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U.S. Imports from China by 5-digit End-Use Code
2011 - 2020

(In thousands of dollars)

End-Use Code Value 2011 Value 2012 Value 2013 Value 2014 Value 2015 Value 2016 Value 2017 Value 2018 Value 2019 Value 2020
(00000) Green coffee 25,982 25,847 14,993 18,782 25,860 30,832 35,328 24,719 27,132 16,871
(00010) Cocoa beans 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 56 0 0
(00020) Cane and beet sugar 3,991 3,654 3,273 4,299 2,952 4,004 6,125 4,269 5,268 7,747
(00100) Meat products 128,707 129,707 134,110 163,613 152,821 153,961 166,135 127,898 17,354 8,180
(00110) Dairy products and eggs 5,465 6,806 4,862 6,510 7,108 7,643 8,085 7,603 7,682 8,776
(00120) Fruits, frozen juices 1,017,049 1,115,048 1,049,544 926,514 882,340 877,852 860,210 1,031,905 519,162 641,982
(00130) Vegetables 571,857 603,387 591,825 536,795 606,513 681,720 753,569 672,395 485,720 550,692
(00140) Nuts 98,336 129,130 123,375 116,992 127,841 115,616 102,699 128,640 109,414 92,380
(00150) Food oils, oilseeds 31,898 84,185 102,179 92,377 80,927 47,028 37,717 48,200 35,867 37,156
(00160) Bakery products 211,643 194,477 198,772 221,353 218,664 224,494 213,851 267,247 205,872 171,085
(00170) Tea, spices, etc. 236,729 255,356 273,523 299,820 299,334 297,739 297,070 311,881 306,141 274,483
(00180) Other foods 431,406 495,041 534,875 475,411 496,359 513,580 598,607 690,863 642,261 755,462
(00190) Wine, beer, and related products 7,343 8,285 7,778 10,605 7,247 7,231 8,192 7,152 5,549 3,276
(00200) Feedstuff and foodgrains 385,015 487,523 357,183 319,444 306,031 296,722 275,389 303,795 248,562 287,844
(01000) Fish and shellfish 2,634,216 2,640,649 2,670,233 2,857,315 2,579,444 2,493,253 2,685,081 2,895,282 1,906,979 1,632,414
(01010) Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine 11,053 22,285 14,766 16,056 16,967 30,469 32,811 55,417 45,747 9,256
(01020) Nonagricultural foods, etc. 46,503 69,647 91,744 65,449 66,316 50,856 52,679 65,265 41,360 34,609
(10000) Crude oil 61,886 81,167 51,922 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
(10010) Fuel oil 14 0 19,705 60,972 25,659 52,436 63,059 148,357 24,309 24,058
(10020) Petroleum products, other 239,037 203,901 290,214 371,020 469,518 573,432 591,574 593,723 263,790 66,627
(10030) Liquefied petroleum gases 19,711 232 456 1,030 1,483 3,676 4,328 4,078 949 1,631
(10100) Coal and related fuels 61,803 15,558 8,550 9,567 7,478 3,929 5,074 8,529 9,982 11,732
(10110) Gas-natural 0 0 0 18 0 19 0 0 14 0
(10300) Nuclear fuel materials 294,091 86,753 141,311 192,256 49,259 91,368 20,171 63,046 12,667 4,501
(11000) Pulpwood and woodpulp 21,161 5,892 4,121 4,564 1,587 1,778 7,571 6,926 5,281 4,153
(11100) Newsprint 21 4 17 2 19 25 65 15 27 77
(11110) Paper and paper products 487,433 586,547 595,667 677,331 692,504 679,178 707,822 790,716 632,918 519,557
(12000) Cotton, natural fibers 5,264 6,655 6,302 5,862 4,844 3,893 5,197 6,152 6,959 5,203
(12030) Hides and skins 242 470 386 229 106 52 57 267 42 91
(12050) Natural rubber 2,941 838 2,545 332 565 341 228 569 483 303
(12060) Farming materials, livestock 98,575 127,408 107,745 106,529 115,760 91,001 90,509 75,929 40,400 36,896
(12070) Tobacco, waxes, etc. 760,624 899,706 945,442 964,357 998,928 942,742 1,014,026 1,151,983 963,024 888,802
(12100) Cotton cloth, fabrics 358,681 352,899 358,702 330,395 339,206 297,726 287,085 293,589 194,614 193,850
(12110) Wool, silk, etc. 128,390 138,192 141,055 148,623 151,844 119,824 106,555 111,204 66,616 59,215
(12135) Synthetic cloth 1,377,080 1,506,070 1,610,854 1,701,144 1,807,826 1,701,654 1,747,859 1,891,713 1,205,594 1,013,058
(12140) Hair, waste materials 274,925 297,398 277,746 289,285 287,874 264,344 296,416 410,235 236,313 162,135
(12150) Finished textile supplies 970,804 1,059,145 1,159,261 1,269,487 1,347,939 1,302,212 1,348,768 1,568,374 1,213,626 1,330,576
(12160) Leather and furs 24,238 28,738 28,960 29,651 31,802 26,749 32,089 31,450 14,726 12,779
(12320) Materials, excluding chemicals 61,962 61,810 53,344 54,008 72,867 77,430 101,117 105,945 45,236 39,928
(12500) Plastic materials 808,861 812,741 903,012 1,183,041 1,041,041 972,701 1,310,785 1,601,520 878,760 822,041
(12510) Chemicals-fertilizers 818,836 1,025,719 1,258,903 1,769,618 1,581,035 1,140,256 1,434,633 1,653,390 1,315,037 1,119,896
(12530) Chemicals-inorganic 2,161,990 1,623,163 1,442,251 1,583,561 1,375,418 1,205,781 1,479,526 1,953,786 1,426,939 1,026,959
(12540) Chemicals-organic 4,084,601 4,536,272 4,853,264 4,869,730 4,740,013 4,353,520 5,305,122 6,734,411 5,245,386 4,691,299
(12550) Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 1,065,051 1,128,820 1,094,874 1,137,102 1,078,450 1,021,833 1,071,121 1,453,174 1,030,791 2,547,493
(13000) Lumber 30,615 30,010 27,391 29,346 41,997 72,286 83,530 101,263 82,993 74,704
(13010) Plywood and veneers 954,212 1,130,415 1,068,744 1,291,831 1,383,683 1,406,028 1,204,418 1,149,334 472,649 355,327
(13020) Stone, sand, cement, etc. 799,358 853,707 995,017 1,088,456 1,301,605 1,469,631 1,714,496 1,918,863 859,919 642,862
(13100) Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 553,219 595,415 667,031 769,948 906,897 942,522 1,008,173 1,188,963 993,685 908,891
(13110) Shingles, wallboard 1,765,602 2,017,028 2,230,234 2,416,719 2,516,412 2,333,116 2,481,666 2,734,941 2,316,021 1,973,898
(13120) Nontextile floor tiles 712,052 774,023 965,771 1,128,019 1,360,924 1,854,048 2,487,893 3,582,766 3,326,783 3,307,666
(14000) Steelmaking materials 193,398 127,184 134,372 212,382 154,416 72,246 88,012 93,302 40,785 41,844
(14100) Iron and steel mill products 1,071,287 1,205,880 1,189,185 2,136,447 1,467,447 346,755 325,087 338,294 274,559 151,556
(14200) Bauxite and aluminum 436,045 329,213 567,324 786,735 1,038,247 872,749 1,272,329 797,983 452,944 351,754
(14220) Copper 20,923 13,514 10,098 12,251 9,322 7,027 7,913 7,642 6,425 5,428
(14240) Nickel 16,425 25,500 19,137 22,261 26,965 20,004 31,920 43,490 12,066 16,327
(14250) Tin 42,671 5,610 35,440 79,632 21,747 5,098 11,538 28,183 28,362 794
(14260) Zinc 760 893 1,799 1,871 2,011 1,535 2,173 1,846 1,109 1,380
(14270) Nonmonetary gold 2,728 3,352 3,777 2,581 1,891 2,720 2,059 2,564 1,313 831
(14280) Other precious metals 44,319 56,079 47,363 65,254 75,180 116,293 85,203 37,956 93,890 23,361
(14290) Nonferrous metals, other 591,200 562,024 468,252 490,318 407,664 277,755 368,042 495,839 406,752 290,012
(15000) Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 1,663,688 1,857,352 1,688,792 1,956,540 1,893,731 1,761,305 1,915,521 2,208,478 1,564,341 1,179,096
(15100) Iron and steel, advanced 2,293,660 2,538,285 2,400,322 2,743,742 2,832,020 2,608,543 2,960,797 3,811,638 3,014,803 2,520,131
(15200) Finished metal shapes 3,820,164 4,381,571 4,255,439 4,565,016 4,783,395 4,833,954 5,032,423 5,429,013 4,291,780 3,677,794
(16040) Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 301,296 306,660 235,703 267,213 234,530 201,215 226,511 215,737 169,960 85,122
(16050) Synthetic rubber--primary 250,829 249,062 188,893 191,020 169,056 148,228 194,303 262,203 199,084 103,316
(16110) Blank tapes, audio & visual 142,363 75,087 51,813 33,670 23,709 32,308 17,915 23,429 16,329 7,960
(16120) Industrial supplies, other 5,722,609 6,410,790 6,882,716 7,364,612 7,962,631 8,021,955 8,750,225 9,615,508 8,175,131 7,796,543
(20000) Generators, accessories 4,752,882 5,286,095 5,801,717 6,140,433 6,531,040 6,269,502 7,000,232 7,968,361 6,120,903 5,405,204
(20005) Electric apparatus 12,946,856 11,590,260 12,696,414 13,333,796 13,627,422 13,132,186 14,191,573 16,020,835 12,771,250 11,482,678
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment 696,553 822,839 637,055 839,696 514,046 161,784 342,206 367,586 318,638 163,446
(21010) Specialized mining 97,021 114,353 99,510 114,243 75,169 105,204 88,119 77,980 51,995 45,853
(21030) Excavating machinery 813,866 968,474 927,775 1,191,449 1,124,318 1,050,480 1,407,522 1,731,365 1,677,450 1,324,685
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts 871,049 939,239 861,432 588,076 308,869 154,079 148,878 178,534 123,531 76,580
(21100) Industrial engines 3,121,432 3,662,462 3,679,780 4,537,193 4,746,860 4,564,621 5,097,131 5,467,717 4,542,526 4,227,132
(21110) Food, tobacco machinery 509,068 551,661 585,582 671,607 725,335 755,540 806,258 795,138 677,802 703,731
(21120) Metalworking machine tools 756,901 1,007,982 1,039,536 1,120,865 1,250,987 1,195,257 1,352,908 1,426,488 1,078,619 943,049
(21130) Textile, sewing machines 135,186 168,612 241,775 340,937 313,380 166,371 178,585 219,210 191,753 209,815
(21140) Wood, glass, plastic 873,282 1,041,187 1,207,166 1,308,510 1,651,742 1,539,535 1,962,239 2,066,342 1,602,245 1,479,547
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery 262,602 277,810 315,126 348,396 410,814 417,513 476,915 488,029 522,653 413,890
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments 1,900,112 2,166,067 2,354,913 2,498,661 2,667,848 2,752,146 3,015,784 3,074,568 2,162,977 1,852,679
(21170) Materials handling equipment 1,929,641 2,079,276 2,103,971 2,590,136 2,719,684 2,608,736 2,945,831 3,438,642 2,891,627 2,675,271
(21180) Industrial machines, other 6,566,964 7,409,261 7,694,810 8,778,141 9,075,228 8,881,277 10,589,188 11,772,652 10,103,608 9,746,848
(21190) Photo, service industry machinery 5,721,891 6,120,127 7,179,008 7,687,111 8,355,684 8,587,012 9,555,527 10,751,359 9,524,471 8,673,163
(21200) Agricultural machinery, equipment 874,187 898,732 964,075 1,052,942 1,011,524 970,820 1,138,568 1,483,796 1,629,808 2,127,641
(21300) Computers 47,212,554 47,638,124 47,154,020 46,246,719 43,804,679 40,407,803 45,394,444 47,015,851 42,225,838 50,683,652
(21301) Computer accessories 27,663,608 28,418,685 28,979,113 31,191,054 30,456,135 28,252,467 31,658,120 32,493,637 18,707,581 16,890,994
(21320) Semiconductors 6,061,916 5,981,622 5,838,261 7,041,195 8,062,061 8,507,710 9,591,127 8,834,491 4,776,431 3,483,500
(21400) Telecommunications equipment 17,336,848 19,145,602 20,951,280 22,537,644 27,085,100 29,036,921 33,451,030 33,858,327 23,886,498 17,661,139
(21500) Business machines and equipment 2,011,658 2,066,734 2,036,535 2,166,594 2,214,289 2,281,984 2,348,337 2,252,616 1,615,402 1,480,584
(21600) Laboratory testing instruments 1,010,284 1,096,886 816,993 1,060,325 977,863 952,014 1,013,442 1,048,502 972,987 1,135,417
(21610) Medicinal equipment 3,350,950 3,630,791 3,737,955 3,892,180 4,308,532 4,387,958 4,763,267 5,116,848 5,224,610 7,138,839
(22000) Civilian aircraft 19,778 6,831 281 15,532 25,221 15,610 16,497 1,757 1,822 4,433
(22010) Parts-civilian aircraft 413,779 445,631 509,563 535,630 534,547 522,628 600,066 671,889 645,434 338,080
(22020) Engines-civilian aircraft 237,933 259,165 300,613 357,693 363,920 391,654 424,574 464,482 463,493 335,485
(22100) Railway transportation equipment 286,785 332,386 318,639 462,388 713,964 348,292 256,222 338,074 297,475 182,963
(22200) Vessels, except scrap 0 0 12 0 124 14 6 55 20 123
(22210) Commercial vessels, other 1,482 4,499 9,136 44,392 6,343 54,030 16,732 16,804 11,645 7,072
(22220) Marine engines, parts 154,215 219,140 212,957 186,173 168,882 126,478 204,026 229,122 134,681 72,056
(22300) Spacecraft, excluding military 658 617 471 571 408 418 408 304 313 189
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used 22,155 37,882 34,137 77,687 218,176 1,178,640 1,576,110 1,825,030 1,538,713 1,294,375
(30100) Trucks, buses, and special purpose vehicles 255,705 184,393 198,092 306,757 440,963 401,394 499,445 685,428 376,205 467,661
(30110) Bodies and chassis for trucks and buses 8,395 4,864 4,078 4,522 1,811 1,357 1,921 2,576 2,013 565
(30200) Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, rings, and valves) 1,302,426 1,206,421 1,359,426 1,541,067 1,642,597 1,612,337 1,829,810 2,028,268 1,712,377 1,540,930
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars 528 3,934 1,755 1,340 200 990 2,492 2,367 748 18
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes 1,827,884 2,347,504 2,986,909 3,491,265 2,484,232 1,844,736 1,732,126 2,147,249 1,072,041 868,934
(30230) Other parts and accessories of vehicles 9,029,238 11,172,211 11,681,762 13,464,650 14,867,660 14,231,925 14,384,808 16,335,396 12,932,040 10,578,461
(40000) Apparel, household goods - cotton 16,483,702 15,525,170 15,773,381 14,738,022 14,410,493 12,705,242 12,271,689 12,385,934 10,270,352 6,001,016
(40010) Apparel, household goods - wool 1,506,698 1,382,792 1,314,003 1,456,492 1,344,003 1,162,986 1,034,348 1,105,943 1,073,723 593,241
(40020) Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton 19,754,755 20,619,014 21,554,715 23,924,860 25,645,126 24,143,354 24,097,914 25,048,770 24,410,896 34,449,813
(40030) Apparel,household goods-nontextile 5,288,989 5,565,011 5,693,814 5,757,730 5,745,449 5,017,409 4,943,489 5,124,509 4,208,095 5,005,771
(40040) Footwear 14,089,390 14,456,218 14,251,258 14,295,444 14,182,255 12,005,163 11,535,806 11,416,468 10,946,852 6,852,745
(40050) Camping apparel and gear 4,800,916 4,814,348 4,836,813 5,001,497 5,579,753 5,316,106 5,448,343 5,384,127 5,143,664 3,891,878
(40100) Pharmaceutical preparations 1,776,494 1,848,762 1,716,509 1,845,220 2,098,271 2,219,978 2,539,830 2,960,143 2,621,588 3,406,142
(40110) Books, printed matter 1,563,430 1,657,653 1,706,445 1,721,134 1,846,925 1,865,187 1,903,681 2,027,938 2,119,695 1,568,771
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics 1,149,437 1,318,179 1,291,560 1,351,487 1,482,929 1,735,635 1,923,602 2,040,223 1,675,982 1,940,630
(40140) Other consumer nondurables 4,335,385 4,664,840 4,664,760 4,766,750 5,225,870 5,506,896 5,535,198 6,035,460 5,968,946 5,370,327
(41000) Furniture, household goods, etc. 13,753,109 14,779,785 15,179,327 16,052,809 17,894,345 18,644,665 20,677,090 22,625,036 16,854,854 14,116,248
(41010) Glassware, chinaware 1,205,528 1,232,152 1,319,780 1,383,654 1,523,031 1,506,881 1,540,182 1,688,176 1,678,144 1,406,342
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, tools 5,155,391 5,428,861 5,930,900 6,188,709 6,709,002 7,038,461 7,195,595 7,914,237 8,346,771 8,874,248
(41030) Household appliances 10,210,570 11,145,330 12,482,507 13,244,246 14,217,862 13,715,844 14,151,476 16,015,017 14,060,221 16,120,478
(41040) Rugs 479,416 520,501 528,220 566,436 592,442 577,527 618,009 744,365 492,142 401,110
(41050) Cell phones and other household goods, n.e.c. 40,437,973 52,820,617 58,708,992 64,102,970 64,538,065 61,465,082 70,337,064 71,806,967 64,421,289 61,814,901
(41100) Motorcycles and parts 181,086 229,314 254,189 260,398 478,429 466,435 568,993 854,388 814,727 1,024,485
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors 168,898 190,104 193,086 195,747 255,501 245,038 242,087 278,110 227,201 241,681
(41120) Toys, games, and sporting goods 25,306,178 25,115,136 24,632,369 24,432,816 26,355,499 25,044,156 26,723,890 28,153,925 26,386,721 27,631,678
(41130) Photo equipment 2,213,222 1,988,459 1,407,345 1,392,614 1,526,819 1,418,164 1,971,785 2,110,623 2,220,504 2,409,287
(41140) Musical instruments 660,364 674,404 647,305 708,923 703,271 708,904 717,062 776,370 816,594 808,819
(41200) Televisions and video equipment 11,825,184 10,764,246 9,797,117 10,628,555 10,654,484 9,259,483 10,620,353 11,702,778 9,516,707 5,405,550
(41210) Stereo equipment, etc 4,187,785 4,872,465 4,825,936 4,648,112 4,204,035 3,788,004 3,724,309 3,939,605 4,476,945 5,032,151
(41220) Recorded media 858,754 59,719 57,304 74,253 77,243 31,622 35,619 31,605 32,326 20,495
(41300) Numismatic coins 77,994 82,836 111,545 93,516 80,456 85,595 87,509 76,044 46,053 63,058
(41310) Jewelry 1,955,093 1,988,355 2,135,919 2,224,013 2,526,372 2,188,350 2,107,520 2,085,244 1,777,174 918,357
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 1,577,077 1,692,837 1,712,281 1,729,761 1,954,936 1,812,949 1,802,430 1,983,693 2,228,610 1,935,011
(42000) Nursery stock, etc. 28,594 29,396 31,695 37,356 40,573 46,696 52,308 70,082 70,336 62,958
(42100) Gem diamonds 133,701 367,002 287,565 389,178 205,114 76,149 147,282 233,140 155,677 2,879
(42110) Gem stones, other 1,577,880 1,661,028 1,613,486 1,486,404 1,354,299 1,170,479 1,034,284 1,069,245 930,293 573,647
(50000) Military aircraft and parts 9,134 16,122 40,150 52,485 26,826 22,003 12,531 38,342 55,230 16,842
(50010) Other military equipment 31,624 31,117 31,311 31,412 32,555 25,408 23,833 25,560 27,570 28,540
(50020) U.S. goods returned, and reimports 1,179,641 1,585,403 1,732,458 1,938,328 2,010,370 2,010,586 2,429,636 2,630,205 3,049,442 3,646,447
(50030) Minimum value shipments 2,700,784 2,551,975 2,580,809 3,234,575 3,226,394 3,070,484 3,318,399 3,609,016 3,861,314 3,819,376
(50040) Other (movies, miscellaneous imports, and special transactions) 203,950 225,795 199,275 204,473 249,775 285,428 292,997 434,292 937,278 945,686
TOTAL 399,371,233 425,619,083 440,430,020 468,474,895 483,201,655 462,419,992 505,165,098 538,514,159 450,760,375 434,748,957




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