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 September August Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 49,036 8,243 (R) 50,188 (R) 68,474 Net Adjustments -1,319 307 (R) -1,355 (R) 772 Total Census Basis (2) 50,355 67,936 (R) 51,543 (R) 67,702 Manufactured goods (3 39,123 56,489 39,969 56,749 Agricultural commodities (3 4,290 2,538 4,538 2,690 Mineral fuels (3) 1,080 6,586 940 6,077 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office mac 3,225 5,943 3,088 5,483 Airplane parts 929 295 1,124 286 Airplanes 1,196 374 1,841 335 Alcoholic bev., distilled 40 218 34 184 Aluminum 280 352 304 389 Animal feeds 299 56 327 57 Artwork/antiques 59 225 56 249 Basketware, etc. 175 258 182 265 Cereal flour 108 113 102 109 Chemicals - cosmetics 364 201 396 224 Chemicals - dyeing 235 178 242 186 Chemicals - fertilizers 226 94 225 80 Chemicals - inorganic 425 426 395 441 Chemicals - medicinal 562 645 589 509 Chemicals - n.e.s. 772 347 832 382 Chemicals - organic 1,191 1,139 1,169 1,140 Chemicals - plastics 1,253 613 1,279 654 Cigarettes 444 6 460 6 Clothing 644 4,072 639 4,290 Coal 343 55 328 41 Coffee (-) 185 (-) 184 Copper 119 232 122 237 Cork, wood, lumber 476 697 469 714 Corn 446 8 535 5 Cotton, raw and linters 67 66 100 55 Crude fertilizers 135 105 134 109 Crude oil 81 4,774 18 4,303 Electrical machinery 4,557 6,377 4,735 6,177 Fish and preparations 245 639 271 581 Footwear 66 1,010 69 1,204 Furniture and bedding 291 815 293 824 Gem diamonds 9 594 7 469 General industrial mach 2,068 1,936 2,232 2,029 Glass 156 148 158 150 Glassware 55 121 58 135 Gold, nonmonetary 374 224 538 276 Hides and skins 131 11 132 12 Iron and steel mill prod 369 1,134 391 1,273 Jewelry 47 413 45 307 Lighting, plumbing 126 250 127 251 Liquified propane/butane 24 89 24 89 Live animals 51 130 40 142 Meat and preparations 517 187 599 213 Metal manufactures, n.e.s 773 911 785 976 Metal ores; scrap 320 311 396 348 Metalworking machinery 421 462 458 583 Mineral fuels, other 236 153 282 162 Natural gas 26 331 18 313 Nickel 21 86 23 92 Oils/fats, vegetable 71 79 62 129 Optical goods 108 188 116 171 Paper and paperboard 833 956 843 961 Petroleum preparations 362 1,104 265 1,066 Photographic equipment 305 476 314 443 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 367 469 393 476 Platinum 22 121 15 146 Pottery 7 159 8 169 Power generating mach. 1,855 1,819 1,864 1,894 Printed materials 376 253 374 265 Pulp and waste paper 296 194 357 216 Records/magnetic media 526 380 485 358 Rice 93 12 72 16 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 81 120 83 117 Rubber tires and tubes 163 224 162 248 Scientific instruments 1,648 1,056 1,760 1,000 Ships, boats 46 31 47 28 Silver and bullion 70 45 52 37 Soybeans 350 (-) 437 (-) Spacecraft (-) (-) 1 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,038 1,330 2,056 1,441 Sugar (-) 173 1 107 Television, VCR, etc., 1,662 3,421 1,616 3,101 Textile yarn, fabric 673 862 680 896 Tobacco, unmanufactured 91 74 85 128 Toys/games/sporting goods 323 1,741 305 1,680 Travel goods 25 344 22 338 Vegetables and fruits 676 441 538 502 Vehicles 4,284 8,381 3,792 8,849 Watches/clocks/parts 24 285 25 244 Wheat 663 14 792 19 Wood manufactures 132 349 151 379 Re-exports 3,614 3,277 Agricultural commodities 82 88 Manufactured goods 3,465 3,130 Mineral fuels 29 18 __________________________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1996 DATA Cumulative 1995 DATA Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 450,796 590,646 424,939 557,810 Net Adjustments -9,385 7,130 -6,412 4,969 Total Census Basis (2) 460,181 583,516 431,351 552,841 Manufactured goods (3 357,563 487,342 333,870 467,483 Agricultural commodities (3 43,236 24,306 39,389 21,971 Mineral fuels (3) 8,471 52,960 7,511 44,526 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office mac 29,220 48,543 25,745 44,546 Airplane parts 8,643 2,454 7,586 2,016 Airplanes 12,871 2,973 10,551 2,753 Alcoholic bev., distilled 283 1,482 283 1,326 Aluminum 2,651 3,680 2,872 4,630 Animal feeds 3,038 478 2,732 338 Artwork/antiques 608 2,055 810 1,909 Basketware, etc. 1,652 2,239 1,478 2,202 Cereal flour 861 858 857 759 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,191 1,822 2,879 1,719 Chemicals - dyeing 2,027 1,614 1,974 1,597 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,334 1,059 2,429 1,021 Chemicals - inorganic 3,439 3,643 3,381 3,551 Chemicals - medicinal 5,352 5,116 4,757 4,089 Chemicals - n.e.s. 7,136 3,485 6,910 2,910 Chemicals - organic 11,048 11,260 12,116 10,176 Chemicals - plastics 11,572 5,544 11,330 5,446 Cigarettes 3,533 53 3,516 47 Clothing 5,385 30,786 4,852 30,376 Coal 2,864 457 2,746 517 Coffee 3 1,872 14 2,299 Copper 1,187 2,268 1,338 2,214 Cork, wood, lumber 4,052 5,554 4,337 4,603 Corn 6,453 99 5,384 44 Cotton, raw and linters 2,056 281 2,739 24 Crude fertilizers 1,132 884 1,157 888 Crude oil 183 37,006 1 32,398 Electrical machinery 42,079 56,667 38,990 54,243 Fish and preparations 2,265 4,749 2,539 4,916 Footwear 558 9,464 494 9,300 Furniture and bedding 2,456 6,894 2,325 6,153 Gem diamonds 110 4,908 134 4,464 General industrial mach 19,710 19,148 18,062 18,266 Glass 1,342 1,248 1,224 1,119 Glassware 507 1,022 454 987 Gold, nonmonetary 5,738 2,015 4,126 1,550 Hides and skins 1,137 97 1,251 114 Iron and steel mill prod 3,656 9,786 3,887 9,563 Jewelry 418 2,942 420 2,919 Lighting, plumbing 999 1,852 935 1,670 Liquified propane/butane 218 838 240 627 Live animals 330 1,205 301 1,330 Meat and preparations 5,209 1,725 4,647 1,775 Metal manufactures, n.e.s 6,903 8,001 6,016 7,540 Metal ores; scrap 3,249 3,012 4,402 3,006 Metalworking machinery 3,960 5,046 3,319 4,364 Mineral fuels, other 2,336 1,337 2,013 1,210 Natural gas 179 3,000 213 2,253 Nickel 225 874 210 899 Oils/fats, vegetable 701 1,044 1,218 868 Optical goods 1,032 1,688 825 1,592 Paper and paperboard 7,345 8,793 7,265 9,104 Petroleum preparations 2,639 9,666 2,254 6,831 Photographic equipment 2,849 3,860 2,531 3,816 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 3,271 3,927 2,892 3,827 Platinum 188 1,180 253 1,288 Pottery 69 1,165 75 1,250 Power generating mach. 16,264 16,720 15,959 15,505 Printed materials 3,202 1,987 3,171 1,904 Pulp and waste paper 3,061 2,002 4,836 2,815 Records/magnetic media 4,722 3,008 4,527 2,871 Rice 726 108 719 86 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 719 1,089 665 1,064 Rubber tires and tubes 1,445 2,300 1,364 2,412 Scientific instruments 15,204 9,086 13,681 8,537 Ships, boats 774 773 896 605 Silver and bullion 525 431 537 430 Soybeans 4,604 25 3,634 19 Spacecraft 428 120 242 169 Specialized ind. mach. 19,098 13,884 17,124 14,690 Sugar 4 849 3 589 Television, VCR, etc., 14,324 24,471 13,863 25,439 Textile yarn, fabric 5,816 7,558 5,373 7,656 Tobacco, unmanufactured 959 807 963 372 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,671 10,361 2,592 9,165 Travel goods 226 2,601 185 2,591 Vegetables and fruits 5,283 5,721 5,140 5,086 Vehicles 36,404 76,514 36,139 75,068 Watches/clocks/parts 202 2,030 178 2,048 Wheat 5,204 157 3,772 189 Wood manufactures 1,235 2,981 1,216 2,738 Re-exports 29,563 26,626 Agricultural commodities 945 876 Manufactured goods 28,132 25,345 Mineral fuels 136 82 (1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to (2)  Total exports (Domestic and Foreign) (3)  Domestic exports SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-96-193), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, SEPTEMBER 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.