Top Mail Shipments Trading Partners

Top US Trading Partners

Mail Shipments’s trade decreases -23.57 percent through April

Mail Shipments’s trade with the world rose to $63,518,032 through the first four months of 2013, according to a WorldCity analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. That’s -23.57 percent decreases the Customs district’s total trade during the same time period last year. The district’s exports decreased -23.57 percent while imports dropped 0.00 percent.

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

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

• No.1 Canada’s trade rose 8.43 percent to $15,692,045.
  Exports rose 8.43 percent to $15,692,045. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.2 Argentina’s trade fell -80.70 percent to $6,852,001.
  Exports fell -80.70 percent to $6,852,001. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.3 Japan’s trade fell -21.04 percent to $5,459,700.
  Exports fell -21.04 percent to $5,459,700. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.4 United Kingdom’s trade rose 67.18 percent to $4,801,337.
  Exports rose 67.18 percent to $4,801,337. Imports fell to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• No.5 Bahrain’s trade rose to $3,620,877. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
  Exports rose to $3,620,877. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated. Imports rose to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.

Mail Shipments’s top five trading partners through April accounted for 57.35 percent of its trade with the world. The U.S. average for the same period was 53.19 percent.

Mail Shipments had trade surpluses with 125 countries and deficits with 0 through April. That compares with 112 surpluses and deficits for the same period one year earlier. The top three surpluses through April of this year were with Canada, $15,692,045; Argentina, $6,852,001; and Japan, $5,459,700. The top three deficits were with ($0), ($0) and ($0).

Meanwhile, total U.S. trade decreased to $1,240,094,299,613, down -0.88 percent compared to the same period last year. The nation’s exports climbed 0.32 percent to $4,038,186,093 as imports dropped -1.20 percent to $-15,017,653,007. The nation’s top five trade districts so far this year, by value, are Los Angeles, New York City, Laredo, Houston and Detroit. The overall trade deficit climbed $-214,073,880,779, down compared to the same period of last year when the deficit was $-233,129,719,879.

Mail Shipments’s top five exports by value through April were landline, cellular phone equipment; unrecorded media for audio; aircraft; tvs, tv equipment, camcorders, digital cameras; and bombs, grenades, cartridges, parts, in that order. Those accounted for 33.44 percent of its total outbound trade. The value of the district’s top five imports, ; ; ; ; and
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, accounted for 0.00 percent of all inbound shipments.

Looking more closely at Mail Shipments exports:

• Landline, cellular phone equipment rose 7.92 percent compared to last year to $6,842,950.
• Unrecorded media for audio rose 97.68 percent compared to last year to $5,412,670.
• Aircraft rose 551.97 percent compared to last year to $4,188,109.
• TVs, TV equipment, camcorders, digital cameras fell -79.83 percent compared to last year to $2,918,737.
• Bombs, grenades, cartridges, parts fell -53.46 percent compared to last year to $1,877,205.

On the import side:

• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.
• fell compared to last year to $0. The total for the comparable period in 2012 was either $0 or the data could not be found, so a percentage cannot be calculated.

Last year the Mail Shipments district posted total trade with the world of $210,220,616. The district’s surplus was $210,220,616. At year end, the region’s top five partners were Argentina, Canada, Japan, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Exports totaled $210,220,616 and imports came to $0.