How foreign trade factors into some July 4 activities:
The Parade:
U.S. flags
• Overall imports in 2000: $747,800
• Imported from Taiwan in 2000: $381,600
The Fireworks
• Domestic production in 1997: $20,813,000
• Overall imports in 1997: $92,975,909
• Imported from China in 1997: $84,900,976
The Barbecue:
Beef
• Produced in the United States in 1999: 26.6 billion pounds
• Imported in 1999: 2.9 billion pounds
Pork
• Produced in the United States in 1999: 19.3 billion pounds
• Imported in 1999: 827 million pounds
Beer (shipped to retail outlets, including grocery stores, restaurants, taverns) in 2000
• Domestic: 198 million barrels
• Imported: 20 million barrels
Sources: Beer Institute, American Meat Institute, Census Bureau
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