PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY In millions of dollars. Details 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. 2012 Item (1) September August Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 129,732 188,316 (R)130,081 (R)196,667 Net Adjustments 1,394 2,063 (R) 1,450 (R) 2,011 Total Census Basis (2) 128,338 186,253 (R)128,632 (R)194,656 Manufactured goods (3) 85,294 141,474 86,103 147,088 Agricultural commodities (3) 11,073 7,798 10,788 8,618 Mineral fuels (3) 11,263 33,497 10,748 35,594 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 1,942 8,691 1,829 9,544 Airplanes, engines, and parts (4) 8,398 2,693 8,173 2,013 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 147 577 138 523 Aluminum 537 813 591 884 Animal feeds 966 210 919 233 Artwork and antiques 261 692 172 680 Basketware, etc. 731 1,220 763 1,218 Cereal flour 332 490 339 471 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,205 956 1,247 1,017 Chemicals - dyeing 657 292 678 338 Chemicals - fertilizers 340 933 313 651 Chemicals - inorganic 1,090 1,411 1,101 1,352 Chemicals - medicinal 3,425 5,452 3,494 5,947 Chemicals - n.e.s. 2,425 1,099 2,467 1,121 Chemicals - organic 3,433 4,010 3,581 4,908 Chemicals - plastics 3,741 1,770 3,989 1,877 Cigarettes 31 15 32 17 Clothing 296 8,005 312 8,443 Coal 1,079 120 1,235 84 Coffee (-) 424 1 489 Copper 263 660 320 697 Cork, wood, and lumber 444 452 460 493 Corn 826 17 671 38 Cotton, raw and linters 324 (-) 325 (-) Crude fertilizers and minerals 223 247 220 212 Crude oil 167 24,517 179 26,177 Electrical machinery (4) 6,565 12,369 6,701 12,641 Fish and preparations 566 1,315 645 1,420 Footwear 76 2,102 70 2,334 Furniture and bedding (4) 498 2,781 525 2,967 Gem diamonds 274 1,507 260 1,323 General industrial machines 5,293 6,159 5,598 7,018 Glass (4) 306 220 319 245 Glassware 88 222 95 247 Gold, nonmonetary 3,137 1,578 2,398 1,666 Hides and skins 183 4 202 4 Iron and steel mill products 1,475 2,803 1,647 3,003 Jewelry 512 927 404 913 Lighting and plumbing 264 911 274 945 Liquefied propane and butane 212 114 239 115 Live animals 68 161 81 141 Meat and preparations 1,434 436 1,484 528 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 1,786 2,676 1,969 2,915 Metal ores and scrap 2,381 674 2,503 703 Metalworking machines 544 751 547 908 Mineral fuels, other 756 244 569 336 Natural gas 382 669 394 696 Nickel 121 224 124 248 Oils and fats of vegetable 159 443 230 460 Optical goods 296 483 292 504 Paper and paperboard 1,342 1,377 1,361 1,380 Petroleum preparations 8,637 7,687 8,103 8,012 Photographic equipment 256 181 264 198 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 892 1,562 970 1,639 Platinum 78 409 72 284 Pottery 9 153 8 146 Power generating machines (4) 3,462 4,452 3,427 5,086 Printed materials 491 424 550 436 Pulp and waste paper 735 241 716 304 Records and magnetic media 461 522 345 532 Rice 123 63 119 53 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 209 319 233 349 Rubber tires and tubes (4) 483 1,170 496 1,189 Scientific instruments (4) 4,439 3,751 4,237 3,927 Ships and boats 379 93 302 183 Silver and bullion 184 581 215 407 Soybeans 1,660 27 1,267 22 Spacecraft (4) 1 54 (-) (-) Specialized industrial machine 4,017 3,524 4,395 3,837 Sugar 4 137 3 105 TV's, VCR's, etc. (4) 1,807 13,400 1,922 11,789 Textile yarn, fabric 1,057 2,028 1,094 2,184 Tobacco, unmanufactured 31 105 28 115 Toys, games, and sporting good 396 3,385 390 2,947 Travel goods 47 873 47 854 Vegetables and fruits 1,517 1,572 1,542 1,770 Vehicles 9,408 18,514 9,930 20,792 Watches, clocks, and parts 36 411 33 417 Wheat 895 76 887 93 Wood manufactures 172 662 192 724 Re-exports 15,875 (X) 15,827 (X) Agricultural commodities 246 (X) 287 (X) Manufactured goods 15,414 (X) 15,375 (X) Mineral fuels 68 (X) 16 (X) _________________ 2012 2011 Item (1) Year-to-Date Year-to-Date Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 1,164,756 1,723,609 1,110,169 1,662,250 Net Adjustments 12,463 18,287 13,531 20,943 Total Census Basis (2) 1,152,293 1,705,322 1,096,638 1,641,307 Manufactured goods (3) 765,714 1,268,104 721,399 1,191,614 Agricultural commodities (3) 99,348 78,128 99,942 73,551 Mineral fuels (3) 100,196 327,034 93,401 344,110 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment and office machi 16,639 87,188 16,277 85,353 Airplanes, engines, and parts(4) 69,087 20,557 59,300 17,799 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 1,036 4,597 921 4,392 Aluminum 5,039 8,706 4,916 9,057 Animal feeds 7,371 1,803 7,040 1,401 Artwork and antiques 2,483 5,415 2,152 4,781 Basketware, etc. 6,918 11,062 6,579 10,655 Cereal flour 2,809 3,881 2,494 3,653 Chemicals - cosmetics 10,636 8,442 9,881 7,890 Chemicals - dyeing 6,171 2,911 6,586 2,630 Chemicals - fertilizers 3,559 6,496 3,874 6,956 Chemicals - inorganic 9,491 11,420 10,017 12,429 Chemicals - medicinal 31,872 51,043 30,028 51,898 Chemicals - n.e.s. 22,081 10,683 20,635 9,887 Chemicals - organic 32,163 40,311 32,031 41,119 Chemicals - plastics 34,583 16,595 35,209 15,767 Cigarettes 241 136 295 136 Clothing 2,587 64,198 2,510 65,205 Coal 12,095 1,179 12,059 1,662 Coffee 6 4,684 3 5,008 Copper 3,352 6,572 2,851 8,140 Cork, wood, and lumber 4,097 3,826 4,244 3,362 Corn 8,139 537 10,524 342 Cotton, raw and linters 5,300 8 7,197 10 Crude fertilizers and minerals 1,961 2,119 1,947 2,104 Crude oil 1,380 244,513 984 253,609 Electrical machinery (4) 58,106 107,966 58,118 101,797 Fish and preparations 3,876 12,318 3,945 11,962 Footwear 611 18,261 611 17,520 Furniture and bedding (4) 4,273 26,739 3,864 24,216 Gem diamonds 2,318 15,353 2,364 17,273 General industrial machines 48,478 62,742 44,537 55,615 Glass (4) 2,700 2,068 2,763 2,023 Glassware 785 2,026 774 1,928 Gold, nonmonetary 27,094 12,880 24,780 12,151 Hides and skins 1,665 40 1,722 43 Iron and steel mill products 14,477 28,648 13,760 25,012 Jewelry 3,892 7,536 3,803 8,129 Lighting and plumbing 2,213 6,901 2,084 5,940 Liquefied propane and butane 2,513 1,592 2,781 1,839 Live animals 693 1,842 647 1,613 Meat and preparations 12,925 4,793 12,085 4,382 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 16,555 25,476 15,054 21,963 Metal ores and scrap 21,401 6,971 25,056 7,104 Metalworking machines 4,698 7,597 4,712 5,923 Mineral fuels, other 6,609 3,209 7,585 3,605 Natural gas 3,383 6,548 5,114 10,677 Nickel 1,218 2,321 1,133 2,948 Oils and fats of vegetable 1,732 4,187 2,047 4,539 Optical goods 2,568 4,561 2,424 4,397 Paper and paperboard 12,064 11,652 12,189 11,931 Petroleum preparations 73,993 68,645 64,541 71,128 Photographic equipment 2,284 1,651 2,489 1,635 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 8,413 14,295 7,853 13,095 Platinum 706 3,334 832 4,275 Pottery 77 1,111 69 1,114 Power generating machines (4) 29,578 43,853 26,767 38,370 Printed materials 4,343 3,413 4,345 3,342 Pulp and waste paper 6,712 2,530 7,350 3,105 Records and magnetic media 3,198 4,263 3,025 4,061 Rice 1,455 480 1,578 452 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,978 3,122 1,741 2,794 Rubber tires and tubes (4) 4,207 11,109 3,828 9,945 Scientific instruments (4) 37,770 34,028 35,778 32,252 Ships and boats 2,648 1,087 1,924 886 Silver and bullion 1,965 4,975 2,498 6,672 Soybeans 12,917 257 10,670 175 Spacecraft (4) 1 87 1 51 Specialized industrial machine 41,479 34,159 38,503 30,707 Sugar 46 1,085 55 1,263 TV's, VCR's, etc. (4) 17,204 101,502 17,203 99,206 Textile yarn, fabric 9,583 18,709 9,845 18,158 Tobacco, unmanufactured 690 743 788 548 Toys, games, and sporting good 3,223 19,220 3,177 19,866 Travel goods 393 7,371 376 6,747 Vegetables and fruits 13,794 18,523 12,467 17,774 Vehicles 87,228 173,300 78,264 143,266 Watches, clocks, and parts 285 3,506 344 3,451 Wheat 6,569 589 9,363 398 Wood manufactures 1,598 5,767 1,588 5,144 Re-exports 144,280 (X) 134,888 (X) Agricultural commodities 3,018 (X) 3,010 (X) Manufactured goods 139,139 (X) 129,418 (X) Mineral fuels 907 (X) 1,129 (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, 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 this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-12-211, BEA-12-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, September 2012. For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.