U.S. China-Trade By The Numbers
Top imports from China in 1997:
- toys and sporting goods, $9.9 billion
- footwear, $7.4 billion
- women's coats, $2.4 billion
- telecommunications equipment, $2.2 billion
- office machines, $2.1 billion
Top U.S. exports to China in 1997:
- aircraft, $2.1 billion
- fertilizer, $1 billion
- telecommunications equipment, $630 million
- cotton textiles, $580 million
- oil seeds, $413 million
Top four U.S. trade partners in combined trade flows, exports and imports, for 1997:
- Canada, $320 billion
- Japan, $187.2 billion
- Mexico, $157.3 billion
- China, $75.4 billion
Top five countries with which U.S. had deficits in 1997:
- Japan, $56.1 billion
- China, $49.7 billion
- Germany, $18.7 billion
- Canada, $16.4 billion
- Mexico, $14.5 billion
U.S. deficits with China for the past 10 years:
- 1997, $49.7 billion
- 1996, $39.5 billion
- 1995, $33.8 billion
- 1994, $29.5 billion
- 1993, $22.8 billion
- 1992, $18.2 billion
- 1991, $12.7 billion
- 1990, $10.4 billion
- 1989, $6.2 billion
- 1988, $3.5 billion