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Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS): Monthly Summary

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data

USDA has summarized the latest U.S. agricultural trade statistics in the following table, using the most recent data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

U.S. agricultural trade 1/, fiscal years, calendar years, year-to-date, and current month
Fiscal years 2/
Fiscal year-to-date
Nov.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2011
2012
2011
Billion dollars
Agricultural exports
114.910
96.295
108.561
137.366
24.868
24.621
12.551
Agricultural imports 3/
79.320
73.404
78.961
94.487
13.757
17.101
8.603
 
Trade balance 4/
35.590
22.891
29.600
42.879
11.111
7.520
3.948
 
Calendar years
Calendar year-to-date
Nov.
2007
2008
2009
2010
2010
2011
2011
Billion dollars
Agricultural exports
89.990
114.760
98.453
115.815
103.266
124.570
12.551
Agricultural imports 3/
71.913
80.488
71.681
81.858
74.563
90.536
8.603
 
Trade balance 4/
18.077
34.273
26.772
33.958
28.703
34.034
3.948


1/ USDA defines agriculture to include: live animals, meat, and products of livestock, poultry, and dairy; hides and skins (but not leather products); animal fats and greases; food and feed grains and grain products; oilseeds and oilseed products; fruits, nuts, and vegetables and products of these; juices, wine, and malt beverages (not distilled spirits); essential oils; planting seeds; raw cotton, wool, and other fibers (not manufactured products of these); unmanufactured tobacco (not manufactured tobacco products); sugar and sugar products; coffee, cocoa, tea, and products of these; rubber and allied products; and stock for nurseries and greenhouses, spices, and crude or natural drugs. Fish, shellfish, and forestry products are not included in "agriculture."
2/ October 1 of previous year through September 30 of current year.
3/ Exports minus imports.
Data are not seasonally adjusted. Totals revised to incorporate annual revisions by Bureau of Census.
Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture, using data summed from the Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.



For historical data, see Total value of U.S. agricultural trade and trade balance.

Additional U.S. agricultural trade data, current and historical, by month and year, by country and commodity, in FATUS groups, as well as by HTS code, are available on the Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System.

Quarterly forecasts of U.S. agricultural trade for the coming year also are available in the Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.

 

For more information, contact: Nora Brooks

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Updated date: January 13, 2012