Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS)

Overview

U.S. trade data are collected by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and compiled and distributed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau using the United States' Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of 10-digit codes. Updated trade data are released monthly by the Census Bureau. For release dates, see the 2012 release calendar.

Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) is a standard USDA aggregation of several thousand HTS codes into 213 agricultural groups most used by the public.

Trade data are presented for three different time periods.

• Monthly
• Fiscal Year
• Calendar Year

For help understanding the data, see the FATUS Questions and Answers.

Monthly

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data summarizes USDA's monthly release of calendar year, fiscal year, year-to-date, and monthly value of U.S. agricultural exports, imports, and trade balance.

Data Set Last Updated Next Update Total value of U.S. agricultural trade and trade balance, monthly A historical series of total agricultural exports, imports, and the export surplus; monthly, October 1975-present. Jan. 13, 2012 Feb. 10, 2012 U.S. agricultural exports, year-to-date and current months Value and volume of major commodities exported for current and prior month and current and prior year-to-date. 2012 2011 2010 Jan. 17, 2012 Feb. 13, 2012 Top 10 U.S. agricultural export markets for wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton, by volume Leading destination markets for U.S. exports of wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton for current month and current and prior year-to-date. 2012 2011 2010 Jan. 17, 2012 Feb. 13, 2012 U.S. agricultural imports, year-to-date and current months Value and volume of major commodities imported for current and prior month and current and prior year-to-date. 2012 2011 2010 Jan. 17, 2012 Feb. 13, 2012 Top 10 sources of U.S. agricultural imports of fruits and vegetables, by value Leading source countries for imports of fresh and prepared or preserved fruits and vegetables for current month and current and prior year-to-date. 2012 2011 2010 Jan. 17, 2012 Feb. 13, 2012

Fiscal Year

Data Set Last Updated Value of U.S. trade—agricultural, nonagricultural, and total—and trade balance, by fiscal year Commerce/Census data on total merchandise trade of the United States, USDA data on agricultural trade, and a calculation of nonagricultural trade. Exports, imports, and trade balance, 1990-present. Nov 2011 Value of U.S. agricultural trade, by fiscal year A historical series of total agricultural exports, imports, and the trade balance, 1935-present. Nov 2011 U.S. exports of bulk and high-value agricultural products, by fiscal year Historical agricultural exports of bulk and high-value products, 1976-present. Includes bulk volume and two measures of bulk value. Nov 2011 Value of U.S. agricultural exports by level of processing for bulk and high-value products, by fiscal year Historical exports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including levels of processing, 1990-present. Nov 2011 Top 25 agricultural export commodities, with level of processing, by fiscal year Historical value of exports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including level of processing, 1990-present. Nov 2011 U.S. imports of bulk and high-value agricultural products, by fiscal year Historical agricultural imports of bulk and high-value products, 1976-present. Includes bulk volume and two measures of bulk value. Nov 2011 Value of U.S. agricultural imports by level of processing for bulk and high-value products, by fiscal year Historical imports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including levels of processing, 1990-present. Nov 2011 Top 25 agricultural import commodities, with level of processing, by fiscal year Historical value of imports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including level of processing, 1990-present. Nov 2011 Top 15 U.S. agricultural export destinations, by fiscal year, U.S. value Top 15-ranked country export destinations for total U.S. agricultural exports, 1990-present. Nov 2011 Top 15 U.S. agricultural import sources, by fiscal year, U.S. value Top 15-ranked country import sources for total U.S. agricultural imports, 1990-present. Nov 2011

Calendar Year

Data Set Last Updated Value of U.S. trade—agricultural, nonagricultural, and total—and trade balance, by calendar year Commerce/Census data on total merchandise trade of the United States, USDA data on agricultural trade, and a calculation of nonagricultural trade. Exports, imports, and trade balance, 1990-present. Feb 2011 Value of U.S. agricultural trade, by calendar year A historical series of total agricultural exports, imports, and the trade balance, 1935-present. Feb 2011 U.S. exports of bulk and high-value agricultural products, by calendar year Historical agricultural exports of bulk and high-value products, 1976-present. Includes bulk volume and two measures of bulk value. Feb 2011 Value of U.S. agricultural exports by level of processing for bulk and high-value products, by calendar year Historical exports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including levels of processing, 1990-present. Feb 2011 Top 25 agricultural export commodities, with level of processing, by calendar year Historical value of exports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including level of processing, 1990-present. Feb 2011 U.S. imports of bulk and high-value agricultural products, by calendar year Historical agricultural imports of bulk and high-value products, 1976-present. Includes bulk volume and two measures of bulk value. Feb 2011 Value of U.S. agricultural imports by level of processing for bulk and high-value products, by calendar year Historical imports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including levels of processing, 1990-present. Feb 2011 Top 25 agricultural import commodities, with level of processing, by calendar year Historical value of imports of bulk and high-value agricultural products including level of processing, 1990-present. Feb 2011 Top 15 U.S. agricultural export destinations, by calendar year, U.S. value Top 15-ranked country export destinations for total U.S. agricultural exports, 1989-present. Feb 2011 Top 15 U.S. agricultural import sources, by calendar year, U.S. value Top 15-ranked country import sources for total U.S. agricultural imports, 1989-present. Feb 2011

Related Resources

U.S. Agricultural Trade Briefing Room offers articles and general information about U.S. agricultural trade and links to other resources.

State Export Data provides annual ERS estimates of U.S. exports by State and commodity group based on each State's share of U.S. agricultural production—using State production data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service and national level U.S. export data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) contains monthly U.S. agricultural trade data by FATUS group and HTS code (select Standard Query, under Product Type choose Exports or Imports – Consumption, then change Product Groups to FATUS). For Information on the country composition of FATUS regions  (Select Reference Info, Definitions, Partner Groups) and the HTS content of FATUS commodity groups for exports and imports (see Reference Info, Definitions, Product Group, FATUS).