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About

United States-Sierra Leone Trade: In 2022, United States exported $99.6M to Sierra Leone. The main products that United States exported to Sierra Leone were Cars ($24.3M), Plastic Housewares ($21.8M), and Poultry Meat ($10.4M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Sierra Leone have increased at an annualized rate of 3.43%, from $84.2M in 2017 to $99.6M in 2022.

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

Sierra Leone-United States Trade: In 2022, Sierra Leone exported $17.7M to United States. The main products that Sierra Leone exported to United States were Electrical Resistors ($4.41M), Diamonds ($1.99M), and Titanium Ore ($1.17M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 11%,  from $31.8M in 2017 to $17.7M in 2022.

In 2022, Sierra Leone 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, Sierra Leone ranked 159 in total exports ($1.15B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as Costco Wholesale (2) and David Peyser Sportswear (2) were at the forefront of exporting goods from Sierra Leone to the United States. Conversely, Other (2), Wuhe Feedele Trading Co.,ltd (1), and Zhangjiagang Feedele Trading Co., (1) were notable for importing products to Sierra Leone from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United States exported $99.6M to Sierra Leone. The main products exported from United States to Sierra Leone were Cars ($24.3M), Plastic Housewares ($21.8M), and Poultry Meat ($10.4M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Sierra Leone have increased at an annualized rate of 3.43%, from $84.2M in 2017 to $99.6M in 2022.

In 2017, Sierra Leone exported $17.7M to United States. The main products exported from Sierra Leone to United States were Electrical Resistors ($4.41M), Diamonds ($1.99M), and Titanium Ore ($1.17M). During the last 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to United States have decreased at an annualized rate of 11%, from $31.8M in 2022 to $17.7M in 2017.

Exports from United States (Flag) to Sierra Leone (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Sierra Leone (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
Sierra Leone
Top Destination
China$622M

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

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

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

Difference in imports from Sierra Leone (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United States - Sierra Leone

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United States and Sierra Leone by product, considering products traded by both, United States and Sierra Leone.

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with Sierra Leone in the exports of Transportation ($25.9M), Plastics and Rubbers ($25.5M), and Animal Products ($10.4M).

During 2017, Sierra Leone had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Machines ($7.87M), Precious Metals ($2.3M), and Mineral Products ($1.17M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential United States Sierra Leone+$4.67MVaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures
Top Product Potential Sierra Leone United States+$6.74MDiamonds

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 Sierra Leone. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Sierra Leone. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Sierra Leone indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States.

Product Space of United States (Flag) and Sierra Leone (Flag) (2022)

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