Table 2
Change in U.S. goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2012
| 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, fishing, and hunting | 2.2 | 0.7% | 21.7 | 25.4% | 19.5 | -8.2% |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.1 | 0.0% | 3.1 | 3.6% | 3.1 | -1.3% |
| Oil and gas extraction | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Minerals and ores | 0.1 | 0.0% | 3.0 | 3.6% | 3.0 | -1.3% |
| Manufacturing | 320.2 | 99.2% | 52.2 | 61.0% | -268.0 | 113.0% |
| Nondurable goods | 47.7 | 14.8% | 4.7 | 5.4% | -43.1 | 18.2% |
| Food | 3.2 | 1.0% | 3.3 | 3.8% | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.7 | 0.8% | 0.7 | -0.3% |
| Textile mills and textile product mills | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0.4 | 0.5% | -8.2 | 3.5% |
| Apparel | 23.4 | 7.3% | 0.0 | 0.0% | -23.4 | 9.9% |
| Leather and allied products | 12.4 | 3.8% | 0.2 | 0.3% | -12.2 | 5.1% |
| Industrial supplies | 32.1 | 9.9% | 15.7 | 18.3% | -16.4 | 6.9% |
| Wood products | 2.3 | 0.7% | 0.7 | 0.9% | -1.6 | 0.7% |
| Paper | 2.6 | 0.8% | 1.9 | 2.2% | -0.6 | 0.3% |
| Printing and related support activities | 1.6 | 0.5% | 0.1 | 0.2% | -1.5 | 0.6% |
| Petroleum and coal products | 0.0 | 0.0% | 1.0 | 1.2% | 1.1 | -0.4% |
| Chemicals | 10.9 | 3.4% | 10.6 | 12.4% | -0.3 | 0.1% |
| Plastics and rubber products | 11.0 | 3.4% | 0.9 | 1.0% | -10.1 | 4.2% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 3.7 | 1.2% | 0.4 | 0.5% | -3.3 | 1.4% |
| Durable goods | 240.4 | 74.5% | 31.9 | 37.3% | -208.5 | 87.9% |
| Primary metal | 3.3 | 1.0% | 2.7 | 3.1% | -0.7 | 0.3% |
| Fabricated metal products | 14.3 | 4.4% | 1.4 | 1.7% | -12.9 | 5.4% |
| Machinery | 19.7 | 6.1% | 7.0 | 8.2% | -12.7 | 5.4% |
| Computer and electronic parts | 137.5 | 42.6% | 5.3 | 6.2% | -132.2 | 55.7% |
| Computer and peripheral equipment | 60.9 | 18.9% | -0.3 | -0.4% | -61.2 | 25.8% |
| Communications, audio and video equipment | 58.5 | 18.1% | -0.2 | -0.2% | -58.7 | 24.7% |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | 4.6 | 1.4% | 4.0 | 4.6% | -0.6 | 0.3% |
| Semiconductor and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | 13.5 | 4.2% | 1.8 | 2.1% | -11.7 | 4.9% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 20.3 | 6.3% | 1.3 | 1.5% | -19.0 | 8.0% |
| Transportation equipment |
10.3 | 3.2% | 12.0 | 14.0% | 1.7 | -0.7% |
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment | 8.7 | 2.7% | 6.5 | 7.6% | -2.2 | 0.9% |
| Aerospace products and parts | 0.6 | 0.2% | 5.3 | 6.2% | 4.8 | -2.0% |
| Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | 1.0 | 0.3% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -0.9 | 0.4% |
| Furniture and fixtures | 11.2 | 3.5% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -11.1 | 4.7% |
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | 23.7 | 7.3% | 2.1 | 2.5% | -21.6 | 9.1% |
| Information** | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Scrap and second-hand goods | 0.4 | 0.1% | 8.4 | 9.8% | 8.1 | -3.4% |
| Subtotal change, non-oil goods | 322.8 | 100.0% | 85.5 | 99.9% | -237.3 | 100.0% |
| Total change | 322.8 | 100.0% | 85.5 | 100.0% | -237.3 | 100.0% |
*Excludes utilities, construction, and service sectors, which do not engage in international goods trade.
**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 (USITC 2013). For a more detailed explanation of the data sources and computations, see the appendix
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