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Main industries

petroleum , steel , motor vehicles , aerospace , telecommunications , chemicals , creative industries , electronics , food processing , consumer goods, lumber , mining , defense , biomedical research and health care services, computers and robotics

Ease of Doing Business Rank

5th [5]

External

Exports

$1.280 trillion f.o.b (2010) [1]

Export goods

agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2009)

Main export partners

Canada , 13.2%; Mexico , 8.3%; China , 4.3%; Japan , 3.3%. (2009) [6]

Imports

$1.948 trillion c.i.f. (2010) [1]

Import goods

agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2009)

Main import partners

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