PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 1997 AND 1996 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.) 1997 Data April March Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 58,106 72,241 (R) 60,288 (R) 72,102 Net Adjustments -700 1,019 (R) -988 (R) 1,456 Total Census Basis (2) 58,806 71,222 (R) 61,275 (R) 70,645 Manufactured goods (3) 47,404 59,520 48,423 58,058 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,519 3,079 4,820 3,200 Mineral fuels (3) 992 6,313 973 6,614 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,372 5,959 3,964 6,258 Airplane parts 1,146 410 1,075 381 Airplanes 2,780 269 2,772 157 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 29 183 33 172 Aluminum 344 517 310 512 Animal feeds 418 53 447 51 Artwork/antiques 73 270 66 352 Basketware, etc. 210 271 218 224 Cereal flour 103 97 107 97 Chemicals - cosmetics 415 214 441 211 Chemicals - dyeing 281 219 283 207 Chemicals - fertilizers 240 144 249 138 Chemicals - inorganic 482 428 434 410 Chemicals - medicinal 674 745 735 667 Chemicals - n.e.s. 965 455 1,032 443 Chemicals - organic 1,414 1,531 1,329 1,382 Chemicals - plastics 1,470 718 1,476 704 Cigarettes 287 5 413 5 Clothing 722 3,291 738 3,214 Coal 294 59 309 52 Coffee (-) 330 1 331 Copper 119 286 128 275 Cork, wood, lumber 455 735 476 674 Corn 503 34 568 27 Cotton, raw and linters 268 1 318 2 Crude fertilizers 136 109 128 150 Crude oil 57 4,289 67 4,379 Electrical machinery 5,378 6,580 5,437 6,560 Fish and preparations 184 529 334 503 Footwear 75 1,068 80 1,048 Furniture and bedding 331 919 315 857 Gem diamonds 5 479 7 614 General industrial mach 2,700 2,367 2,697 2,331 Glass 197 158 182 139 Glassware 66 125 73 121 Gold, nonmonetary 905 262 1,086 384 Hides and skins 129 13 132 11 Iron and steel mill prod 463 1,198 487 1,140 Jewelry 50 353 80 384 Lighting, plumbing 112 221 122 189 Liquified propane/butane 19 81 36 133 Live animals 45 153 53 132 Meat and preparations 564 239 536 225 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 861 1,059 854 999 Metal ores; scrap 352 366 389 315 Metalworking machinery 483 663 461 611 Mineral fuels, other 296 197 274 206 Natural gas 16 496 20 475 Nickel 29 87 30 137 Oils/fats, vegetable 91 114 142 132 Optical goods 143 211 143 204 Paper and paperboard 868 944 891 948 Petroleum preparations 305 1,119 262 1,300 Photographic equipment 338 413 375 473 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 438 481 426 426 Platinum 32 123 36 92 Pottery 8 121 10 117 Power generating mach. 2,396 2,128 2,375 2,056 Printed materials 377 223 367 215 Pulp and waste paper 293 208 315 222 Records/magnetic media 558 333 642 319 Rice 84 16 74 21 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 106 136 102 129 Rubber tires and tubes 214 291 214 269 Scientific instruments 1,954 1,120 2,218 1,113 Ships, boats 111 98 97 65 Silver and bullion 19 45 12 39 Soybeans 514 6 562 2 Spacecraft 106 (-) (-) (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,448 1,923 2,466 1,839 Sugar (-) 55 (-) 75 Television, VCR, etc. 1,955 2,772 1,955 2,742 Textile yearn, fabric 764 998 776 917 Tobacco, unmanufactured 133 108 188 89 Toys/games/sporting goods 326 1,168 338 953 Travel goods 32 288 29 233 Vegetables and fruits 552 740 588 867 Vehicles 4,900 9,638 4,980 9,543 Watches/clocks/parts 26 221 27 192 Wheat 330 28 254 36 Wood manufactures 158 381 158 367 Re-exports 3,863 (X) 4,145 (X) Agricultural commodities 120 (X) 149 (X) Manufactured goods 3,696 (X) 3,921 (X) Mineral fuels 13 (X) 26 (X) ______________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Data Cumulative 1996 Data Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 220,918 277,117 202,471 254,005 Net Adjustments -2,910 3,151 -3,233 3,488 Total Census Basis (2) 223,828 273,966 205,704 250,518 Manufactured goods (3) 176,848 226,171 158,891 209,343 Agricultural commodities (3) 19,070 11,883 21,088 11,016 Mineral fuels (3) 4,069 26,688 3,768 22,301 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 13,727 22,727 13,639 21,188 Airplane parts 4,191 1,484 3,674 1,016 Airplanes 8,227 1,047 4,411 1,130 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 113 646 117 592 Aluminum 1,251 1,770 1,151 1,702 Animal feeds 1,775 199 1,469 200 Artwork/antiques 325 1,101 242 885 Basketware, etc. 801 1,004 722 921 Cereal flour 392 376 371 348 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,629 812 1,371 762 Chemicals - dyeing 1,049 795 869 679 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,023 556 1,038 642 Chemicals - inorganic 1,658 1,700 1,425 1,638 Chemicals - medicinal 2,647 2,648 2,388 2,174 Chemicals - n.e.s. 3,656 1,657 3,111 1,546 Chemicals - organic 5,383 5,679 5,193 5,296 Chemicals - plastics 5,618 2,663 5,175 2,353 Cigarettes 1,402 20 1,520 21 Clothing 2,685 13,568 2,303 11,777 Coal 1,162 197 1,205 215 Coffee 2 1,145 1 917 Copper 492 1,064 550 1,013 Cork, wood, lumber 1,833 2,613 1,784 2,137 Corn 2,219 74 3,236 67 Cotton, raw and linters 1,131 7 1,575 23 Crude fertilizers 530 472 467 375 Crude oil 339 17,665 41 15,197 Electrical machinery 20,667 24,777 18,957 25,745 Fish and preparations 926 2,110 908 1,930 Footwear 283 4,507 243 3,890 Furniture and bedding 1,227 3,462 1,077 2,957 Gem diamonds 28 2,297 45 2,068 General industrial mach 9,963 8,750 8,773 8,600 Glass 717 572 591 512 Glassware 262 467 225 421 Gold, nonmonetary 2,578 1,069 2,857 837 Hides and skins 531 47 480 42 Iron and steel mill prod 1,820 4,688 1,732 4,032 Jewelry 253 1,360 215 1,207 Lighting, plumbing 434 853 420 689 Liquified propane/butane 124 509 92 418 Live animals 173 537 141 547 Meat and preparations 2,141 865 2,390 740 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 3,280 3,948 2,993 3,414 Metal ores; scrap 1,358 1,254 1,391 1,266 Metalworking machinery 1,688 2,444 1,669 2,279 Mineral fuels, other 1,112 811 1,067 542 Natural gas 131 2,047 77 1,507 Nickel 111 392 101 421 Oils/fats, vegetable 438 468 414 472 Optical goods 554 780 452 728 Paper and paperboard 3,427 3,609 3,221 4,011 Petroleum preparations 1,186 5,186 1,262 4,168 Photographic equipment 1,319 1,650 1,302 1,645 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,606 1,780 1,408 1,627 Platinum 103 458 93 540 Pottery 32 486 30 456 Power generating mach. 9,031 8,051 7,435 7,305 Printed materials 1,459 860 1,426 814 Pulp and waste paper 1,210 880 1,469 1,036 Records/magnetic media 2,279 1,278 2,166 1,246 Rice 357 70 360 46 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 387 504 309 488 Rubber tires and tubes 797 1,076 657 1,034 Scientific instruments 7,650 4,209 6,744 3,918 Ships, boats 398 387 421 395 Silver and bullion 75 162 109 217 Soybeans 2,719 11 2,648 18 Spacecraft 184 227 100 Specialized ind. mach. 9,021 6,750 8,681 6,386 Sugar 1 333 2 283 Television, VCR, etc. 7,096 10,387 6,178 9,796 Textile yearn, fabric 2,893 3,734 2,523 3,159 Tobacco, unmanufactured 593 411 533 340 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,219 4,064 1,147 3,401 Travel goods 117 1,136 103 981 Vegetables and fruits 2,290 3,060 2,235 2,921 Vehicles 18,496 37,593 16,558 33,301 Watches/clocks/parts 97 767 84 800 Wheat 1,163 132 2,201 64 Wood manufactures 643 1,378 556 1,184 Re-exports 15,006 (X) 13,141 (X) Agricultural commodities 530 (X) 472 (X) Manufactured goods 14,236 (X) 12,465 (X) Mineral fuels 79 (X) 53 (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-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.