At 12:59 PM 5/24/01 +1200, Kat Feete wrote:
>John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
> >At 12:04 PM 5/23/01 +0300 Charlie Bell wrote:
> >>
> >>> According to the CIA World Factbook:
> >>> America exported $663 billion worth of good and services in 1998. Top
> >>> exports included: capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw
> >>> materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
> >>
> >>But is America a *net* exporter of any of those things, which was the
> >>question...
> >
> >Oh that was the second question....... She *did* ask if America actually
> >produced anything.
>
>By "produced" I more or less meant "more than we consumed." Guess that
>wasn't clear- sorry.
>
> >Anyhow, here is our net trade balance for a number of commodities - if
> >someone is really interested in data on services, I will attempt to look
> >that up as well. Just let me know......
>
>I'm not real good at reading this kind of thing, but assuming that the
>stuff marked negative is what we import more that we export, it seems the
>stuff we export can be put into these main categories:
>
>Timber and Logs (but not "Forestry Products")
>Nonmetallic Minerals
>Grain and Oilseed Milling Products
>Meat Products and Meat Packaging Products
>Some Fabrics, mostly synthetics
>Printing & Publishing stuff
>Chemicals. All kinds of chemicals.
>Pesticides, Fertilizers & Other Agricultural Chemicals (this is the fun
>one- DDT, anybody?)
Ask someone who lives where mosquitos that carried malaria, yellow fever,
etc., were nearly wiped out before it was withdrawn.
>Paint, Soap, Plastic
>Agricultural and Structural Metals
>Machinery
>Communications Equipment
>Waste and Scrap
Yeah, we already agreed that America exports TV, films, and other popular
entertainment . . .
<g>
-- Ronn! :)
