Comparison of imports vs exports of the United States

Last updated March 21, 2019

The Following is a comparative list of the balance of trade in goods for imports vs exports of the United States in 2015 ($Billions of Dollars).^[1]^[2] These figures do not include trade in services, where the United States had a global surplus of $260 billion in 2015.^[3]^[4]

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

**Balance of trade in 2015 ($Billions) (goods only)**
Product	Imports	Exports	Difference +/-
Electronic equipment	$332.9	$169.8	-$163.1
Machines, engines, pumps	$329.3	$205.8	-$123.5
Vehicles	$283.8	$127.1	-$146.7
Fuel	$201.2	$106.1	-$95.1
Pharmaceuticals	$86.1	$47.3	-$38.8
Medical, technical equipment	$78.3	$83.4	+$5.1
Furniture, lighting, signs	$61.2	$11.5	-$49.7
Gems, precious metals	$60.2	$58.7	-$1.5
Organic chemicals	$52.1	$38.8	-$13.3
Plastics	$50.2	$60.3	+$10.1
Aircraft/Spacecraft	$35.3	$131.1	+$95.8
Total of all trade	$2.309 Trillion	$1.51 Trillion	-$799

Balance of Trade 2014 (goods only)^[5]
	China	Euro Area	Japan	Mexico	Pacific	Canada	Middle East	Lat. America	Total by Product
Computer	-151.9	3.4	-8.0	-11.0	-26.1	20.9	5.8	12.1	-155.0
Oil, Gas, Minerals	1.9	6.4	2.4	-20.8	1.1	-79.8	-45.1	-15.9	-149.7
Transportation	10.9	-30.9	-46.2	-59.5	-0.5	-6.1	17.1	8.8	-106.3
Apparel	-56.3	-4.9	0.6	-4.2	-6.3	2.5	-0.3	-1.1	-69.9
Electrical Equipment	-35.9	-2.4	-4.0	-8.5	-3.3	10.0	1.8	2.0	-40.4
Misc. Manufacturing	-35.3	4.9	2.7	-2.8	-1.4	5.8	-1.5	1.8	-25.8
Furniture	-18.3	-1.2	0.0	-1.6	-2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	-22.6
Machinery	-19.9	-27.0	-18.8	3.9	7.6	18.1	4.5	9.1	-22.4
Primary Metals	-3.1	3.1	-1.8	1.0	1.9	-8.9	-0.9	-10.4	-19.1
Fabricated Metals	-17.9	-5.9	-3.5	2.8	-4.3	7.3	1.2	1.9	-18.5
Plastics	-15.7	-1.9	-2.0	5.7	-4.1	2.6	-0.1	0.5	-15.0
Textile	-12.3	-1.1	-0.3	2.8	-4.6	1.5	-0.9	0.2	-14.7
Beverages, Tobacco	1.3	-9.9	0.6	-3.3	0.0	1.0	0.2	-0.6	-10.6
Nonmetallic Minerals	-6.1	-1.9	-0.4	-1.2	0.1	1.9	-0.5	-0.8	-8.9
Paper	-2.7	1.2	1.1	4.3	1.2	-9.8	0.9	-1.9	-5.8
Chemical	-3.9	-39.5	-1.5	19.1	3.2	4.6	-2.4	15.8	-4.7
Food	0.7	-3.6	6.1	4.9	0.9	0.1	1.4	-1.1	9.5
Agriculture	17.8	6.2	7.3	-3.0	5.7	-0.8	2.8	-6.5	29.5
Petroleum	0.6	-1.2	0.1	16.6	-2.0	-0.1	0.6	18.3	32.9
Total by Country/Area	-346.1	-106.1	-65.6	-54.9	-33.0	-29.0	-15.1	32.3

Imports/ Exports/ Trade Deficits of the United States in 2014 ($Millions, goods only)^[6]^[7]
Country	Exports	Imports	Trade Deficit
China	123,676	446,754	343,078
European Union	276,142	418,754	142,059
Germany	49,363	123,260	73,897
Japan	66,827	134,004	67,117
Mexico	240,249	294,074	53,825
Canada	312,421	347,798	35,377
Saudi Arabia	18,705	47,041	28,336
Ireland	7,806	33,956	26,150
Italy	16,968	42,115	25,147
South Korea	44,471	69,518	25,047
India	21,608	45,244	23,636
Malaysia	13,068	30,420	17,352
France	31,301	46,874	15,573
Thailand	11,810	27,123	15,313
Taiwan	26,670	40,581	13,911
Switzerland	22,176	31,191	9,015
Israel	15,083	22,962	7,879
United Kingdom	53,823	54,392	569

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[7] Top U.S. Trade Partners Ranked by 2014 U.S. Total Export Value for Goods (in millions of U.S. dollars)

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