[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-102.--U.S. exports and imports of agricultural commodities, 1940-97
[Billions of dollars]
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Exports                                              Imports
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Oil-                    Ani-               Crops,    Ani-            Cocoa    Agri-
Year                                                seeds                   mals              fruits,    mals            beans  cultural
Total\1\   Feed      Food      and    Cot-     To-     and   Total\1\  and  vege-   and    Cof-     and     trade
grains  grains\2\   prod-    ton    bacco   prod-                        prod-    fee    prod-   balance
ucts                    ucts             tables\3\   ucts            ucts
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1940................................      0.5    (\4\)     (\4\)    (\4\)     0.2   (\4\)     0.1      1.3      (\4\)      0.2     0.1   (\4\)      -0.8
1941................................       .7    (\4\)       0.1    (\4\)      .1     0.1      .3      1.7        0.1       .3      .2   (\4\)      -1.0
1942................................      1.2    (\4\)     (\4\)    (\4\)      .1      .1      .8      1.3      (\4\)       .5      .2   (\4\)       -.1
1943................................      2.1    (\4\)        .1      0.1      .2      .2     1.2      1.5         .1       .4      .3   (\4\)        .6
1944................................      2.1    (\4\)        .1       .1      .1      .1     1.3      1.8         .1       .3      .3   (\4\)        .3

1945................................      2.3    (\4\)        .4    (\4\)      .3      .2      .9      1.7         .1       .4      .3   (\4\)        .5
1946................................      3.1      0.1        .7    (\4\)      .5      .4      .9      2.3         .2       .4      .5     0.1        .8
1947................................      4.0       .4       1.4       .1      .4      .3      .7      2.8         .1       .4      .6      .2       1.2
1948................................      3.5       .1       1.5       .2      .5      .2      .5      3.1         .2       .6      .7      .2        .3
1949................................      3.6       .3       1.1       .3      .9      .3      .4      2.9         .2       .4      .8      .1        .7

1950................................      2.9       .2        .6       .2     1.0      .3      .3      4.0         .2       .7     1.1      .2      -1.1
1951................................      4.0       .3       1.1       .3     1.1      .3      .5      5.2         .2      1.1     1.4      .2      -1.1
1952................................      3.4       .3       1.1       .2      .9      .2      .3      4.5         .2       .7     1.4      .2      -1.1
1953................................      2.8       .3        .7       .2      .5      .3      .4      4.2         .2       .6     1.5      .2      -1.3
1954................................      3.1       .2        .5       .3      .8      .3      .5      4.0         .2       .5     1.5      .3       -.9

1955................................      3.2       .3        .6       .4      .5      .4      .6      4.0         .2       .5     1.4      .2       -.8
1956................................      4.2       .4       1.0       .5      .7      .3      .7      4.0         .2       .4     1.4      .2        .2
1957................................      4.5       .3       1.0       .5     1.0      .4      .7      4.0         .2       .5     1.4      .2        .6
1958................................      3.9       .5        .8       .4      .7      .4      .5      3.9         .2       .7     1.2      .2     (\4\)
1959................................      4.0       .6        .9       .6      .4      .3      .6      4.1         .2       .8     1.1      .2       -.1

1960................................      4.8       .5       1.2       .6     1.0      .4      .6      3.8         .2       .6     1.0      .2       1.0
1961................................      5.0       .5       1.4       .6      .9      .4      .6      3.7         .2       .7     1.0      .2       1.3
1962................................      5.0       .8       1.3       .7      .5      .4      .6      3.9         .2       .9     1.0      .2       1.2
1963................................      5.6       .8       1.5       .8      .6      .4      .7      4.0         .3       .9     1.0      .2       1.6
1964................................      6.3       .9       1.7      1.0      .7      .4      .8      4.1         .3       .8     1.2      .2       2.3

1965................................      6.2      1.1       1.4      1.2      .5      .4      .8      4.1         .3       .9     1.1      .1       2.1
1966................................      6.9      1.3       1.8      1.2      .4      .5      .7      4.5         .4      1.2     1.1      .1       2.4
1967................................      6.4      1.1       1.5      1.3      .5      .5      .7      4.5         .4      1.1     1.0      .2       1.9
1968................................      6.3       .9       1.4      1.3      .5      .5      .7      5.0         .5      1.3     1.2      .2       1.3
1969................................      6.0       .9       1.2      1.3      .3      .6      .8      5.0         .5      1.4      .9      .2       1.1

1970................................      7.3      1.1       1.4      1.9      .4      .5      .9      5.8         .5      1.6     1.2      .3       1.5
1971................................      7.7      1.0       1.3      2.2      .6      .5     1.0      5.8         .6      1.5     1.2      .2       1.9
1972................................      9.4      1.5       1.8      2.4      .5      .7     1.1      6.5         .7      1.8     1.3      .2       2.9
1973................................     17.7      3.5       4.7      4.3      .9      .7     1.6      8.4         .8      2.6     1.7      .3       9.3
1974................................     21.9      4.6       5.4      5.7     1.3      .8     1.8     10.2         .8      2.2     1.6      .5      11.7

1975................................     21.9      5.2       6.2      4.5     1.0      .9     1.7      9.3         .8      1.8     1.7      .5      12.6
1976................................     23.0      6.0       4.7      5.1     1.0      .9     2.4     11.0         .9      2.3     2.9      .6      12.0
1977................................     23.6      4.9       3.6      6.6     1.5     1.1     2.7     13.4        1.2      2.3     4.2     1.0      10.2
1978................................     29.4      5.9       5.5      8.2     1.7     1.4     3.0     14.8        1.5      3.1     4.0     1.4      14.6
1979................................     34.7      7.7       6.3      8.9     2.2     1.2     3.8     16.7        1.7      3.9     4.2     1.2      18.0

1980................................     41.2      9.8       7.9      9.4     2.9     1.3     3.8     17.4        1.7      3.8     4.2      .9      23.8
1981................................     43.3      9.4       9.6      9.6     2.3     1.5     4.2     16.9        2.0      3.5     2.9      .9      26.4
1982................................     36.6      6.4       7.9      9.1     2.0     1.5     3.9     15.3        2.3      3.7     2.9      .7      21.3
1983................................     36.1      7.3       7.4      8.7     1.8     1.5     3.8     16.5        2.3      3.8     2.8      .8      19.6
1984................................     37.8      8.1       7.5      8.4     2.4     1.5     4.2     19.3        3.1      4.1     3.3     1.1      18.5

1985................................     29.0      6.0       4.5      5.8     1.6     1.5     4.1     20.0        3.5      4.2     3.3     1.4       9.1
1986................................     26.2      3.1       3.8      6.5      .8     1.2     4.5     21.5        3.6      4.5     4.6     1.1       4.7
1987................................     28.7      3.8       3.8      6.4     1.6     1.1     5.2     20.4        3.6      4.9     2.9     1.2       8.3
1988................................     37.1      5.9       5.9      7.7     2.0     1.3     6.4     21.0        3.8      5.2     2.5     1.0      16.1
1989................................     40.1      7.7       7.1      6.3     2.2     1.3     6.4     21.9        4.2      5.0     2.4     1.0      18.2

1990................................     39.5      7.0       4.8      5.7     2.8     1.4     6.7     22.9        4.9      5.6     1.9     1.1      16.6
1991................................     39.4      5.7       4.2      6.4     2.5     1.4     7.1     22.9        4.8      5.5     1.9     1.1      16.5
1992................................     43.1      5.7       5.4      7.2     2.0     1.7     8.0     24.8        4.9      5.7     1.7     1.1      18.3
1993................................     42.9      5.0       5.6      7.3     1.5     1.3     8.1     25.2        5.0      5.9     1.5     1.0      17.7
1994................................     46.2      4.7       5.3      7.2     2.7     1.3     9.3     27.1        5.4      5.8     2.5     1.0      19.1

1995................................     56.3      8.2       6.7      8.9     3.7     1.4    11.0     30.3        5.9      6.0     3.3     1.1      26.0
1996................................     60.4      9.4       7.4     10.8     2.7     1.4    11.3     33.6        6.9      6.1     2.8     1.4      26.8


Jan-Nov:
1996..............................     55.2      8.6       7.1      9.5     2.4     1.3    10.4     30.7        8.1      5.6     2.5     1.3      24.5
1997 \5\..........................     52.0      5.5       4.7     10.6     2.4     1.4    10.5     33.0        8.3      5.9     3.5     1.3      19.0
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\1\Total includes items not shown separately.
\2\Rice, wheat, and wheat flour.
\3\Includes nuts, fruits, and vegetable preparations.
\4\Less than $50 million.
\5\ For 1997, totals include transshipments through Canada that are not reflected in commodity groupings. Prior data reflect the transshipments.

Note.--Data derived from official estimates released by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Agricultural commodities are defined as (1)
nonmarine food products and (2) other products of agriculture which have not passed through complex processes of manufacture.  Export value, at U.S.
port of exportation, is based on the selling price and includes inland freight, insurance, and other charges to the port. Import value, defined
generally as the market value in the foreign country, excludes import duties, ocean freight, and marine insurance.

Source: Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.