Table J.—U.S. Trade in Nonagricultural Industrial Supplies and Materials

[Balance of payments basis, millions of dollars]

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999/p/
Exports	112,558	135,483	137,961	147,671	138,490	139,191
Energy products	12,041	13,778	15,556	16,520	13,294	12,745
Chemicals, excluding medicinals	35,137	42,985	42,472	46,865	44,979	45,968
Paper and paper base stocks	10,104	14,487	12,483	12,785	12,150	12,200
Textile supplies and related materials	8,183	9,284	9,555	10,700	8,919	9,221
Building materials, except metals	8,839	9,061	9,261	9,482	7,977	8,154
Other nonmetals	11,900	13,410	15,262	16,655	18,010	18,427
Metals and nonmetallic products	26,354	32,478	33,372	34,664	33,161	32,476
Steelmaking materials and iron and steel products	5,789	8,574	7,565	8,186	7,329	7,133
Nonferrous metals	12,279	14,602	15,481	15,027	14,236	13,522
Other metals and nonmetallic products	8,286	9,302	10,326	11,451	11,596	11,821
Imports	160,224	179,434	203,015	211,106	197,205	218,809
Energy products	58,080	62,178	80,257	80,242	59,436	77,857
Chemicals, excluding medicinals	21,359	25,552	26,897	29,164	29,239	30,124
Paper and paper base stocks	8,931	12,879	10,871	10,676	11,223	11,617
Textile supplies and related materials	8,182	8,617	8,843	10,108	10,348	10,306
Building materials, except metals	12,684	12,819	15,035	16,822	17,909	21,833
Other nonmetals	11,047	12,503	13,353	14,147	14,618	15,813
Metals and nonmetallic products	39,941	44,886	47,759	49,947	54,432	51,259
Steelmaking materials and iron and steel products	18,377	19,133	20,265	21,163	24,456	20,928
Nonferrous metals	16,728	20,260	21,679	22,036	22,836	22,727
Other metals and nonmetallic products	4,836	5,493	5,815	6,748	7,140	7,604
Memorandum:
Nonpetroleum industrial supplies and materials imports	113,671	128,850	136,733	145,585	152,192	156,591

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