U.S. goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2017 (in billions of nominal dollars)
| 2001 | 2017 | Change 2001–2017 | Percent change 2001–2017 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry* | U.S. imports | U.S. exports | Trade balance | U.S. imports | U.S. exports | Trade balance | Change in imports | Change in exports | Change in trade balance | Change in imports | Change in exports | Change in trade balance | |||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | $0.8 | $1.4 | $0.6 | $3.0 | $18.7 | $15.6 | $2.3 | $17.3 | $15.0 | 306% | NA | NA | |||
| Mining | $0.3 | $0.1 | -$0.2 | $0.2 | $8.6 | $8.4 | $0.0 | $8.5 | $8.6 | -16% | NA | NA | |||
| Oil and gas | $0.1 | $0.0 | -$0.1 | $0.0 | $6.9 | $6.9 | -$0.1 | $6.8 | $7.0 | -99% | NA | NA | |||
| Minerals and ores | $0.2 | $0.1 | -$0.1 | $0.2 | $1.8 | $1.5 | $0.1 | $1.7 | $1.6 | 47% | NA | NA | |||
| Manufacturing | $101.1 | $16.7 | -$84.4 | $501.9 | $96.7 | -$405.2 | $400.8 | $80.0 | -$320.8 | 397% | 480% | 380% | |||
| Nondurable goods | $23.4 | $1.0 | -$22.4 | $67.4 | $4.5 | -$62.9 | $44.1 | $3.5 | -$40.6 | 188% | 350% | 181% | |||
| Food | $0.6 | $0.8 | $0.2 | $3.8 | $3.3 | -$0.5 | $3.2 | $2.5 | -$0.6 | 538% | 328% | -354% | |||
| Beverage and tobacco products | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $0.2 | $0.1 | $0.1 | $0.2 | $0.1 | 188% | NA | -362% | |||
| Textile mills and textile product mills | $2.2 | $0.1 | -$2.1 | $14.0 | $0.5 | -$13.5 | $11.8 | $0.4 | -$11.4 | 540% | 439% | 544% | |||
| Apparel | $8.6 | $0.0 | -$8.6 | $29.3 | $0.1 | -$29.3 | $20.7 | $0.1 | -$20.7 | 241% | 185% | 241% | |||
| Leather and allied products | $12.0 | $0.1 | -$11.9 | $20.2 | $0.4 | -$19.8 | $8.3 | $0.3 | -$7.9 | 69% | 342% | 67% | |||
| Industrial supplies | $9.6 | $3.4 | -$6.1 | $54.1 | $23.7 | -$30.4 | $44.5 | $20.3 | -$24.2 | 466% | 596% | 394% | |||
| Wood products | $0.9 | $0.1 | -$0.8 | $4.0 | $1.9 | -$2.1 | $3.1 | $1.8 | -$1.3 | 347% | NA | 164% | |||
| Paper | $0.7 | $0.5 | -$0.2 | $3.3 | $2.7 | -$0.6 | $2.6 | $2.2 | -$0.4 | 364% | 420% | 207% | |||
| Printed matter and related products | $0.7 | $0.1 | -$0.7 | $2.8 | $0.2 | -$2.6 | $2.1 | $0.1 | -$2.0 | 287% | 124% | 306% | |||
| Petroleum and coal products | $0.2 | $0.1 | -$0.1 | $0.7 | $1.2 | $0.6 | $0.5 | $1.1 | $0.7 | 227% | NA | -602% | |||
| Chemicals | $1.8 | $2.2 | $0.4 | $18.2 | $15.2 | -$3.0 | $16.4 | $12.9 | -$3.4 | 898% | 586% | -880% | |||
| Plastics and rubber products | $2.7 | $0.2 | -$2.5 | $17.3 | $1.7 | -$15.6 | $14.6 | $1.5 | -$13.1 | 538% | 700% | 524% | |||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | $2.5 | $0.2 | -$2.3 | $7.9 | $0.9 | -$7.0 | $5.4 | $0.7 | -$4.7 | 216% | 347% | 205% | |||
| Durable goods | $68.1 | $12.3 | -$55.9 | $380.4 | $68.5 | -$311.9 | $312.2 | $56.2 | -$256.0 | 458% | 458% | 458% | |||
| Primary metals | $0.9 | $0.2 | -$0.6 | $4.5 | $2.3 | -$2.2 | $3.6 | $2.0 | -$1.6 | 422% | 846% | 256% | |||
| Fabricated metal products | $3.9 | $0.3 | -$3.6 | $22.7 | $2.4 | -$20.3 | $18.8 | $2.1 | -$16.8 | 484% | 687% | 467% | |||
| Machinery | $4.5 | $2.5 | -$2.0 | $35.0 | $9.3 | -$25.7 | $30.5 | $6.8 | -$23.7 | 671% | 270% | NA | |||
| Computer and electronic parts | $24.4 | $5.3 | -$19.1 | $184.4 | $17.1 | -$167.3 | $160.0 | $11.8 | -$148.2 | 657% | 223% | 778% | |||
| Computer and peripheral equipment | $8.2 | $1.6 | -$6.6 | $58.6 | $2.3 | -$56.3 | $50.4 | $0.7 | -$49.7 | 617% | 47% | 753% | |||
| Communications, audio, and video equipment | $9.4 | $0.9 | -$8.5 | $90.7 | $2.0 | -$88.8 | $81.3 | $1.1 | -$80.3 | 862% | 114% | 943% | |||
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | $1.2 | $1.0 | -$0.3 | $7.4 | $5.6 | -$1.8 | $6.1 | $4.6 | -$1.5 | 490% | 460% | 608% | |||
| Semiconductor and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | $5.5 | $1.8 | -$3.7 | $27.7 | $7.2 | -$20.5 | $22.2 | $5.4 | -$16.8 | 404% | 300% | 455% | |||
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | $9.1 | $0.5 | -$8.6 | $43.3 | $3.3 | -$40.0 | $34.2 | $2.8 | -$31.4 | 377% | 573% | 366% | |||
| Transportation equipment | $1.8 | $2.9 | $1.1 | $19.1 | $29.5 | $10.5 | $17.2 | $26.6 | $9.4 | 951% | 918% | 863% | |||
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts | $1.0 | $0.3 | -$0.8 | $15.8 | $13.2 | -$2.6 | $14.8 | $12.9 | -$1.9 | NA | NA | 243% | |||
| Aerospace products and parts | $0.1 | $2.6 | $2.5 | $1.0 | $16.3 | $15.3 | $0.9 | $13.7 | $12.8 | 982% | 524% | 508% | |||
| Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | $0.7 | $0.0 | -$0.7 | $2.3 | $0.1 | -$2.2 | $1.6 | $0.1 | -$1.5 | 234% | 363% | 230% | |||
| Furniture and related products | $4.9 | $0.0 | -$4.9 | $23.5 | $0.2 | -$23.4 | $18.6 | $0.2 | -$18.4 | 376% | 678% | 375% | |||
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | $18.7 | $0.5 | -$18.2 | $47.9 | $4.4 | -$43.5 | $29.3 | $3.9 | -$25.3 | 157% | 805% | 139% | |||
| Scrap and secondhand goods | $0.2 | $1.1 | $0.9 | $0.4 | $6.4 | $6.0 | $0.2 | $5.3 | $5.1 | 122% | 473% | 547% | |||
| Total | $102.28 | $19.23 | -$83.0 | $505.6 | $130.4 | -$375.2 | $403.3 | $111.1 | -$292.2 | 394% | 578% | 352% | |||
* Excludes utilities, construction, and service sectors, which reported no goods trade in this period, and information, which reported negligible goods trade in this period.
Note: NA denotes “not applicable” because growth rates in excess of 1,000% were calculated but these rates were generally due to small trade flows in the base year.
Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. International Trade Commission 2018. For a more detailed explanation of the data sources and computations, see the appendix.