From: sug6@usite-next.uchicago.edu (Patrick Sugent)
Subject: Re: Just a question....
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:30:06 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.111858.1428@kpc.com> emmett@kpc.com (Emmett Kilgariff) writes:
>In article <1992Jul20.233646.9496@midway.uchicago.edu> sug6@usite-next.uchicago.edu (Patrick Sugent) writes:
>>
>>(Saurav Chatterjee) writes:
>>>(Patrick Sugent) writes:
>>>>  I don't see why you would view this as lame.  Under Bush,
>>>>we have climbed to hold 22% of the world's exports, up from 14%
>>>>in 1987. 
>>>
>>>I think it is important what we export. If we export corn and
>>>the Japanese export cars, vcr, and other high tech products, who
>>>comes out ahead? 
>>
>>  While I appreciate your concern, we actually both come out
>>ahead under your scenario.  That is the essence of trade.
>>
>>  However, your scenario is also based upon an incorrect assumption.
>>Our manufacturing sector is responsible for a great deal of the increased
>>exports.
>>
>>
>>Percent Increases in US exports by type (From 1986-1991)
>>
>>category                       percent increase    $bn (1991)
>>______________________________________________________________
>>
>>Iron and Steel                    322%               4.3
>>Furniture                         296%               2.1
>>Clothing                          260%               3.2
>>Cigarettes                        239%               4.4
>>Toys,games, and sport goods       233%               2.1
>>Plastics                          144%              10.5
>>General Industrial Machinery      142%              17.1
>>Paper and Paperboard              131%               6.0
>>Pharmaceuticals                   126%               7.0
>>Telecoms equipment                122%               9.8
>>Electrical machinery              122%              30.2
>>Aircrafts and parts               118%              33.0
>>Textiles                          114%               5.5
>>Scientific Machinery              101%              16.6
>>Power-generated machinery          82%              16.7
>>Specialised industrial machinery   80%              16.6
>>Computers                          66%              25.6
>>Chemicals                          62%              15.2
>>Cars                               55%               9.7
>>Vehicle parts                      29%              12.1

>>...
>>
>>  (I'll leave the rest of the table off, but you can find it in the January
>>18th, 1992 issue of _The Economist_.)
>>
>	I've got a feeling this table's a little misleading. Did Iron and
>Steel exports go up from $10million to $42.2 million (my numbers, used
>as an example), giving it a percent increase of 322%, but Tobacco increase
>from 10 Billion ot 33 Billion? Those numbers are just pulled out of the
>air, but It'd be nice to see a similar table with "dollar increase" in
>exports per catagory, which is probably more meaningful, and give an idea
>of which industries have benefited most in the time period. 
>

  I think you must be trying to use the table for something besides the point
I was making.   However, I have added the numbers you requested along
with some more categories (see above.)

  Furthermore, I do recommend that anyone interested read my source.
It is rather interesting.

Pat

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