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 August July Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 55,161 73,548 (R) 53,798 (R) 75,172 Net Adjustments -1,046 243 (R) -1,031 (R) 227 Total Census Basis (2) 56,207 73,304 (R) 54,829 (R) 74,945 Manufactured goods (3) 44,890 61,565 43,868 63,173 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,266 2,761 3,849 2,906 Mineral fuels (3) 1,112 6,532 1,074 6,287 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,584 6,441 3,549 6,444 Airplane parts 1,082 379 1,153 401 Airplanes 1,408 478 2,219 542 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 27 174 29 177 Aluminum 321 429 309 453 Animal feeds 306 55 285 54 Artwork/antiques 68 223 55 256 Basketware, etc. 205 275 209 293 Cereal flour 100 116 105 105 Chemicals - cosmetics 411 234 407 254 Chemicals - dyeing 280 204 281 218 Chemicals - fertilizers 266 90 281 68 Chemicals - inorganic 411 414 446 476 Chemicals - medicinal 664 873 610 762 Chemicals - n.e.s. 913 367 952 411 Chemicals - organic 1,320 1,435 1,373 1,485 Chemicals - plastics 1,504 689 1,427 704 Cigarettes 401 10 331 7 Clothing 748 4,841 666 5,159 Coal 365 59 282 61 Coffee (-) 286 1 401 Copper 118 327 115 290 Cork, wood, lumber 443 726 408 718 Corn 440 4 300 4 Cotton, raw and linters 167 1 190 1 Crude fertilizers 134 101 138 103 Crude oil 64 4,787 75 4,528 Electrical machinery 5,772 6,749 5,366 6,849 Fish and preparations 214 701 280 661 Footwear 67 1,228 65 1,400 Furniture and bedding 346 935 301 892 Gem diamonds 8 500 7 829 General industrial mach 2,561 2,031 2,456 2,232 Glass 187 141 151 143 Glassware 70 137 63 154 Gold, nonmonetary 279 216 277 246 Hides and skins 131 10 128 9 Iron and steel mill prod 470 1,144 460 1,288 Jewelry 59 304 48 370 Lighting, plumbing 144 273 130 274 Liquified propane/butane 15 83 24 65 Live animals 69 118 42 129 Meat and preparations 616 221 593 212 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 879 988 846 1,048 Metal ores; scrap 436 346 490 429 Metalworking machinery 492 544 515 608 Mineral fuels, other 289 125 310 119 Natural gas 18 369 22 344 Nickel 29 99 26 84 Oils/fats, vegetable 123 111 119 120 Optical goods 141 199 134 228 Paper and paperboard 876 973 849 996 Petroleum preparations 354 1,007 352 1,068 Photographic equipment 315 475 317 538 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 435 482 425 499 Platinum 41 159 65 145 Pottery 7 172 7 160 Power generating mach. 2,243 2,050 2,041 1,929 Printed materials 400 255 398 273 Pulp and waste paper 355 213 328 237 Records/magnetic media 500 351 511 369 Rice 53 20 57 16 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 112 128 95 131 Rubber tires and tubes 207 281 218 296 Scientific instruments 1,974 1,122 1,917 1,199 Ships, boats 156 52 197 32 Silver and bullion 38 36 47 34 Soybeans 307 1 197 27 Spacecraft 76 (-) 69 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,435 1,692 2,449 1,949 Sugar (-) 116 (-) 94 Television, VCR, etc. 2,078 3,279 2,118 3,130 Textile yearn, fabric 800 1,020 678 1,072 Tobacco, unmanufactured 69 101 57 131 Toys/games/sporting goods 317 1,793 315 1,499 Travel goods 26 337 28 370 Vegetables and fruits 582 516 632 520 Vehicles 4,169 8,975 3,450 8,733 Watches/clocks/parts 24 242 25 253 Wheat 509 25 388 23 Wood manufactures 167 420 153 440 Re-exports 3,619 (X) 3,463 (X) Agricultural commodities 98 (X) 104 (X) Manufactured goods 3,441 (X) 3,294 (X) Mineral fuels 43 (X) 18 (X) ___________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 444,318 570,826 402,021 524,081 Net Adjustments -6,836 5,409 -8,037 6,804 Total Census Basis (2) 451,154 565,416 410,058 517,277 Manufactured goods (3) 359,732 470,659 319,694 430,116 Agricultural commodities (3) 35,429 23,615 38,967 21,772 Mineral fuels (3) 8,118 52,211 7,492 48,725 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 28,070 47,873 26,009 42,588 Airplane parts 8,685 3,132 7,699 2,161 Airplanes 16,644 2,908 11,691 2,532 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 234 1,330 244 1,263 Aluminum 2,516 3,640 2,376 3,331 Animal feeds 3,026 412 2,743 421 Artwork/antiques 745 2,184 555 1,830 Basketware, etc. 1,664 2,132 1,479 1,982 Cereal flour 808 804 756 745 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,279 1,736 2,830 1,626 Chemicals - dyeing 2,174 1,643 1,798 1,436 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,167 907 2,108 971 Chemicals - inorganic 3,430 3,426 3,060 3,218 Chemicals - medicinal 5,299 5,558 4,794 4,491 Chemicals - n.e.s. 7,455 3,266 6,381 3,154 Chemicals - organic 10,980 11,220 9,906 10,106 Chemicals - plastics 11,516 5,473 10,294 4,927 Cigarettes 2,864 51 3,090 47 Clothing 5,518 31,092 4,767 26,718 Coal 2,396 419 2,524 402 Coffee 4 2,542 2 1,688 Copper 973 2,244 1,101 2,037 Cork, wood, lumber 3,624 5,560 3,602 4,855 Corn 3,744 92 6,009 91 Cotton, raw and linters 1,941 14 1,990 219 Crude fertilizers 1,076 898 1,001 780 Crude oil 543 35,974 175 34,365 Electrical machinery 42,720 51,371 37,655 50,251 Fish and preparations 1,821 4,661 2,021 4,110 Footwear 546 9,658 495 8,459 Furniture and bedding 2,553 7,110 2,172 6,081 Gem diamonds 72 4,818 101 4,315 General industrial mach 20,102 17,592 17,712 17,212 Glass 1,406 1,165 1,196 1,099 Glassware 531 1,008 452 901 Gold, nonmonetary 4,523 2,018 5,363 1,792 Hides and skins 1,059 88 1,007 86 Iron and steel mill prod 3,665 9,626 3,293 8,664 Jewelry 480 2,725 370 2,527 Lighting, plumbing 965 1,877 874 1,602 Liquified propane/butane 201 796 194 750 Live animals 363 1,039 277 1,072 Meat and preparations 4,500 1,798 4,693 1,538 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 6,759 8,007 6,109 7,090 Metal ores; scrap 3,093 2,706 2,947 2,686 Metalworking machinery 3,596 4,802 3,542 4,588 Mineral fuels, other 2,274 1,398 2,112 1,189 Natural gas 207 3,405 153 2,791 Nickel 227 770 205 792 Oils/fats, vegetable 827 929 630 967 Optical goods 1,123 1,630 924 1,501 Paper and paperboard 6,855 7,546 6,543 7,838 Petroleum preparations 2,455 9,596 2,287 8,643 Photographic equipment 2,633 3,587 2,553 3,379 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 3,336 3,749 2,909 3,459 Platinum 308 1,023 165 1,065 Pottery 62 1,078 62 1,007 Power generating mach. 17,972 15,947 14,486 14,914 Printed materials 3,008 1,842 2,831 1,735 Pulp and waste paper 2,537 1,746 2,768 1,812 Records/magnetic media 4,408 2,658 4,196 2,627 Rice 608 137 634 97 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 805 1,025 644 970 Rubber tires and tubes 1,601 2,203 1,283 2,076 Scientific instruments 15,607 8,774 13,587 8,053 Ships, boats 1,053 644 728 779 Silver and bullion 371 307 461 385 Soybeans 3,882 77 4,254 24 Spacecraft 478 (-) 428 120 Specialized ind. mach. 18,704 14,104 17,102 12,570 Sugar 2 702 4 676 Television, VCR, etc. 15,206 22,527 12,660 21,060 Textile yearn, fabric 5,894 7,877 5,162 6,704 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,086 908 867 733 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,490 10,008 2,354 8,612 Travel goods 223 2,520 202 2,259 Vegetables and fruits 4,777 5,409 4,613 5,280 Vehicles 35,983 74,282 32,532 67,353 Watches/clocks/parts 198 1,714 178 1,745 Wheat 2,602 249 4,532 142 Wood manufactures 1,288 3,028 1,104 2,636 Re-exports 29,686 (X) 25,912 (X) Agricultural commodities 986 (X) 864 (X) Manufactured goods 28,208 (X) 24,612 (X) Mineral fuels 170 (X) 131 (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-97-172), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, AUGUST 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.