US Data: Advance International Goods Trade By End-Use

Release for: September 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                                        % change

                                                yr-ago         :           yr/yr

                     Sep-18   Aug-18   Jul-18   Sep-17    Sep-18  Aug-18  Sep-18

Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -76,036  -75,456  -72,042  -64,921       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             140,952  138,422  140,210  130,202       1.8    -1.3     8.3

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             10,959   12,028   13,245   11,348      -8.9    -9.2    -3.4

Industrial

Supplies             46,745   44,126   46,537   39,162       5.9    -5.2    19.4

Capital Goods        47,443   46,417   46,316   44,921       2.2     0.2     5.6

Automotive

Vehicles             12,907   12,780   13,060   13,094       1.0    -2.1    -1.4

Consumer Goods       17,758   17,615   15,973   16,336       0.8    10.3     8.7

Other Goods           5,139    5,455    5,079    5,341      -5.8     7.4    -3.8

Imports             216,988  213,878  212,252  195,124       1.5     0.8    11.2

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,139   12,305   12,439   11,698      -1.3    -1.1     3.8

Industrial

Supplies             49,129   49,660   49,302   41,248      -1.1     0.7    19.1

Capital Goods        59,736   57,677   58,156   54,838       3.6    -0.8     8.9

Automotive

Vehicles             31,096   31,711   30,709   29,722      -1.9     3.3     4.6

Consumer Goods       55,405   53,472   52,612   49,815       3.6     1.6    11.2

Other Goods           9,482    9,053    9,033    7,803       4.7     0.2    21.5

Not Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -72,512  -82,852  -83,511  -64,518       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             138,947  139,637  133,429  130,278      -0.5     4.7     6.7

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             10,305   11,047   10,963   10,733      -6.7     0.8    -4.0

Industrial

Supplies             45,113   45,424   46,410   38,245      -0.7    -2.1    18.0

Capital Goods        47,507   47,168   44,756   45,671       0.7     5.4     4.0

Automotive

Vehicles             12,925   13,686   11,632   13,285      -5.6    17.7    -2.7

Consumer Goods       18,031   16,815   14,703   17,029       7.2    14.4     5.9

Other Goods           5,066    5,496    4,965    5,314      -7.8    10.7    -4.7

Imports             211,460  222,489  216,940  194,796      -5.0     2.6     8.6

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,124   12,130   12,246   10,873      -8.3    -0.9     2.3

Industrial

Supplies             47,190   52,250   52,085   40,452      -9.7     0.3    16.7

Capital Goods        57,707   59,681   59,866   54,292      -3.3    -0.3     6.3

Automotive

Vehicles             29,551   32,828   29,328   28,553     -10.0    11.9     3.5

Consumer Goods       56,751   56,493   54,565   52,825       0.5     3.5     7.4

Other Goods           9,137    9,106    8,850    7,802       0.3     2.9    17.1

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

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