posted on May, 18 2010 @ 08:09 PM
From the US to China.
$55.2 billion in American exports
Semi-conductors … US$5.9 billion (10.6% of China from U.S. imports, up 74.7% from 2005)
Civilian aircraft … $5.3 billion (9.6%, up 39.7%)
Soybeans … $2.5 billion (4.6%, up 12.5%)
Plastics …. $2.2 billion (3.9%, up 18.8%)
Raw cotton … $2.1 billion (3.7%, up 47%)
Industrial machines … $1.97 billion (3.6%, up 29%)
Copper … $1.86 billion (3.4%, up 99.7%)
Computer accessories … $1.82 billion (3.3%, up 27.5%)
Aluminum … $1.7 billion (3.1%, up 90.3%)
Steelmaking material … $1.69 billion (3.1%, up 11.9%)
Unmanufactured tobacco … US$61.4 million (up 3127% from 2005)
Corn … $22.6 million (up 2963%)
Oilseeds & food oils … $60.7 million (up 970%)
Precious metals … $305 million (up 205.2%)
Railway transportation equipment … $220 million (up 146%)
From China to the US
$287.8 billion
Computer accessories, peripherals and parts …US$28.9 billion (10.1% of China to U.S. exports, up 12.4% from 2005)
Miscellaneous household goods (e.g. clocks) … $26.5 billion (9.2%, up 17.2%)
Toys & sporting goods (e.g. bicycles) … $22.2 billion (7.7%, up 10.2%)
Computers … $17.4 billion (6%, up 20.2%)
Non-cotton household furnishings & clothing … $14.6 billion (5.1%, up 11.3%)
Video equipment (e.g. DVD players) … $14.5 billion (5.0%, up 34.9%)
Household furniture … $13.2 billion (4.6%, up 14.3%)
Footwear ... $10.7 billion (3.7%, up 11.1%)
Cotton household furnishings & clothing … $9.9 billion (3.4%, up 29.6%)
Telecommunications equipment … $8.3 billion (3.0%, up 23.7%)
Zinc … US$8.6 million (up 616% from 2005)
Nickel … $25.9 million (up 273%)
Lumber … $74.7 million (up 213%)
Specialized mining & oil processing equipment … $96.6 million (up 188%)
Oil field drilling equipment & platforms … $1.6 billion (up 182%)