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 November October Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 53,015 67,682 54,958 73,900 Net Adjustments -1,276 276 -1,070 321 Total Census Basis (2) 54,291 67,406 56,029 73,579 Manufactured goods (3) 41,508 56,501 43,209 61,397 Agricultural commodities (3) 5,775 2,602 5,136 2,800 Mineral fuels (3) 1,104 6,046 1,304 6,907 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,343 5,684 3,368 6,031 Airplane parts 1,002 324 1,025 332 Airplanes 1,815 324 1,994 241 Alcoholic bev., distilled 39 165 36 256 Aluminum 283 356 304 410 Animal feeds 388 54 335 53 Artwork/antiques 96 223 88 295 Basketware, etc. 197 243 204 276 Cereal flour 99 114 112 137 Chemicals - cosmetics 377 193 399 223 Chemicals - dyeing 225 177 241 201 Chemicals - fertilizers 217 99 186 116 Chemicals - inorganic 376 358 434 490 Chemicals - medicinal 589 597 635 669 Chemicals - n.e.s. 799 347 862 362 Chemicals - organic 1,187 1,052 1,314 1,174 Chemicals - plastics 1,242 618 1,356 667 Cigarettes 382 6 460 5 Clothing 648 3,241 705 4,366 Coal 327 53 346 56 Coffee 201 1 170 Copper 116 245 128 215 Cork, wood, lumber 475 654 535 742 Corn 892 7 589 3 Cotton, raw and linters 225 7 108 9 Crude fertilizers 136 105 135 90 Crude oil 91 4,111 110 4,805 Electrical machinery 4,980 6,208 4,962 6,698 Fish and preparations 230 618 275 680 Footwear 65 1,071 76 1,142 Furniture and bedding 302 837 310 892 Gem diamonds 11 514 11 750 General industrial mach 2,314 1,963 2,410 2,143 Glass 162 142 159 162 Glassware 58 124 61 155 Gold, nonmonetary 256 239 352 258 Hides and skins 126 12 122 13 Iron and steel mill prod 385 1,292 388 1,212 Jewelry 58 483 74 558 Lighting, plumbing 125 238 133 271 Liquified propane/butane 25 124 21 131 Live animals 57 127 73 142 Meat and preparations 611 188 602 203 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 762 909 853 1,036 Metal ores; scrap 342 370 352 335 Metalworking machinery 402 579 455 550 Mineral fuels, other 259 148 302 181 Natural gas 20 326 41 322 Nickel 28 94 26 80 Oils/fats, vegetable 132 110 72 126 Optical goods 125 211 117 218 Paper and paperboard 836 929 875 1,045 Petroleum preparations 378 1,196 475 1,335 Photographic equipment 313 443 305 540 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 399 453 419 504 Platinum 18 202 22 152 Pottery 9 127 9 165 Power generating mach. 1,996 1,936 2,057 2,049 Printed materials 387 224 411 266 Pulp and waste paper 298 213 351 229 Records/magnetic media 589 340 625 391 Rice 88 13 85 17 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 82 120 92 138 Rubber tires and tubes 161 244 189 262 Scientific instruments 1,819 1,035 1,776 1,162 Ships, boats 74 88 58 89 Silver and bullion 14 40 75 40 Soybeans 1,168 2 741 4 Spacecraft 1 56 113 Specialized ind. mach. 2,220 1,454 2,243 1,567 Sugar 38 1 65 Television, VCR, etc., 1,789 3,277 1,891 3,668 Textile yarn, fabric 677 840 730 972 Tobacco, unmanufactured 160 67 156 97 Toys/games/sporting goods 348 1,461 376 1,845 Travel goods 25 307 32 390 Vegetables and fruits 671 555 801 521 Vehicles 4,339 9,482 4,616 9,198 Watches/clocks/parts 27 254 25 322 Wheat 359 34 491 27 Wood manufactures 152 339 150 385 Re-exports 3,730 (X) 3,927 (X) Agricultural commodities 98 (X) 96 (X) Manufactured goods 3,583 (X) 3,768 (X) Mineral fuels 10 (X) 18 (X) _______________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1996 Cumulative 1995 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 559,012 732,307 525,881 689,503 Net Adjustments -11,732 7,728 -8,008 5,699 Total Census Basis (2) 570,744 724,579 533,889 683,804 Manufactured goods (3) 442,279 605,240 412,851 579,455 Agricultural commodities (3) 54,147 29,708 49,594 26,882 Mineral fuels (3) 10,879 65,914 9,347 54,021 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 35,931 60,258 32,451 56,598 Airplane parts 10,670 3,110 9,395 2,436 Airplanes 16,681 3,538 12,635 3,414 Alcoholic bev., distilled 359 1,903 355 1,723 Aluminum 3,238 4,446 3,483 5,455 Animal feeds 3,762 585 3,353 432 Artwork/antiques 792 2,572 984 2,457 Basketware, etc. 2,053 2,758 1,835 2,713 Cereal flour 1,073 1,109 1,059 995 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,967 2,238 3,548 2,131 Chemicals - dyeing 2,493 1,992 2,400 1,919 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,737 1,274 2,971 1,262 Chemicals - inorganic 4,249 4,490 4,085 4,312 Chemicals - medicinal 6,577 6,382 5,896 5,046 Chemicals - n.e.s. 8,797 4,194 8,382 3,586 Chemicals - organic 13,549 13,486 14,791 12,315 Chemicals - plastics 14,170 6,830 13,789 6,623 Cigarettes 4,375 63 4,380 58 Clothing 6,738 38,394 6,009 37,062 Coal 3,537 566 3,427 642 Coffee 3 2,243 15 2,756 Copper 1,430 2,728 1,612 2,718 Cork, wood, lumber 5,062 6,949 5,212 5,682 Corn 7,934 109 6,834 58 Cotton, raw and linters 2,389 298 3,217 28 Crude fertilizers 1,403 1,079 1,410 1,079 Crude oil 385 45,922 1 39,188 Electrical machinery 52,021 69,573 48,680 68,658 Fish and preparations 2,771 6,047 2,996 6,181 Footwear 700 11,677 610 11,261 Furniture and bedding 3,068 8,623 2,884 7,671 Gem diamonds 132 6,172 159 5,588 General industrial mach 24,434 23,254 22,294 22,296 Glass 1,663 1,553 1,523 1,362 Glassware 626 1,301 576 1,237 Gold, nonmonetary 6,347 2,511 4,827 1,976 Hides and skins 1,385 122 1,514 132 Iron and steel mill prod 4,429 12,289 4,913 11,404 Jewelry 550 3,982 542 3,927 Lighting, plumbing 1,257 2,360 1,184 2,105 Liquified propane/butane 264 1,092 285 764 Live animals 460 1,474 442 1,617 Meat and preparations 6,422 2,116 5,886 2,141 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 8,518 9,945 7,411 9,253 Metal ores; scrap 3,942 3,718 5,195 3,710 Metalworking machinery 4,817 6,174 4,175 5,405 Mineral fuels, other 2,897 1,666 2,508 1,477 Natural gas 239 3,649 245 2,811 Nickel 279 1,048 256 1,104 Oils/fats, vegetable 905 1,281 1,430 1,086 Optical goods 1,273 2,118 1,024 1,961 Paper and paperboard 9,057 10,768 8,842 11,447 Petroleum preparations 3,492 12,197 2,830 8,336 Photographic equipment 3,468 4,843 3,071 4,747 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 4,090 4,884 3,555 4,724 Platinum 228 1,535 295 1,556 Pottery 87 1,458 92 1,557 Power generating mach. 20,318 20,705 19,955 18,956 Printed materials 4,001 2,477 3,939 2,382 Pulp and waste paper 3,710 2,445 5,755 3,513 Records/magnetic media 5,935 3,739 5,651 3,591 Rice 900 138 901 108 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 894 1,347 821 1,311 Rubber tires and tubes 1,794 2,805 1,710 2,914 Scientific instruments 18,800 11,283 16,923 10,640 Ships, boats 906 950 1,064 753 Silver and bullion 615 511 632 534 Soybeans 6,513 30 4,757 27 Spacecraft 485 232 474 169 Specialized ind. mach. 23,561 16,906 21,186 17,555 Sugar 5 951 4 653 Television, VCR, etc., 18,005 31,417 17,254 31,944 Textile yarn, fabric 7,223 9,371 6,632 9,275 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,275 970 1,256 471 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,395 13,667 3,264 12,107 Travel goods 283 3,298 232 3,202 Vegetables and fruits 6,756 6,797 6,512 6,030 Vehicles 45,359 95,194 44,387 92,048 Watches/clocks/parts 254 2,606 224 2,612 Wheat 6,053 218 4,932 222 Wood manufactures 1,536 3,706 1,491 3,402 Re-exports 37,220 (X) 33,258 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,138 (X) 1,067 (X) Manufactured goods 35,482 (X) 31,690 (X) Mineral fuels 165 (X) 100 (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 (Domestic and Foreign) (3) Domestic exports SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-10), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, NOVEMBER 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.