US Data: Advance International Goods Trade By End-Use

Release for: October 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                                        % change

                                                yr-ago         :           yr/yr

                     Oct-18   Sep-18   Aug-18   Oct-17    Oct-18  Sep-18  Oct-18

Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -77,246  -76,251  -75,357  -67,629       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             140,517  141,303  138,518  130,324      -0.6     2.0     7.8

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             10,263   11,010   11,968   10,555      -6.8    -8.0    -2.8

Industrial

Supplies             47,071   46,911   44,140   41,534       0.3     6.3    13.3

Capital Goods        46,984   47,496   46,417   44,014      -1.1     2.3     6.7

Automotive

Vehicles             12,580   12,948   12,785   12,728      -2.8     1.3    -1.2

Consumer Goods       18,001   17,762   17,616   16,356       1.3     0.8    10.1

Other Goods           5,617    5,177    5,594    5,138       8.5    -7.5     9.3

Imports             217,764  217,554  213,875  197,953       0.1     1.7    10.0

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,294   12,143   12,305   11,720       1.2    -1.3     4.9

Industrial

Supplies             49,022   49,471   49,655   42,754      -0.9    -0.4    14.7

Capital Goods        57,025   60,063   57,683   55,089      -5.1     4.1     3.5

Automotive

Vehicles             31,834   31,107   31,711   29,538       2.3    -1.9     7.8

Consumer Goods       57,357   55,435   53,471   50,154       3.5     3.7    14.4

Other Goods          10,231    9,334    9,050    8,698       9.6     3.1    17.6

Not Seasonally

Adjusted

Balance             -89,693  -72,754  -82,725  -74,533       (X)     (X)     (X)

Exports             146,566  139,283  139,760  136,199       5.2    -0.3     7.6

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             11,777   10,355   11,013   13,254      13.7    -6.0   -11.1

Industrial

Supplies             47,652   45,269   45,438   41,758       5.3    -0.4    14.1

Capital Goods        49,136   47,560   47,168   45,411       3.3     0.8     8.2

Automotive

Vehicles             13,451   12,965   13,691   13,514       3.7    -5.3    -0.5

Consumer Goods       18,782   18,031   16,816   17,008       4.2     7.2    10.4

Other Goods           5,768    5,104    5,634    5,254      13.0    -9.4     9.8

Imports             236,259  212,037  222,485  210,732      11.4    -4.7    12.1

Foods, Feeds,

Beverage             12,770   11,128   12,131   12,014      14.8    -8.3     6.3

Industrial

Supplies             50,190   47,525   52,245   43,116       5.6    -9.0    16.4

Capital Goods        60,667   58,018   59,687   57,461       4.6    -2.8     5.6

Automotive

Vehicles             34,270   29,562   32,828   31,395      15.9   -10.0     9.2

Consumer Goods       67,299   56,809   56,491   57,662      18.5     0.6    16.7

Other Goods          11,063    8,996    9,104    9,084      23.0    -1.2    21.8

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