Imports: Ball-point pens, mechanical pencils
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U.S. imports of Ball-point pens, mechanical pencils totaled $101.76 million in March, a change of 24.96 percent from the same month one year ago. The change from one month ago was 12.35 percent. Among more than 1,260 commodity classifications, Ball-point pens, mechanical pencils ranked No. 349 in March. It had ranked No. 382 for the same month last year.
While Ball-point pens, mechanical pencils ranked No. 349 in March by value, it ranked No. 521 by tonnage. The top three U.S. markets by value for Ball-point pens, mechanical pencils imports in March were (1) Japan, (2) Mexico, and (3) China. Among the nation's more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings, the top three by value were (1) Passenger vehicles, (2) Oil, and (3) Computers.