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 June May Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 57,258 72,510 (R) 57,724 (R) 72,375 Net Adjustments -858 891 (R) -995 (R) 897 Total Census Basis (2) 58,116 71,619 (R) 58,719 (R) 71,478 Manufactured goods (3) 47,013 60,218 47,113 59,533 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,996 2,878 4,248 3,187 Mineral fuels (3) 956 6,166 907 6,538 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,821 6,452 3,389 5,810 Airplane parts 1,139 455 1,121 414 Airplanes 2,017 434 2,773 406 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 30 156 35 177 Aluminum 315 467 320 522 Animal feeds 328 52 332 52 Artwork/antiques 185 241 112 363 Basketware, etc. 228 284 221 276 Cereal flour 98 103 114 104 Chemicals - cosmetics 413 230 418 206 Chemicals - dyeing 284 223 280 202 Chemicals - fertilizers 310 64 288 128 Chemicals - inorganic 458 411 456 426 Chemicals - medicinal 668 646 709 629 Chemicals - n.e.s. 1,006 418 928 412 Chemicals - organic 1,441 1,301 1,463 1,319 Chemicals - plastics 1,489 708 1,479 710 Cigarettes 346 6 384 8 Clothing 739 4,110 680 3,414 Coal 288 54 300 48 Coffee (-) 351 1 359 Copper 122 261 126 302 Cork, wood, lumber 465 752 474 749 Corn 369 5 416 4 Cotton, raw and linters 220 2 232 2 Crude fertilizers 135 109 139 112 Crude oil 49 4,390 15 4,604 Electrical machinery 5,472 6,614 5,443 6,382 Fish and preparations 204 602 197 588 Footwear 63 1,314 67 1,209 Furniture and bedding 340 895 339 926 Gem diamonds 14 527 15 665 General industrial mach 2,516 2,243 2,605 2,336 Glass 175 149 177 160 Glassware 69 128 67 122 Gold, nonmonetary 748 211 641 276 Hides and skins 134 11 134 11 Iron and steel mill prod 453 1,201 461 1,304 Jewelry 61 313 59 377 Lighting, plumbing 125 241 131 237 Liquified propane/butane 20 71 18 68 Live animals 41 112 37 144 Meat and preparations 569 243 582 259 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 867 997 887 1,025 Metal ores; scrap 411 330 398 346 Metalworking machinery 432 588 468 618 Mineral fuels, other 264 169 299 173 Natural gas 23 316 13 329 Nickel 34 64 28 131 Oils/fats, vegetable 69 115 79 114 Optical goods 143 219 150 203 Paper and paperboard 833 990 869 977 Petroleum preparations 304 1,083 258 1,253 Photographic equipment 355 496 326 428 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 436 485 433 502 Platinum 62 133 36 128 Pottery 7 134 8 126 Power generating mach. 2,332 1,871 2,326 2,046 Printed materials 377 219 373 234 Pulp and waste paper 332 218 312 198 Records/magnetic media 579 343 538 317 Rice 77 16 64 15 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 105 132 106 130 Rubber tires and tubes 188 285 190 265 Scientific instruments 2,002 1,149 2,063 1,094 Ships, boats 197 65 105 109 Silver and bullion 157 44 54 32 Soybeans 286 34 374 4 Spacecraft 1 (-) 148 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,441 1,881 2,358 1,834 Sugar 1 61 (-) 97 Television, VCR, etc. 2,010 2,952 1,904 2,779 Textile yearn, fabric 757 1,040 765 1,011 Tobacco, unmanufactured 140 112 226 153 Toys/games/sporting goods 318 1,383 321 1,269 Travel goods 25 346 27 332 Vegetables and fruits 623 621 650 692 Vehicles 4,911 9,220 4,958 9,761 Watches/clocks/parts 27 229 24 224 Wheat 313 29 228 41 Wood manufactures 162 399 164 390 Re-exports 3,950 (X) 3,649 (X) Agricultural commodities 124 (X) 130 (X) Manufactured goods 3,774 (X) 3,464 (X) Mineral fuels 18 (X) 12 (X) _______________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 335,438 421,959 305,640 387,179 Net Adjustments -4,759 4,939 -5,245 5,608 Total Census Basis (2) 340,197 417,020 310,885 381,571 Manufactured goods (3) 270,974 345,922 242,248 317,724 Agricultural commodities (3) 27,314 17,948 30,069 16,385 Mineral fuels (3) 5,932 39,393 5,556 35,363 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 20,937 34,989 20,010 31,628 Airplane parts 6,450 2,352 5,650 1,596 Airplanes 13,017 1,887 8,246 1,921 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 178 979 180 906 Aluminum 1,885 2,758 1,791 2,572 Animal feeds 2,435 303 2,071 309 Artwork/antiques 621 1,705 414 1,398 Basketware, etc. 1,250 1,564 1,118 1,433 Cereal flour 604 583 562 535 Chemicals - cosmetics 2,460 1,248 2,086 1,158 Chemicals - dyeing 1,614 1,220 1,333 1,055 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,620 748 1,595 843 Chemicals - inorganic 2,573 2,536 2,249 2,405 Chemicals - medicinal 4,025 3,923 3,657 3,393 Chemicals - n.e.s. 5,590 2,488 4,746 2,360 Chemicals - organic 8,287 8,299 7,610 7,707 Chemicals - plastics 8,585 4,081 7,790 3,621 Cigarettes 2,132 34 2,306 34 Clothing 4,104 21,092 3,524 18,100 Coal 1,749 299 1,874 319 Coffee 3 1,855 2 1,311 Copper 740 1,627 857 1,553 Cork, wood, lumber 2,773 4,115 2,740 3,400 Corn 3,004 84 4,761 80 Cotton, raw and linters 1,584 11 1,816 88 Crude fertilizers 804 693 732 573 Crude oil 404 26,659 61 24,686 Electrical machinery 31,582 37,773 28,501 37,930 Fish and preparations 1,328 3,300 1,342 3,010 Footwear 414 7,029 364 5,982 Furniture and bedding 1,905 5,283 1,637 4,508 Gem diamonds 57 3,489 80 3,120 General industrial mach 15,084 13,328 13,309 12,956 Glass 1,069 881 901 806 Glassware 398 717 339 639 Gold, nonmonetary 3,967 1,557 4,449 1,287 Hides and skins 799 69 752 63 Iron and steel mill prod 2,735 7,193 2,526 6,208 Jewelry 373 2,050 293 1,851 Lighting, plumbing 690 1,330 643 1,109 Liquified propane/butane 162 648 135 570 Live animals 251 793 208 803 Meat and preparations 3,291 1,366 3,577 1,119 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 5,035 5,970 4,592 5,185 Metal ores; scrap 2,168 1,931 2,136 1,980 Metalworking machinery 2,589 3,650 2,654 3,368 Mineral fuels, other 1,675 1,153 1,589 840 Natural gas 167 2,692 111 2,117 Nickel 172 587 159 621 Oils/fats, vegetable 585 697 532 732 Optical goods 847 1,202 686 1,122 Paper and paperboard 5,130 5,577 4,867 5,917 Petroleum preparations 1,749 7,521 1,748 6,437 Photographic equipment 2,001 2,574 1,928 2,490 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 2,475 2,768 2,161 2,513 Platinum 201 719 127 794 Pottery 48 746 46 691 Power generating mach. 13,689 11,968 11,052 11,205 Printed materials 2,209 1,313 2,100 1,231 Pulp and waste paper 1,854 1,296 2,118 1,394 Records/magnetic media 3,397 1,938 3,192 1,898 Rice 498 101 496 68 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 598 766 483 735 Rubber tires and tubes 1,176 1,625 969 1,573 Scientific instruments 11,715 6,453 10,239 5,924 Ships, boats 700 560 624 669 Silver and bullion 286 237 303 300 Soybeans 3,379 50 3,429 22 Spacecraft 333 (-) 291 120 Specialized ind. mach. 13,820 10,464 12,902 9,535 Sugar 1 491 2 442 Television, VCR, etc. 11,010 16,118 9,520 15,029 Textile yearn, fabric 4,415 5,785 3,884 4,882 Tobacco, unmanufactured 960 675 739 510 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,858 6,716 1,746 5,563 Travel goods 169 1,813 155 1,591 Vegetables and fruits 3,563 4,373 3,484 4,240 Vehicles 28,364 56,574 25,566 51,071 Watches/clocks/parts 149 1,220 130 1,244 Wheat 1,704 201 3,118 106 Wood manufactures 968 2,168 826 1,872 Re-exports 22,604 (X) 19,712 (X) Agricultural commodities 785 (X) 682 (X) Manufactured goods 21,473 (X) 18,722 (X) Mineral fuels 109 (X) 75 (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-97-133), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, JUNE 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.