The Most Shipped Items to and From the U.S. by Weight and Value

The Most Shipped Items Commodities Shipped From and To the U.S. by Weight and Value TOP TEN U.S. IMPORTS BY VALUE TOP TEN U.S. IMPORTS BY WEIGHT Weight in Metric Tons 3 CAR PARTS (2) ΒΑΝΑNAS Bananas or plantains, fresh or dried 3 ARTWORK FURNITURE Furniture and parts PRINTERS Print Machinery, copiers, and parts TVs Tv receivers, video monitors, and projectors Parts and accessories for motor vehicles Worked monument, stone, art, granule $14,277,000,000 $13,465,000,000 $13,293,000,000 4,082,000 2,876,000 2,557,000 6 VIDEO GAMES Articles for arcades, table games, or parlor games and their parts 5 COAL 5 FURNITURE Furniture and parts SWEATERS CAR PARTS BEER Sweaters and vests, knitted or crocheted Parts and accessories for motor vehicles Coal, briquettes, and ovoids from coal Beer made from malt A $10,080,000,000 $9,499,000,000 $9,354,000,000 2,289,000 2,199,000 2,024,000 7 PILLS 8 COMPUTERS Automatic data process machines and magnetic readers ΤOYS Toys, scale models, puzzles, and parts OIL Oil, not crude, from petroleum and bitum mineral 8 TIRES New pneumatic tires or rubber 9 SEATS Seats (except barber, dental, etc. ) and parts Medicaments, mixed or not, in dosage $9,246,000,000 $8,442,000,000 $8,354,000,000 1,769,000 1,745,000 1,732,000 10 TILES Glazed ceramic flags and paving and hearth tiles SHOES Footwear, outer soles, rubber, plastic, or leather $8,016,000,000 1,466,000 10 TOP TEN U.S. EXPORTS BY VALUE TOP TEN U.S. EXPORTS BY WEIGHT Weight in Metric Tons CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Parts for machinery of headings SCRAP PAPER Waste and scrap of paper or paperboard WOOD PULP Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulfate, not dissolving grades CARS PLASTIC SCRAP metal Polymers of ethylene in primary forms Ferrous waste and scrap; remelt iron and steel ingot Motor cars and vehicles for transporting persons $4,535,000,000 $3,859,000,000 $3,337,000,000 8,780,000 5,278,000 5,278,000 5 COTTON CAR PARTS Parts and accessories for motor vehicles HAY Rutabagas, hay, clover, and other forage products SCRAP METAL PLASTIC Polymers of ethylene in primary forms FRESH PAPER Cotton, not carded or combed Ferrous waste and scrap; remelt iron and steel Kraft paper and paperboard, uncoat, and rolls ingot $2,695,000,000 $2,660,000,000 $2,302,000,000 3,187,000 2,557,000 2,310,000 8 PORK Meat of swine (pork), fresh, chilled, or frozen 9 WOOD PULP Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulfate, not dissolving grades NUTS COTTON GAR Residues of starch, sugar, or brewing SOYBEANS Nuts, fresh or dried Cotton, not carded or combed Soybeans, broken or not $2,253,000,000 $2,101,000,000 $1,904,000,000 2,088,000 1,939,000 1,851,000 10 LAB EQUIPMENT Centrifuges, filter machinery for liquid or gases 10 CHICKEN Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled, or frozen $1,788,000,000 1,805,000 10 HOW STUFF GETS TO YOU TRUCKING RAIL PIPELINE PARCEL OR COURIER 8 billion tons 1.6 billion tons 636 million tons 28 million tons 士 WATER AIR 476 million tons 4.8 million tons Research, design, and infographic created by: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/money-finance/most-shipped-items-to-and-from-the-u-s/ Source: https://factfinder.census. gow/ faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=CFS_2012_0QA01&prodType=table https://www.bts.gow/archive/publications/americas_container_ports/2011/table_09 https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/americas_container_ports/2011/htm/table_08.html