United States Exports

Exports from the US increased USD 4.2 billion from a month earlier, or 2.0 percent to USD 210.6 billion in May of 2019. Goods exports rose USD 3.9 billion to USD 140.8 billion, mainly due to capital goods (up USD 1.4 billion), namely civilian aircraft and telecommunications equipment; consumer goods (up USD 0.8 billion), particularly gem diamonds, jewelry and pharmaceutical preparations; soybeans (up USD 0.7 billion); other goods (up USD 0.6 billion) and automotive vehicles, parts, and engines (up USD 0.6 billion). Exports of services increased USD 0.3 billion to USD 69.8 billion, of which maintenance and repair services, travel (for all purposes including education) and transport all up USD 0.1 billion. Exports in the United States averaged 56278.95 USD Million from 1950 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 213341 USD Million in May of 2018 and a record low of 772 USD Million in March of 1950.

Exports in the United States is expected to be 213000.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Exports in the United States to stand at 217000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Exports is projected to trend around 216000.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2019-04-17	12:30 PM	Exports Feb	$209.7B	$207.4B	$205.1B
2019-05-09	12:30 PM	Exports Mar	$211.97B	$209.91B	$211.2B
2019-06-06	12:30 PM	Exports Apr	$206.85B	$211.41B	$207.8B
2019-07-03	12:30 PM	Exports May	$210.636B	$206.411B	$210.8B
2019-08-02	12:30 PM	Exports Jun		$210.636B	$ 213B
2019-09-04	12:30 PM	Exports Jul
2019-10-04	12:30 PM	Exports Aug

United States Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-55520.00	-51224.00	1946.00	-67823.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-130400.00	-143927.00	9957.00	-215769.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-2.40	-2.30	0.20	-6.00	percent	[+]
Imports	266156.00	257635.00	266816.00	577.00	USD Million	[+]
Exports	210636.00	206411.00	213341.00	772.00	USD Million	[+]
External Debt	20006050.00	19765887.00	20006050.00	6570168.00	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	105.85	106.43	168.28	91.82	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	32920.00	-8995.00	272938.00	-194622.00	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	52432.00	53720.00	55831.00	-9988.00	USD Million	[+]
Net Long Term Tic Flows	3532.00	46914.00	157830.00	-72882.00	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	8133.50	8133.50	8149.05	8133.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	12162.00	11905.00	12162.00	3971.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Tourism Revenues	21547.00	21389.00	21891.00	6496.00	USD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	6227283.00	5051167.00	8364941.00	2094287.00		[+]
Terrorism Index	6.07	5.43	7.39	3.70		[+]
Weapons Sales	10508.00	12485.00	15725.00	1742.00	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 (22 percent of total exports) and industrial supplies (22 percent). Others include: consumer goods (8 percent) and petroleum (7 percent). In 2018, exports of petroleum reached a record high of USD 172.4 billion. In 2018, main exports partners were: Canada (18 percent of total exports), Mexico (16 percent), China (7 percent), Japan (4.5 percent), the United Kingdom (4 percent) and Germany (3.5 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 2019.