Top 25 Import Sources for Low Value-Added

Food Products

                                          Customs Value         U.S. Imports For Consumption

 Annual + Year-To-Date Data from Jan - Sept

 
Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1999 YTD 2000 YTD Percent Change
YTD1999 - YTD2000
In 1,000 Dollars
Canada 1,414,442 1,612,794 1,830,476 1,895,727 2,319,416 2,469,213 2,585,218 2,832,727 2,068,176 2,282,636 10.4%
Australia 889,965 846,914 760,327 583,761 557,051 605,135 731,075 747,354 528,086 672,441 27.3%
New Zealand 590,335 556,202 509,230 480,269 437,626 513,067 578,821 574,436 458,947 568,202 23.8%
Thailand 428,080 339,460 415,233 339,347 360,788 407,538 429,229 477,982 371,620 313,613 -15.6%
Italy 318,015 307,453 326,067 411,179 515,352 480,945 410,853 414,438 295,036 368,386 24.9%
Philippines 359,715 255,088 270,181 419,971 440,852 476,485 484,018 324,756 263,582 225,296 -14.5%
Brazil 118,711 162,011 143,771 165,161 219,113 230,140 282,117 304,282 248,457 177,948 -28.4%
Denmark 252,249 287,544 319,590 265,107 254,217 248,083 244,639 246,016 182,115 209,863 15.2%
Malaysia 127,073 104,980 129,652 117,172 125,170 142,201 150,816 188,535 137,267 96,334 -29.8%
Argentina 182,682 163,088 174,131 225,720 183,023 206,926 232,184 182,870 138,460 140,396 1.4%
Indonesia 81,434 65,966 103,538 95,413 136,136 165,028 119,119 173,654 138,006 138,274 0.2%
China 26,905 28,517 41,929 58,051 64,505 86,264 95,778 156,590 115,868 106,811 -7.8%
Mexico 107,550 81,242 78,905 114,988 149,436 145,394 158,942 153,505 122,842 115,141 -6.3%
Germany 125,135 128,358 121,911 127,763 129,016 123,729 125,845 130,742 95,901 90,097 -6.1%
France 79,954 67,164 81,079 89,697 87,250 101,058 101,825 121,761 91,661 85,058 -7.2%
Spain 53,754 46,790 52,229 74,685 103,810 88,819 97,488 102,577 75,508 90,097 19.3%
Ecuador 6,738 30,657 37,460 55,164 86,949 61,132 65,430 96,150 77,805 68,950 -11.4%
Netherlands 105,770 100,662 105,533 108,219 109,395 103,544 119,330 95,867 68,252 80,275 17.6%
Japan 66,118 69,467 79,859 77,819 76,048 85,907 72,683 90,654 64,840 71,286 9.9%
India 33,817 45,412 52,421 54,056 70,269 73,368 89,672 90,027 65,584 71,245 8.6%
Dominican Rep 119,690 128,847 131,568 110,431 175,545 195,076 131,081 84,867 80,865 82,283 1.8%
Guatemala 115,871 99,535 72,940 51,330 123,033 87,474 58,647 82,313 47,465 29,388 -38.1%
United Kingdom 46,912 57,239 59,610 53,158 72,415 61,101 70,819 78,020 56,376 66,477 17.9%
Norway 55,125 52,236 47,451 51,540 51,615 58,929 61,522 62,709 46,750 61,432 31.4%
Uruguay 30,999 21,141 18,244 21,044 56,001 54,642 49,706 58,988 41,218 50,328 22.1%
Subtotal : 5,737,037 5,658,765 5,963,336 6,046,771 6,904,031 7,271,199 7,546,858 7,871,821 5,880,689 6,262,257 6.5%
All Other: 816,877 964,622 1,012,934 941,144 1,034,639 1,004,932 863,768 829,708 616,138 599,285 -2.7%
Total 6,553,914 6,623,387 6,976,270 6,987,915 7,938,670 8,276,131 8,410,626 8,701,529 6,496,827 6,861,543 5.6%
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 Donald A. Hodgen/U.S. Department of Commerce/Office of Cunsumer Goods/12-18-00