Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
65 percent
Economic damage from the U.S.-China trade war is beginning to take effect. Before this week's statement about tariff reductions, U.S. ocean freight bookings from China had dropped by nearly 65 percent.
SOURCE: "From Tariffs to Tech Power: The Pivot the United States Needs Now" by CSIS's Navin Girishankar.
50 percent
Due to substantial industrial subsidies, China’s shipyards have gone from producing 5 percent of the world’s commercial ships in 1999 to over 50 percent in 2025.
SOURCE: "Identifying Pathways for U.S. Shipbuilding Cooperation with Northeast Asian Allies" by CSIS's Henry H. Carroll and Cynthia Cook.
30,000
It is effectively impossible to produce an entire vehicle in the United States because nearly 30,000 parts go into each internal combustion engine car, and producing all of them in the United States is not practical.
SOURCE: "Are U.S. Auto Tariffs Punishing Domestic Investment?" by CSIS's Yuri Unno.
75 percent
Russia has tolerated high loss rates—often losing more than 75 percent of its drones—in an effort to gradually overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.
SOURCE: "Drone Saturation: Russia’s Shahed Campaign" by CSIS's Benjamin Jensen and Yasir Atalan.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Lauren Adler and the External Relations team.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
