WT/L/1045  
 
29 November 2018  
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General Council  
12-13 December 2018  Original: English  
 
UNITED STATES – AFRI CAN GROWTH AND OPPOR TUNITY ACT  
REPORT OF THE GOVERN MENT OF THE UNITED S TATES FOR THE YEAR 2 017 
UNDER THE DECISION O F 30 NOVEMBER  20151 
The following communication, dated 27 November 2018 , 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 20 25. 
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 Ar ticle IX of the WTO Agreement. This 
report covers calendar year 2017. 
2  DUTY FREE TREATMENT UNDER AGOA  
2.1.  AGOA was enacted on 18 May 2000. Section 506A of the  Trade A ct 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 Generaliz ed 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 cou ntries 
through  30 September 2025 . 
2.2.  Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 also aut horizes 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 benefits effective immediately.  Seychelles graduated from AGOA effective  
1 January 2017 . In December 2017, President Trump reinstated Eswatini 's (formerly, Swaziland) 
and The Gambia 's eligibility for AGOA benefits effective 1 January 2018. As of 1 June 2018 , 40 sub-
Saharan African countries were eli gible for AGOA trade benefits: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina 
Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde , Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo, 
Côte d'Ivoire , Djibouti, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon , The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, 
                                                
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  Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S ao 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 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 hi gher-value products – AGOA has helped African 
firms become more competitive internationally, thereby bolstering African economic growth and 
helping to alleviate poverty in one of th e poorest regions of the world.  In 201 7, more than  90 per 
cent of US import s from AGOA -eligible countries entered the United States duty -free, under AGOA, 
GSP, or other zero -tariff provisions.  
3.2.  In 2017, US imports under AGOA rose 32.4 per cent from $9.4 billion to $12.5 billion, due in 
most part to an increase in the value of impo rts of mineral fuels (HTS chapter 27) . In 2017, m ineral 
fuels accounted for  approximately 76.1  per cent  of US imports under AGOA , compared to 
approximately 68.4 per cent in 2016. 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 
largest non -oil AGOA beneficiary. Other leading beneficiary countries are Nigeria, Angola,  Chad, 
Kenya, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, and Mauritius . 
3.3.  Motor vehicles and their par ts was the leading AGOA non -oil product sector for most of the 
period 20 14-2017. Imports under AGOA in this product sector reached approximately $1.2 billion in 
2017. 
3.4.  Another leading non -oil sector for the period 20 14-2017 was apparel. Apparel represe nted 
31.2 per cent of total non -oil AGOA imports (not including its related GSP provisions) in 2017 . 
Imports of apparel under AGOA rose slightly from $ 1.0 billion in 20 16 to $1.02 bi llion in 201 7. 
Eighteen AGOA beneficiary countries have shipped apparel product s to the United Sta tes under AGOA 
since 2001, led by Kenya, Lesotho,  Mauritius, Tanzania, Ethiopia  and Botswana. The leading category 
of apparel in 201 7 was woven cotton men's or boy 's cotton 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 oppor tunities available under AGOA. 
For example, the US Agency for International Development operates three regional Trade and 
Investment Hubs – in South Africa , Kenya, and Ghana  – 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 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 States, and other global markets.  In its in itial 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 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 o f West African 
States (ECOWAS) in the areas of trade facilitation, SPS and TBT on a regional basis.  
                                                
2 As of 1 May 201 8, the beneficiary countries eligible for duty -free treatment of certain textile and apparel 
products  were: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ca bo Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia , Ghana,  
Guinea,  Kenya, Lesotho,  Liberia,  Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia . 
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  3.6.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the tra de aspects of the 
AGOA program  from 200 9 to 201 7. 
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Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 2009 to 
2017.  
 
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2015 to 2017.  
 
Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countr ies from 2009 to 2017.  
 
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TABLE 1  
US IMPORTS FOR CONSU MPTION UNDER AGOA PR OVISIONS, BY SOURCES , 200 9-20174 
Source  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Nigeria  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  3,482,332.8  6,089,945.9  
Angola  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  1,998,268.2  2,270,554.2  
South Africa  1,642,892.5  1,917,120.3  2,449,926.9  2,383,352.1  2,578,496.1  1,750,421.2  1,730,100.1  1,858,388.3  1,817,606.8  
Chad 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  590,243.8  
Kenya  204,981.6  220,645.8  288,330.7  287,835.8  336,601.2  417,147.7  428,223.9  390,746.0  403,257.8  
Ghana  2,303.3  2,052.8  414,094.2  16,988.1  60,488.7  57,054.8  9,626.2  29,690.6  312,479.2  
Lesotho  277,046.4  280,341.6  314,311.2  300,688.7  320,806.9  288,888.8  299,313.9  295,163.7  289,012.5  
Madagascar  210,003.9  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.5 39,830.8  93,734.1  148,028.1  
Mauritius  98,747.2  117,910.9  155,982.1  160,030.0  188,260.4  218,173.3  207,082.8  188,038.6  140,198.8  
Gabon  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  99,913.2  
Ethiopia  6,723.4  6,882.5  10,879.1  18,300.9  31,714.1  35,675.1  40,897.3  61,490.2  86,453.2  
Congo ( DROC) 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  79,464.4  
Mauritania  0.0 26,395.5  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47,711.2  54,853.8  
Tanzania  1,006.2  1,850.1  5,130.9  10,445.8  10,359.7  17,485.9  28,165.6  36,952.3  40,544.7  
Côte d'Ivoire  0.0 0.0 0.0 29,901.5  229.3  554.8  529.6  120.1  37,716.9  
Malawi  39,734.3  47,190.6  56,145.6  46,307.1  47,084.2  57,386.2  40,952.5  45,084.5  35,502.8  
Senegal  1,585.1  6.7 2.7 5,634.0  11.0 23.6 15,544.0  87.2 5,132.8  
Mozambique  0.0 183.6  688.6  29.5 1,361.8  802.2  283.8  1,470.1  2,844.7  
Rwanda  62.9 10.5 17.3 7.9 9.4 187.0  434.7  1,220.2  2,164.4  
Djibouti  16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 411.5  463.6  11.0 1,304.4  
Botswana  12,361.7  11,558.5  15,478.5  10,426.7  5,856.1  9,457.6  8,251.1  4,766.5  990.7  
Zambia  6.7 0.4 10.3 6.8 8.3 35.7 265.3  32.1 906.6  
Burkina Faso  0.0 1.7 1.7 5.0 6.6 10.2 2.6 166.9  720.2  
Cabo Verde  0.0 145.6  154.0  116.9  146.4  333.2  522.9  586.3  720.2  
                                                
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years: Burundi (2016 -17), Central African Republic (2009 -16), Congo ( DROC) (2011 -17), Côte d'Ivoire (2009 -
10), Eritrea ( 2009-17), The Gambia (2015 -17), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2009), Niger (2010), Seychelles (2017), 
and Eswatini (2015 -17). South Sudan eligibilit y began in 2013, but the country was not eligible in 2015 -17.  
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 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Uganda  221.9  344.8  786.9  64.5 55.9 59.3 144.1  288.0  712.6  
Cameroon  96,749.7  113,469.3  137,525.0  111,612.1  36,426.7  23,004.6  53.1 16,757.7  393.1  
Sierra Leone  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 522.7  92.5 
Togo 0.0 0.0 0.0 44,448.4  0.0 2.7 10.9 19.6 79.9 
Guinea  1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 4.3 6.9 31.7 
Namibia  0.0 5.3 12.8 215.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.7 
Mali 61.6 3.6 1.6 20.6 0.0 6.1 14.4 13.3 20.3 
Benin  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 9.1 
Niger  2.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.3 2.4 0.0 3.2 1.6 
Congo (DRO C) 35,651.5  147,041.6  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Eswatini  94,718.2  92,798.4  77,121.1  62,373.3  53,940.0  59,075.6  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 
Gambia  0.0 5.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Seychelles  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.8 0.0 
Liberia  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 
Total 28,050,317.9  38,679,804.2  52,077,762.9  32,538,373.0  24,853,927.1  11,874,135.2  7,984,239.7  9,450,647.9  12,511,931.9  
Note:  Due to  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 CONSUMP TION UNDER AGOA PROV ISIONS, BY SOURCES, 2009-2017 
 
Source  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
 Per cent of total  
Nigeria  61.42  65.03  59.85  53.96  43.53  23.56  17.57  36.85  48.67  
Angola  15.06  16.27  22.23  20.34  24.14  29.81  22.92  21.14  18.15  
South Africa  5.86 4.96 4.70 7.32 10.37  14.74  21.67  19.66  14.53  
Chad 4.24 3.07 5.74 7.30 9.65 13.75  18.52  8.20 4.72 
Kenya  0.73 0.57 0.55 0.88 1.35 3.51 5.36 4.13 3.22 
Ghana  0.01 0.01 0.80 0.05 0.24 0.48 0.12 0.31 2.50 
Lesotho  0.99 0.72 0.60 0.92 1.29 2.43 3.75 3.12 2.31 
Madagascar  0.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.50 0.99 1.18 
Mauritius  0.35 0.30 0.30 0.49 0.76 1.84 2.59 1.99 1.12 
Gabon  4.31 2.91 0.92 3.91 3.72 5.12 2.09 0.64 0.80 
Ethiopia  0.02 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.30 0.51 0.65 0.69 
Congo (DROC)  5.25 5.00 3.72 3.77 4.18 3.03 3.19 0.65 0.64 
Mauritania  0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.44 
Tanzania  (a) (a) 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.15 0.35 0.39 0.32 
Côte d'Ivoire  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 (a) (a) 0.01 (a) 0.30 
Malawi  0.14 0.12 0.11 0.14 0.19 0.48 0.51 0.48 0.28 
Senegal  0.01 (a) (a) 0.02 (a) (a) 0.19 (a) 0.04 
Mozambique  0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 (a) 0.02 0.02 
Rwanda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 0.02 
Djibouti  (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.01 (a) 0.01 
Botswana  0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.05 0.01 
Zambia  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 
Burkina Faso  0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 
Cabo Verde  0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 0.01 0.01 
Uganda  (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.01 
Cameroon  0.34 0.29 0.26 0.34 0.15 0.19 (a) 0.18 (a) 
Sierra Leone  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 (a) 
Togo 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Guinea  (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 
Namibia  0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 
Mali (a) (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) (a) (a) 
Benin  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) 
Niger  (a) 0.00 0.00 (a) (a) (a) 0.00 (a) (a) 
Congo (DROC)  0.13 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Eswatini  0.34 0.24 0.15 0.19 0.22 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Guinea -Bissau  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
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 Per cent of total  
Gambia  0.00 (a) (a) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Seychelles  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 0.00 
Liberia  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (a) 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 per cent.  
Source:  Compiled from official statistics of the US Department of Commerce.  
 
 
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  TABLE  2 
LEADING US IMPORTS F OR CONSUMPTION UNDER  AGOA PROVISIONS, 20 15-20175 
 
HTS 
number  Description  2015  2016  2017  Change 
2016 -
2017  
  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  3,445.7  5,715.0  8,668.9  51.7 
2709.00.10  Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, 
crude, testing under 25 degrees A.P.I.  1,368.4  494.6  492.8  -0.4 
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  182.2  114.5  195.3  70.5 
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  91.0 105.7  64.7 -38.8 
2710.19.11  Distillate and residual fuel oil (including blends) 
derived from petroleum oils or oil of bituminous 
minerals, testing 25 degree s A.P.I. or >  12.1 0.0 52.9 NA 
 Total of above  5,099.4  6,429.7  9,474.6  47.4 
 All other  48.2 33.4 41.3 23.4 
 Total for mineral fuels and oils  5,147.5  6,463.2  9,515.8  47.2 
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  NV 70.2a 201.3  186.9  
6110.30.30  Sweaters, pullovers and similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of manmade fibers, nesoi  101.7  108.7  122.7  12.8 
6205.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, not knitted or crocheted, of 
cotton, nesoi  148.1  142.6  119.5  -16.2 
6104.63.20  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi  97.8 91.4 93.9 2.7 
6204.62.80  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton, nesoi, o/than rec 
perf outwear  NV 26.7a 84.1 215.5  
6105.20.20  Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted, of 
manmade fibers, nesoi  60.4 77.8 76.7 -1.4 
6109.90.10  T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments, 
knitted or crocheted, of man -made fibers  47.0 52.2 54.4 4.3 
6204.63.90  Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi, 
o/than rec perf outwear  NV 9.9a 42.3 326.3 
6103.43.15  Men's or boys' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi  31.0 30.4 28.9 -4.9 
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  NV 6.9a 28.2 307.2  
 Total of above  486.0  616.8  852.0  38.1 
 All other  501.7  386.7  172.3  -55.5 
 Total for textiles and apparel  987.7  1,003.5  1,024.2  2.1 
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1 -24) 
0802.62.00  Macadamia nuts, shelled  102.5  85.7 108.4  26.5 
0805.10.00  Oranges, fresh or dried  46.4 37.7 37.8 0.4 
2204.21.50  Wine other than Tokay (not carbonated), not over 
14% alcohol, in containers not over 2 liters  34.7 30.4 35.5 16.8 
1701.14.10  Other cane sugar, raw, in solid form, w/o added 
flavoring or colouring , subject to add. US 5 to Ch.17  0.0 7.3 21.5 194.8  
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  22.7 27.1 19.0 -29.9 
                                                
5 Not all countries were eligible for AGOA preferences in all years. See AGOA table 1 for periods of program 
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  HTS 
number  Description  2015  2016  2017  Change 
2016 -
2017  
  Value (millions of dollars)  Per cent  
2207.10.60  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 percent vol. alcohol 
or higher, for nonbeverage purposes  15.8 11.5 11.4 -1.1 
0802.90.98  Nuts nesi, fresh or dried, shelled  8.1 6.0 9.4 57.4 
2401.20.83  Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, 
threshed or similarly  processed, not from cigar leaf , 
not oriental or turkish , not for cigarett  3.1 4.9 9.0 85.0 
0806.20.10  Raisins, made from dried seedless grapes  10.0 5.5 8.5 53.2 
0805.21.00  Mandarins and other similar citrus hybrids including 
tangerines, satsumas, clementines, wilkings, fresh 
or dried  NV NV 8.3 NA 
 Total of above  243.3  216.0  268.8  24.4 
 All other  62.4 59.2 80.9 36.6 
  Total for agriculture  305.7  275.3  349.7  27.0 
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 NV 1,178.5  NA 
7606.12.30  Aluminum alloy, plates/sheets/strip, w/thick. 
o/0.2mm, rectangular (incl. sq), not clad  0.0 23.5 92.4 293.3  
7202.11.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight more than 4 
percent of carbon  86.6 33.5 85.0 154.1  
3823.70.60  Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived from 
fatty substances of animal or vegetable origin  41.8 47.0 61.9 31.8 
7202.30.00  Ferrosilicon manganese  0.0 2.7 31.5 1,054.2  
7202.41.00  Ferrochromium containing by weight more than 4 
percent of carbon  0.0 11.1 27.1 145.3  
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  13.2 18.4 21.8 18.6 
7202.19.50  Ferromanganese containing by weight more than 1 
percent but not more than 2 percent of carbon  0.0 3.3 20.6 516.6  
8111.00.47  Unwrought  manganese flake containing at least 
99.5 percent by weight manganese  18.6 12.4 13.6 9.9 
7113.19.29  Gold necklaces and neck chains (o/than of rope or 
mixed links)  0.0 5.1 12.1 134.5  
 Total of above  160.3  156.9  1,544.4  884.0  
 All other  1,383.0  1,551.8  77.8 -95.0 
  Total for all other products  1,543.3  1,708.7  1,622.2  -5.1 
      
  Grand total  7,984.2  9,450.6  12,511.9  32.4 
a Tariff line was valid for only part of the year.  
Note:  Due to 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 B ENEFICIARY COUNTRIES , 2009-20176 
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  
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 23,041.9  1.6 25,572.7  1.1 -2,530.8  
2015 16,422.9  1.3 19,139.2  0.9 -2,716.3  
2016 12,029.4  1.0 19,999.4  0.9 -7,970.0  
2017 12,693.5  1.0 24,897.9  1.1 -12,204.4  
Note:  Due to  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 i mports and all exports, and reflects 
countries AGOA eligible in the specified year. The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding 
years: Burundi (2016 -17), Central African Republic (2009 -16), Congo (DROC) (2011 -17), Côte d'Ivoire (2009 -
10), Eritrea (2009 -17), The Gambia (2015 -17), Guinea (2010), Guinea -Bissau (2013 -14), Madagascar (2010 -
13), Mali (2013), Mauritania (2009), Niger (2010), Seychelles (2017), and Eswatini (2015 -17). South Sudan 
eligibility began in 2013, but the country was no t eligible in 2015 -17. 
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis.  
8 Imports for consumption, customs value.