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Will the U.S. Share Decline as Our competitors Expand?

World Trade U.S. Share
(million tons) %
1980 1.157 22.213
1.564 20.844
1.472 15.421
1.386 14.141
1.339 13.816
1.395 13.548
1.457 17.639
1.67 20.419
1.814 19.129
2.026 18.213
1990 2.277 22.749
2.493 22.944
2.806 24.056
3.122 28.539
3.845 33.914
4.693 37.631
1996 5.32 37.688
4.929 42.93
4.465 47.48
4.738 47.108
5.284 47.634
5.883 47.748
2002(f) 6.246 46.11

 


Last modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003