PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) March February (R) Monthly Item(1) 1997 1997 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 56,614 54,060 2,554 Net Adjustments -989 -674 -315 Total, Census Basis 57,603 54,734 2,869 Foods, feeds, and beverages 4,201 4,287 -87 Soybeans 450 616 -167 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 372 398 -26 Rice 77 102 -25 Fruits, frozen juices 316 339 -23 Meat, poultry, etc. 577 591 -14 Wheat 264 277 -14 Nuts 117 126 -9 Wine and related products 62 69 -6 Bakery products 139 134 5 Vegetables 222 216 6 Fish and shellfish 272 265 7 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 47 39 8 Dairy products and eggs 70 55 15 Sorghum, barley, oats 82 60 22 Oilseeds, food oils 158 127 31 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 74 42 31 Other foods 316 284 32 Corn 585 546 39 Industrial supplies and materials 13,659 12,847 812 Nonmonetary gold 1,088 368 720 Plastic materials 1,070 967 102 Agriculture-manufactured, other 159 91 68 Petroleum products, n.e.c. 546 481 65 Chemicals-inorganic 370 311 59 Metallurgical grade coal 235 186 49 Mineral supplies-manufactured 276 239 37 Tobacco, unmanufactured 152 118 34 Tapes, audio and visual 254 220 34 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 259 228 31 Finished metal shapes 631 602 29 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 150 129 21 Steelmaking materials 193 173 21 Precious metals, other 108 90 19 Iron and steel mill products 252 235 17 Other industrial supplies 858 841 17 Synthetic rubber-primary 131 114 16 Cotton, raw 215 199 16 Copper 163 149 14 Wood supplies, manufactured 96 83 13 Cotton fiber cloth 146 141 5 Hair, waste materials 55 50 4 Aluminum and alumina 299 295 4 Electric energy 4 2 2 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 77 75 2 Natural gas liquids 64 63 1 Nonmetallic minerals 35 35 (-) Nuclear fuel materials 92 93 -2 Nontextile floor tiles 26 31 -4 Leather and furs 66 72 -5 Shingles, molding, wallboard 161 166 -5 Newsprint 717 723 -6 Manmade cloth 346 352 -6 Coal and fuels, n.e.c. 128 135 -7 Industrial rubber products 151 158 -7 Nonferrous metals, other 172 180 -8 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 129 139 -9 Chemicals-fertilizers 433 444 -11 Finished textile supplies 231 247 -16 Chemicals-other 898 928 -30 Hides and skins 132 163 -31 Fuel oil 116 149 -33 Crude oil 67 107 -40 Gas-natural 20 72 -52 Pulpwood and woodpulp 307 367 -60 Logs and lumber 445 508 -63 Chemicals-organic 1,135 1,327 -192 Capital goods, except automotive 24,386 22,677 1,710 Civilian aircraft 2,464 1,719 745 Telecommunications equipment 1,959 1,565 394 Computer accessories 3,008 2,825 184 Generators, accessories 604 499 104 Drilling & oilfield equipment 580 496 84 Metalworking machine tools 521 442 79 Industrial engines 1,076 1,000 76 Medicinal equipment 1,011 948 63 Measuring, testing, control instru 928 866 62 Industrial machines, n.e.c. 1,628 1,576 52 Railway transportation equipment 99 59 40 Textile, sewing machines 119 96 23 Wood, glass, plastic 228 208 21 Food, tobacco machinery 181 170 12 Nonfarm tractors and parts 129 118 11 Marine engines, parts 61 56 5 Laboratory testing instruments 331 327 4 Materials handling equip 379 375 4 Engines-civilian aircraft 626 624 2 Vessels, exc. scrap 3 1 2 Specialized mining 47 45 2 Spacraft, exc. military 1 (Z) 1 Business machines and equipment 242 245 -4 Electric apparatus 1,652 1,657 -5 Commercial vessels, other 12 18 -6 Excavating machinery 426 442 -16 Agricultural machinery, equipment 384 400 -16 Photo, service industry machinery 475 497 -22 Parts-civilian aircraft 802 830 -28 Pulp and paper machinery 256 292 -36 Semiconductors 3,181 3,243 -62 Computers 971 1,035 -65 Automotive, vehicles, parts and en 6,057 6,110 -53 Consumer goods 6,443 6,307 136 Pharmaceutical preparations 833 668 166 Gem diamonds 225 187 38 Household appliances 442 404 37 Rugs 138 118 20 Writing and art supplies 388 375 13 Tobacco, manufactured 466 455 11 Records, tapes, and disks 324 315 9 TV's, VCR's, etc. 261 252 9 Stereo equipment, etc. 175 168 7 Sports apparel and gear 47 40 7 Cookware, cutlery, tools 63 59 4 Numismatic coins 7 5 2 Toys/games/sporting goods 463 462 2 Apparel, household goods-nontextil 126 125 1 Glassware, chinaware 58 59 -1 Musical instruments 85 87 -2 Nursery stock, etc. 22 24 -2 Pleasure boats and motors 108 110 -3 Furniture, household goods, etc. 160 167 -6 Apparel, household goods - textile 743 750 -7 Toiletries and cosmetics 275 294 -19 Other household goods 378 404 -27 Jewelry, etc 156 185 -28 Books, printed matter 329 360 -31 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 171 235 -64 Other goods 2,857 2,505 352 __________________________________________ Year to Year to Year to Item(1) Date 1997 Date 1996 Date Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 162,031 150,053 11,978 Net Adjustments -2,476 -2,377 -99 Total, Census Basis 164,507 152,430 12,077 Foods, feeds, and beverages 12,825 13,991 -1,166 Soybeans 1,637 1,653 -16 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 1,155 931 224 Rice 281 274 7 Fruits, frozen juices 1,003 975 28 Meat, poultry, etc. 1,736 1,875 -139 Wheat 838 1,715 -876 Nuts 372 391 -19 Wine and related products 196 175 21 Bakery products 415 371 44 Vegetables 678 596 82 Fish and shellfish 830 772 59 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 126 138 -11 Dairy products and eggs 171 168 3 Sorghum, barley, oats 218 290 -73 Oilseeds, food oils 397 360 37 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 154 122 32 Other foods 855 758 96 Corn 1,764 2,428 -664 Industrial supplies and materials 38,664 36,677 1,987 Nonmonetary gold 1,684 1,577 107 Plastic materials 3,004 2,793 212 Agriculture-manufactured, other 349 263 86 Petroleum products, n.e.c. 1,581 1,679 -98 Chemicals-inorganic 971 879 92 Metallurgical grade coal 604 599 5 Mineral supplies-manufactured 750 654 96 Tobacco, unmanufactured 396 345 51 Tapes, audio and visual 727 724 3 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 711 680 31 Finished metal shapes 1,864 1,667 197 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 419 485 -66 Steelmaking materials 525 546 -21 Precious metals, other 274 274 (-) Iron and steel mill products 723 763 -40 Other industrial supplies 2,502 2,214 287 Synthetic rubber-primary 359 365 -6 Cotton, raw 615 1,055 -440 Copper 431 508 -77 Wood supplies, manufactured 259 208 52 Cotton fiber cloth 425 386 39 Hair, waste materials 153 157 -4 Aluminum and alumina 866 794 72 Electric energy 11 17 -6 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 215 174 41 Natural gas liquids 196 137 59 Nonmetallic minerals 114 96 18 Nuclear fuel materials 238 200 39 Nontextile floor tiles 84 68 15 Leather and furs 208 170 38 Shingles, molding, wallboard 482 447 34 Newsprint 2,167 2,019 147 Manmade cloth 1,048 939 110 Coal and fuels, n.e.c. 434 502 -67 Industrial rubber products 463 393 70 Nonferrous metals, other 526 468 58 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 369 304 65 Chemicals-fertilizers 1,230 1,212 18 Finished textile supplies 720 608 111 Chemicals-other 2,693 2,406 287 Hides and skins 452 391 61 Fuel oil 450 552 -101 Crude oil 282 27 255 Gas-natural 115 49 66 Pulpwood and woodpulp 997 1,214 -217 Logs and lumber 1,423 1,322 101 Chemicals-organic 3,553 3,346 207 Capital goods, except automotive 68,442 61,946 6,496 Civilian aircraft 5,276 2,874 2,402 Telecommunications equipment 4,954 4,692 262 Computer accessories 8,636 8,348 288 Generators, accessories 1,599 1,378 221 Drilling & oilfield equipment 1,552 1,378 174 Metalworking machine tools 1,401 1,341 60 Industrial engines 3,103 2,507 596 Medicinal equipment 2,884 2,761 123 Measuring, testing, control instru 2,651 2,429 222 Industrial machines, n.e.c. 4,739 4,613 126 Railway transportation equipment 242 259 -17 Textile, sewing machines 317 282 35 Wood, glass, plastic 651 552 99 Food, tobacco machinery 498 553 -55 Nonfarm tractors and parts 356 306 50 Marine engines, parts 161 143 18 Laboratory testing instruments 954 842 112 Materials handling equip 1,099 971 128 Engines-civilian aircraft 1,857 1,620 237 Vessels, exc. scrap 15 7 9 Specialized mining 138 140 -2 Spacraft, exc. military 1 2 -1 Business machines and equipment 730 724 5 Electric apparatus 4,947 4,434 513 Commercial vessels, other 51 117 -67 Excavating machinery 1,261 1,157 104 Agricultural machinery, equipment 1,136 894 241 Photo, service industry machinery 1,435 1,334 101 Parts-civilian aircraft 2,380 2,131 249 Pulp and paper machinery 779 784 -5 Semiconductors 9,625 9,373 252 Computers 3,012 2,997 15 Automotive, vehicles, parts and en 17,859 15,477 2,381 Consumer goods 18,751 16,959 1,792 Pharmaceutical preparations 2,205 2,313 -108 Gem diamonds 609 625 -17 Household appliances 1,241 1,218 24 Rugs 369 329 40 Writing and art supplies 1,110 1,027 82 Tobacco, manufactured 1,400 1,390 11 Records, tapes, and disks 962 889 73 TV's, VCR's, etc. 751 543 208 Stereo equipment, etc. 482 414 67 Sports apparel and gear 127 128 -1 Cookware, cutlery, tools 182 181 1 Numismatic coins 25 32 -7 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,409 1,291 117 Apparel, household goods-nontextil 373 352 21 Glassware, chinaware 170 114 56 Musical instruments 254 254 (Z) Nursery stock, etc. 68 61 7 Pleasure boats and motors 311 319 -7 Furniture, household goods, etc. 493 426 67 Apparel, household goods - textile 2,206 1,834 372 Toiletries and cosmetics 825 666 159 Other household goods 1,164 755 409 Jewelry, etc 457 359 99 Books, printed matter 1,023 1,008 15 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 536 432 104 Other goods 7,967 7,379 588 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. 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.