Table 8: U.S. AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS FROM MEXICO, 1995 AND 1996 Mexican Mexican Commodity / Calendar year Jan.- Jan. Jan.- Jan. Jan.- Jan. Jan.- Jan. Change from Change from Share of total Share of total 1995 1995 1995 1996 1995 1996 95-96 95-96 U.S. trade(value) U.S. trade(value) Quantity Value Quantity Quantity Value Value Quantity Value Jan.- Jan. 95 Jan.- Jan. 96 (1000) $ Million (1000) (1000) $ Thousand $ Thousand Percent Percent Percent Percent Total agricultural imports (NA) -- 3,780 -- -- 425,795 351,338 -- (17.5) 16.9 13.0 Noncompetitive agr. imports (NA) -- 707 -- -- 100,456 78,837 -- (21.5) 12.9 10.4 Bananas and plantains (MT) 156 47 12.6 5.8 3,394 1,797 (53.8) (47.1) 3.6 1.8 Coffee, including products (MT) 176 592 25.7 33.8 91,657 71,685 31.4 (21.8) 27.4 27.4 Cocoa and products (MT) 19 34 1.5 1.4 2,489 2,483 (5.8) (0.2) 2.1 1.7 Tea and mate' (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.1 55 91 292.3 64.6 0.3 0.5 Spices (MT) 4 8 0.6 0.8 1,117 811 32.3 (27.5) 2.9 2.5 Rubber & allied gums-crude (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Silk - raw (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Wool, unmanufactured-carpet (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Fibers, excluding cotton (MT) 7 6 0.7 0.7 654 511 10.5 (21.8) 13.8 14.3 Essential oils (MT) 2 18 0.1 0.1 1,052 1,324 23.9 25.8 4.6 6.4 Drugs - crude - natural (MT) 1 1 0.0 0.1 39 137 107.4 251.1 0.1 0.5 Other Noncompetitive imports (NA) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Competitive agricult imports (NA) -- 3,072 -- -- 325,339 272,500 -- (16.2) 18.6 14.1 Animals and animal products (NA) -- 599 -- -- 50,167 19,468 -- (61.2) 10.0 4.2 Animals-live, exl. poultry (NO) 1,674 552 146.1 51.0 47,281 14,746 (65.1) (68.8) 39.7 12.4 Cattle - live (NO) 1,653 546 145.9 50.0 47,181 14,495 (65.7) (69.3) 45.5 16.3 Horses & mules - live (NO) 19 6 0.1 1.0 99 251 719.5 153.2 1.7 3.1 Swine - live(no) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Sheep - live (NO) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Other live animals (NO) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Meats & prods exc. poultry (MT) 2 8 0.0 0.4 163 1,076 797.4 561.2 0.1 0.6 Beef and veal (MT) 2 7 0.0 0.4 149 1,076 821.1 620.2 0.1 0.9 Beef & veal-fresh/frozen (MT) 2 6 0.0 0.3 149 895 668.4 499.3 0.1 0.9 Beef & veal-prep or pres (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 181 -- -- -- 0.9 Pork (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Pork - fresh or frozen (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Pork-prepared, preservd (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Mutton, goat, & lamb (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Mutton goat & lamb-fr/frz (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Mutton goat & lamb-prep/p(mt) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Horsemeat - fr or froz (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Variety meats-fresh/froz (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Other meats-fresh or froz(mt) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Other meats & products (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.0 13 0 (100.0) (100.0) 0.6 -- Poultry and products (NA) -- 0 -- -- 0 6 -- -- -- 0.0 Poultry - live (NA) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Poultry meat (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 6 -- -- -- 0.4 Eggs (NA) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Feathers & downs - crude (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Dairy products (NA) -- 15 -- -- 835 2,500 -- 199.5 1.1 3.4 Milk & cream, fres/dried (MT) 2 2 0.0 0.2 65 260 269.0 303.3 8.0 27.5 Butter & butterfat mixt (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- --
Cheese (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Casein & mixtures (MT) 2 8 0.1 0.3 482 1,805 186.3 274.2 1.6 4.3 Other dairy products (NA) -- 5 -- -- 288 434 -- 50.9 3.0 6.1 Fats, oils, & greases (MT) 1 2 0.0 0.0 93 67 (63.4) (28.1) 3.4 2.9 Hides & skins, incl furs (NA) -- 9 -- -- 724 180 -- (75.1) 2.7 0.8 Sheep & lamb skins (MT) 1 1 0.0 0.0 91 0 (100.0) (100.0) 3.9 -- Oth hides & skins ex fur (NA) -- 7 -- -- 634 180 -- (71.5) 6.7 1.9 Fur pelts (NA) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Wool-unmfg, apparel grades (MT) 1 1 0.0 0.1 5 101 -- 1,966.2 0.0 0.6 Sausage casings (MT) 4 9 0.3 0.3 699 476 2.7 (31.8) 12.1 9.8 Bull semen (NA) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Misc animal products (NA) 2 4 0.1 0.1 369 317 5.3 (14.1) 1.6 1.3 Non-animal products (NA) -- 2,473 -- -- 275,172 253,032 -- (8.0) 22.1 17.2 Grains, products, & feeds (MT) 96 105 5.6 7.8 6,759 8,120 40.3 20.1 3.7 4.4 Wheat, excluding seed (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Corn, unmilled (MT) 2 1 0.4 0.5 163 174 22.9 6.9 5.5 3.6 Oats, unmilled (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Barley, unmilled (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Rice (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 12 -- -- -- 0.1 Biscuits & wafers (MT) 27 36 1.8 2.3 2,437 3,128 24.7 28.3 6.4 7.7 Pasta & noodles (MT) 11 8 0.7 0.8 605 579 9.0 (4.2) 3.5 3.5 Other grains & preps (NA) -- 59 -- -- 3,480 4,111 -- 18.1 9.2 9.7 Feeds & fodders ex oilcake (MT) 8 2 0.2 0.9 74 116 420.6 56.0 0.2 0.3 Fruits & preparations (MT) 809 475 47.0 52.0 22,281 27,835 10.8 24.9 15.7 14.9 Fruits - fresh or frozen (MT) 757 412 42.7 47.4 16,331 22,241 11.0 36.2 16.3 16.3 Apples, fresh (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Avocados (MT) 1 1 0.0 0.1 0 104 -- -- -- 9.7 Berries, excl strawberries (MT) 1 3 0.0 0.1 246 573 43.5 133.2 17.0 13.9 Citrus, fresh (MT) 149 35 13.9 11.6 2,430 4,082 (17.0) 68.0 39.7 44.0 Grapes, fresh (MT) 80 83 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Kiwi fruit, fresh (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Mangoes (MT) 116 102 0.0 0.0 23 2 (91.3) (92.6) 0.8 0.1 Melons (MT) 289 90 19.7 26.4 4,983 6,673 34.3 33.9 36.5 32.1 Peaches (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Pears (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Pineapples (MT) 6 1 0.2 0.4 63 105 100.5 66.2 1.7 2.8 Plums (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Strawberries fresh o/froz (MT) 57 67 5.0 3.8 6,206 8,093 (24.4) 30.4 94.3 98.1 Oth fruits- fresh o/froz (MT) 58 31 3.8 5.1 2,380 2,610 33.5 9.7 45.2 49.2 Fruits - prep or pres (MT) 52 63 4.2 4.6 5,950 5,594 8.9 (6.0) 14.4 11.0 Pineapples-canned or prep (MT) 2 1 0.1 0.3 52 319 343.2 512.9 0.4 2.2 Other fruits-prep or pres (MT) 50 62 4.2 4.3 5,898 5,275 3.0 (10.6) 21.5 14.5 Fruit juices, incl frozen (HL) 3,035 80 160.9 165.6 3,856 4,636 2.9 20.2 7.7 8.0 Apple juice (HL) 170 10 6.3 9.6 202 596 53.5 195.2 1.3 2.8 Grape juice (HL) 45 3 4.6 4.8 259 306 5.1 18.4 13.2 6.7 Grapefruit juice (HL) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Lemon juice (HL) 49 1 16.2 0.0 200 0 (100.0) (100.0) 72.2 -- Lime juice (HL) 103 2 19.5 4.1 318 73 (79.2) (77.2) 69.7 63.4 Orange juice (HL) 2,407 57 78.2 133.1 1,980 3,416 70.2 72.5 9.6 16.6 Pineapple juice (HL) 20 1 0.0 0.7 0 27 -- -- -- 0.4 Other fruit juice (HL) 46 2 14.0 13.3 338 218 (5.1) (35.6) 7.7 4.8 Nuts & preparations (MT) 29 66 4.5 4.6 10,190 6,953 1.8 (31.8) 24.0 15.7 Brazil nuts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Cashew nuts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- --
Chestnuts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Coconut meat (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.3 0 133 -- -- -- 3.3 Filberts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Macademia nuts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Pecans (MT) 26 64 4.2 4.2 10,029 6,732 (0.8) (32.9) 96.6 100.0 Pistachio nuts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Other nuts (MT) 3 2 0.3 0.0 162 89 (84.2) (45.0) 4.2 2.2 Vegetables & preparations (NA) -- 1,306 -- -- 205,022 166,428 -- (18.8) 57.7 50.5 Vegetables-fresh or frozen (MT) 1,818 1,186 220.0 275.5 196,071 156,465 25.2 (20.2) 82.7 75.4 Tomatoes (MT) 593 406 65.8 85.5 54,175 57,161 30.0 5.5 97.8 94.2 Asparagus (MT) 22 37 3.5 1.5 7,100 3,805 (57.9) (46.4) 83.4 65.9 Beans (MT) 16 20 2.5 3.8 5,538 4,000 51.8 (27.8) 90.8 89.5 Cabbage (MT) 10 2 1.3 1.2 235 246 (8.3) 4.4 18.5 25.8 Carrots (MT) 31 5 2.2 2.2 286 360 0.3 26.0 6.9 12.7 Cauliflower & broccoli (MT) 194 104 19.4 25.0 11,869 12,319 29.0 3.8 92.0 89.5 Celery, fresh (MT) 22 9 3.4 3.1 2,028 662 (9.1) (67.3) 98.4 94.3 Cucumbers (MT) 239 108 39.0 47.4 28,502 13,559 21.4 (52.4) 97.0 94.2 Eggplant (MT) 24 20 3.8 5.1 3,811 1,755 35.6 (53.9) 99.0 96.4 Endive, fresh (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 12 (25.0) (33.3) 3.8 2.8 Garlic (MT) 16 20 0.0 0.0 6 0 (100.0) (100.0) 0.2 -- Lettuce (MT) 18 8 1.8 2.9 1,227 872 63.0 (28.9) 89.2 88.0 Okra (MT) 18 7 0.8 0.5 477 308 (34.6) (35.4) 61.9 81.4 Onions (MT) 184 118 14.3 16.8 15,009 15,218 17.7 1.4 82.8 73.5 Peas, incl chickpeas (MT) 6 8 0.6 1.4 1,041 1,776 120.2 70.5 24.5 43.7 Peppers (MT) 204 176 30.8 37.9 38,832 22,032 22.9 (43.3) 99.2 95.5 Potatoes (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Radishes (MT) 16 10 2.6 1.7 2,990 979 (35.5) (67.3) 96.1 99.5 Squash (MT) 113 72 18.7 26.0 16,678 14,047 39.3 (15.8) 99.1 99.7 Other vegs-fresh or froz (MT) 92 55 9.7 13.6 6,249 7,354 40.5 17.7 36.9 42.9 Vegetables-prep or preserv (NA) -- 121 -- -- 8,950 9,963 -- 11.3 7.6 8.2 Bamboo shoots, preserved (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Bean cake, miso (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Cucumbers, preserved (MT) 2 1 0.1 0.2 21 51 214.3 146.4 3.1 5.6 Garlic, dried (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Olives - prep or pres (MT) 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 51 -- -- -- 0.4 Mushrooms, canned (MT) 2 7 0.1 0.2 615 888 73.5 44.3 4.7 10.4 Mushrooms, dried (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Onions, preserved (MT) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Hops, incl extract (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Artichokes - prepared (MT) -- 1 -- -- 0 17 -- -- -- 0.6 Asparagus - prepared (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Tomatoes inc paste & sauce(mt) 8 8 0.1 0.0 41 2 (96.3) (95.7) 0.6 0.0 Waterchestnuts (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Beans & peas, dried (MT) 12 8 1.3 1.1 919 976 (15.6) 6.2 27.2 36.3 Mustard (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Peppers & pimentos, prep (MT) 3 3 0.2 0.2 273 277 8.9 1.3 15.7 17.0 Soy sauce (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Starches, excl wheat & corn (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Soups & sauces (MT) 12 20 0.6 1.1 1,213 2,003 65.1 65.2 11.2 13.5 Vinegar (HL) -- 0 -- -- 0 29 -- -- -- 1.3 Yeasts (MT) 7 12 0.6 0.5 1,039 969 (5.2) (6.7) 24.7 15.4 Oth vegetables-prep/pres (NA) -- 60 -- -- 4,829 4,701 -- (2.7) 15.2 13.6 Sugar and related products (NA) -- 63 -- -- 2,331 5,752 -- 146.7 3.1 5.5 Sugar - cane & beet (MT) 21 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- --
Molasses - inedible (MT) 1,228 11 0.0 105.3 0 1,086 -- -- -- 22.8 Confectionery products (MT) 29 37 1.4 2.9 2,036 4,064 107.0 99.6 10.8 13.8 Oth sugar & related prods (MT) 8 5 0.5 0.7 296 602 40.8 103.6 2.5 3.6 Spices (MT) 8 10 0.5 0.8 749 856 67.2 14.4 26.9 25.8 Tobacco - unmanufactured (MT) 1 4 0.0 0.1 223 171 481.8 (23.2) 0.8 0.2 Tobacco - filler (MT) 1 3 0.0 0.0 0 2 -- -- -- 0.0 Tobacco - scrap (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.1 0 19 -- -- -- 0.5 Other tobacco (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.0 223 150 (31.8) (32.7) 39.6 27.1 Beverages, ex fruit juices (HL) 3,053 248 182.2 271.8 15,213 21,662 49.1 42.4 11.9 13.1 Wine (HL) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Malt beverages (HL) 2,913 238 170.7 226.6 14,334 18,670 32.7 30.2 23.6 23.9 Other beverages (HL) 139 10 11.5 45.2 878 2,992 293.4 240.6 20.3 40.4 Oilseeds & products (MT) 32 33 1.8 4.7 1,844 4,417 160.1 139.5 1.3 2.3 Oilseeds & oilnuts (MT) 12 14 1.0 3.2 1,024 2,745 234.3 168.0 4.8 8.6 Flaxseed (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Mustard seeds (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Rapeseed (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Sesameseed (MT) 6 9 0.5 0.8 813 1,252 43.6 54.1 15.9 19.5 Soybeans (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Sunflower seeds (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Other oilseeds & oilnuts (MT) 7 5 0.4 2.4 212 1,493 473.0 604.9 11.0 48.4 Oils & waxes-vegetable (MT) 20 20 0.8 1.5 820 1,671 76.5 103.9 0.8 1.2 Castor oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 17 -- -- -- 0.8 Coconut oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Cottonseed oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Olive oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 59 -- -- -- 0.2 Palm oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Palm kernel oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Peanut oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Rapeseed oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Soybean oil (MT) -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Sesame oil (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 148 -- -- -- 8.4 Other oils & waxes-veg. (MT) 19 19 0.8 1.4 820 1,448 65.0 76.6 3.5 5.3 Oilcake & meal (MT) 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -- -- -- -- Cotton, excluding linters (MT) -- 2 -- -- 398 189 -- (52.5) 69.7 26.0 Cotton linters (MT) 16 17 1.2 0.7 1,124 854 (41.5) (24.1) 98.6 100.0 Seeds - field & garden (MT) 6 9 0.1 0.0 346 851 (52.9) 145.8 1.9 3.7 Cut flowers (NA) -- 19 -- -- 2,236 1,618 -- (27.6) 5.6 3.2 Nursery stock, bulbs, etc. (NA) -- 12 -- -- 1,063 1,274 -- 19.9 4.3 4.4 Other vegetable products (MT) 5 24 0.3 0.4 1,537 1,417 27.2 (7.8) 10.7 5.3 Selected non-agric. imports (NA) -- 722 -- -- 59,811 81,864 -- 36.9 5.3 7.0 Fertilizers (MT) 1,481 166 127.1 209.5 14,453 28,828 64.7 99.5 6.8 11.8 Potassium (MT) 1 0 0.8 0.0 48 0 (100.0) (100.0) 0.1 -- Nitrogen (MT) 874 129 85.3 167.6 11,450 26,801 96.5 134.1 8.6 17.4 Phosphate (MT) 607 37 41.1 41.9 2,952 2,012 1.9 (31.8) 13.0 5.3 Mixed organic fertilizer -- 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- -- Fish (NA) -- 450 -- -- 38,592 46,269 -- 19.9 7.0 9.0 Fish - fresh or prepared (MT) 22 46 1.4 2.1 3,519 4,257 51.0 21.0 1.4 1.8 Shellfish (MT) 39 399 3.2 4.1 34,996 40,632 28.4 16.1 11.5 14.7 Fish products, other (MT) 9 5 0.0 2.6 76 1,380 28,666.7 1,705.2 1.7 28.3 Agricultural chemicals (MT) 1 4 0.0 0.2 212 523 1,138.5 146.8 0.2 0.4 Fungicides (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 72 -- -- -- 1.2 Herbicides (MT) 1 3 0.0 0.1 0 403 -- -- -- 0.7 Insecticides (MT) 0 0 -- -- 0 0 -- -- -- --
Other pesticides (MT) 0 1 0.0 0.0 212 48 (76.9) (77.3) 0.4 0.1 Farm machinery (NA) -- 96 -- -- 6,209 5,849 -- (5.8) 2.5 2.2 Tractors & self-prop mach (NO) 15 57 0.2 0.3 3,479 3,300 29.7 (5.2) 2.4 2.2 Other ag mach & parts (NA) -- 39 -- -- 2,729 2,549 -- (6.6) 2.6 2.1 Tobacco - manufactured (NA) -- 6 -- -- 345 395 -- 14.4 2.8 3.7