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56.7%CURRENT US$
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43.3%CURRENT US$
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About

United States-Liberia Trade: In 2022, United States exported $247M to Liberia. The main products that United States exported to Liberia were Refined Petroleum ($150M), Cars ($10.2M), and Iron Pipes ($8.49M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Liberia have increased at an annualized rate of 13.8%, from $130M in 2017 to $247M in 2022.

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

Liberia-United States Trade: In 2022, Liberia exported $89.6M to United States. The main products that Liberia exported to United States were Rubber ($87.3M), Gold ($567k), and Palm Oil ($414k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Liberia to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 5.72%,  from $67.8M in 2017 to $89.6M in 2022.

In 2022, Liberia 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, Liberia ranked 128 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.72), and 144 in total exports ($1.96B).

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as Continental Tire (1) were at the forefront of exporting goods from Liberia to the United States. Conversely, Unknown (1) were notable for importing products to Liberia from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United States exported $247M to Liberia. The main products exported from United States to Liberia were Refined Petroleum ($150M), Cars ($10.2M), and Iron Pipes ($8.49M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Liberia have increased at an annualized rate of 13.8%, from $130M in 2017 to $247M in 2022.

In 2017, Liberia exported $89.6M to United States. The main products exported from Liberia to United States were Rubber ($87.3M), Gold ($567k), and Palm Oil ($414k). During the last 5 years the exports of Liberia to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 5.72%, from $67.8M in 2022 to $89.6M in 2017.

Exports from United States (Flag) to Liberia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Liberia (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
Liberia
Top Destination
Switzerland$544M

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

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

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

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

Comparative Advantage United States - Liberia

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with Liberia in the exports of Mineral Products ($150M), Metals ($16.3M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($15.9M).

During 2017, Liberia had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Plastics and Rubbers ($87.3M), Precious Metals ($901k), and Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($452k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential United States Liberia+$60.5MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Liberia United States+$6.14MRubber

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

Product Space of United States (Flag) and Liberia (Flag) (2022)

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