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) October September Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 110,877 187,643 (R) 106,239 (R) 182,126 Net Adjustments -714 792 (R) -459 (R) 1,460 Total Census Basis (2) 111,590 186,851 (R) 106,699 (R) 180,666 Manufactured goods (3) 78,844 134,718 76,444 130,442 Agricultural commodities (3) 10,634 6,901 9,116 6,435 Mineral fuels (3) 5,897 41,507 5,629 40,277 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 2,325 8,173 2,374 8,371 Airplane parts 1,985 619 1,854 766 Airplanes 2,013 902 2,133 948 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 103 627 109 509 Aluminum 532 1,249 547 1,189 Animal feeds 639 105 606 115 Artwork and antiques 305 910 357 525 Basketware, etc. 708 1,096 641 953 Cereal flour 268 425 255 406 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,036 801 1,005 780 Chemicals - dyeing 580 255 550 257 Chemicals - fertilizers 549 888 1,112 943 Chemicals - inorganic 1,134 1,556 1,130 1,562 Chemicals - medicinal 3,277 5,360 3,188 5,014 Chemicals - n.e.s. 2,114 1,082 2,139 1,128 Chemicals - organic 2,837 4,489 2,492 3,722 Chemicals - plastics 3,331 1,684 3,313 1,681 Cigarettes 55 22 55 15 Clothing 290 7,883 265 7,969 Coal 1,000 402 946 350 Coffee (-) 300 (-) 323 Copper 280 738 278 810 Cork, wood, and lumber 376 427 343 492 Corn 1,001 6 1,225 5 Cotton, raw and linters 346 (-) 383 (-) Crude fertilizers and minerals 253 296 216 302 Crude oil 244 30,834 217 28,447 Electrical machinery 7,376 10,214 6,890 10,212 Fish and preparations 390 1,361 423 1,286 Footwear 64 1,726 56 1,738 Furniture and bedding 508 2,577 486 2,531 Gem diamonds 375 1,550 441 1,791 General industrial machines 5,071 5,467 4,532 5,409 Glass 307 219 284 228 Glassware 92 220 88 221 Gold, nonmonetary 1,205 439 1,639 547 Hides and skins 180 5 170 5 Iron and steel mill products 1,756 4,268 1,767 3,942 Jewelry 468 1,155 483 954 Lighting and plumbing 276 764 240 749 Liquefied propane and butane 110 231 57 486 Live animals 162 241 62 256 Meat and preparations 1,262 403 1,224 403 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 1,738 2,766 1,560 2,704 Metal ores and scrap 2,315 637 2,605 865 Metalworking machines 558 710 521 685 Mineral fuels, other 762 547 682 482 Natural gas 226 2,072 513 2,318 Nickel 139 221 128 238 Oils and fats of vegetable 218 431 200 365 Optical goods 246 419 219 441 Paper and paperboard 1,357 1,640 1,313 1,612 Petroleum preparations 3,473 7,061 3,130 7,791 Photographic equipment 312 206 306 204 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 873 1,385 820 1,387 Platinum 47 321 62 432 Pottery 13 160 9 156 Power generating machines 4,955 4,704 4,603 4,529 Printed materials 585 507 538 509 Pulp and waste paper 654 350 651 352 Records and magnetic media 476 668 438 621 Rice 201 26 182 30 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 183 269 170 268 Rubber tires and tubes 403 828 390 825 Scientific instruments 3,701 3,366 3,579 3,245 Ships and boats 229 76 216 431 Silver and bullion 91 273 80 262 Soybeans 1,945 19 519 8 Spacecraft (-) (-) (-) (-) Specialized industrial machine 4,707 2,851 3,973 2,654 Sugar 3 57 3 27 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,207 13,301 2,079 12,665 Textile yarn, fabric 1,059 1,940 1,023 1,853 Tobacco, unmanufactured 102 45 43 65 Toys, games, and sporting good 415 4,357 407 3,947 Travel goods 45 793 38 747 Vegetables and fruits 1,418 1,448 1,150 1,271 Vehicles 8,881 15,711 8,608 14,462 Watches, clocks, and parts 36 421 33 434 Wheat 804 64 1,110 60 Wood manufactures 192 685 191 714 Re-exports 11,807 (X) 11,071 (X) Agricultural commodities 261 (X) 219 (X) Manufactured goods 11,385 (X) 10,707 (X) Mineral fuels 81 (X) 51 (X) _________________ 2008 2007 Item (1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 1,105,893 1,826,564 946,168 1,628,161 Net Adjustments -7,368 11,012 -11,501 9,456 Total Census Basis (2) 1,113,260 1,815,552 957,669 1,618,705 Manufactured goods (3) 791,780 1,272,116 720,210 1,232,510 Agricultural commodities (3) 97,906 67,571 71,210 59,485 Mineral fuels (3) 66,285 440,252 32,311 293,429 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 24,430 82,710 24,616 84,253 Airplane parts 18,936 7,810 17,939 7,007 Airplanes 40,770 10,299 41,981 11,198 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 883 4,474 820 4,461 Aluminum 5,412 11,608 4,922 11,983 Animal feeds 6,561 1,057 4,416 820 Artwork and antiques 4,859 6,468 3,351 7,270 Basketware, etc. 6,413 10,155 5,862 8,961 Cereal flour 2,380 3,553 2,381 3,094 Chemicals - cosmetics 9,742 7,956 8,393 7,337 Chemicals - dyeing 5,417 2,678 4,862 2,631 Chemicals - fertilizers 6,430 7,050 2,665 4,011 Chemicals - inorganic 10,917 14,383 9,083 11,069 Chemicals - medicinal 30,806 50,702 27,728 45,008 Chemicals - n.e.s. 21,694 10,751 17,184 8,987 Chemicals - organic 30,334 40,697 28,143 35,699 Chemicals - plastics 35,395 16,287 31,029 15,270 Cigarettes 586 147 878 173 Clothing 2,705 67,549 2,744 69,316 Coal 6,765 3,417 3,427 1,974 Coffee 3 3,273 4 2,751 Copper 3,117 9,416 2,995 9,826 Cork, wood, and lumber 3,641 5,043 3,745 7,184 Corn 12,262 329 7,931 241 Cotton, raw and linters 4,250 12 3,956 13 Crude fertilizers and minerals 2,036 2,518 1,663 1,530 Crude oil 1,959 319,247 811 194,945 Electrical machinery 70,243 96,371 67,818 94,804 Fish and preparations 3,501 11,533 3,475 11,161 Footwear 555 16,783 476 16,609 Furniture and bedding 4,606 26,744 4,272 28,182 Gem diamonds 5,402 17,649 4,287 15,764 General industrial machines 46,749 57,000 40,476 53,782 Glass 3,027 2,284 2,810 2,435 Glassware 849 2,133 777 2,122 Gold, nonmonetary 16,556 5,470 11,408 3,856 Hides and skins 1,561 47 1,625 49 Iron and steel mill products 16,019 32,355 11,675 26,494 Jewelry 4,061 7,985 3,746 9,072 Lighting and plumbing 2,123 6,584 1,720 6,826 Liquefied propane and butane 917 4,176 679 3,212 Live animals 649 2,308 506 2,439 Meat and preparations 10,709 4,141 7,464 4,556 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 15,942 25,977 14,512 25,023 Metal ores and scrap 26,847 8,245 18,930 6,193 Metalworking machines 5,121 7,180 4,442 6,419 Mineral fuels, other 6,074 4,027 3,920 3,215 Natural gas 4,019 26,815 2,634 26,466 Nickel 1,318 3,115 1,146 4,217 Oils and fats of vegetable 2,406 4,032 1,210 2,397 Optical goods 2,488 4,332 2,705 3,909 Paper and paperboard 12,531 15,263 11,267 15,039 Petroleum preparations 45,308 79,285 20,050 61,140 Photographic equipment 3,060 2,127 3,050 2,320 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 8,177 13,407 7,947 12,874 Platinum 1,020 6,512 1,339 6,502 Pottery 99 1,307 95 1,456 Power generating machines 45,206 44,731 40,716 42,128 Printed materials 5,343 4,593 5,127 4,625 Pulp and waste paper 6,815 3,504 5,549 3,119 Records and magnetic media 4,403 5,729 4,168 6,092 Rice 1,821 462 1,112 309 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,646 2,728 1,657 2,704 Rubber tires and tubes 3,484 8,198 2,933 7,757 Scientific instruments 36,669 31,405 35,172 29,443 Ships and boats 2,770 1,549 2,635 1,734 Silver and bullion 839 2,643 629 1,995 Soybeans 12,096 155 6,904 79 Spacecraft 217 (-) 478 72 Specialized industrial machine 43,901 30,321 40,599 29,787 Sugar 36 497 31 565 TV's, VCR's, etc. 20,961 112,958 20,475 104,572 Textile yarn, fabric 10,278 18,678 10,045 19,129 Tobacco, unmanufactured 916 670 847 602 Toys, games, and sporting good 3,961 26,929 4,203 25,861 Travel goods 390 6,767 367 6,365 Vegetables and fruits 11,553 16,077 9,722 14,681 Vehicles 84,862 164,350 78,442 174,403 Watches, clocks, and parts 355 3,678 314 3,589 Wheat 10,258 951 6,594 419 Wood manufactures 1,988 7,333 1,766 8,881 Re-exports 109,827 (X) 96,379 (X) Agricultural commodities 2,493 (X) 2,066 (X) Manufactured goods 105,754 (X) 92,942 (X) Mineral fuels 624 (X) 377 (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-08-178, BEA-08-53), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.