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) December November Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 88,963 138,610 (R) 96,486 (R) 148,121 Net Adjustments -870 333 (R) -924 (R) 721 Total Census Basis (2) 89,832 138,277 (R) 97,410 (R) 147,400 Manufactured goods (3) 64,633 106,186 69,415 112,547 Agricultural commodities (3) 8,181 6,609 9,321 6,465 Mineral fuels (3) 4,429 22,728 5,127 24,942 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 2,248 6,924 1,953 6,879 Airplane parts 1,836 701 1,887 519 Airplanes 4,422 1,187 1,743 986 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 74 508 92 491 Aluminum 399 844 417 949 Animal feeds 487 101 574 101 Artwork and antiques 230 349 323 684 Basketware, etc. 616 1,031 631 1,011 Cereal flour 231 335 258 380 Chemicals - cosmetics 867 820 913 788 Chemicals - dyeing 345 192 455 203 Chemicals - fertilizers 163 557 173 786 Chemicals - inorganic 857 1,134 1,074 1,315 Chemicals - medicinal 3,091 5,012 3,468 3,851 Chemicals - n.e.s. 1,642 1,010 1,930 945 Chemicals - organic 1,633 3,828 2,074 3,248 Chemicals - plastics 2,155 1,230 2,656 1,401 Cigarettes 55 17 63 15 Clothing 211 5,638 268 5,707 Coal 597 224 834 311 Coffee (-) 296 (-) 236 Copper 136 450 187 484 Cork, wood, and lumber 272 296 316 368 Corn 758 12 933 9 Cotton, raw and linters 262 1 330 (-) Crude fertilizers and minerals 153 187 189 264 Crude oil 123 16,355 214 18,001 Electrical machinery 5,376 7,792 6,366 8,511 Fish and preparations 218 1,249 294 1,213 Footwear 55 1,381 63 1,380 Furniture and bedding 375 2,253 448 2,372 Gem diamonds 232 996 308 1,100 General industrial machines 3,946 4,825 4,441 4,968 Glass 192 173 275 197 Glassware 62 195 76 190 Gold, nonmonetary 1,046 396 1,109 302 Hides and skins 90 3 151 4 Iron and steel mill products 1,108 2,996 1,367 3,556 Jewelry 349 714 423 919 Lighting and plumbing 168 565 221 618 Liquefied propane and butane 41 330 53 247 Live animals 101 211 75 235 Meat and preparations 871 483 1,011 421 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 1,271 2,127 1,496 2,277 Metal ores and scrap 1,233 439 1,444 623 Metalworking machines 435 712 514 645 Mineral fuels, other 504 171 471 257 Natural gas 288 1,807 345 1,787 Nickel 127 153 123 157 Oils and fats of vegetable 158 295 121 469 Optical goods 170 371 201 387 Paper and paperboard 1,015 1,325 1,115 1,491 Petroleum preparations 2,784 3,675 3,119 4,136 Photographic equipment 247 171 284 192 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 603 1,160 703 1,239 Platinum 64 179 79 425 Pottery 10 117 11 126 Power generating machines 4,529 3,790 4,517 3,807 Printed materials 481 377 505 415 Pulp and waste paper 490 238 489 262 Records and magnetic media 400 474 442 546 Rice 191 39 193 44 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 123 212 145 229 Rubber tires and tubes 242 725 325 781 Scientific instruments 3,527 3,025 3,489 2,850 Ships and boats 151 73 196 55 Silver and bullion 45 164 63 185 Soybeans 1,666 12 1,773 15 Spacecraft (-) 27 (-) 7 Specialized industrial machine 3,750 2,731 4,078 2,528 Sugar 2 65 4 54 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,081 9,236 1,866 11,029 Textile yarn, fabric 676 1,534 886 1,647 Tobacco, unmanufactured 158 79 165 56 Toys, games, and sporting good 347 2,467 385 3,219 Travel goods 34 581 38 635 Vegetables and fruits 1,136 1,648 1,360 1,428 Vehicles 6,106 12,609 7,665 13,937 Watches, clocks, and parts 31 303 31 358 Wheat 424 58 616 72 Wood manufactures 133 503 150 607 Re-exports 9,940 (X) 10,547 (X) Agricultural commodities 249 (X) 256 (X) Manufactured goods 9,596 (X) 10,174 (X) Mineral fuels 29 (X) 39 (X) _________________ 2008 2007 Item (1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 1,291,337 2,112,490 1,148,481 1,967,853 Net Adjustments -9,160 12,059 -13,999 10,892 Total Census Basis (2) 1,300,498 2,100,432 1,162,479 1,956,962 Manufactured goods (3) 925,827 1,490,849 868,297 1,479,971 Agricultural commodities (3) 115,408 80,645 89,921 72,067 Mineral fuels (3) 75,841 487,922 41,725 364,987 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 28,631 96,513 29,914 101,602 Airplane parts 22,659 9,030 21,666 8,434 Airplanes 46,935 12,471 51,854 13,286 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 1,049 5,474 984 5,521 Aluminum 6,228 13,401 5,806 13,947 Animal feeds 7,623 1,259 5,506 1,008 Artwork and antiques 5,412 7,500 4,335 8,740 Basketware, etc. 7,661 12,196 6,995 10,810 Cereal flour 2,869 4,268 2,839 3,774 Chemicals - cosmetics 11,521 9,564 10,120 8,872 Chemicals - dyeing 6,217 3,074 5,807 3,115 Chemicals - fertilizers 6,766 8,393 3,339 4,981 Chemicals - inorganic 12,848 16,832 10,807 13,349 Chemicals - medicinal 37,365 59,565 32,755 53,798 Chemicals - n.e.s. 25,266 12,706 20,730 10,851 Chemicals - organic 34,042 47,773 33,869 42,178 Chemicals - plastics 40,206 18,919 37,129 18,248 Cigarettes 705 180 1,012 212 Clothing 3,185 78,893 3,209 81,176 Coal 8,196 3,953 4,288 2,451 Coffee 3 3,805 4 3,237 Copper 3,440 10,350 3,489 11,532 Cork, wood, and lumber 4,228 5,707 4,412 8,282 Corn 13,954 350 10,095 257 Cotton, raw and linters 4,843 12 4,589 14 Crude fertilizers and minerals 2,378 2,970 2,009 1,854 Crude oil 2,296 353,603 1,015 245,771 Electrical machinery 81,984 112,674 81,452 113,613 Fish and preparations 4,013 13,996 4,044 13,519 Footwear 673 19,545 578 19,408 Furniture and bedding 5,429 31,369 5,123 33,853 Gem diamonds 5,943 19,745 5,305 18,937 General industrial machines 55,136 66,793 48,641 63,940 Glass 3,494 2,653 3,350 2,885 Glassware 988 2,519 929 2,544 Gold, nonmonetary 18,710 6,169 13,344 4,670 Hides and skins 1,802 53 1,922 57 Iron and steel mill products 18,494 38,907 14,018 30,890 Jewelry 4,833 9,617 4,538 11,193 Lighting and plumbing 2,512 7,766 2,090 8,111 Liquefied propane and butane 1,011 4,753 1,048 4,024 Live animals 825 2,755 720 3,096 Meat and preparations 12,591 5,045 9,131 5,355 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 18,709 30,381 17,315 29,929 Metal ores and scrap 29,525 9,307 22,999 7,549 Metalworking machines 6,069 8,537 5,351 7,723 Mineral fuels, other 7,049 4,455 4,708 3,717 Natural gas 4,652 30,409 3,130 31,938 Nickel 1,569 3,426 1,379 4,903 Oils and fats of vegetable 2,685 4,796 1,631 3,071 Optical goods 2,859 5,090 3,210 4,698 Paper and paperboard 14,660 18,079 13,480 17,913 Petroleum preparations 51,211 87,096 26,522 74,108 Photographic equipment 3,591 2,491 3,612 2,760 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 9,483 15,806 9,427 15,348 Platinum 1,162 7,116 1,615 7,716 Pottery 119 1,550 119 1,742 Power generating machines 54,252 52,327 49,933 50,191 Printed materials 6,328 5,386 6,190 5,548 Pulp and waste paper 7,794 4,004 6,906 3,734 Records and magnetic media 5,245 6,749 5,088 7,382 Rice 2,205 545 1,387 385 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,913 3,169 1,953 3,212 Rubber tires and tubes 4,051 9,704 3,517 9,380 Scientific instruments 43,685 37,280 42,315 35,604 Ships and boats 3,117 1,678 3,062 1,921 Silver and bullion 947 2,992 786 2,368 Soybeans 15,535 182 10,002 97 Spacecraft 217 34 665 79 Specialized industrial machine 51,729 35,580 48,357 35,761 Sugar 42 616 36 676 TV's, VCR's, etc. 24,907 133,223 24,735 129,796 Textile yarn, fabric 11,840 21,859 11,861 22,759 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,238 805 1,208 794 Toys, games, and sporting good 4,693 32,615 5,039 31,807 Travel goods 462 7,983 436 7,625 Vegetables and fruits 14,049 19,153 12,125 17,671 Vehicles 98,633 190,897 95,187 210,431 Watches, clocks, and parts 416 4,339 392 4,454 Wheat 11,299 1,080 8,328 501 Wood manufactures 2,270 8,443 2,125 10,390 Re-exports 130,314 (X) 117,177 (X) Agricultural commodities 2,998 (X) 2,527 (X) Manufactured goods 125,524 (X) 112,994 (X) Mineral fuels 692 (X) 465 (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-09-23, BEA-09-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, December 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.