Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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Below find 2008 Imports and exports of leading commodities by principal SITC groupings.
| Item | 2008 Cumulative | |
|---|---|---|
| Exports | Imports | |
| Total balance of payment basis | $425,220 | $689,973 |
| Net adjustments | –2,989 | 5,617 |
| Selected commodities: | ||
| ADP equipment, office machines | 9,725 | 31,960 |
| Airplane parts | 7,624 | 3,167 |
| Airplanes | 17,401 | 4,713 |
| Alcoholic bev.,distilled | 306 | 1,569 |
| Aluminum | 2,091 | 4,270 |
| Animal feeds | 2,619 | 406 |
| Artwork, antiques | 2,020 | 3,022 |
| Basketware, etc. | 2,445 | 3,923 |
| Cereal flour | 889 | 1,307 |
| Chemicals—cosmetics | 3,703 | 3,097 |
| Chemicals—dyeing | 1,994 | 1,073 |
| Chemicals—fertilizers | 1,498 | 2,622 |
| Chemicals—inorganic | 4,001 | 5,053 |
| Chemicals—medicinal | 11,607 | 19,427 |
| Chemicals—organic | 11,871 | 15,934 |
| Chemicals—plastics | 13,541 | 6,316 |
| Cigarettes | 250 | 50 |
| Clothing | 1,050 | 23,822 |
| Coal | 2,071 | 1,107 |
| Coffee | 2 | 1,303 |
| Copper | 1,324 | 3,603 |
| Cork, wood, lumber | 1,412 | 2,041 |
| Corn | 5,027 | 258 |
| Cotton, raw and linters | 1,589 | 7 |
| Crude fertilizers | 702 | 813 |
| Crude oil | 561 | 109,745 |
| Electrical machinery | 27,684 | 37,158 |
| Fish and preparations | 1,309 | 3,997 |
| Footwear | 204 | 6,292 |
| Furniture, bedding | 1,727 | 10,786 |
| Gem diamonds | 2,292 | 6,693 |
| General industrial machinery | 17,960 | 22,674 |
| Glass | 1,186 | 903 |
| Glassware | 324 | 827 |
| Gold, nonmonetary | 8,197 | 2,462 |
| Hides and skins | 584 | 17 |
| Iron and steel mill products | 5,635 | 10,844 |
| Jewelry | 1,601 | 2,869 |
| Lighting, plumbing | 741 | 2,385 |
| Liquefied propane and butane | 475 | 1,750 |
| Live animals | 229 | 1,070 |
| Meat and preparations | 3,547 | 1,594 |
| Metal manufactures, n.e.s. | 6,133 | 9,773 |
| Metal ores, scrap | 8,882 | 2,932 |
| Metalworking machinery | 1,949 | 2,849 |
| Mineral fuels, other | 1,955 | 1,175 |
| Natural gas | 1,670 | 11,306 |
| Nickel | 514 | 1,398 |
| Oils/fats, vegetable | 1,168 | 1,509 |
| Optical goods | 1,039 | 1,709 |
| Paper and paperboard | 4,767 | 5,836 |
| Petroleum preparations | 14,449 | 28,475 |
| Photographic equipment | 1,158 | 842 |
| Plastic articles, n.e.s. | 3,146 | 5,042 |
| Platinum | 432 | 2,848 |
| Pottery | 37 | 483 |
| Power generating machinery | 17,138 | 17,275 |
| Printed materials | 2,023 | 1,714 |
| Pulp and waste paper | 2,572 | 1,392 |
| Records, magnetic media | 1,735 | 2,189 |
| Rice | 669 | 174 |
| Rubber articles, n.e.s. | 638 | 1,077 |
| Rubber tires and tubes | 1,276 | 3,270 |
| Scientific instruments | 14,457 | 12,221 |
| Ships, boats | 1,072 | 601 |
| Silver, bullion | 279 | 1,014 |
| Soybeans | 6,467 | 65 |
| Spacecraft | 150 | – |
| Specialized ind. mach. | 17,169 | 12,390 |
| Sugar | 14 | 204 |
| Television, VCR, etc. | 8,267 | 40,682 |
| Textile yarn, fabric | 4,001 | 7,266 |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 559 | 291 |
| Toys, games, sporting goods | 1,615 | 8,055 |
| Travel goods | 151 | 2,295 |
| Vegetables, fruits | 4,199 | 7,352 |
| Vehicles | 32,236 | 69,805 |
| Watches, clocks, parts | 139 | 1,340 |
| Wheat | 3,934 | 402 |
| Wood manufactures | 777 | 2,815 |
NOTES: SITC = Standard International Trade Classification. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. Data not seasonally adjusted.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division. Web: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/current_press_release/exh15.txt .
| Output by Major Industry Division, 1990–2010 | U.S. Economy and the Federal Budget | Imports and Exports of Leading Commodities, 2004 |
