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 Item(1) October September Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 54,978 73,914 (R) 49,279 (R) 68,322 Net Adjustments -1,071 320 (R) -1,320 (R) 308 Total Census Basis (2) 56,049 73,594 (R) 50,599 (R) 68,013 Manufactured goods (3) 43,209 61,397 39,123 56,489 Agricultural commodities(3) 5,136 2,800 4,290 2,538 Mineral fuels (3) 1,304 6,907 1,080 6,586 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machin 3,368 6,031 3,225 5,943 Airplane parts 1,025 332 929 295 Airplanes 1,994 241 1,196 374 Alcoholic bev., distilled 36 256 40 218 Aluminum 304 410 280 352 Animal feeds 335 53 299 56 Artwork/antiques 88 295 59 225 Basketware, etc. 204 276 175 258 Cereal flour 112 137 108 113 Chemicals - cosmetics 399 223 364 201 Chemicals - dyeing 241 201 235 178 Chemicals - fertilizers 186 116 226 94 Chemicals - inorganic 434 490 425 426 Chemicals - medicinal 635 669 562 645 Chemicals - n.e.s. 862 362 772 347 Chemicals - organic 1,314 1,174 1,191 1,139 Chemicals - plastics 1,356 667 1,253 613 Cigarettes 460 5 444 6 Clothing 705 4,366 644 4,072 Coal 346 56 343 55 Coffee 1 170 (-) 185 Copper 128 215 119 232 Cork, wood, lumber 535 742 476 697 Corn 589 3 446 8 Cotton, raw and linters 108 9 67 66 Crude fertilizers 135 90 135 105 Crude oil 110 4,805 81 4,774 Electrical machinery 4,962 6,698 4,557 6,377 Fish and preparations 275 680 245 639 Footwear 76 1,142 66 1,010 Furniture and bedding 310 892 291 815 Gem diamonds 11 750 9 594 General industrial mach 2,410 2,143 2,068 1,936 Glass 159 162 156 148 Glassware 61 155 55 121 Gold, nonmonetary 352 258 374 224 Hides and skins 122 13 131 11 Iron and steel mill prod 388 1,212 369 1,134 Jewelry 74 558 47 413 Lighting, plumbing 133 271 126 250 Liquified propane/butane 21 131 24 89 Live animals 73 142 51 130 Meat and preparations 602 203 517 187 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 853 1,036 773 911 Metal ores; scrap 352 335 320 311 Metalworking machinery 455 550 421 462 Mineral fuels, other 302 181 236 153 Natural gas 41 322 26 331 Nickel 26 80 21 86 Oils/fats, vegetable 72 126 71 79 Optical goods 117 218 108 188 Paper and paperboard 875 1,045 833 956 Petroleum preparations 475 1,335 362 1,104 Photographic equipment 305 540 305 476 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 419 504 367 469 Platinum 22 152 22 121 Pottery 9 165 7 159 Power generating mach. 2,057 2,049 1,855 1,819 Printed materials 411 266 376 253 Pulp and waste paper 351 229 296 194 Records/magnetic media 625 391 526 380 Rice 85 17 93 12 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 92 138 81 120 Rubber tires and tubes 189 262 163 224 Scientific instruments 1,776 1,162 1,648 1,056 Ships, boats 58 89 46 31 Silver and bullion 75 40 70 45 Soybeans 741 4 350 (-) Spacecraft 56 113 (-) (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,243 1,567 2,038 1,330 Sugar 1 65 (-) 173 Television, VCR, etc., 1,891 3,668 1,662 3,421 Textile yarn, fabric 730 972 673 862 Tobacco, unmanufactured 156 97 91 74 Toys/games/sporting goods 376 1,845 323 1,741 Travel goods 32 390 25 344 Vegetables and fruits 801 521 676 441 Vehicles 4,616 9,198 4,284 8,381 Watches/clocks/parts 25 322 24 285 Wheat 491 27 663 14 Wood manufactures 150 385 132 349 Re-exports 3,927 (X) 3,614 (X) Agricultural commodities 96 (X) 82 (X) Manufactured goods 3,768 (X) 3,465 (X) Mineral fuels 18 (X) 29 (X) __________________________________________________________________________ Item(1) Cumulative 1996 Cumulative 1995 Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 506,016 664,639 475,970 625,630 Net Adjustments -10,458 7,450 -7,209 5,390 Total Census Basis (2) 516,473 657,188 483,179 620,240 Manufactured goods (3) 400,771 548,738 373,844 525,402 Agricultural commodities(3) 48,372 27,106 44,446 24,421 Mineral fuels (3) 9,774 59,868 8,465 49,190 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machin 32,588 54,574 29,050 50,648 Airplane parts 9,668 2,786 8,535 2,262 Airplanes 14,866 3,214 11,374 3,219 Alcoholic bev., distilled 320 1,738 323 1,558 Aluminum 2,955 4,090 3,187 5,050 Animal feeds 3,374 531 3,028 385 Artwork/antiques 696 2,350 895 2,244 Basketware, etc. 1,856 2,515 1,662 2,467 Cereal flour 973 995 958 882 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,590 2,045 3,229 1,929 Chemicals - dyeing 2,268 1,815 2,200 1,763 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,520 1,175 2,712 1,134 Chemicals - inorganic 3,873 4,133 3,742 3,937 Chemicals - medicinal 5,988 5,785 5,323 4,565 Chemicals - n.e.s. 7,998 3,847 7,638 3,243 Chemicals - organic 12,362 12,434 13,495 11,296 Chemicals - plastics 12,928 6,212 12,609 6,057 Cigarettes 3,993 58 3,946 51 Clothing 6,090 35,153 5,462 34,110 Coal 3,210 513 3,093 576 Coffee 3 2,042 14 2,521 Copper 1,315 2,483 1,472 2,462 Cork, wood, lumber 4,587 6,295 4,785 5,172 Corn 7,042 102 6,104 49 Cotton, raw and linters 2,164 290 2,924 26 Crude fertilizers 1,267 974 1,291 996 Crude oil 294 41,811 1 35,776 Electrical machinery 47,041 63,365 43,916 61,584 Fish and preparations 2,540 5,430 2,798 5,583 Footwear 635 10,606 556 10,347 Furniture and bedding 2,766 7,786 2,610 6,934 Gem diamonds 121 5,658 151 5,054 General industrial mach 22,120 21,291 20,242 20,346 Glass 1,501 1,410 1,379 1,244 Glassware 568 1,177 515 1,117 Gold, nonmonetary 6,091 2,273 4,558 1,781 Hides and skins 1,259 110 1,386 122 Iron and steel mill prod 4,044 10,998 4,440 10,448 Jewelry 492 3,499 477 3,446 Lighting, plumbing 1,132 2,123 1,061 1,899 Liquified propane/butane 239 969 257 701 Live animals 403 1,347 372 1,465 Meat and preparations 5,811 1,929 5,277 1,968 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 7,757 9,036 6,724 8,423 Metal ores; scrap 3,600 3,348 4,818 3,343 Metalworking machinery 4,415 5,595 3,758 4,898 Mineral fuels, other 2,638 1,518 2,273 1,343 Natural gas 220 3,323 230 2,522 Nickel 251 954 233 1,011 Oils/fats, vegetable 773 1,170 1,302 988 Optical goods 1,148 1,906 928 1,779 Paper and paperboard 8,220 9,838 8,068 10,299 Petroleum preparations 3,114 11,001 2,566 7,524 Photographic equipment 3,154 4,400 2,812 4,302 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 3,691 4,431 3,238 4,296 Platinum 210 1,333 275 1,410 Pottery 78 1,331 84 1,420 Power generating mach. 18,321 18,768 18,059 17,269 Printed materials 3,613 2,253 3,574 2,155 Pulp and waste paper 3,412 2,231 5,334 3,140 Records/magnetic media 5,347 3,399 5,094 3,261 Rice 812 125 815 96 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 811 1,227 745 1,190 Rubber tires and tubes 1,633 2,562 1,538 2,662 Scientific instruments 16,980 10,248 15,323 9,615 Ships, boats 832 862 991 685 Silver and bullion 600 471 606 479 Soybeans 5,345 28 4,155 24 Spacecraft 484 232 298 169 Specialized ind. mach. 21,341 15,452 19,196 16,150 Sugar 4 913 4 620 Television, VCR, etc., 16,215 28,139 15,563 28,882 Textile yarn, fabric 6,546 8,530 6,031 8,506 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,114 903 1,104 418 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,047 12,206 2,943 10,794 Travel goods 258 2,991 211 2,925 Vegetables and fruits 6,084 6,242 5,855 5,535 Vehicles 41,020 85,712 40,406 83,552 Watches/clocks/parts 228 2,352 203 2,361 Wheat 5,694 184 4,373 205 Wood manufactures 1,385 3,367 1,350 3,096 Re-exports 33,490 (X) 29,903 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,040 (X) 977 (X) Manufactured goods 31,900 (X) 28,474 (X) Mineral fuels 155 (X) 92 (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-96-218), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, OCTOBER 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.