Top US Trade Product Opportunities For Germany
America's greatest trade product losses to Germany during 2014 were for products in the accompanying list. The US racked up a $76.3 billion deficit in its trade with Deutschland in 2014, up 22.6% from 2012.
Vehicles
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Cars: -$20.6 billion
2. Automobile parts/accessories: -$4.7 billion
3. Tractors: -$575.6 million
4. Special purpose vehicles: -$500.1 million
5. Automobile bodies: -$301.9 million
6. Trucks: -$196.8 million
7. Motorcycles: -$116.1 million
8. Trailers: -$44.3 million
9. Work trucks: -$44.2 million
10. Armored vehicles, tanks: -$28.1 million
Machinery
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Piston engines: -$1.8 billion
2. Liquid pumps and elevators: -$1.2 billion
3. Transmission gears, clutches: -$1.1 billion
4. Taps, valves, similar appliances: -$1.1 billion
5. Miscellaneous machinery: -$951.8 million
6. Engines (diesel): -$950.3 million
7. Piston engine parts: -$902.2 million
8. Dishwashers, dry/fill machines: -$853.5 million
9. Air or vacuum pumps: -$780.7 million
10. Centrifuges, filters, purifiers: -$720.7 million
Pharmaceuticals
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Medication mixtures in dosage: -$10.8 billion
2. Blood fractions (incl. antisera): -$523 million
3. Sutures, special pharma goods: -$458.2 million
4. Dried organs, heparin: -$18.9 million
Electrical equipment
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Electric motors, generators:-$472.9 million
2. Circuit boards, panels: -$437.5 million
3. Electrical machinery: -$421.0 million
4. Switches/protectors/connectors: -$383.5 million
5. Transformers/power supplies: -$333.8 million
6. Radar/radio communications: -$299.3 million
7. Filament/discharge lamps: -$234.6 million
8. Metal soldering/hot-spray equip: -$201.5 million
9. Circuit parts, fuses, switches: -$173.3 million
10. Insulated wire/cable: -$153.1 million
Medical, technical equipment
The products below earned the greatest
subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. X-ray equipment: -$811.1 million
2. Cardiographs, xrays: -$756.1 million
3. Other measure/test machines: -$571.4 million
4. Regulate/control instruments: -$370.6 million
5. Physical/chemical analytics: -$223.9 million
6. Liquid/gas monitors: -$201.9 million
7. Oscilloscope/spectrum analyze: -$134.2 million
8. Lenses, prisms, mirrors: -$115.3 million
9. High-power microscopes: -$114.6 million
10. Survey/weather instruments: -$97.4 million
Organic chemicals
The products below earned the greatest
subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Heterocyclics, nucleic acids: -$604.2 million
2. Other heterocyclics: -$203.1 million
3. Other organo-inorganics: -$170.4 million
4. Acyclic alcohols: -$154.1 million
5. Hydrocarbon derivatives: -$137.1 million
6. Saturated acyclic mono acids: -$130 million
7. Unsaturated acyclic mono acids: -$94.8 million
8. Amino-compounds (oxygen): -$93.6 million
9. Amine-function compounds: -$85.1 million
10. Provitamins, vitamins: -$76.1 million
Iron or steel products
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Iron and steel tubes, pipes: -$523.4 million
2. Screws, bolts, nuts, washers: -$247.8 million
3. Other iron and steel structures: -$180 million
4. Other iron or steel items: -$158.3 million
5. Tanks, drums, boxes: -$210.3 million
6. Iron and steel tubes, pipes: -$113.7 million
7. Chains: -$96.6 million
8. Miscellaneous tubes, pipes: -$94.5 million
9. Pipe fittings: -$65.5 million
10. Springs, leaves: -$63.6 million
Plastics
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Miscellaneous plastic items: -$243.8 million
2. Plates, sheets, film, tape: -$172.4 million
3. Silicones: -$155.8 million
4. Propylene/olefin polymers: -$130.1 million
5. Amino-resins: -$127.9 million
6. Tubes, pipes, fittings: -$127.9 million
7. Vinyl chloride polymers: -$110.8 million
8. Polyamides: -$98.5 million
9. Polyacetal/ether/carbonates: -$97.9 million
10. Packing goods, lids, caps: -$74.0 million
Iron and steel
The products below earned the greatest
subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Flat-rolled other alloy steel: -$201 million
2. Flat-rolled iron/non-alloy steel: -$114.9 million
3. Hot-rolled iron/non-alloy steel: -$86.1 million
4. Stainless steel bars, rods: -$79.6 million
5. Flat-rolled thin alloy steel: -$77.1 million
6. Iron/steel angles, shapes: -$63.6 million
7. Coiled other alloy steel bars, rods: -$58.3 million
8. Alloy steel bars, rods: -$56.6 million
9. Coiled iron/steel bars, rods: -$47.4 million
10. Other iron/steel bars, rods: -$45.4 millio
Rubber
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Tires (new): -$433.7 million
2. Vulcanized rubber items: -$221.8 million
3. Synthetic rubber: -$100.4 million
4. Vulcanized rubber tubes, pipes: -$79.1 million
5. Vulcanized rubber plates, sheets: -$72.1 million
6. Vulcanized rubber belts: -$42.2 million
7. Unvulcanized compound rubber: -$17.3 million
8. Rubber waste, scrap: -$7 million
9. Tires (used/retread): -$4.1 million
10. Vulcanized rubber hygiene items: -$2.6 million
Furniture
The products below earned the greatest subcategory deficits for the US versus Germany.
1. Seats (excl. barber/dentist chairs): -$272.2 million
2. Miscellaneous furniture: -$184.2 million
3. Lamps, lighting, lighted signs: -$137.9 million
4. Medical/surgical/dental furniture: -$56.5 million
5. Mattresses, quilts: -$4.7 million
Fastest-Growing American Trade Product Deficits Versus Germany 2014
Data source: Trade Map, International Trade Centre, www.intracen.org/marketanalysis
