1 -2,521.8  
2015 16,248.4  1.3 19,139.9  0.9 -2,891.5  
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 (2007 -15), Comoros (2007), Congo (DROC) (2011 -15), C ôte 
d’Ivoire (2007 -10), Eritrea (2007 -15), Gambia (2015 ), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar 
(2010 -13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2009), Niger (2010), Swaziland (2015), and Togo (2007). South Sudan 
eligibility began in 2013, but the country was not eligible in 2015.  
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. ba sis. 
8 Imports for consumption, customs value.