339112 Surgical & Medical Instruments: U.S. Imports For Consumption

Annual 1995 - 2000
Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
In 1,000 Dollars
Canada 34,309 36,767 44,674 36,944 50,951 51,082
LATIN AMERICA 554,287 644,244 726,556 771,378 876,040 1,153,727
Mexico 235,353 300,203 367,406 378,109 430,205 610,017
Argentina 1,771 1,748 1,630 2,024 1,611 1,516
Brazil 3,405 3,451 3,355 5,698 8,610 11,700
Colombia 193 251 364 50 56 6
Dominican Rep 276,594 289,895 297,964 319,714 349,812 347,224
EUROPEAN UNION 456,115 511,410 505,575 637,142 910,665 986,588
Belgium 1,164 2,080 2,842 3,551 5,534 3,992
France 26,030 33,481 33,628 34,284 56,019 70,255
Germany 253,985 247,868 236,562 276,122 301,402 335,757
Italy 11,316 11,287 12,293 18,345 19,958 11,831
Netherlands 12,378 18,476 24,427 39,062 54,283 81,597
United Kingdom 77,071 90,629 76,828 82,482 85,867 94,574
Turkey 16 47 0 71 60 1,000
N. I. S. 1,398 1,498 937 327 488 552
Russia 1,396 1,455 551 327 488 532
NEAR EAST 11,095 16,436 19,905 137,031 211,721 86,208
Egypt 0 38 2 10 41 16
Israel 11,095 16,389 19,870 136,988 211,623 85,938
Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 0 4 24 0 28 197
United Arab Em 0 0 9 7 25 47
EAST ASIA 556,838 587,148 547,081 532,755 534,019 584,313
China 126,943 184,370 152,731 143,755 111,710 97,906
Hong Kong 17,259 11,831 7,373 4,200 2,918 2,271
Taiwan 24,669 24,720 26,081 21,585 35,667 49,974
Japan 207,326 186,020 198,295 210,076 226,321 259,708
Australia 4,230 2,866 3,581 5,200 7,000 14,370
WORLD 1,698,447 1,896,998 1,959,115 2,246,574 2,720,778 3,015,259
Sources:  Compiled from trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.