Yemen - U.S. Trade.
In 2008, Yemen-U.S bilateral trade volume
reached a total of $347 Million.
Yemen exported to the United States various products
totaling $5 Million, while Yemen imported products from
the United States totaling $342 Million.
Yemen’s main exports to the United States in 2008 were
Food and Live animals valued at
approximately $4 Million; and Yemen’s main imports from
the US were food and live animals worth $177 Million,
followed by machinery and transport equipment at about $123 Million.
The table below shows the major categories of products
traded between Yemen and the United States in 2008. Figures
are in
thousands of dollars.**
|
Products Category |
Yemen’s Import from the USA. |
Yemen’s Exports to the USA |
|
Food and live animals |
177,147 |
4,132 |
|
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels |
2,938 |
- |
|
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related
materials |
252 |
- |
|
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
10,549 |
25 |
|
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by
material |
17,707 |
70 |
|
Machinery and transport equipment |
123,796 |
159 |
|
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
6,636 |
348 |
|
Commodities and transactions not classified
elsewhere in the SITC |
2,461 |
654 |
|
Total |
341,487 |
5,388 |
|
|
(-) Represents
zero.
Source: U.S.
Census Bureau
The table below shows the top 20 products imported by
Yemen from the United States between 2003-2007 – (in thousands
of dollars).**
|
Products |
Value 2003 |
Value 2004 |
Value 2005 |
Value 2006 |
Value 2007 |
|
(00000) Wheat |
68,079 |
98,229 |
79,897 |
99,424 |
267,645 |
|
(21100) Industrial engines |
6,967 |
3,488 |
1,960 |
- |
128,824 |
|
(22000) Civilian aircraft + (22010) Parts-civilian
aircraft |
2,296 |
2,245 |
2,217 |
2,366 |
55,494 |
|
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment |
25,411 |
21,340 |
46,748 |
34,603 |
41,996 |
|
(00310) Dairy products and eggs |
- |
21,670 |
4,308 |
8,911 |
19,889 |
|
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used |
1,728 |
- |
2,891 |
7,245 |
11,380 |
|
(20000) Generators, accessories |
8,951 |
5,630 |
8,088 |
5,791 |
9,350 |
|
(12110) Iron and steel products, other |
2,234 |
- |
- |
2,902 |
8,207 |
|
(00200) Corn |
- |
2,981 |
- |
- |
7,990 |
|
(21180) Industrial machines, other |
4,555 |
3,434 |
2,695 |
6,972 |
6,926 |
|
(20005) Electric apparatus |
13,550 |
9,314 |
7,633 |
3,839 |
6,506 |
|
(21170) Materials handling equipment |
1,759 |
- |
5,344 |
2,623 |
5,530 |
|
(21610) Medicinal equipment |
- |
- |
2,227 |
3,450 |
4,616 |
|
(21030) Excavating machinery |
3,890 |
2,567 |
2,162 |
3,652 |
3,946 |
|
(12430) Newsprint |
2,948 |
4,565 |
8,449 |
- |
3,751 |
|
(00010) Rice |
- |
- |
2,428 |
- |
3,537 |
|
(00360) Other foods |
5,566 |
3,270 |
2,129 |
- |
- |
|
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments |
3,516 |
2,064 |
2,576 |
3,848 |
3,289 |
|
(21400) Telecommunications equipment |
2,182 |
2,788 |
2,148 |
5,731 |
3,143 |
|
(11110) Fuel oil |
- |
- |
- |
15,764 |
- |
|
TOTAL |
191,400 |
232,336 |
219,049 |
254,925 |
642,076 |
|
The table below shows the top 20 products exported by
Yemen to the United States between 2003-2007 – (in
thousands of dollars).**
|
Products |
Value 2003 |
Value 2004 |
Value 2005 |
Value 2006 |
Value 2007 |
|
(10000) Crude |
55,195 |
29,579 |
246,788 |
422,951 |
264,938 |
|
(10010) Fuel oil |
- |
25,923 |
9,348 |
15,724 |
19,329 |
|
(00000) Green coffee |
4,463 |
3,655 |
4,034 |
4,206 |
4,312 |
|
(50020) U.S. goods returned, and reimports |
1,347 |
1,184 |
1,281 |
2,242 |
984 |
|
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, and other
collectibles |
58 |
297 |
330 |
213 |
903 |
|
(50030) Minimum value shipments |
196 |
184 |
834 |
1,339 |
872 |
|
(50040) Other (movies, misc imports, and spec
transactions |
72 |
165 |
155 |
189 |
176 |
|
(50000) Military aircraft and parts |
- |
- |
- |
- |
98 |
|
(21320) Semiconductors and related devices |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
83 |
|
(30230) Other parts and accessories |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
54 |
|
(14200) Bauxite and aluminum |
- |
- |
- |
- |
47 |
|
(00150) Food oils and oilseeds |
- |
- |
- |
- |
44 |
|
(12150) Finished textile industrial supplies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
40 |
|
(41120) Toys, shooting and sporting goods, and
bicycles |
124 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
(21610) Other scientific, medical and hospital
equipment |
- |
32 |
- |
7 |
- |
|
(21301) Computer accessories, peripherals and
parts |
164 |
121 |
7 |
- |
- |
|
(01000) Fish and shellfish |
- |
277 |
191 |
117 |
- |
|
(21160) Measuring, testing and control
instruments |
- |
9 |
15 |
27 |
- |
|
(41050) Other (clocks, port typewriters, other
household gds |
- |
- |
- |
319 |
- |
|
(10020) Other petroleum products |
4,513 |
|
15,552 |
- |
- |
|
TOTAL |
66,157 |
61,478 |
278,635 |
447,367 |
291,942 |
|
|
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