Briefing Paper

Dr. Charles W. McMillion

President, MBG Information Services

Prepared for

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Field Investigation:

The Impact of U.S.-China Trade & Investment

 on Pacific Northwest Industries

Seattle, Washington

October 14, 2004

Executive Summary

ß From August 2000 to August 2004, the United States has lost a far larger share of its Private Sector jobs and its

Manufacturing jobs -- and seen the smallest gains in Private Services-providing jobs -- than at any other four

year period since the 1930s.

ß Washington has suffered four consecutive years of job losses for only the third time since World War II

demobilization; the recovery now may be far more difficult. Washington has -43,000 fewer private sector jobs --

including -3,100 fewer professional and technical services jobs -- than it had four years ago with all net job

losses in the Seattle metro area.

ß Productivity is strong but production is being displaced by a record tide of net imports, particularly from China

with which the US has a near six-to-one imbalance and a deficit over -$12 billion/month. Concerns for global

firms moving production from Washington to China are fundamentally different from the worries 20 years ago

that Washington firms could not compete with Japanese firms.

ß The global trade deficit is the worst on record and, since 2002 has included the first deficits in Advanced

Technology Products and in 2004 the first-ever deficit in technology goods AND services. China now accounts

for one-third of the US deficits in traded manufactured goods and for the entire US deficits in technology trade.

ß The Port of Seattle has a global export deficit of -$30 billion in 2004; a deficit with China of over -$12 billion.

The port’s global imbalance of imports to exports is 3.4-to-1 and the imbalance with China is over 7-to-1.

ß For the first time, in 2003 Washington joined all other states in trade deficit with China. China accounts for 9.4%

of Ohio’s exports with a recent decline in airplane exports offset with increases in agricultural crops and scrap.

ß Washington’s declining global trade surplus displaced another -28,000 jobs in 2003 with trade still adding only

about 67,860 jobs and all 11,300 of the net jobs previously associated with China trade lost.

ß The Washington industries featured in today’s hearing provide are among those most adversely affected by

current China trade, there are indications that all goods and services industries capable of being exported -- or

imported -- are facing similar, rapidly escalating effects. 
Briefing Paper

Dr. Charles W. McMillion

President, MBG Information Services

Prepared for

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Field Investigation:

The Impact of U.S.-China Trade & Investment

 on Pacific Northwest Industries

Seattle, Washington

October 14, 2004

Introduction:

From August 2000 to August 2004, the United States lost a far larger share of its Private Sector jobs

and its Manufacturing jobs than at any other four year period since the 1930s. The US also suffered the

smallest gain in the growth of Private Services-providing jobs since data were first collected in 1939.

Despite near record monetary and fiscal policy stimulus, industrial and particularly manufacturing output

has been extraordinarily weak.

Fortunately, productivity growth has remained strong. Unfortunately, US production has been displaced

by an ever-rising record tide of net imports, particularly from China with which the US has an imbalance

of nearly six-to-one imports-to-exports and a trade deficit of over $12 billion each month. The global

US Current Accounts deficit set a new record of near -$531 billion in 2003 and is on a track to exceed

-$630 billion in 2004. The overall deficit in globally traded goods and services has reached a record

-5.4% drag on real Gross Domestic Product -- compared with a -2.5% drag reached at the height of

“competitiveness” concerns in 1986. 

The Manufacturing trade deficit is far and away the worst on record and, since 2002, has included the

first ever recorded global deficits in Advanced Technology Products. This year the US will suffer its first

ever recorded trade deficit in technology goods AND services. China accounts for one-third of the US

deficits in traded manufactured goods and for the entire US deficits in technology trade. The US global

surplus in traded services has been generally declining for seven years to levels now well-below those

reached in 1992. The US surplus with China in Software and Information Services has grown in recent

years but reached a mere $169 million in 2002 -- the last year for which data are available.

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Using the formula developed by the Department of Commerce, 9,500 US workers were needed to

produce each $1 billion of tradable goods and services in the year 2002 and, with productivity growth,

about 9,000 workers were needed to produce each $1 billion of output in 2003. This suggests that the

worsening balance of net imports of goods displaced about another -360,000 US jobs (for a total of

about -4,944,700 jobs) in the more highly productive and therefore higher-wage goods sectors in 2003.

Washington’s global trade surplus appears to have fallen from $10.1 billion in 2002 to $7.5 billion in

2003. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that almost -28,000 jobs in Washington were displaced by

the shrinking surplus between 2002 and 2003 as trade’s total addition to Washington’s jobs fell from

95,840 to 67,860. 

Applying the same formula to the worsening US trade deficits with China suggests they are responsible

for the loss of about another -137,500 tradeable-goods jobs in 2003 for a total loss of -1,116,000. By

this formula, Washington’s first-ever deficit with China shifted all of the 11,300 net jobs previously

created through trade with China out of the state’s traded-goods sectors in 2003. Washington now has

a small net loss (or displacement) of jobs in the goods-producing sectors due to trade with China.

Washington’s Recent Job Stagnation:

Although growing moderately in 2004, Washington has suffered a net loss of jobs over the past four

year period for only the third time since World War II demobilization. The other times this occurred, in

the early 1970s and early 1980s, were followed by soaring job growth as dramatic increases in Federal

fiscal stimulus (budget deficits) spurred skyrocketing consumer spending on Washington-produced

goods and services. The US’ Current Account was roughly balanced in the 1970s but the deficit rose to

-$94 billion in 1984 as the trade deficit rose to the record level of -2.1% of GDP. 

Today’s concern is that with Federal fiscal and monetary policies now expected to become less

stimulative in coming months and the Current Account deficit worsening sharply on track to exceed

-$650 billion, -5.6% of GDP, Washington is uncertain of a strong rebound in production and jobs.

Total industrial and manufacturing production increases in the US during the first 33 months of the

current cyclical economic recovery have been -- by far -- the weakest on record.

Concerns are compounded because the nature of competition for production and jobs has changed

fundamentally. During the 1980s, the concern was that even with similar labor and regulatory costs, US

firms could not compete with Japanese firms. Today’s principal concern is NOT between firms, which

have in any case become increasingly trans-national. The concern today is largely over the location

decisions for production and job creation within these global firms facing the enormous differentials in

the cost of labor, regulatory and living standards in Washington and other areas of the world --

particularly China.

Washington has a net loss of -43,000 private sector jobs (-1.9% of the total) between August, 2000

and August, 2004. Washington lost -71,000 manufacturing jobs (-21% of the total) that, due to higher

productivity rates, pay an average of 48% more than the state’s average wage. Durable manufacturing

sectors suffered even worse losses (-24%) and pay 55% more than average wages. Even Professional

and Technical Services, which pay 29% higher than average wages, lost -2.2% of their jobs in the state.

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Washington’s net job losses in the past four years have come entirely within the Seattle metropolitan

area which has lost -5.5% of its jobs. The downturn in Spokane and particularly in Takoma were

moderate with a return to previous job totals in 2003 and further growth in 2004. 

Washington has fewer jobs today than four years ago in every major industry sector except

Construction, Finance, Health Care, Leisure and (State & Local) Government -- which face little if any

foreign competition. That is, over the past four years Washington has lost jobs in both goods-producing

industries and in service-providing industries that can be exported or imported. The Manufacturing

sector has seen the worst job losses (-21%,) particularly in the most highly productive, high wage

durable-goods industries (-24%) such as Aluminum (-74% decline,) Computer and Electronic products

(-34% loss,) and Aerospace (-28%.) Key non-durable industries have also suffered severe losses,

particular Fruit and Vegetable processors (-28% job loss.) 

Each of these industries have faced sharply rising imports from China and elsewhere in recent years and

most have faced falling export demand. Furthermore, the mix of imports is increasingly toward the

down-stream products that were previously their customers. That is, the aerospace industry is a major

customer for Primary and Fabricated Metals, Plastics and Rubber, Computer and Electronic Products

including information technologies and software. As the export of Aerospace goods has stagnated

nationwide in recent years and declined in Washington, production (and employment) of these products

have suffered. These industries will be the focus of the Commission’s field hearing.

Over the past four years Washington has also suffered an overall loss in the number of jobs in both

Information Services and in Professional and Technical Services. While there have been shifts within

these industries -- Software Publishers have added jobs but these are more than offset by losses for

Computer System designers -- there is an overall loss in a sector with which the region has long been

closely associated. During this period the US services surplus has fallen to its lowest levels since 1991

as the traditional substantial US surplus in Advanced Technology Products has become an equally large

deficit that for the first time in 2004 more than offsets the total US surplus in Intellectual Property and

other technology services.

Washington’s Global and China Trade:

The value of freight through the Port of Seattle appears set to reach $54.8 billion in 2004 just ahead of

the previous peak reached in 1997. The value of exports through the port will remain considerably

below levels reached in the early 1990s but import value will be close to the record $42.8 billion

reached in 2000. The imbalance of imports to exports is widening again in 2004 to about 3.4-to-1

leaving the port with an annual export deficit of over -$30 billion.

Exports to China through the Port of Seattle continued to rise in 2004 and are expected to set a new

record of almost $2 billion. Imports from China are rising even faster, exceeding $14 billion for a port

deficit of exports to China of over -$12 billion and a ratio of more than 7-to-1 imports to exports.

The Commerce Department collects information on the state origin of finished products for US export.

These figures are quite problematic because they do not sort out the value of component parts imported

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into the state from other states and countries. There are no official state data whatsoever on imports.

The most straightforward method of estimating the final destination of US imports is to simply apportion

them equally by state population. Using this method for imports and the available export data, 48 states

and the District of Columbia had global trade deficits in 2003. Most state deficits are worsening rapidly,

while the two states with surpluses -- Washington and Texas -- have rapidly declining surpluses. Every

state has rapidly worsening trade deficits with China in 2003 now including Washington.

Washington’s total goods exports declined for the second consecutive year in 2003 to $34.2 billion,

14.1% of its Gross State Product -- still the highest GSP share in the US and more than double the US

average of 6.6%. This is solely a reflection of Washington’s historic, but now rapidly changing role as

the home of Boeing aircraft and site of much of the company’s exports. (Boeing officially moved its

headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001.) Transportation Equipment -- almost entirely

Boeing-related aircraft and parts -- accounted for 70% of Washington’s exports of goods in 1999 and

still accounted for 60% in 2003.

It may be of interest to Commissioners that, according to Boeing Corporation’s annual reports filed with

the Securities and Exchange Commission, the value of the company’s gross revenues (not profits)

associated with China fell to only $0.75 billion in 2003 (1.5% of total Boeing revenue) from a peak of

$1.57 billion in 1998. Indeed, the company’s total reported revenue associated with China in 2003 is

less than in any year since at least 1993. Boeing’s 2003 revenues from US public and commercial

sources accounted for $35.12 billion -- 60% of total revenues.

The dollar value of Washington’s global exports fell by -2.2% from 2001-2003 although export of 

non-Transportation goods grew by 12.6%. The state’s exports to China grew by 9.6% over the past

two years as a -15.0% decline in Transportation exports and a -13.1% decline in Electronics exports

were more than offset by a 114.1% increase in the state’s export of Crop Production, a 157.1%

increase in the export of Waste and Scrap and a 48.9% increase in Processed Foods. Still, with the

even stronger surge of imports from China, for the first time, Washington joined all other states with a

deficit in traded goods with China in 2003.

Available data do not identify or explain Washington’s sudden surge in Crop and Processed Foods

exports to the world and to China. Indeed, the available data suggest recent years have been extremely

difficult for Washington’s farmers with total income from crops barely keeping up with inflation and net

farm income falling sharply.

Nevertheless, China remains Washington’s third largest export market in 2003 accounting for $3.2

billion, 9.4%, of the state’s exports. Transportation Equipment accounted for 89% of Washington’s

exports to China in 1999 but for only 56% in 2003. Crop Production accounted for almost no exports

to China in 1999 but for 27% of exports in 2003. 

China accounted for only 8.8% of Washington’s Transportation Equipment exports in 2003, for 5.7%

of its paper products and 3.1% of Computers and Electronics exports. But China also accounted for

59.1% of Washington’s Waste and Scrap exports, 42.7% of Oil and Gas Extraction exports, and

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26.5% of Crop Production exports. Although it is not possible to precisely estimate Washington’s

imports by industry, it seems quite clear from the total US import data that Washington enjoys a rising

surplus of net exports to China for Crop Production, Oil and Gas, and Waste and Scrap while facing a

rapidly declining surplus in Transportation Equipment and large net imports in virtually all other

manufacturing and goods producing sectors including information technologies. 

Although state data do not exist, it seems highly probable from the US data that Washington enjoys a

small and growing surplus in the global and China trade of software. However, this small surplus can be

expected to face increased challenge in the years immediately ahead for the same reasons that have long

faced goods producers.

Everyone understands, of course, that lowering the price of component inputs of goods and services

lowers firms’ cost of production and can improve revenue or allow them to lower prices to improve

price competitiveness. And every consumer appreciates lower prices for products they want to buy.

Unfortunately, the capabilities of modern information technologies now allow large global companies to

make or buy most goods and services wherever living standards are lowest while continuing to sell in

Washington and elsewhere. Those who believed that higher aggregate levels of productivity in

Washington and throughout the US could forever support wages and living standards far above those in

Mexico and China have been proven wrong by chronic and worsening trade deficits. 

Those who believe that only low skilled manufacturing jobs and lightly capitalized industries face

price-competition from the world’s leading firms that now produce cutting-edge goods and services in

China face a similar awakening. The recent history in Washington is a useful example of the new

challenges facing policy-makers and the American standard of living.

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Dr. Charles W. McMillion is president and chief economist of MBG Information Services, a business

information, analysis and forecasting firm based in Washington, DC. He is a former Associate Director

of the Johns Hopkins University Policy Institute and a former Contributing Editor of the Harvard

Business Review. Dr. McMillion can be reached at 202-544-6490 or “CWM@MBGInfoSvcs.com”

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Worst Ever US Losses in Current Accounts

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Current Account Balance Since 1990

-$3,310,124,000,000

2004-H1 Balance: -$313,341,000,000

Daily Deficit of -$1,721,653,846

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 Components of the U.S. Economy:

 Gross Domestic Product: Constant 2000-Chained Prices

Gross Personal Gross Private Net Exports Expenditures Trade as

 ($ Billions) Domestic Consumption Domestic Goods And and Investments Percent of

Year Product Expenditures Investment Services by Government Real GDP

1959 2,441.3 1,554.6 266.7 (24.7) 714.3 -1.5%

1960 2,501.8 1,597.4 266.6 (12.7) 715.4 -0.5%

1961 2,560.0 1,630.3 264.9 (11.5) 751.3 -0.4%

1962 2,715.2 1,711.1 298.4 (18.6) 797.6 -0.7%

1963 2,834.0 1,781.6 318.5 (14.8) 818.1 -0.5%

1964 2,998.6 1,888.4 344.7 (9.0) 836.1 -0.3%

1965 3,191.1 2,007.7 393.1 (18.9) 861.3 -0.6%

1966 3,399.1 2,121.8 427.7 (31.1) 937.1 -0.9%

1967 3,484.6 2,185.0 408.1 (39.6) 1,008.9 -1.1%

1968 3,652.7 2,310.5 431.9 (54.6) 1,040.5 -1.5%

1969 3,765.4 2,396.4 457.1 (58.9) 1,038.0 -1.6%

1970 3,771.9 2,451.9 427.1 (52.0) 1,012.9 -1.4%

1971 3,898.6 2,545.5 475.7 (60.6) 990.8 -1.6%

1972 4,105.0 2,701.3 532.1 (73.5) 983.5 -1.8%

1973 4,341.5 2,833.8 594.4 (51.9) 980.0 -1.2%

1974 4,319.6 2,812.3 550.6 (29.4) 1,004.7 -0.7%

1975 4,311.2 2,876.9 453.1 (2.4) 1,027.4 -0.1%

1976 4,540.9 3,035.5 544.7 (37.0) 1,031.9 -0.8%

1977 4,750.5 3,164.1 627.0 (61.1) 1,043.3 -1.3%

1978 5,015.0 3,303.1 702.6 (61.9) 1,074.0 -1.2%

1979 5,173.4 3,383.4 725.0 (41.0) 1,094.1 -0.8%

1980 5,161.7 3,374.1 645.3 12.6 1,115.4 0.2%

1981 5,291.7 3,422.2 704.9 8.3 1,125.6 0.2%

1982 5,189.3 3,470.3 606.0 (12.6) 1,145.4 -0.2%

1983 5,423.8 3,668.6 662.5 (60.2) 1,187.3 -1.1%

1984 5,813.6 3,863.3 857.7 (122.4) 1,227.0 -2.1%

1985 6,053.7 4,064.0 849.7 (141.5) 1,312.5 -2.3%

1986 6,263.6 4,228.9 843.9 (156.3) 1,392.5 -2.5%

1987 6,475.1 4,369.8 870.0 (148.4) 1,426.7 -2.3%

1988 6,742.7 4,546.9 890.5 (106.8) 1,445.1 -1.6%

1989 6,981.4 4,675.0 926.2 (79.2) 1,482.5 -1.1%

1990 7,112.5 4,770.3 895.1 (54.7) 1,530.0 -0.8%

1991 7,100.5 4,778.4 822.2 (14.6) 1,547.2 -0.2%

1992 7,336.6 4,934.8 889.0 (15.9) 1,555.3 -0.2%

1993 7,532.7 5,099.8 968.3 (52.1) 1,541.1 -0.7%

1994 7,835.5 5,290.7 1,099.6 (79.4) 1,541.3 -1.0%

1995 8,031.7 5,433.5 1,134.0 (71.0) 1,549.7 -0.9%

1996 8,328.9 5,619.4 1,234.3 (79.6) 1,564.9 -1.0%

1997 8,703.5 5,831.8 1,387.7 (104.6) 1,594.0 -1.2%

1998 9,066.9 6,125.8 1,524.1 (203.7) 1,624.4 -2.2%

1999 9,470.3 6,438.6 1,642.6 (296.2) 1,686.9 -3.1%

2000 9,817.0 6,739.4 1,735.5 (379.5) 1,721.6 -3.9%

2001 9,890.7 6,910.4 1,598.4 (399.1) 1,780.3 -4.0%

2002 10,074.8 7,123.4 1,560.7 (472.1) 1,857.9 -4.7%

2003 10,381.3 7,355.6 1,628.8 (518.5) 1,909.4 -5.0%

2004-QII 10,784.7 7,572.4 1,842.9 (580.3) 1,946.5 -5.4%

 U.S. Dept. Commerce and MBG Information Services (September 29, 2004)
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 Worldwide Exports of the States

Merchandise: $ Millions 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

US Totals......................................... $692,821 $780,419 $731,026 $693,257 $723,743

Texas.................................................. 83,177 103,866 94,995 95,396 98,846

California........................................... 97,920 119,640 106,777 92,214 93,995

New York.................................................. 37,067 42,846 42,172 36,977 39,181

Washington.................................................. 36,731 32,215 34,929 34,627 34,173

Michigan..................................................... 31,086 33,845 32,366 33,775 32,941

Ohio.................................................... 24,883 26,322 27,095 27,723 29,764

Illinois................................................ 29,432 31,438 30,434 25,686 26,473

Florida............................................ 24,155 26,543 27,185 24,544 24,953

Massachusetts....................................... 16,805 20,514 17,490 16,708 18,663

Louisiana............................................. 15,842 16,814 16,589 17,567 18,390

New Jersey............................................ 15,354 18,638 18,946 17,002 16,818

Indiana.................................................. 12,910 15,386 14,365 14,923 16,402

Pennsylvania......................................... 16,170 18,792 17,433 15,768 16,299

Georgia............................................. 13,749 14,925 14,644 14,413 16,286

North Carolina.......................................... 15,007 17,946 16,799 14,719 16,199

Arizona.......................................... 11,824 14,334 12,514 11,871 13,323

Tennessee............................................. 9,868 11,592 11,320 11,621 12,612

South Carolina.......................................... 7,150 8,565 9,956 9,656 11,773

Wisconsin............................................... 9,673 10,508 10,489 10,684 11,510

Minnesota................................................... 9,373 10,303 10,524 10,402 11,266

Virginia................................................. 11,483 11,698 11,631 10,796 10,853

Kentucky.................................................. 8,877 9,612 9,048 10,607 10,734

Oregon..................................................... 10,471 11,441 8,900 10,086 10,357

Alabama.......................................... 6,192 7,317 7,570 8,267 8,340

Connecticut...................................... 7,231 8,047 8,610 8,313 8,136

Missouri................................................. 6,059 6,497 6,173 6,791 7,234

Colorado............................................ 5,931 6,593 6,125 5,522 6,109

Iowa.................................................. 4,094 4,465 4,660 4,755 5,236

Maryland............................................... 4,009 4,593 4,975 4,474 4,941

Kansas................................................ 4,669 5,145 5,005 4,988 4,553

Utah........................................................ 3,134 3,221 3,506 4,543 4,115

Arkansas.................................................... 2,177 2,599 2,911 2,804 2,962

Alaska................................................ 2,564 2,464 2,418 2,516 2,739

Nebraska................................................. 2,096 2,511 2,702 2,528 2,724

Oklahoma................................................. 2,987 3,072 2,661 2,444 2,660

Vermont..................................................... 4,023 4,097 2,830 2,521 2,627

Mississippi.............................................. 2,216 2,726 3,557 3,058 2,558

West Virginia.......................................... 1,893 2,219 2,241 2,237 2,380

New Mexico........................................... 3,133 2,391 1,405 1,196 2,326

Maine............................................... 2,014 1,779 1,812 1,973 2,188

Idaho.................................................... 2,191 3,559 2,122 1,967 2,096

Nevada......................................................... 1,067 1,482 1,423 1,177 2,033

New Hampshire............................................... 1,930 2,373 2,401 1,863 1,931

Delaware............................................ 2,287 2,197 1,985 2,004 1,886

Rhode Island.......................................... 1,116 1,186 1,269 1,121 1,177

North Dakota............................................. 699 626 806 859 854

District of Columbia........................ 412 1,003 1,034 1,066 809

South Dakota...................................... 495 679 595 597 672

Wyoming.................................................... 458 502 503 553 582

Hawaii.................................................... 274 387 370 514 368

Montana.................................................... 427 541 489 386 361

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 Global Merchandise Export Share of State GSP

Goods Export % of GSP 1999 2000 2001 2002* 2003*

Washington.................................................. 17.62% 14.77% 15.67% 15.00% 14.11%

Vermont..................................................... 23.45% 22.61% 14.78% 12.71% 12.63%

Texas.................................................. 12.25% 14.07% 12.44% 12.06% 11.91%

Louisiana............................................. 11.83% 11.60% 11.16% 11.41% 11.38%

Michigan..................................................... 9.96% 10.46% 10.10% 10.18% 9.46%

South Carolina.......................................... 6.69% 7.63% 8.64% 8.10% 9.41%

Alaska................................................ 10.03% 8.76% 8.46% 8.50% 8.82%

Kentucky.................................................. 7.90% 8.20% 7.52% 8.52% 8.21%

Indiana.................................................. 7.12% 8.11% 7.56% 7.59% 7.95%

Oregon..................................................... 9.49% 9.43% 7.41% 8.11% 7.94%

Arizona.......................................... 8.18% 9.34% 7.79% 7.14% 7.63%

Ohio.................................................... 6.96% 7.10% 7.25% 7.16% 7.33%

US Total........................... 7.49% 7.89% 7.21% 6.60% 6.57%

California........................................... 8.07% 9.00% 7.86% 6.55% 6.36%

Tennessee............................................. 5.78% 6.53% 6.20% 6.15% 6.36%

Alabama.......................................... 5.38% 6.13% 6.23% 6.57% 6.32%

Wisconsin............................................... 5.86% 6.07% 5.91% 5.82% 5.97%

Massachusetts....................................... 6.52% 7.25% 6.08% 5.61% 5.97%

Minnesota................................................... 5.47% 5.54% 5.60% 5.34% 5.51%

North Carolina.......................................... 5.76% 6.58% 6.10% 5.16% 5.41%

Utah........................................................ 5.00% 4.71% 4.98% 6.23% 5.38%

Maine............................................... 5.91% 4.90% 4.84% 5.09% 5.38%

Iowa.................................................. 4.79% 4.98% 5.12% 5.05% 5.30%

Idaho.................................................... 6.34% 9.68% 5.75% 5.15% 5.23%

West Virginia.......................................... 4.67% 5.42% 5.29% 5.10% 5.17%

Illinois................................................ 6.68% 6.74% 6.40% 5.22% 5.12%

Georgia............................................. 4.97% 5.05% 4.88% 4.64% 5.00%

Kansas................................................ 5.82% 6.09% 5.74% 5.53% 4.81%

Florida............................................ 5.46% 5.63% 5.53% 4.82% 4.67%

Connecticut...................................... 4.85% 4.97% 5.18% 4.83% 4.51%

Nebraska................................................. 3.92% 4.51% 4.74% 4.29% 4.40%

New York.................................................. 4.98% 5.37% 5.10% 4.32% 4.36%

Delaware............................................ 6.59% 5.90% 4.90% 4.78% 4.29%

New Jersey............................................ 4.62% 5.21% 5.19% 4.49% 4.24%

North Dakota............................................. 4.09% 3.37% 4.24% 4.37% 4.14%

Arkansas.................................................... 3.35% 3.89% 4.29% 3.99% 4.01%

New Mexico........................................... 6.37% 4.55% 2.53% 2.08% 3.86%

New Hampshire............................................... 4.45% 5.01% 5.09% 3.81% 3.77%

Pennsylvania......................................... 4.25% 4.70% 4.27% 3.73% 3.67%

Missouri................................................. 3.59% 3.67% 3.40% 3.61% 3.67%

Virginia................................................. 4.75% 4.48% 4.26% 3.82% 3.66%

Mississippi.............................................. 3.45% 4.12% 5.30% 4.40% 3.51%

Colorado............................................ 3.89% 3.89% 3.53% 3.07% 3.24%

Rhode Island.......................................... 3.50% 3.29% 3.43% 2.93% 2.93%

Wyoming.................................................... 2.69% 2.63% 2.46% 2.62% 2.62%

Oklahoma................................................. 3.50% 3.38% 2.84% 2.51% 2.61%

South Dakota...................................... 2.28% 2.90% 2.45% 2.38% 2.55%

Nevada......................................................... 1.53% 1.96% 1.80% 1.43% 2.36%

Maryland............................................... 2.31% 2.48% 2.55% 2.22% 2.33%

Montana.................................................... 2.08% 2.49% 2.16% 1.65% 1.47%

District of Columbia........................ 0.74% 1.67% 1.60% 1.60% 1.16%

Hawaii.................................................... 0.67% 0.91% 0.85% 1.13% 0.78%

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$ Million Exports Imports* Balance Exports Imports* Balance

United States............................ $681,874 $1,164,746 ($482,872) $713,761 $1,263,170 ($549,409)

Alabama.......................................... 8,267 18,115 (9,849) 8,340 19,550 (11,209)

Alaska................................................ 2,516 2,595 (78) 2,739 2,818 (80)

Arizona.......................................... 11,871 22,007 (10,136) 13,323 24,241 (10,918)

Arkansas.................................................... 2,804 10,946 (8,142) 2,962 11,839 (8,877)

California........................................... 92,214 141,570 (49,356) 93,995 154,131 (60,136)

Colorado............................................ 5,522 18,205 (12,683) 6,109 19,767 (13,657)

Connecticut...................................... 8,313 13,989 (5,675) 8,136 15,130 (6,994)

Delaware............................................ 2,004 3,260 (1,256) 1,886 3,551 (1,665)

District of Columbia........................ 1,066 2,302 (1,236) 809 2,447 (1,638)

Florida............................................ 24,544 67,512 (42,967) 24,953 73,925 (48,971)

Georgia............................................. 14,413 34,557 (20,145) 16,286 37,723 (21,437)

Hawaii.................................................... 514 5,018 (4,504) 368 5,463 (5,094)

Idaho.................................................... 1,967 5,432 (3,465) 2,096 5,935 (3,839)

Illinois................................................ 25,686 50,907 (25,221) 26,473 54,962 (28,489)

Indiana.................................................. 14,923 24,902 (9,979) 16,402 26,912 (10,509)

Iowa.................................................. 4,755 11,874 (7,120) 5,236 12,788 (7,552)

Kansas................................................ 4,988 10,968 (5,980) 4,553 11,830 (7,277)

Kentucky.................................................. 10,607 16,542 (5,935) 10,734 17,886 (7,153)

Louisiana............................................. 17,567 18,105 (538) 18,390 19,530 (1,140)

Maine............................................... 1,973 5,237 (3,264) 2,188 5,672 (3,483)

Maryland............................................... 4,474 22,045 (17,572) 4,941 23,929 (18,988)

Massachusetts....................................... 16,708 25,974 (9,266) 18,663 27,944 (9,282)

Michigan..................................................... 33,775 40,621 (6,846) 32,941 43,784 (10,843)

Minnesota................................................... 10,402 20,323 (9,921) 11,266 21,976 (10,710)

Mississippi.............................................. 3,058 11,595 (8,537) 2,558 12,515 (9,957)

Missouri................................................. 6,791 22,931 (16,140) 7,234 24,778 (17,544)

Montana.................................................... 386 3,682 (3,296) 361 3,986 (3,624)

Nebraska................................................. 2,528 6,987 (4,460) 2,724 7,555 (4,831)

Nevada......................................................... 1,177 8,767 (7,590) 2,033 9,735 (7,702)

New Hampshire............................................... 1,863 5,154 (3,291) 1,931 5,593 (3,662)

New Jersey............................................ 17,002 34,684 (17,682) 16,818 37,522 (20,704)

New Mexico........................................... 1,196 7,491 (6,295) 2,326 8,143 (5,817)

New York.................................................. 36,977 77,391 (40,414) 39,181 83,355 (44,174)

North Carolina.......................................... 14,719 33,594 (18,875) 16,199 36,518 (20,319)

North Dakota............................................. 859 2,564 (1,705) 854 2,753 (1,899)

Ohio.................................................... 27,723 46,144 (18,421) 29,764 49,673 (19,908)

Oklahoma................................................. 2,444 14,115 (11,671) 2,660 15,253 (12,593)

Oregon..................................................... 10,086 14,239 (4,152) 10,357 15,462 (5,104)

Pennsylvania......................................... 15,768 49,865 (34,098) 16,299 53,711 (37,412)

Rhode Island.......................................... 1,121 4,321 (3,200) 1,177 4,674 (3,497)

South Carolina.......................................... 9,656 16,598 (6,942) 11,773 18,014 (6,241)

South Dakota...................................... 597 3,076 (2,479) 672 3,320 (2,648)

Tennessee............................................. 11,621 23,418 (11,796) 12,612 25,374 (12,763)

Texas.................................................. 95,396 87,918 7,479 98,846 96,075 2,771

Utah........................................................ 4,543 9,379 (4,836) 4,115 10,214 (6,099)

Vermont..................................................... 2,521 2,493 28 2,627 2,689 (62)

Virginia................................................. 10,796 29,477 (18,681) 10,853 32,083 (21,231)

Washington.................................................. 34,627 24,539 10,088 34,173 26,633 7,540

West Virginia.......................................... 2,237 7,300 (5,063) 2,380 7,864 (5,484)

Wisconsin............................................... 10,684 22,002 (11,317) 11,510 23,770 (12,260)

Wyoming.................................................... 553 2,018 (1,464) 582 2,177 (1,596)

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$ PER CAPITA Exports Imports* Balance Exports Imports* Balance

United States............................ $2,368 $4,045 ($1,677) $2,454 $4,344 ($1,889)

Alabama.......................................... 1,846 4,045 (2,199) 1,853 4,344 (2,491)

Alaska................................................ 3,923 4,045 (122) 4,221 4,344 (123)

Arizona.......................................... 2,182 4,045 (1,863) 2,387 4,344 (1,956)

Arkansas.................................................... 1,036 4,045 (3,009) 1,087 4,344 (3,257)

California........................................... 2,635 4,045 (1,410) 2,649 4,344 (1,695)

Colorado............................................ 1,227 4,045 (2,818) 1,342 4,344 (3,001)

Connecticut...................................... 2,404 4,045 (1,641) 2,336 4,344 (2,008)

Delaware............................................ 2,486 4,045 (1,558) 2,307 4,344 (2,036)

District of Columbia........................ 1,873 4,045 (2,172) 1,436 4,344 (2,907)

Florida............................................ 1,470 4,045 (2,574) 1,466 4,344 (2,877)

Georgia............................................. 1,687 4,045 (2,358) 1,875 4,344 (2,468)

Hawaii.................................................... 414 4,045 (3,631) 293 4,344 (4,051)

Idaho.................................................... 1,464 4,045 (2,580) 1,534 4,344 (2,810)

Illinois................................................ 2,041 4,045 (2,004) 2,092 4,344 (2,251)

Indiana.................................................. 2,424 4,045 (1,621) 2,647 4,344 (1,696)

Iowa.................................................. 1,620 4,045 (2,425) 1,779 4,344 (2,565)

Kansas................................................ 1,840 4,045 (2,205) 1,672 4,344 (2,672)

Kentucky.................................................. 2,593 4,045 (1,451) 2,607 4,344 (1,737)

Louisiana............................................. 3,924 4,045 (120) 4,090 4,344 (254)

Maine............................................... 1,524 4,045 (2,521) 1,676 4,344 (2,668)

Maryland............................................... 821 4,045 (3,224) 897 4,344 (3,447)

Massachusetts....................................... 2,602 4,045 (1,443) 2,901 4,344 (1,443)

Michigan..................................................... 3,363 4,045 (682) 3,268 4,344 (1,076)

Minnesota................................................... 2,070 4,045 (1,974) 2,227 4,344 (2,117)

Mississippi.............................................. 1,067 4,045 (2,978) 888 4,344 (3,456)

Missouri................................................. 1,198 4,045 (2,847) 1,268 4,344 (3,076)

Montana.................................................... 424 4,045 (3,621) 394 4,344 (3,950)

Nebraska................................................. 1,463 4,045 (2,582) 1,566 4,344 (2,778)

Nevada......................................................... 543 4,045 (3,502) 907 4,344 (3,437)

New Hampshire............................................... 1,462 4,045 (2,583) 1,500 4,344 (2,844)

New Jersey............................................ 1,983 4,045 (2,062) 1,947 4,344 (2,397)

New Mexico........................................... 646 4,045 (3,399) 1,241 4,344 (3,103)

New York.................................................. 1,932 4,045 (2,112) 2,042 4,344 (2,302)

North Carolina.......................................... 1,772 4,045 (2,273) 1,927 4,344 (2,417)

North Dakota............................................. 1,356 4,045 (2,689) 1,347 4,344 (2,996)

Ohio.................................................... 2,430 4,045 (1,615) 2,603 4,344 (1,741)

Oklahoma................................................. 700 4,045 (3,344) 757 4,344 (3,586)

Oregon..................................................... 2,865 4,045 (1,179) 2,910 4,344 (1,434)

Pennsylvania......................................... 1,279 4,045 (2,766) 1,318 4,344 (3,026)

Rhode Island.......................................... 1,049 4,045 (2,995) 1,094 4,344 (3,249)

South Carolina.......................................... 2,353 4,045 (1,692) 2,839 4,344 (1,505)

South Dakota...................................... 785 4,045 (3,260) 880 4,344 (3,464)

Tennessee............................................. 2,007 4,045 (2,037) 2,159 4,344 (2,185)

Texas.................................................. 4,389 4,045 344 4,469 4,344 125

Utah........................................................ 1,959 4,045 (2,086) 1,750 4,344 (2,594)

Vermont..................................................... 4,090 4,045 45 4,243 4,344 (101)

Virginia................................................. 1,481 4,045 (2,563) 1,469 4,344 (2,874)

Washington.................................................. 5,707 4,045 1,663 5,573 4,344 1,230

West Virginia.......................................... 1,240 4,045 (2,805) 1,315 4,344 (3,029)

Wisconsin............................................... 1,964 4,045 (2,080) 2,103 4,344 (2,240)

Wyoming.................................................... 1,109 4,045 (2,935) 1,160 4,344 (3,183)

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HS Industry Codes: $Millions 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004p 1995-'04

Merchandise Totals................................................................................................................................. ($22,768) ($29,494) ($33,807) ($39,517) ($49,747) ($56,898) ($68,668) ($83,833) ($83,096) ($103,065) ($124,068) ($158,505) ($801,204)

84 Mechanical/Computers........................................................................................ 262 (445) (1,434) (2,172) (3,516) (4,899) (7,602) (9,911) (9,668) (16,119) (25,291) (37,949) (118,560)

85 Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts There....................... (3,541) (5,603) (6,615) (7,474) (9,041) (11,013) (13,067) (16,831) (16,295) (20,463) (24,004) (34,960) (159,763)

95 Toys, Games And Sports Equipment; Parts & Access..................... (4,154) (5,134) (6,151) (7,368) (9,250) (10,506) (11,041) (12,354) (12,186) (14,417) (16,082) (16,696) (116,050)

94 Furniture; Bedding, Cushions Etc.; Lamps And Light......................... (1,052) (1,539) (1,920) (2,297) (2,966) (3,901) (5,485) (7,117) (7,404) (9,844) (11,738) (14,451) (67,123)

64 Footwear, Gaiters And The Like; Parts Of Such Arti........................... (4,515) (5,251) (5,815) (6,383) (7,393) (7,978) (8,393) (9,142) (9,710) (10,192) (10,527) (11,025) (86,559)

62 Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Not................................. (3,784) (3,508) (3,273) (3,508) (4,158) (3,808) (3,746) (4,164) (4,126) (4,464) (5,485) (6,281) (43,013)

42 Articles Of Leather; Saddlery And Harness; Travel......................... (1,938) (2,485) (2,534) (2,623) (2,956) (2,921) (3,002) (3,827) (3,898) (4,465) (5,043) (5,727) (36,995)

73 Articles Of Iron Or Steel............................................................................................ (265) (382) (448) (566) (800) (1,043) (1,301) (1,800) (2,020) (2,438) (3,085) (4,078) (17,579)

61 Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Knit.............................. (1,505) (1,570) (1,372) (1,510) (1,832) (1,857) (2,022) (2,032) (2,273) (2,614) (3,193) (4,032) (22,737)

39 Plastics And Articles Thereof................................................................................ (871) (1,153) (1,272) (1,338) (1,550) (1,655) (1,949) (2,194) (2,398) (2,782) (3,036) (3,219) (21,394)

63 Made-Up Textile Articles Nesoi; Needlecraft Sets;................................ (493) (579) (634) (584) (710) (810) (960) (1,097) (1,201) (1,647) (2,353) (3,113) (13,109)

87 Vehicles, Other Than Railway Or Tramway Rolling St............................. 500 (91) (330) (386) (368) (710) (857) (1,759) (1,299) (1,657) (2,035) (2,675) (12,075)

71 Natural Or Cultured Pearls, Precious Or Semiprecio................................... (149) (189) (230) (258) (323) (372) (491) (669) (803) (1,144) (1,393) (1,800) (7,483)

83 Miscellaneous Articles Of Base Metal................................................. (198) (239) (311) (374) (438) (546) (715) (836) (963) (1,256) (1,415) (1,787) (8,642)

90 Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring,.......................... (23) (343) (824) (1,051) (1,348) (1,547) (1,510) (1,994) (1,510) (1,517) (1,649) (1,563) (14,512)

82 Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons And Forks....................................... (226) (273) (348) (369) (489) (575) (740) (878) (941) (1,110) (1,373) (1,535) (8,356)

44 Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal................................ (48) (132) (196) (226) (294) (417) (540) (658) (701) (837) (1,020) (1,299) (6,190)

96 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles................................................ (222) (277) (343) (383) (466) (533) (751) (740) (841) (913) (1,024) (1,206) (7,199)

69 Ceramic Products................................................................................................ (330) (417) (532) (576) (671) (742) (762) (869) (864) (1,025) (1,112) (1,112) (8,266)

67 Prepared Feathers And Down And Articles Thereof.............................. (466) (566) (642) (604) (700) (780) (869) (927) (958) (1,047) (1,092) (1,093) (8,711)

49 Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Prin........................ (37) (59) (76) (86) (106) (108) (203) (325) (378) (529) (653) (941) (3,405)

40 Rubber And Articles Thereof.......................................................................... (53) (80) (122) (154) (207) (283) (366) (413) (403) (581) (699) (937) (4,164)

48 Paper And Paperboard; Articles Of Paper Pulp, Pape........................ (18) (54) (100) (19) (53) (68) (132) (227) (306) (403) (612) (835) (2,756)

03 Fish And Crustaceans, Molluscs And Other Aquatic I................................................ (259) (200) (206) (180) (181) (230) (267) (385) (446) (566) (722) (778) (3,959)

27 Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils And Products Of Their.............................. 18 (301) (413) (446) (331) (261) (126) (672) (292) (323) (319) (775) (3,956)

68 Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica................................... (28) (81) (116) (162) (258) (301) (414) (565) (601) (690) (712) (764) (4,584)

65 Headgear And Parts Thereof........................................................................... (189) (198) (168) (196) (209) (257) (285) (324) (334) (479) (628) (738) (3,617)

91 Clocks And Watches And Parts Thereof...................................................... (260) (333) (345) (402) (466) (538) (579) (641) (603) (623) (682) (721) (5,601)

70 Glass And Glassware................................................................................................ (50) (68) (96) (127) (141) (142) (258) (312) (440) (544) (621) (673) (3,354)

92 Musical Instruments; Parts And Accessories Thereof............................ (92) (119) (159) (188) (220) (225) (266) (306) (317) (391) (439) (539) (3,049)

20 Preparations Of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, Or Other........................... (65) (71) (107) (133) (146) (137) (119) (125) (143) (184) (295) (397) (1,787)

16 Edible Preparations Of Meat, Fish, Crustaceans, Mo........................ (9) (13) (23) (24) (24) (23) (70) (50) (87) (155) (233) (323) (1,012)

66 Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-Sticks, Seat-Sti............................. (110) (118) (128) (134) (163) (182) (183) (216) (234) (218) (264) (299) (2,021)

46 Manufactures Of Straw, Esparto Or Other Plaiting M............................ (151) (160) (177) (175) (174) (191) (196) (213) (229) (279) (304) (296) (2,236)

57 Carpets And Other Textile Floor Coverings.................................... (154) (144) (197) (141) (162) (188) (188) (213) (214) (253) (277) (288) (2,121)

98 Special Classification Provisions, Nesoi......................................2 (37) (24) (31) (83) (104) (129) (158) (224) (216) (307) (287) (1,564)

05 Products Of Animal Origin, Nesoi....................................................................... (43) (57) (73) (65) (77) (96) (94) (150) (131) (159) (181) (250) (1,278)

28 Inorganic Chemicals; Organic Or Inorganic Compound.......................... (111) (149) (168) (226) (245) (277) (295) (250) (324) (359) (337) (236) (2,716)
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76 Aluminum And Articles Thereof............................................................ $28 $37 $92 $105 $103 $13 $33 $132 $85 ($91) ($122) ($234) $116

25 Salt; Sulfur; Earths And Stone; Plastering Materia............................ (64) (80) (134) (117) (212) (272) (211) (226) (223) (167) (178) (230) (1,971)

33 Essential Oils And Resinoids; Perfumery, Cosmetic......................... (21) (26) (42) (34) (31) (61) (74) (86) (132) (164) (165) (193) (982)

34 Soap Etc.; Lubricating Products; Waxes, Polishing......................... (14) (29) (50) (63) (66) (90) (122) (140) (133) (164) (169) (192) (1,190)

36 Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyropho.................................. (73) (76) (78) (92) (95) (106) (128) (118) (130) (141) (171) (176) (1,234)

97 Works Of Art, Collectors' Pieces And Antiques................................... (70) (54) (50) (93) (79) (147) (156) (162) (153) (149) (161) (173) (1,323)

81 Base Metals Nesoi; Cermets; Articles Thereof...................................... (43) (73) (76) (75) (94) (105) (124) (110) (107) (47) (40) (162) (942)

43 Furskins And Artificial Fur; Manufactures Thereof.............................. (28) (38) (27) (40) (45) (42) (41) (73) (87) (91) (118) (151) (714)

07 Edible Vegetables And Certain Roots And Tubers...................... (48) (44) (38) (35) (37) (49) (56) (45) (55) (83) (89) (130) (615)

58 Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lac............................... (29) (31) (31) (36) (65) (53) (48) (51) (49) (70) (95) (114) (612)

86 Railway Or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Tra............................. 9 12 (22) 3 (7) (28) (42) (45) (24) (36) (91) (106) (399)

08 Edible Fruit And Nuts; Peel Of Citrus Fruit Or Mel.......................................... (16) (11) (10) (20) (20) (13) (31) 6 7 (4) (12) (105) (202)

09 Coffee, Tea, Mate And Spices...................................................................................... (35) (43) (35) (36) (39) (46) (43) (44) (46) (55) (68) (83) (494)

80 Tin And Articles Thereof........................................................................ (30) (35) (61) (41) (38) (66) (90) (92) (82) (48) (50) (77) (645)

53 Vegetable Textile Fibers Nesoi; Yarns & Woven Fa.................... (24) (24) (18) (19) (25) (23) (26) (29) (16) (21) (28) (72) (276)

60 Knitted Or Crocheted Fabrics............................................................................ (5) (2) 1 0 (11) (6) 1 1 5 (35) (46) (61) (149)

30 Pharmaceutical Products.................................................................................. (20) (26) (10) (21) (62) (86) (118) (136) (27) (8) (26) (60) (554)

54 Manmade Filaments, Including Yarns & Woven Fabri....................... (4) 0 5 5 (13) (7) 1 (7) 3 11 9 (53) (47)

93 Arms And Ammunition; Parts & Accessories Thereof...................... (105) (59) (10) (3) (0) (4) (8) (10) (15) (32) (38) (52) (173)

37 Photographic Or Cinematographic Goods...................................... 5 (1) (9) 0 (2) 9 27 38 36 72 95 (52) 214

50 Silk, Including Yarns And Woven Fabrics Thereof............................. (31) (26) (23) (62) (100) (91) (66) (57) (37) (35) (38) (50) (560)

13 Lac; Gums; Resins And Other Vegetable Saps.......................................... (16) (12) (23) (34) (49) (70) (45) (39) (30) (34) (34) (43) (401)

19 Preparations Of Cereals, Flour, Starch Or Milk; Ba............................. (11) (14) (18) (18) (16) (21) (23) (19) (22) (28) (34) (39) (237)

24 Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes.................................... (17) (1) 3 (7) (4) (4) (3) (18) (24) (33) (12) (29) (131)

32 Tanning Or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins And Derivative......................... (12) (14) (25) (28) (43) (66) (56) (30) 6 (19) (26) (29) (316)

79 Zinc And Articles Thereof..................................................................... (10) (14) (16) (21) (38) (90) (101) (65) (73) (74) (50) (26) (554)

22 Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar........................................................ (8) (5) (6) (6) (7) (6) (7) (13) (18) (22) (18) (18) (121)

89 Ships, Boats And Floating Structures............................................................ 9 4 (1) 0 (5) (32) (14) (19) (51) (25) (23) (15) (185)

11 Milling Industry Products; Malt; Starches; Inulin;............................................ (1) (4) (2) (3) (3) (1) (1) (0) 2 (0) (5) (14) (28)

06 Live Trees And Other Plants; Bulbs, Roots And The................. (3) (3) (3) (6) (3) (3) (4) (6) (9) (11) (14) (14) (72)

17 Sugars And Sugar Confectionary...................................................................... (4) (4) (4) (5) (8) (8) (8) (8) (4) (34) (29) (14) (121)

45 Cork And Articles Of Cork...................................................................................... (0) 0 0 0 (0) 2 (0) (1) (1) (2) (5) (10) (17)

01 Live Animals............................................................................................................................. 7 8 8 6 6 4 4 4 3 2 9 (9) 37

56 Wadding, Felt And Nonwovens; Special Yarns; Twine,....................... (5) (5) (14) (8) (9) (12) (18) (21) (24) (6) (6) (9) (127)

04 Dairy Produce; Birds' Eggs; Natural Honey; Edible.......................... (28) (22) (13) (28) (17) (11) (15) (14) 4 11 (10) (8) (101)

18 Cocoa And Cocoa Preparations.................................................................. (28) (20) (20) (33) (42) (29) (15) (10) (5) (1) 0 (3) (159)

59 Impregnated, Coated, Covered Or Laminated Textile................. 2 1 2 2 5 1 9 6 6 2 2 (2) 33

78 Lead And Articles Thereof................................................................... 0 (0) (0) 0 (0) (7) (23) (33) (16) 2 12 0 (66)

29 Organic Chemicals............................................................................................. (8) (42) (97) (182) (264) (303) (305) (193) (317) (195) 17 1 (1,837)
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 Totals

HS Industry Codes: $Millions 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004p 1995-'04

51 Wool And Fine Or Coarse Animal Hair, Including Yar.......................... ($5) ($6) $2 ($1) ($13) ($11) ($8) ($5) ($3) ($2) $4 $2 ($34)

14 Vegetable Plaiting Materials And Vegetable Product............................. (6) (5) (0) (4) (1) 0 0 4 (4) (6) (6) 3 (15)

23 Residues And Waste From The Food Industries; Prepa.......................... 2 2 10 131 103 187 26 50 42 51 47 10 657

15 Animal Or Vegetable Fats And Oils And Their Cleava.................0 132 393 106 160 310 68 13 8 22 94 17 1,192

35 Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues;................................ 2 4 (1) 3 9 8 5 18 35 25 36 47 185

75 Nickel And Articles Thereof.................................................................. 3 (1) 3 3 7 6 5 11 17 22 26 48 148

02 Meat And Edible Meat Offal.................................................................................................. 18 27 35 64 62 53 58 60 66 74 134 62 668

55 Manmade Staple Fibers, Including Yarns & Wovens........................... 49 74 153 108 37 13 24 29 56 47 47 123 637

21 Miscellaneous Edible Preparations.................................................. (12) (12) (12) (9) (11) (8) (17) 2 23 5 98 145 216

10 Cereals................................................................................................................... 274 168 1,144 441 43 90 40 28 21 28 13 262 2,110

31 Fertilizers.................................................................................................................. 293 944 1,204 890 1,049 1,063 931 607 398 672 402 380 7,595

74 Copper And Articles Thereof................................................................. 34 29 81 43 (6) (10) (32) 140 140 154 435 467 1,411

72 Iron And Steel.............................................................................................. 65 2 (57) (141) (140) (161) (85) (122) 261 251 882 491 1,179

41 Raw Hides And Skins (Other Than Furskins).............................................. 21 54 105 116 134 157 126 270 428 427 477 568 2,808

38 Miscellaneous Chemical Products................................................... 31 22 70 42 59 68 95 125 133 135 96 638 1,462

47 Pulp Of Wood Or Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material;......................... 46 105 184 187 148 156 193 274 329 414 605 852 3,341

26 Ores, Slag And Ash............................................................................................... (11) (20) 8 52 (10) (13) 1 9 5 (7) 34 1,204 1,280

12 Oil Seeds And Oleaginous Fruits (Soy Beans).............................................. (16) (35) 6 367 355 225 288 968 964 956 2,846 1,762 8,737

88 Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof.......................................................... 2,172 1,885 1,152 1,681 2,086 3,545 2,290 1,658 2,389 3,374 2,368 2,346 22,889

52 Cotton, Including Yarns And Woven Fabrics Thereof........................... (188) 496 691 615 419 4 (174) (132) (101) (29) 586 3,081 4,960

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 Exports to China from the States

Merchandise: $ Millions 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Total............................................................ $13,118 $16,253 $19,235 $22,053 $28,418

California........................................... 2,395 3,546 4,676 4,482 5,465

Washington.................................................. 2,040 1,901 2,929 3,831 3,211

Texas.................................................. 900 1,452 1,578 2,064 3,060

Louisiana............................................. 664 1,064 683 768 2,117

New York.................................................. 585 778 1,036 1,118 1,445

Illinois................................................ 438 533 701 661 794

Arizona.......................................... 193 152 142 380 741

Florida............................................ 740 569 514 725 649

North Carolina.......................................... 222 350 394 366 649

Georgia............................................. 200 327 390 416 644

Ohio.................................................... 245 292 450 511 644

Tennessee............................................. 111 157 184 339 636

Oregon..................................................... 151 305 453 682 575

Massachusetts....................................... 332 502 425 384 572

Pennsylvania......................................... 263 276 320 424 565

Wisconsin............................................... 134 177 320 359 548

Virginia................................................. 174 198 263 369 521

New Jersey............................................ 190 259 398 423 502

Minnesota................................................... 169 207 217 305 378

Michigan..................................................... 198 212 251 285 367

Alabama.......................................... 102 160 210 234 356

South Carolina.......................................... 139 127 172 237 287

Missouri................................................. 52 76 108 130 260

Kentucky.................................................. 64 64 83 129 236

Indiana.................................................. 135 167 200 187 236

Colorado............................................ 127 165 169 153 213

New Mexico........................................... 220 119 35 48 207

Maryland............................................... 104 81 125 138 194

Kansas................................................ 61 126 259 200 176

Connecticut...................................... 65 77 119 119 157

Alaska................................................ 111 103 102 148 154

Arkansas.................................................... 15 29 38 44 141

West Virginia.......................................... 27 36 120 145 133

Utah........................................................ 17 33 41 64 114

Mississippi.............................................. 68 74 90 138 109

Idaho.................................................... 34 57 68 88 107

Iowa.................................................. 36 45 83 78 93

Nebraska................................................. 23 52 69 76 84

Maine............................................... 36 23 34 48 78

Delaware............................................ 16 16 31 57 76

New Hampshire............................................... 22 30 49 42 73

Oklahoma................................................. 31 42 44 49 65

Rhode Island.......................................... 11 18 32 32 36

Vermont..................................................... 6 13 16 21 32

Nevada......................................................... 11 9 14 20 24

Wyoming.................................................... 5 11 7 25 21

Hawaii.................................................... 2 5 13 8 13

South Dakota...................................... 2 7 6 10 10

Montana.................................................... 1 5 6 5 10

North Dakota............................................. 4 5 2 4 6

District of Columbia........................2 1 2 6 2

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Merchandise Trade ------------- 2002 ----------------- ------------- 2003 ----------------- '03 Ratio

 $1,000 Exports Imports* Balance Exports Imports* Balance Im/Expts

United States............................ 22,127,790 125,192,465 (103,064,675) 28,367,943 152,436,097 (124,068,154) 5.4

Alabama.......................................... 234,284 1,947,135 (1,712,850) 355,756 2,359,195 (2,003,440) 6.6

Alaska................................................ 147,847 278,875 (131,028) 153,860 340,096 (186,236) 2.2

Arizona.......................................... 380,367 2,365,450 (1,985,083) 741,260 2,925,339 (2,184,078) 3.9

Arkansas.................................................... 43,646 1,176,511 (1,132,864) 141,452 1,428,759 (1,287,308) 10.1

California........................................... 4,482,407 15,216,603 (10,734,197) 5,465,042 18,600,171 (13,135,129) 3.4

Colorado............................................ 153,072 1,956,766 (1,803,694) 213,248 2,385,371 (2,172,123) 11.2

Connecticut...................................... 119,186 1,503,570 (1,384,384) 157,423 1,825,907 (1,668,484) 11.6

Delaware............................................ 56,813 350,373 (293,560) 76,382 428,511 (352,129) 5.6

District of Columbia........................ 5,542 247,433 (241,891) 2,113 295,314 (293,200) 139.7

Florida............................................ 724,506 7,256,474 (6,531,968) 649,474 8,921,022 (8,271,548) 13.7

Georgia............................................. 415,619 3,714,382 (3,298,763) 644,199 4,552,337 (3,908,138) 7.1

Hawaii.................................................... 7,998 539,360 (531,362) 12,876 659,210 (646,334) 51.2

Idaho.................................................... 88,275 583,904 (495,628) 106,582 716,201 (609,620) 6.7

Illinois................................................ 660,621 5,471,774 (4,811,153) 794,203 6,632,710 (5,838,507) 8.4

Indiana.................................................. 187,176 2,676,628 (2,489,452) 235,552 3,247,620 (3,012,068) 13.8

Iowa.................................................. 78,306 1,276,314 (1,198,008) 92,955 1,543,213 (1,450,258) 16.6

Kansas................................................ 199,960 1,178,902 (978,942) 175,806 1,427,603 (1,251,797) 8.1

Kentucky.................................................. 129,213 1,777,990 (1,648,777) 236,425 2,158,474 (1,922,050) 9.1

Louisiana............................................. 767,897 1,945,959 (1,178,062) 2,117,340 2,356,880 (239,539) 1.1

Maine............................................... 48,236 562,936 (514,700) 78,307 684,434 (606,127) 8.7

Maryland............................................... 138,065 2,369,536 (2,231,471) 193,955 2,887,649 (2,693,694) 14.9

Massachusetts....................................... 384,382 2,791,784 (2,407,402) 571,802 3,372,258 (2,800,457) 5.9

Michigan..................................................... 284,754 4,366,144 (4,081,390) 366,702 5,283,707 (4,917,005) 14.4

Minnesota................................................... 304,617 2,184,455 (1,879,838) 377,559 2,652,013 (2,274,454) 7.0

Mississippi.............................................. 138,044 1,246,270 (1,108,227) 109,409 1,510,304 (1,400,895) 13.8

Missouri................................................. 129,711 2,464,752 (2,335,041) 260,181 2,990,165 (2,729,984) 11.5

Montana.................................................... 5,131 395,771 (390,640) 10,249 480,997 (470,748) 46.9

Nebraska................................................. 75,587 751,033 (675,446) 84,125 911,698 (827,573) 10.8

Nevada......................................................... 20,069 942,269 (922,200) 24,387 1,174,764 (1,150,377) 48.2

New Hampshire............................................... 41,971 554,029 (512,058) 73,267 674,977 (601,710) 9.2

New Jersey............................................ 423,443 3,727,966 (3,304,523) 502,168 4,528,057 (4,025,889) 9.0

New Mexico........................................... 47,713 805,149 (757,436) 206,759 982,631 (775,872) 4.8

New York.................................................. 1,118,132 8,318,355 (7,200,223) 1,445,174 10,059,037 (8,613,862) 7.0

North Carolina.......................................... 365,820 3,610,834 (3,245,014) 649,263 4,406,895 (3,757,632) 6.8

North Dakota............................................. 3,691 275,584 (271,893) 5,741 332,243 (326,502) 57.9

Ohio.................................................... 510,718 4,959,766 (4,449,048) 643,691 5,994,394 (5,350,703) 9.3

Oklahoma................................................. 48,839 1,517,096 (1,468,257) 64,579 1,840,668 (1,776,089) 28.5

Oregon..................................................... 681,642 1,530,423 (848,781) 574,875 1,865,862 (1,290,987) 3.2

Pennsylvania......................................... 424,484 5,359,778 (4,935,294) 564,996 6,481,700 (5,916,704) 11.5

Rhode Island.......................................... 31,719 464,439 (432,720) 35,816 564,102 (528,286) 15.8

South Carolina.......................................... 236,522 1,784,054 (1,547,532) 286,945 2,173,846 (1,886,901) 7.6

South Dakota...................................... 9,716 330,589 (320,873) 10,425 400,634 (390,209) 38.4

Tennessee............................................. 339,196 2,517,029 (2,177,833) 636,172 3,062,116 (2,425,944) 4.8

Texas.................................................. 2,064,267 9,449,811 (7,385,545) 3,059,559 11,594,037 (8,534,478) 3.8

Utah........................................................ 64,156 1,008,060 (943,904) 114,031 1,232,587 (1,118,556) 10.8

Vermont..................................................... 21,362 267,974 (246,613) 31,904 324,522 (292,618) 10.2

Virginia................................................. 368,600 3,168,277 (2,799,677) 521,175 3,871,752 (3,350,577) 7.4

Washington.................................................. 3,830,513 2,637,566 1,192,947 3,211,196 3,213,969 (2,773) 1.0

West Virginia.......................................... 144,898 784,647 (639,749) 132,576 948,948 (816,372) 7.2

Wisconsin............................................... 359,024 2,364,827 (2,005,803) 548,228 2,868,459 (2,320,231) 5.2

Wyoming.................................................... 25,022 216,859 (191,837) 20,688 262,740 (242,052) 12.7

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Merchandise Trade ------------- 2002 ----------------- ------------- 2003 -----------------

$ PER CAPITA Exports Imports* Balance Exports Imports* Balance

United States............................ $77 $435 ($358) $98 $524 ($427)

Alabama.......................................... 52 435 (382) 79 524 (445)

Alaska................................................ 230 435 (204) 237 524 (287)

Arizona.......................................... 70 435 (365) 133 524 (391)

Arkansas.................................................... 16 435 (419) 52 524 (472)

California........................................... 128 435 (307) 154 524 (370)

Colorado............................................ 34 435 (401) 47 524 (477)

Connecticut...................................... 34 435 (400) 45 524 (479)

Delaware............................................ 70 435 (364) 93 524 (431)

District of Columbia........................ 10 435 (425) 4 524 (520)

Florida............................................ 43 435 (391) 38 524 (486)

Georgia............................................. 49 435 (386) 74 524 (450)

Hawaii.................................................... 6 435 (428) 10 524 (514)

Idaho.................................................... 66 435 (369) 78 524 (446)

Illinois................................................ 52 435 (382) 63 524 (461)

Indiana.................................................. 30 435 (404) 38 524 (486)

Iowa.................................................. 27 435 (408) 32 524 (493)

Kansas................................................ 74 435 (361) 65 524 (460)

Kentucky.................................................. 32 435 (403) 57 524 (467)

Louisiana............................................. 172 435 (263) 471 524 (53)

Maine............................................... 37 435 (397) 60 524 (464)

Maryland............................................... 25 435 (409) 35 524 (489)

Massachusetts....................................... 60 435 (375) 89 524 (435)

Michigan..................................................... 28 435 (406) 36 524 (488)

Minnesota................................................... 61 435 (374) 75 524 (450)

Mississippi.............................................. 48 435 (387) 38 524 (486)

Missouri................................................. 23 435 (412) 46 524 (479)

Montana.................................................... 6 435 (429) 11 524 (513)

Nebraska................................................. 44 435 (391) 48 524 (476)

Nevada......................................................... 9 435 (425) 11 524 (513)

New Hampshire............................................... 33 435 (402) 57 524 (467)

New Jersey............................................ 49 435 (385) 58 524 (466)

New Mexico........................................... 26 435 (409) 110 524 (414)

New York.................................................. 58 435 (376) 75 524 (449)

North Carolina.......................................... 44 435 (391) 77 524 (447)

North Dakota............................................. 6 435 (429) 9 524 (515)

Ohio.................................................... 45 435 (390) 56 524 (468)

Oklahoma................................................. 14 435 (421) 18 524 (506)

Oregon..................................................... 194 435 (241) 162 524 (363)

Pennsylvania......................................... 34 435 (400) 46 524 (478)

Rhode Island.......................................... 30 435 (405) 33 524 (491)

South Carolina.......................................... 58 435 (377) 69 524 (455)

South Dakota...................................... 13 435 (422) 14 524 (511)

Tennessee............................................. 59 435 (376) 109 524 (415)

Texas.................................................. 95 435 (340) 138 524 (386)

Utah........................................................ 28 435 (407) 48 524 (476)

Vermont..................................................... 35 435 (400) 52 524 (473)

Virginia................................................. 51 435 (384) 71 524 (454)

Washington.................................................. 631 435 197 524 524 (0)

West Virginia.......................................... 80 435 (354) 73 524 (451)

Wisconsin............................................... 66 435 (369) 100 524 (424)

Wyoming.................................................... 50 435 (385) 41 524 (483)

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$ PER CAPITA Exports Imports* Balance Exports Imports* Balance

District of Columbia........................ $10 $435 ($425) $4 $524 ($520)

North Dakota............................................. 6 435 (429) 9 524 (515)

Hawaii.................................................... 6 435 (428) 10 524 (514)

Nevada......................................................... 9 435 (425) 11 524 (513)

Montana.................................................... 6 435 (429) 11 524 (513)

South Dakota...................................... 13 435 (422) 14 524 (511)

Oklahoma................................................. 14 435 (421) 18 524 (506)

Iowa.................................................. 27 435 (408) 32 524 (493)

Rhode Island.......................................... 30 435 (405) 33 524 (491)

Maryland............................................... 25 435 (409) 35 524 (489)

Michigan..................................................... 28 435 (406) 36 524 (488)

Mississippi.............................................. 48 435 (387) 38 524 (486)

Indiana.................................................. 30 435 (404) 38 524 (486)

Florida............................................ 43 435 (391) 38 524 (486)

Wyoming.................................................... 50 435 (385) 41 524 (483)

Connecticut...................................... 34 435 (400) 45 524 (479)

Missouri................................................. 23 435 (412) 46 524 (479)

Pennsylvania......................................... 34 435 (400) 46 524 (478)

Colorado............................................ 34 435 (401) 47 524 (477)

Nebraska................................................. 44 435 (391) 48 524 (476)

Utah........................................................ 28 435 (407) 48 524 (476)

Vermont..................................................... 35 435 (400) 52 524 (473)

Arkansas.................................................... 16 435 (419) 52 524 (472)

Ohio.................................................... 45 435 (390) 56 524 (468)

New Hampshire............................................... 33 435 (402) 57 524 (467)

Kentucky.................................................. 32 435 (403) 57 524 (467)

New Jersey............................................ 49 435 (385) 58 524 (466)

Maine............................................... 37 435 (397) 60 524 (464)

Illinois................................................ 52 435 (382) 63 524 (461)

Kansas................................................ 74 435 (361) 65 524 (460)

South Carolina.......................................... 58 435 (377) 69 524 (455)

Virginia................................................. 51 435 (384) 71 524 (454)

West Virginia.......................................... 80 435 (354) 73 524 (451)

Georgia............................................. 49 435 (386) 74 524 (450)

Minnesota................................................... 61 435 (374) 75 524 (450)

New York.................................................. 58 435 (376) 75 524 (449)

North Carolina.......................................... 44 435 (391) 77 524 (447)

Idaho.................................................... 66 435 (369) 78 524 (446)

Alabama.......................................... 52 435 (382) 79 524 (445)

Massachusetts....................................... 60 435 (375) 89 524 (435)

Delaware............................................ 70 435 (364) 93 524 (431)

 US Totals........................................ 77 435 (358) 98 524 (427)

Wisconsin............................................... 66 435 (369) 100 524 (424)

Tennessee............................................. 59 435 (376) 109 524 (415)

New Mexico........................................... 26 435 (409) 110 524 (414)

Arizona.......................................... 70 435 (365) 133 524 (391)

Texas.................................................. 95 435 (340) 138 524 (386)

California........................................... 128 435 (307) 154 524 (370)

Oregon..................................................... 194 435 (241) 162 524 (363)

Alaska................................................ 230 435 (204) 237 524 (287)

Louisiana............................................. 172 435 (263) 471 524 (53)

Washington.................................................. 631 435 197 524 524 (0)

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Industry ($ Million) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Totals................................................................. $36,772 $32,252 $34,969 $34,666 $34,213

Transportation Equipment.................................... 25,807 20,175 22,740 23,377 20,438

Crop Production............................................................... 1,721 1,937 2,312 2,094 3,333

Computers & Electronic Prod................................... 1,617 2,173 2,229 1,958 2,354

Processed Foods........................................................... 1,056 1,174 1,276 1,278 1,602

Machinery Manufactures......................................... 1,019 1,002 980 800 839

Paper Products.......................................................... 901 1,044 882 817 831

Petroleum & Coal Products......................................... 370 325 486 539 737

Chemical Manufactures................................................. 525 503 549 637 614

Fishing- Hunting- & Trapping............................. 433 511 640 512 534

Primary Metal Manufactures................................... 544 579 365 287 396

Forestry & Logging................................................... 564 596 436 387 358

Wood Products.......................................................... 452 429 360 324 343

Misc. Manufactures................................................... 331 357 345 290 314

Elec. Eq.- Appliances & Parts..................................... 251 266 260 270 288

Fabricated Metal Products...................................... 178 162 170 164 201

Waste & Scrap............................................................. 85 105 109 108 197

Plastic & Rubber Products......................................... 156 160 141 132 137

Spec. Classification Provisions............................... 236 177 148 185 134

Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs..................................... 53 57 65 64 89

Animal Production................................................... 75 113 110 93 88

Goods Returned to Canada....................................... 78 65 70 72 62

Non-Apparel Textile Products................................... 33 34 34 38 49

Used Merchandise...................................................... 16 27 15 19 46

Printing & Related Products........................................ 71 66 41 42 38

Beverage & Tobacco Products...................... 46 31 28 22 29

Apparel Manufactures.......................................... 22 35 41 34 24

Oil & Gas Extraction................................................... 5 10 7 6 22

Mining............................................................................... 23 34 37 24 21

Furniture & Related Products..................................... 23 34 25 17 20

Fabric Mill Products................................................... 16 20 18 24 17

Leather & Related Products................................... 22 13 11 11 12

Publishing Industries.................................................................................................................. 0 0 0 0 3

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Industry (% of Total) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Totals................................................................. $36,772 $32,252 $34,969 $34,666 $34,213

Transportation Equipment.................................... 70% 63% 65% 67% 60%

Crop Production............................................................... 5% 6% 7% 6% 10%

Computers & Electronic Prod................................... 4% 7% 6% 6% 7%

Processed Foods........................................................... 3% 4% 4% 4% 5%

Machinery Manufactures......................................... 3% 3% 3% 2% 2%

Paper Products.......................................................... 2% 3% 3% 2% 2%

Petroleum & Coal Products......................................... 1% 1% 1% 2% 2%

Chemical Manufactures................................................. 1% 2% 2% 2% 2%

Fishing- Hunting- & Trapping............................. 1% 2% 2% 1% 2%

Primary Metal Manufactures................................... 1% 2% 1% 1% 1%

Forestry & Logging................................................... 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%

Wood Products.......................................................... 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Misc. Manufactures................................................... 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Elec. Eq.- Appliances & Parts..................................... 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Fabricated Metal Products...................................... 0% 1% 0% 0% 1%

Waste & Scrap............................................................. 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%

Plastic & Rubber Products......................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Spec. Classification Provisions............................... 1% 1% 0% 1% 0%

Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs..................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Animal Production................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Goods Returned to Canada....................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Non-Apparel Textile Products................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Used Merchandise...................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Printing & Related Products........................................ 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Beverage & Tobacco Products...................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Apparel Manufactures.......................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Oil & Gas Extraction................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Mining............................................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Furniture & Related Products..................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Fabric Mill Products................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Leather & Related Products................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Publishing Industries.................................................................................................................. 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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Washington's Farm Income and Expenses

 Change: 2003-2002

Item: $1,000 2002 2003 ($1,000) (Percent)

Cash receipts from marketings ($000)................................... $5,408,408 $5,501,252 $92,844 1.7%

 Total livestock and products.................................................. 1,685,183 1,657,803 (27,380) -1.6%

 Meat animals and other livestock................................... 873,686 816,208 (57,478) -6.6%

 Cattle and calves.................................................................. 745,909 690,652 (55,257) -7.4%

 Hogs and pigs............................................................... 4,241 4,600 359 8.5%

 Sheep and other livestock............................................... 123,536 120,956 (2,580) -2.1%

 Dairy products.................................................................... 671,040 671,792 752 0.1%

 Poultry and poultry products............................................... 140,457 169,803 29,346 20.9%

 Total crops............................................................................... 3,723,225 3,843,449 120,224 3.2%

 Total grains......................................................................... 576,643 572,577 (4,066) -0.7%

 Corn............................................................................................ 25,783 30,221 4,438 17.2%

 Oats............................................................................... 1,135 1,077 (58) -5.1%

 Sorghum................................................................................. 0 0 0 0.0%

 Wheat.............................................................................. 467,269 470,020 2,751 0.6%

 Soybeans............................................................................. 0 0 0 0.0%

 Other grains........................................................................... 82,456 71,259 (11,197) -13.6%

 Hay, silage, etc.................................................................... 312,026 303,895 (8,131) -2.6%

 Vegetables........................................................................ 347,943 442,355 94,412 27.1%

 Fruits and nuts............................................................................ 1,460,440 1,519,099 58,659 4.0%

 Greenhouse, nursery & mushrooms.................... 376,335 384,539 8,204 2.2%

 Forest and maple products............................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Tobacco............................................................................. 0 0 0 0.0%

 Cotton......................................................................................... 0 0 0 0.0%

 Other crops......................................................................... 649,838 620,984 (28,854) -4.4%

Other income............................................................................. 581,194 632,030 50,836 8.7%

 Government payments.......................................................... 214,138 265,089 50,951 23.8%

 Imputed & misc. income received............................ 367,056 366,941 (115) -0.0%

Production expenses............................................................. 5,366,077 5,802,737 436,660 8.1%

 Feed purchased..................................................................... 479,547 529,132 49,585 10.3%

 Livestock purchased...................................................... 305,509 256,736 (48,773) -16.0%

 Seed purchased.................................................................. 182,998 382,298 199,300 108.9%

 Fertilizer and lime (incl. ag. chemicals)....................... 405,607 389,050 (16,557) -4.1%

 Petroleum products purchased.............................................. 130,638 136,904 6,266 4.8%

 Hired farm labor expenses..................................................... 1,329,116 1,523,546 194,430 14.6%

 All other production expenses................................................. 2,532,662 2,585,071 52,409 2.1%

Value of inventory change...................................................... 48,782 (65,295) (114,077) -233.9%

 Value of inventory change: livestock....................................... (26,853) 16,358 43,211 -160.9%

 Value of inventory change: crops............................................ 62,896 (77,743) (140,639) -223.6%

 Value of inventory change: materials/supplies................................ 12,739 (3,910) (16,649) -130.7%

Total cash receipts and other income................................... 5,989,602 6,133,282 143,680 2.4%

 less: Total production expenses.......................................... 5,366,077 5,802,737 436,660 8.1%

Realized net income............................................................. 623,525 330,545 (292,980) -47.0%

 plus: Value of inventory change................................................. 48,782 (65,295) (114,077) -233.9%

Total net income including corporate farms.................................. 672,307 265,250 (407,057) -60.5%

 less: Net income of corporate farms............................. 315,676 132,339 (183,337) -58.1%

 plus: Statistical adjustment....................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A

Total net farm proprietors' income................................................ 356,640 132,916 (223,724) -62.7%

 plus: Farm wages and perquisites.......................................... 966,923 1,180,965 214,042 22.1%

 plus: Farm supplements to wages/salaries.................................... 173,683 186,713 13,030 7.5%

Total farm labor and proprietors' income................................ 1,497,246 1,500,594 3,348 0.2%

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 Washington's Global Merchandise Export Markets

Merchandise: $Million 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Change: '03/'00

Washington's Exports.................................. $36,731 $32,215 $34,929 $34,627 $34,173 6.08%

Japan..................................................... 5,502 4,595 3,384 4,349 5,428 18.14%

Canada.......................................... 2,766 2,876 2,737 2,944 3,314 15.23%

China.................................................... 2,040 1,901 2,929 3,831 3,211 68.95%

Singapore...................................................... 1,280 610 2,991 2,306 2,087 242.26%

Australia.............................................................. 602 511 576 2,627 1,967 284.92%

Taiwan........................................................... 751 1,452 1,594 1,047 1,958 34.90%

Netherlands............................................. 995 1,317 707 766 1,739 32.02%

South Korea...................................................... 1,555 1,743 2,131 2,056 1,673 -4.03%

United Kingdom................................................ 4,400 3,267 2,737 1,230 1,462 -55.26%

Italy......................................................... 764 120 132 1,027 1,101 820.58%

Ireland....................................................... 420 490 613 621 843 71.84%

Germany......................................................... 2,168 2,057 1,843 1,007 786 -61.81%

Vietnam............................................................ 11 8 16 21 736 N/A

France................................................................ 1,480 1,003 1,253 1,953 684 -31.81%

United Arab Emirates........................................... 710 251 271 947 679 170.31%

Thailand................................................................ 581 468 507 105 648 38.59%

Mexico................................................................... 369 467 862 432 607 30.01%

Philippines................................................................. 182 185 249 246 367 97.93%

Hong Kong.......................................................... 422 412 506 322 351 -14.78%

Indonesia.............................................................. 84 89 113 189 261 193.10%

Panama.............................................................. 167 176 9 211 257 45.58%

Cyprus......................................................... 2 1 100 101 239 N/A

India......................................................... 344 231 316 259 229 -0.83%

Bahrain................................................................... 3 3 6 2 205 N/A

Hungary.......................................................... 6 6 4 4 195 N/A

Ethiopia...................................................... 96 1 0 3 189 N/A

Spain............................................................... 942 1,063 385 231 176 -83.43%

Sweden.............................................................. 812 852 157 156 170 -79.99%

Malaysia...................................................... 443 349 649 830 165 -52.60%

South Africa................................................................ 29 467 466 217 160 -65.71%

New Zealand....................................................... 381 262 467 135 152 -42.01%

Belgium.............................................................. 112 489 275 146 147 -69.99%

Uzbekistan..................................................... 129 1 1 2 136 N/A

Morocco........................................................ 130 138 3 281 112 -18.69%

Denmark........................................................ 331 125 176 123 110 -11.84%

Romania........................................................ 1 2 103 5 107 N/A

Guatemala..................................................... 7 8 14 20 106 N/A

Brazil.................................................... 155 90 752 477 93 4.21%

Turkey............................................................ 607 776 488 585 89 -88.50%

Saudi Arabia........................................................... 1,259 619 1,098 109 84 -86.45%

Russian Federation........................................ 301 275 68 60 80 -70.98%

Austria............................................................... 276 215 147 258 79 -63.43%

Greece............................................................ 53 20 24 12 63 212.56%

Oman............................................................. 1 1 59 143 63 N/A

Peru.................................................................... 16 14 32 20 57 309.91%

Kenya............................................................... 40 3 399 100 54 N/A

Belarus........................................................... 0 0 0 0 51 N/A

Switzerland....................................................... 120 320 108 44 50 -84.42%

Norway......................................................... 141 251 229 127 48 -81.03%

Israel............................................................. 519 123 405 239 45 -63.85%

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Industry ($ Million) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Totals................................................................. $2,040 $1,901 $2,929 $3,831 $3,211

Transportation Equipment.................................... 1,810 1,486 2,118 3,116 1,799

Crop Production............................................................... 6 121 412 291 882

Waste & Scrap............................................................. 6 18 45 50 116

Processed Foods........................................................... 18 41 65 70 97

Computers & Electronic Prod................................... 34 45 85 63 74

Paper Products.......................................................... 55 71 59 55 47

Fishing- Hunting- & Trapping............................. 20 13 28 22 45

Wood Products.......................................................... 10 15 18 24 29

Machinery Manufactures......................................... 14 25 24 44 28

Elec. Eq.- Appliances & Parts..................................... 3 3 8 23 16

Primary Metal Manufactures................................... 29 25 12 9 14

Oil & Gas Extraction................................................... 0 0 0 0 11

Animal Production................................................... 1 3 1 3 11

Fabricated Metal Products...................................... 3 5 4 5 9

Chemical Manufactures................................................. 2 4 10 12 7

Spec. Classification Provisions............................... 3 3 2 6 5

Forestry & Logging................................................... 1 3 10 12 5

Petroleum & Coal Products......................................... 10 1 4 10 5

Plastic & Rubber Products......................................... 1 3 3 2 4

Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs..................................... 1 2 3 2 4

Misc. Manufactures................................................... 5 5 3 2 3

Mining............................................................................... 0 10 11 4 1

Furniture & Related Products..................................... 0 0 0 0 1

Fabric Mill Products................................................... 0 1 1 3 0

Non-Apparel Textile Products................................... 0 0 0 0 0

Printing & Related Products........................................ 1 0 0 0 0

Apparel Manufactures.......................................... 0 0 0 0 0

Leather & Related Products................................... 8 0 0 0 0

Beverage & Tobacco Products...................... 0 0 0 0 0

Used Merchandise...................................................... 0 0 0 0 0

Publishing Industries.................................................................................................................. 0 0 0 0 0

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Industry (% Exports to China) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Totals................................................................. $2,040 $1,901 $2,929 $3,831 $3,211

Transportation Equipment.................................... 89% 78% 72% 81% 56%

Crop Production............................................................... 0% 6% 14% 8% 27%

Waste & Scrap............................................................. 0% 1% 2% 1% 4%

Processed Foods........................................................... 1% 2% 2% 2% 3%

Computers & Electronic Prod................................... 2% 2% 3% 2% 2%

Paper Products.......................................................... 3% 4% 2% 1% 1%

Fishing- Hunting- & Trapping............................. 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Wood Products.......................................................... 0% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Machinery Manufactures......................................... 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

Elec. Eq.- Appliances & Parts..................................... 0% 0% 0% 1% 0%

Primary Metal Manufactures................................... 1% 1% 0% 0% 0%

Oil & Gas Extraction................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Animal Production................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Fabricated Metal Products...................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Chemical Manufactures................................................. 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Spec. Classification Provisions............................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Forestry & Logging................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Petroleum & Coal Products......................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Plastic & Rubber Products......................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs..................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Misc. Manufactures................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Mining............................................................................... 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%

Furniture & Related Products..................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Fabric Mill Products................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Non-Apparel Textile Products................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Printing & Related Products........................................ 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Apparel Manufactures.......................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Leather & Related Products................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Beverage & Tobacco Products...................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Used Merchandise...................................................... 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Publishing Industries.................................................................................................................. 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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Boeing's Total Gross Revenue From China:

A Decade of Stagnation and Decline
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 Share of Washington's Exports To China

 % of Washington's Total Exports Bound for China

Each Industry % to China 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

China as % of Total Exports.................................................... 5.6% 5.9% 8.4% 11.1% 9.4%

Waste & Scrap............................................................. 7.0% 16.8% 41.5% 46.8% 59.1%

Oil & Gas Extraction................................................... 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 47.2%

Crop Production............................................................... 0.3% 6.2% 17.8% 13.9% 26.5%

Animal Production................................................... 0.7% 2.9% 1.2% 3.6% 11.9%

Transportation Equipment.................................... 7.0% 7.4% 9.3% 13.3% 8.8%

Wood Products.......................................................... 2.2% 3.4% 5.0% 7.5% 8.5%

Fishing- Hunting- & Trapping............................. 4.6% 2.5% 4.4% 4.2% 8.4%

Processed Foods........................................................... 1.8% 3.5% 5.1% 5.5% 6.1%

Paper Products.......................................................... 6.1% 6.8% 6.7% 6.8% 5.7%

Elec. Eq.- Appliances & Parts..................................... 1.1% 1.0% 3.1% 8.7% 5.5%

Fabricated Metal Products...................................... 1.5% 2.8% 2.3% 3.2% 4.3%

Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs..................................... 1.5% 3.5% 4.9% 2.9% 4.1%

Spec. Classification Provisions............................... 1.2% 1.5% 1.4% 3.0% 3.6%

Primary Metal Manufactures................................... 5.4% 4.3% 3.3% 3.0% 3.4%

Machinery Manufactures......................................... 1.4% 2.5% 2.5% 5.5% 3.4%

Mining............................................................................... 0.6% 29.0% 30.8% 14.7% 3.3%

Computers & Electronic Prod................................... 2.1% 2.1% 3.8% 3.2% 3.1%

Plastic & Rubber Products......................................... 0.6% 1.6% 2.0% 1.7% 3.0%

Furniture & Related Products..................................... 0.6% 1.3% 1.8% 0.7% 2.9%

Fabric Mill Products................................................... 1.0% 5.7% 5.9% 13.6% 1.4%

Forestry & Logging................................................... 0.2% 0.5% 2.2% 3.0% 1.3%

Chemical Manufactures................................................. 0.4% 0.8% 1.9% 1.8% 1.2%

Misc. Manufactures................................................... 1.5% 1.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9%

Apparel Manufactures.......................................... 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.7% 0.8%

Leather & Related Products................................... 35.4% 1.5% 1.8% 1.5% 0.8%

Petroleum & Coal Products......................................... 2.6% 0.4% 0.9% 1.8% 0.6%

Printing & Related Products........................................ 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.5%

Non-Apparel Textile Products................................... 0.2% 0.1% 1.3% 1.1% 0.5%

Publishing Industries.................................................................................................................. N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.2%

Beverage & Tobacco Products...................... 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%

Used Merchandise...................................................... 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%

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August 2003 to August 2004

 Nonfarm Establishment Jobs Const- Manuf- Trade and Prof & Bus Education Leisure & Other Unemployment Rates

 STATE Total ruction acturing Utilities Information Finance Services & Health Hospitality Services Govt. Aug,'03 July,'04 Aug,'04

 (Change over Year Ago: Percent) (Percent Unemployed)

Michigan........................................ -1.0% -0.5% -2.5% -2.1% -4.6% -2.8% 0.8% 1.0% 1.3% 0.9% -2.6% 7.5% 6.8% 6.7%

Ohio...................................... -0.5% -0.8% -1.6% -0.7% -2.5% 0.6% -0.0% 0.6% -0.8% -0.6% -0.5% 6.1% 6.0% 6.3%

Massachusetts...................................... -0.3% 0.3% 0.4% -0.7% -4.0% -0.6% -0.8% 0.7% 1.7% 0.8% -1.9% 5.9% 5.3% 5.4%

Louisiana.................................... 0.1% -2.3% -0.3% 0.7% -0.3% -0.9% -1.2% 1.6% -0.6% 1.3% 0.4% 6.8% 6.1% 5.0%

North Dakota........................... 0.1% 0.5% -0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% -0.4% -0.3% -0.6% 0.3% 4.0% 3.1% 3.3%

Connecticut......................................... 0.2% 0.8% -1.0% 0.3% 0.0% -0.1% -1.0% 0.9% 3.6% 0.6% -0.9% 5.6% 4.6% 4.6%

Illinois...................................... 0.2% 0.1% -0.8% 0.1% -2.7% 0.4% 0.5% 1.1% 1.6% -0.6% -0.2% 6.8% 6.1% 6.1%

Indiana......................................... 0.2% 4.7% -0.4% -0.4% -1.9% -0.8% 1.9% 1.0% -0.1% 1.1% -0.8% 5.3% 5.1% 5.1%

Alabama............................................ 0.4% 2.9% -0.5% 1.0% -3.8% -1.2% 1.2% 1.0% 0.1% -0.7% 0.4% 5.8% 5.7% 6.0%

Kentucky......................................... 0.5% 5.4% -1.2% -0.6% 0.0% 0.3% -0.4% 1.5% 4.4% 1.5% -1.0% 6.2% 5.3% 5.1%

Nebraska................................... 0.5% 2.2% -0.2% -0.4% -0.5% 1.6% 0.8% -0.8% 1.5% 2.6% 1.3% 4.1% 3.4% 3.6%

Vermont..................................... 0.5% 0.0% -0.5% 0.2% 1.5% -1.5% 0.5% 2.3% 0.3% 1.0% 0.5% 4.6% 3.3% 3.4%

South Dakota................................... 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 1.4% 1.5% 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 1.9% -1.0% 3.7% 3.4% 3.2%

West Virginia.................................. 0.5% 2.0% -1.2% 0.9% -3.9% 1.3% 0.4% -0.4% 0.9% 0.4% 0.7% 6.2% 5.2% 5.5%

Iowa............................................. 0.6% 2.2% 0.7% -0.3% -1.8% 4.9% -2.1% 2.2% 0.4% 1.9% -0.6% 4.6% 4.4% 4.5%

Minnesota.................................... 0.6% 2.6% 1.8% 0.9% -1.3% 0.4% 1.9% 1.7% 2.2% -1.5% -3.4% 5.0% 4.4% 4.8%

Tennessee...................................... 0.7% 1.2% 0.3% 1.1% -1.6% 0.3% -0.1% 1.1% 2.2% 0.6% -0.2% 6.0% 4.5% 4.9%

California.................................... 0.7% 3.8% 0.3% 0.8% -2.4% 0.7% 2.8% 1.6% 0.6% -0.6% -1.7% 6.8% 6.2% 5.8%

Arkansas.......................................... 0.7% -0.4% -0.5% 0.5% -1.0% 1.2% 0.9% 3.0% 1.8% 0.2% 0.4% 6.4% 5.6% 5.4%

Maine.......................................... 0.7% 4.2% -4.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.3% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 0.0% 0.4% 5.1% 4.2% 4.5%

Colorado................................... 0.8% -1.9% -1.7% 0.9% -3.8% 0.4% 3.8% 2.4% 0.8% 0.5% 0.4% 6.1% 5.1% 5.1%

Pennsylvania............................. 0.8% 2.5% -2.2% 0.6% -1.4% 0.5% 1.7% 1.5% 2.6% 1.5% 0.7% 5.5% 5.3% 5.6%

Georgia................................... 0.8% 2.4% 0.2% -0.3% 0.6% 0.5% 1.3% 1.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.3% 4.6% 4.1% 4.2%

Mississippi.................................. 0.8% -1.3% 2.8% -0.7% -2.7% 0.2% 2.9% 4.2% 0.2% -0.5% -0.3% 6.3% 5.9% 5.9%

New York................................ 0.8% 2.2% -2.5% 0.5% -0.5% 0.9% 1.6% 2.5% 2.4% 0.9% -0.5% 6.4% 5.9% 5.6%

South Carolina............................... 0.9% 0.8% -1.4% 0.8% -4.1% 0.1% 1.5% 6.8% 2.0% -0.8% -0.2% 6.8% 6.0% 6.4%

Rhode Island..................................... 0.9% 5.7% 0.2% 1.0% -3.6% -2.1% -2.2% 3.8% 1.8% 2.6% -0.6% 5.2% 5.8% 5.5%

Kansas........................................... 1.0% 2.1% 0.5% -0.2% 3.1% 1.4% 1.2% 1.6% 3.1% 0.9% 0.2% 5.4% 4.7% 4.8%

Texas..................................... 1.1% 0.6% -1.0% 1.5% -1.5% 0.3% 2.0% 3.0% 1.9% 0.3% 0.2% 6.8% 5.7% 5.7%

New Hampshire............................. 1.1% 1.9% -2.8% 1.5% -1.7% 2.9% -0.9% 2.7% 3.9% -2.0% 1.0% 4.3% 3.9% 3.7%

Oklahoma................................ 1.1% 1.2% -0.6% -0.0% 1.3% 0.7% 2.4% 1.8% 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 5.8% 4.5% 4.1%

Alaska.................................... 1.2% 5.8% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.7% 0.4% 6.3% 1.7% -7.0% -0.4% 8.1% 7.2% 7.6%

North Carolina............................... 1.2% 2.9% -2.5% 1.0% -0.9% 2.2% 4.2% 3.8% 2.3% -0.5% 0.7% 6.5% 5.1% 5.0%

Montana....................................... 1.3% 1.9% 1.6% 0.8% 2.6% 1.4% 2.6% 1.7% 0.5% 2.5% -0.5% 4.8% 4.3% 4.8%

Missouri..................................... 1.3% 1.6% 2.0% -0.1% -1.7% 0.0% 2.1% 7.1% 0.3% 1.7% -1.5% 5.8% 5.5% 5.5%

Delaware........................................ 1.3% 2.7% -2.0% 0.0% -1.3% 0.4% 2.7% 4.1% 0.9% -0.5% 2.6% 4.6% 3.9% 3.6%

 US Totals....................................... 1.3% 2.8% 0.1% 1.0% -0.3% 0.8% 3.4% 2.2% 1.9% 0.4% -0.1% 6.1% 5.5% 5.4%

Maryland.......................................... 1.4% 4.8% -1.1% 0.7% 0.8% 1.1% 3.3% 3.0% 5.9% 0.8% -3.2% 4.5% 4.1% 4.3%

New Jersey............................ 1.6% 2.4% -1.2% 0.4% -1.5% 3.1% 2.3% 2.7% 2.1% 1.6% 2.8% 5.9% 5.0% 4.8%

Wisconsin.................................... 1.7% 1.6% 2.1% 1.3% -2.0% 1.8% 7.0% 3.0% 1.8% -2.1% -1.6% 5.7% 4.7% 4.8%

Wyoming......................................... 1.8% -3.1% 2.1% 1.2% -2.4% 3.8% -1.8% 5.8% 1.7% -2.0% 1.5% 4.3% 3.6% 3.7%

District of Columbia.............................. 1.9% 6.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0% 3.2% 0.1% 4.1% 0.0% 2.0% 7.1% 7.8% 7.5%

Washington................................. 1.9% 5.2% -1.0% 2.4% 5.4% 1.9% 3.7% 2.2% 0.8% 2.1% 0.6% 7.7% 6.0% 6.2%

New Mexico............................... 2.1% 4.1% -1.1% 1.7% -8.2% 0.9% 2.2% 5.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.8% 6.6% 5.3% 5.4%

Florida........................................ 2.1% 4.6% -0.8% 0.6% -1.4% 2.2% 4.0% 2.5% 2.9% 2.4% 1.7% 5.2% 4.5% 4.5%

Oregon...................................... 2.2% 4.6% 3.0% 0.6% -2.7% 0.3% 5.1% 2.0% 3.8% 1.0% 1.6% 8.4% 6.8% 7.4%

Virginia................................... 2.2% 5.1% -2.8% 2.9% -0.7% 2.0% 5.8% 1.0% 0.9% 3.5% 1.3% 4.1% 3.5% 3.5%

Utah....................................... 2.3% 5.7% 1.4% 2.5% -0.3% 0.2% 5.0% 3.8% 1.9% -0.3% 0.1% 5.5% 4.8% 4.8%

Idaho............................................. 2.4% 10.2% -1.1% 2.0% 2.2% 0.7% 5.8% 2.6% 2.4% 1.1% 0.1% 5.5% 4.9% 5.0%

Arizona.............................................. 2.4% 8.7% -0.9% 1.3% -5.1% 0.9% 2.7% 4.4% 2.4% 2.8% 2.1% 5.7% 4.3% 4.4%

Hawaii............................................ 2.4% 2.1% 2.7% 3.4% 7.0% 0.3% 1.0% 2.9% 3.3% 0.8% 1.8% 4.5% 3.0% 2.9%

Nevada...................................... 4.3% 10.7% 3.9% 3.4% 0.0% 4.4% 6.5% 5.4% 2.4% 4.5% 2.5% 5.4% 4.4% 4.0%

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 Seasonally Adjusted Job Growth/Decline

1,000 of jobs August, '04 Jan. '01 (1,000) % 

Massachusetts...................................... 3,178.6 3,370.9 (192.3) -5.7%

Michigan........................................ 4,356.7 4,597.4 (240.7) -5.2%

Ohio...................................... 5,366.6 5,606.2 (239.6) -4.3%

Illinois...................................... 5,822.7 6,046.6 (223.9) -3.7%

Colorado................................... 2,176.4 2,245.6 (69.2) -3.1%

Oklahoma................................ 1,458.2 1,503.3 (45.1) -3.0%

Connecticut......................................... 1,642.7 1,692.3 (49.6) -2.9%

New York................................ 8,456.2 8,691.2 (235.0) -2.7%

North Carolina............................... 3,863.4 3,958.7 (95.3) -2.4%

Georgia................................... 3,897.4 3,982.7 (85.3) -2.1%

Iowa............................................. 1,449.8 1,478.0 (28.2) -1.9%

Alabama............................................ 1,886.5 1,922.5 (36.0) -1.9%

Kansas........................................... 1,320.9 1,345.5 (24.6) -1.8%

Kentucky......................................... 1,794.0 1,827.3 (33.3) -1.8%

Mississippi.................................. 1,125.5 1,142.9 (17.4) -1.5%

Indiana......................................... 2,913.9 2,958.5 (44.6) -1.5%

California.................................... 14,523.7 14,717.3 (193.6) -1.3%

Tennessee...................................... 2,688.5 2,724.2 (35.7) -1.3%

Pennsylvania............................. 5,642.6 5,717.3 (74.7) -1.3%

New Hampshire............................. 6261 633.3 (7.2) -1.1%

Oregon...................................... 1,598.7 1,615.9 (17.2) -1.1%

Missouri..................................... 2,709.0 2,737.1 (28.1) -1.0%

Texas..................................... 9,466.1 9,548.4 (82.3) -0.9%

Louisiana.................................... 1,909.6 1,925.9 (16.3) -0.8%

South Carolina............................... 1,830.0 1,844.6 (14.6) -0.8%

Nebraska................................... 906.5 913.6 (7.1) -0.8%

Vermont..................................... 301.4 303.5 (2.1) -0.7%

 US Totals....................................... 131,475 132,388 (913) -0.7%

Minnesota.................................... 2,676.3 2,694.6 (18.3) -0.7%

Delaware........................................ 419.1 421.5 (2.4) -0.6%

Arkansas.......................................... 1,155.1 1,159.8 (4.7) -0.4%

Washington................................. 2,7150 2,721.8 (6.8) -0.2%

West Virginia.................................. 734.3 735.9 (1.6) -0.2%

Wisconsin.................................... 2,838.3 2,839.0 (0.7) -0.0%

South Dakota................................... 381.5 378.4 3.1 0.8%

Maine.......................................... 614.9 609.7 5.2 0.9%

Utah....................................... 1,102.2 1,088.6 13.6 1.2%

New Jersey............................ 4,048.1 3,994.4 53.7 1.3%

North Dakota........................... 334.5 329.7 4.8 1.5%

Virginia................................... 3,588.7 3,530.5 58.2 1.6%

Rhode Island..................................... 489.3 480.6 8.7 1.8%

Maryland.......................................... 2,536.0 2,469.6 66.4 2.7%

District of Columbia.............................. 674.0 651.4 22.6 3.5%

Arizona.............................................. 2,348.4 2,264.9 83.5 3.7%

Idaho............................................. 5878 565.9 21.9 3.9%

Florida........................................ 7,456.2 7,152.7 303.5 4.2%

Montana....................................... 4085 391.7 16.8 4.3%

Hawaii............................................ 582.0 554.6 27.4 4.9%

New Mexico............................... 793.1 753.2 39.9 5.3%

Wyoming......................................... 256.6 242.6 14.0 5.8%

Alaska....................................302.8 285.0 17.8 6.2%

Nevada...................................... 1,139.9 1,049.7 90.2 8.6%

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Seasonally Adjusted All Private Sector Jobs Job Growth/Decline

1,000 of jobs August, '04 Jan. '01 (1,000) % 

Massachusetts...................................... 2,765.0 2,941.9 (176.9) -6.0%

Michigan........................................ 3,702.1 3,913.7 (211.6) -5.4%

Ohio...................................... 4,565.1 4,816.5 (251.4) -5.2%

Colorado................................... 1,816.7 1,906.6 (89.9) -4.7%

Illinois...................................... 4,969.4 5,204.1 (234.7) -4.5%

Georgia................................... 3,250.2 3,383.0 (132.8) -3.9%

North Carolina............................... 3,209.1 3,329.7 (120.6) -3.6%

Oklahoma................................ 1,167.1 1,210.6 (43.5) -3.6%

Connecticut......................................... 1,397.2 1,448.8 (51.6) -3.6%

New York................................ 6,983.7 7,226.0 (242.3) -3.4%

Alabama............................................ 1,526.8 1,571.4 (44.6) -2.8%

Mississippi.................................. 880.8 906.2 (25.4) -2.8%

Kansas........................................... 1,070.3 1,098.5 (28.2) -2.6%

New Hampshire............................. 5357 548.2 (12.5) -2.3%

Indiana......................................... 2,492.3 2,549.8 (57.5) -2.3%

Iowa............................................. 1,2062 1,233.6 (27.4) -2.2%

Tennessee...................................... 2,274.8 2,324.1 (49.3) -2.1%

Texas..................................... 7,814.1 7,979.4 (165.3) -2.1%

Pennsylvania............................. 4,897.4 4,993.4 (96.0) -1.9%

California.................................... 12,132.8 12,370.4 (237.6) -1.9%

Kentucky......................................... 1,486.5 1,515.3 (28.8) -1.9%

Nebraska................................... 746.1 759.2 (13.1) -1.7%

Oregon...................................... 1,327.2 1,349.2 (22.0) -1.6%

Vermont..................................... 249.5 253.6 (4.1) -1.6%

Louisiana.................................... 1,525.9 1,550.8 (24.9) -1.6%

South Carolina............................... 1,500.1 1,523.2 (23.1) -1.5%

 US Totals............................................ 109,910 111,560 (1,650) -1.5%

Washington................................. 2,189.7 2,221.8 (32.1) -1.4%

Arkansas.......................................... 956.4 968.3 (11.9) -1.2%

Missouri..................................... 2,290.0 2,313.6 (23.6) -1.0%

Minnesota.................................... 2,2802 2,300.5 (20.3) -0.9%

Delaware........................................ 361.5 364.5 (3.0) -0.8%

West Virginia.................................. 590.3 595.1 (4.8) -0.8%

Wisconsin.................................... 2,4348 2,432.0 2.8 0.1%

New Jersey............................ 3,404.3 3,399.9 4.4 0.1%

Utah.......................................902.6 900.7 1.9 0.2%

Maine.......................................... 509.7 508.6 1.1 0.2%

South Dakota................................... 307.4 306.0 1.4 0.5%

Virginia................................... 2,938.9 2,903.0 35.9 1.2%

North Dakota........................... 259.8 256.1 3.7 1.4%

Rhode Island..................................... 422.9 415.9 7.0 1.7%

District of Columbia.............................. 438.5 429.2 9.3 2.2%

Arizona.............................................. 1,944.2 1,896.8 47.4 2.5%

Maryland.......................................... 2,071.6 2,019.7 51.9 2.6%

Idaho............................................. 474.3 458.1 16.2 3.5%

Hawaii............................................ 461.0 444.3 16.7 3.8%

Florida........................................ 6,378.8 6,144.1 234.7 3.8%

New Mexico............................... 594.7 570.5 24.2 4.2%

Montana....................................... 321.9 307.2 14.7 4.8%

Wyoming......................................... 192.2 181.9 10.3 5.7%

Alaska....................................221.9 207.6 14.3 6.9%

Nevada...................................... 1,001.7 925.2 76.5 8.3%

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All Manufacturing Jobs NOT Seasonally Adjusted* Job Growth/Decline

1,000 of jobs August, '04 Jan., '01 (1,000) % 

District of Columbia.............................. 2.5 3.5 -1.0 -28.6%

New Hampshire............................. 777 103.6 -25.9 -25.0%

North Carolina............................... 582.5 741.1 -158.6 -21.4%

Massachusetts...................................... 323.8 407.8 -84.0 -20.6%

Maine.......................................... 61.9 77.2 -15.3 -19.8%

Vermont.....................................37.5 46.7 -9.2 -19.7%

Oklahoma................................141.3 174.5 -33.2 -19.0%

Colorado................................... 153.1 188.2 -35.1 -18.7%

New York................................595.2 728.8 -133.6 -18.3%

Rhode Island..................................... 58.2 71.0 -12.8 -18.0%

Pennsylvania............................. 697.4 849.7 -152.3 -17.9%

Arizona.............................................. 171.7 208.6 -36.9 -17.7%

Washington................................. 265.2 321.7 -56.5 -17.6%

South Carolina............................... 2705 327.7 -57.2 -17.5%

Virginia...................................294.2 354.1 -59.9 -16.9%

Ohio...................................... 828.1 992.2 -164.1 -16.5%

Connecticut......................................... 195.1 233.7 -38.6 -16.5%

Illinois......................................706.9 842.7 -135.8 -16.1%

Texas.....................................887.1 1055.4 -168.3 -15.9%

California.................................... 1,550.6 1844.7 -294.1 -15.9%

Michigan........................................ 709.9 842.8 -132.9 -15.8%

New Jersey............................346.9 411.3 -64.4 -15.7%

 US Totals................................... 14,421 17,093 (2,672) -15.6%

Maryland.......................................... 144.9 170.3 -25.4 -14.9%

Mississippi.................................. 180.6 211.1 -30.5 -14.4%

Florida........................................ 382.2 445.6 -63.4 -14.2%

West Virginia.................................. 63.8 73.9 -10.1 -13.7%

Georgia...................................448.3 517.1 -68.8 -13.3%

Arkansas.......................................... 204.0 235.0 -31.0 -13.2%

Alabama............................................ 290.4 333.8 -43.4 -13.0%

Kentucky......................................... 2629 302.0 -39.1 -12.9%

Kansas........................................... 1720 196.9 -24.9 -12.6%

Tennessee...................................... 4148 473.0 -58.2 -12.3%

Idaho............................................. 614 69.8 -8.4 -12.0%

Louisiana.................................... 154.8 175.0 -20.2 -11.5%

South Dakota................................... 383 42.9 -4.6 -10.7%

Montana....................................... 19.3 21.6 -2.3 -10.6%

New Mexico...............................37.2 41.5 -4.3 -10.4%

Nebraska................................... 101.7 112.9 -11.2 -9.9%

Indiana......................................... 571.3 633.4 -62.1 -9.8%

Iowa............................................. 222.2 245.6 -23.4 -9.5%

Missouri..................................... 319.2 352.6 -33.4 -9.5%

Wisconsin.................................... 524.5 577.0 -52.5 -9.1%

Utah.......................................113.9 125.3 -11.4 -9.1%

Minnesota.................................... 355.2 389.0 -33.8 -8.7%

Delaware........................................ 34.9 37.9 -3.0 -7.9%

Hawaii............................................ 153 16.6 -1.3 -7.8%

Oregon...................................... 204.5 219.9 -15.4 -7.0%

Wyoming......................................... 9.7 10.3 -0.6 -5.8%

Alaska.................................... 17.9 18.4 -0.5 -2.7%

North Dakota...........................23.6 23.7 -0.1 -0.4%

Nevada......................................45.8 43.8 2.0 4.6%

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 Local Area May,'04 June,'04 July,'04 Aug,'04 

Washington............................................................................................... 2.1% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2%

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett......................................................................... 1.6% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9%

 Spokane........................................................................................................ 2.3% 2.1% 2.0% 2.0%

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Washington............................................................................................... -2.1% -2.3% -1.6% -1.9%

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 Spokane........................................................................................................ 2.6% 2.2% 2.7% 1.6%

 Tacoma........................................................................................................ 2.6% 3.5% 4.7% 4.3%

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 Widespread Losses in Goods and Many Services

 4-Year Job Growth/Loss

 Industry: Change from Aug, '00 to Aug, '04 Number Percent

 Total nonfarm....................................................................................... (6,000) -0.2%

 Total private......................................................................... (43,000) -1.9%

 Goods-producing............................................................................. (66,700) -12.9%

 Service-providing............................................................................. 60,700 2.8%

 Private Service-providing............................................................................. 23,700 1.4%

 Construction............................................................................ 5,800 3.4%

 Manufacturing........................................................................... (71,000) -21.1%

 Durable goods .......................................................................... (56,900) -24.0%

 Wood products..................................................................... (4,400) -19.8%

 Primary metals............................................................................... (5,700) -54.3%

 Alumina and Aluminum............................................................... (4,200) -73.7%

 Fabricated metal products............................................................. (2,400) -12.5%

 Machinery.................................................................................. (3,800) -24.4%

 Computer and electronic products.................................. (11,800) -33.9%

 Transportation equipment.................................................. (25,800) -25.9%

 Aerospace products & parts............................................................... (24,400) -28.3%

 Nondurable goods ........................................................................................ (14,100) -14.3%

 Foods............................................................................................ (5,200) -12.5%

 Fruit and Vegetable preserving................................................ (4,400) -27.7%

 Paper and paper products.................................................... (2,100) -14.3%

 Printing and related.............................................................................. (3,000) -25.9%

 Plastics and rubber products.....................................(1,100) -8.7%

 Wholesale trade....................................................................... (3,300) -2.7%

 Retail trade................................................................................... 1,600 0.5%

 Transportation/Utilities........................................................ (4,200) -4.4%

 Information Services............................................................................ (2,800) -2.8%

 Software publishers............................................................................................................................ 6,900 20.5%

 Telecommunications........................................................ (3,000) -9.6%

 Wireless Telecom.................................................................................................... 2,800 24.3%

 Financial activities.............................................................. 16,000 11.2%

 Credit Intermediation............................................................................................... 11,200 24.7%

 Professional and business services......................................... (3,100) -1.0%

 Professional and technical services.............................................. (3,100) -2.2%

 Legal services............................................................................... 1,300 6.4%

 Architectural and engineering......................................... 1,600 5.2%

 Computer systems design and services....................................................................... (8,700) -28.9%

 Management of companies....................................................................................... 2,900 9.7%

 Education and health services............................................................ 22,700 7.8%

 Educational services..................................................................... (4,800) -11.8%

 Health care and social assistance....................................... 27,500 11.0%

 Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 2,000 0.8%

 Other services..................................................................................... (5,200) -4.8%

 Government................................................................................ 37,000 8.1%

 Federal.................................................................................................... (600) -0.8%

 State government............................................................................... 8,300 6.6%

 Local government......................................................................... 29,300 11.4%

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 Industry: Change from Aug, '00 to Aug, '04 Annual Wage/Salary Per Job: 2002 % from Avg.

 Nonfarm employment...........................................................$43,373 0.0%

 Private employment........................................................... 42,297 -2.5%

 Proprietors employment................................................................. 25,263 -41.8%

 Farm proprietors employment................................................ 11,324 -73.9%

 Nonfarm proprietors employment.........................................26,114 -39.8%

 Farm employment................................................................... 19,442 -55.2%

 Forestry, fishing, related activities.......................................37,392 -13.8%

 Forestry and logging............................................................60,493 39.5%

 Fishing, hunting, and trapping...........................................60,987 40.6%

 Agriculture and forestry support activities..................................... 21,800 -49.7%

 Mining................................................................................................. 43,663 0.7%

 Mining (except oil and gas)..................................................... 53,315 22.9%

 Utilities........................................................................................... 99,432 129.2%

 Construction.................................................................................... 47,273 9.0%

 Construction of buildings.......................................................... 54,181 24.9%

 Heavy and civil engineering construction........................................ 65,115 50.1%

 Specialty trade contractors............................................................. 41,137 -5.2%

 Manufacturing................................................................................ 64,047 47.7%

 Durable goods manufacturing...................................................... 67,123 54.8%

 Wood product manufacturing................................................... 43,252 -0.3%

 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing..................................... 49,984 15.2%

 Primary metal manufacturing................................................. 62,013 43.0%

 Fabricated metal product manufacturing.................................... 45,391 4.7%

 Machinery manufacturing............................................................ 51,760 19.3%

 Computer and electronic product manufacturing................................ 73,075 68.5%

 Electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing............................... 56,607 30.5%

 Motor vehicle manufacturing*....................................................................... 70,950 63.6%

 Transportation equip. mfg. excl. motor vehicles*........................................ 71,991 66.0%

 Furniture and related product manufacturing.............................. 35,710 -17.7%

 Miscellaneous manufacturing.............................................. 43,938 1.3%

 Nondurable goods manufacturing......................................... 56,973 31.4%

 Food manufacturing...........................................................41,318 -4.7%

 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing................................... 52,835 21.8%

 Textile mills............................................................................. 49,406 13.9%

 Textile product mills............................................................... 44,059 1.6%

 Apparel manufacturing.....................................................24,352 -43.9%

 Leather and allied product manufacturing.......................................... 38,736 -10.7%

 Paper manufacturing................................................................... 74,162 71.0%

 Printing and related support activities................................................. 45,711 5.4%

 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing........................................... 98,257 126.5%

 Chemical manufacturing........................................................... 170,131 292.3%

 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing.................................. 41,645 -4.0%
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 Industry: Change from Aug, '00 to Aug, '04 Annual Wage/Salary Per Job: 2002 % from Avg.

 Wholesale trade....................................................................... $56,694 30.7%

 Retail Trade.................................................................................. 27,835 -35.8%

 Motor vehicle and parts dealers............................................... 45,549 5.0%

 Furniture and home furnishings stores.............................................. 46,730 7.7%

 Electronics and appliance stores............................................. 40,725 -6.1%

 Building material and garden supply stores...................................... 32,618 -24.8%

 Food and beverage stores.................................................... 27,595 -36.4%

 Health and personal care stores.........................................28,955 -33.2%

 Gasoline stations....................................................................... 24,634 -43.2%

 Clothing and clothing accessories stores......................................... 24,250 -44.1%

 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores................................ 18,183 -58.1%

 General merchandise stores............................................................ 25,407 -41.4%

 Miscellaneous store retailers..................................................... 18,540 -57.3%

 Nonstore retailers...................................................................... 17,401 -59.9%

 Transportation and warehousing............................................... 47,658 9.9%

 Air transportation.................................................................. 61,743 42.4%

 Rail transportation....................................................................... 86,720 99.9%

 Water transportation........................................................................ 71,231 64.2%

 Truck transportation.............................................................. 48,875 12.7%

 Transit and ground passenger transportation................................. 13,984 -67.8%

 Pipeline transportation............................................................... 130,193 200.2%

 Scenic and sightseeing transportation......................................... 43,260 -0.3%

 Support activities for transportation............................................................. 62,331 43.7%

 Couriers and messengers............................................................. 31,942 -26.4%

 Warehousing and storage.............................................................. 38,468 -11.3%

 Information............................................................................................... 115,368 166.0%

 Publishing industries, except Internet............................................... 159,411 267.5%

 Motion picture and sound recording industries........................................ 19,800 -54.3%

 Broadcasting, except Internet......................................................... 160,129 269.2%

 Internet publishing and broadcasting............................................. 86,559 99.6%

 Telecommunications....................................................................... 68,813 58.7%

 ISPs, search portals, and data processing..................................... 51,127 17.9%

 Other information services........................................................... 45,256 4.3%

 Finance and insurance................................................................. 53,085 22.4%

 Credit intermediation and related activities................................ 58,537 35.0%

 Securities, commodity contracts, investments............................... 42,932 -1.0%

 Insurance carriers and related activities......................................... 53,314 22.9%

 Real estate and rental and leasing................................................... 24,529 -43.4%

 Real estate..................................................................................... 23,224 -46.5%

 Rental and leasing services...................................................... 33,457 -22.9%

 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets....................................... 71,993 66.0%
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 Industry: Change from Aug, '00 to Aug, '04 Annual Wage/Salary Per Job: 2002 % from Avg.

 Professional and technical services.................................................. $55,952 29.0%

 Management of companies and enterprises................................. 79,956 84.3%

 Administrative and waste services...................................................... 30,195 -30.4%

 Administrative and support services.................................................... 27,004 -37.7%

 Waste management and remediation services............................. 64,513 48.7%

 Educational services................................................................. 21,093 -51.4%

 Health care and social assistance............................................... 39,533 -8.9%

 Amubulatory health care services...................................................... 52,377 20.8%

 Hospitals.............................................................................50,812 17.2%

 Nursing and residential care facilities........................................ 27,168 -37.4%

 Social assistance............................................................................ 16,703 -61.5%

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation..................................................... 17,491 -59.7%

 Performing arts and spectator sports............................................... 14,579 -66.4%

 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks......................................... 34,886 -19.6%

 Amusement, gambling, and recreation.............................................. 19,371 -55.3%

 Accommodation and food services.................................................. 17,188 -60.4%

 Accommodation.......................................................................... 24,203 -44.2%

 Food services and drinking places............................................... 16,037 -63.0%

 Other services, except public administration................................... 23,595 -45.6%

 Repair and maintenance............................................................... 30,384 -29.9%

 Personal and laundry services........................................................... 22,851 -47.3%

 Membership associations and organizations................................ 27,563 -36.5%

 Private households.................................................................... 10,881 -74.9%

 Government and government enterprises........................................ 48,719 12.3%

 Federal, civilian.............................................................................. 76,613 76.6%

 Military........................................................................................... 49,293 13.6%

 State and local................................................................................. 44,371 2.3%

 State government...................................................................... 44,402 2.4%

 Local government..................................................................... 44,356 2.3%

* Due to disclosure problems in Washington, national averages are used.

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$ Billion in World Trade Through Port of Seattle

World Trade and The Port of Seattle:

Import to Export Imbalance is 3.4:1

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$ Billion in China Trade Through Port of Seattle

China Trade and The Port of Seattle:

Import to Export Imbalance is 7:1

Exports to China

Imports from China
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 US-China Trade Through the Port of Seattle, Washington

 The Value of Imports From China Exceed the Value of Exports by 7 to 1

Exports FAS, Imports Customs ----------------- 2002 ---------------- ----------------- 2003 ---------------- Im/Ex Ratio

HS Industries: ($ Millions) Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance 2003

Merchandise Totals................................................................................................................................. $1,112 $11,463 ($10,351) $1,895 $13,514 ($11,619) 7.1

95 Toys, Games And Sports Equipment; Parts & Access..................... 1 2,303 (2,301) 4 2,461 (2,458) 662.4

64 Footwear, Gaiters And The Like; Parts Of Such Arti........................... 1 1,682 (1,681) 1 1,818 (1,817) N/A

85 Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts There....................... 21 1,573 (1,552) 25 1,718 (1,693) 68.5

94 Furniture; Bedding, Cushions Etc.; Lamps And Light......................... 4 965 (961) 7 1,226 (1,218) 169.8

84 Mechanical/Computers........................................................................................ 162 728 (566) 204 944 (740) 4.6

62 Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Not................................. 0 553 (552) 1 644 (643) 900.8

42 Articles Of Leather; Saddlery And Harness; Travel......................... 0 453 (453) 0 592 (592) N/A

61 Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Knit.............................. 0 309 (309) 0 406 (406) N/A

39 Plastics And Articles Thereof................................................................................ 60 359 (300) 83 448 (365) 5.4

73 Articles Of Iron Or Steel............................................................................................ 3 235 (232) 4 333 (329) 75.2

63 Made-Up Textile Articles Nesoi; Needlecraft Sets;................................ 0 144 (143) 1 223 (223) N/A

90 Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring,.......................... 12 134 (121) 16 234 (219) 15.1

87 Vehicles, Other Than Railway Or Tramway Rolling St............................. 56 178 (122) 73 259 (186) 3.6

82 Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons And Forks....................................... 1 115 (113) 1 164 (164) 190.3

83 Miscellaneous Articles Of Base Metal................................................. 2 141 (139) 1 147 (146) 116.0

69 Ceramic Products................................................................................................ 3 121 (118) 2 141 (139) 83.6

44 Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal................................ 49 120 (70) 51 151 (100) 3.0

40 Rubber And Articles Thereof.......................................................................... 4 73 (69) 5 99 (94) 21.7

65 Headgear And Parts Thereof........................................................................... 0 68 (68) 0 90 (90) N/A

68 Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica................................... 6 83 (77) 5 95 (90) 18.3

91 Clocks And Watches And Parts Thereof...................................................... 0 69 (69) 0 88 (88) N/A

67 Prepared Feathers And Down And Articles Thereof.............................. 0 92 (92) 0 86 (86) N/A

49 Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Prin........................ 1 70 (69) 1 82 (81) 79.7

96 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles................................................ 1 66 (65) 0 81 (81) 277.2

70 Glass And Glassware................................................................................................ 6 62 (55) 10 84 (74) 8.1

48 Paper And Paperboard; Articles Of Paper Pulp, Pape........................ 54 68 (14) 59 122 (63) 2.1

29 Organic Chemicals............................................................................................. 21 59 (38) 30 77 (47) 2.5

92 Musical Instruments; Parts And Accessories Thereof............................ 0 39 (39) 0 42 (42) 367.3

88 Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof.......................................................... 0 38 (38) 0 42 (42) 222.0

46 Manufactures Of Straw, Esparto Or Other Plaiting M............................ 0 29 (29) 0 40 (40) 840.5

71 Natural Or Cultured Pearls, Precious Or Semiprecio................................... 1 26 (25) 1 36 (36) 67.0

66 Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-Sticks, Seat-Sti............................. 0 26 (26) 0 34 (34) N/A

05 Products Of Animal Origin, Nesoi....................................................................... 7 48 (41) 8 40 (32) 5.2

34 Soap Etc.; Lubricating Products; Waxes, Polishing......................... 6 26 (20) 6 29 (23) 4.8

57 Carpets And Other Textile Floor Coverings.................................... 0 14 (14) 0 20 (20) 140.7

36 Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyropho.................................. 0 16 (16) 0 19 (19) N/A

98 Special Classification Provisions, Nesoi...................................... 0 11 (11) 0 17 (17) N/A

23 Residues And Waste From The Food Industries; Prepa.......................... 21 20 1 15 27 (12) 1.8

30 Pharmaceutical Products.................................................................................. 0 4 (4) 1 10 (9) 8.8

03 Fish And Crustaceans, Molluscs And Other Aquatic I................................................ 33 51 (18) 48 55 (7) 1.1

33 Essential Oils And Resinoids; Perfumery, Cosmetic......................... 3 12 (9) 6 13 (7) 2.1

89 Ships, Boats And Floating Structures............................................................ 0 7 (7) 0 6 (6) 20.2

86 Railway Or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Tra............................. 0 4 (4) 0 5 (5) 12.8

52 Cotton, Including Yarns And Woven Fabrics Thereof........................... 0 9 (9) 2 7 (5) 3.9

43 Furskins And Artificial Fur; Manufactures Thereof.............................. 0 3 (3) 1 6 (5) 7.7

97 Works Of Art, Collectors' Pieces And Antiques................................... 0 2 (2) 0 5 (5) 79.1

76 Aluminum And Articles Thereof............................................................ 28 35 (7) 43 48 (4) 1.1

58 Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lac............................... 0 2 (2) 0 4 (4) 304.2

80 Tin And Articles Thereof........................................................................ 0 3 (2) 0 4 (4) 114.4

28 Inorganic Chemicals; Organic Or Inorganic Compound.......................... 13 103 (90) 18 22 (4) 1.2

09 Coffee, Tea, Mate And Spices...................................................................................... 0 3 (3) 0 4 (4) 116.1

32 Tanning Or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins And Derivative......................... 8 15 (7) 12 16 (4) 1.3

17 Sugars And Sugar Confectionary...................................................................... 1 2 (1) 1 4 (4) 8.0
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 The Value of Imports From China Exceed the Value of Exports by 7 to 1

Exports FAS, Imports Customs ----------------- 2002 ---------------- ----------------- 2003 ---------------- Im/Ex Ratio

HS Industries: ($ Millions) Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance 2003

56 Wadding, Felt And Nonwovens; Special Yarns; Twine,....................... $4 $4 ($0) $2 $5 ($4) 3.2

60 Knitted Or Crocheted Fabrics............................................................................ 1 8 (8) 0 4 (3) N/A

24 Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes.................................... 0 0 0 0 3 (3) N/A

59 Impregnated, Coated, Covered Or Laminated Textile................. 3 1 1 1 4 (2) 3.2

13 Lac; Gums; Resins And Other Vegetable Saps.......................................... 1 1 (0) 2 4 (2) 2.0

55 Manmade Staple Fibers, Including Yarns & Wovens........................... 4 6 (2) 4 6 (2) 1.6

93 Arms And Ammunition; Parts & Accessories Thereof...................... 0 2 (2) 0 2 (2) N/A

11 Milling Industry Products; Malt; Starches; Inulin;............................................ 1 1 0 1 3 (2) 2.5

81 Base Metals Nesoi; Cermets; Articles Thereof...................................... 3 4 (2) 7 8 (2) 1.2

50 Silk, Including Yarns And Woven Fabrics Thereof............................. 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) N/A

06 Live Trees And Other Plants; Bulbs, Roots And The................. 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 6.6

53 Vegetable Textile Fibers Nesoi; Yarns & Woven Fa.................... 0 2 (2) 0 1 (1) N/A

26 Ores, Slag And Ash............................................................................................... 1 1 0 0 1 (1) 2.3

31 Fertilizers.................................................................................................................. 1 0 1 0 1 (1) 4.0

79 Zinc And Articles Thereof..................................................................... 1 4 (3) 3 3 (0) 1.1

51 Wool And Fine Or Coarse Animal Hair, Including Yar.......................... 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 1.7

22 Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar........................................................ 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 1.9

14 Vegetable Plaiting Materials And Vegetable Product............................. 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 1.3

01 Live Animals............................................................................................................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A

75 Nickel And Articles Thereof.................................................................. 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.6

45 Cork And Articles Of Cork...................................................................................... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.6

19 Preparations Of Cereals, Flour, Starch Or Milk; Ba............................. 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.6

18 Cocoa And Cocoa Preparations.................................................................. 1 0 1 1 0 1 0.1

10 Cereals................................................................................................................... 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0

78 Lead And Articles Thereof................................................................... 1 0 1 1 0 1 0.1

07 Edible Vegetables And Certain Roots And Tubers...................... 4 5 (1) 7 6 1 0.8

16 Edible Preparations Of Meat, Fish, Crustaceans, Mo........................ 8 3 5 4 3 1 0.7

38 Miscellaneous Chemical Products................................................... 15 6 9 13 11 2 0.9

25 Salt; Sulfur; Earths And Stone; Plastering Materia............................ 3 1 2 4 2 2 0.5

08 Edible Fruit And Nuts; Peel Of Citrus Fruit Or Mel.......................................... 4 1 4 4 1 3 0.2

21 Miscellaneous Edible Preparations.................................................. 1 1 0 5 1 4 0.2

20 Preparations Of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, Or Other........................... 25 14 11 30 24 6 0.8

54 Manmade Filaments, Including Yarns & Woven Fabri....................... 13 2 12 10 2 8 0.2

35 Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues;................................ 4 1 3 11 2 9 0.2

04 Dairy Produce; Birds' Eggs; Natural Honey; Edible.......................... 15 1 14 13 3 10 0.2

02 Meat And Edible Meat Offal.................................................................................................. 15 0 15 17 0 17 0.0

27 Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils And Products Of Their.............................. 11 0 11 25 0 25 0.0

15 Animal Or Vegetable Fats And Oils And Their Cleava................. 9 0 9 27 0 27 0.0

37 Photographic Or Cinematographic Goods...................................... 11 1 9 34 4 30 0.1

74 Copper And Articles Thereof................................................................. 31 9 22 56 17 39 0.3

47 Pulp Of Wood Or Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material;......................... 31 0 31 54 0 54 0.0

72 Iron And Steel.............................................................................................. 51 10 41 96 8 87 0.1

41 Raw Hides And Skins (Other Than Furskins).............................................. 74 0 73 129 7 122 0.1

12 Oil Seeds And Oleaginous Fruits; (Soy Beans)............................. 172 1 171 586 3 583 0.0

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