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 March February Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 59,752 71,534 (R) 52,528 (R) 65,624 Net Adjustments -989 1,455 (R) -674 (R) 429 Total Census Basis (2) 60,741 70,079 (R) 53,202 (R) 65,196 Manufactured goods (3) 48,423 58,058 41,707 53,811 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,820 3,200 4,830 2,762 Mineral fuels (3) 973 6,614 1,009 6,474 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machin 3,964 6,258 3,188 5,209 Airplane parts 1,075 381 1,006 356 Airplanes 2,772 157 1,639 276 Alcoholic bev., distilled 33 172 28 147 Aluminum 310 512 301 368 Animal feeds 447 51 445 45 Artwork/antiques 66 352 121 206 Basketware, etc. 218 224 195 247 Cereal flour 107 97 91 91 Chemicals - cosmetics 441 211 397 203 Chemicals - dyeing 283 207 251 182 Chemicals - fertilizers 249 138 299 132 Chemicals - inorganic 434 410 400 393 Chemicals - medicinal 735 667 594 618 Chemicals - n.e.s. 1,032 443 872 381 Chemicals - organic 1,329 1,382 1,403 1,368 Chemicals - plastics 1,476 704 1,319 601 Cigarettes 413 5 372 5 Clothing 738 3,214 653 3,408 Coal 309 52 253 40 Coffee 1 331 (-) 274 Copper 128 275 122 230 Cork, wood, lumber 476 674 470 631 Corn 568 27 526 7 Cotton, raw and linters 318 2 281 3 Crude fertilizers 128 150 128 101 Crude oil 67 4,379 107 4,222 Electrical machinery 5,437 6,560 4,865 5,754 Fish and preparations 334 503 274 506 Footwear 80 1,048 66 1,185 Furniture and bedding 315 857 292 826 Gem diamonds 7 614 7 557 General industrial mach 2,697 2,331 2,348 1,986 Glass 182 139 175 138 Glassware 73 121 67 113 Gold, nonmonetary 1,086 384 363 201 Hides and skins 132 11 128 11 Iron and steel mill prod 487 1,140 438 1,027 Jewelry 80 384 88 319 Lighting, plumbing 122 189 106 206 Liquified propane/butane 36 133 46 142 Live animals 53 132 38 120 Meat and preparations 536 225 534 190 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 854 999 762 934 Metal ores; scrap 389 315 316 299 Metalworking machinery 461 611 381 576 Mineral fuels, other 274 206 252 207 Natural gas 20 475 72 592 Nickel 30 137 25 88 Oils/fats, vegetable 142 132 111 107 Optical goods 143 204 130 188 Paper and paperboard 891 948 840 833 Petroleum preparations 262 1,300 276 1,202 Photographic equipment 375 473 315 383 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 426 426 379 432 Platinum 36 92 17 126 Pottery 10 117 7 125 Power generating mach. 2,375 2,056 2,137 1,934 Printed materials 367 215 351 207 Pulp and waste paper 315 222 314 224 Records/magnetic media 642 319 508 307 Rice 74 21 100 15 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 102 129 95 119 Rubber tires and tubes 214 269 197 266 Scientific instruments 2,218 1,113 1,774 1,020 Ships, boats 97 65 107 119 Silver and bullion 12 39 23 34 Soybeans 562 2 831 1 Spacecraft (-) (-) 78 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,466 1,839 2,084 1,474 Sugar (-) 75 (-) 99 Television, VCR, etc., 1,955 2,742 1,599 2,372 Textile yarn, fabric 776 917 684 873 Tobacco, unmanufactured 188 89 146 106 Toys/games/sporting goods 338 953 283 978 Travel goods 29 233 29 291 Vegetables and fruits 588 867 563 706 Vehicles 4,980 9,543 4,726 9,480 Watches/clocks/parts 27 192 23 170 Wheat 254 36 276 42 Wood manufactures 158 367 163 307 Re-exports 4,145 (X) 3,555 (X) Agricultural commodities 149 (X) 137 (X) Manufactured goods 3,921 (X) 3,370 (X) Mineral fuels 26 (X) 4 (X) _____________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Balance of Payment Basis 162,012 204,309 150,885 187,248 Net Adjustments -2,476 2,131 -2,377 1,883 Total Census Basis (2) 164,488 202,178 153,262 185,366 Manufactured goods (3) 129,445 166,651 116,254 156,350 Agricultural commodities (3) 14,551 8,803 16,035 8,042 Mineral fuels (3) 3,078 20,376 2,840 15,120 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machin 10,355 16,767 10,448 15,920 Airplane parts 3,045 1,074 2,735 730 Airplanes 5,447 779 2,893 978 Alcoholic bev., distilled 84 463 90 444 Aluminum 907 1,253 824 1,232 Animal feeds 1,356 147 1,120 143 Artwork/antiques 252 831 189 620 Basketware, etc. 591 733 535 697 Cereal flour 288 279 268 256 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,214 599 984 565 Chemicals - dyeing 768 577 638 501 Chemicals - fertilizers 782 412 807 473 Chemicals - inorganic 1,176 1,272 1,031 1,185 Chemicals - medicinal 1,974 1,904 1,758 1,603 Chemicals - n.e.s. 2,690 1,202 2,283 1,137 Chemicals - organic 3,969 4,148 3,806 3,922 Chemicals - plastics 4,148 1,945 3,738 1,757 Cigarettes 1,115 16 1,128 15 Clothing 1,963 10,277 1,650 9,090 Coal 867 138 888 166 Coffee 1 815 1 711 Copper 372 777 423 739 Cork, wood, lumber 1,379 1,878 1,342 1,578 Corn 1,716 40 2,377 44 Cotton, raw and linters 863 6 1,341 14 Crude fertilizers 394 363 334 280 Crude oil 282 13,375 27 10,089 Electrical machinery 15,289 18,197 14,167 19,466 Fish and preparations 742 1,581 680 1,462 Footwear 208 3,439 178 3,001 Furniture and bedding 896 2,544 793 2,187 Gem diamonds 23 1,817 37 1,666 General industrial mach 7,263 6,383 6,315 6,317 Glass 520 414 432 374 Glassware 196 343 160 316 Gold, nonmonetary 1,673 807 1,574 615 Hides and skins 402 33 331 30 Iron and steel mill prod 1,356 3,490 1,311 2,941 Jewelry 203 1,007 148 881 Lighting, plumbing 322 632 300 506 Liquified propane/butane 104 428 67 340 Live animals 128 384 108 416 Meat and preparations 1,577 625 1,690 554 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 2,419 2,889 2,191 2,551 Metal ores; scrap 1,006 888 1,006 927 Metalworking machinery 1,206 1,781 1,236 1,604 Mineral fuels, other 816 614 767 397 Natural gas 116 1,552 48 1,022 Nickel 82 305 73 306 Oils/fats, vegetable 347 354 336 340 Optical goods 411 570 332 545 Paper and paperboard 2,559 2,665 2,387 3,059 Petroleum preparations 881 4,066 1,025 2,925 Photographic equipment 981 1,237 983 1,230 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,168 1,299 1,023 1,210 Platinum 71 335 76 368 Pottery 24 365 21 351 Power generating mach. 6,635 5,923 5,526 5,427 Printed materials 1,082 637 1,060 606 Pulp and waste paper 917 672 1,135 859 Records/magnetic media 1,721 945 1,644 928 Rice 273 54 265 35 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 281 368 227 360 Rubber tires and tubes 583 784 488 761 Scientific instruments 5,696 3,090 5,050 2,902 Ships, boats 287 289 327 290 Silver and bullion 57 117 62 164 Soybeans 2,205 5 2,212 12 Spacecraft 79 (-) 67 99 Specialized ind. mach. 6,573 4,826 6,333 4,769 Sugar (-) 278 1 213 Television, VCR, etc., 5,141 7,614 4,618 7,201 Textile yarn, fabric 2,129 2,736 1,846 2,325 Tobacco, unmanufactured 461 302 421 254 Toys/games/sporting goods 893 2,896 829 2,554 Travel goods 85 848 71 732 Vegetables and fruits 1,739 2,320 1,638 2,045 Vehicles 13,595 27,954 12,003 24,863 Watches/clocks/parts 71 546 64 577 Wheat 833 104 1,687 41 Wood manufactures 485 997 412 861 Re-exports 11,144 (X) 9,906 (X) Agricultural commodities 410 (X) 349 (X) Manufactured goods 10,538 (X) 9,405 (X) Mineral fuels 65 (X) 38 (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-97-85), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, MARCH 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.