Top Mail Shipments Trading Partners

Top US Trading Partners

Mail Shipments’s trade increases 43.76 percent through March

Mail Shipments’s trade with the world rose to $63,148,688 through the first three months of 2012, according to a WorldCity analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. That’s 43.76 percent increases the Customs district’s total trade during the same time period last year. The district’s exports increased 43.76 percent while imports dropped 0.00 percent.

Through March the district’s top trade partners were No. 1 Argentina, No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Japan, No. 4 Afghanistan and No. 5 United Kingdom. Through the first three months of the last year, top five spots were held by Argentina, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany and Afghanistan, respectively.

Taking a closer look at the leading trade partners with Mail Shipments:

• No.1 Argentina’s trade rose 53.64 percent to $27,113,340.
  Exports rose 53.64 percent to $27,113,340. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.2 Canada’s trade rose 6.36 percent to $10,455,544.
  Exports rose 6.36 percent to $10,455,544. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.3 Japan’s trade rose 493.75 percent to $6,261,793.
  Exports rose 493.75 percent to $6,261,793. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.4 Afghanistan’s trade rose 52.97 percent to $2,234,858.
  Exports rose 52.97 percent to $2,234,858. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.5 United Kingdom’s trade rose 320.95 percent to $1,497,599.
  Exports rose 320.95 percent to $1,497,599. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.

Mail Shipments’s top five trading partners through March accounted for 75.32 percent of its trade with the world. The U.S. average for the same period was 52.49 percent.

Mail Shipments had trade surpluses with 102 countries and deficits with 0 through March. That compares with 95 surpluses and deficits for the same period one year earlier. The top three surpluses through March of this year were with Argentina, $27,113,340; Canada, $10,455,544; and Japan, $6,261,793. The top three deficits were with ($0), ($0) and ($0).

Meanwhile, total U.S. trade increased to $934,379,177,983, up 8.63 percent compared to the same period last year. The nation’s exports climbed 3.54 percent to $30,467,217,700 as imports rose 5.09 percent to $43,800,507,934. The nation’s top five trade districts so far this year, by value, are New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Laredo. The overall trade deficit was $-171,264,242,143, up compared to the same period of last year when the deficit was $-157,930,951,909.

Mail Shipments’s top five exports by value through March were tvs, tv equipment, camcorders, digital cameras; landline, cellular phone equipment; computers; bombs, grenades, cartridges, parts; and drawing, measuring instruments, parts, in that order. Those accounted for 44.81 percent of its total outbound trade. The value of the district’s top five imports, , , and and
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, accounted for 0.00 percent of all inbound shipments.

Looking more closely at Mail Shipments exports:

• TVs, TV equipment, camcorders, digital cameras rose 22.05 percent compared to last year to $11,359,480.
• Landline, cellular phone equipment rose 25.54 percent compared to last year to $4,599,424.
• Computers rose 156.07 percent compared to last year to $4,590,893.
• Bombs, grenades, cartridges, parts rose 1,109.42 percent compared to last year to $4,033,718.
• Drawing, measuring instruments, parts rose 98.91 percent compared to last year to $3,715,684.

On the import side:

• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2011 was $0 so a percentage cannot be calculated.

Last year the Mail Shipments district posted total trade with the world of $216,353,254. The district’s surplus was $216,353,254. At year end, the region’s top five partners were Argentina, Canada, Afghanistan, Japan and Hong Kong. Exports totaled $216,353,254 and imports came to $0.