China's Exports to Africa

US$ mn
unadjusted Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cote d'Ivoire
1992 27.34 8.47 22.19 0.00 2.50 3.60 28.05
1993 33.54 11.21 53.61 0.00 9.38 3.71 52.19
1994 59.80 12.48 30.44 0.00 0.98 2.64 20.11
1995 57.49 21.16 66.52 0.00 1.58 2.12 50.94
1996 54.50 28.53 69.88 0.00 0.77 0.91 52.20
1997 112.96 29.13 109.73 0.00 1.57 0.39 92.41
1998 116.79 36.65 153.54 0.00 5.14 2.09 152.00
1999 159.95 16.36 162.83 0.00 1.38 1.46 198.15
2000 172.92 33.74 370.41 11.47 2.96 3.63 222.76
2001 222.23 45.72 520.46 14.23 4.06 1.16 257.65
2002 351.90 61.31 420.85 18.98 5.82 2.23 219.72
2003 645.94 145.79 471.06 22.77 11.71 3.44 228.22
2004 980.52 193.52 577.26 49.54 12.34 4.81 123.01
2005 1404.42 372.79 952.95 58.51 16.14 11.89 137.02
2006 1947.51 894.19 1452.10 61.78 19.35 10.18 227.48
2007 2741.98 1234.52 1975.91 119.88 43.69 13.03 414.68
2008 3751.91 2942.47 2314.11 169.15 46.19 17.68 531.50
2009 4180.24 2385.96 1952.66 165.40 42.68 33.99 504.86
2010 4000.00 2003.87 2273.68 369.50 47.96 33.36 548.52
2011 4471.88 2784.15 2874.68 616.16 55.62 42.54 540.63
2012 5416.66 4039.17 2413.66 182.12 72.51 46.46 803.67
2013 6023.90 3964.06 2992.48 148.25 103.39 50.96 955.80
2014 7395.24 5975.31 3485.98 176.15 117.97 51.60 1220.08
2015 7583.35 3717.15 2989.07 224.84 123.84 40.09 1554.44
2016 7647.85 1680.40 2039.44 209.57 141.00 45.05 1584.53
2017 6784.75 2257.45 1926.51 232.70 183.05 45.25 1692.54
2018 7923.38 2234.93 2150.68 281.47 223.34 36.90 1890.20
2019 6945.57 2057.49 2155.75 302.21 261.49 66.39 2044.09
2020 5597.42 1747.85 988.87 235.69 322.52 76.10 2333.50

Author: Johns Hopkins China-Africa Research Initiative

Title: China's exports to African Countries
Source: UNComtrade data from 1992-2020, http://comtrade.un.org/data/
Note: All figures are as reported by China.
Updated: 10 Jan 2022
Cabo Verde Cameroon Central Afric Chad Comoros Congo Dem. Rep. of Djibouti
0.16 9.59 0.16 0.62 3.14 5.88 7.77 15.90
0.75 6.41 3.22 0.19 0.28 7.71 21.77 11.19
0.42 5.42 0.20 1.41 0.25 7.92 23.54 10.10
0.38 10.12 0.98 2.38 1.37 5.93 41.03 9.87
0.27 10.90 2.28 1.17 0.26 8.11 42.70 9.81
0.41 12.55 0.84 1.03 0.22 12.32 29.49 13.44
1.96 18.90 1.06 0.15 0.12 46.77 61.00 30.91
3.14 20.14 1.01 0.24 0.64 10.79 18.74 38.34
5.18 22.63 0.34 0.62 0.29 18.34 18.43 54.11
2.21 29.31 0.57 0.28 0.46 38.16 13.13 47.32
1.84 43.97 0.69 1.71 0.76 39.61 18.99 49.81
2.60 64.93 2.13 1.68 0.69 59.89 25.42 65.86
2.75 100.02 3.32 5.94 1.30 93.03 36.99 72.22
5.19 129.87 7.09 14.93 1.83 144.71 49.71 111.46
10.09 191.15 1.69 14.14 6.20 241.47 68.77 154.95
16.83 299.06 8.87 69.66 7.70 435.89 94.01 166.86
14.95 379.28 11.30 79.93 25.44 614.28 234.58 252.27
35.41 415.88 12.73 148.90 11.17 366.64 321.21 294.60
34.34 540.79 22.86 308.49 13.35 353.71 473.41 444.06
49.75 874.11 14.27 94.80 8.19 489.43 826.68 508.85
57.49 1064.32 17.68 172.78 14.94 520.99 837.49 902.58
62.00 1514.68 9.46 371.89 29.86 779.29 948.75 1018.88
51.22 1877.42 7.21 317.71 40.68 984.53 1362.04 1112.24
43.30 1833.29 13.52 123.55 45.70 1035.42 1408.68 1980.82
48.67 1557.03 15.46 93.57 48.37 740.63 992.47 2148.40
69.24 1388.61 12.96 115.36 67.76 497.84 969.98 2175.41
78.05 1706.52 18.78 185.53 79.20 444.88 1772.66 1871.68
63.42 1676.31 25.66 278.77 73.68 434.93 2077.31 2210.29
77.79 2022.78 27.96 298.32 50.54 601.52 2013.12 2308.24
Egypt Equatorial GuEritrea Ethiopia Fmr Sudan Gabon Gambia Ghana
174.56 0.18 0.00 0.00 43.67 1.53 51.93 23.96
199.60 0.64 0.00 22.24 30.11 1.90 69.98 38.58
279.60 0.58 0.87 17.50 38.64 1.58 69.47 36.54
439.65 2.33 2.16 31.28 41.62 2.83 57.89 71.42
404.44 5.97 0.61 41.19 48.25 4.26 46.26 83.26
464.95 3.34 3.13 54.97 110.83 5.92 41.81 86.25
574.74 2.94 2.60 68.27 349.68 10.14 50.64 111.54
715.86 2.50 0.74 53.44 229.34 6.51 57.19 110.27
805.30 3.55 1.28 55.70 158.38 4.43 61.62 105.93
873.21 3.35 2.83 78.80 219.95 5.89 72.51 145.88
852.92 3.29 6.02 96.43 392.39 4.70 81.90 182.31
936.76 5.05 5.47 152.75 478.42 8.89 115.97 321.79
1388.43 10.12 7.54 194.05 815.89 14.16 124.23 510.40
1934.04 18.80 7.83 284.00 1293.59 41.28 124.35 672.42
2975.50 41.11 37.95 430.77 1410.33 63.88 162.44 803.09
4468.10 92.79 26.93 778.36 1554.46 103.85 185.56 1228.02
5874.26 277.39 28.98 1230.72 1874.33 139.60 175.72 1747.89
5107.36 358.42 39.48 1252.46 1705.39 154.71 167.55 1533.70
6040.98 456.24 38.80 1209.62 1950.77 205.81 186.78 1932.87
7283.23 266.32 148.16 885.36 1994.64 269.91 290.97 3109.95
8223.92 361.43 53.53 1529.87 0.00 427.37 257.51 4790.75
8362.67 357.52 137.96 1868.47 0.00 432.71 308.52 3946.03
10460.51 352.52 88.14 2922.31 0.00 430.32 350.70 4134.57
47834.31 1045.56 537.21 13763.47 0.00 665.42 330.10 5308.88
10436.26 148.25 69.32 3214.48 0.00 377.19 315.08 4666.60
9485.64 166.22 42.95 2664.55 0.00 446.19 398.65 4824.80
12020.88 145.17 42.84 2537.68 0.00 386.09 426.52 4821.89
12217.15 113.30 48.61 2322.76 0.00 377.22 512.67 4906.97
13623.26 122.10 70.49 2233.34 0.00 415.58 535.90 6756.06
Guinea Guinea-Bissa Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi
30.73 2.40 29.18 0.00 115.70 86.63 4.42 0.32
31.60 2.72 47.28 0.00 4.70 45.24 6.15 1.90
26.42 4.00 64.50 0.00 31.77 29.51 9.03 0.55
27.49 1.09 104.09 0.00 35.53 33.31 11.90 0.74
29.70 0.46 92.22 0.00 113.60 56.97 14.17 1.05
34.75 0.72 132.48 0.00 73.49 79.70 26.71 2.25
37.18 1.45 118.16 0.00 27.78 68.18 32.70 2.51
46.30 3.18 100.77 0.00 12.36 64.74 40.57 5.08
34.02 4.62 133.08 10.42 126.00 52.31 71.23 6.91
44.06 8.30 138.81 16.77 112.72 40.98 72.86 4.49
43.38 4.50 180.56 24.51 30.11 111.53 40.20 6.52
73.29 12.35 241.71 24.88 26.19 174.74 111.69 10.77
93.02 5.99 348.79 47.45 181.81 254.98 152.08 18.76
144.31 5.79 456.91 55.82 149.63 360.50 182.64 16.35
175.49 5.68 621.04 64.42 529.84 704.11 222.56 30.74
264.63 7.31 948.15 56.66 803.07 870.99 329.78 42.39
334.46 6.15 1249.33 79.64 1137.05 1640.45 602.59 81.05
281.38 23.19 1277.44 50.39 1881.50 2002.91 395.38 65.13
421.35 9.43 1786.30 59.36 4396.88 2061.36 396.79 80.08
630.17 14.85 2368.78 73.11 4966.69 720.38 503.38 112.10
753.85 15.89 2788.76 94.37 3446.41 2384.24 542.41 249.07
907.48 11.89 3217.48 89.83 2335.75 2834.68 642.96 213.79
1101.46 17.15 4930.57 88.76 1711.27 2157.64 752.68 157.12
1277.09 17.48 5914.32 83.18 1356.88 1892.02 865.24 245.96
1144.42 21.24 5587.65 54.70 1592.58 1184.61 942.96 228.24
1239.96 33.72 5034.65 61.30 2103.67 1027.97 1007.49 261.94
1353.33 29.83 5204.94 64.20 1941.89 1433.05 1015.76 222.35
1718.20 31.92 4984.58 72.06 3909.85 2453.89 1073.08 260.10
1912.38 51.44 5410.77 59.38 3404.58 1880.56 997.51 218.59
Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco MozambiqueNamibia Niger Nigeria
5.43 14.70 23.44 104.10 20.73 0.00 2.75 90.99
11.55 4.75 25.96 94.44 16.55 0.00 14.92 120.76
10.81 31.57 27.02 89.61 6.52 0.00 18.07 90.23
25.09 32.07 23.13 112.39 11.52 0.00 8.05 152.73
15.22 13.22 43.56 74.60 11.24 0.00 1.46 170.85
13.89 11.37 48.00 118.82 15.94 0.00 1.85 316.41
24.38 9.54 65.86 165.48 13.33 0.00 7.40 357.54
18.49 17.78 71.12 253.80 18.93 0.00 15.09 396.45
34.85 24.68 83.80 277.82 24.71 8.28 7.02 548.78
22.93 29.87 87.18 299.88 22.04 21.22 6.48 917.18
21.62 52.00 90.00 451.26 25.93 20.18 14.74 1047.15
35.20 56.49 107.37 695.79 45.03 37.62 19.34 1785.97
58.77 64.33 151.19 943.48 75.15 52.54 25.00 1718.56
65.94 74.30 177.34 1206.43 91.48 60.35 33.90 2303.16
74.99 109.24 197.75 1569.53 127.94 133.16 71.76 2852.15
125.37 138.60 286.15 2182.70 163.55 246.52 30.74 3799.46
167.73 189.09 320.09 2348.93 295.99 243.17 166.81 6767.05
167.60 241.78 292.13 2129.26 339.13 264.50 283.72 5475.59
229.69 284.97 393.29 2484.47 496.39 229.54 272.15 6696.84
297.73 386.27 496.93 3042.65 700.25 282.26 142.17 9205.57
290.23 455.40 620.17 3131.19 940.89 438.91 158.35 9296.31
274.64 598.45 648.70 3271.65 1199.29 481.94 183.94 12042.61
297.07 756.95 745.22 2963.01 1968.74 545.72 243.70 15393.56
270.43 801.37 841.10 2897.18 1938.02 489.91 173.35 13701.24
366.65 869.71 758.22 3078.78 1308.56 268.49 100.77 9713.91
337.25 859.15 762.15 3176.23 1306.75 272.14 97.88 12153.16
345.61 1039.98 807.78 3690.13 1869.33 319.47 114.66 13500.04
435.55 1026.41 804.58 4030.06 1956.81 200.89 288.82 16634.07
468.41 740.16 699.89 4172.59 1999.92 223.11 303.06 16776.74
Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan
4.06 26.22 0.83 6.84 5.24 0.00 0.00 0.00
3.08 26.20 1.33 12.90 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00
2.41 21.74 0.39 8.50 1.78 0.00 0.00 0.00
1.15 36.44 0.63 4.27 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00
3.79 37.34 0.43 6.40 0.46 0.00 0.00 0.00
2.32 33.70 1.04 4.09 0.48 0.00 0.00 0.00
2.11 43.26 1.30 4.40 0.18 0.00 0.00 0.00
1.75 39.31 2.00 4.35 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00
3.42 51.28 1.57 8.66 1.00 1013.65 0.00 0.00
2.89 52.56 1.11 11.99 1.12 1048.57 0.00 0.00
3.86 57.68 1.46 14.41 1.83 1310.63 0.00 0.00
3.53 72.85 1.79 16.61 3.90 2029.36 0.00 0.00
5.13 108.31 1.78 28.26 9.52 2951.90 0.00 0.00
12.01 133.08 3.40 30.76 16.57 3825.97 0.00 0.00
12.41 187.27 5.30 38.98 27.58 5767.71 0.00 0.00
34.87 335.03 7.53 58.59 26.66 7444.90 0.00 0.00
59.37 401.55 14.13 78.77 40.34 8617.62 0.00 0.00
57.99 399.31 15.25 54.66 67.31 7365.59 0.00 0.00
49.99 498.32 14.86 98.35 72.23 10799.86 0.00 0.00
66.65 680.36 35.01 224.83 91.21 13362.30 0.00 0.00
90.11 793.97 33.17 249.19 101.11 15323.31 34.31 2178.61
134.11 997.40 38.67 152.57 133.76 16830.78 75.09 2398.43
115.21 1650.14 45.58 163.05 206.08 15699.15 66.08 1928.61
122.27 2190.53 57.63 276.56 298.12 15857.92 155.45 2394.50
108.55 2194.36 55.60 242.12 391.94 12849.51 46.25 2129.73
128.67 2040.71 48.82 242.43 473.50 14808.77 51.94 2221.76
165.17 2145.22 61.34 253.20 637.24 16337.35 77.08 1884.77
264.79 2212.62 65.31 313.69 732.06 16560.93 122.63 2292.12
282.54 2563.36 57.66 371.37 892.64 15243.39 156.05 2511.65
Eswatini Togo Tunisia Uganda United Rep. oZambia Zimbabwe
0.00 75.32 28.50 7.10 107.98 5.37 27.43
0.00 108.97 28.40 6.23 39.51 7.21 8.75
0.00 97.35 50.50 8.72 65.60 9.70 21.64
0.00 119.80 36.27 12.84 74.11 19.65 15.28
0.00 78.57 60.64 7.95 64.15 9.71 18.85
0.00 69.25 74.65 9.93 84.88 10.68 28.17
0.00 59.08 83.98 10.78 69.97 22.12 104.78
0.00 70.27 97.36 10.63 63.93 8.38 27.24
2.95 80.37 96.72 14.40 85.76 32.86 31.92
2.99 108.75 106.15 16.24 90.15 38.84 33.26
4.73 138.47 144.11 28.06 121.42 37.19 32.16
6.68 262.54 183.84 51.39 191.47 34.88 30.27
11.49 398.65 245.09 76.43 215.97 51.04 113.06
11.03 538.09 295.54 79.37 303.58 48.50 125.37
7.22 704.01 357.55 137.80 382.77 102.53 136.29
13.23 1376.50 491.80 202.95 602.97 198.27 203.35
20.60 1218.24 696.86 230.10 950.44 264.35 133.10
18.05 1129.80 711.18 231.17 914.05 152.03 156.28
28.97 1333.11 994.89 257.53 1253.13 301.68 315.86
30.69 1831.41 1112.73 359.38 1653.63 617.34 410.28
28.92 3383.14 1391.79 495.14 2089.72 697.31 430.48
24.76 2443.22 1263.16 452.21 3140.70 729.69 413.83
26.53 2491.91 1235.77 486.65 3843.57 725.67 403.80
30.57 2180.17 1237.43 553.40 4278.86 552.07 543.32
42.42 1919.25 1295.84 823.68 3566.86 489.91 387.49
34.23 1886.35 1327.99 777.37 3119.55 709.47 443.82
36.44 1991.48 1415.92 706.40 3590.57 969.45 446.07
42.47 2131.52 1365.19 741.31 3814.73 970.30 368.35
39.89 2461.12 1427.65 791.65 4174.64 681.36 524.67
Total, US$ mn Total, US$ bn
1257.61 1.26
1249.94 1.25
1348.42 1.35
1820.92 1.82
1843.16 1.84
2383.24 2.38
3131.08 3.13
3199.39 3.20
5007.12 5.01
5959.78 5.96
6918.37 6.92
10124.76 10.12
13729.95 13.73
18602.94 18.60
26583.92 26.58
37373.32 37.37
51089.01 51.09
47635.11 47.64
59807.45 59.81
72919.40 72.92
85133.66 85.13
92570.97 92.57
105832.84 105.83
155695.57 155.70
91984.61 91.98
94499.21 94.50
104949.33 104.95
113050.93 113.05
113957.67 113.96
China's Imports from Africa

US$ mn
unadjusted Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Fas Burundi Cote d'Ivoire
1992 2.70 29.41 0.55 0.00 12.78 0.02 2.34
1993 6.65 180.71 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.05 4.19
1994 3.77 47.98 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.05 3.94
1995 22.03 136.91 6.12 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.44
1996 0.01 243.75 1.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00
1997 0.02 603.50 8.78 0.00 0.18 0.00 31.71
1998 0.12 153.70 3.49 0.00 4.26 0.00 24.06
1999 62.19 355.65 2.42 0.00 2.00 0.00 7.93
2000 25.94 1842.69 1.12 0.01 0.00 1.12 7.25
2001 69.99 721.83 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.77
2002 81.90 1087.05 17.01 0.01 0.70 0.49 14.13
2003 99.22 2205.93 68.40 2.18 32.34 1.73 36.76
2004 259.08 4717.34 111.27 2.86 124.11 0.32 108.45
2005 363.73 6581.83 139.39 4.00 163.27 0.33 85.09
2006 143.12 10933.30 89.38 8.17 193.31 1.75 125.49
2007 1160.93 12888.66 113.16 26.44 155.04 0.67 40.64
2008 849.22 22382.52 110.16 183.91 62.48 0.12 70.58
2009 946.62 14675.83 93.78 65.29 116.18 0.97 62.76
2010 1177.32 22815.05 125.63 53.37 121.09 3.46 110.53
2011 1960.89 24922.18 176.47 100.67 182.41 13.75 162.10
2012 2311.91 33561.90 261.54 119.48 232.66 10.68 142.56
2013 2164.55 31972.67 206.01 193.86 186.89 9.31 257.13
2014 1314.68 31106.02 266.63 214.82 123.90 4.14 216.00
2015 767.36 16001.61 77.85 138.73 44.06 2.82 144.11
2016 331.89 13966.12 55.39 62.14 14.00 2.74 101.38
2017 448.32 20698.71 91.59 33.55 20.44 6.93 157.91
2018 1178.82 25652.02 48.32 14.23 95.74 11.93 254.38
2019 1141.66 23308.30 154.36 17.13 59.96 12.94 460.76
2020 996.57 14513.45 58.25 87.49 77.69 7.67 576.14

Author: Johns Hopkins China-Africa Research Initiative

Title: China's imports from African Countries
Source: UNComtrade data from 1992-2020, http://comtrade.un.org/data/
Note: All figures are as reported by China, except for South Africa.
Updated: 10 Jan 2022
Cabo VerdeCameroon Central Afri Chad Comoros Congo Dem. Rep. of Djibouti
0.00 16.04 0.01 0.86 0.04 0.44 5.60 0.01
0.00 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.01 6.42 3.04 0.14
0.00 9.14 0.17 0.00 0.01 1.98 2.46 0.10
0.00 27.57 0.16 1.19 0.00 3.45 1.46 0.13
0.00 35.03 2.85 0.50 0.00 17.51 1.74 0.00
0.00 98.38 1.08 1.60 0.00 151.99 1.91 0.00
0.00 48.65 0.01 0.00 0.00 41.33 2.24 0.00
0.00 76.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.93 1.32 0.00
0.00 138.03 0.30 0.01 0.01 323.72 0.98 0.02
0.00 183.70 1.39 0.01 0.04 181.40 7.89 0.32
0.00 114.66 1.26 1.53 0.00 251.27 12.47 0.02
0.00 115.22 2.31 2.84 0.00 814.66 26.24 0.15
0.00 148.91 6.25 222.59 0.00 1569.06 99.58 0.51
0.00 66.75 8.99 191.08 0.00 2278.03 175.77 0.54
0.00 199.66 8.61 260.31 0.00 2791.64 368.55 0.38
0.00 160.02 6.61 84.07 0.00 2836.70 460.18 1.64
0.00 479.19 21.44 41.60 0.00 3731.70 1583.86 1.79
0.00 397.67 14.65 65.37 0.00 1738.81 1136.45 0.11
0.01 460.90 25.16 495.80 0.02 3122.35 2505.72 0.69
0.01 662.95 28.14 265.32 0.01 4672.29 3161.99 0.18
0.00 890.43 48.62 220.73 0.01 4555.41 3527.10 0.62
0.00 366.17 40.65 103.50 0.01 5712.19 2745.66 0.27
0.00 688.88 29.27 108.34 0.01 5479.02 2815.74 1.68
0.02 781.62 26.53 90.69 0.02 2623.86 2627.43 0.90
0.08 402.23 31.57 114.91 0.01 2333.00 2084.96 0.13
0.01 508.50 28.11 279.91 0.04 3962.07 3289.99 0.02
0.29 1095.69 54.11 93.92 0.03 6702.54 5682.94 0.20
0.03 1015.04 36.20 439.83 0.03 5934.47 4436.61 20.14
1.21 751.65 57.07 420.91 0.12 3357.05 7030.64 46.25
Egypt Equatorial Gui Eritrea Ethiopia Fmr Sudan Gabon Gambia Ghana
1.09 0.08 0.00 0.00 9.23 48.24 0.11 5.31
24.23 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.14 67.81 0.34 6
15.19 0.10 0.00 0.04 53.13 86.70 0.03 25
13.06 12.63 0.00 0.61 74.51 123.25 0.07 5
3.42 15.60 0.00 0.21 38.48 184.88 0.00 3
56.70 77.49 0.00 0.63 23.01 313.13 0.00 2.53
31.69 68.91 0.04 0.48 1.47 147.17 0.00 8.52
34.36 167.10 0.02 0.77 53.29 279.12 0.00 4.81
102.07 319.48 0.00 2.87 731.73 337.27 0.00 14.99
80.32 508.58 0.01 1.77 938.13 259.35 0.00 36.60
91.85 382.73 0.00 3.69 1157.59 231.94 0.00 30.15
152.82 411.89 0.00 4.74 1441.82 300.60 1.55 34.31
187.94 996.65 0.51 14.39 1705.88 400.29 0.12 80.38
211.14 1437.83 0.41 85.71 2614.46 351.68 0.17 96.01
216.77 2537.59 0.71 131.82 1943.48 816.76 0.45 79.68
239.74 1697.28 2.52 87.13 4171.24 1095.73 8.69 53.52
428.94 2267.87 2.47 81.66 6325.89 1792.61 3.16 93.40
752.54 1055.07 0.42 214.76 4684.82 713.89 6.64 79.62
917.93 598.66 1.05 273.97 6671.91 969.74 15.00 123.38
1518.34 1672.95 0.87 292.06 9541.53 577.98 54.10 363.18
1320.74 1822.80 1.26 309.37 0.00 618.09 84.71 643.55
1851.61 2469.92 50.93 315.69 0.00 898.64 77.98 1203.33
1159.33 3217.19 322.73 489.90 0.00 1607.58 37.93 1452.60
917.84 1166.50 178.73 380.35 0.00 1100.19 55.79 1296.47
553.21 631.85 175.47 419.42 0.00 1439.08 90.09 1309.65
1341.93 1483.84 170.69 357.58 0.00 2293.61 99.05 1852.94
1834.53 2131.56 314.58 345.31 0.00 2964.33 20.06 2426.14
996.82 1723.01 209.89 343.91 0.00 4612.51 71.44 2543.92
905.85 1154.28 289.36 338.42 0.00 3217.54 29.74 1740.92
Guinea Guinea-BissKenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi
0.16 0.00 2.24 0.00 0.00 89.80 1.76 0.89
14.51 1.05 3.85 0.00 5.36 121.29 1.35 0.00
13.53 0.91 4.67 0.00 1.25 2.56 0.97 0.00
2.06 0.00 1.39 0.00 0.10 71.96 5.24 0.00
3.75 0.00 0.87 0.00 0.00 55.74 3.08 0.22
35.98 1.04 1.18 0.00 0.13 16.93 3.20 0.66
0.95 0.00 1.49 0.00 0.00 21.54 1.75 0.00
7.91 0.20 4.91 0.00 0.00 16.87 4.91 0.00
0.02 0.18 3.85 0.05 35.29 25.06 6.45 0.00
0.04 0.00 5.88 1.13 28.79 54.20 8.84 0.40
11.54 0.00 5.80 0.00 55.59 1.22 11.32 0.61
10.45 0.00 8.74 0.00 41.95 40.95 6.96 0.01
14.79 0.03 16.97 0.00 16.52 416.76 14.08 0.04
3.00 0.00 17.65 0.33 14.17 941.72 14.00 2.07
12.28 0.00 24.42 1.28 1.93 1693.95 23.81 0.99
92.36 0.17 28.11 1.24 3.28 1547.50 29.66 0.76
25.30 1.24 34.72 1.70 5.94 2588.99 65.17 8.11
6.24 1.62 29.66 1.68 3.96 3173.88 54.82 16.99
55.00 3.86 39.21 4.53 22.48 4515.61 105.38 31.48
15.57 4.11 59.69 7.41 41.24 2063.58 103.39 46.04
10.99 6.63 52.41 5.42 229.95 6375.90 114.44 47.50
84.09 16.83 52.78 13.41 164.42 2038.93 173.91 38.42
41.34 49.96 77.03 12.08 288.44 726.37 118.10 34.14
25.93 17.81 98.74 12.00 172.17 951.55 171.13 29.60
630.06 0.16 97.14 19.64 48.17 345.62 160.79 26.12
1466.75 0.40 166.82 24.85 28.86 1362.66 227.09 27.33
2246.15 7.64 174.20 30.10 89.25 4742.28 214.71 27.36
2504.86 8.40 181.21 31.27 112.42 4765.67 204.56 15.71
2475.69 0.01 151.00 12.26 87.99 812.04 138.70 12.21
Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco MozambiqueNamibia Niger Nigeria
34.91 0.08 0.14 40.50 38.39 0.00 0.00 5.96
0.00 0.00 0.39 29.39 6.72 0.00 0.03 0.53
9.09 0.04 0.07 8.53 5.58 0.00 0.75 1.06
36.34 0.51 0.06 39.83 1.09 0.00 0.14 59.71
13.61 0.20 0.01 17.23 0.20 0.00 0.01 6.82
27.48 0.41 0.14 43.36 0.73 0.00 0.31 10.63
4.86 1.21 0.63 86.06 0.43 0.00 0.00 27.42
1.36 4.85 22.39 55.49 3.30 0.00 0.00 182.48
0.41 4.95 29.30 58.23 8.78 3.59 0.00 307.30
1.02 4.37 8.95 84.35 11.19 11.26 0.00 227.16
1.73 9.77 4.67 122.15 22.58 28.93 0.00 121.31
28.39 7.71 3.13 160.97 26.59 36.95 0.00 71.66
106.75 50.40 6.65 214.08 44.29 46.58 0.01 463.22
79.25 4.06 8.28 277.45 73.53 76.39 0.00 526.88
114.24 402.02 7.33 359.41 79.77 121.86 0.93 277.75
35.90 569.38 5.02 423.89 124.25 157.66 0.05 537.08
62.95 1044.14 5.71 461.06 125.88 282.18 0.07 508.38
37.05 853.93 6.03 375.01 177.55 312.38 0.05 896.53
70.41 967.03 10.10 452.32 201.08 481.50 0.17 1071.62
149.59 1517.04 9.69 475.63 257.24 224.48 2.11 1583.68
331.69 1468.67 10.71 558.42 403.32 241.27 37.16 1273.79
152.47 1728.52 12.87 531.43 454.87 257.70 15.88 1546.60
95.65 1170.58 14.05 517.91 1649.81 317.34 79.07 2658.35
92.99 718.07 15.34 521.52 452.62 211.63 140.99 1240.70
98.70 747.56 19.71 553.46 479.36 165.78 124.24 907.01
67.88 786.51 22.44 650.60 528.72 297.54 99.08 1624.05
88.51 858.21 37.46 711.07 651.38 502.98 171.11 1858.99
160.64 915.85 38.86 635.51 711.72 511.61 223.87 2652.14
168.90 1227.81 26.35 591.09 577.17 557.87 224.70 2453.39
Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan
0.01 0.54 0.03 0.00 1.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.01 2.92 0.00 0.06 0.91 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 1.39 0.00 0.00 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.02 0.47 0.00 0.00 1.31 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.13 1.61 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.66 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00
1.91 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
1.74 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
2.63 1.53 0.15 0.02 0.06 335.19 0.00 0.00
6.37 0.38 0.05 0.00 0.51 461.31 0.00 0.00
5.19 1.07 0.01 0.16 1.56 450.30 0.00 0.00
7.12 6.28 0.03 0.00 6.62 889.15 0.00 0.00
16.03 3.94 0.03 1.60 7.81 1055.75 0.00 0.00
11.53 7.88 0.01 1.36 3.07 1368.72 0.00 0.00
21.89 9.36 0.60 0.98 3.06 2108.76 0.00 0.00
23.63 22.53 4.46 5.71 1.72 4169.61 0.00 0.00
29.58 4.97 3.68 5.32 0.19 4309.78 0.00 0.00
25.70 41.98 0.03 10.54 0.55 5670.12 0.00 0.00
38.67 51.16 0.01 10.77 1.70 8095.83 0.00 0.00
78.13 68.71 0.32 28.00 5.80 12495.81 0.00 0.00
71.47 51.36 0.26 502.91 3.10 10320.51 499.47 1554.27
108.45 39.73 0.40 1452.66 16.34 12047.24 2468.34 2100.02
91.87 47.00 0.20 1683.18 29.82 8770.89 4329.24 1521.28
43.54 111.66 0.10 164.82 24.71 7420.28 2326.89 728.39
33.14 161.59 0.07 239.56 10.96 6812.08 1459.75 504.71
28.88 149.70 1.47 338.02 11.80 8672.25 1270.05 590.80
39.96 128.51 0.03 177.19 16.55 8550.85 1588.45 670.03
35.06 300.98 0.07 197.45 18.64 9595.42 1510.94 740.42
38.18 315.24 0.04 158.55 7.94 9793.79 676.87 766.26
Eswatini Togo Tunisia Uganda United Rep. oZambia Zimbabwe Total, US$ mn
0.00 1.66 23.40 0.00 0.70 16.25 97.90 491.27
0.00 0.98 30.04 0.01 1.15 10.97 51.32 583.15
0.00 1.72 12.29 0.02 9.22 2.11 26.18 353.10
0.00 0.60 35.61 0.01 9.60 1.82 36.91 733.27
0.00 1.82 32.32 1.25 19.43 5.74 68.46 792.38
0.00 7.80 22.64 1.74 17.62 26.51 74.59 1,667.08
0.00 3.14 45.79 0.13 9.69 6.22 27.87 777.66
0.00 0.06 28.39 0.20 5.74 17.62 44.34 1,510.59
0.04 0.06 2.19 0.84 4.77 69.39 102.74 4,852.66
7.01 0.23 3.20 1.24 3.29 35.92 114.89 4,081.15
11.09 5.35 38.30 5.60 6.62 46.09 159.59 4,608.57
14.53 22.11 17.04 3.50 27.57 47.88 167.08 7,409.09
14.63 46.47 34.13 11.64 68.27 171.10 141.18 13,740.25
23.18 31.87 44.09 20.00 170.72 252.06 157.92 18,987.40
24.82 21.60 50.53 17.78 152.68 270.36 139.09 26,794.39
19.33 26.10 30.32 19.90 203.60 394.86 142.77 33,911.46
11.28 30.90 90.31 17.06 131.59 522.50 148.21 51,041.51
15.11 36.37 107.52 20.10 195.97 1272.46 140.85 40,306.93
2.50 61.62 124.90 26.57 406.95 2578.41 246.06 60,265.67
0.34 76.60 219.46 40.25 489.90 2775.94 464.05 73,634.16
100.38 84.81 176.98 42.87 379.28 2686.56 584.43 78,911.07
115.07 117.94 176.73 71.93 552.55 3047.87 687.84 81,113.19
46.11 166.44 210.37 111.57 435.91 3071.38 836.63 79,858.53
0.29 214.71 183.80 85.58 377.84 1786.48 761.40 47,526.79
0.33 105.33 138.85 37.62 315.83 2183.50 726.88 41,273.03
4.34 73.19 198.16 33.41 335.86 3122.75 872.03 60,210.01
27.46 145.76 194.96 47.17 393.92 4132.38 890.33 80,336.63
0.77 180.43 208.77 42.28 366.34 3298.46 974.03 78,683.32
0.48 164.20 222.66 39.69 409.04 3306.18 873.95 61,948.53
Total, US$ bn
0.49
0.58
0.35
0.73
0.79
1.67
0.78
1.51
4.85
4.08
4.61
7.41
13.74
18.99
26.79
33.91
51.04
40.31
60.27
73.63
78.91
81.11
79.86
47.53
41.27
60.21
80.34
78.68
61.95
US' Exports to Africa

US$ mn
unadjusted Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Fa Burundi Cote d'IvoiCabo Verd
1992 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1993 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1994 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1995 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1996 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1997 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1998 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1999 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2001 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2002 984.43 372.46 35.17 31.70 18.78 1.71 76.16 9.64
2003 487.12 491.68 30.24 25.86 10.95 2.97 102.80 9.12
2004 972.12 594.19 44.91 54.01 21.98 17.36 117.92 50.97
2005 1160.93 927.88 70.82 67.33 24.93 7.50 123.86 9.87
2006 1101.82 1550.24 115.54 26.89 18.10 6.52 147.51 13.62
2007 1652.51 1280.16 289.41 53.86 33.14 6.93 161.61 5.57
2008 1243.24 2116.99 846.23 62.18 24.49 7.28 254.11 12.25
2009 1108.77 1422.87 398.34 93.25 26.00 8.70 206.24 6.39
2010 1194.33 1293.49 462.53 48.50 46.59 14.39 162.85 9.98
2011 1596.98 1503.22 617.57 44.27 33.26 32.79 131.41 11.46
2012 1363.16 1490.58 572.96 47.98 47.28 19.94 188.09 7.77
2013 1848.70 1443.44 605.36 82.09 77.60 16.71 167.58 9.13
2014 2616.99 2039.13 780.95 52.87 72.30 5.60 239.08 7.28
2015 1875.73 1166.16 631.46 39.04 53.88 5.65 0.00 7.32
2016 2191.23 1251.28 235.13 42.43 35.39 8.41 291.26 8.69
2017 1059.84 809.44 250.14 93.05 60.98 8.13 319.96 9.15
2018 1261.07 525.19 254.19 81.91 59.50 14.55 309.43 8.56
2019 999.32 536.17 267.02 104.50 66.90 2.45 278.45 7.77
2020 726.29 470.52 197.55 48.68 72.27 5.41 208.07 6.67

Author: Johns Hopkins China-Africa Research Initiative

Title: US' exports to African Countries
Source: UNComtrade data from 1992-2020, http://comtrade.un.org/data/
Note: All figures are as reported by the US.
Updated: 10 Jan 2022
Cameroon Central AfrChad Comoros Congo Dem. Rep. Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Eritrea
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
155.81 6.37 127.34 0.14 52.37 28.13 56.02 2866.15 108.71 28.79
90.76 7.42 64.37 0.57 78.81 30.61 34.31 2659.37 336.34 87.11
99.56 30.01 40.42 0.74 64.83 66.86 43.25 3104.52 215.42 54.01
117.06 14.72 53.75 0.30 103.78 64.45 47.87 3168.92 249.15 31.06
120.07 25.09 60.25 0.11 138.00 70.72 47.63 4103.78 551.50 8.85
132.92 19.75 71.11 0.37 140.02 112.91 58.93 5347.08 236.40 6.11
125.05 23.30 62.52 0.42 184.60 130.26 140.84 6030.83 184.51 14.87
153.64 31.49 62.70 1.93 277.07 79.86 196.69 5257.59 305.86 6.74
132.27 10.34 89.67 1.26 254.43 93.27 122.79 6832.54 272.14 2.38
220.57 12.34 35.45 1.10 227.29 165.93 129.18 6228.23 285.39 4.31
253.04 8.52 36.55 0.95 237.20 199.55 118.84 5498.32 233.16 5.86
335.74 4.10 41.46 3.49 222.40 169.81 164.48 5175.35 756.14 13.48
301.07 32.32 66.50 3.45 321.47 181.85 110.87 6472.58 574.79 5.33
224.96 34.31 56.59 1.51 249.22 136.19 144.71 4752.98 161.96 3.50
189.77 9.42 32.82 1.35 130.89 82.75 132.54 3482.70 278.44 3.05
158.85 11.18 31.34 1.38 117.38 76.26 157.47 3991.83 111.94 5.02
193.23 9.88 52.66 2.78 100.42 78.00 112.74 5050.86 139.40 8.19
200.43 36.99 84.65 1.51 105.33 131.01 154.08 5485.81 214.77 14.32
194.37 22.33 46.15 1.41 102.46 152.91 195.16 4759.08 96.89 18.68
Ethiopia Fmr SudanGabon Gambia Guinea Guinea-BisKenya Lesotho Liberia Libya
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60.51 10.85 65.52 9.55 62.94 2.56 271.41 2.02 27.68 18.27
408.98 26.14 62.97 26.65 35.79 1.24 196.67 5.09 33.37 0.23
459.09 68.12 92.99 23.06 58.52 1.23 393.85 5.48 60.56 39.19
514.89 103.23 98.44 30.47 125.04 2.10 632.29 4.02 75.05 83.82
137.27 76.92 135.29 21.23 64.74 5.71 526.01 4.03 67.84 434.86
167.64 66.94 477.66 20.00 73.54 6.62 584.22 7.53 75.77 510.50
301.58 143.31 283.89 28.88 101.80 2.08 474.37 1.34 156.63 721.16
275.98 78.73 170.82 33.65 94.86 1.56 654.38 16.63 94.98 666.06
773.16 115.62 243.00 29.25 85.06 3.40 375.35 11.33 191.35 665.53
689.89 82.06 205.15 29.37 256.16 11.84 461.44 13.18 195.21 307.24
1274.67 0.00 319.05 27.46 154.62 21.10 568.58 16.51 241.09 549.02
688.51 0.00 307.98 34.14 79.46 6.64 635.69 0.57 173.21 864.52
1668.98 0.00 417.35 41.54 65.19 2.90 1640.90 2.45 184.44 531.86
1555.25 0.00 203.87 37.90 135.35 2.14 943.44 0.88 135.81 242.95
826.25 0.00 85.02 40.00 84.19 3.55 396.92 2.84 158.03 190.27
877.15 0.00 89.01 39.24 103.02 3.75 454.45 1.90 138.34 134.95
1308.25 0.00 113.01 41.29 127.05 18.56 365.54 2.31 196.68 243.78
1021.00 0.00 129.35 44.99 125.29 1.24 391.03 1.21 113.84 413.44
907.32 0.00 91.50 41.68 135.65 3.67 370.79 2.19 93.15 316.45
MadagascaMalawi Mali MauritaniaMauritius Morocco MozambiqNamibia Niger Nigeria
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15.24 30.11 11.18 22.88 27.46 565.51 97.99 57.78 40.90 1057.05
46.39 16.50 31.47 34.88 32.01 464.88 62.52 27.96 33.63 1022.90
35.64 21.65 42.99 77.53 28.42 523.53 76.44 72.90 34.65 1552.23
28.19 27.73 32.40 85.81 30.85 527.55 62.21 113.69 81.18 1614.97
44.74 45.74 43.13 90.15 35.61 875.55 64.74 126.86 129.17 2230.80
31.96 51.50 31.90 102.66 49.79 1343.01 114.95 127.89 69.31 2786.67
70.94 44.94 30.92 106.60 51.29 1518.77 213.42 280.33 50.01 4101.98
165.87 40.42 36.80 56.28 70.03 1606.10 189.83 202.31 58.24 3658.01
115.99 37.00 37.27 84.34 40.03 1947.61 224.02 110.18 48.89 4060.55
56.28 56.97 55.08 243.31 46.37 2823.31 459.24 136.56 48.15 4904.79
64.28 63.95 59.75 291.59 95.99 2170.40 351.61 184.61 37.37 5029.34
64.01 54.50 49.89 245.48 42.05 2483.74 303.02 235.24 46.09 6388.83
46.80 50.67 38.46 149.24 35.22 2102.23 375.16 342.74 58.52 5967.79
54.55 37.20 72.43 126.28 58.44 1625.20 264.20 127.60 71.49 3437.95
41.97 46.61 73.06 116.25 86.96 1932.38 149.44 212.95 66.30 1894.93
53.37 27.88 62.02 127.78 61.42 2219.66 179.13 118.56 44.08 2170.07
113.57 17.24 78.85 88.38 123.36 3010.61 184.45 209.61 61.73 2686.45
66.37 22.83 67.94 90.94 87.17 3479.29 195.74 194.64 75.94 3178.33
34.81 13.21 99.27 127.97 49.61 2298.59 129.01 60.15 143.87 2788.42
Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leo Somalia South AfricSouth Sud Sudan Eswatini Togo
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10.19 74.67 8.29 25.46 6.17 2524.55 0.00 0.00 11.47 13.79
7.92 101.97 7.16 28.25 6.88 2820.77 0.00 0.00 8.22 15.17
11.20 89.25 10.58 40.43 9.13 3172.00 0.00 0.00 12.36 23.66
10.53 157.87 21.14 37.81 8.83 3881.73 0.00 0.00 11.87 27.76
11.68 96.90 9.53 39.25 19.95 4461.68 0.00 0.00 12.09 108.56
16.05 152.90 9.47 55.42 20.69 5517.22 0.00 0.00 29.00 287.59
20.45 137.10 24.98 59.36 64.35 6494.70 0.00 0.00 12.12 117.13
34.15 175.94 34.09 42.53 4.10 4460.55 0.00 0.00 14.57 124.88
30.61 218.78 10.68 61.06 1.46 5631.63 0.00 0.00 22.18 157.62
119.65 265.15 13.06 102.79 6.08 7271.23 0.00 0.00 20.08 209.69
30.49 149.12 14.97 100.74 16.73 7552.74 32.54 55.49 40.23 370.55
25.19 229.21 12.19 82.41 15.96 7293.06 13.42 88.27 22.67 1007.52
21.22 172.58 12.69 87.91 35.65 6368.20 46.61 77.18 25.72 1024.66
14.29 196.43 18.54 77.33 45.03 5458.23 19.61 59.51 28.52 311.82
74.67 184.33 12.43 63.18 38.83 4605.16 0.00 55.49 25.61 229.44
66.14 207.93 15.49 79.19 70.59 5020.03 13.57 69.65 24.07 481.81
25.24 289.13 14.38 71.43 49.45 5517.38 23.46 95.30 33.39 642.29
18.86 198.31 18.28 78.36 105.43 5333.69 22.31 74.41 19.75 430.79
27.40 280.14 17.06 73.83 58.95 4454.74 40.24 71.71 21.41 319.56
Tunisia Uganda United RepZambia Zimbabwe Total, US$ Total, US$ bn
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
195.16 22.89 62.32 35.74 49.34 10457.32 10.46
170.50 42.72 65.71 19.34 41.69 10456.99 10.46
258.09 63.74 127.63 26.40 47.30 13152.94 13.15
260.72 62.49 96.36 29.09 44.70 15169.00 15.17
362.82 53.20 160.67 51.63 47.58 18702.17 18.70
403.06 80.35 173.99 69.39 105.24 23229.22 23.23
502.52 88.53 169.34 78.70 92.88 28010.38 28.01
502.11 119.08 158.12 58.82 85.48 23630.11 23.63
572.78 93.51 163.50 56.42 67.57 27330.48 27.33
597.01 94.04 260.18 129.78 61.60 31512.68 31.51
614.87 100.13 245.39 146.79 53.48 31374.98 31.37
870.18 122.74 411.95 141.15 60.53 34237.09 34.24
831.40 78.26 302.17 114.12 48.70 36853.95 36.85
602.41 88.32 172.80 84.17 37.83 25892.97 25.89
537.01 69.06 157.57 81.63 30.06 20979.94 20.98
543.58 107.87 145.24 85.14 39.93 21149.34 21.15
597.61 87.49 331.91 195.38 33.74 25260.85 25.26
461.07 104.50 332.20 99.31 39.15 25728.48 25.73
433.88 95.00 245.76 71.82 46.43 21290.11 21.29
US' Imports from Africa

US$ mn
unadjusted Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Fa Burundi Cote d'IvoiCabo Verd
1992 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1993 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1994 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1995 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1996 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1997 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1998 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1999 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2001 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2002 2559.96 3275.34 0.79 30.20 2.94 0.49 14.13 0.00
2003 5126.39 4506.20 0.68 14.22 0.95 1.73 36.76 0.00
2004 7926.49 4796.80 1.64 74.23 0.61 0.32 108.45 0.00
2005 10834.88 8846.51 0.57 179.67 2.16 0.33 85.09 0.00
2006 16088.93 12174.57 0.63 253.61 1.06 1.75 125.49 0.00
2007 18431.96 12925.97 5.12 188.84 1.52 0.67 40.64 0.00
2008 20032.29 19497.73 32.83 219.71 0.63 0.12 70.58 0.00
2009 11150.48 9703.06 0.47 132.74 2.23 0.97 62.76 0.00
2010 14943.69 12273.94 0.30 170.46 2.41 3.46 110.53 0.01
2011 14912.50 13833.01 2.02 294.17 3.65 13.75 162.10 0.01
2012 10201.30 10030.26 2.75 221.68 2.36 10.68 142.56 0.00
2013 4960.48 8922.89 3.22 278.32 6.22 9.31 257.13 0.00
2014 4794.60 5837.75 5.53 323.79 6.29 4.14 216.00 0.00
2015 3537.25 2917.05 5.11 220.33 3.64 8.68 1061.61 2.29
2016 3418.76 2976.77 7.27 444.44 5.13 6.79 1200.55 4.17
2017 3986.75 2686.48 18.11 784.46 5.16 9.12 1256.36 3.54
2018 4781.63 2768.92 19.44 468.88 5.21 14.18 1291.96 3.71
2019 2593.39 984.17 8.80 280.39 6.11 10.27 958.06 3.98
2020 498.85 497.35 5.82 178.25 5.21 3.99 914.50 4.78

Author: Johns Hopkins China-Africa Research Initiative

Title: US' imports from African Countries
Source: UNComtrade data from 1992-2020, http://comtrade.un.org/data/
Note: All figures are as reported by the US.
Updated: 10 Jan 2022
Cameroon Central AfrChad Comoros Congo Dem. Rep. Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Eritrea
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
114.66 1.26 1.53 0.00 251.27 12.47 0.02 91.85 382.73 0.00
115.22 2.31 2.84 0.00 814.66 26.24 0.15 152.82 411.89 0.00
148.91 6.25 222.59 0.00 1569.06 99.58 0.51 187.94 996.65 0.51
66.75 8.99 191.08 0.00 2278.03 175.77 0.54 211.14 1437.83 0.41
199.66 8.61 260.31 0.00 2791.64 368.55 0.38 216.77 2537.59 0.71
160.02 6.61 84.07 0.00 2836.70 460.18 1.64 239.74 1697.28 2.52
479.19 21.44 41.60 0.00 3731.70 1583.86 1.79 428.94 2267.87 2.47
397.67 14.65 65.37 0.00 1738.81 1136.45 0.11 752.54 1055.07 0.42
460.90 25.16 495.80 0.02 3122.35 2505.72 0.69 917.93 598.66 1.05
662.95 28.14 265.32 0.01 4672.29 3161.99 0.18 1518.34 1672.95 0.87
890.43 48.62 220.73 0.01 4555.41 3527.10 0.62 1320.74 1822.80 1.26
366.17 40.65 103.50 0.01 5712.19 2745.66 0.27 1851.61 2469.92 50.93
688.88 29.27 108.34 0.01 5479.02 2815.74 1.68 1159.33 3217.19 322.73
142.89 3.17 1359.85 1.23 313.69 156.40 35.62 1479.92 174.79 0.12
161.06 1.06 957.48 2.70 137.51 178.40 28.28 1561.61 210.13 0.48
126.05 2.27 543.12 5.09 134.16 87.19 34.67 1718.84 378.15 0.28
229.27 2.92 494.86 3.04 445.38 50.32 48.11 2582.47 606.33 0.29
345.58 3.65 135.81 2.09 583.36 22.10 30.96 3298.44 349.09 0.15
452.72 0.99 3.62 3.44 139.97 30.70 40.95 2303.71 145.50 0.29
Ethiopia Fmr SudanGabon Gambia Guinea Guinea-BisKenya Lesotho Liberia Libya
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3.69 1157.59 231.94 0.00 11.54 0.00 5.80 0.00 55.59 1.22
4.74 1441.82 300.60 1.55 10.45 0.00 8.74 0.00 41.95 40.95
14.39 1705.88 400.29 0.12 14.79 0.03 16.97 0.00 16.52 416.76
85.71 2614.46 351.68 0.17 3.00 0.00 17.65 0.33 14.17 941.72
131.82 1943.48 816.76 0.45 12.28 0.00 24.42 1.28 1.93 1693.95
87.13 4171.24 1095.73 8.69 92.36 0.17 28.11 1.24 3.28 1547.50
81.66 6325.89 1792.61 3.16 25.30 1.24 34.72 1.70 5.94 2588.99
214.76 4684.82 713.89 6.64 6.24 1.62 29.66 1.68 3.96 3173.88
273.97 6671.91 969.74 15.00 55.00 3.86 39.21 4.53 22.48 4515.61
292.06 9541.53 577.98 54.10 15.57 4.11 59.69 7.41 41.24 2063.58
309.37 0.00 618.09 84.71 10.99 6.63 52.41 5.42 229.95 6375.90
315.69 0.00 898.64 77.98 84.09 16.83 52.78 13.41 164.42 2038.93
489.90 0.00 1607.58 37.93 41.34 49.96 77.03 12.08 288.44 726.37
319.05 0.00 353.02 0.96 108.26 0.05 594.31 344.16 47.18 167.15
247.10 0.00 114.36 1.02 11.43 0.18 570.41 319.86 67.78 245.28
302.81 0.00 208.99 1.01 6.97 0.02 587.80 316.81 95.42 1435.04
458.40 0.00 299.07 0.60 6.89 0.20 660.06 430.26 65.35 1447.57
588.24 0.00 127.03 1.60 10.58 2.00 685.57 332.61 71.65 1572.47
540.46 0.00 83.63 1.16 9.89 0.92 584.53 312.51 48.19 224.89
MadagascaMalawi Mali MauritaniaMauritius Morocco MozambiqNamibia Niger Nigeria
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
11.32 0.61 1.73 9.77 4.67 122.15 22.58 28.93 0.00 121.31
6.96 0.01 28.39 7.71 3.13 160.97 26.59 36.95 0.00 71.66
14.08 0.04 106.75 50.40 6.65 214.08 44.29 46.58 0.01 463.22
14.00 2.07 79.25 4.06 8.28 277.45 73.53 76.39 0.00 526.88
23.81 0.99 114.24 402.02 7.33 359.41 79.77 121.86 0.93 277.75
29.66 0.76 35.90 569.38 5.02 423.89 124.25 157.66 0.05 537.08
65.17 8.11 62.95 1044.14 5.71 461.06 125.88 282.18 0.07 508.38
54.82 16.99 37.05 853.93 6.03 375.01 177.55 312.38 0.05 896.53
105.38 31.48 70.41 967.03 10.10 452.32 201.08 481.50 0.17 1071.62
103.39 46.04 149.59 1517.04 9.69 475.63 257.24 224.48 2.11 1583.68
114.44 47.50 331.69 1468.67 10.71 558.42 403.32 241.27 37.16 1273.79
173.91 38.42 152.47 1728.52 12.87 531.43 454.87 257.70 15.88 1546.60
118.10 34.14 95.65 1170.58 14.05 517.91 1649.81 317.34 79.07 2658.35
324.93 63.97 4.68 1.20 405.49 1065.23 97.77 85.80 4.24 2003.77
453.39 77.57 4.48 52.36 346.61 1058.99 108.93 92.29 6.32 4376.58
753.29 64.16 3.07 63.41 295.71 1287.68 148.66 120.23 7.34 7320.09
906.52 58.51 4.92 13.88 330.03 1616.10 114.83 120.04 29.55 5766.55
859.48 103.28 4.73 5.20 357.01 1649.03 139.65 145.15 47.76 4760.10
626.00 44.29 2.35 6.21 251.22 1095.59 111.62 91.30 79.55 1555.14
Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leo Somalia South AfricSouth Sud Sudan Eswatni Togo
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5.19 1.07 0.01 0.16 1.56 1268.77 0.00 0.00 11.09 5.35
7.12 6.28 0.03 0.00 6.62 1839.99 0.00 0.00 14.53 22.11
16.03 3.94 0.03 1.60 7.81 2960.20 0.00 0.00 14.63 46.47
11.53 7.88 0.01 1.36 3.07 3443.05 0.00 0.00 23.18 31.87
21.89 9.36 0.60 0.98 3.06 4085.36 0.00 0.00 24.82 21.60
23.63 22.53 4.46 5.71 1.72 6618.09 0.00 0.00 19.33 26.10
29.58 4.97 3.68 5.32 0.19 9234.97 0.00 0.00 11.28 30.90
25.70 41.98 0.03 10.54 0.55 8693.25 0.00 0.00 15.11 36.37
38.67 51.16 0.01 10.77 1.70 14896.42 0.00 0.00 2.50 61.62
78.13 68.71 0.32 28.00 5.80 32095.19 0.00 0.00 0.34 76.60
71.47 51.36 0.26 502.91 3.10 44653.74 499.47 1554.27 100.38 84.81
108.45 39.73 0.40 1452.66 16.34 48388.43 2468.34 2100.02 115.07 117.94
91.87 47.00 0.20 1683.18 29.82 44571.24 4329.24 1521.28 46.11 166.44
46.85 74.96 6.05 40.01 0.90 7441.35 0.20 9.57 22.85 14.81
26.51 56.38 6.39 30.62 1.02 6903.50 0.00 15.41 17.44 11.47
44.35 75.45 14.14 48.07 1.01 7893.71 0.29 13.93 20.82 15.33
68.38 132.01 8.45 57.16 1.34 8649.73 0.02 16.58 13.71 13.79
46.67 136.62 11.01 30.84 1.08 7963.63 70.38 22.73 16.25 13.70
33.59 104.86 8.78 32.77 0.53 11440.40 0.12 85.78 19.93 21.44
Tunisia Uganda United RepZambia Zimbabwe Total, US$ mnTotal, US$ bn
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
38.30 5.60 6.62 46.09 159.59 10079.46 10.08
17.04 3.50 27.57 47.88 167.08 15566.01 15.57
34.13 11.64 68.27 171.10 141.18 23149.43 23.15
44.09 20.00 170.72 252.06 157.92 33577.29 33.58
50.53 17.78 152.68 270.36 139.09 45842.83 45.84
30.32 19.90 203.60 394.86 142.77 53515.59 53.52
90.31 17.06 131.59 522.50 148.21 72068.19 72.07
107.52 20.10 195.97 1272.46 140.85 48341.72 48.34
124.90 26.57 406.95 2578.41 246.06 70041.23 70.04
219.46 40.25 489.90 2775.94 464.05 94573.09 94.57
176.98 42.87 379.28 2686.56 584.43 96571.63 96.57
176.73 71.93 552.55 3047.87 687.84 95698.22 95.70
210.37 111.57 435.91 3071.38 836.63 92148.20 92.15
563.43 66.58 108.30 48.58 69.00 25928.29 25.93
403.85 53.97 151.57 47.11 24.41 27207.16 27.21
476.83 81.60 127.21 66.55 48.45 33726.07 33.73
668.71 71.51 99.40 190.84 79.06 36216.94 36.22
485.03 83.31 133.58 84.43 48.70 30227.51 30.23
591.85 86.77 123.87 41.47 37.99 23530.30 23.53
 China-Africa Trade
250 250

200 200

150 150

US$ bn
US$ bn

100 100

50 50

0 0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2002 200

China's Exports to Africa China's Imports from Africa

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 US-Africa Trade
250

200

150
US$ bn

100

50

0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

US' Exports to Africa US' Imports from Africa

Jan 2022
Source: UN Comtrade
 CN_ExtoAfrCN_IMfromChina US_EXtoAfrUS_IMfromU.S.
2002 7 5 12 10 10 21
2003 10 7 18 10 16 26
2004 14 14 27 13 23 36
2005 19 19 38 15 34 49
2006 27 27 53 19 46 65 250
2007 37 34 71 23 54 77
2008 51 51 102 28 72 100 200
2009 48 40 88 24 48 72
2010 60 60 120 27 70 97 150
2011 73 74 147 32 95 126
2012 85 79 164 31 97 128 100

2013 93 81 174 34 96 130

50
2014 106 80 186 37 92 129
2015 156 48 203 26 26 52 0
2016 92 41 133 21 27 48 2002 2003 2004 20
2017 94 60 155 21 34 55
2018 105 80 185 25 36 61
2019 113 79 192 26 30 56 Jan 2022
2020 114 62 176 21 24 45 Source: UN C
 U.S.-Africa trade vs. China-Africa Trade (USD bn)
250

200

150

100

50

0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

China U.S.

Jan 2022
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