Table 2
Change in U.S. trade with China, by industry, 2001–2011
| Imports | Exports | Trade balance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry* | Change ($billions) | Share of total change | Change ($billions) | Share of total change | Change ($billions) | Share of total change |
| Agriculture, forestry, fisheries | 2.2 | 0.7% | 15.8 | 20.0% | 13.7 | -6.3% |
| Mining | 0.0 | 0.0% | 2.5 | 3.1% | 2.5 | -1.1% |
| Oil and gas | -0.1 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0.1 | -0.1% |
| Minerals and ores | 0.0 | 0.0% | 2.4 | 3.1% | 2.4 | -1.1% |
| Manufacturing | 294.1 | 99.2% | 50.2 | 63.5% | -243.9 | 112.2% |
| Nondurable goods | 46.6 | 15.7% | 3.7 | 4.7% | -42.9 | 19.7% |
| Food and kindred products | 2.8 | 0.9% | 2.6 | 3.3% | -0.2 | 0.1% |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.4 | 0.5% | 0.4 | -0.2% |
| Textile mills and textile product mills | 8.3 | 2.8% | 0.4 | 0.5% | -7.9 | 3.6% |
| Apparel and accessories | 23.8 | 8.0% | 0.0 | 0.0% | -23.8 | 11.0% |
| Leather and allied products | 11.6 | 3.9% | 0.2 | 0.3% | -11.4 | 5.2% |
| Industrial supplies | 29.1 | 9.8% | 16.4 | 20.8% | -12.8 | 5.9% |
| Wood products | 1.9 | 0.6% | 0.7 | 0.9% | -1.2 | 0.5% |
| Paper | 2.2 | 0.8% | 2.1 | 2.6% | -0.2 | 0.1% |
| Printed matter and related products | 1.5 | 0.5% | 0.1 | 0.2% | -1.4 | 0.7% |
| Petroleum and coal products | 0.0 | 0.0% | 1.0 | 1.2% | 1.0 | -0.4% |
| Chemicals | 10.8 | 3.6% | 11.1 | 14.0% | 0.3 | -0.1% |
| Plastics and rubber products | 9.2 | 3.1% | 1.0 | 1.3% | -8.2 | 3.8% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 3.5 | 1.2% | 0.4 | 0.5% | -3.1 | 1.4% |
| Durable goods | 218.3 | 73.7% | 30.1 | 38.1% | -188.3 | 86.6% |
| Primary metal | 3.4 | 1.2% | 2.3 | 2.9% | -1.1 | 0.5% |
| Fabricated metal products | 12.7 | 4.3% | 1.4 | 1.8% | -11.2 | 5.2% |
| Machinery, except electrical | 16.8 | 5.7% | 7.9 | 10.0% | -9.0 | 4.1% |
| Computer and electronic products | 124.9 | 42.1% | 5.4 | 6.8% | -119.5 | 54.9% |
| Computer and peripheral equipment |
60.2 | 20.3% | -0.2 | -0.2% | -60.4 | 27.8% |
| Communications, audio, and video equipment | 46.4 | 15.6% | -0.2 | -0.3% | -46.6 | 21.4% |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments |
3.9 | 1.3% | 3.1 | 3.9% | -0.8 | 0.4% |
| Semiconductor and other electronic components, and magnetic and storage media | 14.3 | 4.8% | 2.7 | 3.4% | -11.6 | 5.4% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 18.8 | 6.3% | 1.3 | 1.6% | -17.5 | 8.1% |
| Transportation equipment | 9.0 | 3.0% | 9.9 | 12.5% | 0.9 | -0.4% |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 7.7 | 2.6% | 6.0 | 7.6% | -1.7 | 0.8% |
| Aerospace products and parts | 0.5 | 0.2% | 3.8 | 4.8% | 3.2 | -1.5% |
| Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | 0.7 | 0.2% | 0.1 | 0.2% | -0.6 | 0.3% |
| Furniture and fixtures | 10.1 | 3.4% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -10.0 | 4.6% |
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | 22.7 | 7.7% | 1.8 | 2.3% | -20.9 | 9.6% |
| Information** | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Scrap and second-hand goods | 0.2 | 0.1% | 10.4 | 13.2% | 10.2 | -4.7% |
| Subtotal change, non-oil goods | 296.5 | 100.0% | 77.9 | 98.7% | -218.6 | 100.5% |
| Total change | 296.4 | 100.0% | 78.9 | 100.0% | -217.5 | 100.0% |
* Excludes utilities, construction, and service sectors, which do not have trade in these data.
** Includes publishing industries (excluding Internet); goods trade in this sector is concentrated in NAICS 5111, Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers.
Source: Author's analysis of U.S. International Trade Commission (2012). For a more detailed explanation of the data sources and computations, see the Appendix.
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