World Trade - August 2008 - (Page 22)

COVER STORY WORLD TRADE’S TOP 100 U.S. IMPORTS & EXPORTS Top 50 U.S. Goods Imports Imported Goods 1. Crude oil 2. Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines 3. Pharmaceutical preparations 4. Computer accessories 5. Other household goods 6. Petroleum products, other 7. Apparel, household goods - cotton 8. Telecommunications equipment 9. Fuel oil 10. Computers 11. TV's, VCR's, etc 12. Electric apparatus 13. Industrial machines, other 14. Toys, games, and sporting goods 15. Gas-natural 16. Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton 17. Semiconductors 18. Medicinal equipment 19. Industrial supplies, other 20. Furniture, household goods, etc. 21. Chemicals-organic 22. Gem diamonds 23. Iron and steel mill products 24. Generators, accessories 25. Liqueﬁed petroleum gases 26. Household appliances 27. Industrial engines 28. Finished metal shapes 29. Measuring, testing, control instruments 30. Footwear 31. Photo, service industry machinery 32. Civilian aircraft 33. Engines-civilian aircraft 34. Plastic materials 35. Fish and shellﬁsh 36. Writing and art supplies 37. Other precious metals 38. Chemicals-fertilizers 39. Bauxite and aluminum 40. Jewelry 41. Materials handling equipment 42. Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 43. Metalworking machine tools 44. Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 45. Fruits, frozen juices 46. Parts-civilian aircraft 47. Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 48. Other foods 49. Excavating machinery 50. Steelmaking materials Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Jan-Apr 2008) Top 50 U.S. Goods Exports US$ millions $114,043 $85,624 $26,027 $21,289 $20,139 $16,975 $16,399 $14,937 $14,040 $13,783 $13,479 $12,335 $12,265 $11,316 $11,033 $9,947 $8,857 $8,839 $7,963 $7,905 $7,217 $6,953 $6,848 $6,434 $6,375 $6,052 $5,771 $5,750 $5,169 $5,094 $4,819 $4,714 $4,696 $4,474 $4,449 $4,436 $4,203 $4,102 $4,097 $4,060 $3,995 $3,480 $3,310 $3,156 $3,133 $3,099 $3,029 $2,971 $2,940 $2,901 Exported Goods 1. Semiconductors 2. Civilian aircraft 3. Industrial machines, other 4. Pharmaceutical preparations 5. Chemicals-organic 6. Telecommunications equipment 7. Plastic materials 8. Electric apparatus 9. Computer accessories 10. Fuel oil 11. Petroleum products, other 12. Medicinal equipment 13. Nonmonetary gold 14. Chemicals-other 15. Measuring, testing, control instruments 16. Engines-civilian aircraft 17. Parts-civilian aircraft 18. Industrial engines 19. Other industrial supplies 20. Soybeans 21. Finished metal shapes 22. Other household goods 23. Corn 24. Gem diamonds 25. Computers 26. Excavating machinery 27. Materials handling equipment 28. Drilling & oilﬁeld equipment 29. Wheat 30. Newsprint 31. Meat, poultry, etc. 32. Steelmaking materials 33. Toys, games, and sporting goods 34. Precious metals, other 35. Generators, accessories 36. Iron and steel mill products 37. Photo, service industry machinery 38. Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 39. Laboratory testing instruments 40. Aluminum and alumina 41. Toiletries and cosmetics 42. Other foods 43. Chemicals-fertilizers 44. Chemicals-inorganic 45. Agricultural machinery, equipment 46. Pulpwood and woodpulp 47. Nonferrous metals, other 48. Metalworking machine tools 49. Household appliances 50. Jewelry, etc US$ millions $17,263 $16,541 $13,209 $12,290 $11,345 $11,018 $10,622 $10,253 $9,997 $9,218 $8,764 $8,611 $8,202 $7,599 $7,371 $6,984 $6,886 $6,806 $6,683 $5,798 $5,597 $5,452 $5,115 $5,021 $4,768 $4,688 $4,629 $4,466 $4,178 $4,072 $4,065 $4,007 $3,987 $3,829 $3,789 $3,452 $3,179 $3,028 $2,951 $2,814 $2,779 $2,747 $2,719 $2,716 $2,708 $2,683 $2,652 $2,429 $2,424 $2,419 22 WORLD TRADE AUGUST 2008

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