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Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS): Monthly Summary

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data

USDA has summarized the latest U.S. agricultural trade statistics in the following table, using the most recent data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

U.S. agricultural trade 1/, fiscal years, calendar years, year-to-date, and current month
Fiscal years 2/
Fiscal year-to-date
Nov.
2005
2006
2007
2008
2008
2009
2008
Billion dollars
Agricultural exports
62.516
68.593
82.170
115.450
19.002
19.958
9.323
Agricultural imports
57.736
64.026
70.063
79.317
12.615
13.292
6.439
 
Trade balance 3/
4.780
4.566
12.107
36.133
6.388
6.667
2.884
 
Calendar years
Calendar year-to-date
Nov.
2004
2005
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
Billion dollars
Agricultural exports
61.426
63.182
70.948
89.943
61.788
107.254
9.323
Agricultural imports
53.977
59.317
65.326
71.913
53.203
73.898
6.439
 
Trade balance 3/
7.449
3.865
5.622
18.030
8.586
33.356
2.884


1/ USDA defines agriculture to include: live animals, meat, and products of livestock, poultry, and dairy; hides and skins (but not leather products); animal fats and greases; food and feed grains and grain products; oilseeds and oilseed products; fruits, nuts, and vegetables and products of these; juices, wine, and malt beverages (not distilled spirits); essential oils; planting seeds; raw cotton, wool, and other fibers (not manufactured products of these); unmanufactured tobacco (not manufactured tobacco products); sugar and sugar products; coffee, cocoa, tea, and products of these; rubber and allied products; and stock for nurseries and greenhouses, spices, and crude or natural drugs. Fish, shellfish, and forestry products are not included in "agriculture."
2/ October 1 of previous year through September 30 of current year.
3/ Exports minus imports.
Data are not seasonally adjusted. Totals for 2007 revised to incorporate annual revisions by Bureau of Census.
Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture, using data summed from the Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.



For historical data, see Total value of U.S. agricultural trade and trade balance.

Additional U.S. agricultural trade data, current and historical, by month and year, by country and commodity, in FATUS groups, as well as by HTS code, are available on the Foreign Agricultural Service's U.S. Trade Internet System.

Quarterly forecasts of U.S. agricultural trade for the coming year also are available in the Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.

 

For more information, contact: Nora Brooks

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Updated date: January 13, 2009