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.) May April (R) Monthly Item(1) 1996 1996 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 51,292 50,740 552 Net Adjustments -1,130 -876 -254 Total, Census Basis 52,422 51,616 806 Foods, feeds, and beverages 4,713 4,670 43 Soybeans 576 462 113 Corn 921 876 45 Other foods 297 262 34 Nuts 145 137 8 Dairy products and eggs 64 56 8 Meat, poultry, etc. 667 660 7 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 46 40 6 Vegetables 210 207 3 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 40 40 (-) Bakery products 132 132 (-) Sorghum, barley, oats 61 64 -3 Wine and related products 53 58 -5 Fruits, frozen juices 311 325 -15 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 300 315 -15 Oilseeds, food oils 74 98 -24 Rice 71 99 -29 Wheat 486 531 -45 Fish and shellfish 260 305 -46 Industrial supplies and materials 12,472 12,725 -253 Nonmonetary gold 977 1,283 -306 Plastic materials 942 1,017 -75 Chemicals-organic 1,091 1,130 -39 Other industrial supplies 729 767 -38 Cotton, raw 126 157 -31 Synthetic rubber-primary 99 123 -23 Chemicals-inorganic 312 330 -17 Coal and fuels, n.e.c. 170 186 -16 Gas-natural 14 29 -14 Pulpwood and woodpulp 325 339 -14 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 155 167 -13 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 108 117 -8 Crude oil 4 12 -8 Aluminum and alumina 291 297 -6 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 60 64 -4 Cotton fiber cloth 134 137 -2 Hair, waste materials 52 52 -1 Finished textile supplies 217 218 -1 Nontextile floor tiles 25 25 (-) Electric energy 5 5 (-) Wood supplies, manufactured 83 82 1 Industrial rubber products 134 133 2 Nonferrous metals, other 176 175 2 Nonmetallic minerals 33 30 3 Hides and skins 162 157 5 Chemicals-other 782 777 6 Leather and furs 65 59 6 Natural gas liquids 43 35 8 Tapes, audio and visual 228 219 9 Iron and steel mill products 236 227 9 Copper 163 153 10 Agriculture-manufactured, other 91 80 10 Logs and lumber 408 397 11 Finished metal shapes 575 564 11 Manmade cloth 341 329 12 Shingles, molding, wallboard 151 139 12 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 248 235 13 Newsprint 662 649 14 Metallurgical grade coal 217 203 14 Precious metals, other 131 116 15 Steelmaking materials 184 168 16 Mineral supplies-manufactured 258 241 18 Tobacco, unmanufactured 94 73 20 Fuel oil 164 136 28 Petroleum products, n.e.c. 478 448 30 Chemicals-fertilizers 415 385 30 Nuclear fuel materials 110 61 49 Capital goods, except automotive 21,063 21,074 -11 Industrial machines, n.e.c. 1,448 1,563 -115 Computers 935 1,042 -107 Spacraft, exc. military 8 100 -92 Semiconductors 2,893 2,941 -48 Materials handling equip 298 329 -31 Engines-civilian aircraft 529 551 -22 Industrial engines 806 828 -22 Pulp and paper machinery 248 262 -15 Agricultural machinery, equipment 310 323 -12 Commercial vessels, other 7 17 -10 Specialized mining 41 46 -6 Photo, service industry machinery 431 436 -5 Textile, sewing machines 99 101 -2 Railway transportation equipment 77 79 -2 Nonfarm tractors and parts 91 88 3 Vessels, exc. scrap 5 2 3 Business machines and equipment 231 226 5 Measuring, testing, control instru 799 792 7 Computer accessories 2,661 2,651 10 Drilling & oilfield equipment 511 501 10 Marine engines, parts 64 54 11 Food, tobacco machinery 191 179 12 Wood, glass, plastic 212 198 15 Laboratory testing instruments 293 277 15 Parts-civilian aircraft 696 678 18 Medicinal equipment 945 917 27 Excavating machinery 410 382 28 Generators, accessories 472 433 38 Metalworking machine tools 513 469 44 Electric apparatus 1,501 1,453 48 Telecommunications equipment 1,682 1,617 65 Civilian aircraft 1,656 1,537 119 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 5,360 4,874 486 Consumer goods 5,901 5,766 136 Other household goods 364 251 113 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 203 115 88 Gem diamonds 257 201 55 Tobacco, manufactured 486 453 33 Toys/games/sporting goods 438 411 28 Stereo equipment, etc. 153 141 12 Writing and art supplies 348 340 8 Rugs 119 111 8 Furniture, household goods, etc. 150 144 6 Sports apparel and gear 48 44 4 Nursery stock, etc. 20 17 3 Glassware, chinaware 38 34 3 Apparel, household goods - textiles 636 633 3 Musical instruments 85 82 2 Records, tapes, and disks 280 281 -1 Cookware, cutlery, tools 58 60 -2 Apparel, household goods-nontextile 119 122 -3 Numismatic coins 6 10 -4 Pleasure boats and motors 98 105 -7 TV's, VCR's, etc. 211 219 -8 Jewelry, etc 130 146 -16 Toiletries and cosmetics 223 244 -21 Household appliances 414 441 -28 Books, printed matter 301 346 -45 Pharmaceutical preparations 715 813 -98 Other goods 2,914 2,508 406 _______________________________________________________________ Year Year Year To Date To Date To Date Item(1) 1996 1995 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 252,050 233,775 18,275 Net Adjustments -4,393 -3,460 -933 Total, Census Basis 256,443 237,235 19,208 Foods, feeds, and beverages 23,384 19,975 3,409 Soybeans 2,689 2,157 532 Corn 4,225 2,826 1,399 Other foods 1,317 1,212 104 Nuts 673 593 80 Dairy products and eggs 287 295 -8 Meat, poultry, etc. 3,198 2,562 635 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 208 208 -0 Vegetables 1,016 1,094 -78 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 218 171 46 Bakery products 631 595 37 Sorghum, barley, oats 416 339 76 Wine and related products 287 260 28 Fruits, frozen juices 1,609 1,562 47 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 1,549 1,376 173 Oilseeds, food oils 532 893 -361 Rice 444 420 24 Wheat 2,732 1,996 736 Fish and shellfish 1,352 1,415 -63 Industrial supplies and materials 61,794 60,631 1,163 Nonmonetary gold 3,837 2,607 1,230 Plastic materials 4,743 4,472 271 Chemicals-organic 5,557 5,690 -134 Other industrial supplies 3,707 3,525 182 Cotton, raw 1,279 1,771 -491 Synthetic rubber-primary 586 556 31 Chemicals-inorganic 1,520 1,464 56 Coal and fuels, n.e.c. 862 740 122 Gas-natural 92 113 -22 Pulpwood and woodpulp 1,879 2,597 -718 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 807 802 6 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 531 481 50 Crude oil 43 1 42 Aluminum and alumina 1,382 1,632 -250 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 299 263 36 Cotton fiber cloth 657 594 63 Hair, waste materials 260 264 -4 Finished textile supplies 1,042 1,142 -100 Nontextile floor tiles 118 116 3 Electric energy 27 26 1 Wood supplies, manufactured 373 344 29 Industrial rubber products 660 564 96 Nonferrous metals, other 824 644 180 Nonmetallic minerals 159 186 -28 Hides and skins 710 739 -28 Chemicals-other 3,961 4,017 -56 Leather and furs 293 311 -17 Natural gas liquids 216 230 -14 Tapes, audio and visual 1,172 860 312 Iron and steel mill products 1,225 1,119 106 Copper 824 1,031 -207 Agriculture-manufactured, other 434 396 38 Logs and lumber 2,128 2,444 -316 Finished metal shapes 2,801 2,507 294 Manmade cloth 1,610 1,575 35 Shingles, molding, wallboard 737 671 66 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 1,163 942 222 Newsprint 3,326 3,258 68 Metallurgical grade coal 1,019 959 60 Precious metals, other 521 556 -35 Steelmaking materials 897 1,212 -315 Mineral supplies-manufactured 1,153 1,079 73 Tobacco, unmanufactured 519 563 -43 Fuel oil 852 846 5 Petroleum products, n.e.c. 2,605 2,241 364 Chemicals-fertilizers 2,012 1,989 24 Nuclear fuel materials 371 494 -123 Capital goods, except automotive 104,104 92,456 11,648 Industrial machines, n.e.c. 7,624 6,490 1,134 Computers 4,985 3,943 1,041 Spacraft, exc. military 110 9 101 Semiconductors 15,206 12,973 2,233 Materials handling equip 1,597 1,668 -71 Engines-civilian aircraft 2,700 2,252 448 Industrial engines 4,142 4,177 -36 Pulp and paper machinery 1,295 1,131 164 Agricultural machinery, equipment 1,528 1,267 261 Commercial vessels, other 142 67 75 Specialized mining 227 318 -91 Photo, service industry machinery 2,202 2,071 131 Textile, sewing machines 482 498 -16 Railway transportation equipment 416 321 95 Nonfarm tractors and parts 487 515 -28 Vessels, exc. scrap 14 26 -12 Business machines and equipment 1,181 1,084 97 Measuring, testing, control instru 4,023 3,687 336 Computer accessories 13,666 11,294 2,372 Drilling & oilfield equipment 2,391 1,938 453 Marine engines, parts 260 232 28 Food, tobacco machinery 923 808 115 Wood, glass, plastic 962 883 79 Laboratory testing instruments 1,412 1,260 152 Parts-civilian aircraft 3,506 2,974 532 Medicinal equipment 4,622 3,864 758 Excavating machinery 1,953 1,768 184 Generators, accessories 2,283 2,297 -13 Metalworking machine tools 2,323 1,990 333 Electric apparatus 7,382 6,892 490 Telecommunications equipment 7,993 7,566 427 Civilian aircraft 6,068 6,195 -127 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 25,731 26,043 -312 Consumer goods 28,631 26,444 2,187 Other household goods 1,382 1,230 152 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 751 890 -139 Gem diamonds 1,083 1,000 83 Tobacco, manufactured 2,336 2,327 8 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,141 2,006 136 Stereo equipment, etc. 709 625 84 Writing and art supplies 1,713 1,522 191 Rugs 559 298 261 Furniture, household goods, etc. 719 733 -14 Sports apparel and gear 219 205 14 Nursery stock, etc. 99 95 4 Glassware, chinaware 185 182 4 Apparel, household goods - textiles 3,099 2,695 404 Musical instruments 420 389 32 Records, tapes, and disks 1,447 1,648 -201 Cookware, cutlery, tools 299 252 47 Apparel, household goods-nontextile 591 540 52 Numismatic coins 48 57 -9 Pleasure boats and motors 523 533 -10 TV's, VCR's, etc. 969 859 110 Jewelry, etc 635 524 111 Toiletries and cosmetics 1,132 1,017 115 Household appliances 2,070 1,880 190 Books, printed matter 1,655 1,590 65 Pharmaceutical preparations 3,848 3,348 500 Other goods 12,799 11,686 1,113 (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.