US Data: Advance International Goods Trade By End-Use

Release for: April 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                                        % change

                                                yr-ago         :           yr/yr

                     Apr-18   Mar-18   Feb-18   Apr-17    Apr-18  Mar-18  Apr-18

Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -68,190  -68,592  -75,975  -66,610       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             139,588  140,259  135,951  126,498      -0.5     3.2    10.3

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,354   11,733   10,865   11,560       5.3     8.0     6.9

Industrial

Supplies             44,930   44,301   42,952   37,418       1.4     3.1    20.1

Capital Goods        46,103   47,541   45,749   43,619      -3.0     3.9     5.7

Automotive

Vehicles             13,667   14,135   14,471   12,639      -3.3    -2.3     8.1

Consumer Goods       17,229   17,145   16,743   16,007       0.5     2.4     7.6

Other Goods           5,304    5,404    5,170    5,256      -1.9     4.5     0.9

Imports             207,777  208,851  211,925  193,108      -0.5    -1.5     7.6

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,235   12,333   12,566   11,397      -0.8    -1.8     7.4

Industrial

Supplies             47,742   46,668   47,126   41,892       2.3    -1.0    14.0

Capital Goods        57,014   56,520   57,613   51,658       0.9    -1.9    10.4

Automotive

Vehicles             30,005   30,925   31,103   29,828      -3.0    -0.6     0.6

Consumer Goods       51,815   54,720   55,677   50,475      -5.3    -1.7     2.7

Other Goods           8,966    7,685    7,841    7,859      16.7    -2.0    14.1

Not Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -68,434  -59,047  -59,483  -62,582       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             136,661  149,083  128,057  123,765      -8.3    16.4    10.4

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,087   11,871   10,492   10,185      -6.6    13.1     8.9

Industrial

Supplies             45,185   46,117   41,113   37,262      -2.0    12.2    21.3

Capital Goods        45,113   51,876   40,968   43,228     -13.0    26.6     4.4

Automotive

Vehicles             13,850   15,159   13,648   12,692      -8.6    11.1     9.1

Consumer Goods       16,197   18,503   16,885   15,183     -12.5     9.6     6.7

Other Goods           5,229    5,557    4,951    5,215      -5.9    12.2     0.3

Imports             205,095  208,129  187,540  186,347      -1.5    11.0    10.1

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,458   12,873   11,580   11,382      -3.2    11.2     9.5

Industrial

Supplies             48,128   46,794   41,927   41,586       2.9    11.6    15.7

Capital Goods        56,346   57,398   50,200   49,915      -1.8    14.3    12.9

Automotive

Vehicles             30,344   33,054   28,681   29,755      -8.2    15.2     2.0

Consumer Goods       48,726   49,688   48,065   45,992      -1.9     3.4     5.9

Other Goods           9,093    8,323    7,088    7,717       9.2    17.4    17.8

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

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