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 MAY APRIL Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 52,306 67,911 (R) 51,209 (R) 66,062 Net Adjustments -1,130 1,251 (R) -876 (R) 1,614 Total Census Basis 53,436 66,660 (R) 52,085 (R) 64,448 Manufactured Goods 42,279 55,051 41,707 53,377 Agricultural commodities 4,723 2,844 5,016 2,961 Re-exports 3,192 (X) 3,227 (X) ADP equipment; office mach 3,088 5,123 3,167 5,283 Airplane parts 997 288 943 272 Airplanes 1,898 369 1,524 235 Alcoholic bev., distilled 36 160 26 151 Aluminum 320 445 324 463 Animal feeds 321 56 344 55 Artwork/antiques 92 348 53 259 Basketware, etc. 196 263 185 224 Cereal flour 99 95 102 92 Chemicals - cosmetics 360 197 365 195 Chemicals - dyeing 230 188 223 178 Chemicals - fertilizers 274 110 231 162 Chemicals - inorganic 416 420 396 454 Chemicals - medicinal 660 581 620 568 Chemicals - n.e.s. 811 434 810 405 Chemicals - organic 1,265 1,306 1,322 1,371 Chemicals - plastics 1,342 640 1,437 603 Cigarettes 419 6 356 6 Clothing 641 2,993 624 2,692 Coal 325 58 316 49 Coffee (-) 214 (-) 206 Copper 141 294 140 266 Cork, wood, lumber 484 685 428 558 Corn 885 8 859 23 Cotton, raw and linters 135 21 234 9 Crude fertilizers 140 102 130 95 Crude oil 4 4,607 12 4,322 Electrical machinery 4,867 6,256 4,686 6,285 Fish and preparations 221 527 221 468 Footwear 64 1,005 63 885 Furniture and bedding 281 787 278 768 Gem diamonds 14 596 8 403 General industrial mach 2,303 2,229 2,364 2,276 Glass 151 147 154 136 Glassware 58 111 64 106 Gold, nonmonetary 975 274 1,283 217 Hides and skins 145 10 145 11 Iron and steel mill prod 418 1,089 410 1,088 Jewelry 42 339 68 328 Lighting, plumbing 113 208 117 182 Liquified propane/butane 27 68 25 78 Live animals 35 142 34 134 Meat and preparations 657 191 695 186 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 797 897 776 861 Metal ores; scrap 391 396 381 335 Metalworking machinery 464 570 428 652 Natural gas 14 358 29 342 Nickel 29 113 26 115 Oils/fats, vegetable 60 157 79 123 Optical goods 114 195 119 183 Paper and paperboard 814 966 796 949 Petroleum preparations 262 1,259 236 1,175 Photographic equipment 299 408 317 418 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 391 452 377 415 Platinum 17 114 17 173 Pottery 8 114 9 106 Power generating mach. 1,821 1,985 1,850 1,869 Printed materials 339 210 360 206 Pulp and waste paper 329 179 331 177 Records/magnetic media 503 299 520 321 Rice 66 11 95 11 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 93 125 78 128 Rubber tires and tubes 162 268 166 273 Scientific instruments 1,726 1,015 1,664 1,014 Ships, boats 114 167 96 106 Silver and bullion 70 45 48 52 Soybeans 352 3 436 6 Spacecraft 64 19 160 1 Specialized ind. mach. 2,169 1,611 2,295 1,609 Sugar (-) 82 1 70 Television, VCR, etc., 1,685 2,565 1,545 2,599 Textile yarn, fabric 693 854 656 829 Tobacco, unmanufactured 110 91 112 86 Toys/games/sporting goods 295 1,085 310 849 Travel goods 26 303 31 248 Vegetables and fruits 626 720 589 875 Vehicles 4,678 9,298 4,388 8,820 Watches/clocks/parts 22 219 21 222 Wheat 475 21 517 23 Wood manufactures 142 340 141 322 _____________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1996 Data Cumulative 1995 Data Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 254,391 321,221 235,413 302,643 Net Adjustments -4,393 4,748 -3,460 3,381 Total Census Basis 258,784 316,473 238,873 299,262 Manufactured Goods 200,240 264,779 184,870 252,215 Agricultural commodities 25,773 13,846 22,689 12,725 Re-exports 16,325 (X) 14,418 (X) ADP equipment; office mach 16,704 26,326 13,728 22,656 Airplane parts 4,675 1,290 4,049 1,096 Airplanes 6,315 1,582 6,381 1,683 Alcoholic bev., distilled 153 755 140 683 Aluminum 1,468 2,140 1,633 2,830 Animal feeds 1,785 254 1,589 186 Artwork/antiques 334 1,227 479 1,122 Basketware, etc. 917 1,184 824 1,171 Cereal flour 469 443 475 390 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,708 957 1,557 913 Chemicals - dyeing 1,092 867 1,089 885 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,311 744 1,261 713 Chemicals - inorganic 1,843 2,058 1,926 1,904 Chemicals - medicinal 3,037 2,753 2,577 2,208 Chemicals - n.e.s. 3,903 1,977 3,816 1,595 Chemicals - organic 6,392 6,599 6,692 5,711 Chemicals - plastics 6,518 3,000 6,195 3,042 Cigarettes 1,903 28 1,912 23 Clothing 2,916 14,775 2,518 14,723 Coal 1,529 273 1,417 289 Coffee 1 1,131 8 1,414 Copper 704 1,299 727 1,256 Cork, wood, lumber 2,255 2,821 2,466 2,587 Corn 4,121 75 2,802 40 Cotton, raw and linters 1,709 43 2,195 11 Crude fertilizers 604 477 629 464 Crude oil 43 19,019 1 17,570 Electrical machinery 23,720 32,007 20,793 28,019 Fish and preparations 1,123 2,457 1,228 2,541 Footwear 305 4,892 276 4,817 Furniture and bedding 1,352 3,742 1,320 3,495 Gem diamonds 60 2,664 73 2,421 General industrial mach 10,982 10,822 9,942 10,196 Glass 737 658 686 619 Glassware 282 533 243 499 Gold, nonmonetary 3,831 1,106 2,590 752 Hides and skins 621 52 685 67 Iron and steel mill prod 2,139 5,119 1,818 5,643 Jewelry 258 1,548 216 1,549 Lighting, plumbing 529 897 492 847 Liquified propane/butane 119 485 162 311 Live animals 177 692 166 806 Meat and preparations 3,042 931 2,408 1,017 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 3,764 4,309 3,340 4,138 Metal ores; scrap 1,778 1,658 2,268 1,612 Metalworking machinery 2,128 2,827 1,756 2,336 Natural gas 92 1,722 113 1,319 Nickel 128 533 112 509 Oils/fats, vegetable 475 620 822 471 Optical goods 565 923 438 864 Paper and paperboard 3,997 4,974 3,856 4,770 Petroleum preparations 1,523 5,360 1,392 3,634 Photographic equipment 1,599 2,056 1,427 2,023 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,792 2,077 1,592 2,054 Platinum 110 654 160 704 Pottery 38 570 43 618 Power generating mach. 9,198 9,281 8,977 8,734 Printed materials 1,758 1,022 1,675 985 Pulp and waste paper 1,795 1,215 2,488 1,530 Records/magnetic media 2,666 1,548 2,512 1,480 Rice 426 57 404 50 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 398 613 362 596 Rubber tires and tubes 816 1,302 753 1,369 Scientific instruments 8,440 4,931 7,498 4,615 Ships, boats 536 563 591 433 Silver and bullion 179 262 162 219 Soybeans 2,999 21 2,385 14 Spacecraft 291 118 74 169 Specialized ind. mach. 10,798 7,989 9,452 8,393 Sugar 2 365 1 252 Television, VCR, etc., 7,848 12,365 7,465 13,338 Textile yarn, fabric 3,195 4,008 2,994 4,198 Tobacco, unmanufactured 643 431 686 196 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,433 4,488 1,384 3,908 Travel goods 129 1,283 101 1,304 Vegetables and fruits 2,853 3,640 2,835 3,255 Vehicles 21,069 42,981 21,823 43,658 Watches/clocks/parts 107 1,018 99 1,076 Wheat 2,680 85 1,878 102 Wood manufactures 696 1,522 700 1,477 (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-96-119), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, MAY 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.