Analiza czasowo-przestrzenna eksportu i importu dzieł sztuki w Stanach Zjednoczonych

The article presents the results of an analysis of the foreign trade in artwork in the US. The analysis is based on OECD ITCS data (International Trade Commodity Statistics) from the field of foreign trade (system HS 96) and Trade Stats Express data from the US Department of Commerce. The subject under consideration is the change in value of the artwork exported and imported in the years 1996–2006. The article also identifies the geographic directions of foreign trade. Particular attention is given the most important export-import flows, which are those between the States and the European countries and Asia, especially Great Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland in Europe and Japan, China and Hong Kong in Asia. The final part of the paper presents the structure of these imports and exports to the US (including paintings, drawings, antiques, and sculpture, among others).