Statistics

Georgia's trade with China blasts ahead

December 11th, 2006

Trade with the Atlanta-Savannah Customs district is increasing at an impressive 20 percent clip through the first nine months of 2005, a greater rate of increase than the 12 percent U.S. total.

The biggest jumps are in imports from China, Malaysia and Taiwan, and exports to Singapore.

2005	2004	Total Trade	Jan.-Sept. 2005	Jan.-Sept. 2004	Dollar Change	Percent Change
		.World Total	$53,102,431,435	$44,160,863,038	$8,941,568,397	20.25%
1	1	China	$8,745,730,791	$6,685,153,570	$2,060,577,221	30.82%
2	2	Japan	$5,893,554,148	$5,252,773,570	$640,780,578	12.20%
3	3	Germany	$4,709,805,568	$4,166,038,513	$543,767,055	13.05%
4	5	Korea	$3,081,474,132	$2,533,907,273	$547,566,859	21.61%
5	4	United Kingdom	$2,803,451,408	$2,709,027,861	$94,423,547	3.49%
6	10	Malaysia	$2,578,098,918	$1,148,736,134	$1,429,362,784	124.43%
7	7	Netherlands	$1,820,329,188	$1,661,005,991	$159,323,197	9.59%
8	6	Ireland	$1,778,314,330	$1,703,483,629	$74,830,701	4.39%
9	8	Australia	$1,599,455,445	$1,414,985,466	$184,469,979	13.04%
10	9	Italy	$1,588,771,238	$1,359,932,332	$228,838,906	16.83%
11	11	Taiwan	$1,498,131,148	$1,123,918,747	$374,212,401	33.30%
12	12	France	$1,195,901,830	$1,021,951,493	$173,950,337	17.02%
13	16	Singapore	$1,141,783,900	$697,241,940	$444,541,960	63.76%
14	14	Belgium	$1,013,258,550	$829,170,178	$184,088,372	22.20%
15	15	Thailand	$939,536,743	$719,950,461	$219,586,282	30.50%
16	13	Sweden	$898,755,559	$844,357,087	$54,398,472	6.44%
17	20	Trinidad and Tobago	$769,828,503	$530,499,343	$239,329,160	45.11%
18	19	Indonesia	$742,195,396	$573,316,389	$168,879,007	29.46%
19	18	Spain	$686,702,816	$609,137,428	$77,565,388	12.73%
20	17	Hong Kong	$677,876,492	$661,873,472	$16,003,020	2.42%
21	21	Brazil	$639,981,762	$522,248,187	$117,733,575	22.54%
22	22	India	$506,667,241	$456,091,697	$50,575,544	11.09%
23	25	Venezuela	$463,481,248	$359,413,201	$104,068,047	28.95%
24	23	Israel	$447,179,786	$373,182,418	$73,997,368	19.83%
25	27	Switzerland	$412,088,969	$309,770,895	$102,318,074	33.03%

Commonly called the Savannah Customs district, it is a whisker behind No. 11 Cleveland, with $53.1 billion through the first nine months of the year, according to WorldCity analysis of the most recent U.S. Census Department statistics.

Like many U.S. Customs districts, its imports are roughly double its exports—$18.1 billion in exports and $34.9 billion in imports. The largest import category, overwhelmingly, is cars. Like Jacksonville to the south, Savannah serves as an import destination for cars from Japan, Germany and elsewhere. In fact, Japan is Savannah’s No. 2-ranked trade partner, with Germany No. 3. China is No. 1. Rounding out the Top 10 are South Korea, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Ireland, Australia and Italy. In total, four Asian nations, five European nations and Australia. The No. 1-ranked import is telephone equipment, increasing 478 percent, from $297 million to $1.7 billion. Overall, imports increased at a 23 percent clip through the first nine months of the year. Other top import categories are medicine, computers, heavy-construction equipment, car parts, cell phone equipment and furniture. On the export side, phone equipment and regional jet parts both exceeded $1 billion through September, accounting for about 13 percent. Other leading categories are cars, optical fibers, aircraft parts, aircraft, chemical wood pulp, aircraft, medical instruments, computers and cotton. Of those, cotton was the No. 4 ranked export in 2004 but has fallen to No. 10, nine months after apparel quotas were lifted on China as part of its entry into the World Trade Organization.

Top Exports, 2005

	Jan-Sep 2005	Jan-Sep 2004	Dollar Change	Percent Change
Total, All Commodities	$18,183,032,825	$15,806,616,456	$2,376,416,369	15.03%
Electric equipment for line telephony	$1,364,805,212	$1,183,319,474	$181,485,738	15.34%
Regional jet parts	$1,081,323,858	$817,263,695	$264,060,163	32.31%
Motor vehicles for transporting people	$624,020,480	$674,302,547	($50,282,067)	-7.46%
Optical fibers	$617,700,816	$430,579,348	$187,121,468	43.46%
Aircraft parts	$589,943,824	$509,041,630	$80,902,194	15.89%
Chemical woodpulp	$568,999,584	$450,286,850	$118,712,734	26.36%
Aircraft	$556,065,798	$504,470,758	$51,595,040	10.23%
Medical instruments for surgeons, dentists, vets	$455,697,242	$438,111,141	$17,586,101	4.01%
Computers	$436,894,134	$393,221,923	$43,672,211	11.11%
Cotton, not carded or combed	$420,940,509	$562,346,388	($141,405,879)	-25.15%
Motor vehicles for transporting goods	$394,122,226	$349,839,434	$44,282,792	12.66%
Kaolin clays	$350,270,771	$317,292,772	$32,977,999	10.39%
Computer parts	$330,158,966	$249,746,726	$80,412,240	32.20%
Polyethers, expoxides and polyesters, primary forms	$289,075,388	$146,278,911	$142,796,477	97.62%
Yachts and other boats	$247,476,555	$143,335,315	$104,141,240	72.66%

Top Imports, 2005

	Jan-Sep 2005	Jan-Sep 2004	Dollar Change	Percent Change
Total, All Commodities	$34,919,398,610	$28,354,246,582	$6,565,152,028	23.15%
Motor vehicles for transporting people	$3,424,316,987	$3,469,593,847	($45,276,860)	-1.30%
Electric equipment for line telephony	$1,717,795,773	$297,220,626	$1,420,575,147	477.95%
Medicine	$1,448,744,026	$1,458,040,052	($9,296,026)	-0.64%
Computers	$980,858,719	$873,493,277	$107,365,442	12.29%
Self-propelled heavy construction machinery	$930,415,228	$704,976,094	$225,439,134	31.98%
Motor vehicle parts	$794,626,126	$639,240,642	$155,385,484	24.31%
Oil, not crude	$727,142,159	$380,164,425	$346,977,734	91.27%
Petroleum gases, other gaseous hydrocarbons	$666,083,413	$462,422,901	$203,660,512	44.04%
Transmission apparatus for cellular phones	$652,649,634	$465,705,363	$186,944,271	40.14%
Furniture, parts	$598,447,648	$485,573,630	$112,874,018	23.25%
Exports of repaired imports Imports of returned exports	$530,922,512	$457,845,018	$73,077,494	15.96%
Regional jet parts	$433,749,686	$358,667,593	$75,082,093	20.93%
Toys, scale models, puzzles	$357,752,230	$327,697,123	$30,055,107	9.17%
Computer parts	$345,717,288	$354,092,000	($8,374,712)	-2.37%
Medical instruments for surgeons, dentists, vets	$332,420,637	$303,329,629	$29,091,008	9.59%