United States foreign trade

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COA
Frederick H. Mueller, Secreta


SUMMARY REPORT
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UNITED STATES FOREIGN TRADE


JUNE 1959


IMPORT TRADE BY COMMODITY


The Bureau of the Census, Department of Com-
merce, announced today that the increase in United
States imports for consumption from $1,247.3 million
in May to the record total of $1,335.5 million in
June, a gain of about seven percent, resulted from
noticeable increases in imports of all of the eco-
nomic classes of commodities except crude foodstuffs.
June imports for consumption were about 32 percent
higher than the June 1958 imports for consumption
total of $1,013.6 million.

For the first six months of 1959, imports for
consumption amounted to $7,313.6 million, a level
about 17 percent higher than the $6,237.5 million
reported for the corresponding period of 1958. The
Bureau also pointed out that for fiscal 1959 (July
1958 through June 1959), imports for consumption
totaled $13,857.8 million and represented an
increase of about eight percent over the fiscal 1958
(July 1957 through June 1958) total of $12,788.0
million. Fiscal 1959 "duty-free" imports were
valued at $5,497.6 million or about 40 percent of
the total. For fiscal 1958, "duty-free" imports
amounted to $5,718.9 million or about 45 percent of
the total.


From May to June, imports of semimanufactures
rose from $261.5 to $306.1 million largely as a re-
sult of increases in imports of sawed boards, planks,
and deals, from $29.4 to $40.5 million; copper, from
$13.3 to $21.1 million; aluminum, from $13.3 to
$18.2 million; and gas and fuel oil, from $30.4 to
$34.2 million. Imports of crude materials rose from
$246.0 to $287.9 million as noticeable increases
were registered in imports of crude petroleum, from
$64.5 to $94.6 million; tin, from $0.1 to $8.6
million; and iron ore and concentrates, from $30.0
to $35.9 million. Small increases in imports of
most of the individual items included in finished
manufactures accounted for the over-all rise in
imports of this economic class of commodities from
$436.6 to $457.2 million. Owing chiefly to an in-
crease in imports of meat products, from $32.8 to
$38.5 million, imports of manufactured foodstuffs
climbed from $142.1 to $147.7 million.


During the period,imports of crude foodstuffs,
reflecting in part a sizable drop in imports of
coffee, from $91.1 to $73.2 million, fell from
$161.0 to $136.6 million


EXPLANATION OF STATISTICS


COVERAGE: Import statistics include merchandise
imported by government agencies as well as by pri-
vate importers, but exclude American goods returned
by the United States armed forces for their own use.
United States trade with Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and
United States possessions is not included in this re-
port, but the import trade of Puerto Rico and Hawaii
with foreign countries is included as a part of the
United States import trade. Merchandise shipped in-
transit through the United States between foreign
countries is not included in import statistics.
VALUATION: Import values are, in general, based
on market price or selling price,and are,in general,
f.o.b. the exporting country. Import values also ex-
clude United States import duties. None of the values
have been adjusted for changes in price level.
EFFECT OF SAMPLING: Effective January 1958 for-
mal entry shipments valued less than $100 and infor-
mal entry shipments valued $250 or less (less than
one percent of total import value) are estimated by


sampling. These estimated values are shown in this
table as "Estimated value $1-$99 formal and $1-$250
informal entry shipments" and are arbitrarily in-
cluded in the total for "Finished manufactures".
Prior to 1958 all imports valued $250 or less whether
reported on formal or informal entries were esti-
mated by sampling and were shown separately by eco-
nomic class. For convenience these estimates for
1957 are now included in the "All other" category
for each economic class. For an indication of the
effect the change in coverage and the change in
presentation of sampled transactions have on the
economic classes and commodity totals shown in this
report effective with data for 1958, see the January
1958 issue of FT 930-1.

Further information regarding coverage, valua-
tion, etc., is contained in the "General Explanation"
in foreword of Report No. FT 110. For complete
statement, see the foreword in Foreign Commerce and
Navigation of the United States.


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UNITED STATES IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:
JUNE 1959 AND SELECTED PERIODS

(Quantity in units indicated; value in millions of dollars. Imports for consumption are a total of imports for immediate con-
sumption plus withdrawals f.r consumption from border warehou.m.es. Figires for 1959 are as originally issued and have not
been revised to include published corrections. Figures for 1958 include revisions published with the December 1958 reports,
or earlier, but do not include revisions published during l'459. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures, hence may vary
slightly from sum of rounded amounts. See the "Explanation of Statistics" for information on sampling procedures and effect
thereof on data shown.)


Economic class and c.ommoaity


Total ............................................ value..

Free................................................. value..

Dutiable.............................................value..

Crude materials ......................................... value..

Hides and skins.............................................value..
Undressed furs...................................... ... value..
Crude rubber......................... ...............1,000,000 lb..
value..
Copra .................................................. 1,000 lb..
value..
Tobacco, unmanufactured ..................................1,000 lb..
value..
Cotton, unmanufactured ..................................1,000 lb..
value..
Jute and Jute butts.....................................long tons..
value..
Sisal and benequen.....................................long tons..
value..
Wool, unmanufactured, free.........(1,000,000 lb.)..actual weight..
clean content1..
value..
Wool, unmanufactured, dutiable.....(1,000,000 Ib.)..actual weight..
clean content1..
value..
Pulpwood.............................................1,000 cords..
value..
Crude petroleum.......................................1,000 bbl..
value..
Diamonds, rough or iuncut.............................1,000 carats..
value..
Diamonds, for industrial use.........................1,000 carats..
value..
Tron ore and concentrates.........................1,000 long tons..
value..
Ferroalloy-ng ores..........................................value..
Copper (copper content)..................................1,000 lb..
value..
Lead (lead content)..................................... 1,000 lb..
value..
Tin (tin content).......................................long tons..
value..
Zinc (zinc content) ......................................1,000 lb..
value..
Other nonferrous ores and concentrates......................value..
All other crude materials ..................................value..

Crude foodstuffs ........................................value..

Fish and shellfish ................................. ..1,000 lb..
value..
Cattle, except for breeding.............................thousands..
value..
Grains................................................... value..
Vegetables, fresh and dried.................................value..
Bananas.............................................1,000 bunches..
value..
Cocoa or cacao beans..................................1,000,000 lb..
value..
Coffee, raw or green .................................1,000,000 lb..
value..
Tea ..................................................... 1,000 lb..
value..
Black pepper, unground...................................1,000 lb..
value..
All other crude foodstuffs2.................................value..

See footnotes at end of table.


1,335.5


May June Monthly average
1959 1958 1958 1957


1,247.3


i,013.b


1,061.2


1,079.2


50".9 489.5 426.1 444.6 503.0

82".? 75".? 587.5 616.6 576.2

287.9 246.0 220.6 230.2 267.6

'.0C 7.9 5.0 4.5 4.1
7.5 7.0 3.1 6.7 6.6
104 102 64 89 10I
29.3 28.6 13.9 20.9 29.4
51,998 66,217 58,879 50,102 53,713
5.4 6.9 4.9 4.0 3.4
12,671 13,306 10,298 11,548 10,345
9.0 9.9 8.2 8.7 8.0
6,595 9,978 5,776 12,190 13,692
0.5 0.7 0.5 2.5 5.2
6,592 6,630 1,804 3,121 4,977
0.8 1.4 0.3 0.7 1.2
11,355 10,262 9,256 16,306 10,409
1.8 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5
24 24 7 13 14
18 18 5 10 10
11.9 11.3 3.5 6.6 8.5
12 16 9 9 10
8 11 6 6 7
6.9 9.7 6.8 7.1 9.1
91 "5 100 114 147
1.8 1.3 2.4 2.4 3.0
42,429 29,155 34,483 31,977 32,150
94.6 64.5 84.6 78.3 81.7
140 91 90 94 83
6.1 4.8 4.8 6.0 6.4
1,170 980 1,256 839 1,051
5.5 5.1 4.0 3.3 4.3
4,124 3,302 3,011 2,294 2,806
35.9 30.0 26.1 19.3 23.8
11.8 12.9 9.8 11.4 18.5
4,842 11,371 11,888 16,884 18,994
1.4 3.4 2.7 3.8 5.5
5,284 7,183 34,302 40,377 39,676
0.6 0.8 3.7 4.3 5.3
3,783 37 1,796 455 8
8.6 0.1 3.8 0.9 (a)
46,8"3 92,777 68,838 90,236 113,656
1.9 3.7 2.9 4.3 7.4
7.'. 6.5 6.0 6.2 6.0
30.3 28.3 21.6 26.9 28.7

130.0 161.0 134.2 161.4 168.4


43,386
15.3
64
9.2
2.4
1.1
5,463

42
14,.9
199
73.2
8,983
4.1
2,341
0.5
8.5


40,973
14.3
95
12.1
1.7
2.3
4,324
6.6
47
16.5
243
91.1
10,071
4.5
3,.69
0.8
11.1


4,282
1,..2
.9
6.3
5.6
1.4
,.,656
6.4
33
13.8
173
76.4
6,143
2.6
2,1 .0
0.5
6.8


39,847
12.2
94
10.8
4.2
3.8
4,064
5.8
37
14.4
222
97.5
8,618
4.0
2,889
0.6
8.1


32,738
10.2
59
5.5
5.8
2.2
3,976
5.8
43
11.2
230
114.7
8,536
4.2
2,713
0.6
8.1


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UNITED STATES IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:
JUNE 1959 AND SELECTED PERIODS-Continued


June May June Monthly average
Economic class and commodity 1959 1959 1958 1958 157
1958 1957


Manufactured foodstuffs .................................value..

Meat products ...........................................1,000 lb..
value..
Cheese.................................................1,000 lb..
value..
Fish and shellfish canned, prepared, etc ................1,000 lb..
value..
Fodders and feeds ..........................................value..
Cane sugar...........................................1,000,000 lb..
value..
Molasses...............................................1,000 gal..
value..
Whisky....................................................value..
All other manufactured foodstuffs .........................value..

Semimanufactures.........................................value..

Leather ...................................................value..
Bristles...............................................1,000 lb..
value..
Expressed oils, inedible.................................. value..
Quebracho...............................................1,000 lb..
value..
Wool semimanufactures ......................................value..
Sawed boards, planks, deals, etc.................1,000,000 bd. ft..
value..
Wood pulp.......................................1,000 short tons..
value..
Gas and fuel oil.... .................................. 1,000 bbl..
value..
Asbestos...............................................long tons..
value..
Diamonds, cut but not set............................1,000 carats..
value..
Iron and steel semimanufactures..............................value..
Aluminum ...................................................value..
Copper (copper content)..............................1,000,000 lb..
value..
Lead (lead content).................................... 1,000 lb..
value..
Nickel and alloys.......................................1,000 lb..
value..
Tin....................................................1,000 lb..
value..
Zinc...................................................1,000 lb..
value..
Coal-tar products ..........................................value..
Industrial chemicals .......................................value..
Fertilizers and materials.......................1,000 short tons..
value..
All other semimanufactures2 ................................value..

Finished manufactures....................................value..

Leather manufactures........................................value..
Essential or distilled oils.................................value..
Cotton cloth.........................................1,000 sq. yd..
value..
Other cotton manufactures ..................................value..
Burlap.................................................1,000 yd..
1,000 lb..
value..
Flax, hemp and ramie manufactures...........................value..
Wool manufactures ..........................................value..
Silk manrifactures...........................................value..
Shingles..........................................1,000 squares..
value..
Newsprint .......................................1,000 short tons..
value..
Other paper manufactures....................................value..
Pottery.....................................................value..


147.7


142.1


133.2


125.4


106.0


101,070 84,392 73,680 70,817 34,084
38.5 32.8 28.8 27.9 15.3
5,148 4,268 4,360 4,645 4,240
2.4 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.2
36,670 41,529 39,018 39,886 37,175
11.9 11.5 11.3 11.0 10.6
2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
964 955 953 772 690
52.3 51.5 52.1 43.3 38.3
25,880 30,576 30,508 28,698 20,076
3.1 4.5 4.4 3.7 3.3
13.0 13.8 10.1 13.2 12.5
24.5 24.3 22.6 22.2 22.2

306.1 261.5 216.6 220.1 243.3

4.0 4.2 2.1 2.6 2.6
349 309 175 200 208
0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6
5.0 5.5 2.5 4.1. 4.2
11,022 7,771 6,136 9,300 10,296
0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8
6.2 6.8 3.7 3.7 4.0
490 357 290 283 245
40.5 29.4 22.4 21.8 20.2
214 201 186 175 175
27.5 26.0 25.0 23.1 22.8
16,127 14,510 14,582 17,566 15,431
34.2 30.4 35.3 41.6 41.4
57,262 52,972 43,853 43,706 46,670
5.8 5.3 3.9 4.0 4.2
101 60 52 60 51
7.7 6.6 5.3 5.7 5.5
23.4 22.8 6.5 7.5 4.8
18.2 13.3 8.8 11.8 10.8
70 44 93 56 79
21.1 13.3 22.4 13.7 23.7
49,333 76,536 75,692 61,166 56,519
6.0 9.0 7.5 6.6 7.6
25,466 19,825 13,157 15,448 23,133
16.1 12.7 8.9 10.2 16.8
12,282 8,950 10,460 8,275 11,422
12.2 9.1 9.5 7.5 10.9
26,432 34,903 27,028 31,111 44,907
2.5 3.5 2.8 2.9 5.4
5.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9
8.7 8.0. 6.1 6.0 5.8
128 128 97 128 132
4.9 5.0 3.6 4.9 5.0
55.0 45.4 35.9 37.2 42.5

457.2 436.6 308.9 324.2 293.9


5.7
1.1
16,600
3.6
12.5
93,492
56,195

2.4
16.0
6.2
231
2.3
458
59.5
6.7
4.9


5.2
1.0
16,370
3.8
14.1
89,761
52,628
8.1
2.0
18.4
4.8
219
2.2
477
60.2
6.5
4.1


4.0
1.6
13,609
3.4
8.7
54,539
30,315
4.5
1.8
13.1
4.2
198
1.8
411
51.6
4.6
3.5


5.1
1.3
11,795
3.2
9.3
70,910
40,641
6.3
2.3
10.9
4.8
178
1.6
407
51.3
5.0
3.9


4.0
1.7
10,208
2.9
8.1
71,349
41,253
6.7
2.5
11.3
4.7
159
1.6
435
54.8
4.9
3.7


See footnotes at end of table.




UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


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UNITED STATES IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING CGOODITIES
J1JUE 1959 AND SELECTED PERTODS-Continued


June May June Monthly average
Economic class and commodity 1959 1959 1958
1958 1957

Finished manufactures-Continued
Steel mill products.........................................value.. 31.8 27.1 13.6 13.4 14.7
Iron and steel advanced manufactures........................value.. 9.2 9.6 6.0 6.4 6.1
Agricultural machinery and implements.......................value.. 18.1 16.5 11.5 10.2 6.6
Automobiles and parts .......................................value.. 74.6 78.? 34.8 46.0 28.1
Other machinery ............................................value.. 41.8 36.1 27.4 28.8 28.1
Vehicles, except automobiles................................value.. 10.6 11.8 10.6 10.5 8.0
Photographic goods.........................................value.. 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3
Scientific and professional Instruments ....................value.. 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.4 2.2
Musical instruments and parts...............................value.. 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.6 1.7
Toys and sporting goods....................................value.. 5.4 4.6 3.6 3.4 3.5
Watches and watch movements, except parts...................value.. 4.7 4.2 3.3 3.9 4.7
American goods returned......................................value.. 21.2 20.2 14.9 16.6 15.8
All other finished manufactures2 ...........................value.. 89.6 ?9.5 63.4 64.4 64.1
Estimated value $14-99 formal and $1-$250 Informal entry
shipments2 ................................................value.. 11.0 9.2 9.9 8.3


*Indicates less than $50,000.
,Includes the actual eight of carbonized wool.
2For an explanation of the sampling procedures, see "Effect of Sampling" on front page.


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