Table 2
Change in U.S. goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2013
| Imports | Exports | Trade balance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry* | Change ($ billions, nominal) | Share of total change | Change ($ billions, nominal) | Share of total change | Change ($ billions, nominal) | Share of total change |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | $2.3 | 0.7% | $20.2 | 21.0% | $17.9 | -7.5% |
| Mining | $0.0 | 0.0% | $2.6 | 2.7% | $2.7 | -1.1% |
| Oil and gas | $0.0 | 0.0% | $0.1 | 0.1% | $0.2 | -0.1% |
| Minerals and ores | $0.0 | 0.0% | $2.5 | 2.6% | $2.5 | -1.0% |
| Manufacturing | $333.6 | 99.2% | $65.5 | 68.2% | $-268.1 | 111.7% |
| Nondurable goods | $49.0 | 14.6% | $6.1 | 6.4% | $-42.8 | 17.8% |
| Food | $3.1 | 0.9% | $3.9 | 4.0% | $0.8 | -0.3% |
| Beverage and tobacco products | $0.0 | 0.0% | $1.5 | 1.5% | $1.5 | -0.6% |
| Textile mills and textile product mills | $9.3 | 2.8% | $0.5 | 0.5% | $-8.8 | 3.7% |
| Apparel | $24.1 | 7.2% | $0.0 | 0.0% | $-24.1 | 10.0% |
| Leather and allied products | $12.4 | 3.7% | $0.3 | 0.3% | $-12.2 | 5.1% |
| Industrial supplies | $34.0 | 10.1% | $17.4 | 18.1% | $-16.6 | 6.9% |
| Wood products | $2.5 | 0.7% | $1.1 | 1.1% | $-1.4 | 0.6% |
| Paper | $2.7 | 0.8% | $2.0 | 2.0% | $-0.7 | 0.3% |
| Printed matter and related products | $1.6 | 0.5% | $0.1 | 0.1% | $-1.5 | 0.6% |
| Petroleum and coal products | $0.1 | 0.0% | $1.4 | 1.4% | $1.3 | -0.5% |
| Chemicals | $11.2 | 3.3% | $11.5 | 11.9% | $0.2 | -0.1% |
| Plastics and rubber products | $12.2 | 3.6% | $1.0 | 1.0% | $-11.2 | 4.7% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | $3.8 | 1.1% | $0.4 | 0.4% | $-3.4 | 1.4% |
| Durable goods | $250.6 | 74.6% | $42.0 | 43.7% | $-208.7 | 86.9% |
| Primary metal | $3.4 | 1.0% | $2.6 | 2.7% | $-0.8 | 0.3% |
| Fabricated metal products | $14.5 | 4.3% | $1.6 | 1.7% | $-12.9 | 5.4% |
| Machinery | $20.4 | 6.1% | $7.3 | 7.6% | $-13.2 | 5.5% |
| Computer and electronic parts | $141.3 | 42.0% | $6.8 | 7.0% | $-134.5 | 56.0% |
| Computer and peripheral equipment | $60.0 | 17.8% | $-0.4 | -0.4% | $-60.3 | 25.1% |
| Communications, audio, and video equipment | $62.5 | 18.6% | $-0.2 | -0.2% | $-62.7 | 26.1% |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | $5.0 | 1.5% | $4.5 | 4.7% | $-0.5 | 0.2% |
| Semiconductor and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | $13.8 | 4.1% | $2.8 | 2.9% | $-11.0 | 4.6% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | $23.3 | 6.9% | $1.5 | 1.6% | $-21.7 | 9.1% |
| Transportation equipment | $11.4 | 3.4% | $19.6 | 20.4% | $8.2 | -3.4% |
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts | $9.8 | 2.9% | $10.0 | 10.4% | $0.2 | -0.1% |
| Aerospace products and parts | $0.7 | 0.2% | $9.5 | 9.9% | $8.8 | -3.7% |
| Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | $0.9 | 0.3% | $0.1 | 0.1% | $-0.8 | 0.3% |
| Furniture and related products | $12.3 | 3.6% | $0.1 | 0.1% | $-12.2 | 5.1% |
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | $24.1 | 7.2% | $2.4 | 2.5% | $-21.7 | 9.0% |
| Information** | $0.0 | 0.0% | $0.1 | 0.1% | $0.1 | 0.0% |
| Scrap and second-hand goods | $0.3 | 0.1% | $7.7 | 8.0% | $7.4 | -3.1% |
| Total change | $336.1 | 100.0% | $96.1 | 100.0% | $-240.1 | 100.0% |
* Excludes utilities, construction, and service sectors, which reported no goods trade in this period.
** Includes publishing industries (excluding Internet); goods trade in this sector is concentrated in NAICS 5111, Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers.
Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2014). For a more detailed explanation of the data sources and computations, see the appendix.
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