United States foreign trade

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Frederick H. Mueller, Secretory


BUREAU Of THE CENSUS
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UNITED STATES FOREIGN TRA


MAY 1960




IMPORT TRADE BY COMM


The Bureau cf the Census De.partmenrt. of Commerce,
announced today that the slight increase in United
States imports for consumption from $1,246.3 million
in April to $1,253.1 million in May reflected gains
in imports of crude foodstuffs, manufactured food-
stuffs, and crude materials, which were largely off-
set by declines in imports of semimanufactures and
finished manufactures. The May 1960 imports for
consumption total was slightly higher than the May
1959 total of $1,247.2 million.

The Bureau stated that the imports for consump-
tion total for the first five months (January-May)
of 1960, valued at $6,316.6 million, was at a level
about six percent higher than the $5,971.7 million
reported for the first five months of 1959.

Imports of crude foodstuffs rose from $140.0
million in April to $155.6 million in May as in-
creases occurred in imports of coffee, from $74.7 to
$82.3 million; fish and shellfish, from $12.1 to
$16.4 million; and cocoa beans, from $13.5 to $16.7
million. An increase in imports of sugar, from
$48.3 to $58.3 million, was the prime factor in the
rise in imports of manufactured foodstuffs from
$138.9 to $144.9 million. However, imports of meat
products, also included in this economic class, fell
from $30.1 to 24.3 million.


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Although imports of crude materials increased
only e. i1htly from $:''..l million in April to $256.3
million in May, sizable counterbalancing changes
were reported in imp.,rl:: of some of the individual
items included in this economic class. The more
noticeable of these were: iron ore and concentrates,
from $21.5 to $34.7 million; copper, from $6.0 to
$10.1 million; uncut diamonds, from $6.8 to $9.7
million; crude petroleum, from $76.8 to $69.5 mil-
lion; zinc, from $7.0 to $3.0 million; and crude
rubber, from $30.5 to $27.1 million.

During the period, imports of semimanufactures
fell from $254.8 to $243.3 million. Reflected in
this change were decreases in imports of gas and
fuel oil, from $43.6 to $33.7 million; and iron and
steel semimanufactures, from $23.1 to $15.4 million,
which were partly offset by an increase in imports
of sawed lumber, from $24.6 to $29.9 million. The
small decline in imports of finished manufactures
from $457.5 to $453.0 million was due primarily to
declines in imports of automobiles and parts, from
$71.9 to $62.7 million and agricultural machinery
and implements from $16.4 to $13.3 million being
partly offset by increases in imports of newsprint,
from $54.6 to $61.0 million and burlap, from $6.5 to
$9.0 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 and United
States possessions is not included in this report,
but the import trade of Puerto Rico with foreign
countries is included as a part of the United States
import trade. Merchandise shipped intransit through
the United States between foreign countries is not
included in import statistics.
VAIATION: Import values are, in general, based
on market price or selling price, end are, in gener-
al, f.o.b, the exporting country. Import values also
exclude United States import duties. None of the
values have been adjusted for changes in price level.


EFFECT OF SAMPLING: Formal entry shipments
valued less than $100 and informal entry shipments
valued $250 or less (less than one percent of total
import value) are estimated by sampling. These es-
timated values are shown in the tables of this re-
port as "Estimated value $1-$99 formal and $1-$250
informal entry shipments" and are arbitrarily in-
cluded in the total for "Finished manufactures."
The largest variation from rounding of figures is
$50,000.

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


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UNIT STATES IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMDDITIS:
MAY 196 AND SELECTED PERIODS

3uantity in units indicated; value in millions of dollars. Imports for consumption are a total of imports for immediate con-
:u mtion plus withdravals for consumption from bonded warehouses. Figures for 1960 are as originally issued and have not
i'n revised to include published corrections. Figures for 1959 include revisions published with the December 1959 reports,
r earlier, but do not include revisions published during 1960. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures, hence may vary
slightly from sU of rounded aaounts. See the "Explanation of Statistics" for information on sampling procedures.)


Economic class and commodity



Totol......................... ...........
Fret.. .............................................. value..

Frutie ............................................... value..
Dutiable ...............................................value..

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

Hides and skins.............................................value..
Undressed fur ................................................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 henequen.....................................long tons..
value..
Wool, unmanufactured, free.........(1,000,000 lb.)..actual weight..
clean content1..
value..
Wool, unmanufactured, dutiable.....(1,000,000 lb.)..actual weight..
clean content1..
value..
Pulpwood............................................1,000 cords..
value..
Crude petroleum........................................1,000 bbl..
value..
Diamonds, rough or uncut............................1,000 carats..
value..
Diamonds, for industrial use.........................1,000 carats..
value..
Iron ore and concentrates.........................1,000 long tons..
value..
Ferroalloying 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..
b,,,1,, t.1# fresh and dried .................................value..
Bananan.............................................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 pe;ppr, un'round...................................1,000 lb..
value..
All other crude foodstuffs..................................value..

Sre footnrotLe at end of table.


May
1960


1,253.1


AF1.r
1960


1,246.3


May
1959


1,247.2


Monthly average

1959 1958

1,248.9 1,061.6


509.2 471.9 489.4 485.2 445.1

743.9 774.4 757.8 763.8 616.5

256.3 255.1 246.4 257.7 230.0

8.0 7.9 7.9 7.3 4.5
5.7 8.6 7.0 8.0 6.7
72 82 102 108 89
97.1 30.5 28.6 32.1 20.9
69,922 66,107 66,217 58,808 50,102
6.6 6.4 6.9 5.7 4.0
13,062 12,734 13,306 12,640 11,543
9.8 9.2 9.9 9.3 8.7
6,773 8,846 9,978 12,760 12,190
0.5 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.5
5,835 6,164 6,630 5,740 3,121
0.9 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.7
6,050 5,660 10,262 10,432 9,767
1.1 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.3
14 16 24 21 13
11 12 18 16 10
7.9 9.0 11.3 10.3 6.6
7 10 16 13 9
5 7 11 9 6
5.9 8.2 9.7 8.4 7.1
74 64 75 104 114
1.3 1.1 1.3 2.2 2.4
31,291 34,501 29,386 31,841 31,976
69.5 76.8 64.9 72.2 78.3
110 94 91 133 94
9.7 6.8 4.8 7.9 6.0
521 600 980 1,0(89 839
2.7 3.4 5.1 5.2 3.3
3,717 2,334 3,327 2,969 2,296
34.7 21.5 30.0 26.0 19.3
10.1 10.0 12.9 11.0 11.4
35,103 20,311 11,371 6,700 16,884
10.1 6.0 3.4 1.9 3.8
41,435 22,942 7,183 22,861 39,772
4.4 2.4 0.8 2.3 4.3
1,267 766 37 898 455
2.8 1.7 0.1 1.9 0.9
62,128 122,323 92,777 74,855 90,091
3.0 7.0 3.7 3.3 4.3
8.4 7.6 6.5 6.5 6.2
26.3 28.4 28.3 31.4 26.9

155.6 140.0 161.1 151.9 161.4


49,223
16.4
76
6.9
2.7
3.5
5,537
7.8
68
16.7
240
82.3
10,588
5.2
2,364


35,890
12.1
79
6.9
1.9
5.6
5,314
7.8
51
13.5
217
74.7
9,536
4.6
5,890
3.3


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
3,469
0.8


45,752
13.5
57
6.8
3.2
3.5
4,518
6.5
40
13.7
255
91.1
9,140
4.3
2,914
0.7


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
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UNITED STATES IM)PRTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF Mrli IANI.I T BY ECONOMIC CIAOE AND I.KADING C(mIInITI ;:
MAY 1 it. AND SIZCTED PEWilk~t Cntnued


Hay Apri M iy __ *i
Economic class and cammdlity 1960 19 9 19


Manufactured foodstuffs ................................. value.. 14.9 1 .9 1.33.' 1 .3

Meat products ........................................... 1,000 b.. 57,313 71,038 84, 81,209 7,/ '
value.. 24.3 30. 32.8 32.8 2,.9
Cheese................................................1,000 lb.. 4,670 4,7 4,2 5,322 4,45
value.. 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.3
Fish and shellfish canned, prepared, etc.................1,000 lb.. 32,485 39,981 41, 2 43,43 9,886
value.. 9.' 1 11.' 12.3 .11.0
Fodders and feeds ...........................................value.. 1.4 1.8 1.8 1. 1.8
Cane sugar ........................................... I ,'" R lb.. 1,089 922 9' '756 772
value.. 58.3 48.3 '1.5 41.3 43.3
Molasses................................................1,000 gal.. 60,560 64,484 ),576 24,205 28,698
value.. 5.7 5.4 4.3 3.0 3.7
Whisky...................................................... value.. 14.7 13.4 13.8 14.8 13.2
All other manufactured foodstuffs ..........................value.. 29.0 27.3 24.3 24.8 22.2

Semimanufactures .........................................value.. 243.3 254.8 261.3 275.4 220.2

Leather......................................................value.. 3.3 2.9 4.2 4.0 2.6
Bristles.................................................1,000 lb.. 324 251 309 303 200
value.. 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5
Expressed oils, inedible ....................................value.. 3.8 5.2 5.5 4.7 4.1
Quebracho...............................................1,000 lb.. 3,085 5,923 7,771 9,285 9,300
value.. 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.7
Wool semimanufactures......................................value.. 5.6 5.5 6.8 5.2 3.7
Saved boards, planks, deals, etc..................1,000,000 bd. ft.. 408 306 357 339 283
value.. 29.9 24.6 29.4 28.1 21.8
Wood pulp.......................................1,000 short tons.. 193 185 193 203 175
value.. 25.1 23.5 26.0 26.2 23.1
Gas and fuel oil......................................1,000 bbl.. 16,313 20,574 14,346 19,833 17,503
value.. 33.7 43.6 30.4 42.1 41.5
Asbestos.............................................long tons.. 45,226 43,219 52,972 48,928 43,706
value.. 4.4 4.5 5.3 4.6 4.0
Diamonds, cut but not set............................1,000 carats.. 75 56 60 77 60
value.. 7.6 5.6 6.6 7.2 5.7
Iron and steel semimanufactures.............................value.. 15.4 23.1 22.8 23.2 7.5
Aluminum...................................................value.. 7.9 6.3 13.3 12.6 11.8
Copper (copper content)..............................1,000,000 lb.. 77 66 44 62 56
value.. 23.3 20.6 13.3 18.6 13.7
Lead (lead content)....................................1,000 lb.. 30,613 40,679 76,536 46,556 61,159
value.. 4.4 5.5 9.0 6.2 6.6
Nickel and alloys...................................... 1,000 lb.. 11,391 14,987 19,825 19,370 15,448
value.. 8.1 10.3 12.7 12.3 10.2
Tin.................................................... 1,000 lb.. 7,297 8,324 8,950 8,744 8,275
value.. 7.0 7.5 9.1 8.6 7.5
Zinc................................................... 1,000 lb.. 13,761 16,312 34,903 27,583 31,111
value.. 1.7 2.0 3.5 2.8 3.0
Coal-tar products ...........................................value.. 4.8 3.0 3.9 4.9 3.9
Industrial chemicals...................................... .value.. 8.0 9.4 8.0 7.8 6.0
Fertilizers and materials........................1,000 short tons.. 156 178 128 158 128
value.. 6.4 7.5 5.1 5.2 4.9
All other seminanufactures ................................ value.. 41.6 43.0 45.4 49.4 37.4

Finished manufactures................................... value.. 453.0 457.5 436.5 430.7 324.8

Leather manufactures ........................................ value.. 6.7 7.5 5.2 7.0 5.1
Essential or distilled oils.................................value.. 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.3
Cotton cloth ........................................1,000 sq. yd.. 35,877 45,824 16,370 20,031 11,750
value.. 6.5 7.6 3.8 4.3 3.2
Other cotton manufactures.....................................value.. 13.8 15.7 14.0 12.5 9.3
Burlap..................................................1,000 yd.. 92,716 64,254 89,761 80,623 70,910
1,000 lb.. 53,000 39,381 52,628 49,485 40,641
value.. 9.0 6.5 8.1 7.6 6.3
Flax, hemp and ramie manufactures..........................value.. 2.4 2.8 2.0 2.6 2.3
Wool manufactures................................................value.. 13.2 14.2 18.4 14.3 10.9
Silk manufactures............................................. value.. 4.8 5.4 4.8 6.1 4.8
Shingles..........................................1,000 squares.. 215 187 219 178 178
value.. 2.0 1.8 2.2 1.8 1.6
Newsprint....................................... 1,000 short tons.. 481 432 477 437 407
value.. 61.0 54.6 60.2 55.5 51.2
Other paper manufactures.................................... value.. 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.0
Pottery ...................................... .............. value.. 5.3 5.6 4.1 4.8 3.9

See footnotes at end of table.





UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

S11,,1 Ill II III111 III Il I

3 1262 08587 0821

UNITE STATES IMPORTS F CONSUMPTION OF MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING CCMIODTIES
MAY I9~ AND SELECTED PERIODS-Continued


Eoncic class and commodity


Fini shedi mamufac tursC--.)r tlnued
teel Bmllu proJucts i........................................value..
ro in stel advncd maniufactures..........................value..
AgriAcultrl mahinery ~di implnc nts........................value..
Auxbi ls an part ......................................value..
Other mahinery .............................................value..
Vehicle, except aut a! AI s .................................value..
S'* Id s. .................................... ...... value..
ieent ifc uIi prof s.sional Instrument........................value..
Mu i ca in ::tr'ent. a.nd parts................................value..
S and sprtin ood~.s .....................................value..
Watch arnd watch movements, except parts...................value..
Ameri ca g ds returned .....................................value..
All other :nished manufactures2.............................value..
Estiated value $1-$99 formal and $1-$250 informal entry
shi pmn ts2................................................. value..


May
1960



27.*
9.9
13.3
62.7
47.4
12.0
4.6
3.5
1.9
5.7
4.5
18.5
98.2

10.8


April
1960



28.9
11.0
16.4
71.9
44.6
10.5
4.3
3.5
2.2
5.5
4.0
20.2
94.3

10.4


May
1959



27.1
9.6
16.5
78.7
36.1
11.8
3.8
3.0
2.1
4.6
4.1
20.2
79.5

9.2


Monthly average

1959 1958


13.4
6.4
10.2
46.0
28.8
10.5
3.4
2.4
1.6
3.4
3.9
16.6
65.1

8.3


*Indicates less than $50,000.
1Includes the actual weight of carbonized wool.
2For an explanation of the sampling procedures, see "Effect of Sampling"


on front page.


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