US Consumption Spent on Foreign Imported Goods
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), USITC Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb
Data Current as of January 26, 2009
US Consumption Spent on Imports By Product 2006- Sept. 2008
| Dollars (in millions) | YTD Import | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Import Consumption | Increase % | |||
| PRODUCT DESCRIPTION | 2006† | 2007† | 2008†† | 2008††† |
| Energy-related products | $319,168 | $344,829 | $379,948 | 54.3% |
| Transportation equipment | $218,326 | $249,421 | $197,437 | 9.1% |
| Chemicals and related products | $179,410 | $194,331 | $170,010 | 18.1% |
| Electronic products | $169,381 | $172,502 | $133,032 | 4.1% |
| Minerals and metals | $82,944 | $100,260 | $95,608 | 28.4% |
| Machinery | $92,886 | $101,289 | $82,331 | 8.5% |
| Textiles and apparel | $104,563 | $107,678 | $79,132 | -2.7% |
| Agricultural products | $81,456 | $88,136 | $72,123 | 10.9% |
| Forest products | $50,416 | $46,561 | $32,652 | -7.7% |
| Special provisions | $28,925 | $33,607 | $27,619 | 12.0% |
| Miscellaneous manufactures | $22,438 | $25,954 | $21,253 | 12.5% |
| Footwear | $573 | $578 | $491 | 17.1% |
| Total: | $929,486 | $1,046,358 | $903,199 | 17.9% |
† - Covers the full 12 months
†† - Covers the first 9 months
††† - Projected percentage based on year-to-date totals comparing January-September of 2007 and 2008
Percentage of Annual US Consumption
Spent on Imports By Product 2004-2005
| Percent | Dollar ($mm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Import | Import | |||
| Consumption | Consumption | |||
| PRODUCT DESCRIPTION | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Footwear | 92% | 90% | $17,590 | $16,181 |
| Audio and video equipment | 90% | 87% | $40,967 | $37,961 |
| Other leather products | 90% | 86% | $6,883 | $6,151 |
| Leather and hide tanning | 89% | 75% | $2,343 | $2,209 |
| Computer equipment | 79% | 59% | $78,404 | $73,733 |
| Apparel accessories | 75% | 67% | $4,623 | $4,350 |
| Apparel | 75% | 67% | $68,576 | $64,870 |
| Commercial and service industry machinery | 58% | 49% | $15,186 | $13,715 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | 57% | 50% | $63,467 | $57,214 |
| Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) and processing | 56% | 50% | $22,357 | $18,696 |
| Communications equipment | 53% | 42% | $47,137 | $38,773 |
| Semiconductors and other electronic components | 51% | 43% | $68,349 | $64,444 |
| Magnetic and optical media | 46% | 40% | $4,452 | $4,096 |
| Engines, turbines, and power transmission equipment | 44% | 34% | $16,223 | $13,382 |
| Household appliances and miscellaneous machines, nesoi | 44% | 40% | $16,004 | $14,048 |
| Electric lighting equipment | 43% | 40% | $7,901 | $7,272 |
| Electrical equipment | 40% | 37% | $16,498 | $14,027 |
| Clay and refractory products | 40% | 40% | $5,337 | $4,945 |
| Motor vehicles | 39% | 37% | $142,842 | $142,131 |
| Cutlery and handtools | 38% | 36% | $4,628 | $4,137 |
| Other general purpose machinery | 38% | 38% | $27,681 | $24,608 |
| Hardware | 38% | 32% | $5,104 | $4,361 |
| Electrical equipment and components, nesoi | 37% | 33% | $15,300 | $13,434 |
| Industrial machinery | 36% | 32% | $11,600 | $10,162 |
| Fabrics | 36% | 27% | $5,792 | $5,676 |
| Agriculture and construction machinery | 35% | 29% | $22,956 | $18,661 |
| Other fabricated metal products | 33% | 29% | $20,335 | $17,948 |
| Pharmaceuticals and medicines | 32% | 31% | $56,613 | $52,722 |
| Motor vehicle parts | 32% | 28% | $71,066 | $62,674 |
| Textile furnishings | 31% | 28% | $9,830 | $8,360 |
| Transportation equipment, nesoi | 30% | 33% | $5,990 | $5,352 |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | 30% | 27% | $31,681 | $29,027 |
| Iron and steel and ferroalloy | 29% | 32% | $27,443 | $25,651 |
| Alumina and aluminum and processing | 28% | 24% | $12,116 | $9,649 |
| Other textile products | 28% | 27% | $3,683 | $3,347 |
| Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinets | 28% | 26% | $18,769 | $16,968 |
| Metalworking machinery | 27% | 25% | $9,049 | $8,109 |
| Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood products | 27% | 26% | $8,782 | $8,588 |
| Rubber products | 27% | 24% | $11,386 | $9,448 |
| Aerospace products and parts | 25% | 24% | $26,203 | $24,742 |
| Sawmill and wood products | 25% | 24% | $9,592 | $9,320 |
| Knit apparel | 25% | 21% | $1,376 | $1,313 |
| Other nonmetallic mineral products | 24% | 23% | $5,162 | $4,335 |
| Basic chemicals | 24% | 27% | $35,011 | $36,321 |
| Medical equipment and supplies | 23% | 21% | $16,290 | $15,249 |
| Pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals | 23% | 21% | $6,709 | $5,049 |
| Springs and wire products | 22% | 18% | $2,459 | $2,086 |
| Resin, synthetic rubber, & artificial & synthetic fibers & filiment | 20% | 17% | $13,961 | $10,805 |
| Pulp, paper, and paperboard mill products | 20% | 19% | $15,268 | $14,595 |
