Trade in goods with USA	SITC (Standard International Trade Classification)

South America

South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Share of USA's	2019 %	2020 %	2021 %	2022 %	2023 %	2024 %
Export	6.3	5.7	6.4	6.9	6.0	6.1
Import	3.1	2.7	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.5
Trade in Goods	4.4	3.8	4.3	4.6	4.4	4.5

Export
Import

Table: USA's export to South America in product groups (Sitc2)

	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%
0. Food and live animals	4,927	4.8	5,311	6.5	6,091	5.5	6,491	4.6	6,486	5.3	6,806	5.4
00. Live animals	23	0.0	29	0.0	13	0.0	14	0.0	16	0.0	21	0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations	767	0.7	594	0.7	785	0.7	680	0.5	644	0.5	748	0.6
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	351	0.3	364	0.4	388	0.3	484	0.3	418	0.3	413	0.3
03. Fish and fish preparations	38	0.0	31	0.0	39	0.0	57	0.0	41	0.0	41	0.0
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	1,599	1.5	1,975	2.4	2,120	1.9	2,165	1.5	2,011	1.6	2,508	2.0
05. Vegetables and fruit	328	0.3	357	0.4	352	0.3	307	0.2	344	0.3	411	0.3
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	68	0.1	55	0.1	66	0.1	83	0.1	78	0.1	88	0.1
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	139	0.1	105	0.1	120	0.1	145	0.1	135	0.1	149	0.1
08. Feeding stuff for animals	1,122	1.1	1,335	1.6	1,622	1.5	2,011	1.4	2,320	1.9	1,920	1.5
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	492	0.5	466	0.6	586	0.5	545	0.4	479	0.4	507	0.4
1. Beverages and tobacco	279	0.3	228	0.3	334	0.3	396	0.3	294	0.2	294	0.2
11. Beverages	267	0.3	215	0.3	315	0.3	374	0.3	272	0.2	271	0.2
12. Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	12	0.0	13	0.0	19	0.0	22	0.0	22	0.0	23	0.0
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	2,109	2.0	1,639	2.0	2,324	2.1	2,823	2.0	2,214	1.8	2,092	1.7
21. Hides,skins,furskins,raw	8	0.0	9	0.0	24	0.0	25	0.0	29	0.0	29	0.0
22. Oil seeds,oleaginous fruits	472	0.5	381	0.5	347	0.3	533	0.4	438	0.4	326	0.3
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)	238	0.2	190	0.2	350	0.3	400	0.3	338	0.3	378	0.3
24. Cork and wood	36	0.0	30	0.0	37	0.0	37	0.0	29	0.0	38	0.0
25. Pulp and waste paper	288	0.3	267	0.3	343	0.3	358	0.3	252	0.2	264	0.2
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	242	0.2	182	0.2	294	0.3	428	0.3	254	0.2	258	0.2
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	170	0.2	105	0.1	210	0.2	374	0.3	242	0.2	206	0.2
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	351	0.3	210	0.3	447	0.4	394	0.3	347	0.3	317	0.3
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	302	0.3	265	0.3	271	0.2	275	0.2	284	0.2	277	0.2
3. Mineral fuels etc	29,119	28.2	19,885	24.4	30,607	27.5	51,150	36.2	33,612	27.6	33,779	26.8
32. Coal,coke and briquettes	1,130	1.1	805	1.0	975	0.9	1,923	1.4	1,665	1.4	1,605	1.3
33. Petroleum and products	25,687	24.9	16,740	20.5	23,665	21.2	44,468	31.5	28,389	23.3	28,495	22.6
34. Gas,natural and manufactured	2,303	2.2	2,340	2.9	5,966	5.4	4,758	3.4	3,557	2.9	3,678	2.9
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	150	0.1	253	0.3	242	0.2	214	0.2	98	0.1	251	0.2
41. Animal oils and fats	21	0.0	39	0.0	20	0.0	15	0.0	17	0.0	31	0.0
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	108	0.1	195	0.2	199	0.2	167	0.1	51	0.0	184	0.1
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc.	21	0.0	19	0.0	23	0.0	32	0.0	31	0.0	37	0.0
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	18,474	17.9	16,831	20.6	24,436	21.9	27,149	19.2	23,054	18.9	24,351	19.3
51. Organic chemicals	4,588	4.4	3,907	4.8	4,883	4.4	5,685	4.0	4,886	4.0	5,082	4.0
52. Inorganic chemicals	1,341	1.3	1,103	1.4	1,336	1.2	2,150	1.5	1,965	1.6	1,635	1.3
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	502	0.5	450	0.6	535	0.5	599	0.4	495	0.4	525	0.4
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	2,532	2.5	2,336	2.9	6,357	5.7	3,932	2.8	4,159	3.4	4,615	3.7
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	1,026	1.0	866	1.1	1,039	0.9	1,247	0.9	1,260	1.0	1,373	1.1
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	1,345	1.3	1,213	1.5	1,745	1.6	3,116	2.2	1,568	1.3	1,493	1.2
57. Plastics in primary forms	3,637	3.5	3,517	4.3	4,536	4.1	5,794	4.1	4,621	3.8	5,115	4.1
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	519	0.5	418	0.5	489	0.4	519	0.4	527	0.4	578	0.5
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	2,984	2.9	3,021	3.7	3,517	3.2	4,107	2.9	3,572	2.9	3,935	3.1
6. Basic manufactures	3,892	3.8	3,322	4.1	3,917	3.5	4,683	3.3	4,309	3.5	4,521	3.6
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	15	0.0	10	0.0	16	0.0	12	0.0	17	0.0	21	0.0
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	732	0.7	627	0.8	739	0.7	902	0.6	892	0.7	912	0.7
63. Wood and cork manufactures	26	0.0	23	0.0	26	0.0	33	0.0	35	0.0	28	0.0
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	583	0.6	532	0.7	607	0.5	826	0.6	498	0.4	629	0.5
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	422	0.4	349	0.4	418	0.4	454	0.3	391	0.3	337	0.3
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	280	0.3	270	0.3	336	0.3	403	0.3	363	0.3	354	0.3
67. Iron and steel	438	0.4	283	0.3	327	0.3	396	0.3	449	0.4	501	0.4
68. Non-ferrous metals	326	0.3	349	0.4	391	0.4	347	0.2	307	0.3	301	0.2
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	1,068	1.0	880	1.1	1,057	0.9	1,311	0.9	1,358	1.1	1,438	1.1
7. Machinery,transport equipment	35,339	34.2	27,387	33.6	35,229	31.6	38,496	27.2	42,205	34.6	44,101	35.0
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	1,970	1.9	1,524	1.9	1,882	1.7	2,405	1.7	2,527	2.1	3,079	2.4
72. Machinery for specialized industries	3,599	3.5	2,306	2.8	2,818	2.5	3,406	2.4	3,755	3.1	3,566	2.8
73. Metal working machinery	267	0.3	187	0.2	291	0.3	288	0.2	264	0.2	251	0.2
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	4,490	4.3	3,762	4.6	4,585	4.1	5,378	3.8	5,924	4.9	5,858	4.7
75. Office machines and adp machines	3,757	3.6	3,408	4.2	4,174	3.7	4,028	2.9	3,808	3.1	3,962	3.1
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	4,527	4.4	3,797	4.7	4,584	4.1	4,691	3.3	5,851	4.8	5,657	4.5
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	3,953	3.8	3,559	4.4	4,214	3.8	4,564	3.2	5,000	4.1	5,030	4.0
78. Road vehicles	3,210	3.1	2,302	2.8	3,309	3.0	3,648	2.6	4,112	3.4	3,868	3.1
79. Other transport equipment	9,565	9.3	6,542	8.0	9,373	8.4	10,087	7.1	10,967	9.0	12,831	10.2
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	5,970	5.8	4,322	5.3	5,143	4.6	5,917	4.2	6,129	5.0	6,215	4.9
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	104	0.1	60	0.1	76	0.1	88	0.1	74	0.1	83	0.1
82. Furniture and parts thereof	141	0.1	85	0.1	113	0.1	141	0.1	126	0.1	126	0.1
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	25	0.0	15	0.0	24	0.0	26	0.0	33	0.0	53	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	154	0.1	122	0.2	166	0.1	201	0.1	214	0.2	193	0.2
85. Footwear	46	0.0	30	0.0	37	0.0	34	0.0	45	0.0	34	0.0
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	2,880	2.8	2,160	2.6	2,536	2.3	2,830	2.0	2,932	2.4	3,034	2.4
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	387	0.4	255	0.3	301	0.3	360	0.3	374	0.3	378	0.3
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	2,234	2.2	1,595	2.0	1,891	1.7	2,238	1.6	2,331	1.9	2,314	1.8
9. Goods not classified elsewhere	3,072	3.0	2,393	2.9	3,064	2.8	3,987	2.8	3,554	2.9	3,531	2.8
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified	756	0.7	497	0.6	528	0.5	568	0.4	611	0.5	688	0.5
97. Gold,non-monetary	74	0.1	118	0.1	209	0.2	171	0.1	165	0.1	52	0.0
99. (USA Sitc) Estimate of non-canadian low value shipments; compiled low value shipments to canada; and various export shipments not identified by kind	2,227	2.2	1,766	2.2	2,326	2.1	3,247	2.3	2,777	2.3	2,786	2.2
All groups combined	103,330	100.0	81,570	100.0	111,388	100.0	141,305	100.0	121,956	100.0	125,942	100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Table: Import from South America in product groups (SITC level 2)

	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%
0. Food and live animals	15,252	19.9	16,206	26.1	19,429	23.2	23,920	22.9	22,097	21.4	25,900	22.5
00. Live animals	36	0.0	29	0.0	26	0.0	27	0.0	30	0.0	27	0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations	789	1.0	1,070	1.7	1,623	1.9	2,133	2.0	1,673	1.6	2,694	2.3
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	66	0.1	67	0.1	48	0.1	107	0.1	109	0.1	141	0.1
03. Fish and fish preparations	3,814	5.0	3,993	6.4	5,474	6.5	6,478	6.2	6,010	5.8	5,684	4.9
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	476	0.6	457	0.7	402	0.5	480	0.5	451	0.4	497	0.4
05. Vegetables and fruit	5,998	7.8	6,124	9.9	6,925	8.3	7,937	7.6	8,129	7.9	9,406	8.2
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	635	0.8	845	1.4	850	1.0	896	0.9	1,217	1.2	1,605	1.4
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	3,102	4.0	3,228	5.2	3,626	4.3	5,353	5.1	3,970	3.8	5,288	4.6
08. Feeding stuff for animals	164	0.2	153	0.2	210	0.3	224	0.2	227	0.2	223	0.2
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	173	0.2	241	0.4	244	0.3	285	0.3	280	0.3	336	0.3
1. Beverages and tobacco	826	1.1	723	1.2	796	1.0	792	0.8	678	0.7	741	0.6
11. Beverages	580	0.8	553	0.9	609	0.7	598	0.6	449	0.4	464	0.4
12. Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	247	0.3	170	0.3	187	0.2	194	0.2	229	0.2	276	0.2
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	5,856	7.6	5,090	8.2	7,313	8.7	8,768	8.4	8,117	7.9	8,152	7.1
21. Hides,skins,furskins,raw	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0
22. Oil seeds,oleaginous fruits	152	0.2	154	0.2	286	0.3	292	0.3	484	0.5	274	0.2
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)	25	0.0	26	0.0	41	0.0	50	0.0	37	0.0	34	0.0
24. Cork and wood	1,077	1.4	1,156	1.9	1,508	1.8	2,054	2.0	1,273	1.2	1,248	1.1
25. Pulp and waste paper	1,378	1.8	1,057	1.7	1,585	1.9	1,967	1.9	1,645	1.6	1,994	1.7
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	5	0.0	4	0.0	7	0.0	15	0.0	7	0.0	5	0.0
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	420	0.5	405	0.7	503	0.6	637	0.6	624	0.6	601	0.5
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	1,352	1.8	831	1.3	1,467	1.8	1,612	1.5	1,740	1.7	1,560	1.4
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	1,446	1.9	1,458	2.3	1,912	2.3	2,138	2.1	2,304	2.2	2,433	2.1
3. Mineral fuels etc	21,622	28.2	11,696	18.8	17,651	21.1	27,952	26.8	28,094	27.2	32,623	28.4
32. Coal,coke and briquettes	319	0.4	221	0.4	233	0.3	405	0.4	320	0.3	142	0.1
33. Petroleum and products	21,289	27.7	11,468	18.5	17,401	20.8	27,522	26.4	27,768	26.9	32,441	28.2
34. Gas,natural and manufactured	15	0.0	7	0.0	18	0.0	25	0.0	5	0.0	39	0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	194	0.3	211	0.3	311	0.4	574	0.6	980	1.0	1,117	1.0
41. Animal oils and fats	42	0.1	50	0.1	76	0.1	264	0.3	488	0.5	628	0.5
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	112	0.1	126	0.2	181	0.2	251	0.2	310	0.3	377	0.3
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc.	40	0.1	34	0.1	55	0.1	59	0.1	182	0.2	111	0.1
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	4,002	5.2	3,226	5.2	3,547	4.2	4,989	4.8	4,736	4.6	4,844	4.2
51. Organic chemicals	1,384	1.8	996	1.6	846	1.0	1,162	1.1	925	0.9	849	0.7
52. Inorganic chemicals	755	1.0	622	1.0	758	0.9	1,253	1.2	1,310	1.3	1,211	1.1
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	47	0.1	43	0.1	51	0.1	69	0.1	65	0.1	70	0.1
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	491	0.6	495	0.8	469	0.6	577	0.6	785	0.8	885	0.8
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	307	0.4	230	0.4	285	0.3	418	0.4	489	0.5	634	0.6
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	34	0.0	18	0.0	33	0.0	47	0.0	35	0.0	58	0.1
57. Plastics in primary forms	346	0.5	181	0.3	320	0.4	353	0.3	232	0.2	247	0.2
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	227	0.3	223	0.4	280	0.3	365	0.3	246	0.2	260	0.2
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	411	0.5	419	0.7	504	0.6	745	0.7	650	0.6	629	0.5
6. Basic manufactures	13,168	17.1	11,084	17.9	18,738	22.4	19,903	19.1	18,816	18.2	21,038	18.3
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	159	0.2	126	0.2	166	0.2	145	0.1	109	0.1	105	0.1
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	856	1.1	631	1.0	878	1.0	1,037	1.0	907	0.9	903	0.8
63. Wood and cork manufactures	1,248	1.6	1,553	2.5	2,219	2.7	2,620	2.5	1,634	1.6	1,734	1.5
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	342	0.4	290	0.5	315	0.4	440	0.4	427	0.4	485	0.4
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	232	0.3	229	0.4	242	0.3	290	0.3	255	0.2	262	0.2
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	1,354	1.8	1,165	1.9	1,546	1.8	1,864	1.8	1,697	1.6	1,698	1.5
67. Iron and steel	3,851	5.0	2,298	3.7	4,649	5.6	4,821	4.6	5,038	4.9	5,322	4.6
68. Non-ferrous metals	4,588	6.0	4,177	6.7	7,968	9.5	7,640	7.3	7,679	7.4	9,445	8.2
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	538	0.7	615	1.0	756	0.9	1,045	1.0	1,069	1.0	1,084	0.9
7. Machinery,transport equipment	7,280	9.5	5,556	8.9	6,271	7.5	7,328	7.0	8,262	8.0	8,366	7.3
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	1,264	1.6	1,196	1.9	1,322	1.6	1,268	1.2	1,442	1.4	1,266	1.1
72. Machinery for specialized industries	1,476	1.9	875	1.4	1,208	1.4	1,578	1.5	2,128	2.1	1,768	1.5
73. Metal working machinery	86	0.1	69	0.1	98	0.1	105	0.1	123	0.1	126	0.1
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	733	1.0	637	1.0	872	1.0	911	0.9	834	0.8	858	0.7
75. Office machines and adp machines	14	0.0	12	0.0	16	0.0	39	0.0	38	0.0	19	0.0
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	114	0.1	124	0.2	185	0.2	151	0.1	77	0.1	119	0.1
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	393	0.5	410	0.7	516	0.6	720	0.7	1,083	1.1	1,305	1.1
78. Road vehicles	486	0.6	382	0.6	484	0.6	545	0.5	743	0.7	756	0.7
79. Other transport equipment	2,714	3.5	1,851	3.0	1,570	1.9	2,011	1.9	1,793	1.7	2,149	1.9
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	2,711	3.5	2,417	3.9	3,373	4.0	3,824	3.7	3,402	3.3	3,576	3.1
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	35	0.0	33	0.1	37	0.0	33	0.0	27	0.0	36	0.0
82. Furniture and parts thereof	308	0.4	340	0.5	451	0.5	483	0.5	345	0.3	333	0.3
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	23	0.0	15	0.0	23	0.0	23	0.0	20	0.0	16	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	958	1.2	758	1.2	1,128	1.3	1,366	1.3	1,089	1.1	1,091	0.9
85. Footwear	222	0.3	160	0.3	253	0.3	379	0.4	261	0.3	254	0.2
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	194	0.3	132	0.2	147	0.2	177	0.2	187	0.2	202	0.2
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	13	0.0	11	0.0	30	0.0	50	0.0	60	0.1	74	0.1
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	958	1.2	969	1.6	1,304	1.6	1,313	1.3	1,413	1.4	1,570	1.4
9. Goods not classified elsewhere	5,892	7.7	5,877	9.5	6,176	7.4	6,248	6.0	7,932	7.7	8,666	7.5
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified	3,588	4.7	2,479	4.0	2,529	3.0	2,978	2.9	3,758	3.6	3,895	3.4
97. Gold,non-monetary	1,619	2.1	2,790	4.5	2,880	3.4	2,490	2.4	3,336	3.2	3,827	3.3
98. (USA Sitc) Estimate of import items valued under $251 and of other low valued items nonexempt from formal entry	685	0.9	604	1.0	767	0.9	776	0.7	837	0.8	942	0.8
All groups combined	76,804	100.0	62,086	100.0	83,606	100.0	104,299	100.0	103,114	100.0	115,022	100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Data of last published months (Sitc)

The amount realized in the beginning of 2025 (Sitc)

USA's Trade in Goods Start Page

South America

Export

Import

Table: USA's export to South America in product groups (Sitc2)

Table: Import from South America in product groups (SITC level 2)