Nice try though. Just put up a bunch of figures! Tell me, how much of those numbers is cars and durable goods being exported? Hmmmmm????? Didn't think so.
I saw a true non BS chart of our exports from 2000- to 2004. Yes exports are up slightly since 2000. However they are up in 2 main areas which saved the day, agriculture (mostly lower paying jobs) and pharmecuticals.
Almost every other sector was down including computers, telecommuniactions, Hi-tech machine tools etc Basically alot of the higher paying manufacturing jobs.
There were some other manufactured goods that were up but for the most part they were down as a averge in this category.
Gee, Neb, why don't you tell me how much is cars and durable goods. And then tell me why cars and durable goods, whether a large or small number, would change the fact that we're the largest exporter in the world.
And please, just put up a bunch of figures. With links, if you don't mind. Try not to make numbers up like your buddy superiorslots.
Tell me, you don't know? Shouldn't you try to gather some facts before forming an opinion? I can direct you to the numbers if you are truly interested, which I doubt.
Just over two-thirds of all our exports are durable goods and over 40 percent are capital goods.
The following table shows the figures in real terms.
| Real Annual Exports | |||||||
| Exports of goods and services | Exports of goods | Durable industrial goods | Capital goods, except automotive | Automotive vehicles, engines, and parts | Durable consumer goods | All durables | |
| 1990 | 552.5 | 367.2 | 38.6 | 112.8 | 40.3 | 25.4 | 217.1 |
| 1991 | 589.1 | 392.5 | 40.5 | 123.3 | 43.2 | 25.6 | 232.6 |
| 1992 | 629.7 | 421.9 | 39.5 | 135.2 | 49.8 | 27.4 | 251.9 |
| 1993 | 650 | 435.6 | 38 | 144 | 54.3 | 29.3 | 265.6 |
| 1994 | 706.5 | 478 | 40.2 | 166.1 | 60.1 | 31.4 | 297.8 |
| 1995 | 778.2 | 533.9 | 45.4 | 197.9 | 63.4 | 33.4 | 340.1 |
| 1996 | 843.4 | 581.1 | 48 | 229.3 | 65.8 | 36.1 | 379.2 |
| 1997 | 943.7 | 664.5 | 52.4 | 281.2 | 74.4 | 40.4 | 448.4 |
| 1998 | 966.5 | 679.4 | 53.2 | 293.2 | 73.4 | 41.6 | 461.4 |
| 1999 | 1008.2 | 705.2 | 55.2 | 309.3 | 75.9 | 42.2 | 482.6 |
| 2000 | 1096.3 | 784.3 | 63.6 | 357 | 80.4 | 46.7 | 547.7 |
| 2001 | 1036.7 | 736.3 | 58.1 | 321.9 | 75.2 | 46.3 | 501.5 |
| 2002 | 1012.3 | 706.4 | 54.4 | 294 | 78.3 | 44 | 470.7 |
| 2003 | 1031.8 | 721.7 | 55.8 | 300.6 | 79.4 | 45.9 | 481.7 |
| 2004 | 1120.3 | 785.5 | 58.1 | 339 | 86.3 | 53.3 | 536.7 |
| Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis | |||||||
| Exorts of Durables As A Percentage of All Exports | |||||
| All Durables / All Goods | Durable industrial goods / All goods | Capital goods, except automotive / All goods | Automotive vehicles, engines, and parts / All goods | Durable consumer goods / All goods | |
| 1967 | 53.7% | 11.5% | 30.7% | 8.7% | 2.8% |
| 1968 | 56.1% | 11.9% | 31.4% | 9.9% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 58.0% | 12.3% | 32.4% | 10.2% | 3.1% |
| 1970 | 57.1% | 12.6% | 33.0% | 8.8% | 2.7% |
| 1971 | 56.4% | 9.4% | 33.8% | 10.3% | 2.9% |
| 1972 | 55.6% | 9.1% | 32.6% | 10.6% | 3.3% |
| 1973 | 52.5% | 10.0% | 29.8% | 9.5% | 3.2% |
| 1974 | 52.8% | 10.2% | 30.6% | 8.7% | 3.3% |
| 1975 | 54.9% | 8.9% | 33.4% | 9.9% | 2.8% |
| 1976 | 55.7% | 8.7% | 33.2% | 10.4% | 3.4% |
| 1977 | 54.8% | 8.3% | 32.2% | 10.9% | 3.4% |
| 1978 | 56.2% | 9.0% | 32.7% | 10.5% | 4.1% |
| 1979 | 56.5% | 10.1% | 32.7% | 9.7% | 4.0% |
| 1980 | 56.8% | 11.0% | 33.8% | 7.7% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 55.9% | 8.7% | 35.2% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| 1982 | 55.4% | 8.2% | 35.6% | 8.0% | 3.6% |
| 1983 | 55.0% | 8.2% | 34.6% | 8.9% | 3.3% |
| 1984 | 54.9% | 7.8% | 34.1% | 9.9% | 3.0% |
| 1985 | 57.4% | 7.6% | 35.7% | 11.2% | 2.9% |
| 1986 | 58.9% | 7.8% | 36.6% | 11.1% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 58.6% | 8.2% | 36.0% | 10.7% | 3.7% |
| 1988 | 59.7% | 8.8% | 36.6% | 10.3% | 4.1% |
| 1989 | 60.9% | 9.0% | 37.1% | 9.5% | 5.3% |
| 1990 | 62.7% | 9.0% | 38.6% | 9.1% | 6.0% |
| 1991 | 63.3% | 8.8% | 39.3% | 9.4% | 5.8% |
| 1992 | 64.0% | 8.2% | 39.4% | 10.4% | 5.9% |
| 1993 | 65.3% | 8.2% | 39.8% | 11.2% | 6.2% |
| 1994 | 65.7% | 8.1% | 40.3% | 11.2% | 6.0% |
| 1995 | 64.9% | 8.6% | 40.2% | 10.5% | 5.6% |
| 1996 | 65.5% | 8.2% | 41.1% | 10.4% | 5.8% |
| 1997 | 67.6% | 8.0% | 43.0% | 10.7% | 5.9% |
| 1998 | 68.7% | 7.9% | 44.0% | 10.6% | 6.1% |
| 1999 | 69.2% | 7.8% | 44.6% | 10.8% | 6.0% |
| 2000 | 69.8% | 8.1% | 45.5% | 10.3% | 6.0% |
| 2001 | 68.5% | 7.8% | 44.0% | 10.3% | 6.3% |
| 2002 | 67.0% | 7.7% | 41.7% | 11.3% | 6.3% |
| 2003 | 65.8% | 7.9% | 40.4% | 11.1% | 6.3% |
| 2004 | 65.8% | 8.2% | 40.3% | 10.8% | 6.5% |
| Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis | |||||