HTS 4901990050, Technical, Scientific and Professional Books: First Unit of Quantity by Quantity Description and First Unit of Quantity
for ALL Countries

U.S. Imports for Consumption

Annual + Year-To-Date Data from Jan - Jun

 

 

Quantity Description

Country

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2008 YTD

2009 YTD

Percent Change
YTD2008 - YTD2009

In 1,000 Units of Quantity

number

China

1,686

2,931

3,442

4,038

7,632

9,154

8,512

10,511

9,552

4,595

5,657

23.1%

.

Canada

5,648

7,082

15,473

50,679

39,398

12,189

6,469

6,167

4,880

2,462

1,967

-20.1%

.

United Kingdom

6,240

4,522

6,534

6,656

5,579

2,813

2,968

2,721

3,430

1,238

1,095

-11.5%

.

Mexico

3,647

1,416

2,520

3,385

11,467

26,274

17,855

3,766

3,176

1,374

1,619

17.9%

.

Germany

2,868

2,475

2,642

2,572

2,077

1,957

2,325

1,922

1,406

643

530

-17.5%

.

Hong Kong

2,261

1,853

2,054

2,729

2,167

1,818

2,644

2,505

1,284

605

1,003

65.8%

.

Singapore

1,254

1,572

831

1,027

1,023

1,576

1,347

1,328

1,186

429

1,048

144.5%

.

Japan

2,872

1,939

1,647

957

1,173

1,054

945

946

876

393

329

-16.3%

.

Korea

774

524

268

346

710

549

742

221

602

308

376

22.2%

.

Sweden

460

682

388

509

1,188

1,657

1,441

1,472

600

308

414

34.6%

.

Taiwan

899

395

1,153

1,237

1,344

779

536

521

560

266

236

-11.4%

.

India

67

71

164

244

237

241

323

395

534

152

318

109.1%

.

Thailand

71

24

53

40

237

233

182

421

452

118

163

37.8%

.

France

1,435

579

397

335

340

274

308

292

273

122

77

-36.8%

.

Italy

809

600

582

591

1,329

353

276

320

270

94

105

12.0%

.

Malaysia

246

201

113

69

140

122

150

256

248

143

127

-10.8%

.

Colombia

123

37

25

117

283

138

35

212

230

211

15

-93.0%

.

Chile

1

1

1

211

185

44

44

9

210

150

130

-13.3%

.

Switzerland

277

254

126

92

134

227

171

161

175

85

127

48.5%

.

Netherlands

827

647

445

629

663

323

282

298

163

83

271

228.1%

.

United Arab Em

16

18

15

37

6

8

24

22

140

0

1

67.7%

.

Spain

190

317

330

284

374

316

170

80

99

44

41

-7.9%

.

New Zealand

10

16

4

28

71

48

43

43

81

24

16

-32.5%

.

Indonesia

160

95

3

14

195

216

189

160

79

21

214

908.1%

.

Brazil

49

18

9

83

265

770

1,037

45

67

9

2

-80.2%

Subtotal - number

32,888

28,269

39,221

76,906

78,219

63,133

49,017

34,792

30,572

13,878

15,882

14.4%

All Other:

1,604

1,073

1,210

1,489

1,348

1,544

739

532

650

362

185

-48.9%


Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.