United States |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| |
| Agriculture
- products |
wheat,
corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork,
poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish |
| Exports |
$687 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
capital goods,
automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer
goods, agricultural products |
| Exports
- partners |
Canada 23.2%,
Mexico 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, UK 4.8% (2002) |
| Imports |
$1.165 trillion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
crude oil
and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer
goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages |
| Imports
- partners |
Canada 17.8%,
Mexico 11.3%, China 11.1%, Japan 10.4%, Germany 5.3% (2002) |
| Currency |
US dollar
(USD) |
| Exchange
rates |
British pounds
per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000),
0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), Canadian dollars per US dollar
- 1.5693 (2002), 1.5488 (2001), 1.4851 (2000), 1.4857 (1999),
1.4835 (1998), Japanese yen per US dollar - 125.39 (2002),
121.53 (2001), 107.77 (2000), 113.91 (1999), 130.91 (1998),
euros per US dollar - 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.08540
(2000), 0.93863 (1999)
note: financial institutions in France, Italy, and Germany
and eight other European countries started using the euro
on 1 January 1999 with the euro replacing the local currency
in consenting countries for all transactions in 2002 |
| Fiscal year |
1 October
- 30 September |
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