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 July June Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 53,502 75,130 (R) 57,180 (R) 72,658 Net Adjustments -1,034 236 (R) -857 (R) 891 Total Census Basis (2) 54,536 74,894 (R) 58,037 (R) 71,767 Manufactured goods (3) 43,868 63,173 47,013 60,218 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,849 2,906 3,996 2,878 Mineral fuels (3) 1,074 6,287 956 6,166 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,549 6,444 3,821 6,452 Airplane parts 1,153 401 1,139 455 Airplanes 2,219 542 2,017 434 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 29 177 30 156 Aluminum 309 453 315 467 Animal feeds 285 54 328 52 Artwork/antiques 55 256 185 241 Basketware, etc. 209 293 228 284 Cereal flour 105 105 98 103 Chemicals - cosmetics 407 254 413 230 Chemicals - dyeing 281 218 284 223 Chemicals - fertilizers 281 68 310 64 Chemicals - inorganic 446 476 458 411 Chemicals - medicinal 610 762 668 646 Chemicals - n.e.s. 952 411 1,006 418 Chemicals - organic 1,373 1,485 1,441 1,301 Chemicals - plastics 1,427 704 1,489 708 Cigarettes 331 7 346 6 Clothing 666 5,159 739 4,110 Coal 282 61 288 54 Coffee 1 401 (-) 351 Copper 115 290 122 261 Cork, wood, lumber 408 718 465 752 Corn 300 4 369 5 Cotton, raw and linters 190 1 220 2 Crude fertilizers 138 103 135 109 Crude oil 75 4,528 49 4,390 Electrical machinery 5,366 6,849 5,472 6,614 Fish and preparations 280 661 204 602 Footwear 65 1,400 63 1,314 Furniture and bedding 301 892 340 895 Gem diamonds 7 829 14 527 General industrial mach 2,456 2,232 2,516 2,243 Glass 151 143 175 149 Glassware 63 154 69 128 Gold, nonmonetary 277 246 748 211 Hides and skins 128 9 134 11 Iron and steel mill prod 460 1,288 453 1,201 Jewelry 48 370 61 313 Lighting, plumbing 130 274 125 241 Liquified propane/butane 24 65 20 71 Live animals 42 129 41 112 Meat and preparations 593 212 569 243 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 846 1,048 867 997 Metal ores; scrap 490 429 411 330 Metalworking machinery 515 608 432 588 Mineral fuels, other 310 119 264 169 Natural gas 22 344 23 316 Nickel 26 84 34 64 Oils/fats, vegetable 119 120 69 115 Optical goods 134 228 143 219 Paper and paperboard 849 996 833 990 Petroleum preparations 352 1,068 304 1,083 Photographic equipment 317 538 355 496 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 425 499 436 485 Platinum 65 145 62 133 Pottery 7 160 7 134 Power generating mach. 2,041 1,929 2,332 1,871 Printed materials 398 273 377 219 Pulp and waste paper 328 237 332 218 Records/magnetic media 511 369 579 343 Rice 57 16 77 16 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 95 131 105 132 Rubber tires and tubes 218 296 188 285 Scientific instruments 1,917 1,199 2,002 1,149 Ships, boats 197 32 197 65 Silver and bullion 47 34 157 44 Soybeans 197 27 286 34 Spacecraft 69 (-) 1 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,449 1,949 2,441 1,881 Sugar (-) 94 1 61 Television, VCR, etc. 2,118 3,130 2,010 2,952 Textile yearn, fabric 678 1,072 757 1,040 Tobacco, unmanufactured 57 131 140 112 Toys/games/sporting goods 315 1,499 318 1,383 Travel goods 28 370 25 346 Vegetables and fruits 632 520 623 621 Vehicles 3,450 8,733 4,911 9,220 Watches/clocks/parts 25 253 27 229 Wheat 388 23 313 29 Wood manufactures 153 440 162 399 Re-exports 3,463 (X) 3,950 (X) Agricultural commodities 104 (X) 124 (X) Manufactured goods 3,294 (X) 3,774 (X) Mineral fuels 18 (X) 18 (X) ________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 388,862 497,236 351,798 455,286 Net Adjustments -5,793 5,175 -6,685 6,034 Total Census Basis (2) 394,654 492,062 358,483 449,253 Manufactured goods (3) 314,842 409,094 279,360 373,586 Agricultural commodities (3) 31,163 20,854 34,431 19,086 Mineral fuels (3) 7,006 45,679 6,499 42,232 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 24,486 41,433 22,918 37,103 Airplane parts 7,603 2,753 6,574 1,885 Airplanes 15,236 2,430 9,853 2,187 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 207 1,156 211 1,078 Aluminum 2,194 3,211 2,073 2,943 Animal feeds 2,721 357 2,415 366 Artwork/antiques 677 1,961 493 1,581 Basketware, etc. 1,459 1,857 1,297 1,716 Cereal flour 708 688 652 635 Chemicals - cosmetics 2,868 1,502 2,434 1,399 Chemicals - dyeing 1,894 1,439 1,556 1,250 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,902 816 1,883 892 Chemicals - inorganic 3,019 3,012 2,616 2,778 Chemicals - medicinal 4,635 4,685 4,206 3,990 Chemicals - n.e.s. 6,542 2,898 5,540 2,766 Chemicals - organic 9,660 9,785 8,737 8,975 Chemicals - plastics 10,012 4,785 9,013 4,274 Cigarettes 2,463 41 2,630 41 Clothing 4,770 26,251 4,111 22,436 Coal 2,031 360 2,196 361 Coffee 4 2,256 2 1,503 Copper 856 1,917 981 1,805 Cork, wood, lumber 3,181 4,833 3,121 4,140 Corn 3,304 88 5,473 86 Cotton, raw and linters 1,774 12 1,890 162 Crude fertilizers 942 796 865 671 Crude oil 479 31,186 112 29,684 Electrical machinery 36,948 44,622 32,890 44,094 Fish and preparations 1,608 3,960 1,753 3,530 Footwear 478 8,429 424 7,257 Furniture and bedding 2,207 6,175 1,875 5,257 Gem diamonds 64 4,318 94 3,846 General industrial mach 17,540 15,561 15,453 15,194 Glass 1,219 1,024 1,037 950 Glassware 461 871 394 765 Gold, nonmonetary 4,244 1,803 4,825 1,513 Hides and skins 927 78 874 74 Iron and steel mill prod 3,195 8,482 2,897 7,389 Jewelry 421 2,420 325 2,221 Lighting, plumbing 821 1,604 747 1,351 Liquified propane/butane 186 713 170 660 Live animals 293 922 238 930 Meat and preparations 3,884 1,578 4,113 1,327 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 5,881 7,019 5,318 6,120 Metal ores; scrap 2,657 2,360 2,546 2,341 Metalworking machinery 3,104 4,258 3,089 4,004 Mineral fuels, other 1,985 1,273 1,829 1,026 Natural gas 188 3,036 135 2,447 Nickel 198 671 181 697 Oils/fats, vegetable 704 818 568 838 Optical goods 982 1,431 807 1,330 Paper and paperboard 5,979 6,573 5,677 6,880 Petroleum preparations 2,101 8,589 2,014 7,570 Photographic equipment 2,318 3,112 2,232 2,939 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 2,901 3,267 2,515 2,983 Platinum 266 864 150 927 Pottery 55 906 54 838 Power generating mach. 15,729 13,897 12,651 13,026 Printed materials 2,608 1,587 2,457 1,470 Pulp and waste paper 2,182 1,532 2,411 1,592 Records/magnetic media 3,907 2,307 3,711 2,270 Rice 555 116 562 81 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 693 898 560 853 Rubber tires and tubes 1,394 1,922 1,121 1,827 Scientific instruments 13,632 7,652 11,822 7,054 Ships, boats 897 592 680 750 Silver and bullion 334 271 403 349 Soybeans 3,575 76 3,817 24 Spacecraft 403 (-) 427 120 Specialized ind. mach. 16,269 12,413 15,036 11,128 Sugar 2 586 3 569 Television, VCR, etc. 13,128 19,248 11,045 17,954 Textile yearn, fabric 5,093 6,857 4,472 5,811 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,017 806 782 607 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,173 8,215 2,044 6,936 Travel goods 197 2,183 180 1,921 Vegetables and fruits 4,195 4,893 4,070 4,779 Vehicles 31,814 65,307 28,603 58,629 Watches/clocks/parts 174 1,473 153 1,501 Wheat 2,092 224 3,744 124 Wood manufactures 1,121 2,608 952 2,257 Re-exports 26,067 (X) 22,621 (X) Agricultural commodities 888 (X) 775 (X) Manufactured goods 24,767 (X) 21,483 (X) Mineral fuels 127 (X) 98 (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-97-152), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, JULY 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.