US Data: Advance International Goods Trade By End-Use

Release for: February 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                                        % change

                                                yr-ago         :           yr/yr

                     Feb-18   Jan-18   Dec-17   Feb-17    Feb-18  Jan-18  Feb-18

Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -75,353  -75,264  -72,292  -64,335       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             136,546  133,668  136,981  126,949       2.2    -2.4     7.6

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             10,706   10,737   10,814   10,315      -0.3    -0.7     3.8

Industrial

Supplies             43,388   41,495   42,821   38,338       4.6    -3.1    13.2

Capital Goods        45,468   44,887   47,440   42,779       1.3    -5.4     6.3

Automotive

Vehicles             14,824   13,901   13,414   13,584       6.6     3.6     9.1

Consumer Goods       17,158   17,909   16,738   17,006      -4.2     7.0     0.9

Other Goods           5,003    4,740    5,753    4,927       5.6   -17.6     1.5

Imports             211,899  208,933  209,273  191,285       1.4    -0.2    10.8

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,620   11,871   11,888   11,272       6.3    -0.1    12.0

Industrial

Supplies             47,938   47,275   45,323   43,933       1.4     4.3     9.1

Capital Goods        57,623   55,930   57,263   50,962       3.0    -2.3    13.1

Automotive

Vehicles             31,091   30,913   30,918   29,037       0.6     0.0     7.1

Consumer Goods       54,656   54,601   55,480   48,460       0.1    -1.6    12.8

Other Goods           7,970    8,343    8,401    7,620      -4.5    -0.7     4.6

Not Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -59,061  -78,149  -63,854  -50,136       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             127,989  125,329  136,386  119,238       2.1    -8.1     7.3

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             10,428   10,629   11,921   10,380      -1.9   -10.8     0.5

Industrial

Supplies             41,081   40,537   41,802   36,273       1.3    -3.0    13.3

Capital Goods        40,885   41,509   48,969   38,425      -1.5   -15.2     6.4

Automotive

Vehicles             13,647   11,566   12,229   12,536      18.0    -5.4     8.9

Consumer Goods       16,985   16,403   15,653   16,739       3.5     4.8     1.5

Other Goods           4,963    4,685    5,811    4,885       5.9   -19.4     1.6

Imports             187,050  203,478  200,240  169,375      -8.1     1.6    10.4

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,562   12,295   11,775   10,385      -6.0     4.4    11.3

Industrial

Supplies             41,853   47,613   42,907   38,532     -12.1    11.0     8.6

Capital Goods        50,101   53,314   56,125   44,398      -6.0    -5.0    12.8

Automotive

Vehicles             28,686   28,418   30,499   26,862       0.9    -6.8     6.8

Consumer Goods       47,619   53,692   50,971   42,281     -11.3     5.3    12.6

Other Goods           7,229    8,146    7,963    6,917     -11.3     2.3     4.5

--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com

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