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Table MT.1 Machinery: U.S. exports and general imports, by selected trading partners, 2012–16

	Million $
						Absolute change,	Percent change,
Item	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2015-16	2015-16
U.S. exports of domestic merchandise:
China	8,534	9,107	9,600	9,484	8,998	-485	-5.1
Mexico	15,489	16,466	18,161	17,999	17,001	-998	-5.5
Canada	25,093	24,805	25,865	23,341	20,458	-2,883	-12.4
Germany	4,030	3,990	3,874	3,935	3,912	-23	-0.6
Japan	3,067	3,406	3,825	4,306	3,750	-556	-12.9
South Korea	5,638	5,602	6,510	5,920	5,293	-626	-10.6
Taiwan	4,601	4,694	4,289	4,873	5,255	381	7.8
Italy	1,012	1,088	1,047	1,104	962	-143	-12.9
United Kingdom	2,956	3,050	3,650	3,445	3,387	-58	-1.7
France	1,964	1,983	2,033	1,952	1,954	2	0.1
All other	50,159	48,236	48,379	43,492	37,636	-5,856	-13.5
Total domestic exports	122,544	122,428	127,233	119,850	108,606	-11,244	-9.4
Re-exports	15,985	17,188	18,648	18,869	19,399	531	2.8
Total U.S. exports (domestic and re-exports)	138,528	139,616	145,881	138,719	128,005	-10,713	-7.7
U.S. general imports:
China	41,031	44,345	48,138	50,523	48,450	-2,073	-4.1
Mexico	25,328	26,357	29,062	30,101	29,923	-178	-0.6
Canada	13,374	13,592	13,694	12,914	12,161	-753	-5.8
Germany	15,905	16,543	17,879	17,664	17,259	-405	-2.3
Japan	20,831	18,911	18,827	17,376	17,379	3	(a)
South Korea	6,892	6,635	7,111	7,579	7,082	-497	-6.6
Taiwan	3,951	4,006	4,389	4,435	4,153	-282	-6.4
Italy	6,100	6,315	7,215	7,039	6,800	-239	-3.4
United Kingdom	3,994	3,998	4,238	4,124	3,733	-391	-9.5
France	3,152	3,328	3,440	3,367	3,209	-158	-4.7
All other	27,226	26,198	31,537	30,735	29,478	-1,258	-4.1
Total general imports	167,784	170,227	185,530	185,858	179,627	-6,231	-3.4

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. These reflect all official revisions of previously published data up to June 2016 (accessed March 27, 2017).

Note: Import values are based on customs value; export values are based on free along ship value, U.S. port of export. Calculations based on unrounded data. The countries shown are those with the largest total U.S. trade (U.S. general imports plus U.S. domestic exports) in these products in the current year.

^a Less than 0.05 percent.

Table MT.2 Machinery: Leading changes in U.S. exports and imports, 2012–16

	Million $
						Absolute change,	Percent change,
USITC code and industry/commodity group	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2015-16	2015-16
U.S. domestic exports:
Increases:
MT019A Semiconductor manufacturing equipment	13,116	13,133	14,555	15,892	16,642	750	4.7
MT019 Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and robotics	13,552	13,617	15,051	16,336	17,076	739	4.5
MT018 Non-metalworking machine tools	689	616	578	589	739	150	25.4
MT011 Pulp, paper, and paperboard machinery	782	734	774	685	739	54	7.9
MT016 Machine tool accessories	422	438	460	451	451	1	0.2
Decreases:
MT030 Miscellaneous machinery	11,307	11,383	11,950	11,152	9,523	-1,629	-14.6
MT023 Electric motors, generators, and related equipment	9,315	8,322	8,928	7,642	6,104	-1,538	-20.1
MT020 Taps, cocks, valves, and similar devices	9,104	10,266	11,259	10,916	9,420	-1,496	-13.7
MT009 Farm and garden machinery and equipment	13,145	11,653	10,732	9,412	8,363	-1,050	-11.2
MT001 Pumps for liquids	7,091	7,397	7,527	6,505	5,640	-865	-13.3
MT002 Air-conditioning equipment and parts	9,228	9,576	9,581	8,727	7,877	-850	-9.7
MT021 Mechanical power transmission equipment	3,065	2,978	4,345	4,127	3,314	-813	-19.7
MT005 Centrifuges and filtering and purifying equipment	6,311	6,814	7,568	7,436	6,670	-766	-10.3
MT003 Industrial thermal-processing equipment and furnaces	4,640	4,554	4,667	4,396	3,859	-537	-12.2
MT029 Nonautomotive insulated electrical wire and related products	6,030	6,210	6,076	5,606	5,160	-447	-8.0
MT004 Household appliances, including commercial applications	7,198	7,520	7,813	7,430	7,033	-396	-5.3
MT015 Metal cutting machine tools	2,437	2,408	2,331	2,093	1,782	-311	-14.9
MT024 Electrical transformers, static converters, and inductors	3,137	3,300	3,291	3,126	2,881	-244	-7.8
MT017 Metal forming machine tools	1,402	1,321	1,236	1,250	1,024	-225	-18.0
MT008 Mineral processing machinery	1,845	1,668	1,637	1,210	1,020	-190	-15.7
MT012 Printing and related machinery	1,587	1,468	1,451	1,374	1,197	-177	-12.9
MT028 Welding and soldering equipment	1,220	1,207	1,200	1,106	956	-150	-13.6
MT004A Major household appliances and parts	2,127	2,036	2,075	1,816	1,676	-140	-7.7
MT013 Textile machinery	712	701	723	633	553	-80	-12.7
MT031 Molds and molding machinery	2,193	2,147	2,121	2,047	1,973	-74	-3.6
MT014 Metal rolling mills	424	348	302	252	180	-72	-28.7
MT022 Boilers, turbines, and related machinery	1,732	1,846	1,670	1,747	1,681	-66	-3.8
MT010 Industrial food-processing and related machinery	1,062	1,072	1,152	1,084	1,018	-65	-6.0
MT026 Nonelectrically powered handtools	950	900	893	724	667	-57	-7.9
MT027 Electric lamps (bulbs) and portable electric lights	718	730	646	563	517	-46	-8.1
MT007 Scales and weighing machinery	215	212	230	208	188	-21	-9.9
MT006 Wrapping, packaging, and can-sealing machinery	833	822	827	825	812	-13	-1.6
MT025 Portable electric handtools	199	199	213	197	189	-8	-4.0
U.S. general imports:
Increases:
MT002 Air-conditioning equipment and parts	14,106	15,028	16,859	16,815	17,149	333	2.0
MT004A Major household appliances and parts	7,465	8,047	8,417	9,177	9,462	285	3.1
MT006 Wrapping, packaging, and can-sealing machinery	2,263	2,435	2,585	2,455	2,702	247	10.1
MT018 Non-metalworking machine tools	1,242	1,375	1,601	1,726	1,917	191	11.1
MT010 Industrial food-processing and related machinery	1,070	1,290	1,354	1,394	1,552	159	11.4
MT025 Portable electric handtools	2,782	3,083	3,016	3,474	3,587	113	3.3
MT028 Welding and soldering equipment	1,372	1,420	1,340	1,447	1,550	103	7.1
MT011 Pulp, paper, and paperboard machinery	1,264	982	1,222	1,363	1,454	92	6.7
MT012 Printing and related machinery	1,377	1,388	1,499	1,492	1,575	82	5.5
MT019 Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and robotics	12,917	11,695	14,227	11,966	12,034	68	0.6
MT016 Machine tool accessories	921	858	1,016	993	1,018	24	2.5
Decreases:
MT020 Taps, cocks, valves, and similar devices	13,150	13,719	15,336	14,884	13,475	-1,409	-9.5
MT001 Pumps for liquids	7,304	7,278	8,313	7,683	6,755	-928	-12.1
MT030 Miscellaneous machinery	11,741	11,901	13,161	13,253	12,347	-906	-6.8
MT009 Farm and garden machinery and equipment	8,110	8,691	9,134	8,592	7,705	-887	-10.3
MT015 Metal cutting machine tools	5,742	5,084	5,115	4,855	4,348	-507	-10.5
MT029 Nonautomotive insulated electrical wire and related products	7,369	7,640	8,451	8,414	7,906	-507	-6.0
MT021 Mechanical power transmission equipment	5,489	5,043	5,550	5,644	5,233	-411	-7.3
MT004 Household appliances, including commercial applications	21,503	22,619	24,323	26,282	25,873	-409	-1.6
MT023 Electric motors, generators, and related equipment	13,499	12,402	13,239	13,578	13,205	-374	-2.8
MT027 Electric lamps (bulbs) and portable electric lights	2,991	3,187	3,014	2,709	2,393	-316	-11.7
MT024 Electrical transformers, static converters, and inductors	10,214	10,740	11,429	11,808	11,563	-245	-2.1
MT022 Boilers, turbines, and related machinery	1,313	1,517	1,450	1,600	1,388	-212	-13.2
MT013 Textile machinery	1,234	1,367	1,502	1,538	1,371	-167	-10.8
MT003 Industrial thermal-processing equipment and furnaces	4,152	3,975	4,708	5,174	5,049	-125	-2.4
MT014 Metal rolling mills	373	486	439	387	306	-81	-20.8
MT005 Centrifuges and filtering and purifying equipment	5,862	5,988	6,633	6,636	6,569	-66	-1.0
MT008 Mineral processing machinery	1,240	1,273	1,197	1,320	1,271	-50	-3.8
MT031 Molds and molding machinery	3,580	4,007	4,032	4,477	4,444	-33	-0.7
MT019A Semiconductor manufacturing equipment	12,205	10,940	13,412	11,022	11,003	-19	-0.2
MT026 Nonelectrically powered handtools	1,451	1,485	1,509	1,595	1,589	-6	-0.4
MT007 Scales and weighing machinery	714	699	683	738	734	-3	-0.5
MT017 Metal forming machine tools	1,439	1,569	1,591	1,568	1,566	-1	-0.1

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. These reflect all official revisions of previously published data up to June 2016 (accessed March 27, 2017).

Note: Import values are based on customs value; export values are based on free along ship value, U.S. port of export. Calculations based on unrounded data.