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Table A-5 Air: Top 10 Commodities by Value for U.S.-NAFTA Partner Trade by Air: 2004

(Millions of current U.S. dollars)

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North American Trade

Rank	Commodity Code	Description	Total	Exports	Imports
1	85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts	9,632	6,355	3,277
2	84	^*Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts	7,709	5,389	2,320
3	90	Measuring and testing instruments	3,205	2,322	883
4	71	Pearls, stones, metals imitation jewelry	2,815	1,880	935
5	98	^**Special classification provisions	2,204	152	2,051
6	88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	2,171	1,008	1,163
7	30	Pharmaceutical products	1,086	898	187
8	29	Organic chemicals	363	298	64
9	87	Motor vehicles and parts	220	132	89
10	82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal	198	159	39
		Total, top ten commodities	29,603	18,594	11,009
		Top ten share of all commodities (percent)	92	92	93
		Total, all commodities	32,013	20,165	11,848

U.S.-Canada Trade

Rank	Commodity Code	Description	Total	Exports	Imports
1	85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts	6,315	4,236	2,080
2	84	^*Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts	5,283	3,846	1,437
3	90	Measuring and testing instruments	2,504	1,838	666
4	71	Pearls, stones, metals imitation jewelry	2,076	1,391	685
5	88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	1,922	761	1,161
6	98	^**Special classification provisions	1,759	142	1,617
7	30	Pharmaceutical products	656	495	160
8	29	Organic chemicals	267	231	35
9	82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal	142	119	23
10	49	Printed books and products of printing industry	135	80	55
		Total, top ten commodities	21,058	13,140	7,918
		Top ten share of all commodities (percent)	93	93	94
		Total, all commodities	22,544	14,152	8,392

U.S.-Mexico Trade

Rank	Commodity Code	Description	Total	Exports	Imports
1	85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts	3,316	2,119	1,197
2	84	^*Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts	2,426	1,543	884
3	71	Pearls, stones, metals imitation jewelry	738	489	250
4	90	Measuring and testing instruments	701	484	218
5	98	^**Special classification provisions	445	10	434
6	30	Pharmaceutical products	430	403	27
7	88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	249	247	2
8	97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	108	87	21
9	61	Knitted or crocheted apparel	97	16	82
10	29	Organic chemicals	96	67	29
		Total, top ten commodities	8,608	5,464	3,144
		Top ten share of all commodities (percent)	91	91	91
		Total, all commodities	9,469	6,013	3,456

NOTE: NAFTA = North American Free Trade Agreement; U.S. NAFTA partners are Canada and Mexico.

^*"Nuclear reactors and parts" is a very small portion of trade under this commodity grouping (HS 84). The majority of trade for this commodity is computer-related machinery and parts.

^**Special classification provisions" is primarily made up of U.S. goods exported and returned without having been improved in value or condition for imports and an estimate of low value shipments for exports.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transborder Freight Data as of April 2005.