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Table 6-7b
Top Mexican Merchandise Trade Commodities by Mode With the United States: 1996

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

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  1996
Overall exports  
Electrical machinery, equipment andparts (85) 22,959
Vehicles other than railway (87) 14,034
Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) 8,929
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 8,629
Not knitted or crocheted apparel (62) 2,225
Overall imports  
Electrical machinery, equipment andparts (85) 16,936
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 8,683
Plastics (39) 5,255
Articles of iron and steel (73) 2,478
Special classification provisions (98) 898
Air exports  
Electrical machinery, equipments and parts (85) 604
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 563
Pearls, stones, metals and imitation     jewelry (71) 214
Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (88) 154
Measuring and testing instruments (90) 138
Air imports  
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts (85) 790
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 454
Measuring and testing instruments (90) 245
Special classification provisions (98) 153
Pharmaceutical products (30) 65
Road exports  
Electrical machinery, equipments and parts (85) 22,210
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 7,250
Not knitted or crocheted apparel (62) 2,107
Furniture, lamps and prefabricated     buildings (94) 1,562
Edible, vegetables and roots (7) 1,345
Road imports  
Electrical machinery, equipments and parts (85) 15,169
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 6,008
Plastics (39) 4,809
Articles of iron and steel (73) 2,098
Special classification provisions (98) 738
Rail exports  
Vehicles other than railway (87) 10,598
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and parts (84) 704
Beverages, spirits and vinegar (22) 238
Inorganic chemicals (28) 131
Articles of iron and steel (73) 115
Rail imports  
Vehicles other than railway (87) 1,050
Cereals (10) 653
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (12) 643
Pulp of wood and paperboard (47) 289
Iron and steel (72) 243
Water exports  
Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) 8,820
Vehicles other than railway (87) 403
Organic chemicals (29) 258
Iron and steel (72) 172
Articles of iron and steel (73) 145
Water imports  
Cereals (10) 1,051
Mineral fuels, oils and waxes (27) 689
Organic chemicals (29) 485
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (12) 272
Animal or vegetable fats and oils (15) 96

NOTE: Commodity description based on the two-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). Mode of transportation data are preliminary.

SOURCE: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Estadística. Dirección de Estadísticas Económicas. Based on data developed through an interagency working group including the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Banco de México and Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1999).



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