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United States-Gabon Trade: In 2022, United States exported $131M to Gabon. The main products that United States exported to Gabon were Poultry Meat ($23.1M), Excavation Machinery ($19.6M), and Liquid Pumps ($6.72M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Gabon have decreased at an annualized rate of 29.3%, from $741M in 2017 to $131M in 2022.

In 2022, United States did not export any services to Gabon.

Gabon-United States Trade: In 2022, Gabon exported $232M to United States. The main products that Gabon exported to United States were Crude Petroleum ($117M), Manganese Ore ($83.3M), and Plywood ($13.1M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Gabon to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 17.4%,  from $603M in 2017 to $232M in 2022.

In 2022, Gabon did not export any services to United States.

Comparison: In 2022,  United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T). That same year, Gabon ranked 112 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.99), and 112 in total exports ($7.88B).

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as Hyosung (24), SIGMA Corp (7), and Coaster Fine Furniture (1) were at the forefront of exporting goods from Gabon to the United States. Conversely, Hyosung Viet Nam Co., Ltd (13), Hyosung Dong Nai Co., Ltd (11), and Himtech Castings (7) were notable for importing products to Gabon from the United States.

Historical Data

Market Competitiveness

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United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
Gabon
Top Destination
China$3.4B

This map shows whether countries import more from United States or Gabon. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from United States and Gabon or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than Gabon included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Gabon than from United States.

Difference in imports from Gabon (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United States Gabon+$4.33MCars
Top Product Potential Gabon United States+$194MCrude Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of United States and Gabon. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Gabon. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Gabon indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States.

Product Space of United States (Flag) and Gabon (Flag) (NaN)

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