Thursday, June 6, 2019

US Imports from Mexico 2018


Manufacturing
$93 billion vehicles and parts
$70 billion electrical machinery and equipment.
$66 billion machinery and mechanical appliances and parts.
$18 billion optical and medical instruments and parts.
$10 billion furniture, bedding and lighting
$7 billion plastic and plastic parts
$6 billion iron and steel articles
$270 billion total in manufacturing

These manufacturing operations were moved from the US to Mexico and should be moved back to the US. Mexico needs to develop its own industries.

Food
$7 billion vegetables
$5 billion fruits and nuts
$5 billion beverages, spirits and vinegar
$17 billion in food

There is nothing we get from Mexico that we cannot provide for ourselves. US reductions in corporate taxes and unnecessary regulations plus our ability to automate manual operations gives the US the capability of building automated, high speed manufacturing plants in the US.

Share of US imports from Mexico

Manufacturing
50% wire cables and conductors
44% air conditioners, refrigerators and furnaces
35% TVs and monitors
31% autos
30% dishwashers, laundry and other household machines
29% motors and spark plugs
22% computers and computer equipment
20% ships
19% routers and switching equipment
19% pumps, compressors and fans
18% other electrical equipment and electronics
17% engines and jets
16% furniture
16% transformers, converters and circuits
14% magnets and batteries
13% articles of glass, ceramics, stone and cement
11% audio visual recording and transmission equipment
11% misc. manufacturing.

Food
39% vegetables
23% beverages
12% meat and animal products
12% cereals and grains


U.S. imports from Mexico account for 13.6% of overall U.S. imports in 2018. The top import categories (2-digit HS) in 2018 were: vehicles ($93 billion), electrical machinery ($64 billion), machinery ($63 billion), mineral fuels ($16 billion), and optical and medical instruments ($15 billion).

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader


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