PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 1996 AND 1995 DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) 1996 DATA April March Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 52,156 66,065 (R) 53,811 (R) 64,420 Net Adjustments -875 1,618 (R) -904 (R) 1,215 Total Census Basis 53,031 64,447 (R) 54,715 (R) 63,205 Manufactured Goods 44,756 53,377 45,487 53,371 Agricultural commodities 5,016 2,961 5,380 2,796 Re-exports 3,227 (X) 3,620 (X) ADP equipment; office machin 3,167 5,283 3,988 5,550 Airplane parts 943 272 963 280 Airplanes 1,524 235 1,116 342 Alcoholic bev., distilled 26 151 30 163 Aluminum 324 463 283 413 Animal feeds 344 55 374 49 Artwork/antiques 53 259 70 221 Basketware, etc. 185 224 210 215 Cereal flour 134 97 155 98 Chemicals - cosmetics 365 195 336 197 Chemicals - dyeing 223 178 234 185 Chemicals - fertilizers 231 162 277 154 Chemicals - inorganic 396 454 333 423 Chemicals - medicinal 620 568 616 549 Chemicals - n.e.s. 810 405 835 386 Chemicals - organic 1,322 1,371 1,328 1,345 Chemicals - plastics 1,437 603 1,284 617 Cigarettes 356 6 399 5 Clothing 624 2,692 606 2,759 Coal 316 49 303 60 Coffee (-) 206 (-) 246 Copper 140 266 138 251 Cork, wood, lumber 428 558 484 595 Corn 859 23 874 29 Cotton, raw and linters 234 9 306 8 Crude fertilizers 130 95 109 88 Crude oil 12 4,322 12 3,293 Electrical machinery 4,686 6,285 4,971 6,717 Fish and preparations 221 468 308 485 Footwear 63 885 63 927 Furniture and bedding 278 768 282 729 Gem diamonds 8 403 10 569 General industrial mach 2,364 2,276 2,225 2,231 Glass 154 136 149 130 Glassware 64 106 57 110 Gold, nonmonetary 1,283 217 937 227 Hides and skins 145 11 109 10 Iron and steel mill prod 249 892 283 788 Jewelry 68 328 57 322 Lighting, plumbing 117 182 104 160 Liquified propane/butane 25 78 17 109 Live animals 34 134 36 144 Meat and preparations 695 186 573 198 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 776 861 771 860 Metal ores; scrap 381 335 340 311 Metalworking machinery 428 652 483 555 Natural gas 29 342 18 371 Nickel 26 115 24 97 Oils/fats, vegetable 79 123 82 119 Optical goods 119 183 126 190 Paper and paperboard 796 949 834 1,018 Petroleum preparations 236 1,175 295 920 Photographic equipment 317 418 354 468 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 377 415 371 403 Platinum 17 173 25 158 Pottery 9 106 8 117 Power generating mach. 1,850 1,869 1,836 1,865 Printed materials 360 206 361 203 Pulp and waste paper 331 177 376 253 Records/magnetic media 520 321 612 322 Rice 95 11 71 12 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 78 128 76 120 Rubber tires and tubes 166 273 166 262 Scientific instruments 1,664 1,014 1,884 1,033 Ships, boats 96 106 171 85 Silver and bullion 48 52 26 52 Soybeans 436 6 738 4 Spacecraft 160 1 (-) 1 Specialized ind. mach. 2,295 1,609 2,355 1,689 Sugar 1 70 (-) 66 Television, VCR, etc., 1,545 2,599 1,752 2,433 Textile yarn, fabric 656 829 662 772 Tobacco, unmanufactured 112 86 154 74 Toys/games/sporting goods 310 849 297 787 Travel goods 31 248 27 224 Vegetables and fruits 589 875 590 703 Vehicles 4,388 8,820 4,090 8,599 Watches/clocks/parts 21 222 24 199 Wheat 517 23 617 21 Wood manufactures 141 322 135 315 _________________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1996 Cumulative 1995 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 203,032 353,313 186,307 238,275 Net Adjustments -3,262 3,501 -2,712 2,228 Total Census Basis 206,294 249,812 189,019 236,047 Manufactured Goods 170,415 209,728 156,740 199,236 Agricultural commodities 21,051 11,003 18,547 10,178 Re-exports 13,133 (X) 11,438 (X) ADP equipment; office machin 13,615 21,203 11,038 17,937 Airplane parts 3,678 1,002 3,186 843 Airplanes 4,417 1,214 5,038 1,378 Alcoholic bev., distilled 117 595 107 544 Aluminum 1,148 1,695 1,274 2,275 Animal feeds 1,464 198 1,326 146 Artwork/antiques 242 879 349 768 Basketware, etc. 720 921 646 909 Cereal flour 601 382 497 332 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,348 760 1,237 719 Chemicals - dyeing 862 679 851 689 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,038 635 942 588 Chemicals - inorganic 1,427 1,639 1,547 1,482 Chemicals - medicinal 2,378 2,171 2,038 1,744 Chemicals - n.e.s. 3,093 1,542 3,048 1,257 Chemicals - organic 5,128 5,293 5,378 4,503 Chemicals - plastics 5,176 2,360 4,854 2,404 Cigarettes 1,484 21 1,444 16 Clothing 2,274 11,781 1,984 11,698 Coal 1,204 215 1,087 222 Coffee 1 917 8 1,164 Copper 563 1,005 564 991 Cork, wood, lumber 1,771 2,136 1,956 2,060 Corn 3,236 67 2,174 38 Cotton, raw and linters 1,574 23 1,904 9 Crude fertilizers 464 375 490 351 Crude oil 39 14,411 1 13,468 Electrical machinery 18,854 25,751 16,403 21,918 Fish and preparations 902 1,929 980 2,011 Footwear 241 3,887 219 3,817 Furniture and bedding 1,071 2,955 1,058 2,825 Gem diamonds 45 2,068 58 1,919 General industrial mach 8,679 8,593 7,844 8,031 Glass 586 511 542 496 Glassware 223 422 191 388 Gold, nonmonetary 2,857 832 1,952 621 Hides and skins 476 42 542 50 Iron and steel mill prod 1,080 3,279 915 3,871 Jewelry 216 1,209 171 1,217 Lighting, plumbing 417 688 393 666 Liquified propane/butane 92 417 134 255 Live animals 142 550 142 640 Meat and preparations 2,385 740 1,868 825 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 2,967 3,412 2,650 3,241 Metal ores; scrap 1,387 1,262 1,754 1,268 Metalworking machinery 1,664 2,256 1,368 1,820 Natural gas 77 1,364 99 1,063 Nickel 99 421 86 434 Oils/fats, vegetable 414 463 738 353 Optical goods 451 728 349 669 Paper and paperboard 3,183 4,008 3,038 3,689 Petroleum preparations 1,261 4,100 1,143 2,809 Photographic equipment 1,300 1,648 1,144 1,591 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,400 1,625 1,253 1,606 Platinum 93 541 128 520 Pottery 30 457 35 494 Power generating mach. 7,377 7,296 6,979 6,973 Printed materials 1,419 812 1,321 784 Pulp and waste paper 1,466 1,036 1,884 1,187 Records/magnetic media 2,164 1,249 2,034 1,191 Rice 360 46 327 41 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 305 488 289 473 Rubber tires and tubes 654 1,034 584 1,082 Scientific instruments 6,714 3,916 5,977 3,667 Ships, boats 423 396 504 336 Silver and bullion 109 217 134 162 Soybeans 2,648 18 2,118 12 Spacecraft 227 100 (-) 169 Specialized ind. mach. 8,628 6,378 7,457 6,618 Sugar 2 283 1 230 Television, VCR, etc., 6,163 9,800 5,915 10,581 Textile yarn, fabric 2,503 3,154 2,365 3,288 Tobacco, unmanufactured 533 340 587 149 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,138 3,402 1,083 2,979 Travel goods 102 980 80 1,006 Vegetables and fruits 2,227 2,920 2,234 2,655 Vehicles 16,391 33,683 17,099 34,886 Watches/clocks/parts 85 799 80 803 Wheat 2,205 64 1,574 76 Wood manufactures 554 1,183 571 1,167 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-96-99), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.