U.S. goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2015 (in billions of nominal dollars)
2001 | 2015 | Change 2001–2015 | Percent change 2001–2015 | ||||||||||||
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Industry* | Imports | Exports | Trade balance | Imports | 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 | $17.1 | $14.1 | $2.2 | $15.8 | $13.5 | 299% | N/A* | N/A* | |||
Mining | $0.3 | $0.1 | -$0.2 | $0.3 | $2.2 | $1.9 | $0.0 | $2.1 | $2.1 | -11% | N/A* | N/A* | |||
Oil and gas | $0.1 | $0.0 | -$0.1 | $0.0 | $1.0 | $1.0 | -$0.1 | $1.0 | $1.1 | -99% | N/A* | -965% | |||
Minerals and ores | $0.2 | $0.1 | -$0.1 | $0.2 | $1.2 | $0.9 | $0.1 | $1.1 | $1.0 | 56% | N/A* | N/A* | |||
Manufacturing | $101.0 | $16.7 | -$84.4 | $479.5 | $90.7 | -$388.8 | $378.4 | $74.0 | -$304.4 | 375% | 444% | 361% | |||
Nondurable goods | $23.4 | $1.0 | -$22.4 | $75.2 | $6.0 | -$69.2 | $51.8 | $5.0 | -$46.8 | 221% | 499% | 209% | |||
Food | $0.6 | $0.8 | $0.2 | $3.5 | $3.3 | -$0.3 | $3.0 | $2.5 | -$0.4 | 499% | 324% | -246% | |||
Beverage and tobacco products | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $1.7 | $1.7 | $0.0 | $1.7 | $1.7 | 106% | N/A* | N/A* | |||
Textile mills and textile product mills | $2.2 | $0.1 | -$2.1 | $12.9 | $0.5 | -$12.5 | $10.8 | $0.4 | -$10.4 | 492% | 401% | 496% | |||
Apparel | $8.6 | $0.0 | -$8.6 | $33.6 | $0.1 | -$33.5 | $25.0 | $0.0 | -$25.0 | 291% | 142% | 291% | |||
Leather and allied products | $12.0 | $0.1 | -$11.9 | $25.0 | $0.4 | -$24.5 | $13.0 | $0.3 | -$12.7 | 109% | 363% | 107% | |||
Industrial supplies | $9.6 | $3.4 | -$6.1 | $47.5 | $20.4 | -$27.1 | $37.9 | $17.0 | -$21.0 | 397% | 498% | 341% | |||
Wood products | $0.9 | $0.1 | -$0.8 | $4.0 | $1.2 | -$2.8 | $3.1 | $1.1 | -$2.0 | 351% | N/A* | 255% | |||
Paper | $0.7 | $0.5 | -$0.2 | $3.9 | $2.5 | -$1.4 | $3.2 | $1.9 | -$1.2 | 447% | 375% | 644% | |||
Printed matter and related products | $0.7 | $0.1 | -$0.7 | $2.6 | $0.2 | -$2.3 | $1.8 | $0.1 | -$1.7 | 251% | 187% | 259% | |||
Petroleum and coal products | $0.2 | $0.1 | -$0.1 | $0.5 | $1.0 | $0.5 | $0.3 | $0.9 | $0.6 | 145% | N/A* | -585% | |||
Chemicals | $1.8 | $2.2 | $0.4 | $14.0 | $13.4 | -$0.6 | $12.2 | $11.2 | -$0.9 | 668% | 508% | -245% | |||
Plastics and rubber products | $2.7 | $0.2 | -$2.5 | $15.2 | $1.3 | -$13.9 | $12.5 | $1.1 | -$11.4 | 461% | 542% | 454% | |||
Nonmetallic mineral products | $2.5 | $0.2 | -$2.3 | $7.4 | $0.7 | -$6.7 | $4.9 | $0.5 | -$4.4 | 195% | 232% | 191% | |||
Durable goods | $68.1 | $12.3 | -$55.9 | $356.9 | $64.3 | -$292.6 | $288.7 | $52.0 | -$236.7 | 424% | 424% | 424% | |||
Primary metal | $0.9 | $0.2 | -$0.6 | $5.3 | $1.8 | -$3.5 | $4.5 | $1.6 | -$2.9 | 524% | 658% | 472% | |||
Fabricated metal products | $3.9 | $0.3 | -$3.6 | $21.3 | $2.2 | -$19.0 | $17.4 | $1.9 | -$15.5 | 448% | 648% | 432% | |||
Machinery | $4.5 | $2.5 | -$2.0 | $30.0 | $9.5 | -$20.5 | $25.5 | $7.0 | -$18.5 | 561% | 276% | 916% | |||
Computer and electronic parts | $24.4 | $5.3 | -$19.1 | $176.6 | $17.4 | -$159.3 | $152.3 | $12.1 | -$140.2 | 625% | 227% | 736% | |||
Computer and peripheral equipment | $8.2 | $1.6 | -$6.6 | $63.4 | $2.2 | -$61.2 | $55.3 | $0.6 | -$54.6 | 676% | 40% | 828% | |||
Communications, audio and video equipment | $9.4 | $0.9 | -$8.5 | $82.2 | $2.8 | -$79.5 | $72.8 | $1.8 | -$71.0 | 772% | 199% | 834% | |||
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | $1.2 | $1.0 | -$0.3 | $7.6 | $5.5 | -$2.1 | $6.3 | $4.5 | -$1.8 | 507% | 448% | 739% | |||
Semiconductor and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | $5.5 | $1.8 | -$3.7 | $23.4 | $6.9 | -$16.5 | $17.9 | $5.1 | -$12.8 | 325% | 283% | 346% | |||
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | $9.1 | $0.5 | -$8.6 | $37.0 | $2.7 | -$34.3 | $27.9 | $2.2 | -$25.7 | 308% | 452% | 299% | |||
Transportation equipment | $1.8 | $2.9 | $1.1 | $17.5 | $26.8 | $9.4 | $15.7 | $23.9 | $8.3 | 863% | 824% | 758% | |||
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts | $1.0 | $0.3 | -$0.8 | $14.5 | $11.3 | -$3.3 | $13.5 | $11.0 | -$2.5 | N/A* | N/A* | 324% | |||
Aerospace products and parts | $0.1 | $2.6 | $2.5 | $0.9 | $15.4 | $14.6 | $0.8 | $12.8 | $12.1 | 868% | 492% | 479% | |||
Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | $0.7 | $0.0 | -$0.7 | $2.1 | $0.1 | -$2.0 | $1.4 | $0.1 | -$1.3 | 205% | 374% | 200% | |||
Furniture and related products | $4.9 | $0.0 | -$4.9 | $20.2 | $0.2 | -$20.0 | $15.2 | $0.1 | -$15.1 | 308% | 648% | 306% | |||
Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | $18.7 | $0.5 | -$18.2 | $49.0 | $3.7 | -$45.3 | $30.4 | $3.3 | -$27.1 | 163% | 667% | 149% | |||
Information** | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $0.1 | $0.0 | $0.1 | $0.1 | -33% | N/A* | N/A* | |||
Scrap and second-hand goods | $0.2 | $1.1 | $0.9 | $0.5 | $6.0 | $5.5 | $0.3 | $4.9 | $4.6 | 165% | 439% | 497% | |||
Total | $102.28 | $19.23 | -$83.0 | $483.2 | $116.1 | -$367.2 | $381.0 | $96.8 | -$284.1 | 372% | 504% | 342% |
* 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.
N/A* Growth rates in excess of 1,000% are generally due to small trade flows in base year.
Source: Author's analysis of U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2016a). For a more detailed explanation of the data sources and computations, see the appendix.