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 or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. (X) Not applicable. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) 1997 DATA December November Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 58,785 75,596 (R) 57,536 (R) 72,288 Net Adjustments -880 417 (R) -663 (R) 234 Total Census Basis (2) 59,665 75,180 (R) 58,199 (R) 72,054 Manufactured goods (3) 47,808 63,341 46,292 60,805 Agricultural commodities (3) 5,152 3,135 5,380 2,731 Mineral fuels (3) 1,158 6,388 956 5,784 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,961 7,053 3,735 6,125 Airplane parts 1,207 434 1,172 468 Airplanes 3,908 632 1,490 273 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 33 169 32 176 Aluminum 298 562 332 422 Animal feeds 506 59 446 54 Artwork/antiques 124 276 83 245 Basketware, etc. 201 336 205 275 Cereal flour 105 119 106 128 Chemicals - cosmetics 364 236 409 220 Chemicals - dyeing 251 215 279 190 Chemicals - fertilizers 301 134 216 101 Chemicals - inorganic 465 396 461 431 Chemicals - medicinal 651 881 675 814 Chemicals - n.e.s. 896 392 871 369 Chemicals - organic 1,341 1,496 1,263 1,315 Chemicals - plastics 1,403 671 1,405 666 Cigarettes 313 5 476 6 Clothing 601 3,765 736 3,567 Coal 282 77 279 47 Coffee 1 316 (-) 233 Copper 111 236 121 240 Cork, wood, lumber 338 583 358 640 Corn 468 3 394 2 Cotton, raw and linters 287 2 219 1 Crude fertilizers 130 100 130 110 Crude oil 72 4,411 14 3,986 Electrical machinery 5,419 6,932 5,626 6,891 Fish and preparations 140 720 186 693 Footwear 54 1,027 64 1,032 Furniture and bedding 309 1,017 357 1,020 Gem diamonds 6 567 10 648 General industrial mach 2,491 2,254 2,626 2,089 Glass 162 138 179 140 Glassware 70 120 69 126 Gold, nonmonetary 336 243 234 279 Hides and skins 92 10 121 10 Iron and steel mill prod 482 1,090 462 1,143 Jewelry 56 384 65 482 Lighting, plumbing 124 255 137 245 Liquified propane/butane 35 118 29 80 Live animals 98 138 64 152 Meat and preparations 545 223 637 205 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 807 1,033 890 1,006 Metal ores; scrap 348 367 350 322 Metalworking machinery 531 712 535 597 Mineral fuels, other 273 122 227 101 Natural gas 45 576 17 453 Nickel 34 102 28 90 Oils/fats, vegetable 155 125 189 97 Optical goods 148 243 154 201 Paper and paperboard 819 1,000 823 1,042 Petroleum preparations 426 997 356 1,026 Photographic equipment 286 567 291 485 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 390 470 432 454 Platinum 53 270 24 218 Pottery 7 129 9 133 Power generating mach. 2,209 2,100 2,232 2,042 Printed materials 372 238 366 237 Pulp and waste paper 335 215 322 220 Records/magnetic media 613 368 621 324 Rice 90 28 94 15 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 97 131 117 125 Rubber tires and tubes 184 311 191 292 Scientific instruments 2,167 1,361 2,078 1,189 Ships, boats 67 47 57 77 Silver and bullion 134 55 43 40 Soybeans 904 3 1,119 3 Spacecraft 70 (-) 76 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,621 1,970 2,574 1,678 Sugar 63 (-) 31 Television, VCR, etc. 2,295 3,086 2,187 3,359 Textile yearn, fabric 693 1,009 781 920 Tobacco, unmanufactured 133 64 108 36 Toys/games/sporting goods 308 1,373 340 1,842 Travel goods 24 287 26 302 Vegetables and fruits 621 735 696 584 Vehicles 4,291 9,837 5,196 9,583 Watches/clocks/parts 29 232 28 263 Wheat 339 29 343 33 Wood manufactures 179 382 168 399 Re-exports 3,643 (X) 3,639 (X) Agricultural commodities 118 (X) 125 (X) Manufactured goods 3,470 (X) 3,453 (X) Mineral fuels 23 (X) 18 (X) _______________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 678,348 877,282 612,069 803,239 Net Adjustments -10,549 6,559 -13,006 7,950 Total Census Basis (2) 688,896 870,723 625,075 795,289 Manufactured goods (3) 549,061 728,574 486,171 658,782 Agricultural commodities (3) 55,654 35,148 59,385 32,575 Mineral fuels (3) 12,328 77,840 12,181 78,086 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 43,632 75,001 39,702 66,474 Airplane parts 13,256 4,919 11,707 3,471 Airplanes 25,500 4,664 18,976 3,942 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 385 2,186 387 2,045 Aluminum 3,761 5,558 3,493 4,834 Animal feeds 4,623 649 4,188 634 Artwork/antiques 1,114 3,587 887 2,792 Basketware, etc. 2,492 3,360 2,240 3,012 Cereal flour 1,244 1,328 1,172 1,212 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,891 2,677 4,350 2,444 Chemicals - dyeing 3,295 2,482 2,732 2,164 Chemicals - fertilizers 3,064 1,378 3,072 1,406 Chemicals - inorganic 5,304 5,137 4,706 4,953 Chemicals - medicinal 8,037 8,737 7,144 7,082 Chemicals - n.e.s. 11,148 4,819 9,684 4,578 Chemicals - organic 16,411 16,852 14,809 14,807 Chemicals - plastics 17,311 8,244 15,464 7,438 Cigarettes 4,409 74 4,738 68 Clothing 8,388 48,407 7,298 41,557 Coal 3,565 654 3,856 607 Coffee 7 3,575 4 2,491 Copper 1,442 3,254 1,587 2,960 Cork, wood, lumber 5,136 8,185 5,513 7,537 Corn 5,417 103 8,625 116 Cotton, raw and linters 2,709 20 2,741 305 Crude fertilizers 1,627 1,340 1,530 1,179 Crude oil 780 54,091 560 54,931 Electrical machinery 65,787 80,317 57,189 75,488 Fish and preparations 2,630 7,687 2,938 6,657 Footwear 802 14,018 764 12,753 Furniture and bedding 3,942 11,143 3,333 9,432 Gem diamonds 108 7,599 151 6,600 General industrial mach 30,550 26,307 26,700 25,289 Glass 2,115 1,750 1,831 1,679 Glassware 814 1,555 681 1,413 Gold, nonmonetary 5,673 3,028 6,641 2,735 Hides and skins 1,503 129 1,516 133 Iron and steel mill prod 5,634 14,292 4,805 13,383 Jewelry 730 4,587 618 4,361 Lighting, plumbing 1,537 2,945 1,362 2,580 Liquified propane/butane 297 1,159 302 1,264 Live animals 684 1,654 531 1,592 Meat and preparations 6,894 2,656 6,967 2,316 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 10,297 12,229 9,216 10,842 Metal ores; scrap 4,672 4,156 4,276 4,034 Metalworking machinery 5,698 7,319 5,247 6,789 Mineral fuels, other 3,357 1,863 3,170 1,823 Natural gas 320 5,223 261 4,564 Nickel 346 1,144 307 1,140 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,397 1,375 1,024 1,426 Optical goods 1,703 2,494 1,383 2,327 Paper and paperboard 10,289 11,703 9,853 11,629 Petroleum preparations 3,885 13,871 3,952 14,004 Photographic equipment 3,867 5,747 3,745 5,266 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 5,098 5,682 4,444 5,306 Platinum 440 1,959 248 1,720 Pottery 101 1,685 96 1,569 Power generating mach. 27,103 24,504 22,415 22,509 Printed materials 4,609 2,871 4,353 2,699 Pulp and waste paper 3,866 2,639 4,037 2,648 Records/magnetic media 6,814 4,144 6,556 4,078 Rice 932 217 1,031 157 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,246 1,553 983 1,465 Rubber tires and tubes 2,395 3,417 1,962 3,074 Scientific instruments 23,997 13,947 20,645 12,407 Ships, boats 1,366 876 1,013 1,069 Silver and bullion 641 472 638 568 Soybeans 7,479 86 7,447 31 Spacecraft 828 187 636 232 Specialized ind. mach. 29,180 21,192 25,701 18,512 Sugar 3 958 5 1,003 Television, VCR, etc. 24,024 36,685 19,853 34,186 Textile yearn, fabric 8,978 11,949 7,837 10,255 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,553 1,129 1,396 1,053 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,830 17,372 3,698 14,721 Travel goods 331 3,842 308 3,583 Vegetables and fruits 7,483 7,744 7,324 7,512 Vehicles 55,268 112,767 50,181 102,551 Watches/clocks/parts 309 2,837 277 2,804 Wheat 4,178 359 6,296 247 Wood manufactures 1,960 4,670 1,690 4,042 Re-exports 44,376 (X) 40,423 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,439 (X) 1,253 (X) Manufactured goods 42,181 (X) 38,491 (X) Mineral fuels 294 (X) 205 (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-98-26), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, DECEMBER 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.