US Data: Advance International Goods Trade By End-Use

Release for: December 2017

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                                        % change

                                                yr-ago         :           yr/yr

                     Dec-17   Nov-17   Oct-17   Dec-16    Dec-17  Nov-17  Dec-17

Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -71,579  -69,994  -68,253  -63,438       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             137,639  134,027  129,733  126,070       2.7     3.3     9.2

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,086   10,668   10,555   10,818       3.9     1.1     2.5

Industrial

Supplies             42,282   41,230   40,990   35,736       2.6     0.6    18.3

Capital Goods        47,559   46,325   43,851   45,069       2.7     5.6     5.5

Automotive

Vehicles             13,452   13,533   12,569   12,296      -0.6     7.7     9.4

Consumer Goods       17,448   16,993   16,332   16,434       2.7     4.1     6.2

Other Goods           5,812    5,279    5,435    5,718      10.1    -2.9     1.6

Imports             209,218  204,021  197,986  189,508       2.5     3.0    10.4

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,922   11,694   11,799   11,250       1.9    -0.9     6.0

Industrial

Supplies             45,296   45,001   42,825   40,280       0.7     5.1    12.5

Capital Goods        57,018   56,513   54,928   50,380       0.9     2.9    13.2

Automotive

Vehicles             30,922   29,913   29,556   30,387       3.4     1.2     1.8

Consumer Goods       55,564   52,406   50,012   49,503       6.0     4.8    12.2

Other Goods           8,497    8,495    8,866    7,709       0.0    -4.2    10.2

Not Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -63,098  -72,263  -75,103  -57,130       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             136,547  135,281  135,856  126,642       0.9    -0.4     7.8

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,913   13,104   13,158   12,211      -9.1    -0.4    -2.4

Industrial

Supplies             41,201   40,456   41,467   35,072       1.8    -2.4    17.5

Capital Goods        49,020   45,441   45,282   46,895       7.9     0.4     4.5

Automotive

Vehicles             12,224   14,036   13,487   11,250     -12.9     4.1     8.7

Consumer Goods       16,319   16,947   17,003   15,440      -3.7    -0.3     5.7

Other Goods           5,871    5,297    5,459    5,774      10.8    -3.0     1.7

Imports             199,645  207,544  210,959  183,772      -3.8    -1.6     8.6

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,775   11,654   12,022   11,277       1.0    -3.1     4.4

Industrial

Supplies             42,662   43,408   43,251   38,501      -1.7     0.4    10.8

Capital Goods        55,798   57,600   57,482   50,072      -3.1     0.2    11.4

Automotive

Vehicles             30,459   31,216   31,388   30,238      -2.4    -0.5     0.7

Consumer Goods       50,925   55,175   57,703   46,231      -7.7    -4.4    10.2

Other Goods           8,026    8,491    9,114    7,454      -5.5    -6.8     7.7

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