WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/L/818 
15 July 2011 
 (11-3548) 
General Council 
27-28 July 2011 Original:   English 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES – AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT 
 
Report of the Government of the United States for the Year 2010 
under the Decision of 27 May 20091 
 
  The following communication, dated 7 July 2011,  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 2010. 
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.
2 
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 23 December 2010, the President terminated ef fective 1 January 2011, the designation of the 
                                                      
1 WT/L/754 
2 US GSP preferences for non-AGOA beneficiaries te rminated on 31 December  2010 and as yet have 
not been renewed. WT/L/818 
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  Democratic Republic of Congo as an AGOA beneficiar y country.  As of 1 June 2011, 37 sub-Saharan 
African countries were eligible for AGOA trade benefits.  These countries are:  Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, 
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Gu inea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, 
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibi a, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, 
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Le one, 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.
3  
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.4   
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 2010, over 93 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  2010, US imports under AGOA (not including its 
related GSP provisions) increased from $7.6 billion to  $38.7 billion in 2010, 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 
2010.  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 2010, rising from $752 million in 2001 to $2.7 billion in 
2010.   
9. Apparel was the leading AGOA non-oil product sector for most of the period 2001-2010.  
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 m illion in 2001 to $727 million in 2010. AGOA 
apparel imports have decreased in recent years, re flecting sharpening global competition in this sector 
and the impact of the economic crisis and, for 2010, Madagascar’s ineligibility under AGOA.  
Eighteen AGOA beneficiary countries have shippe d apparel products to the United States under 
AGOA since 2001, led by Lesotho, Madagascar5, Kenya, Mauritius, and Swaziland.  
10. The second leading non-oil sector for the period 2001-2010 was vehicles and vehicles parts.   
Imports under AGOA in this product sector reached $1.5 billion in 2010. 
                                                      
3 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. 
4 Of the countries listed in footnote 3, only South Africa has not been designated a “lesser developed” 
beneficiary country for the purposes of AGOA.  
5 As of 1 January 2010, Madagascar has been ineligible for AGOA benefits.  WT/L/818 
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  11. Among other AGOA imports, the following are among the products that witnessed significant 
growth from 2006 to 2010:  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 
skins, some types of grape wine, essential oils of le mon, sport fishing supplies, 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 five-year, $200 million African Global Competitiveness Initiative, the US 
Agency for International Development operates fo ur Regional Hubs for Global Competitiveness – in 
Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, and Senegal – that as sist African governments and businesses to identify 
and develop market opportunities in the United Stat es for African products, especially value-added 
and non-traditional products such as those covere d under AGOA and GSP.  In FY 2010 alone, the 
Hubs facilitated over $101 million in  exports, of which $57 million ( 56%) were exports to the US 
under AGOA.  
13. Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the 
AGOA program from 2001 to 2010. 
 
 
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Table 1 provides summary information on US imports for consumption under AGOA from 2001 to 
2010. 
 
Table 2  provides information on leading US imports for consumption under AGOA provisions from 
2007 to 2010.  
Table 3  provides information on US trade with AGOA countries from 2001 to 2010. 
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US Imports for Consumption under AGOA Provisions, by Sources, 2002-20106 
 
Source 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 
Value (1,000 dollars) 
Nigeria 5,409,176.5 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 
Angola 0.0 0.0 1,249,210.7 4,216,468.8 4,532,941. 5 4,767,933.9 9,794,964.5 4,225,139.3 6,293,944.1 
Congo (ROC) 103,808.2 337,898.7 342,247.5 571,418.6 774, 536.5 1,604,868.3 2,639,140.5 1,471,657.0 1,935,530.5 
South Africa 789,552.0 998,420.4 832,440.9 455,315.6 71 7,439.1 1,076,984.9 2,427,689.9 1,642,892.5 1,902,140.4 
Chad 0.0 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 
Gabon 1,145,478.3 1,177,431.1 1,919,407.1 2,487,326.2 1,29 0,030.8 1,673,604.6 2,143,355.3 1,210,007.2 1,124,243.8 
Lesotho 317,803.1 372,543.9 447,622.0 388,344.3 38 4,451.9 379,592.0 338,796.8 277,046.4 280,341.6 
Kenya 124,336.5 180,599.1 279,897.9 272,131.1 26 5,051.2 250,352.0 252,243.0 204,981.6 220,636.1 
Congo (DROC) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39,478.3 65,234.2 35,651.5 147,041.6 
Mauritius 106,527.8 135,110.9 147,815.9 146,807.5 14 5,843.0 112,347.1 97,291.5 98,747.2 117,910.9 
Cameroon 115,542.3 146,745.9 242,725.3 100,910.2 15 2,393.8 169,172.5 441,316.1 96,749.7 113,469.3 
Swaziland 74,312.4 127,005.0 175,927.3 160,462.3 13 5,424.6 135,837.7 125,386.6 94,718.2 92,798.4 
Malawi 41,320.1 35,836.7 35,051.7 32,375.2 29 ,901.2 27,568.3 26,680 .4 39,734.3 47,190.6 
Mauritania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26,395.5 
Botswana 3,707.5 6,323.7 20,137.9 30,043.7 28,224.5 31,331.2 15,803.0 12,361.7 11,558.5 
Ethiopia 1,319.1 1,772.0 3,532.3 3,646.4 5,000.4 4,741.3 9,391.5 6,723.4 6,875.1 
Ghana 23,000.8 29,156.4 63,169.9 49,926.9 34,873.8 56,151.3 31,493.6 2,303.3 2,052.8 
Tanzania 638.5 1,109.9 2,983.6 2,811.7 3,022.4 2,814.8 1,527.3 1,006.2 1,850.1 
Uganda 12.5 1,441.7 4,021.7 4,854.3 1,489.5 1,189.4 472.6 221.9 344.8 
Mozambique 186.2 2,516.3 2,150.7 2,827.7 939.8 825.2 129.1 0.0 183.6 
Cape Verde 0.0 2,452.4 2,901.9 2,115.4 85.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 145.6 
Rwanda 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 5.3 62.9 10.5 
Senegal 0.5 11.4 7.5 9.2 14,239.5 13.5 10,228.9 1,585.1 6.7 
Namibia 1,543.3 32,132.1 75,904.3 53,058.4 33,018.7 28,579.2 6.2 0.0 5.3 
Gambia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.3 
Mali 1.5 0.4 3.2 0.0 2.9 8.5 3.9 61.6 3.6 
Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 
Zambia 51.7 0.0 21.9 0.0 8.1 73.0 4.8 6.7 0.4 
                                                      
6 The following countries were not eligible for the 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), Mauritania 
(2006 & 2009), Niger (2010), and Togo (2001-07). 
Note: The following countries that were eligible for AGOA for at least part of the period 2001-2010 did not register any trade under AGOA provisions during this 
period: Benin, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Eritrea, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Togo.  
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 Value (1,000 dollars)  
Madagascar 75,838.5 186,187.3 314,841.7 273,19 3.1 229,541.2 281,443.3 277,050.7 210,003.9 0.0 
Djibouti 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 0.0 
Niger 0.4 1.8 0.0 24.3 0.7 26.6 0.7 2.8 0.0 
Guinea 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.6 0.7 1.1 0.0 
Cote d`Ivoire 27,264.7 46,360.6 88,600.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Guinea-Bissau 0.0 0.0 26,131.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Sierra Leone 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Total 8,361,422.2 13,189,409.8 21,986,472.0  32,743,077.0 36,132,990.2 42,269,648.8 56,373,650.9 28,050,317.9 38,664,807.2 
Source :  Compiled from official statistics of the US International Trade Commission. 
  
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TABLE 1 – CONTINUED 
US Imports for Consumption under AGOA Provisions, by Sources, 2002-2010 
 
Source 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 
Per cent of total 
Nigeria 64.69 70.92 70.12 68.59 71.47 71.30 62.74 61.42 65.06 
Angola 0.00 0.00 5.68 12.88 12.55 11.28 17.38 15.06 16.28 
Congo (ROC) 1.24 2.56 1.56 1.75 2.14 3.80 4.68 5.25 5.01 
South Africa 9.44 7.57 3.79 1.39 1.99 2.55 4.31 5.86 4.92 
Chad 0.00 0.11 1.34 3.14 4.24 3.52 4.10 4.24 3.07 Gabon 13.70 8.93 8.73 7.60 3.57 3.96 3.80 4.31 2.91 
Lesotho 3.80 2.82 2.04 1.19 1.06 0.90 0.60 0.99 0.73 
Kenya 1.49 1.37 1.27 0.83 0.73 0.59 0.45 0.73 0.57 Congo (DROC) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.12 0.13 0.38 
Mauritius 1.27 1.02 0.67 0.45 0.40 0.27 0.17 0.35 0.30 
Cameroon 1.38 1.11 1.10 0.31 0.42 0.40 0.78 0.34 0.29 Swaziland 0.89 0.96 0.80 0.49 0.37 0.32 0.22 0.34 0.24 
Malawi 0.49 0.27 0.16 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.14 0.12 
Mauritania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 Botswana 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.03 
Ethiopia 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 
Ghana 0.28 0.22 0.29 0.15 0.10 0.13 0.06 0.01 0.01 Tanzania 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 (
b) (b) (b) 
Uganda (b) 0.01 0.02 0.01 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 
Mozambique (b) 0.02 0.01 0.01 (b) (b) (b) 0.00 (b) 
Cape Verde 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.01 (b) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 
Rwanda 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) (b) 
Senegal (b) (b) (b) (b) 0.04 (b) 0.02 0.01 (b) 
Namibia 0.02 0.24 0.35 0.16 0.09 0.07 (b) 0.00 (b) 
Gambia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 0.00 0.00 (b) 
Mali (b) (b) (b) 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 
Burkina Faso 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 
Zambia (b) 0.00 (b) 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b)  
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   Source 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 
 Per cent of total  
Madagascar 0.91 1.41 1.43 0.83 0.64 0.67 0.49 0.75 0.00 
Djibouti 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) 0.00 
Niger (b) (b) 0.00 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) 0.00 
Guinea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (b) (b) (b) 0.00 
Cote d`Ivoire 0.33 0.35 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Guinea-Bissau 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Sierra Leone 0.00 0.00 (
b) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
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 US International Trade Commission. WT/L/818 
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7 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, 2008-20107 
 
HTS number Description 2008 2009 2010 Change 
2009-2010 
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 48,518.0 23,394.9 33,841.8 44.7 
2709.00.10 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, 
crude, testing under 25 degrees A.P.I. 2,731.8 1,550.2 1,518.4 -2.1 
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 658.9 261.0 356.7 36.7 
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 50.5 86.8 144.1 65.9 
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. 751.0 165.2 97.4 -41.0 
Total of above 52,710.1 25,458.1 35,958.5 41.2 
All other 90.1 0.9 22.4 2311.6 
  Total for mineral fuels and oils 52,800.2 25,459.1 35,980.9 41.3 
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 152.7 117.9 123.0 4.3 
6204.62.40 Women's or girls' tr ousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton, nesoi 256.8 191.2 116.2 -39.2 
6110.20.20 Sweaters, pullovers an d similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of cotton, nesoi 161.6 111.4 84.5 -24.2 
6205.20.20 Men's or boys' shirts , not knitted or crocheted, of 
cotton, nesoi 81.0 69.8 76.7 9.9 
6110.30.30 Sweaters, pullovers an d similar articles, knitted or 
crocheted, of manmade fibers, nesoi 75.6 69.3 66.3 -4.3 
6104.62.20 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of cotton 73.8 66.5 55.3 -16.9 
6104.63.20 Women's or girls' trousers, breeches and shorts, 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi 26.3 17.6 22.7 29.4 
6103.43.15 Men's or boys' trouse rs, breeches and shorts, knitted 
or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi 24.3 30.3 21.0 -30.7 
6105.10.00 Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or cr ocheted, of cotton 46.3 38.0 18.8 -50.5 
6204.63.35 Women's or girls' tr ousers, breeches and shorts, not 
knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibers, nesoi 25.4 26.1 17.2 -34.1 
Total of above 923.9 738.3 601.8 -18.5 
All other 212.9 175.6 124.7 -29.0 
  Total for textiles and apparel 1,136.8 913.9 726.5 -20.5 
Agriculture (HTS chapters 1-24) 
0802.60.80 Macadamia nuts, shelled 14.5 16.6 40.5 144.3 
0805.10.00 Oranges, fresh or dried 33.6 30.7 38.7 26.2 
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 6.4 25.0 29.2 16.9  WT/L/818 
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   HTS number Description 2008 2009 2010 Change 
2009-2010 
  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  
 
24.7  
 
22.5  
 
27.4  
 
21.5 
2207.10.60 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80 per cent vol. alcohol 
or higher, for nonbeverage purposes 23.5 17.4 22.9 31.8 
0805.20.00 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); 
clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried 6.0 7.1 9.6 36.4 
2105.00.50 Edible ice, except ice cream, not described in add US 
note 1 to Ch. 4, nesoi 6.2 8.2 7.6 -7.1 
0806.20.10 Raisins, made from dried seedless grapes 5.0 3.2 7.0 118.0 
2009.31.60 Citrus juice of any si ngle citrus fruit (other than 
orange, grapefruit or lime), of a Brix value not exceeding 20, concentrated, un fermented 5.4 6.8 5.5 -19.6 
0802.90.97 Nuts nesi, fresh or dried, shelled 0.9 2.3 3.7 61.2 
Total of above 126.2 139.6 192.0 37.5 
All other 35.5 28.0 29.1 3.9 
  Total for agriculture 161.7 167.6 221.1 31.9 
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 1,553.4 1,309.8 1,470.7 12.3 
7202.11.50 Ferromanganese containing by weight more than 4 
per cent of carbon 367.4 87.4 141.9 62.4 
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 251.0 52.9 58.4 10.4 
3823.70.60 Industrial fatty alcohols other than derived from fatty 
substances of animal or vegetable origin 73.8 38.1 40.5 6.2 
8708.92.50 Pts. & access. of mtr.  vehic. of 8701, nesoi, and 
8702-8705, mufflers & exhaust pipes 9.5 2.9 6.1 109.3 
8111.00.47 Unwrought manganese flake containing at least 
99.5 per cent by weight manganese 2.7 6.0 4.2 -29.3 
3301.13.00 Essential oils of lemon 3.2 1.9 3.5 88.5 8707.10.00 Bodies (including cabs), for mtr. vehicles for 
transport of persons of heading 8703 7.3 3.4 3.0 -12.5 
4202.21.30 Handbags, with or without shoulder strap or without 
handle, with outer surface of re ptile leather 2.3 0.5 2.6 368.7 
9507.90.70 Artificial baits and flies 0.9 0.9 0.9 6.1 
Total of above 2,271.6 1,503.8 1,731.8 15.2 
All other 3.4 6.0 4.5 -24.1 
  Total for all other products 2,275.0 1,509.7 1,736.3 15.0 
  Grand total 56,373.7 28,050.3 38,664.8 37.8 
Note:  Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals given. 
Source :  Compiled from official statistics of the US International Trade Commission. WT/L/818 
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TABLE 3 
US Trade with AGOA Beneficiary Countries, 2002-20108 
 
Year US exports9 Share of US 
exports to 
the world US imports10Share of US 
imports from 
the world US trade 
balance 
Millions dollars Per cent Millions dollars Per cent Millions dollars 
2002 5,250.3 0.8 14,055.7 1.2 -8,805.4 
2003 5,712.0 0.9 20,229.9 1.6 -14,517.9 
2004 7,692.6 1.1 34,406.6 2.4 -26,714.0 
2005 9,242.5 1.1 47,002.8 2.8 -37,760.3 
2006 10,572.4 1.1 56,010.3 3.0 -45,437.8 
2007 12,967.6 1.2 64,532.3 3.3 -51,564.7 
2008 17,239.7 1.5 81,438.1 3.9 -64,198.3 
2009 13,873.1 1.5 43,949.9 2.8 -30,076.7 
2010 15,576.3 1.4 60,530.6 3.2 -44,954.4 
Source :  Compiled from official statistics of the US International Trade Commission. 
 
 
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8 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), Mauritania (2006 & 2009), Niger (2010), and Togo (2001-07). 
9 Domestic exports, f.a.s. basis. 
10 Imports for consumption, customs value.