PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 2008 AND 2007 (In millions of dollars. Detail may not equal totals due to rounding (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (X) Not applicable. (R) Revised. Note: This Exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) 2008 Item (1) September August Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 106,463 182,441 (R) 117,009 (R) 191,336 Net Adjustments -459 1,461 (R) -1,073 (R) 646 Total Census Basis (2) 106,921 180,980 (R) 118,082 (R) 190,690 Manufactured goods (3) 76,444 130,442 82,941 129,134 Agricultural commodities (3) 9,116 6,435 9,686 6,549 Mineral fuels (3) 5,629 40,277 8,510 50,718 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 2,374 8,371 2,284 8,190 Airplane parts 1,854 766 1,821 773 Airplanes 2,133 948 5,774 797 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 109 509 101 407 Aluminum 547 1,189 561 1,200 Animal feeds 606 115 639 108 Artwork and antiques 357 525 429 455 Basketware, etc. 641 953 626 993 Cereal flour 255 406 256 367 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,005 780 1,055 808 Chemicals - dyeing 550 257 578 265 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,112 943 955 861 Chemicals - inorganic 1,130 1,562 1,169 1,697 Chemicals - medicinal 3,188 5,014 3,198 5,430 Chemicals - n.e.s. 2,139 1,128 2,297 1,066 Chemicals - organic 2,492 3,722 3,606 4,565 Chemicals - plastics 3,313 1,681 3,841 1,615 Cigarettes 55 15 51 12 Clothing 265 7,969 297 7,718 Coal 946 350 603 412 Coffee (-) 323 (-) 321 Copper 278 810 288 1,169 Cork, wood, and lumber 343 492 380 495 Corn 1,225 5 1,312 6 Cotton, raw and linters 383 (-) 425 (-) Crude fertilizers and minerals 216 302 245 313 Crude oil 217 28,447 290 38,003 Electrical machinery 6,890 10,212 7,319 9,722 Fish and preparations 423 1,286 505 1,280 Footwear 56 1,738 63 1,932 Furniture and bedding 486 2,531 496 2,647 Gem diamonds 441 1,791 412 1,411 General industrial machines 4,532 5,409 4,846 5,645 Glass 284 228 318 230 Glassware 88 221 87 210 Gold, nonmonetary 1,639 547 934 442 Hides and skins 170 5 149 5 Iron and steel mill products 1,767 3,942 1,783 3,398 Jewelry 483 954 434 729 Lighting and plumbing 240 749 234 746 Liquefied propane and butane 57 486 56 546 Live animals 62 256 43 177 Meat and preparations 1,224 403 1,243 423 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 1,560 2,704 1,651 2,709 Metal ores and scrap 2,605 865 3,369 1,033 Metalworking machines 521 685 550 734 Mineral fuels, other 682 482 687 393 Natural gas 513 2,318 317 2,648 Nickel 128 238 126 225 Oils and fats of vegetable 200 365 229 509 Optical goods 219 441 237 382 Paper and paperboard 1,313 1,612 1,324 1,545 Petroleum preparations 3,130 7,791 6,434 8,304 Photographic equipment 306 204 323 214 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 820 1,387 856 1,370 Platinum 62 432 66 684 Pottery 9 156 10 147 Power generating machines 4,603 4,529 4,822 4,498 Printed materials 538 509 556 504 Pulp and waste paper 651 352 717 367 Records and magnetic media 438 621 429 583 Rice 182 30 187 47 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 170 268 167 275 Rubber tires and tubes 390 825 395 789 Scientific instruments 3,579 3,245 3,762 2,958 Ships and boats 216 431 216 103 Silver and bullion 80 262 116 353 Soybeans 519 8 650 13 Spacecraft (-) (-) (-) (-) Specialized industrial machine 3,973 2,654 4,450 2,838 Sugar 3 27 4 63 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,079 12,665 2,051 11,839 Textile yarn, fabric 1,023 1,853 1,054 1,923 Tobacco, unmanufactured 43 65 25 53 Toys, games, and sporting good 407 3,947 360 3,380 Travel goods 38 747 38 709 Vegetables and fruits 1,150 1,271 1,157 1,379 Vehicles 8,608 14,462 8,539 15,036 Watches, clocks, and parts 33 434 34 335 Wheat 1,110 60 1,330 70 Wood manufactures 191 714 197 777 Re-exports 11,071 (X) 11,064 (X) Agricultural commodities 219 (X) 218 (X) Manufactured goods 10,707 (X) 10,720 (X) Mineral fuels 51 (X) 29 (X) _________________ 2008 2007 Item (1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 995,239 1,639,235 840,649 1,445,241 Net Adjustments -6,653 10,221 -10,458 8,581 Total Census Basis (2) 1,001,893 1,629,015 851,106 1,436,661 Manufactured goods (3) 712,936 1,137,398 641,590 1,093,730 Agricultural commodities (3) 87,273 60,669 61,772 53,224 Mineral fuels (3) 60,389 398,745 28,926 260,001 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 22,105 74,537 22,066 75,240 Airplane parts 16,952 7,191 16,048 6,194 Airplanes 38,757 9,397 36,666 9,987 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 780 3,848 713 3,856 Aluminum 4,880 10,359 4,410 10,887 Animal feeds 5,922 952 3,880 723 Artwork and antiques 4,554 5,558 3,037 6,276 Basketware, etc. 5,705 9,059 5,274 8,017 Cereal flour 2,112 3,128 2,121 2,691 Chemicals - cosmetics 8,705 7,155 7,420 6,484 Chemicals - dyeing 4,838 2,423 4,341 2,357 Chemicals - fertilizers 5,881 6,163 2,377 3,558 Chemicals - inorganic 9,783 12,827 7,960 9,804 Chemicals - medicinal 27,529 45,343 24,979 40,027 Chemicals - n.e.s. 19,580 9,669 15,382 8,054 Chemicals - organic 27,497 36,209 25,227 31,832 Chemicals - plastics 32,064 14,603 27,637 13,695 Cigarettes 531 126 803 150 Clothing 2,415 59,666 2,480 61,537 Coal 5,765 3,016 3,046 1,768 Coffee 3 2,973 3 2,464 Copper 2,837 8,678 2,620 8,773 Cork, wood, and lumber 3,265 4,615 3,364 6,542 Corn 11,261 324 6,940 236 Cotton, raw and linters 3,904 12 3,711 12 Crude fertilizers and minerals 1,783 2,222 1,496 1,365 Crude oil 1,715 288,413 748 171,211 Electrical machinery 62,866 86,157 60,610 84,249 Fish and preparations 3,110 10,172 3,095 9,934 Footwear 491 15,057 419 15,042 Furniture and bedding 4,098 24,167 3,778 25,297 Gem diamonds 5,028 16,099 3,822 13,757 General industrial machines 41,678 51,533 36,105 48,262 Glass 2,721 2,064 2,493 2,183 Glassware 757 1,913 688 1,882 Gold, nonmonetary 15,351 5,031 10,321 3,418 Hides and skins 1,381 42 1,448 45 Iron and steel mill products 14,263 28,087 10,389 23,931 Jewelry 3,594 6,830 3,335 7,766 Lighting and plumbing 1,847 5,820 1,506 6,027 Liquefied propane and butane 806 3,945 642 2,874 Live animals 487 2,067 378 2,077 Meat and preparations 9,447 3,738 6,551 4,114 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 14,205 23,211 12,927 22,258 Metal ores and scrap 24,531 7,608 16,609 5,554 Metalworking machines 4,562 6,469 3,983 5,761 Mineral fuels, other 5,312 3,480 3,488 2,921 Natural gas 3,793 24,743 2,506 24,171 Nickel 1,179 2,894 1,016 3,879 Oils and fats of vegetable 2,188 3,601 1,082 2,139 Optical goods 2,242 3,913 2,438 3,489 Paper and paperboard 11,173 13,623 10,007 13,415 Petroleum preparations 41,834 72,223 17,792 54,778 Photographic equipment 2,749 1,921 2,735 2,077 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 7,304 12,023 7,093 11,533 Platinum 973 6,191 1,219 5,911 Pottery 86 1,147 82 1,280 Power generating machines 40,251 40,026 35,844 37,455 Printed materials 4,758 4,087 4,539 4,076 Pulp and waste paper 6,161 3,154 4,909 2,806 Records and magnetic media 3,927 5,061 3,693 5,329 Rice 1,620 436 990 284 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,463 2,459 1,484 2,419 Rubber tires and tubes 3,081 7,370 2,561 6,957 Scientific instruments 32,968 28,039 31,583 26,106 Ships and boats 2,541 1,473 2,460 1,580 Silver and bullion 748 2,370 565 1,775 Soybeans 10,151 136 5,524 73 Spacecraft 217 (-) 360 72 Specialized industrial machine 39,195 27,470 36,480 26,705 Sugar 33 440 27 496 TV's, VCR's, etc. 18,753 99,657 18,292 90,746 Textile yarn, fabric 9,219 16,738 8,975 17,087 Tobacco, unmanufactured 814 624 742 563 Toys, games, and sporting good 3,545 22,573 3,737 21,665 Travel goods 345 5,974 322 5,614 Vegetables and fruits 10,134 14,629 8,442 13,405 Vehicles 75,982 148,639 69,278 154,402 Watches, clocks, and parts 319 3,257 279 3,088 Wheat 9,455 887 5,436 383 Wood manufactures 1,796 6,647 1,569 7,996 Re-exports 98,020 (X) 85,590 (X) Agricultural commodities 2,232 (X) 1,857 (X) Manufactured goods 94,369 (X) 82,524 (X) Mineral fuels 543 (X) 320 (X) (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Total exports (Domestic and Foreign) (3) Domestic exports NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-166, BEA-08-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, September 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.