Trade

Summary of US-Africa Trade in 2005

The United States' total trade with Sub-Saharan Africa continued to grow in 2005, as both exports and imports increased. Two-way trade was $60.6 billion, up 37 percent from a year earlier. U.S. exports to Sub-Saharan Africa rose 22 percent to $10.3 billion. U.S. imports rose 40 percent from 2004 to $50.3 billion, due to a large increase in imports of crude oil, as well as smaller increases in imports of platinum, diamonds, and cocoa.