Research Guides: International Trade Statistics: Find Sources on the U.S.

Sources

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Published since 1878, the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. This database includes editions through 2012.

Foreign Trade of the United States Annual 1999-
Location: REF HF 3003.F6 (EARLIER IN STACKS)
Provides tables of data for national, state, and metropolitan areas.
Highlights of U.S. Export and Import Trade. Annual. 1971-1988.
Location: HF 105.C1332 (WRLC storage)
This is the predecessor of U.S. Foreign Trade Highlights (above). In its earlier years it was entitled U.S. Foreign Trade: Highlights of Exports and Imports. It is stored off-campus but can be deilvered withn one working day. In addition, the law library has it on microfiche for 1982-1988. Some (but not much) of the data is on the website of the item above.
U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights, FT-920 Monthly 1991-
Location: MICROFICHE C 3.164:920
"Presents data on domestic and foreign exports, general imports, and imports for consumption...also includes data on...world area by country of origin and country of destination."
U.S. Merchandise Trade: Exports, General Imports, and Imports for Consumption, FT-925 Monthly 1990 -
Location: MICROFICHE C 3.164:925
"...presents both customs and c.i.f. [cost, insurance, freight] value information for general imports and imports for consumption in terms of Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)... also shows f.a.s. [free-alongside-ship] value for SITC commodity exports.
U.S. Export Sales
Covers beef.pork, rice, barley, corn, rye oats, grain sorghum, wheat, hides, cotton, and various oilseeds back to 1990.