PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) August July (R) Monthly Item(1) 1996 1996 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 50,662 48,779 1,883 Net Adjustments -1,359 -1,443 84 Total, Census Basis 52,021 50,222 1,799 Foods, feeds, and beverages 4,716 4,674 42 Wheat 801 637 164 Soybeans 698 629 69 Meat, poultry, etc. 597 541 56 Oilseeds, food oils 73 43 30 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 57 44 12 Sorghum, barley, oats 89 79 10 Rice 75 69 6 Bakery products 140 134 6 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 49 45 4 Vegetables 229 230 -2 Wine and related products 48 52 -4 Other foods 258 264 -6 Dairy products and eggs 47 58 -12 Fruits, frozen juices 309 321 -13 Fish and shellfish 231 255 -24 Nuts 122 150 -28 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 329 384 -54 Corn 566 738 -172 Industrial supplies and materials 12,069 11,438 631 Nonmonetary gold 540 384 156 Chemicals-other 864 776 88 Tobacco, unmanufactured 141 69 71 Logs and lumber 450 381 69 Cotton, raw 160 108 52 Pulpwood and woodpulp 342 291 51 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 254 208 46 Petroleum products, n.e.c. 524 483 41 Plastic materials 873 836 38 Nonferrous metals, other 184 151 33 Finished metal shapes 614 584 30 Other industrial supplies 774 749 25 Metallurgical grade coal 235 211 24 Newsprint 684 664 21 Nuclear fuel materials 95 76 19 Shingles, molding, wallboard 152 136 16 Aluminum and alumina 278 263 15 Chemicals-inorganic 305 291 14 Leather and furs 75 65 11 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 76 66 10 Hair, waste materials 53 45 9 Wood supplies, manufactured 92 86 6 Hides and skins 141 135 6 Finished textile supplies 221 216 5 Cotton fiber cloth 136 132 3 Tapes, audio and visual 233 233 0 Nontextile floor tiles 26 26 0 Electric energy 5 5 -0 Natural gas liquids 46 46 -0 Copper 136 136 -1 Fuel oil 134 136 -1 Iron and steel mill products 214 215 -1 Nonmetallic minerals 36 37 -2 Chemicals-organic 1,035 1,036 -2 Agriculture-manufactured, other 82 87 -5 Industrial rubber products 135 140 -5 Gas-natural 18 24 -6 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 127 134 -7 Synthetic rubber-primary 116 124 -7 Crude oil 18 25 -8 Manmade cloth 332 339 -8 Mineral supplies-manufactured 240 248 -8 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 106 115 -10 Coal and fuels, n.e.c. 124 140 -16 Steelmaking materials 177 209 -33 Precious metals, other 115 166 -50 Chemicals-fertilizers 354 411 -57 Capital goods, except automotive 21,005 19,956 1,049 Civilian aircraft 1,351 853 497 Computer accessories 2,771 2,594 177 Engines-civilian aircraft 577 451 126 Parts-civilian aircraft 776 690 86 Industrial machines, n.e.c. 1,586 1,512 74 Semiconductors 2,818 2,751 67 Measuring, testing, control instru 855 791 65 Electric apparatus 1,536 1,488 49 Medicinal equipment 938 902 36 Industrial engines 838 807 31 Metalworking machine tools 504 474 30 Specialized mining 51 30 21 Laboratory testing instruments 294 275 20 Spacraft, exc. military 15 0 15 Generators, accessories 463 450 13 Materials handling equip 333 322 12 Wood, glass, plastic 206 196 10 Photo, service industry machinery 457 448 9 Food, tobacco machinery 189 187 2 Computers 898 898 -0 Vessels, exc. scrap 3 3 -0 Commercial vessels, other 10 11 -1 Textile, sewing machines 99 102 -3 Excavating machinery 392 396 -4 Marine engines, parts 51 58 -7 Railway transportation equipment 73 83 -10 Nonfarm tractors and parts 88 98 -10 Business machines and equipment 250 260 -10 Agricultural machinery, equipment 301 316 -15 Pulp and paper machinery 236 263 -27 Drilling & oilfield equipment 472 509 -37 Telecommunications equipment 1,572 1,739 -167 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 5,384 5,187 197 Consumer goods 5,800 5,542 259 Pharmaceutical preparations 662 611 51 Tobacco, manufactured 429 380 49 Gem diamonds 204 159 45 Stereo equipment, etc. 171 135 35 Toiletries and cosmetics 268 239 29 Other household goods 412 387 26 Toys/games/sporting goods 467 441 26 Rugs 120 100 20 Apparel, household goods-nontextile 127 114 13 Musical instruments 91 78 13 TV's, VCR's, etc. 246 234 12 Furniture, household goods, etc. 157 148 9 Pleasure boats and motors 98 92 7 Jewelry, etc 109 104 5 Sports apparel and gear 41 37 4 Glassware, chinaware 34 34 -0 Nursery stock, etc. 20 21 -1 Writing and art supplies 342 343 -1 Cookware, cutlery, tools 54 58 -3 Numismatic coins 6 12 -5 Books, printed matter 318 324 -6 Household appliances 420 430 -9 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 122 138 -16 Apparel, household goods - textiles 621 640 -19 Records, tapes, and disks 259 282 -23 Other goods 3,047 3,426 -379 _________________________________________________________________________ Year to Year to Year to Date Date Date Item(1) 1996 1995 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 402,566 376,841 25,725 Net Adjustments -8,070 -5,755 -2,315 Total, Census Basis 410,635 382,596 28,039 Foods, feeds, and beverages 37,289 32,437 4,851 Wheat 4,624 3,335 1,289 Soybeans 4,716 3,441 1,275 Meat, poultry, etc. 4,905 4,259 646 Oilseeds, food oils 716 1,264 -548 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 381 360 21 Sorghum, barley, oats 639 523 116 Rice 660 673 -13 Bakery products 1,032 971 61 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 355 297 58 Vegetables 1,695 1,765 -70 Wine and related products 449 420 29 Other foods 2,103 1,972 131 Dairy products and eggs 456 505 -49 Fruits, frozen juices 2,530 2,502 28 Fish and shellfish 2,139 2,225 -85 Nuts 1,129 1,013 115 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 2,567 2,234 333 Corn 6,194 4,679 1,515 Industrial supplies and materials 97,560 97,342 217 Nonmonetary gold 5,382 3,849 1,533 Chemicals-other 6,433 6,509 -76 Tobacco, unmanufactured 835 858 -22 Logs and lumber 3,395 3,836 -441 Cotton, raw 1,684 2,455 -772 Pulpwood and woodpulp 2,828 4,323 -1,496 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 1,869 1,538 331 Petroleum products, n.e.c. 4,041 3,666 375 Plastic materials 7,368 7,273 95 Nonferrous metals, other 1,342 1,073 269 Finished metal shapes 4,624 4,057 567 Other industrial supplies 6,018 5,525 493 Metallurgical grade coal 1,680 1,592 88 Newsprint 5,386 5,397 -11 Nuclear fuel materials 679 676 4 Shingles, molding, wallboard 1,167 1,091 76 Aluminum and alumina 2,236 2,582 -346 Chemicals-inorganic 2,409 2,372 37 Leather and furs 495 487 9 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 514 433 82 Hair, waste materials 410 409 0 Wood supplies, manufactured 638 572 66 Hides and skins 1,128 1,192 -64 Finished textile supplies 1,682 1,835 -153 Cotton fiber cloth 1,059 955 103 Tapes, audio and visual 1,876 1,412 463 Nontextile floor tiles 194 187 6 Electric energy 43 42 1 Natural gas liquids 335 337 -3 Copper 1,240 1,755 -515 Fuel oil 1,251 1,234 17 Iron and steel mill products 1,865 2,087 -222 Nonmetallic minerals 266 293 -27 Chemicals-organic 8,669 9,277 -607 Agriculture-manufactured, other 694 621 73 Industrial rubber products 1,065 910 155 Gas-natural 153 192 -39 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 1,222 1,230 -8 Synthetic rubber-primary 967 903 65 Crude oil 103 1 102 Manmade cloth 2,600 2,522 78 Mineral supplies-manufactured 1,886 1,746 140 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 886 779 106 Coal and fuels, n.e.c. 1,285 1,187 98 Steelmaking materials 1,458 1,879 -421 Precious metals, other 996 959 37 Chemicals-fertilizers 3,203 3,234 -31 Capital goods, except automotive 165,844 151,076 14,768 Civilian aircraft 9,813 9,453 360 Computer accessories 21,666 18,717 2,950 Engines-civilian aircraft 4,196 3,649 548 Parts-civilian aircraft 5,654 4,987 667 Industrial machines, n.e.c. 12,156 10,625 1,531 Semiconductors 23,664 21,696 1,969 Measuring, testing, control instru 6,446 5,973 473 Electric apparatus 11,900 11,267 633 Medicinal equipment 7,416 6,344 1,071 Industrial engines 6,624 6,501 123 Metalworking machine tools 3,873 3,297 576 Specialized mining 352 492 -140 Laboratory testing instruments 2,287 2,066 222 Spacraft, exc. military 128 18 110 Generators, accessories 3,624 3,764 -139 Materials handling equip 2,592 2,607 -15 Wood, glass, plastic 1,564 1,438 126 Photo, service industry machinery 3,559 3,349 210 Food, tobacco machinery 1,493 1,310 182 Computers 7,669 6,605 1,065 Vessels, exc. scrap 27 37 -10 Commercial vessels, other 183 86 97 Textile, sewing machines 794 802 -8 Excavating machinery 3,106 2,812 294 Marine engines, parts 419 376 42 Railway transportation equipment 648 509 138 Nonfarm tractors and parts 759 864 -105 Business machines and equipment 1,929 1,770 160 Agricultural machinery, equipment 2,429 2,012 417 Pulp and paper machinery 2,047 1,871 176 Drilling & oilfield equipment 3,854 3,212 642 Telecommunications equipment 12,974 12,570 404 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 41,828 40,722 1,106 Consumer goods 45,921 42,544 3,376 Pharmaceutical preparations 5,793 5,481 312 Tobacco, manufactured 3,632 3,646 -14 Gem diamonds 1,732 1,633 99 Stereo equipment, etc. 1,168 977 191 Toiletries and cosmetics 1,868 1,635 233 Other household goods 2,570 1,977 592 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,499 3,282 217 Rugs 893 468 424 Apparel, household goods-nontextile 950 876 74 Musical instruments 673 620 53 TV's, VCR's, etc. 1,660 1,366 293 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,174 1,144 30 Pleasure boats and motors 808 838 -31 Jewelry, etc 969 869 100 Sports apparel and gear 337 323 14 Glassware, chinaware 289 291 -3 Nursery stock, etc. 162 156 6 Writing and art supplies 2,782 2,454 328 Cookware, cutlery, tools 463 408 55 Numismatic coins 76 92 -16 Books, printed matter 2,623 2,576 47 Household appliances 3,357 3,025 332 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 1,176 1,343 -166 Apparel, household goods - textiles 4,987 4,466 522 Records, tapes, and disks 2,281 2,598 -317 Other goods 22,195 18,474 3,721 (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-96-177), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, AUGUST 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.