WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/L/859 
5 July 2012 
 (12-3600) 
General Council 
25-26 July 2012 Original:   English 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT 
 
Report of the Government of the United States for the Year 2011 
under the Decision of 27 May 20091 
 
  The following communication, dated 2 July 2012,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States. 
 
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1. Introduction 
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 para graphs 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 authori zed 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 2015. 
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 paragraph 4 of Article IX  of the WTO Agreement.  This 
report covers calendar year 2011. 
2. Duty Free Treatment under AGOA 
3. 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 au thority 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 th e Trade Act of 1974, as added by section 114 of 
AGOA, as amended, extends preferences for th ese products and for GSP products to AGOA 
beneficiary countries through 30 September 2015. 
4. Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 also au thorizes the President of the United States to 
designate certain sub-Saharan African countri es as eligible for benefits under AGOA.  
On 25 October 2011, the President reinstated the AGOA eligibility of Cote d’Ivoire, Niger, and 
Guinea. As of 1 June 2012, 40 sub- Saharan African countries were elig ible for AGOA trade benefits.  
                                                      
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  These countries are:  Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, 
Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cote d’ Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, 
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Keny a, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi , Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra 
Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tan zania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. 
5. Section 112(a) of AGOA provides duty-free treatme nt for certain textile and apparel products 
from beneficiary countries that adopt certain procedures to prevent illegal transhipment.
2  
Through 30 September 2012, 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.3   
3. AGOA Performance 
6. 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 re gions of the world.  In 2011, over 94 per cent of 
US imports from AGOA-eligible countries entered the United States duty-free, under AGOA, GSP, or 
other zero-tariff provisions. 
7. From 2001, the first full year of AGOA, to  2011, US imports under AGOA (not including its 
related GSP provisions) increased from $7.6 billion to  $51.9 billion in 2011, after reaching a pre-crisis 
peak of $56.4 billion in 2008. 
8. Mineral fuels (HTS chapter 27) accounted for 93 per cent of US imports under AGOA in 
2011.  Other leading categories of US imports in clude apparel (HTS chapte rs 61 and 62), vehicles 
(HTS chapter 87), iron and steel products (HTS chapte r 72), edible fruits and nuts (HTS chapter 8), 
beverages and spirits (HTS chapter 22), chemi cals (HTS chapter 38), and processed agricultural 
products (HTS chapters 20 and 21).  Non-oil imports under AGOA (not including its related GSP 
provisions) nearly quadrupled fro m 2001 to 2011, rising from $752 million in 2001 to $3.4 billion in 
2011.   
9. Apparel was the leading AGOA non-oil product sector for most of the period 2001-2011.  
Apparel represented 19 per cent to 69 per cent of  total non-oil AGOA imports during this period.  
Imports of apparel under AGOA rose from $356 mi llion in 2001 to $854 million in 2011. Eighteen 
AGOA beneficiary countries have shipped apparel products to the United States under AGOA since 
2001, led by Lesotho, , Kenya, Ma uritius, Swaziland, and Botswana.  
10. Another leading non-oil sector for the period 2001-2011 was vehicles and vehicles parts.  
Imports under AGOA in this product sector reached $2.0 billion in 2011. 
11. Among other AGOA imports, the following are among the products that witnessed significant 
growth from 2006 to 2011:  pineapple and citrus juices, some varieties of fresh fruit, some footwear, 
certain cereals, edible ice, shelled macadamia and other nuts, skin-care preparations, certain hides and 
                                                      
2 As of 1 June 2011, the beneficiary countries elig ible for duty-free treatment of certain textile and 
apparel products were: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Ethiopia, The Gambia, 
Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritiu s, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, 
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swazila nd, 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/859 
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  skins, some types of grape wine, essential oils of lemon, sport fishing supplies, prepared seafood, and 
sweetheart roses.   
12. The US Government has provided substantia l 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 Internati onal Development operates three Regional Hubs for 
Global Competitiveness – in Botswana, Kenya, a nd 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 and GSP.   
13. Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA programme from 2003 to 2011. 
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Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 2003 to 
2011. 
 
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2009 to 2011.  Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countries from 2003 to 2011.  
  WT/L/859 
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US Imports for Consumption under AGOA Provisions, by Sources, 2003-20114 
 
Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Value (1,000 dollars) 
Nigeria 9,353,914.1 15,415,913.5 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 
Angola 0.0 1,249,210.7 4,216,468.8 4,532,941.5 4,767,93 3.9 9,794,964.5 4,225,139.3 6,293,944.1 11,534,111.7 
Chad 14,438.0 293,800.6 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 
South Africa 998,420.4 832,440.9 455,315.6 717,439.1 1,07 6,984.9 2,427,689.9 1,642,892.5 1,902,140.4 2,464,830.8 
Congo (ROC) 337,898.7 342,247.5 571,418.6 774,536.5 1,60 4,868.3 2,639,140.5 1,471,657.0 1,935,530.5 1,935,187.1 
Gabon 1,177,431.1 1,919,407.1 2,487,326.2 1,290,030.8 1,67 3,604.6 2,143,355.3 1,210,007.2 1,124,243.8 477,521.3 
Ghana 29,156.4 63,169.9 49,926.9 34,873.8 56,151.3 31,493.6 2,303.3 2,052.8 414,094.2 
Lesotho 372,543.9 447,622.0 388,344.3 384,451.9 37 9,592.0 338,796.8 277,046.4 280,341.6 314,311.2 
Kenya 180,599.1 279,897.9 272,131.1 265,051.2 25 0,352.0 252,243.0 204,981.6 220,636.1 288,273.4 
Mauritius 135,110.9 147,815.9 146,807.5 145,843.0 11 2,347.1 97,291.5 98,747.2 117,910.9 155,982.1 
Cameroon 146,745.9 242,725.3 100,910.2 152,393.8 16 9,172.5 441,316.1 96,749.7 113,469.3 137,372.0 
Swaziland 127,005.0 175,927.3 160,462.3 135,424.6 13 5,837.7 125,386.6 94,718.2 92,798.4 77,121.1 
Malawi 35,836.7 35,051.7 32,375.2 29,901.2 27 ,568.3 26,680.4 39,734.3 47,190.6 56,145.6 
Botswana 6,323.7 20,137.9 30,043.7 28,224.5 31 ,331.2 15,803.0 12,361.7 11,558.5 15,478.5 
Ethiopia 1,772.0 3,532.3 3,646.4 5,000.4 4,741.3 9,391.5 6,723.4 6,875.1 10,886.5 
Tanzania 1,109.9 2,983.6 2,811.7 3,022.4 2,814.8 1,527.3 1,006.2 1,850.1 5,130.9 
Uganda 1,441.7 4,021.7 4,854.3 1,489.5 1,189.4 472.6 221.9 344.8 786.9 
Mozambique 2,516.3 2,150.7 2,827.7 939.8 825.2 129.1 0.0 183.6 688.6 
Cape Verde 2,452.4 2,901.9 2,115.4 85.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 145.6 154.0 
Rwanda 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 5.3 62.9 10.5 17.3 
Namibia 32,132.1 75,904.3 53,058.4 33,018.7 28,579.2 6.2 0.0 5.3 12.8 
Zambia 0.0 21.9 0.0 8.1 73.0 4.8 6.7 0.4 10.3 
Senegal 11.4 7.5 9.2 14,239.5 13.5 10,228.9 1,585.1 6.7 2.7 
Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 
Mali 0.4 3.2 0.0 2.9 8.5 3.9 61.6 3.6 1.6 
Gambia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.3 1.4 
                                                      
4 The following countries were not eligible for the corresponding years Angola (2003), Burkina Faso (2003-04), Burundi (2003-06) , Central African Republic (2004-11), 
Comoros (2003-07), Congo (DROC) (2011), Cote d’Ivoire (2005-10), Eritrea (2004-11), Guinea (2010), Liberia (2003-06), Madagasca r (2010-11), Mauritania (2006-09), Niger 
(2010), and Togo (2003-07). 
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 2003-2011 did not 
register any trade under AGOA provisions during this period: Benin, Central African Republic, Comoros, Eritrea, Liberia, Sao To me and Principe, Seychelles, and Togo.  
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Value (1,000 dollars) 
Niger 1.8 0.0 24.3 0.7 26.6 0.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 
Djibouti 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 
Congo (DROC) 0.0  0.0 0.0 0.0 39,478.3 65,234.2 35,651.5 147,041.6 0.0 
Cote d`Ivoire 46,360.6 88,600.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guinea 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.6 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.0
Madagascar 186,187.3 314,841.7 273,193.1 229,541.2 281,443.3 277,050.7 210,003.9 0.0 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 0.0 26,131.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sierra Leone 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mauritania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26,395.5 0.0 
Total 13,189,410 21,986,472 32,743,077 36,132,990 42 ,269,649 56,373,651 28,050 ,318 38,664,807 51,883,054 
Source :  Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. 
 
 
 
  
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US Imports for Consumption under AGOA Provisions, by Sources, 2003-2011 
 
Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Per cent of total 
Nigeria 70.92 70.12 68.59 71.47 71. 30 62.74 61.42 65.06 59.76 
Angola 0.00 5.68 12.88 12.55 11.28 17.38 15.06 16.28 22.23 
Chad 0.11 1.34 3.14 4.24 3.52 4.10 4.24 3.07 5.77 
South Africa 7.57 3.79 1.39 1.99 2.55 4.31 5.86 4.92 4.75 
Congo (ROC) 2.56 1.56 1.75 2.14 3.80 4.68 5.25 5.01 3.73 
Gabon 8.93 8.73 7.60 3.57 3.96 3.80 4.31 2.91 0.92 
Ghana 0.22 0.29 0.15 0.10 0.13 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.80 
Lesotho 2.82 2.04 1.19 1.06 0.90 0.60 0.99 0.73 0.61 
Kenya 1.37 1.27 0.83 0.73 0.59 0.45 0.73 0.57 0.56 
Mauritius 1.02 0.67 0.45 0.40 0.27 0.17 0.35 0.30 0.30 
Cameroon 1.11 1.10 0.31 0.42 0.40 0.78 0.34 0.29 0.26 
Swaziland 0.96 0.80 0.49 0.37 0.32 0.22 0.34 0.24 0.15 
Malawi 0.27 0.16 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.14 0.12 0.11 
Botswana 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 
Ethiopia 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 
Tanzania 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 
Uganda 0.01 0.02 0.01 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 
Mozambique 0.02 0.01 0.01 (b) (b) (b) 0.00 (b) (b) 
Cape Verde 0.02 0.01 0.01 (b) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) 
Rwanda 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) 
Namibia 0.24 0.35 0.16 0.09 0.07 (b) 0.00 (b) (b) 
Zambia (b) (b) 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 
Senegal (b) (b) (b) 0.04 (b) 0.02 0.01 (b) (b) 
Burkina Faso 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) 
Mali (b) (b) 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 
Gambia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) 
Niger (b) 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 0.00 0.00  
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 Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
Per cent of total 
Djibouti 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 0.00 0.00 
Congo (DROC) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09  0.12 0.13 0.38 0.00 
Cote d`Ivoire 0.35 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.00  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Guinea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) (b) 0.00 0.00 
Madagascar 1.41 1.43 0.83 0.64 0.67  0.49 0.75 0.00 0.00 
Guinea-Bissau 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00  0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Sierra Leone 0.00 (b) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Mauritania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 
Grand Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00  100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 
b Less than 0.005 per cent. 
Source :   Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. 
 
 
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5 Includes imports for all AGOA countries for all years. Not all countries were eligible for AGOA 
preferences in all years.  See AGOA table 1 for periods of program coverage. TABLE 2 
Leading US Imports for Consumption under AGOA Provisions, 2009-20115 
 
HTS number Description 2009 2010 2011 Change 
2010-
2011 
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   
23,394.9    
33,841.8     
42,623.1  25.9 
2709.00.10 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, 
crude, testing under 25 degrees A.P.I.   
1,550.2    
1,518.4     
4,810.9  216.8 
2710.11.25 Naphthas (exc. motor fuel/mtr fuel blend. stock) fr 
petroleum oils & bitumin minerals (o/than crude) or 
preps 70%+ by wt. fr petroleum oils   
261.0    
356.7     
615.8  72.6 
2710.19.05 Distillate and residual fuel oil (including blends) 
derived from petroleum or oils from bituminous 
minerals, testing under 25 degrees A.P.I.   
165.2    
97.4     
230.5  136.7 
2710.11.45 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   
86.8    
144.1     
158.0  9.7 
Total of above 25,458.1 35,958.5 48,438.4 34.7 
All other 0.9 22.4 59.1 163.7 
  Total for mineral fuels and oils  
25,459.1  35,980.9  48,497.5  34.8 
Textiles and apparel (HTS chapters 50-63) 
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   
117.9    
123.0     
141.1  14.7 
6204.62.40 Women's or girls' tr ousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton, nesoi   
191.2    
116.2     
125.9  8.4 
6205.20.20 Men's or boys' shirts , not knitted or crocheted, of 
cotton, nesoi   
69.8    
76.7     
116.7  52.0 
6110.30.30 Sweaters, pullovers an d similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of manmade fibers, nesoi   
69.3    
66.3     
72.6  9.5 
6110.20.20 Sweaters, pullovers an d similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of cotton, nesoi   
111.4    
84.5     
62.4  -26.1 
6104.62.20 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton   
66.5    
55.3     
49.0  -11.4 
6104.63.20 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi   
17.6    
22.7     
41.1  80.7 
6105.10.00 Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or croc heted, of cotton 38.0 18.8  31.0  64.8 
6105.20.20 Men's or boys' shir ts, knitted or crocheted, of 
manmade fibers, nesoi 18.1 14.2  28.1  97.5 
6103.43.15 Men's or boys' trouse rs, breeches and shorts, knitted 
or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi   
30.3    
21.0     
25.6  21.7 
Total of above 730.3 598.8 693.5 15.8 
All other 183.6 127.6  161.3  26.4 
  Total for textiles and apparel 913.9 726.5 854.8 17.7 
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1-24) 
0802.60.80 Macadamia nut s, shelled 16.6 40.5  48.0  18.5 
0805.10.00 Oranges, fresh or dried 30.7 38.7  38.0  -1.8 2401.20.85 Tobacco, partly or  wholly stemmed/stripped, 
threshed or similarly proces sed, not from cigar leaf , 
described in addl US note 5 to chap 24 25.0 29.2  35.2  20.6  WT/L/859 
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   HTS number Description 2009 2010 2011 Change 
2010-
2011 
  Value (millions of dollars) Per cent 
2204.21.50 Wine other than Tokay (not carbonated), not over 14 
alcohol, in containers not over 2 liters                  
22.5                   
27.4                   
27.4  0.1 
2207.10.60 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 per cent vol. alcohol 
or higher, for nonbeverage purposes                  
17.4                   
22.9                   
17.0  -25.8 
2105.00.50 Edible ice, except i ce cream, not described in add US 
note 1 to Ch. 4, nesoi                  
8.2                    
7.6                    
7.2  -4.8 
2009.31.60 Citrus juice of any single citrus fruit (other than 
orange, grapefruit or lime), of a Brix value not 
exceeding 20, concentrated, unfermented                  
6.8                   
5.5                    
5.8  5.5 
0805.20.00 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); 
clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, 
fresh or dried                  
7.1                   
9.6                    
5.4  -43.5 
2401.20.83 Tobacco, partly or  wholly stemmed/stripped, 
threshed or similarly proces sed, not from cigar leaf , 
not oriental or turkish, not for cigarett 4.0  3.1  4.6  48.4 
0802.90.97 Nuts nesi, fresh or dried, shelled 2.3  3.7  4.3  17.5 
Total of above  140.4  188.1  192.9  2.6 
All other 27.2  33.0  26.1  -20.9 
  Total for agriculture  167.6    221.1  219.0  -0.9 
All other products (HTS chapters 25-26, 28-49, and 64-99) 
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              
1,309.8               
1,470.7               
1,994.8  35.6 
7202.11.50 Ferromanganese containing by weight more than 4 
percent of carbon                  
87.4                  
141.9                  
204.5  44.1 
3823.70.60 Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived from fatty 
substances of animal or vegetable origin                  
38.1                   
40.5                    
47.5  17.3 
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                  
52.9                   
58.4                    
34.9  -40.2 
8111.00.47 Unwrought Manganese flake containing at least 99.5 
percent by weight manganese                  
6.0                   
4.2                    
8.0  88.8 
8708.92.50 Pts. & access. of mtr.  vehic. of 8701, nesoi, and 
8702-8705, mufflers & exhaust pipes                  
2.9                   
6.1                    
5.5  -11.0 
3301.13.00 Essential oils of lemon                  
1.9                   
3.5                    
4.4  25.3 
8707.10.00 Bodies (including cabs), for mtr. vehicles for 
transport of persons of heading 8703                  
3.4                   
3.0                   
2.9  -2.6 
8482.20.00 Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered 
roller assemblies                  
0.1                   
0.3                    
2.3  784.7 
4202.21.30 Handbags, with or without shoulder strap or without 
handle, with outer surf ace of reptile leather                  
0.5                   
2.6                    
1.4  -44.8 
Total of above 1,503.0   1,731.1  8,938.4  416.3 
All other  6.8   5.2  2.2  -58.2 
  Total for all other products 1,509.7   1,736.3  8,940.6  414.9 
    
  Grand total 28,050.3  38,664.8  51,883.1  34.2 
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given. 
Source :   Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. WT/L/859 
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  TABLE 3 
US Trade with AGOA Beneficiary Countries, 2003-20116 
 
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 
2003 5,712.0 0.9 19,396.5 1.6 -13,684.5 
2004 7,692.6 1.1 32,913.5 2.3 -25,220.9 
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             19,225.0  1.5      67,433.3 3.1 -48,208.3 
Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given . 
Source :  Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. 
 
 
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6 The following countries were not eligible for th e corresponding years: Angola (2002-03), Burkina 
Faso (2002-04), Burundi (2002), Central African Republic (2004-10), Comoros (2002-07), Congo (DROC) 
(2002), Cote d’Ivoire (2005-10), Eritrea (2004-10), Gambia (2002), Guinea (2010), Liberia (2002-06), Madagascar (2010-11), Mauritania (2006 & 2009), Niger (2010), and Togo (2001-07). 
7 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis. 
8 Imports for consumption, customs value.