America exports a lot of planes, medicinal machines, computers, cars, and plastic
I’m a little late on this (gulp, nine months late), but I found it interesting. From the U.S. Census Bureau, via Suite 101:
- Civilian aircraft including parts … US$74.7 billion, up 1% from 2008 (7.1% of total US exports)
- Medicinal, dental and pharmaceutical preparations … $46.1 billion, up 14.1% (4.4%)
- Semiconductors … $37.5 billion, down 26% (3.5%)
- Other industrial machines … $30.9 billion, down 19.1% (2.9%)
- Automotive parts and accessories … $30 billion, down 24.6% (2.8%)
- Telecommunications equipment … $28.7 billion, down 12.6% (2.7%)
- Passenger cars … $27.5 billion, down 44.5% (2.6%)
- Medicinal equipment … $26.9 billion, down 0.5% (2.5%)
- Electric apparatus … $26.1 billion, down 15.5% (2.5%)
- Plastic materials … $25.5 billion, down 19.3% (2.4%)
The biggest drop last year was in passenger cars, which went from being our third largest export in 2008 to our seventh. Ford is still awesome though.
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