We are letting Corporations exploit foreign countries the same way they exploited American workers before the hay day of the labor unions.
Even though a person is living in the USA they do not forget the plight of their friends and family in their native country. If you are old enough to remember the bloody battles between unions and management you will have some idea of what management is doing to other countries.
I never believed in unions, I felt if you did not like your job you should just quit and go to work for your boss’s competitor and put your old boss out of business. But we are loosing the option to quit and get a different job unless we are willing to move to China. In the past labor unions provided the balance we needed. The balance is missing when corporations move jobs to foreign countries.
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Table 35
U.S. TOTAL EXPORTS 1997-01
by Three-digit NAICS Product Groups
(Census Basis; Foreign and Domestic Exports F.a.s.; Millions of Dollars)
|
NAIC Product |
1997 |
|
|
2000 |
2001 |
|
111-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
29216 |
|
|
24449 |
24861 |
|
112-LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS |
1150 |
|
|
1266 |
1325 |
|
113-FORESTRY PRODUCTS, NESOI |
2023 |
|
|
1673 |
1472 |
|
114-FISH, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN & OTHER MARINE PROD. |
2564 |
|
|
2810 |
2969 |
|
211-OIL AND GAS |
1674 |
|
|
1747 |
1339 |
|
212-MINERALS AND ORES |
6052 |
|
|
4537 |
4240 |
|
311-FOOD MANUFACTURING |
26314 |
|
|
25745 |
27084 |
|
312-BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS |
6739 |
|
|
5680 |
4440 |
|
313-TEXTILES AND FABRICS |
5587 |
|
|
7284 |
7365 |
|
314-TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS |
2197 |
|
|
2333 |
2083 |
|
315-APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES |
8551 |
|
|
8558 |
6956 |
|
316-LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS |
2623 |
|
|
2688 |
2709 |
|
321-WOOD PRODUCTS |
5523 |
|
|
5022 |
4099 |
|
322-PAPER |
14593 |
|
|
15978 |
14496 |
|
323-PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
4864 |
|
|
5097 |
5125 |
|
324-PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS |
7201 |
|
|
9029 |
8416 |
|
325-CHEMICALS |
69124 |
|
|
80259 |
79034 |
|
326-PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS |
14036 |
|
|
17715 |
16508 |
|
327-NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS |
6420 |
|
|
8173 |
7745 |
|
331-PRIMARY METAL MANUFACTURING |
20855 |
|
|
21498 |
19312 |
|
332-FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, NESOI |
19191 |
|
|
22913 |
20699 |
|
333-MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL |
82874 |
|
|
89843 |
81513 |
|
334-COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS |
152896 |
|
|
196234 |
165345 |
|
335-ELECTRICAL EQUIP., APPLIANCES, & COMPONENT |
22917 |
|
|
27478 |
24923 |
|
336-TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT |
118101 |
|
|
128181 |
130233 |
|
337-FURNITURE AND FIXTURES |
2497 |
|
|
3024 |
2588 |
|
339-MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES |
20228 |
|
|
24452 |
25779 |
|
910-WASTE AND SCRAP |
4474 |
|
|
5129 |
4824 |
|
920-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
2710 |
|
|
4021 |
4644 |
|
980-GOODS RETURNED TO CANADA (EXPORTS ONLY) |
2378 |
|
|
1905 |
1880 |
|
990-SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS, NESOI |
22023 |
|
|
25695 |
27019 |
|
TOTAL |
687595 |
|
|
780416 |
731025 |
Note: Unrevised data. Last updated February 25
2002. Next update Spring 2003.