49 Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 14. Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodity Groupings: 2008 In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (X) Not applicable. (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown. Item (1) September October November December Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payments Basis 105,462 181,711 110,309 186,740 96,107 148,282 87,626 138,180 Net Adjustments -610 1,522 -929 858 -978 767 -860 417 Total Census Basis (2) 106,072 180,189 111,239 185,882 97,085 147,515 88,486 137,763 Manufactured goods (3) 76,049 130,296 78,471 134,159 69,066 112,827 63,242 105,707 Agricultural commodities (3) 9,051 6,424 10,629 6,897 9,322 6,473 8,168 6,628 Mineral fuels (3) 5,217 39,701 5,876 41,064 5,084 25,019 4,394 22,697 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 2,363 8,370 2,328 8,166 1,950 6,884 2,247 6,930 Airplanes, engines, and parts 5,607 2,043 5,751 1,778 5,331 1,811 6,877 2,178 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 109 500 103 629 92 496 74 500 Aluminum 547 1,189 533 1,249 417 949 379 874 Animal feeds 607 115 639 106 570 100 487 101 Artwork and antiques 357 526 306 915 323 678 230 348 Basketware, etc. 641 953 708 1,102 631 1,006 618 1,030 Cereal flour 255 406 268 425 258 379 231 335 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,006 781 1,037 802 913 787 868 830 Chemicals - dyeing 552 257 582 255 455 203 345 192 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,027 950 549 886 173 817 164 520 Chemicals - inorganic 1,133 1,560 1,130 1,558 1,072 1,335 859 1,111 Chemicals - medicinal 3,206 4,972 3,278 5,121 3,446 4,011 3,075 4,731 Chemicals - n.e.s. 2,160 1,120 2,102 1,083 1,929 945 1,642 1,011 Chemicals - organic 2,529 3,781 2,853 4,284 2,071 3,321 1,633 3,735 Chemicals - plastics 3,312 1,679 3,340 1,678 2,657 1,401 2,156 1,230 Cigarettes 55 15 56 20 63 15 55 18 Clothing 264 7,972 291 7,879 268 5,709 212 5,626 Coal 889 360 946 400 833 320 595 212 Coffee (-) 322 (-) 300 (-) 236 (-) 296 Copper 278 810 280 741 186 485 136 454 Cork, wood, and lumber 351 491 370 427 316 370 272 294 Corn 1,184 5 987 6 933 9 758 12 Cotton, raw and linters 378 (-) 347 (-) 330 (-) 250 1 Crude fertilizers and minerals 217 302 255 296 184 265 153 187 Crude oil 184 28,143 244 30,388 214 18,017 123 16,348 Electrical machinery (4) 6,911 10,165 7,381 10,212 6,324 8,508 5,369 7,792 Fish and preparations 423 1,286 391 1,362 294 1,213 218 1,248 Footwear 56 1,735 64 1,726 63 1,385 55 1,379 Furniture and bedding (4) 464 2,530 479 2,579 424 2,372 351 2,251 Gem diamonds 441 1,790 375 1,538 308 1,125 232 960 General industrial machines 4,534 5,374 5,076 5,478 4,441 4,965 3,949 4,952 Glass (4) 270 228 291 220 264 197 183 173 Glassware 89 220 92 221 76 189 62 195 Gold, nonmonetary 1,639 509 1,205 437 1,109 309 1,051 389 Hides and skins 170 5 180 5 151 4 90 3 Iron and steel mill products 1,771 3,948 1,759 4,247 1,367 3,548 1,103 2,985 Jewelry 483 963 468 1,144 424 925 348 707 Lighting and plumbing 241 749 276 765 221 617 168 563 Liquefied propane and butane 57 486 110 231 54 247 40 330 Live animals 61 256 162 242 75 235 101 211 50 Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 14. Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodity Groupings - continued 2008 Item (1) September October November December Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Exports Imports Meat and preparations 1,231 403 1,252 403 1,011 421 870 483 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 1,562 2,706 1,742 2,760 1,498 2,279 1,272 2,128 Metal ores and scrap 2,485 811 2,331 660 1,428 608 1,235 440 Metalworking machines 520 684 558 713 514 643 435 712 Mineral fuels, other 665 468 755 547 472 250 504 171 Natural gas 324 2,335 238 2,215 299 1,883 288 1,807 Nickel 128 237 139 221 123 158 127 156 Oils and fats of vegetable 200 364 218 424 121 469 158 295 Optical goods 220 441 244 420 201 387 170 370 Paper and paperboard 1,313 1,611 1,359 1,641 1,114 1,490 1,016 1,323 Petroleum preparations 3,010 7,671 3,488 7,104 3,118 4,147 2,772 3,645 Photographic equipment 307 202 311 208 284 191 247 171 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 821 1,385 878 1,387 707 1,240 603 1,157 Platinum 62 432 47 321 79 425 64 179 Pottery 9 156 13 160 11 127 10 117 Power generating machines (4) 2,895 4,186 3,097 4,449 2,788 3,466 2,817 3,471 Printed materials 540 508 588 507 505 419 484 373 Pulp and waste paper 652 351 654 358 490 254 488 237 Records and magnetic media 439 615 477 667 442 548 401 474 Rice 182 29 201 26 193 44 191 38 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 170 267 184 269 145 229 123 213 Rubber tires and tubes (4) 382 826 396 823 316 782 237 726 Scientific instruments (4) 3,498 3,234 3,616 3,376 3,403 2,846 3,448 3,017 Ships and boats 217 430 228 76 196 55 153 73 Silver and bullion 80 249 91 298 63 173 45 158 Soybeans 494 8 1,957 19 1,770 15 1,668 12 Spacecraft (4) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 7 (-) 27 Specialized industrial machine 3,983 2,656 4,709 2,850 4,073 2,541 3,766 2,730 Sugar 3 27 3 57 4 53 2 72 TV's, VCR's, etc. (4) 2,036 12,639 2,162 13,291 1,828 11,031 2,022 9,243 Textile yarn, fabric 1,023 1,848 1,060 1,944 887 1,647 676 1,531 Tobacco, unmanufactured 43 65 102 46 165 57 158 84 Toys, games, and sporting good 408 3,948 412 4,355 384 3,217 347 2,467 Travel goods 38 746 45 796 38 638 34 579 Vegetables and fruits 1,150 1,269 1,418 1,449 1,360 1,428 1,135 1,651 Vehicles 8,635 14,318 8,893 15,723 7,773 13,995 6,114 12,526 Watches, clocks, and parts 33 433 37 427 31 357 31 300 Wheat 1,106 60 809 64 628 72 413 58 Wood manufactures 191 706 192 688 149 614 133 496 Re-exports 11,208 (-) 11,841 (-) 10,548 (-) 10,031 (-) Agricultural commodities 219 (-) 261 (-) 256 (-) 239 (-) Manufactured goods 10,844 (-) 11,420 (-) 10,176 (-) 9,696 (-) Mineral fuels 50 (-) 79 (-) 39 (-) 29 (-) (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Total exports, including re-exports (exports of foreign merchandise) (3) Domestic exports (4) Due to non-disclosure requirements, certain 10-digit Schedule B commodity classifications are subject to suppression and require a change in aggregation. For additional information see www.census.gov/ft900. NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of the FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.