¿Qué categorías de bienes exportados de China a Estados Unidos disminuyeron en abril?
In April 2024, the volume of containers imported by the United States from mainland China turned down year-on-year, increasing by 6.73% from March this year but falling by 1.81% year-on-year in March 2023. Today we will conduct a detailed category analysis on the HS codes of export commodities in April.
I compiled the export data of different commodity categories in April 2024 and April 2023, including the first two digits of the commodity code (HS Code) of each category, description, and the corresponding export volume TEU volume in the two months .
As can be seen from the table, the number one ranking is furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furniture, etc. The export volume in April 2024 was 173,496 TEU, compared with April 2023 184,567 TEUs decreased, with a year-on-year change rate of -6.00%.
Ranking second are nuclear power plants, boilers, machinery and mechanical equipment, etc. The export volume in April 2024 was 113,390 TEUs, a slight increase, with a change rate of 0.78%.
Ranking third was plastics and their products, which also exceeded 100,000 TEU, with 100,067 TEU falling slightly by 0.49%.
We can see some downward trends again in the apparel category in April 2024. Specifically: the 13th-ranked product category (61 chapters) involves clothing and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted, with a year-on-year decrease of 18.48%. The 19th-ranked product category (62 chapters) involves clothing and clothing accessories, not knitted or non-crocheted, with a year-on-year decrease of 9.10%. The 63rd ranked product category (42 chapters) involves leather products, including certain clothing accessories, with a year-on-year decrease of 20.34%
Product Ranking | HS code | product description | 2024年4月 | Year-on-year change rate |
1 | 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furniture; lamps and lighting fixtures, other; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates, etc.; prefabricated buildings | 173496 | -6.00% |
2 | 84 | Nuclear power plants, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts and components thereof | 113390 | 0.78% |
3 | 39 | Plastic and its products | 100067 | -0.49% |
4 | 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories thereof | 88415 | 2.01% |
5 | 95 | Toys, games and sporting goods; parts and accessories thereof | 59970 | 1.77% |
6 | 87 | Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 47449 | 7.73% |
7 | 73 | Iron or steel products | 43812 | 2.52% |
8 | 63 | Textiles, manufactured articles; suits; old clothing and used textiles; rags | 26609 | 11.18% |
9 | 64 | Footwear; leggings and similar articles; parts of these articles | 20803 | -8.96% |
10 | 40 | Rubber and its products | 19967 | 3.57% |
11 | 48 | Paper and paperboard; products of pulp, paper or paperboard | 18499 | 5.08% |
12 | 70 | Glass and glassware | 16884 | 12.72% |
13 | 61 | Clothing and clothing accessories; knitted or crocheted | 15927 | -18.48% |
14 | 44 | Wood and wood products; charcoal | 13500 | -2.04% |
15 | 42 | Leather articles; saddlery and harness; travel articles, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal intestines (not silk) | 12972 | -20.34% |
16 | 96 | Other manufactured goods | 12657 | 9.86% |
17 | 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, inspection, medical or surgical instruments and equipment; parts and accessories thereof | 11640 | 12.36% |
18 | 69 | Ceramic products | 11434 | 16.01% |
19 | 62 | Clothing and clothing accessories; not knitted or crocheted | 11092 | -9.10% |
20 | 83 | Metals; miscellaneous articles of base metals | 10735 | 2.66% |
21 | 76 | Aluminum and aluminum products | 10725 | 6.16% |
22 | 29 | organic compounds | 8229 | -7.93% |
23 | 82 | Tools, utensils, knives, spoons and forks of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal | 7217 | -7.97% |
24 | 67 | Feathers and down, processed; articles made of feathers or down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 6197 | -1.60% |
25 | 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures, and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts, and plans | 5667 | 6.86% |
26 | 68 | Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; articles thereof | 5630 | -14.28% |
27 | 86 | Railway and tram locomotives, vehicles and parts thereof; railway or tram track fixtures and parts thereof; various mechanical (including electrical machinery) traffic signal equipment | 5459 | -52.66% |
28 | 56 | Fillings, felts and nonwoven fabrics, specialty yarns; ropes, cables, cords and articles thereof | 4226 | 22.42% |
29 | 38 | Other chemical products | 4138 | 37.52% |
30 | 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruits, nuts or other plant parts | 4044 | -15.81% |
31 | 34 | Soaps, organic surfactants; washing, lubricating, polishing or scrubbing preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations based on plaster | 3515 | 16.19% |
32 | 28 | Inorganic compounds; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; compounds of rare earth metals, radioactive elements and isotopes | 3087 | 18.83% |
33 | 32 | Tanning materials or dyeing extracts; tannic acid and its derivatives; dyes, pigments and other coloring substances; paints, varnishes; putties, other adhesives; inks | 2786 | 32.18% |
34 | 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 2716 | 17.31% |
35 | 72 | iron and steel | 2595 | 30.04% |
36 | 66 | Umbrellas, parasols, walking sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding crops; and parts thereof | 2580 | 31.78% |
37 | 33 | Essential oils and resins; fragrances, cosmetics or toiletries | 2287 | -1.66% |
38 | 7 | Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible | 2233 | -7.47% |
39 | 30 | drug | 2176 | 3.99% |
40 | 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastries | 2089 | -7.10% |
41 | 3 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1930 | -22.33% |
42 | 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1864 | -7.70% |
43 | 21 | Miscellaneous food preparations | 1801 | -8.75% |
44 | 23 | Residues and waste from the food industry; prepared animal feed | 1767 | 14.55% |
45 | 65 | Headgear and its parts | 1751 | -24.56% |
46 | 9 | Coffee, tea, yerba mate and spices | 1621 | -4.66% |
47 | 8 | Fruits and nuts, edible; citrus fruits or melon rinds | 1569 | 17.02% |
48 | 46 | Articles of straw, lettuce or other plaited materials; basketry and wicker articles | 1566 | 7.28% |
49 | 17 | Sugar and confectionery candies | 1271 | -15.35% |
50 | 99 | Products not specified by category | 1256 | 119.14% |