United States Exports 1950-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Exports of goods and services from the US rose USD 4.1 billion from the previous month, or 1.9 percent, to a record USD 215.3 billion in May 2018. Goods exports increased USD 3.7 billion to USD 144.9 billion, mainly driven by higher sales of soybeans (up USD 2.0 billion) and civilian aircraft (up USD 1.9 billion). Exports of industrial supplies and materials, however, slumped USD 1.3 billion, due to a decline in sales of other petroleum products (down USD 0.9 billion). Exports of services increased USD 0.4 billion to USD 70.4 billion in May. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, exports rose to Japan (5.9 percent), Canada (4.4 percent), the EU (4.3 percent), China (3.3 percent) and Mexico (1.2 percent). Exports in the United States averaged 54053.47 USD Million from 1950 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 215328 USD Million in May of 2018 and a record low of 772 USD Million in March of 1950.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-05-03	12:30 PM	Exports	$208.53B	$204.35B	$ 202.2B
2018-06-06	12:30 PM	Exports	$211.25B	$210.66B	$ 206B
2018-07-06	12:30 PM	Exports	$215.33B	$211.24B	$ 212.9B
2018-08-03	12:30 PM	Exports		$215.33B	$ 216.8B
2018-09-05	12:30 PM	Exports			$ 218.1B
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Exports			$ 219.4B

United States Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-43053.00	-46081.00	1946.00	-67823.00	USD Million	[+]
Exports	215328.00	211237.00	215328.00	772.00	USD Million	[+]
Imports	258381.00	257317.00	261613.00	577.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-124105.00	-116148.00	9957.00	-215769.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-2.40	-2.40	0.20	-6.00	percent	[+]
External Debt	-7888082.00	-7845809.00	-1232107.00	-8217356.00	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	98.39	99.85	168.28	91.82	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	138700.00	-38490.00	272938.00	-193364.00	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	45701.00	46429.00	47465.00	-9988.00	USD Million	[+]
Net Long Term Tic Flows	93900.00	61838.00	157830.00	-72882.00	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	8134.00	8134.00	8149.05	8133.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	10467.00	10474.00	10474.00	3971.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	5.43	4.88	7.39	3.70		[+]
Tourism Revenues	21465.00	21380.00	21476.00	6496.00	USD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	6145476.00	7750318.00	8364940.00	2095665.00		[+]
Weapons Sales	12394.00	10304.00	16071.00	1769.00	USD Million	[+]

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United States Exports

The United States is the world's third biggest exporter, yet exports account only for 13 percent of GDP. Main exports are: capital goods (39 percent of total exports) and industrial supplies (28 percent). Others include: consumer goods (12 percent); automotive vehicles, parts and engines (10.5 percent); foods, feeds and beverages (7 percent). In 2017, main exports partners were: Canada (18 percent of total exports), Mexico (16 percent), China (8.5 percent), Japan (4 percent), Germany (3 percent) and the United Kingdom (3 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Exports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2018.