top US export: Waste paper

Lee_Teschler — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Manufacturing & Technology News ran an interesting item recently. They collected information about the top US imports and exports. It turns out our number-one export by volume is waste paper. Of course, this is nothing new. Waste paper has been our top export for some time. Also interesting is their list of top importers. You can find the whole article here:

http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/08/0731/PIERS.html

And here are the two lists:

Top 50 U.S. Importers Via Ocean Container Transport -- 2007

As measured in 20-foot-equivalent container units or TEUs

The first number listed for each company is the number of TEUs imported in 2007, followed by 2004 and 2002. NR means the company was not on the top 100 list for that year. SOURCE: Journal of Commerce and the Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS).

1. Wal-Mart Stores, retail, 720,000, 576,000, 291,900
2. Target Corp., retail, 435,000 202,700, 173,100
3. The Home Depot, retail, 365,300, 301,200, 182,000
4. Sears (includes K-Mart), retail, 248,600, 186,000, 60,400
5. Dole Food, food, 223,200, 164,100, 142,900
6. Costco Wholesale, retail, 183,800, 66,400, 19,382
7. Lowes Cos., retail, 182,100, 100,000, 82,900
8. LG Group, conglomerate, 130,000, 43,300, 33,500
9. Philips Electronics, electronics, 127,200, 27,200, 22,000
10. Chiquita Brands Intl., food, 116,300, 115,600, 103,200
11. General Electric, conglomerate, 112,900, 51,800, 48,500
12. Ashley Furniture Inds., furniture, 104,700, 69,800, 45,200
13. Heineken USA, beverages, 104,300, 83,400, 75,000
14. Ikea Intl., retail, 102,000, 100,000, 44,700
15. Jarden Corp., appliances, 74,700, 21,800, 14,600
16. Red Bull, beverages, 72,500, 20,400, NR
17. JC Penny Corp. 68,400, 45,000, NR
18. Whirlpool, appliances, 67,300, 26,800, NR
19. Canon, computers, 66,400, 26,200, 220,000
20. Nike, footwear & apparel, 62,700, 47,900, 38,700
21. Williams Sonoma, retail, 62,400, 50,000, 19,200
22. Gap Stores, retail, 59,300, 14,800, 12,000
23. Toyota Tsusho America, autos, 58,800, 52,000, 45,000
24. Bridgestone Americas, tires, 52,300, 42,500, 26,800
25. Dollar General, retail, 51,000, 40,000, NR
26. Samsung, electronics, 50,800, 52,800, 46,200
27. Pier 1 Imports, retail, 49,600, 48,100, 46,700
28. Mattel, toys, 48,900, 49,300, 43,700
29. Sony Corp., conglomerate, 46,900, 47,100, 40,000
30. Big Lots, liquidator-retail, 46,600, 36,300, 45,800
31. Daimler AG, autos, 46,500, 14,600, 14,200
32. Family Dollar Stores, retail, 44,600, 19,300, 10,000
33. Panasonic Corp., electronics, 43,300, 52,100, 41,500
34. Furniture Brands Intl., furniture, 42,700, NR, NR
35. Kohl's Corp., retail, 42,400, NR, NR
36. Nestle, food & beverages, 40,400, 28,500, 14,300
37. Dorel Industries, furniture, 39,900, 28,700, NR
38. Michelin, tires & rubber, 38,700, 46,100, 34,500
39. Staples, retail, 32,800, 13,200, NR
40. Yamaha, transportation mfg., 32,000, 27,300, 24,600
41. Del Monte Foods, food, 32,000, 32,400, 12,600
42. Nissan North America, autos, 31,800, 27,700, 16,500
43. American Honda, autos, 30,900, 10,300, 46,200
44. Michaels Stores, retail, 30,600, 27,100, 14,600
45. Hewlett-Packard, computers, 29,700, NR, NR
46. Coaster of America, furniture, 29,500, 13,300, NR
47. Hankook Tire Americas, tires, 28,800, 20,400, NR
48. CVS Corp., retail, 28,000, 10,200, 16,000
49. BMW, autos, 27,400, 14,200, 14,000
50. Rooms to Go, retail, 27,200, 24,200, 19,800

Top 100 U.S. Exporters Via Ocean Container Transport -- 2007

As measured in 20-foot-equivalent container units or TEUs The first number is the number of TEUs exported in 2007, followed by TEUs exported in 2004 and 2002. NR means the company was not on the list of top 100 for that year. SOURCE: Journal of Commerce and the Port Import/Export Reporting Service.

1. American Chung Nam, wastepaper, 211,300, 201,100, 156,500
2. Weyerhaeuser, forest products/paper, 165,800, 154,900 95,600
3. Cargill, food, 123,800, 80,600 51,200
4. Koch Industries, paper, 123,400, 29,100, NR
5. International Paper, paper, 100,900, 42,700, 50,100
6. Dow Chemical, chemicals, 100,000, 64,700, 52,400
7. DuPont, chemicals, 93,100, 123,000, 104,000
8. MeadWestvaco, paper, 77,900, 66,800, 59,000
9. P&G, consumer products, 73,800, 54,200,48,000
10. Archer Daniels Midland, food, 73,300, 32,300, 17,700
11. Potential Industries, wastepaper, 70,800, 22,300, 11,500
12. Newport CH Intl., paper, steel recyclables, 69,700, NR, NR
13. Sims Metal Mgmt., metals, recyclables, 69,600, NR, NR
14. Cedarwood-Young, wastepaper, 64,900, 38,600, 21,000
15. CGB Enterprises, agriculture, 57,500, NR, NR
16. ExxonMobil Chemical, chemicals, 56,500, 44,300, 28,700
17. Cellmark Group, paper, 54,200, 56,700, 45,100
18. JC Horizon, waste paper, 53,000, 28,700, 25,400
19. BASF, chemicals, 52,500, 50,200, 38,500
20. Mega Fiber, waste paper, 44,300, NR, NR
21. Denison Intl., recycled paper, 43,400, NR, NR
22. DaimlerAG, autos, 41,700, 50,100, 47,000
23. General Electric, conglomerate, 41,200, 50,000, 44,400
24. Toyota Tsusho, autos/parts, 40,900, 28,100, 13,100
25. Allenberg Cotton, cotton, 39,800, 45,900, 21,200
26. AbitibiBowater, paper, 39,000, 18,900, 9,300
27. Caterpillar, machinery, 37,300,. 23,500, 19,200
28. Wal-Mart Stores, retail, 36,400, NR, NR
29. Rayonier, paper & forest products, 35,500, 31,700, 26,900
30. Mitsui, conglomerate, 34,900, 24,300, 24,300
31. Eastman Chemical, chemicals, 34,800, 37,900, 21,500
32. Staple Cotton Coop. Assn., 33,200, NR, NR
33. Schoular Co., foodstuffs, 33,100, NR, NR
34. Shintech, chemicals, 32,900, 22,300, 29,500
35. Yao Yang Enterprises, wastepaper, 32,700, 29,400, 20,600
36. Sino Paper, recycled paper, 32,300, NR, NR
37. Tyson Foods, food, 31,300, 19,600, 44,100
38. Itochu Specialty Chemicals, chemicals, 30,900, 26,700, NR
39. Rio Tinto America, minerals, 28,900, 18,500, NR
40. Kimberly Clark, consumer goods, 28,400, 23,900, NR
40. Delong, animal feed, 28,400, NR, NR
40. International Forest Products, paper, 28,400, 20,000, NR
43. 3M, chemicals, 28,300, 16,800, 14,500
44. Goodyear Tire & Rubber, tires, 27,300, 21,600, 19,000
44. Dunavant Enterprises, cotton, 27,300, 32,600, 22,700
46. Paul Reinhart, cotton, 27,000, NR, NR
47. Ford Motor, autos, 26,800, 30,200, 32,300
47. Mills Brothers Intl., food/grain, 26,800, 17,900, NR
49. Fruit of the Loom, textiles, 26,300, 16,900, NR
50. ConAgra Foods, food, 25,900, 27,400, 42,200

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top US export: Waste paper