Part A: Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustments and rounding. The commodities in this Exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) Item(1) September August Monthly 2008 2008 (R) Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 108,078 117,886 -9,808 Net Adjustments -459 -1,073 614 Total, Census Basis 108,537 118,958 -10,422 Foods, feeds, and beverages 9,101 10,172 -1,071 Soybeans 1,019 1,512 -493 Wheat 964 1,214 -250 Corn 1,365 1,466 -101 Oilseeds, food oils 198 275 -77 Fruits, frozen juices 586 644 -58 Dairy products and eggs 254 301 -47 Nuts 346 368 -22 Vegetables 446 467 -21 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 495 513 -18 Meat, poultry, etc. 1,309 1,324 -15 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 95 107 -12 Fish and shellfish 357 369 -11 Rice 202 208 -6 Bakery products 345 350 -5 Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine 112 112 -1 Wine, beer, and related products 120 107 13 Other foods 733 717 17 Sorghum, barley, oats 156 121 35 Industrial supplies and materials 33,307 37,382 -4,074 Fuel oil 2,310 5,012 -2,702 Chemicals-organic 2,462 3,457 -995 Petroleum products, other 2,164 2,787 -623 Plastic materials 2,518 2,963 -445 Steelmaking materials 1,281 1,668 -387 Precious metals, other 721 940 -219 Copper 545 692 -147 Chemicals-inorganic 681 825 -144 Aluminum and alumina 761 865 -103 Synthetic rubber-primary 287 341 -54 Iron and steel products, other 613 665 -52 Chemicals-other 2,001 2,050 -49 Electric energy 80 119 -38 Crude oil 117 155 -38 Finished metal shapes 1,434 1,469 -36 Natural gas liquids 267 292 -24 Pulpwood and woodpulp 681 705 -24 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 120 142 -22 Nonmetallic minerals 64 85 -21 Newsprint 1,101 1,118 -18 Agriculture-manufactured, other 177 194 -17 Mineral supplies-manufactured 432 444 -11 Finished textile supplies 196 205 -8 Cotton fiber cloth 238 244 -6 Shingles, molding, wallboard 350 356 -6 Wood supplies, manufactured 120 125 -5 Tapes, audio and visual 42 45 -2 Nontextile floor tiles 41 43 -2 Industrial rubber products 293 295 -1 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 356 357 -1 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 196 196 (-) Logs and lumber 375 375 (-) Other industrial supplies 1,814 1,812 2 Hair, waste materials 59 56 3 Leather and furs 72 69 4 Manmade cloth 523 514 9 Nuclear fuel materials 204 186 18 Iron and steel mill products 1,160 1,134 27 Tobacco, unmanufactured 74 43 31 Hides and skins 192 148 45 Coal and fuels, other 266 198 68 Nonferrous metals, other 687 533 153 Gas-natural 513 335 177 Metallurgical grade coal 710 529 182 Cotton, raw 790 484 306 Chemicals-fertilizers 1,576 1,172 404 Nonmonetary gold 1,642 941 702 Capital goods, except automotive 38,110 42,323 -4,214 Civilian aircraft 2,176 5,509 -3,333 Drilling & oilfield equipment 1,007 1,575 -568 Computer accessories 2,366 2,572 -205 Computers 1,150 1,311 -161 Engines-civilian aircraft 1,943 2,067 -124 Electric apparatus 2,491 2,605 -114 Industrial machines, other 3,068 3,167 -99 Generators, accessories 956 1,048 -92 Measuring, testing, control instruments 1,713 1,795 -82 Metalworking machine tools 631 677 -46 Industrial engines 1,876 1,913 -37 Medicinal equipment 2,280 2,314 -34 Food, tobacco machinery 258 271 -12 Semiconductors 4,448 4,459 -11 Pulp and paper machinery 244 248 -4 Marine engines, parts 123 122 1 Spacecraft, excluding military 2 1 1 Commercial vessels, other 20 19 1 Excavating machinery 1,347 1,341 5 Photo, service industry machinery 884 877 7 Textile, sewing machines 118 109 9 Specialized mining 119 107 13 Laboratory testing instruments 789 775 14 Nonfarm tractors and parts 303 289 15 Vessels, excluding scrap 21 (-) 21 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,712 1,668 44 Materials handling equipment 1,321 1,277 45 Wood, glass, plastic 414 352 63 Business machines and equipment 428 349 79 Agricultural machinery, equipment 760 667 93 Railway transportation equipment 378 257 121 Telecommunications equipment 2,761 2,582 179 Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines 10,335 10,475 -140 Consumer goods 13,481 13,999 -518 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 627 833 -205 Toys, games, and sporting goods 879 971 -93 Other household goods 1,453 1,530 -77 Records, tapes, and disks 377 451 -74 Household appliances 597 656 -60 Toiletries and cosmetics 742 778 -36 Books, printed matter 457 483 -26 Pharmaceutical preparations 3,468 3,490 -23 Apparel, household goods - textile 408 430 -21 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 182 196 -14 Rugs 92 103 -11 Cookware, cutlery, tools 93 95 -2 Furniture, household goods, etc. 354 356 -2 Glassware, chinaware 48 49 -1 Nursery stock, etc. 36 33 3 Sports apparel and gear 52 47 5 TV's, VCR's, etc. 304 298 7 Musical instruments 192 185 7 Tobacco, manufactured 72 64 8 Stereo equipment, etc. 201 193 9 Gem diamonds 1,267 1,256 11 Pleasure boats and motors 290 275 15 Numismatic coins 30 14 16 Jewelry, etc 648 627 20 Writing and art supplies 612 586 27 Other goods 4,203 4,607 -404 _________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 2008 2007 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 1,001,923 845,300 156,622 Net Adjustments -6,653 -10,458 3,804 Total, Census Basis 1,008,576 855,758 152,818 Foods, feeds, and beverages 86,907 60,611 26,296 Soybeans 14,037 7,619 6,418 Wheat 9,647 5,567 4,080 Corn 12,195 8,058 4,137 Oilseeds, food oils 2,644 1,401 1,242 Fruits, frozen juices 5,389 4,550 839 Dairy products and eggs 2,670 1,612 1,058 Nuts 3,075 2,562 513 Vegetables 3,805 3,164 641 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 4,710 3,277 1,433 Meat, poultry, etc. 10,270 7,187 3,083 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 948 844 105 Fish and shellfish 3,290 3,254 36 Rice 1,747 1,074 673 Bakery products 2,985 2,552 433 Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine 984 869 115 Wine, beer, and related products 983 897 86 Other foods 6,259 5,409 849 Sorghum, barley, oats 1,268 716 553 Industrial supplies and materials 305,626 232,083 73,543 Fuel oil 28,719 10,201 18,518 Chemicals-organic 26,489 23,348 3,141 Petroleum products, other 22,272 13,891 8,381 Plastic materials 25,086 21,412 3,674 Steelmaking materials 11,568 7,210 4,359 Precious metals, other 8,928 6,068 2,860 Copper 5,022 4,002 1,020 Chemicals-inorganic 6,465 5,281 1,185 Aluminum and alumina 6,912 5,853 1,059 Synthetic rubber-primary 2,951 2,653 298 Iron and steel products, other 5,412 4,267 1,144 Chemicals-other 17,703 15,189 2,514 Electric energy 1,135 688 446 Crude oil 722 596 126 Finished metal shapes 12,834 11,368 1,466 Natural gas liquids 2,639 1,365 1,275 Pulpwood and woodpulp 6,328 5,070 1,258 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 1,251 1,080 171 Nonmetallic minerals 602 427 175 Newsprint 9,486 8,586 900 Agriculture-manufactured, other 1,646 1,419 227 Mineral supplies-manufactured 3,828 3,653 176 Finished textile supplies 1,837 1,874 -36 Cotton fiber cloth 2,145 2,145 (-) Shingles, molding, wallboard 2,936 2,521 415 Wood supplies, manufactured 1,097 929 168 Tapes, audio and visual 400 458 -57 Nontextile floor tiles 374 340 34 Industrial rubber products 2,554 2,435 119 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 2,501 1,521 980 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 1,948 1,563 385 Logs and lumber 3,405 3,575 -170 Other industrial supplies 15,493 14,867 625 Hair, waste materials 479 447 32 Leather and furs 767 850 -83 Manmade cloth 4,663 4,340 323 Nuclear fuel materials 1,769 1,765 4 Iron and steel mill products 9,002 6,518 2,485 Tobacco, unmanufactured 925 869 56 Hides and skins 1,591 1,644 -53 Coal and fuels, other 1,991 1,135 855 Nonferrous metals, other 5,946 5,713 233 Gas-natural 3,815 2,529 1,286 Metallurgical grade coal 4,228 2,178 2,050 Cotton, raw 3,838 3,433 405 Chemicals-fertilizers 8,581 4,498 4,083 Nonmonetary gold 15,343 10,308 5,035 Capital goods, except automotive 358,620 330,223 28,397 Civilian aircraft 36,643 34,932 1,711 Drilling & oilfield equipment 10,651 9,512 1,139 Computer accessories 22,944 24,379 -1,435 Computers 11,278 10,036 1,242 Engines-civilian aircraft 16,523 14,287 2,236 Electric apparatus 23,172 23,229 -58 Industrial machines, other 28,893 28,472 421 Generators, accessories 9,016 7,650 1,366 Measuring, testing, control instruments 16,186 16,342 -157 Metalworking machine tools 5,645 5,061 584 Industrial engines 16,012 13,399 2,614 Medicinal equipment 20,066 17,584 2,482 Food, tobacco machinery 2,274 1,962 312 Semiconductors 39,250 37,152 2,098 Pulp and paper machinery 2,244 2,023 221 Marine engines, parts 1,052 986 66 Spacecraft, excluding military 21 23 -2 Commercial vessels, other 283 212 70 Excavating machinery 11,331 9,383 1,949 Photo, service industry machinery 7,437 6,835 602 Textile, sewing machines 1,011 1,050 -39 Specialized mining 1,020 745 275 Laboratory testing instruments 6,766 6,009 757 Nonfarm tractors and parts 2,466 2,203 263 Vessels, excluding scrap 77 90 -14 Parts-civilian aircraft 15,401 14,016 1,384 Materials handling equipment 11,094 8,764 2,330 Wood, glass, plastic 3,197 2,655 542 Business machines and equipment 3,320 2,115 1,205 Agricultural machinery, equipment 6,168 4,556 1,612 Railway transportation equipment 2,544 2,105 439 Telecommunications equipment 24,635 22,455 2,179 Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines 94,611 89,606 5,006 Consumer goods 122,578 108,473 14,105 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 6,787 5,508 1,279 Toys, games, and sporting goods 9,017 7,697 1,319 Other household goods 12,882 11,582 1,299 Records, tapes, and disks 4,133 3,727 406 Household appliances 5,537 5,162 376 Toiletries and cosmetics 6,543 5,557 986 Books, printed matter 4,374 4,149 224 Pharmaceutical preparations 29,487 26,694 2,793 Apparel, household goods - textile 3,651 3,588 63 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 1,649 1,458 191 Rugs 840 765 75 Cookware, cutlery, tools 801 742 59 Furniture, household goods, etc. 3,079 2,628 451 Glassware, chinaware 400 361 39 Nursery stock, etc. 329 317 12 Sports apparel and gear 456 419 36 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,871 2,832 39 Musical instruments 1,677 1,509 168 Tobacco, manufactured 653 909 -255 Stereo equipment, etc. 1,801 1,830 -29 Gem diamonds 12,129 8,777 3,352 Pleasure boats and motors 2,706 2,380 325 Numismatic coins 254 164 90 Jewelry, etc 5,396 5,167 229 Writing and art supplies 5,124 4,549 575 Other goods 40,234 34,762 5,472 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. 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.