Shipped Where
Imported from Gabon, 2025
$603 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#99 of 218
Arrived by ship
97%

Gabon is the 99th largest source of US imports: $603 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is crude oil, followed by gasoline & refined fuels, manganese ores and concentrates and plywood.

What the US buys from Gabon

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Crude oil$429M · 71.1%
  2. 02Gasoline & refined fuels$61.9M · 10.3%
  3. 03Manganese ores and concentrates$55.5M · 9.2%
  4. 04Plywood$23.4M · 3.9%
  5. 05Original sculptures and statuary, in any material$13.2M · 2.2%
  6. 06Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood and other wood sawn lengthwise$3.7M · 0.6%
  7. 07Lumber$3M · 0.5%
  8. 08Phones and network equipment$2.4M · 0.4%
All 23 products from Gabon
  1. 09Manganese oxides$1.4M · 0.2%
  2. 10Natural rubber$618K · 0.1%
  3. 11Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years$477K · <0.1%
  4. 12Transformers and power supplies$431K · <0.1%
  5. 13Natural magnesium carbonate$195K · <0.1%
  6. 14Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus$107K · <0.1%
  7. 15Parts for construction machinery$93K · <0.1%
  8. 16Collections, collectors' pieces archaeol, ethnographic$83K · <0.1%
  9. 17Ferroalloys$46K · <0.1%
  10. 18Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, except self-adhesive$37K · <0.1%
  11. 19Railway or tramway sleepers of wood$37K · <0.1%
  12. 20Apparatus based on x-rays or alpha, beta$31K · <0.1%
  13. 21Lab analysis instruments$30K · <0.1%
  14. 22Valves and taps$22K · <0.1%
  15. 23Knives$20K · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Gabon by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Gabon, 2025. Letters match the list.

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97% of goods from Gabon arrived by ship. Newark, NJ handled 75% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. ANewark, NJ $454M · 75.3%
  2. BNew Orleans, LA $68.5M · 11.4%
  3. CCorpus Christi, TX $19.9M · 3.3%
  4. DBaltimore, MD $16.9M · 2.8%
  5. EHouston Airport (IAH), TX $12.5M · 2.1%
  6. FNorfolk, VA $8.9M · 1.5%

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