Table 2
Change in U.S. goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2017
| U.S. imports | U.S. 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 |
| Total change | $403.2 | 100.0% | $111.1 | 100.0% | $-292.1 | 100.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 2.3 | 0.6% | 17.3 | 15.6% | 15.0 | -5.1% |
| Mining | -0.1 | 0.0% | 8.5 | 7.7% | 8.6 | -3.0% |
| Oil and gas | 0.1 | 0.0% | 6.8 | 6.2% | 6.8 | -2.3% |
| Minerals and ores | 0.1 | 0.0% | 1.7 | 1.5% | 1.6 | -0.5% |
| Manufacturing | 400.8 | 99.4% | 80.0 | 72.0% | -320.8 | 109.8% |
| Nondurable goods | 44.1 | 10.9% | 3.5 | 3.2% | -40.6 | 13.9% |
| Food | 3.2 | 0.8% | 2.5 | 2.3% | -0.6 | 0.2% |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0.2 | 0.2% | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Textile mills and textile product mills | 11.8 | 2.9% | 0.4 | 0.4% | -11.4 | 3.9% |
| Apparel | 20.7 | 5.1% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -20.7 | 7.1% |
| Leather and allied products | 8.3 | 2.0% | 0.3 | 0.3% | -7.9 | 2.7% |
| Industrial supplies | 44.5 | 11.0% | 20.3 | 18.3% | -24.2 | 8.3% |
| Wood products | 3.1 | 0.8% | 1.8 | 1.6% | -1.3 | 0.4% |
| Paper | 2.6 | 0.6% | 2.2 | 2.0% | -0.4 | 0.1% |
| Printed matter and related products | 2.1 | 0.5% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -2.0 | 0.7% |
| Petroleum and coal products | 0.5 | 0.1% | 1.1 | 1.0% | 0.7 | -0.2% |
| Chemicals | 16.4 | 4.1% | 12.9 | 11.7% | -3.4 | 1.2% |
| Plastics and rubber products | 14.6 | 3.6% | 1.5 | 1.3% | -13.1 | 4.5% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 5.4 | 1.3% | 0.7 | 0.6% | -4.7 | 1.6% |
| Durable goods | 312.2 | 77.4% | 56.2 | 50.6% | -230.5 | 78.9% |
| Primary metals | 3.6 | 0.9% | 2.0 | 1.8% | -1.6 | 0.5% |
| Fabricated metal products | 18.8 | 4.7% | 2.1 | 1.9% | -16.8 | 5.7% |
| Machinery | 30.5 | 7.6% | 6.8 | 6.1% | -23.7 | 8.1% |
| Computer and electronic parts | 160.0 | 39.7% | 11.8 | 10.6% | -148.2 | 50.7% |
| Computer and peripheral equipment | 50.4 | 12.5% | 0.7 | 0.7% | -49.7 | 17.0% |
| Communications, audio, and video equipment | 81.3 | 20.2% | 1.1 | 0.9% | -80.3 | 27.5% |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | 6.1 | 1.5% | 4.6 | 4.1% | -1.5 | 0.5% |
| Semiconductor and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | 22.2 | 5.5% | 5.4 | 4.9% | -16.8 | 5.7% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 34.2 | 8.5% | 2.8 | 2.5% | -31.4 | 10.8% |
| Transportation equipment | 17.2 | 4.3% | 26.6 | 24.0% | 9.4 | -3.2% |
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts | 14.8 | 3.7% | 12.9 | 11.6% | -1.9 | 0.6% |
| Aerospace products and parts | 0.9 | 0.2% | 13.7 | 12.3% | 12.8 | -4.4% |
| Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | 1.6 | 0.4% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -1.5 | 0.5% |
| Furniture and related products | 18.6 | 4.6% | 0.2 | 0.1% | -18.4 | 6.3% |
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | 29.3 | 7.3% | 3.9 | 3.5% | -21.0 | 7.2% |
| Scrap and secondhand goods | 0.2 | 0.1% | 5.3 | 4.8% | 5.1 | -1.7% |
* Excludes utilities, construction, and service sectors, which reported no goods trade in this period, and information, which reported negligible goods trade in this period.
Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. International Trade Commission 2018. For a more detailed explanation of the data sources and computations, see the appendix.
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