Top 25 US Import Sources for Pens and Pencils
SIC 3951 & 3952    Customs Value

Annual Data

 
Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Percent Change
1999 - 2000
In 1,000 Dollars
Japan 191,250 228,446 226,702 257,333 280,572 316,425 313,509 392,637 444,832 13.3%
China 42,099 48,474 47,844 54,430 74,045 89,602 117,439 141,532 191,658 35.4%
Taiwan 81,682 93,130 100,953 117,575 120,338 122,413 116,673 131,456 144,686 10.1%
Korea 17,197 15,273 15,722 15,659 17,625 18,476 18,936 28,889 65,419 126.4%
Mexico 25,083 26,717 30,255 30,474 33,684 40,238 43,786 62,089 63,242 1.9%
Germany 62,249 68,294 69,967 68,171 68,626 66,973 70,778 69,735 61,637 -11.6%
United Kingdom 17,556 22,333 24,725 27,949 28,363 34,467 27,931 26,198 34,576 32.0%
France 23,766 23,396 28,613 32,259 30,876 38,068 38,819 29,963 29,177 -2.6%
Brazil 7,417 7,466 10,127 14,484 17,890 23,088 30,775 19,776 27,068 36.9%
Indonesia 9,029 11,092 11,833 10,838 14,472 20,324 18,749 17,330 22,473 29.7%
Canada 8,063 8,077 12,179 11,303 11,878 13,004 13,565 14,967 19,926 33.1%
Italy 11,574 9,176 12,417 16,749 18,159 18,614 25,730 17,376 16,292 -6.2%
Thailand 6,163 2,885 2,428 4,629 3,610 5,691 5,364 10,546 16,154 53.2%
Spain 3,209 1,631 1,419 2,094 2,559 3,591 6,942 8,567 10,787 25.9%
Ireland 171 138 102 175 210 1,489 1,731 1,960 8,470 332.2%
Hong Kong 3,525 2,004 2,213 2,793 3,063 2,807 2,591 3,149 7,363 133.8%
India 619 1,170 1,613 3,436 2,803 2,717 4,687 4,515 7,088 57.0%
Switzerland 6,338 5,200 4,876 5,096 4,846 5,741 4,475 4,052 6,970 72.0%
Malaysia 3,790 5,447 8,448 7,318 6,214 5,206 4,931 4,959 6,426 29.6%
Czech Republic 0 59 44 57 671 1,233 1,133 2,613 6,276 140.2%
Netherlands 2,751 2,965 2,600 3,032 2,764 3,007 3,240 3,576 3,326 -7.0%
Denmark 2,191 2,428 2,433 2,399 2,397 2,678 2,196 1,574 1,543 -2.0%
Chile 801 824 3,410 3,962 833 1,809 2,440 735 960 30.6%
Turkey 122 83 59 89 63 22 878 870 658 -24.3%
Subtotal : 526,645 586,710 620,985 692,304 746,561 837,683 877,301 999,064 1,197,006 19.8%
All Other: 8,969 7,948 10,719 8,966 8,608 9,632 6,018 4,895 4,392 -10.3%
Total 535,614 594,658 631,704 701,270 755,168 847,315 883,319 1,003,959 1,201,397 19.7%
Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Last updated on 3/13/01 by JV