Table 31
                                                                                                DISCONTINUED
                                                          U.S. TOTAL IMPORTS, 1997
                                                 by Area and Three-digit SIC Product Groups
                                       (Census Basis; General Imports, Customs;  Millions of Dollars)

                                                                                          ASIAN         OTHER     REST OF
       SIC    PRODUCT                                      NAFTA      JAPAN     EU-15      NICS      AMERICAS       WORLD       WORLD

       000  Total all commodities                        253,923    121,359   157,544   188,501        53,676      95,209     870,213

       011  Cash grains and other crops                      907          0        56        13           130          16       1,122
       013  Field crops, except cash grains                  331          5       135       128           620         560       1,779
       016  Vegetables and melons                          1,438          0       127         2           182          14       1,763
       017  Fruits, frsh chld or in brine; edble tree n    1,094          2       194       394         4,001         744       6,428
       018  Horticultural specialties                        231         17       278        76           533          57       1,192
       021  Livestock, exc dairy, poultry & animal spec    1,424          5         9        15             3         109       1,564
       024  Dairy cattle for breeding, live                   16          0         0         0             0           0          16
       025  Poultry and eggs                                  30          0         1         5             0           1          37
       027  Animal specialties                               492          4       135        60           133          41         865
       081  Timber tracts                                     24          0         4         4             1           8          40
       083  Forestry products, nspf                           23         10       122     1,238            20         173       1,585
       091  Fish, fresh, chilled, or frozen, and other     1,273        186        68     1,801         1,884       1,268       6,479
       101  Iron ore                                         317          0         3         1           219          11         551
       102  Copper ore                                         2          0         0         0            54          11          67
       103  Lead and zinc ore                                 36          0         2         0            64          16         118
       104  Precious metal ores, including gold content       41          0         0         0             0           1          42
       106  Ferroalloy ores, nspf                             52          0         7         7            14         111         190
       109  Metallic ores, nspf                               14          0         6        24           184         327         556
       122  Bituminous coal and lignite                       49          0         1        47           150           8         255
       123  Anthracite coal                                    0          0         0         0             0           2           2
       131  Crude petroleum and natural gas               20,640          0     1,452       861        11,923      24,624      59,501
       132  Natural gas liquids                            1,668          0        25        62           102       2,092       3,949
       141  Granite, limestone etc suit monumtl, paving        8          1         6         1             1           7          24
       142  Crushed or broken stone, including riprap         73          0         5         0            15           1          95
       144  Sand, crude and manufactured, and gravel           5          1         2         0             1           1          11
       145  Clay, ceramic, and refactory minerals             28          0         7         1             3           3          43
       147  Chemical and fertilizer minerals                 154          0         8       155            53          71         442
       149  Nonmetallic minerals, nspf                       253          5        28        12            84          95         476
       201  Meat products and meat packing products        1,337         15       332        69           357         927       3,036
       202  Dairy products                                    73          0       632         3            31         420       1,158
       203  Canned & presvd seafood, fruits, veg, jams,      923         63       537       603           623         432       3,180
       204  Grain mill products                              670         14       174       208            14         116       1,196
       205  Bakery prod ex frz excl sealng wafers comm       385         18       222        43            13          26         706
       206  Sugar and confectionery products                 631          8       474       322         1,043         652       3,129
       207  Food preparations and related products, nsp      668         20       431       269            62         433       1,883
       208  Beverages and flavoring extracts               1,445         32     4,010        50           224         255       6,015
       209  Food preparations and related products, nsp      683         72       553       648           283         464       2,701
       211  Cigarettes                                        25         11        24         6             6           3          75
       212  Cigars, cheroots, and cigarillos                  24          0        18         1           355           5         403
       213  Tobacco and snuff                                  2          0        11         0             0           1          14
       214  Manufactured tobacco, nspf inc proc sheet t        0          0         1         0             3           0           5
       221  Cotton broad woven fabrics                       311         83       238       592            33         455       1,712
       222  Silk and manmade fiber broad woven fabrics       233        185       404       682             8         288       1,799
       223  Wool broad woven fabrics and wool blankets        66         13       155        11            20          33         297
       224  Narrow fabrics of textile materials               70         35       102        95             8          35         346
       225  Knit fabrics and hosiery of textile materia      432         18       109       560           192          58       1,370
       227  Floor coverings                                  155          1       180       181             2         414         932
       228  Yarn and thread, textile fibers                  178          6       167        88            32         112         583
       229  Textile goods, nspf                              338        173       405       143           121         216       1,397
       231  Suits and coats, men's and boys', except ra      323          1       328       187           254         226       1,319
       232  Shirts, nightwr, undrwr, trsrs & wrk clothn    2,542          7       547     5,559         4,094       4,074      16,822
       233  Wgi dresses, bls, cts, suits & shrts, ex kt    1,170         20       591     4,597         1,058       2,579      10,015
       234  Nightwr & undrwr, wgi; corsets & allied gar      420          0        48       702         1,062         655       2,887
       235  Headwear                                          50          0        22       377            55         199         704
       236  Outerwear, nspf, of textile materials          1,702         29       457     5,207         1,456       2,438      11,288
       237  Fur wearing apparel and fur articles, nspf        74          0        26        64            12           7         184


                                                      Table 31-Continued

                                                          U.S. TOTAL IMPORTS, 1997
                                                 by Area and Three-digit SIC Product Groups
                                       (Census Basis; General Imports, Customs;  Millions of Dollars)

                                                                                          ASIAN         OTHER     REST OF
       SIC    PRODUCT                                      NAFTA      JAPAN     EU-15      NICS      AMERICAS       WORLD       WORLD

       238  Wearing apparel and accessories, nspf            110          5       158     1,792           170         667       2,902
       239  Fabricated textile articles, nspf              1,317         35       381     1,495           115         850       4,193
       241  Logs, pulpwood, utility line poles, piling       284          0         3         7            20           9         323
       242  Sawmill and planing mill products              7,031          1        64        91           316          95       7,597
       243  Millwk, veneer, plywood & structural wood p    1,324          3       121       586           397          97       2,528
       244  Wooden containers                                 69          0        70         3             1           1         145
       245  Wood buildings and mobile homes                   40          0         3         0             0           0          44
       249  Miscellaneous wood products                    1,414          5       376       854           125         143       2,916
       251  Household furniture, nspf                        207          6        88       601            13          72         986
       252  Office furniture                                   1          0         1        13             0           0          16
       254  Partitions, shelving, lockers, office & sto      137          2        22        98             1           5         265
       259  Venetina blinds & pts, i/s or aluminum; fur    4,760         99     1,365     2,904           219         398       9,745
       261  Pulp mill products                             2,169          0        33         6           297          67       2,572
       262  Paper mill products                            6,946        233     1,508       106            77         189       9,059
       263  Paperboard mill products                           0          0         0         0             0           0           0
       265  Paperboard containers and boxes                  368          7        50        58             5          10         497
       267  Convertd paper/paperboard prod exc contnrs     1,366        175       438       630            57          57       2,723
       271  Newspapers                                         4          1         4         0             0           1           9
       272  Periodicals if enterd within 6 mo of date o      130          7        56         5             2           3         204
       273  Books and pamphlets                              213         66       544       408            17          51       1,298
       274  Printing and publishing matter, nspf              30          4        21        11             0           2          69
       275  Printed matter, nspf                             471         44       268       135             4          53         975
       276  Manifold business forms & interleaved carbo        9          0         0         0             0           0          10
       277  Greeting cards                                    72          1        30        24             1           8         136
       278  Blankbooks, loose leaf binders and devices       153          4        28       298            11           7         502
       279  Printg blcks cylindrs pltes shts & stereoty        1          2         4         0             1           0           8
       281  Industrial inorganic chemicals                 2,048        546     1,763       324           669       1,418       6,769
       282  Plast mat & syn resns syn rbbr syn oth mmd     3,307        838     1,860       573           114         257       6,948
       283  Drugs                                            793      1,202     9,587       664            82       1,782      14,110
       284  Soaps, detergents & cleang prep; perfms cos      768        129     1,337       113            48          99       2,495
       285  Paints, varnishes, and allied products           239         52       135         2             5           7         440
       286  Industrial organic chemicals                   1,494      1,941     5,111     1,209           644       1,713      12,112
       287  Agricultural chemicals, nspf                   1,205        118       753        33           132         462       2,702
       289  Miscellaneous chemical products                  464        340       586       219           162         120       1,892
       291  Petroleum refinery products                    2,968         85     2,481       452         5,160       2,059      13,205
       295  Paving and roofing materials                     109          0         4         0            19           0         132
       299  Products of petroleum and coal, nspf              46         16        23        29             5           9         127
       301  Tires and inner tubes                          1,229        812       472       525           191         140       3,370
       302  Footwear, rubber or plastic                       33          1       115     3,446            34          98       3,728
       305  Rubber and plastics hose and belting             632        505       499       233            42          78       1,990
       306  Druggist r med suppls inc glvs of rbbr or p      412        149       245     1,150            31          79       2,065
       308  Miscellaneous plastics products                2,457        694     1,220     2,573           128         289       7,360
       311  Tanned and finished leathers                      94          1       403        32           389          85       1,004
       313  Leather cut to shapes suit f convrsn into f       99          0        15        72           254          17         457
       314  Footwear, except rubber                          351          2     1,945     5,809         1,217         385       9,710
       315  Leather gloves, except sport gloves               12          0        12       245             1          39         309
       316  Luggage and related items                        140          4        88     1,674            68         362       2,336
       317  Handbags and other personal leather goods         29          2       398       998            31          90       1,548
       319  Leather goods, nspf                               50          2        45        58            22          21         198
       321  Flat glass                                       342         20        91        21             3          19         495
       322  Glass cont; pressed & blown glass & glasswa      354        396       928       289            28         208       2,204
       323  Glass products, made of purchased glass          334         89       106       123            10          37         698
       324  Cement, hydraulic, and cement clinker            308          0       252        26           113          53         753
       325  Structual clay products                          162         25       519        23            71          17         817
       326  Pottery and related products                     206        309       594     1,032            74         100       2,315
       327  Concrete, gypsum and plaster products, and       279          0        23       254             0           4         560





                                                         Table 31-Continued

                                                          U.S. TOTAL IMPORTS, 1997
                                                 by Area and Three-digit SIC Product Groups
                                       (Census Basis; General Imports, Customs;  Millions of Dollars)

                                                                                          ASIAN         OTHER     REST OF
       SIC    PRODUCT                                      NAFTA      JAPAN     EU-15      NICS      AMERICAS       WORLD       WORLD


       328  Cut stone and stone products                      85          0       411        50            42          92         680
       329  Abrasive, asbestos & misc nonmetllc mineral      544        183       567       225            53         127       1,698
       331  Blast furnace, stl wrk, rllng mill & fin mi    3,937      1,860     4,267     1,447         1,689       2,885      16,085
       332  Iron and steel products                          146         18        79        71            24          65         403
       333  Smelter and refined nonferrous metals          6,465        169       892       214         1,897       3,136      12,772
       334  Secondary smelting & refining of nonferrous      742          0       203        52            54         133       1,184
       335  Rolled, drawn, and extruded nonferrous meta    3,070        486     1,522       797           326         787       6,987
       336  Nonferrous metal castings and forgings            16          0        11        27             3           2          59
       339  Primary metal products, nspf                     202         43        83        44            24          37         434
       341  Drums, cans, boxes, and other containers, n      182          7        63        16            15           4         287
       342  Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware, nspf        1,194        547       911     1,677            55         276       4,661
       343  Heating equipment, except electric & warm a      190         10       134       324             3          23         683
       344  Fabricated structural metal products             944         26       287        66            10          36       1,369
       345  Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, washers & sim       296        443       247       883             5          65       1,939
       346  Metal forgings and stampings                     113        114       180       213            10          14         643
       348  Ordnance & accessories exc veh & guided mis       50         51       367        29            32          48         578
       349  Fabricated metal products, nspf                2,873      1,137     2,283     2,405           138         606       9,441
       351  Engines & turbines, parts & accessories, ns      542      1,275     1,446        48           244          84       3,639
       352  Farm and garden machinery and equipment          967        716     1,733        78            21         164       3,679
       353  Construction, mining & matls handling machi    2,320      1,798     3,998       487           161         342       9,107
       354  Metlwrkg mch & equip, pts access & attach,     1,659      4,063     3,152     1,184            92         792      10,941
       355  Spec indus mch & equip nspf pts access & at      938      2,376     5,122       556            37         652       9,681
       356  Genrl ind mach & equip, nspf, pts & attach,    2,138      2,438     5,353     1,760            96         590      12,375
       357  Office, cmputg, acctg mach, pts & accessori    8,105     15,387     5,848    39,149            54       2,783      71,325
       358  Refrigeration and service industry machiner    1,113        574       389       546           205          67       2,893
       359  Fluid power pumps & mtrs & scales & balancs      352        856     1,154       147             8         153       2,670
       361  Electric distribution equipment                  817         61       260       245            76          34       1,493
       362  Electrical industrial apparatus                2,715      1,640     1,357     1,097           207         251       7,268
       363  Household appliances, nspf, and parts, nspf    1,754        460     1,237     2,404            86         187       6,128
       364  Electric lighting and wiring equipment         2,032      1,014     1,125     2,414           113         372       7,070
       365  Radio/tv recv sets; phonograph; recorders;     5,552      2,724       629     8,977           323         270      18,475
       366  Communication equipment, nspf, and parts, n    4,941      3,998     1,110     4,966           155       1,367      16,538
       367  Electronic components and accessories          7,399     11,624     4,493    24,965           237       4,531      53,250
       369  Electrical machinery, apparatus, and parts,    5,062      3,087     1,231     2,439            74         458      12,349
       371  Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equip & pts,   62,845     32,809    18,293     2,972           827         851     118,597
       372  Aircraft and parts, nspf                       3,766      1,646    10,034       536           395         878      17,256
       373  Ship and boat building and repairing             455         11       220        83            13          43         824
       374  Rr equip & pts, nspf, of rr & railwy rollin      907         38       186        10             1          17       1,158
       375  Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts, nspf            48        992       213       824             4          37       2,117
       376  Spacecraft                                         0          0       136         0             0          43         179
       379  Misc transportation equipment, parts, nspf       288         86        36        55             0          18         484
       381  Engn, lab, scient & res instr & assoc eqp p      413        116       333       203             1          99       1,166
       382  Mech measng & contrllg instr & automtc temp    2,578      2,755     3,310     1,007            82         636      10,368
       384  Surgical, medical & dental instruments & su    1,177      1,131     2,564       851           387         499       6,610
       385  Opthalmic focus lenses, unmntd, inc cont le       61        212       577       720             1          34       1,605
       386  Photographic equipment and supplies              545      4,885     1,864     1,958            34         251       9,537
       387  Watches, clocks, clockwk oper devc & pts, n       14        771       127       792             2       1,002       2,708
       391  Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware             313        201     3,697     1,627           556       6,631      13,025
       393  Musical instruments, and parts, nspf              84        303       135       403             2          34         961
       394  Toys and amusement, sporting, and athletic     1,268      2,592       719    10,660            46         313      15,598
       395  Pens, pencils, carbon paper, and other offi      112        458       225       326            27          20       1,168
       396  Jewelry, nspf; buttons, needles & misc noti       48         31       169       527            17          60         851
       399  Miscellaneous manufactured products, nspf        393        220       428     2,794            44         165       4,043
       910  Scrap and waste                                1,238         24       312        77           156          96       1,903
       920  Used or second-hand merchandise                   79        266     3,036       190            54         327       3,952
       980  U.s. gds ret & reimptd art, dty pd upon imp    9,169      1,585     5,408     2,295           822       2,521      21,801
       990  Special classification provisions, nspf        3,521        998     2,252     1,092           245         481       8,589

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       NOTE:  NAFTA includes Canada and Mexico.  EU-15 is the European Union of 15 countries.  Asian NICS include:  Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong,     .
                   China, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Other Americas includes North, Central, and South America less Mexico and
                   Canada.  Rest of World equals all other countries not listed above. Data are unrevised.

      Last updated August 29, 1999.  This table has been discontinued because the statistical definitions of the industries have changed,                  .                     .
      thus making more recent data inconsistent with previous estimates. See FAQ-Trade Data Classification-#4 for more information.