Top 25 U.S. Import Sources for Greeting Cards
SIC 2771                    U.S. Imports for Consumption              Customs Value
Annual Data
 
Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Percent Change
1999 - 2000
In 1,000 Dollars
Canada 1,792 3,105 14,169 24,540 34,287 45,186 48,381 43,779 45,351 3.6%
Mexico 10,485 4,468 17,785 18,859 22,010 24,183 18,136 19,467 24,125 23.9%
China 8,603 12,703 18,926 8,917 8,989 7,163 9,079 13,137 19,976 52.1%
United Kingdom 8,232 9,168 16,947 20,876 21,227 23,348 27,225 20,492 11,525 -43.8%
New Zealand 325 733 576 505 525 1,060 1,287 1,777 3,140 76.7%
Switzerland 2,463 2,369 2,654 3,234 2,973 3,073 2,804 2,760 3,034 9.9%
Hong Kong 4,487 3,017 4,558 4,565 3,805 4,510 2,775 2,998 2,840 -5.3%
Thailand 1,331 1,174 1,701 1,347 1,014 1,329 1,253 1,617 1,521 -5.9%
Korea 596 1,046 1,726 2,090 1,616 1,036 862 519 816 57.4%
Italy 630 1,126 1,017 918 944 595 513 693 774 11.6%
Denmark 791 2,606 1,755 978 813 443 572 508 695 36.7%
Indonesia 49 3 3 0 57 21 42 150 633 321.9%
Trin & Tobago 2 0 0 7 34 81 125 124 445 258.8%
Israel 740 361 661 1,220 1,017 826 684 573 429 -25.1%
Spain 242 208 146 152 263 428 250 246 360 46.6%
Singapore 109 162 399 483 184 90 214 195 334 71.1%
Sweden 1,860 2,778 2,820 2,004 1,166 903 655 524 322 -38.5%
Taiwan 755 1,103 544 612 572 395 682 793 312 -60.6%
France 457 448 617 839 873 843 207 147 286 94.7%
Germany 353 255 402 565 802 648 328 425 284 -33.1%
Philippines 246 316 1,593 2,203 1,701 2,050 761 699 267 -61.8%
Colombia 692 1,013 868 766 506 367 347 372 257 -30.9%
Russia 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 81 255 214.0%
Netherlands 717 77 219 264 159 258 155 441 246 -44.4%
India 33 110 110 422 154 109 114 420 228 -45.7%
Subtotal : 45,991 48,347 90,196 96,368 105,691 118,950 117,475 112,939 118,456 4.9%
All Other: 1,199 1,445 1,068 1,458 2,006 1,803 1,343 1,648 1,122 -31.9%
Total 47,190 49,792 91,265 97,826 107,697 120,753 118,817 114,588 119,578 4.4%

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Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Last Updated by Nate Herman, Office of Consumer Goods, on April 10, 2001.