What exports?
We’ve squandered our entire industrial base.
What have we got to export anymore?
Grain? Cattle. Leftist Hollyweird movies and CD’s.
Very appropriate screen name.
Praytell, can you elaborate on this assertion of yours?
787’s
We are on pace to export 1.16 trillion dollars worth of goods and services this year.
What have we got to export anymore?
Just a little over $1 trillion last year. Hardly worth counting. LOL!
U.S. Exports to World (Total)
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End-Use Code | Value 2002 | Value 2003 | Value 2004 | Value 2005 | Value 2006 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(00000) Wheat | 3,771,920 | 4,002,455 | 5,191,779 | 4,416,027 | 4,277,103 |
(00010) Rice | 832,936 | 1,077,760 | 1,223,738 | 1,337,714 | 1,355,253 |
(00100) Soybeans | 5,806,179 | 8,047,048 | 6,894,715 | 6,626,555 | 7,275,892 |
(00110) Oilseeds, food oils | 1,317,380 | 1,419,363 | 1,273,706 | 1,190,935 | 1,317,680 |
(00200) Corn | 5,784,028 | 5,750,589 | 6,926,461 | 5,824,420 | 8,269,286 |
(00210) Sorghum, barley, oats | 674,758 | 677,489 | 611,091 | 628,355 | 685,877 |
(00220) Animal feeds, n.e.c. | 3,298,763 | 3,297,751 | 3,115,922 | 3,387,722 | 3,804,049 |
(00300) Meat, poultry, etc. | 7,002,732 | 7,873,236 | 5,671,895 | 7,206,280 | 7,862,701 |
(00310) Dairy products and eggs | 714,816 | 744,458 | 1,167,111 | 1,299,418 | 1,491,898 |
(00320) Fruits, frozen juices | 4,038,150 | 4,295,114 | 4,533,462 | 4,996,914 | 5,561,085 |
(00330) Vegetables | 2,900,539 | 2,965,801 | 3,189,490 | 3,509,842 | 3,846,197 |
(00340) Nuts | 1,657,332 | 1,891,211 | 2,365,554 | 3,043,642 | 3,227,156 |
(00350) Bakery products | 2,020,889 | 2,255,755 | 2,467,241 | 2,696,155 | 3,003,394 |
(00360) Other foods | 4,482,548 | 4,906,768 | 5,340,365 | 5,872,533 | 6,584,793 |
(00370) Wine and related products | 726,766 | 817,565 | 984,623 | 912,592 | 1,093,913 |
(01000) Fish and shellfish | 3,197,235 | 3,363,283 | 3,823,237 | 4,207,720 | 4,350,247 |
(01010) Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine | 627,135 | 681,029 | 777,286 | 821,174 | 958,040 |
(01020) Nonagricultural foods, etc. | 761,472 | 959,336 | 1,011,988 | 977,358 | 1,044,079 |
(10000) Cotton, raw | 2,066,878 | 3,388,982 | 4,279,556 | 3,933,122 | 4,514,984 |
(10100) Tobacco, unmanufactured | 1,058,963 | 1,025,809 | 1,041,246 | 983,722 | 1,133,905 |
(10120) Hides and skins | 1,751,470 | 1,793,603 | 1,757,782 | 1,787,883 | 2,054,917 |
(10130) Agric. industry-unmanufactured | 1,173,376 | 1,255,510 | 1,468,907 | 1,401,808 | 1,575,829 |
(10140) Agric. farming-unmanufactured | 1,544,415 | 1,731,381 | 1,610,260 | 1,833,043 | 1,849,933 |
(10150) Agriculture-manufactured, other | 1,617,726 | 1,377,403 | 1,510,523 | 1,651,371 | 1,734,142 |
(11010) Metallurgical grade coal | 1,024,080 | 1,014,289 | 1,760,238 | 2,385,524 | 2,559,063 |
(11020) Coal and fuels, other | 898,318 | 788,371 | 1,206,042 | 1,329,221 | 1,331,295 |
(11100) Crude oil | 87,556 | 128,282 | 308,194 | 551,652 | 567,008 |
(11110) Fuel oil | 2,583,998 | 3,117,433 | 4,353,770 | 6,932,607 | 12,070,290 |
(11120) Petroleum products, other | 6,978,589 | 8,633,021 | 11,583,088 | 14,104,621 | 17,347,478 |
(11130) Natural gas liquids | 687,884 | 814,265 | 836,838 | 1,075,494 | 1,625,140 |
(11200) Gas-natural | 995,442 | 1,399,765 | 2,125,663 | 3,109,833 | 2,243,303 |
(11300) Nuclear fuel materials | 1,510,512 | 1,570,651 | 1,631,283 | 1,619,190 | 1,827,438 |
(11400) Electric energy | 303,047 | 755,696 | 828,855 | 1,046,509 | 1,051,985 |
(12000) Steelmaking materials | 1,863,503 | 2,607,012 | 4,014,104 | 5,991,623 | 6,838,801 |
(12100) Iron and steel mill products | 3,219,083 | 4,176,506 | 5,208,393 | 6,917,987 | 7,283,742 |
(12110) Iron and steel products, other | 2,768,597 | 2,905,047 | 3,636,622 | 4,351,229 | 5,155,405 |
(12200) Aluminum and alumina | 2,947,824 | 3,032,119 | 3,992,337 | 5,191,121 | 7,292,147 |
(12210) Copper | 1,112,520 | 1,510,815 | 2,002,919 | 2,356,484 | 4,699,934 |
(12260) Nonmonetary gold | 3,356,634 | 4,790,354 | 4,449,217 | 5,548,806 | 8,755,920 |
(12270) Precious metals, other | 2,560,780 | 2,144,607 | 2,758,099 | 3,175,711 | 7,041,621 |
(12290) Nonferrous metals, other | 2,148,428 | 2,464,242 | 3,053,412 | 4,523,315 | 6,609,065 |
(12300) Finished metal shapes | 8,728,448 | 8,948,222 | 9,964,894 | 11,405,809 | 13,932,951 |
(12420) Pulpwood and woodpulp | 4,051,462 | 4,259,100 | 4,696,567 | 5,272,294 | 5,903,241 |
(12430) Newsprint | 8,160,275 | 8,554,129 | 9,274,785 | 9,862,581 | 10,556,635 |
(12500) Plastic materials | 14,104,243 | 15,407,108 | 21,656,550 | 24,793,298 | 27,873,376 |
(12510) Chemicals-fertilizers | 3,924,528 | 4,105,064 | 4,744,018 | 5,197,329 | 5,280,861 |
(12530) Chemicals-inorganic | 3,929,179 | 3,930,315 | 4,423,922 | 5,880,332 | 6,663,746 |
(12540) Chemicals-organic | 14,631,857 | 17,633,336 | 22,187,353 | 23,377,062 | 26,971,487 |
(12550) Chemicals-other | 13,238,295 | 14,443,025 | 15,609,108 | 16,721,139 | 18,521,381 |
(12600) Cotton fiber cloth | 2,728,651 | 2,788,335 | 3,264,766 | 3,232,897 | 3,132,042 |
(12620) Manmade cloth | 4,894,813 | 5,048,515 | 5,550,833 | 5,686,350 | 5,765,167 |
(12630) Hair, waste materials | 429,684 | 447,027 | 493,439 | 483,543 | 552,150 |
(12640) Finished textile supplies | 2,248,350 | 2,196,564 | 2,321,442 | 2,377,417 | 2,541,374 |
(12650) Leather and furs | 840,316 | 866,753 | 1,193,579 | 1,095,540 | 1,051,998 |
(12700) Synthetic rubber-primary | 1,675,484 | 1,852,549 | 2,218,021 | 2,694,877 | 3,185,546 |
(12720) Nonmetallic minerals | 416,415 | 427,349 | 488,635 | 488,854 | 605,994 |
(12750) Industrial rubber products | 2,190,650 | 2,199,254 | 2,452,514 | 2,585,845 | 2,923,854 |
(12760) Mineral supplies-manufactured | 3,093,482 | 3,307,186 | 3,670,944 | 3,751,497 | 4,502,639 |
(12765) Tapes, audio and visual | 1,203,833 | 1,346,509 | 1,620,300 | 2,014,146 | 1,795,704 |
(12770) Other industrial supplies | 14,477,266 | 15,049,554 | 13,757,853 | 14,793,038 | 16,363,223 |
(13100) Logs and lumber | 3,568,646 | 3,675,962 | 4,213,673 | 4,332,968 | 4,593,107 |
(13110) Wood supplies, manufactured | 875,807 | 911,252 | 1,028,197 | 1,074,196 | 1,220,776 |
(13200) Glass-plate, sheet, etc. | 977,598 | 979,685 | 1,088,950 | 1,141,029 | 1,278,636 |
(13210) Shingles, molding, wallboard | 1,891,071 | 1,961,770 | 2,284,145 | 2,637,272 | 3,016,416 |
(13220) Nontextile floor tiles | 297,270 | 300,613 | 337,797 | 377,329 | 414,304 |
(20000) Generators, accessories | 6,171,391 | 6,286,538 | 7,028,809 | 7,613,908 | 9,464,756 |
(20005) Electric apparatus | 21,373,353 | 21,158,082 | 24,231,365 | 25,674,197 | 29,748,335 |
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment | 6,562,205 | 6,066,973 | 6,869,681 | 8,153,668 | 10,778,601 |
(21010) Specialized mining | 384,423 | 419,075 | 544,473 | 634,938 | 838,010 |
(21030) Excavating machinery | 4,986,166 | 5,284,702 | 6,657,603 | 8,812,827 | 9,866,450 |
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts | 960,239 | 1,063,017 | 1,439,904 | 1,382,445 | 1,858,428 |
(21100) Industrial engines | 11,601,418 | 11,690,670 | 13,511,204 | 14,934,258 | 15,953,605 |
(21110) Food, tobacco machinery | 1,732,148 | 1,688,991 | 1,860,182 | 2,064,865 | 2,192,826 |
(21120) Metalworking machine tools | 5,174,725 | 5,252,726 | 7,075,695 | 7,663,288 | 9,490,359 |
(21130) Textile, sewing machines | 1,059,214 | 1,020,197 | 1,134,193 | 1,247,851 | 1,274,629 |
(21140) Wood, glass, plastic | 2,597,190 | 2,503,246 | 3,367,352 | 3,645,557 | 3,628,566 |
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery | 2,278,780 | 2,372,552 | 2,566,827 | 2,718,324 | 2,850,457 |
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments | 13,218,013 | 13,936,101 | 16,927,323 | 16,720,633 | 19,119,448 |
(21170) Materials handling equipment | 4,488,470 | 4,655,814 | 5,984,009 | 8,162,312 | 9,903,852 |
(21180) Industrial machines, other | 21,727,003 | 21,718,029 | 26,971,265 | 28,295,944 | 32,709,273 |
(21190) Photo, service industry machinery | 5,422,145 | 5,714,167 | 6,553,936 | 7,492,107 | 8,178,549 |
(21200) Agricultural machinery, equipment | 3,526,203 | 3,793,910 | 4,422,448 | 5,144,124 | 5,308,940 |
(21300) Computers | 9,190,115 | 8,664,470 | 9,198,120 | 10,206,187 | 11,444,607 |
(21301) Computer accessories | 29,362,295 | 31,260,248 | 33,607,204 | 35,330,167 | 36,087,221 |
(21320) Semiconductors | 42,234,579 | 46,137,440 | 48,050,388 | 47,221,556 | 52,383,482 |
(21400) Telecommunications equipment | 22,207,691 | 20,743,162 | 24,543,091 | 25,666,771 | 28,911,061 |
(21500) Business machines and equipment | 2,023,646 | 1,927,170 | 2,110,291 | 2,335,954 | 2,704,205 |
(21600) Laboratory testing instruments | 4,824,079 | 5,118,842 | 6,093,197 | 6,665,275 | 7,279,594 |
(21610) Medicinal equipment | 14,481,033 | 15,742,536 | 17,852,664 | 20,364,358 | 22,664,867 |
(22000) Civilian aircraft | 26,676,656 | 23,305,357 | 22,917,114 | 29,332,618 | 40,714,914 |
(22010) Parts-civilian aircraft | 12,222,736 | 12,134,464 | 13,217,079 | 15,305,904 | 17,373,828 |
(22020) Engines-civilian aircraft | 11,584,658 | 11,338,959 | 13,840,691 | 16,145,914 | 16,947,535 |
(22100) Railway transportation equipment | 1,245,275 | 1,641,902 | 1,856,082 | 2,345,207 | 2,938,227 |
(22200) Vessels, excluding scrap | 204,471 | 67,122 | 40,953 | 64,957 | 51,701 |
(22210) Commercial vessels, other | 179,292 | 138,968 | 207,814 | 230,358 | 222,269 |
(22220) Marine engines, parts | 758,992 | 793,606 | 740,348 | 976,964 | 1,127,802 |
(22300) Spacecraft, excluding military | 36,932 | 37,138 | 53,632 | 37,955 | 26,894 |
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used | 20,552,414 | 22,102,841 | 24,609,325 | 30,492,691 | 34,530,937 |
(30100) Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles | 8,363,362 | 10,244,379 | 11,928,396 | 13,477,345 | 15,090,202 |
(30200) Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, ri | 10,112,579 | 10,112,654 | 10,754,788 | 11,324,368 | 11,924,358 |
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars | 138,831 | 185,673 | 148,197 | 58,449 | 58,962 |
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes | 1,909,086 | 1,819,338 | 2,124,051 | 2,403,281 | 2,479,500 |
(30230) Other parts and accessories of vehicles | 37,866,139 | 36,220,655 | 39,727,480 | 40,916,620 | 43,088,027 |
(40000) Apparel, household goods - textile | 6,305,462 | 5,935,708 | 5,389,846 | 5,311,955 | 5,183,748 |
(40030) Apparel,household goods-nontextile | 1,307,645 | 1,349,863 | 1,433,964 | 1,672,191 | 1,835,403 |
(40050) Sports apparel and gear | 445,492 | 421,225 | 436,046 | 485,324 | 588,006 |
(40100) Pharmaceutical preparations | 17,347,840 | 20,529,484 | 25,431,506 | 27,618,757 | 30,789,492 |
(40110) Books, printed matter | 3,969,325 | 4,175,252 | 4,397,917 | 4,820,801 | 5,192,672 |
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics | 4,139,641 | 4,580,874 | 5,260,323 | 5,975,099 | 6,754,315 |
(40130) Tobacco, manufactured | 1,962,035 | 1,881,706 | 1,599,295 | 1,340,630 | 1,362,642 |
(40140) Writing and art supplies | 4,609,284 | 4,695,044 | 5,062,591 | 5,623,401 | 5,827,807 |
(41000) Furniture, household goods, etc. | 2,122,958 | 2,415,749 | 2,723,936 | 2,885,663 | 3,204,067 |
(41010) Glassware, chinaware | 450,822 | 348,977 | 393,530 | 405,241 | 432,492 |
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, tools | 695,857 | 687,921 | 733,034 | 771,945 | 869,659 |
(41030) Household appliances | 4,536,883 | 4,830,195 | 5,224,404 | 6,050,859 | 6,650,584 |
(41040) Rugs | 693,290 | 693,005 | 789,475 | 906,070 | 1,003,387 |
(41050) Other household goods | 8,444,489 | 9,389,945 | 10,754,075 | 12,428,236 | 14,073,095 |
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors | 1,086,943 | 1,368,396 | 1,911,421 | 2,480,770 | 2,778,543 |
(41120) Toys/games/sporting goods | 5,459,446 | 5,692,490 | 6,316,574 | 7,564,206 | 9,027,618 |
(41140) Musical instruments | 1,032,717 | 862,781 | 1,056,377 | 1,058,999 | 1,067,154 |
(41200) TV's, VCR's, etc. | 3,955,119 | 3,382,301 | 3,602,070 | 3,639,449 | 3,872,073 |
(41210) Stereo equipment, etc. | 1,541,870 | 1,560,706 | 1,712,822 | 2,213,713 | 2,461,393 |
(41220) Records, tapes, and disks | 3,221,800 | 3,191,920 | 3,386,401 | 3,640,005 | 3,642,747 |
(41300) Numismatic coins | 56,008 | 63,051 | 54,118 | 67,805 | 154,448 |
(41310) Jewelry, etc | 2,968,325 | 3,049,472 | 3,867,696 | 4,727,493 | 6,143,415 |
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. | 2,901,776 | 3,036,051 | 3,877,752 | 4,778,136 | 5,953,003 |
(42000) Nursery stock, etc. | 269,747 | 289,308 | 313,536 | 341,782 | 387,790 |
(42100) Gem diamonds | 4,834,043 | 5,476,603 | 7,346,005 | 8,906,873 | 9,987,222 |
(50000) Military aircraft, complete | 1,672,201 | 2,159,009 | 2,360,999 | 2,417,217 | 4,464,598 |
(50010) Aircraft launching gear, parachutes, etc. | 89,950 | 116,027 | 214,592 | 305,808 | 344,791 |
(50020) Engines and turbines for military aircraft | 1,836,533 | 1,320,834 | 1,260,987 | 1,566,406 | 1,643,565 |
(50030) Military trucks, armored vehicles, etc. | 722,039 | 635,004 | 745,331 | 920,345 | 844,889 |
(50040) Military ships and boats | 2,060 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 5,170 |
(50050) Tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, guns and ammu | 1,929,437 | 1,615,936 | 2,067,159 | 2,037,040 | 2,714,343 |
(50060) Military apparel and footwear | 812,385 | 844,928 | 506,395 | 668,594 | 693,123 |
(50070) Parts for military-type goods | 4,639,359 | 4,816,374 | 4,728,834 | 4,919,362 | 5,918,013 |
(60000) Minimum value shipments | 14,635,601 | 15,043,576 | 16,781,625 | 18,800,866 | 19,745,847 |
(60010) Miscellaneous domestic exports and special transac | 6,514,038 | 5,858,199 | 5,737,754 | 5,328,568 | 5,241,316 |
(60040) Undocumented exports to Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,250,666 |
TOTAL | 693,103,192 | 724,770,983 | 818,774,859 | 905,977,633 | 1,037,142,973 |
Weve squandered our entire industrial base.
What have we got to export anymore?
Grain? Cattle. Leftist Hollyweird movies and CDs.
EXACTLY!
Oh, we have things to export but nothing like we did 10-20-30 years ago. Entire industries have been decimated. The factories are gone and abandoned to rust and rats
You can lower the US dollar by 50% and we'll have trouble evening up the trade deficit.
Canada and Australia are energy self sufficient and have no trade deficits. So their currencies are strong and soaring against the US dollar
The EU does not run a trade deficit so the is strong
What exports?
“What exports? Weve squandered our entire industrial base. What have we got to export anymore?”
Criminey! Pick up a business page every once in a while, fella. The US has an incredible industrial base. Why say stuff like this? It’s based on nothing but a glass half empty mentality.
Don't forget Big Macs.