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About

United States-Burkina Faso Trade: In 2022, United States exported $214M to Burkina Faso. The main products that United States exported to Burkina Faso were Petroleum Gas ($92M), Rubber Tires ($13.7M), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($9.09M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Burkina Faso have increased at an annualized rate of 4.23%, from $174M in 2017 to $214M in 2022.

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

Burkina Faso-United States Trade: In 2022, Burkina Faso exported $45.3M to United States. The main products that Burkina Faso exported to United States were Raw Cotton ($37.5M), Refined Petroleum ($2.69M), and Tropical Fruits ($1.67M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Burkina Faso to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 57.1%,  from $4.73M in 2017 to $45.3M in 2022.

In 2022, Burkina Faso 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, Burkina Faso ranked 131 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.91), and 110 in total exports ($8.2B).

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as were at the forefront of exporting goods from Burkina Faso to the United States. Conversely, were notable for importing products to Burkina Faso from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United States exported $214M to Burkina Faso. The main products exported from United States to Burkina Faso were Petroleum Gas ($92M), Rubber Tires ($13.7M), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($9.09M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Burkina Faso have increased at an annualized rate of 4.23%, from $174M in 2017 to $214M in 2022.

In 2017, Burkina Faso exported $45.3M to United States. The main products exported from Burkina Faso to United States were Raw Cotton ($37.5M), Refined Petroleum ($2.69M), and Tropical Fruits ($1.67M). During the last 5 years the exports of Burkina Faso to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 57.1%, from $4.73M in 2022 to $45.3M in 2017.

Exports from United States (Flag) to Burkina Faso (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Burkina Faso (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
Burkina Faso
Top Destination
Switzerland$6.08B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Burkina Faso than United States included Mali ($304M) and North Korea ($70.9k).

Difference in imports from Burkina Faso (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United States - Burkina Faso

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with Burkina Faso in the exports of Mineral Products ($97.4M), Machines ($42.3M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($22.4M).

During 2017, Burkina Faso had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Textiles ($38.1M), Vegetable Products ($2.99M), and Mineral Products ($2.69M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United States Burkina Faso+$8.1MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Burkina Faso United States+$8.98MRefined 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 Burkina Faso. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Burkina Faso. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Burkina Faso indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States.

Product Space of United States (Flag) and Burkina Faso (Flag) (2022)

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