US Data: Advance International Goods Trade By End-Use

Release for: March 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                                        % change

                                                yr-ago         :           yr/yr

                     Mar-18   Feb-18   Jan-18   Mar-17    Mar-18  Feb-18  Mar-18

Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -68,037  -75,875  -75,494  -64,864       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             140,087  136,674  133,559  126,524       2.5     2.3    10.7

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,660   10,746   10,737   11,006       8.5     0.1     5.9

Industrial

Supplies             44,150   43,468   41,446   37,052       1.6     4.9    19.2

Capital Goods        47,387   45,549   44,891   43,499       4.0     1.5     8.9

Automotive

Vehicles             13,963   14,825   13,900   13,047      -5.8     6.7     7.0

Consumer Goods       17,327   17,077   17,917   16,530       1.5    -4.7     4.8

Other Goods           5,599    5,009    4,669    5,389      11.8     7.3     3.9

Imports             208,124  212,548  209,053  191,388      -2.1     1.7     8.7

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,165   12,643   11,876   11,048      -3.8     6.5    10.1

Industrial

Supplies             47,191   48,091   47,308   43,385      -1.9     1.7     8.8

Capital Goods        56,012   57,782   55,960   50,512      -3.1     3.3    10.9

Automotive

Vehicles             31,309   31,088   30,942   30,529       0.7     0.5     2.6

Consumer Goods       53,840   55,122   54,617   48,868      -2.3     0.9    10.2

Other Goods           7,606    7,822    8,350    7,046      -2.8    -6.3     8.0

Not Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -58,800  -59,527  -78,374  -59,086       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             148,588  128,098  125,219  135,663      16.0     2.3     9.5

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,721   10,464   10,628   11,485      12.0    -1.6     2.1

Industrial

Supplies             45,889   41,149   40,488   39,153      11.5     1.6    17.2

Capital Goods        51,816   40,976   41,513   47,549      26.5    -1.3     9.0

Automotive

Vehicles             14,921   13,648   11,566   14,184       9.3    18.0     5.2

Consumer Goods       18,606   16,892   16,409   17,873      10.2     2.9     4.1

Other Goods           5,635    4,969    4,614    5,419      13.4     7.7     4.0

Imports             207,388  187,625  203,593  194,750      10.5    -7.8     6.5

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,807   11,584   12,300   11,881      10.6    -5.8     7.8

Industrial

Supplies             46,648   41,972   47,647   43,777      11.1   -11.9     6.6

Capital Goods        57,185   50,249   53,343   52,643      13.8    -5.8     8.6

Automotive

Vehicles             33,063   28,682   28,443   32,627      15.3     0.8     1.3

Consumer Goods       49,315   48,042   53,707   45,853       2.6   -10.5     7.6

Other Goods           8,371    7,095    8,153    7,970      18.0   -13.0     5.0

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

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