HTS 4901990050: Technical, Scientific and Professional Books, First Unit of Quantity by Quantity Description and First Unit of Quantity
for ALL Countries

U.S. Imports for Consumption

Annual + Year-To-Date Data from Jan - Sep

 

 

Quantity Description

Country

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2008 YTD

2009 YTD

Percent Change
YTD2008 - YTD2009

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

6,713

8,140

21.2%

.

Canada

5,648

7,082

15,473

50,679

39,398

12,189

6,469

6,167

4,880

3,470

3,353

-3.4%

.

United Kingdom

6,240

4,522

6,534

6,656

5,579

2,813

2,968

2,721

3,430

2,907

2,626

-9.7%

.

Mexico

3,647

1,416

2,520

3,385

11,467

26,274

17,855

3,766

3,176

2,020

2,726

35.0%

.

Germany

2,868

2,475

2,642

2,572

2,077

1,957

2,325

1,922

1,406

1,091

715

-34.4%

.

Hong Kong

2,261

1,853

2,054

2,729

2,167

1,818

2,644

2,505

1,284

1,019

1,393

36.7%

.

Singapore

1,254

1,572

831

1,027

1,023

1,576

1,347

1,328

1,186

817

1,319

61.4%

.

Japan

2,872

1,939

1,647

957

1,173

1,054

945

946

876

677

693

2.3%

.

Korea

774

524

268

346

710

549

742

221

602

424

513

21.1%

.

Sweden

460

682

388

509

1,188

1,657

1,441

1,472

600

441

643

45.8%

.

Taiwan

899

395

1,153

1,237

1,344

779

536

521

560

464

369

-20.5%

.

India

67

71

164

244

237

241

323

395

534

294

920

212.8%

.

Thailand

71

24

53

40

237

233

182

421

452

147

228

55.0%

.

France

1,435

579

397

335

340

274

308

292

273

157

137

-12.8%

.

Italy

809

600

582

591

1,329

353

276

320

270

172

185

7.5%

.

Malaysia

246

201

113

69

140

122

150

256

248

222

233

4.8%

.

Colombia

123

37

25

117

283

138

35

212

230

228

20

-91.0%

.

Chile

1

1

1

211

185

44

44

9

210

210

130

-38.1%

.

Switzerland

277

254

126

92

134

227

171

161

175

116

141

22.1%

.

Netherlands

827

647

445

629

663

323

282

298

163

135

379

180.4%

Subtotal - number

32,464

27,805

38,860

76,461

77,307

61,776

47,554

34,441

30,106

21,725

24,863

14.4%

All Other:

2,028

1,536

1,571

1,935

2,259

2,902

2,201

883

1,116

827

913

10.4%


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.