U.S. Department of Commerce

Foreign Trade

Skip top of page navigation
You are here: Census.govBusiness & IndustryForeign Trade › U.S. International Trade Data
Skip top of page navigation

U.S. Imports from China by 5-digit End-Use Code
2003 - 2012

(In thousands of dollars)

End-Use Code Value 2003 Value 2004 Value 2005 Value 2006 Value 2007 Value 2008 Value 2009 Value 2010 Value 2011 Value 2012
(00000) Green coffee 457 161 455 509 287 1,909 2,217 28,030 25,982 25,847
(00010) Cocoa beans 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(00020) Cane and beet sugar 546 867 1,100 2,019 1,530 1,414 1,441 2,565 3,973 3,654
(00100) Meat products, poultry, and edible animals 68,385 68,108 64,975 81,448 98,337 125,205 128,824 121,899 128,707 129,886
(00110) Dairy products and eggs 3,574 2,987 3,163 4,067 3,457 5,908 3,951 4,286 5,465 6,806
(00120) Fruits and preparations, including frozen juices 263,030 354,399 415,981 481,910 815,882 1,102,464 745,821 788,040 1,017,049 1,115,385
(00130) Vegetables and preparations 172,232 227,690 264,592 339,938 444,483 448,361 400,779 515,476 571,445 603,271
(00140) Nuts and preparations 48,390 67,998 82,633 91,210 99,115 117,845 109,236 111,246 98,336 129,198
(00150) Food oils and oilseeds 9,164 23,186 29,650 27,896 35,678 81,894 61,281 28,393 31,898 84,200
(00160) Bakery and confectionary products 76,417 94,590 116,386 146,789 173,880 182,756 174,696 192,383 211,643 194,345
(00170) Tea, spices, and preparations 82,970 99,808 109,880 117,997 142,626 172,454 157,162 200,699 236,729 255,406
(00180) Other (soft beverages, processed coffee, etc.) 148,400 170,810 193,253 252,405 276,038 338,302 312,043 339,091 431,338 494,656
(00190) Wine and related products 7,006 7,446 7,572 7,773 7,841 7,080 6,404 7,083 7,343 8,285
(00200) Feedstuff and foodgrains 64,597 68,624 97,299 194,695 222,678 232,806 239,345 310,220 385,004 487,552
(01000) Fish and shellfish 1,146,291 1,240,939 1,445,933 1,927,574 2,013,071 2,164,955 2,022,171 2,372,652 2,634,216 2,640,466
(01010) Alcoholic bevs, except wine and related products 2,232 2,799 2,395 5,770 4,853 4,958 6,068 8,777 11,053 22,306
(01020) Other nonagricultural foods and food additives 44,711 55,507 56,618 70,259 85,858 144,414 41,894 45,702 46,503 69,399
(10000) Crude 110,597 193,726 447,074 473,915 141,797 499,813 110,961 127,249 61,886 81,167
(10010) Fuel oil 0 0 10,028 17,283 4,462 4 463 39,027 14 0
(10020) Other petroleum products 240,795 176,135 162,968 279,300 289,928 339,363 218,282 237,222 239,037 201,689
(10030) Liquified petroleum gases 76 44 39 115 507 829 247 223 19,711 232
(10100) Coal and related fuels 110,142 657,583 374,626 399,855 227,784 1,227,881 10,175 99,086 61,803 15,558
(10110) Gas-natural 24 38 23 16 1,434 1,363 4 0 0 0
(10300) Nuclear Fuel Materials and Fuels 103,845 77,331 76,740 52,736 2,067 2,370 1,243 2,126 294,091 86,753
(11000) Pulpwood and woodpulp 940 1,288 1,923 2,512 7,143 13,500 5,391 7,414 21,161 5,892
(11100) Newsprint 0 0 6 381 170 10 422 0 21 4
(11110) Paper and paper products, n.e.s. 221,435 302,704 386,267 576,724 645,826 650,418 604,411 483,251 487,393 586,621
(12000) Cotton, wool and other natural fibers 6,409 6,500 6,403 7,023 8,195 7,127 7,621 7,107 5,264 6,655
(12030) Hides, skins, and fur skins-raw 573 291 192 119 89 1,640 617 385 242 470
(12050) Natural rubber and similar gums 349 128 464 906 1,526 1,013 1,203 1,284 2,941 838
(12060) Farming materials, incl farm animals & animl breed 23,918 25,915 30,990 34,607 36,285 40,054 62,639 76,433 99,429 126,992
(12070) Other (tobacco, waxes, nonfood oils) 310,930 396,318 449,214 481,404 560,224 602,426 491,324 644,633 760,313 900,664
(12100) Cotton cloth and fabrics, thread & cordage 223,650 212,125 251,220 292,252 301,826 306,458 235,361 325,614 358,677 353,489
(12110) Wool, silk, and other veg cloth and fabric, thread 77,771 131,709 143,371 175,709 198,384 241,158 82,300 98,781 128,390 138,167
(12135) Synthetic cloth and fabrics, thread and cordage 217,527 277,817 601,588 724,337 824,172 945,614 811,378 1,074,774 1,377,079 1,505,372
(12140) Other materials (hair, waste materials, etc.) 92,149 126,237 172,170 213,507 224,356 231,228 169,416 248,036 274,914 297,363
(12150) Finished textile industrial supplies 254,708 363,474 521,533 574,492 637,857 706,801 604,841 826,927 970,697 1,059,617
(12160) Leather and furs-unmanufactured 41,362 58,076 53,842 47,253 44,902 35,195 20,561 26,301 24,238 28,748
(12320) Other materials, except chemicals 37,004 43,441 19,285 39,592 40,465 63,348 53,753 61,644 61,955 61,708
(12500) Plastic materials 114,312 162,657 389,525 505,805 441,089 570,636 456,371 571,061 808,477 812,553
(12510) Fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides 219,909 186,017 225,270 273,265 461,902 849,886 582,338 711,360 818,707 1,028,013
(12530) Industrial inorganic chemicals 489,994 644,624 790,844 986,726 1,047,081 1,634,823 929,809 1,328,725 2,161,990 1,613,870
(12540) Industrial organic chemicals 674,877 999,313 1,450,927 1,649,796 1,961,974 3,474,160 2,499,618 3,202,140 4,084,388 4,530,784
(12550) Other chemicals (photo chems, prnt inks, paint) 212,017 261,829 397,824 486,961 536,127 637,414 486,199 686,559 1,064,950 1,130,575
(13000) Lumber and wood in the rough 4,222 8,613 23,884 74,668 61,155 43,914 25,412 32,790 30,615 29,978
(13010) Plywood and veneers 175,489 449,578 635,394 1,006,874 1,074,344 970,388 734,344 908,426 954,068 1,130,301
(13020) Stone, sand, cement, and lime 762,832 864,144 1,108,828 1,484,988 1,331,832 1,088,240 764,655 782,196 799,345 853,742
(13100) Glass-plate, sheet, etc. (excluding automotive) 258,017 330,196 387,154 432,042 477,906 444,017 377,683 505,424 553,169 595,473
(13110) Other-finished (shingles, molding, wallboard, etc) 744,141 1,040,316 1,393,853 1,751,914 1,777,572 1,739,266 1,507,057 1,721,543 1,765,624 2,016,808
(13120) Nontextile floor and wall tiles and other covering 142,055 196,869 257,538 358,976 442,041 495,173 459,134 575,022 712,044 773,981
(14000) Steelmaking and ferroalloying materials-unmanufacd 104,204 320,005 402,609 294,978 410,014 626,502 65,047 222,193 193,398 119,789
(14100) Iron and steel mill products-semifinished 79,010 643,932 693,854 1,698,441 1,484,089 1,911,169 322,031 629,390 1,071,287 1,212,105
(14200) Bauxite and aluminum 68,926 178,955 464,188 672,817 658,337 617,672 599,932 749,160 436,045 328,490
(14220) Copper 1,388 2,204 4,755 10,013 11,421 12,874 9,837 18,407 20,923 13,514
(14240) Nickel 350 509 6,936 25,873 3,965 4,892 10,302 23,031 16,425 25,500
(14250) Tin 24,205 58,743 49,065 47,360 68,546 44,321 16,338 20,192 42,671 5,610
(14260) Zinc 19,494 1,842 1,199 8,573 12,081 1,513 1,513 1,380 760 893
(14270) Nonmonetary gold 865 709 619 1,402 908 1,486 836 1,979 2,728 3,357
(14280) Other precious metals 12,799 12,421 6,608 18,397 25,643 100,040 36,527 41,851 44,319 56,086
(14290) Miscellaneous nonferrous metals 84,072 171,470 201,537 302,776 347,598 518,164 245,341 404,187 590,687 562,008
(15000) Iron and steel products, except advanced manufacts 331,722 707,996 1,087,195 1,755,035 2,246,196 2,035,145 1,131,810 1,224,938 1,663,655 1,856,770
(15100) Iron and steel manufactures-advanced 805,362 1,183,929 1,604,733 1,951,279 2,068,628 2,242,807 1,497,695 1,905,929 2,293,416 2,537,599
(15200) Finished metal shapes & advncd manuf, except steel 988,324 1,533,264 2,090,278 2,950,851 3,441,209 4,015,265 2,741,195 3,244,406 3,819,988 4,378,469
(16040) Sulfur and nonmetallic minerals 124,621 152,625 209,539 226,193 223,840 247,054 141,858 201,051 301,276 304,787
(16050) Other (syn rubbers, wood, cork, gums, resins, etc) 39,370 57,216 98,950 130,336 132,104 139,246 114,742 158,668 250,829 248,950
(16110) Blank audio and visual tapes and other media 364,295 853,441 851,431 1,115,895 194,692 90,349 83,802 103,247 142,363 75,229
(16120) Other (boxes, belting, glass, abrasives, etc.) 2,006,530 2,462,537 3,164,849 3,834,673 4,409,958 4,723,793 4,001,253 5,066,326 5,722,564 6,410,867
(20000) Generators, transformers, and accessories 1,429,189 1,909,489 2,379,389 3,130,393 3,543,147 3,854,669 3,235,753 4,268,259 4,752,879 5,284,874
(20005) Electric apparatus and parts, n.e.c. 3,483,886 4,619,903 5,581,708 7,159,369 8,292,160 8,996,828 7,651,933 11,043,975 12,946,437 11,588,477
(21000) Drilling and oil field equipment and platforms 87,443 167,393 584,386 1,645,118 1,896,479 3,874,724 1,608,527 500,792 696,435 823,239
(21010) Specialized mining and oil processing equipment 11,629 13,738 33,562 96,705 39,115 59,202 44,888 61,653 97,021 114,301
(21030) Excavating, paving, and construction machinery 99,910 146,341 251,385 382,724 373,040 506,235 349,197 446,730 813,838 967,715
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts 118,218 187,673 287,032 446,873 468,450 429,205 337,164 655,092 871,049 939,034
(21100) Industrial engines, pumps, compressors & generatrs 622,104 883,928 1,143,577 1,468,379 1,766,844 2,272,230 1,901,244 2,445,854 3,121,359 3,660,229
(21110) Food and tobacco processing machinery 77,689 121,397 155,605 198,616 274,135 328,782 324,580 430,346 509,068 551,711
(21120) Machine tools, metal working, molding and rolling 175,821 233,069 349,152 437,100 502,638 619,110 559,188 593,969 756,864 1,010,340
(21130) Textile, sewing and leather working machinery 28,801 47,728 56,089 63,258 76,522 77,414 55,715 91,538 135,173 168,546
(21140) Woodworking, glass working, & plastic & rubber mch 355,257 496,131 542,824 656,791 721,436 679,984 666,766 736,288 873,282 1,038,966
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery 72,700 87,861 124,442 155,740 435,821 526,825 224,854 238,018 262,598 277,667
(21160) Measuring, testing and control intruments 549,794 812,382 912,078 1,045,751 1,268,755 1,521,032 1,296,483 1,667,447 1,900,092 2,165,984
(21170) Materials handling equipment 527,297 605,509 851,340 1,065,778 1,315,100 1,507,146 1,092,133 1,412,468 1,929,611 2,079,261
(21180) Other industrial machinery 1,184,060 1,825,092 2,343,364 3,052,401 3,994,143 4,572,287 3,891,561 5,270,803 6,567,056 7,405,519
(21190) Photo and service industry machnery & trade tools 2,414,149 2,915,399 3,399,743 3,930,368 4,598,101 4,654,748 4,196,504 5,179,430 5,721,758 6,121,673
(21200) Agricultural machinery and equipment 248,505 304,858 372,604 500,009 642,368 684,066 508,909 611,834 874,187 899,770
(21300) Computers 5,918,683 10,052,085 14,453,320 17,371,216 23,239,995 25,039,779 28,302,080 39,343,305 47,212,490 47,633,787
(21301) Computer accessories, peripherals and parts 16,095,867 23,794,210 25,745,996 28,931,412 28,092,735 27,012,046 22,039,900 28,195,127 27,659,478 28,410,993
(21320) Semiconductors and related devices 848,815 1,356,530 1,785,173 2,181,376 2,338,684 2,132,169 2,032,781 3,896,671 6,060,962 5,981,925
(21400) Telecommunications equipment 3,751,177 5,672,818 7,021,769 8,659,269 12,569,256 14,497,175 11,781,388 16,619,074 17,336,730 19,175,768
(21500) Business machinery and equipment, except computers 2,550,047 2,911,126 3,485,003 3,833,470 3,428,460 2,192,756 1,850,996 2,068,651 2,011,639 2,065,732
(21600) Laboratory testing and control instruments 153,768 180,592 204,460 302,199 572,495 571,512 480,233 685,105 1,010,194 1,094,324
(21610) Other scientific, medical and hospital equipment 1,050,811 1,274,595 1,550,599 1,863,379 2,130,001 2,620,457 2,485,704 2,981,666 3,350,472 3,630,553
(22000) Civilian aircraft, complete-all types 311 395 6 444 13,073 135 862 7,967 19,778 6,831
(22010) Parts for civilian aircraft 70,121 92,583 100,861 141,342 189,235 201,698 228,091 303,580 413,562 445,576
(22020) Engines for civilian aircraft 37,646 73,072 80,287 112,197 155,480 193,867 175,861 219,516 237,933 259,159
(22100) Railway transportation equipment 39,123 93,360 134,066 205,958 181,973 217,226 104,851 117,845 286,785 332,450
(22200) Passenger and cargo vessels, except scrap vessels 3,396 0 5,538 4 93 0 0 0 0 0
(22210) Other commercial vessels (barges, tugboats, etc.) 2,183 1,767 1,892 3,102 29,163 4,380 12,779 9,351 1,482 4,499
(22220) Marine engines and parts 41,861 58,936 67,506 97,844 134,721 136,087 81,588 108,675 154,215 219,140
(22300) Spacecraft, engines and parts, except military 95 42 0 0 95 331 499 701 658 611
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used 17,880 60,110 125,388 171,052 213,142 126,156 66,252 74,884 22,155 37,606
(30100) Complete and assembled 32,499 113,260 294,261 375,114 308,359 214,290 90,448 151,304 255,705 184,356
(30110) Bodies and chassis for trucks and buses 313 282 205 315 2,785 1,793 4,359 8,734 8,395 4,900
(30200) Engines and engine parts 216,845 290,771 401,274 509,405 625,244 745,287 653,882 959,476 1,301,936 1,206,053
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars 0 2 50 188 147 343 1,387 1,294 528 3,934
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes 392,848 593,179 1,007,424 1,286,671 1,749,690 1,988,033 1,751,731 1,541,565 1,827,884 2,347,566
(30230) Other parts and accessories 2,146,337 2,954,849 3,925,881 5,000,727 6,142,515 6,090,498 4,938,582 7,361,314 9,029,221 11,179,947
(40000) Apparel and household goods-cotton 3,372,115 3,848,721 7,617,631 9,872,180 13,003,851 13,382,300 14,449,001 17,156,230 16,483,034 15,527,216
(40010) Apparel and household goods-wool 287,103 341,161 1,052,964 1,302,603 1,591,029 1,648,440 1,277,757 1,519,018 1,506,450 1,382,678
(40020) Apparel and household goods-other textiles 8,342,123 10,601,204 13,104,085 14,589,612 15,809,215 15,295,179 14,379,094 17,316,519 19,753,135 20,618,776
(40030) Nontextile apparel and household goods 4,188,179 4,636,983 5,014,515 5,225,171 5,363,444 5,387,768 4,666,194 5,524,264 5,288,948 5,563,623
(40040) Footwear of leather, rubber, or other materials 7,782,297 8,421,936 9,631,443 10,700,369 11,162,632 11,632,460 10,968,468 13,208,257 14,089,053 14,457,663
(40050) Sporting and camping apparel, footwear and gear 3,444,702 3,850,202 4,394,805 4,643,051 4,617,552 4,619,336 3,984,402 4,624,794 4,800,588 4,822,231
(40100) Medicinal, dental and pharmaceutical preparations 418,926 471,803 611,988 677,200 875,296 1,455,287 1,534,066 1,738,814 1,776,494 1,848,829
(40110) Books, magazines, and other printed matter 684,094 877,523 1,083,484 1,257,216 1,542,866 1,624,469 1,439,286 1,592,689 1,563,400 1,657,596
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics 348,965 420,291 516,664 621,733 800,444 886,453 854,432 1,037,991 1,149,404 1,318,491
(40140) Other products (notions, writing and art supplies) 2,831,914 3,300,006 3,601,291 3,553,730 3,856,038 4,035,712 3,439,284 4,082,709 4,334,837 4,662,555
(41000) Furniture, household items, baskets 7,850,108 9,709,247 11,546,149 13,198,041 13,948,772 13,278,661 10,995,142 13,561,256 13,752,728 14,781,087
(41010) Glassware, porcelain, and chinaware 920,990 986,224 1,041,587 1,171,482 1,194,348 1,159,285 943,293 1,203,818 1,205,410 1,231,872
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, house and garden wares, tools 2,588,925 2,929,534 3,462,785 3,855,423 4,245,658 4,389,109 3,963,599 4,831,441 5,155,329 5,429,703
(41030) Household and kitchen appliances 4,691,610 5,902,998 7,070,079 8,252,589 9,042,147 8,988,221 8,099,422 9,390,524 10,211,536 11,146,037
(41040) Rugs and other textile floor coverings 280,907 289,384 305,803 348,069 373,758 375,091 301,833 368,460 479,421 520,562
(41050) Other (clocks, port typewriters, oth household gds 13,729,633 17,336,897 22,654,437 26,547,171 27,548,393 27,505,367 27,080,574 32,611,898 40,435,867 52,820,728
(41100) Motorcycles and parts 266,286 498,069 331,355 292,633 249,593 381,699 161,920 133,870 181,086 228,995
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors 32,775 57,012 96,626 162,608 168,716 182,216 136,161 146,640 168,898 190,101
(41120) Toys, shooting and sporting goods, and bicycles 16,557,155 17,844,052 20,159,533 22,208,302 27,583,318 29,167,386 25,093,022 27,817,182 25,310,975 25,107,721
(41130) Photographic and optical equipment 767,221 650,696 504,234 329,214 3,600,805 3,217,839 2,572,637 2,788,766 2,213,222 1,977,636
(41140) Musical instruments and other recreational equip. 420,141 556,559 605,219 597,532 610,313 681,620 546,807 655,124 660,364 674,449
(41200) Television receivers, vcr's & other video equip. 5,758,969 7,905,474 10,755,424 14,542,270 12,906,905 15,104,621 15,105,722 15,336,637 11,826,829 10,746,087
(41210) Radios, phonographs, tape decks, and other stereo 4,120,509 5,480,107 7,081,121 7,249,677 5,520,291 4,251,345 3,393,065 4,120,033 4,187,669 4,871,712
(41220) Records, tapes, and disks 86,176 98,455 133,270 118,982 853,928 1,017,178 758,948 698,909 858,754 59,693
(41300) Numismatic coins 3,673 10,090 9,841 13,092 21,733 21,057 30,354 37,055 77,994 82,834
(41310) Jewelry (watches, rings, etc.) 1,130,683 1,347,545 1,475,219 1,646,857 1,757,593 1,587,187 1,274,405 1,653,031 1,955,091 1,988,042
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, and other collectibles 1,156,751 1,163,137 1,318,647 1,432,064 1,636,543 1,566,484 1,181,578 1,441,143 1,577,015 1,754,663
(42000) Nursery stock, cut flowers, Christmas trees 15,048 15,147 16,923 19,989 22,672 23,514 20,689 23,255 28,594 29,451
(42100) Gem diamonds-uncut or unset 12,459 23,867 42,022 77,157 130,912 137,267 50,631 81,290 133,701 367,002
(42110) Other gem stones-precious, semiprecious, and imita 657,386 815,355 1,036,191 1,157,004 1,210,692 1,224,190 1,218,526 1,512,112 1,577,724 1,660,994
(50000) Military aircraft and parts 10,171 11,800 13,629 18,873 25,000 25,750 21,200 12,511 9,134 16,122
(50010) Other military equipment 12,909 21,798 20,462 24,155 26,315 23,946 19,145 25,052 31,624 31,091
(50020) U.S. goods returned, and reimports 446,547 562,757 641,661 779,584 916,247 882,297 958,492 1,096,981 1,179,326 1,581,521
(50030) Minimum value shipments 1,229,871 1,652,271 2,068,852 2,501,967 2,776,439 2,966,305 2,546,071 2,618,462 2,700,784 2,551,975
(50040) Other (movies, misc imports, and spec transactions 65,688 68,522 89,581 101,492 146,547 166,538 130,387 161,174 203,950 226,075
TOTAL 152,436,097 196,682,034 243,470,105 287,774,353 321,442,867 337,772,628 296,373,883 364,943,854 399,361,922 425,643,589


Additional Information




[PDF] or PDF denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format. To view the file, you will need the Adobe® Reader® Off Site available free from Adobe. [Excel] or the letters [xls] indicate a document is in the Microsoft® Excel® Spreadsheet Format (XLS). To view the file, you will need the Microsoft® Excel® Viewer Off Site available for free from Microsoft®. [MSWord] or the letters [doc] indicate a document is in the Microsoft® Word Format (DOC). To view the file, you will need the Microsoft® Word Viewer Off Site available for free from Microsoft®. This symbol Off Site indicates a link to a non-government web site. Our linking to these sites does not constitute an endorsement of any products, services or the information found on them. Once you link to another site you are subject to the policies of the new site.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Foreign Trade | ftdwebm 7;ster@census.gov |  Last Revised: March 15, 2013