9. The following are data on U.S. exports and imports in 2012 at the two-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) level.

Which products do you think support the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem? Which products are inconsistent?

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52 HTS Level 22 30 Product Beverages Pharmaceutical products Cotton Export ($ billions) 6.4 Import ($ billions) 19.2 38.0 64.1 8.2 1.1 61 Apparel 1.4 41.1 64 Footwear 0.8 23.7 72 Iron and steel 22.0 29.0 74 Copper 9.3 10.2 85 Electric machinery 105.0 289.0 87 Vehicles 122.3 240.0 88 Aircraft 95.8 24.2 94 Furniture 8.7 44.3 95 Toys 4.4 27.0 Source: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.