Table C-3,,,,,,,,
U.S. International Merchandise Trade and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) : 1970–2001,,,,,,,,
,"Current dollars
(billions)",,"Indexed
1970 = 100",,"Chained 1996
dollars (billions)",,"Indexed
1987 = 100",
,GDP,"Total merch.
trade1",GDP,"Total merch.
trade1","Real
GDP","Real total
merch. trade","Real
GDP","Real total
merch. trade"
1970,"1,040",85,100,100,"3,578",U,59,U
1971,"1,129",92,109,108,"3,698",U,60,U
1972,"1,240",109,119,127,"3,898",U,64,U
1973,"1,386",146,133,171,"4,123",U,67,U
1974,"1,501",206,144,241,"4,099",U,67,U
1975,"1,635",209,157,244,"4,084",U,67,U
1976,"1,824",242,175,284,"4,312",U,71,U
1977,"2,031",276,195,324,"4,512",U,74,U
1978,"2,296",323,221,378,"4,761",U,78,U
1979,"2,566",397,247,465,"4,912",U,80,U
1980,"2,796",474,269,556,"4,901",U,80,U
1981,"3,131",507,301,594,"5,021",U,82,U
1982,"3,259",466,313,545,"4,919",U,80,U
1983,"3,535",480,340,562,"5,132",U,84,U
1984,"3,933",562,378,658,"5,505",U,90,U
1985,"4,213",566,405,662,"5,717",U,94,U
1986,"4,453",596,428,698,"5,912",U,97,U
1987,"4,743",672,456,787,"6,113",717,100,100
1988,"5,108",778,491,911,"6,368",787,104,110
1989,"5,489",856,528,"1,003","6,592",847,108,118
1990,"5,803",907,558,"1,061","6,708",891,110,124
1991,"5,986",927,576,"1,086","6,676",919,109,128
1992,"6,319",994,608,"1,163","6,880",994,113,139
1993,"6,642","1,053",639,"1,232","7,063","1,062",116,148
1994,"7,054","1,186",678,"1,389","7,348","1,186",120,165
1995,"7,401","1,341",712,"1,571","7,544","1,308",123,182
1996,"7,813","1,427",751,"1,671","7,813","1,427",128,199
1997,"8,318","1,574",800,"1,843","8,160","1,631",133,227
1998,"8,782","1,611",845,"1,887","8,509","1,754",139,245
1999,"9,269","1,745",891,"2,044","8,857","1,911",145,266
2000,"9,873","2,031",950,"2,378","9,224","2,152",151,300
2001,"10,208","1,910",982,"2,236","9,334","2,068",153,288
"1 Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data for overall U.S. trade in current dollars will differ from figures reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, due to BEA adjustments in the data.",,,,,,,,
NOTE: U = data are unavailable.,,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Products Account, available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn1.htm, as of August 2002.",,,,,,,,