Table 2
Change in U.S. goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2015
| Imports | 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 | 381.0 | 100.0% | 96.8 | 100.0% | -284.1 | 100.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 2.2 | 0.6% | 15.8 | 16.3% | 13.5 | -4.8% |
| Mining | 0.0 | 0.0% | 2.1 | 2.1% | 2.1 | -0.7% |
| Oil and gas | -0.1 | 0.0% | 1.0 | 1.0% | 1.1 | -0.4% |
| Minerals and ores | 0.1 | 0.0% | 1.1 | 1.1% | 1.0 | -0.4% |
| Manufacturing | 378.4 | 99.3% | 74.0 | 76.4% | -304.4 | 107.2% |
| Nondurable goods | 51.8 | 13.6% | 5.0 | 5.2% | -46.8 | 16.5% |
| Food | 3.0 | 0.8% | 2.5 | 2.6% | -0.4 | 0.2% |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.0 | 0.0% | 1.7 | 1.8% | 1.7 | -0.6% |
| Textile mills and textile product mills | 10.8 | 2.8% | 0.4 | 0.4% | -10.4 | 3.7% |
| Apparel | 25.0 | 6.6% | 0.0 | 0.0% | -25.0 | 8.8% |
| Leather and allied products | 13.0 | 3.4% | 0.3 | 0.4% | -12.7 | 4.5% |
| Industrial supplies | 37.9 | 10.0% | 17.0 | 17.5% | -21.0 | 7.4% |
| Wood products | 3.1 | 0.8% | 1.1 | 1.1% | -2.0 | 0.7% |
| Paper | 3.2 | 0.8% | 1.9 | 2.0% | -1.2 | 0.4% |
| Printed matter and related products | 1.8 | 0.5% | 0.1 | 0.2% | -1.7 | 0.6% |
| Petroleum and coal products | 0.3 | 0.1% | 0.9 | 1.0% | 0.6 | -0.2% |
| Chemicals | 12.2 | 3.2% | 11.2 | 11.6% | -1.0 | 0.3% |
| Plastics and rubber products | 12.5 | 3.3% | 1.1 | 1.2% | -11.4 | 4.0% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 4.9 | 1.3% | 0.5 | 0.5% | -4.4 | 1.5% |
| Durable goods | 288.7 | 75.8% | 52.0 | 53.7% | -236.7 | 83.3% |
| Primary metal | 4.5 | 1.2% | 1.6 | 1.6% | -2.9 | 1.0% |
| Fabricated metal products | 17.4 | 4.6% | 1.9 | 2.0% | -15.5 | 5.4% |
| Machinery | 25.5 | 6.7% | 7.0 | 7.2% | -18.5 | 6.5% |
| Computer and electronic parts | 152.3 | 40.0% | 12.1 | 12.4% | -140.2 | 49.3% |
| Computer and peripheral equipment | 55.3 | 14.5% | 0.6 | 0.6% | -54.6 | 19.2% |
| Communications, audio and video equipment | 72.8 | 19.1% | 1.8 | 1.9% | -71.0 | 25.0% |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | 6.3 | 1.7% | 4.5 | 4.6% | -1.8 | 0.7% |
| Semiconductor and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | 17.9 | 4.7% | 5.1 | 5.3% | -12.8 | 4.5% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 27.9 | 7.3% | 2.2 | 2.3% | -25.7 | 9.0% |
| Transportation equipment | 15.7 | 4.1% | 23.9 | 24.7% | 8.3 | -2.9% |
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts | 13.5 | 3.5% | 11.0 | 11.4% | -2.5 | 0.9% |
| Aerospace products and parts | 0.8 | 0.2% | 12.8 | 13.3% | 12.1 | -4.2% |
| Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | 1.4 | 0.4% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -1.3 | 0.5% |
| Furniture and related products | 15.2 | 4.0% | 0.1 | 0.2% | -15.1 | 5.3% |
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | 30.4 | 8.0% | 3.3 | 3.4% | -27.1 | 9.5% |
| Information** | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Scrap and second-hand goods | 0.3 | 0.1% | 4.9 | 5.1% | 4.6 | -1.6% |
* 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.
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.
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