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Table 7-4c
Top U.S. International Trade Commodities by Value: 1996 (Excluding Trade With Canada and Mexico)

(Current value in millions of U.S. dollars)

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  1996
 Overall exports  
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and   parts (84) 88,937
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 65,934
Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) 30,756
Measuring and testing instruments (90) 24,701
Vehicles other than railway (87) 22,847
Overall imports  
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 108,192
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 87,511
Vehicles other than railway (87) 50,075
Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) 49,524
Measuring and testing instruments (90) 20,087
Air exports  
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 56,197
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 55,295
Measuring and testing instruments (90) 21,080
Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) 10,273
Pearls, stones, metals and imitation jewelry (71) 9,973
Air imports  
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 50,501
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 50,491
Pearls, stones, metals and imitation jewelry (71) 13,498
Measuring and testing instruments (90) 10,875
Special classification provisions (98) 8,808
Land exports  
U U
Land imports  
U U
Water exports  
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 30,649
Vehicles other than railway (87) 20,164
Cereals (10) 14,817
Organic chemicals (29) 10,531
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 9,897
Water imports  
Nuclear reactors, boilers,machinery and parts (84) 53,221
Vehicles other than railway (87) 48,267
Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) 45,206
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 34,767
Not knitted or crocheted apparel (62) 13,847

KEY: U = Data are unavailable.

NOTES

Merchandise trade with Canada and Mexico is excluded from this data.

Commodity code: Description based on the two-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).

Total: Includes air and water shipments, excluding trade with Canada and Mexico.

Land (road and rail): Data for these modes are included in U.S. trade with Canada and U.S. trade with Mexico. Data for these modes are therefore shown in Tables 6-12a and 6-12b.

SOURCE: Overall, air and water: U.S. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration. Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis. Special tabulation based on U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Division. U.S. Imports and Exports of Merchandise, December 1990, 1995 and 1996. (Washington, DC: 1998).