TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL BOOKS, 4901990050: First Unit of Quantity by Quantity Description and First Unit of Quantity
for ALL Countries

U.S. Imports for Consumption

Annual Data

 

 

Quantity Description

Country

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Percent Change
2008 - 2009

In 1,000 Units of Quantity

number

China

1,686

2,931

3,442

4,038

7,632

9,154

8,512

10,511

9,552

11,922

24.8%

.

Canada

5,648

7,082

15,473

50,679

39,398

12,189

6,469

6,167

4,880

4,341

-11.0%

.

Mexico

3,647

1,416

2,520

3,385

11,467

26,274

17,855

3,766

3,176

3,208

1.0%

.

United Kingdom

6,240

4,522

6,534

6,656

5,579

2,813

2,968

2,721

3,430

3,171

-7.5%

.

Singapore

1,254

1,572

831

1,027

1,023

1,576

1,347

1,328

1,186

1,551

30.8%

.

Hong Kong

2,261

1,853

2,054

2,729

2,167

1,818

2,644

2,505

1,284

1,458

13.6%

.

India

67

71

164

244

237

241

323

395

534

1,456

172.5%

.

Germany

2,868

2,475

2,642

2,572

2,077

1,957

2,325

1,922

1,406

1,104

-21.5%

.

Japan

2,872

1,939

1,647

957

1,173

1,054

945

946

876

1,020

16.4%

.

Sweden

460

682

388

509

1,188

1,657

1,441

1,472

600

780

30.0%

.

Korea

774

524

268

346

710

549

742

221

602

725

20.3%

.

Taiwan

899

395

1,153

1,237

1,344

779

536

521

560

526

-6.2%

.

Netherlands

827

647

445

629

663

323

282

298

163

490

200.2%

.

Thailand

71

24

53

40

237

233

182

421

452

294

-35.0%

.

Indonesia

160

95

3

14

195

216

189

160

79

242

206.7%

.

Malaysia

246

201

113

69

140

122

150

256

248

233

-6.1%

.

Italy

809

600

582

591

1,329

353

276

320

270

218

-19.3%

.

Dominican Rep

18

9

2

6

0

3

1

1

7

199

2,731.3%

.

France

1,435

579

397

335

340

274

308

292

273

195

-28.7%

.

Switzerland

277

254

126

92

134

227

171

161

175

164

-6.0%

.

Chile

1

1

1

211

185

44

44

9

210

130

-38.1%

.

Spain

190

317

330

284

374

316

170

80

99

109

10.9%

.

Hungary

21

12

65

41

8

16

22

11

35

108

209.2%

.

Australia

222

128

120

147

213

242

125

79

50

97

95.7%

.

Ireland

308

43

78

38

58

42

37

57

52

80

53.1%

Subtotal - number

33,258

28,372

39,434

76,874

77,871

62,473

48,063

34,616

30,197

33,819

12.0%

All Other:

1,234

970

996

1,522

1,695

2,204

1,693

708

1,025

403

-60.7%


Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.