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 May April Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 57,192 72,530 (R) 57,644 (R) 72,197 Net Adjustments -991 899 (R) -697 (R ) 1,019 Total Census Basis (2) 58,183 71,632 (R) 58,341 (R) 71,178 Manufactured goods (3) 47,113 59,533 47,404 59,520 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,248 3,187 4,519 3,079 Mineral fuels (3) 907 6,538 992 6,313 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,389 5,810 3,372 5,959 Airplane parts 1,121 414 1,146 410 Airplanes 2,773 406 2,780 269 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 35 177 29 183 Aluminum 320 522 344 517 Animal feeds 332 52 418 53 Artwork/antiques 112 363 73 270 Basketware, etc. 221 276 210 271 Cereal flour 114 104 103 97 Chemicals - cosmetics 418 206 415 214 Chemicals - dyeing 280 202 281 219 Chemicals - fertilizers 288 128 240 144 Chemicals - inorganic 456 426 482 428 Chemicals - medicinal 709 629 674 745 Chemicals - n.e.s. 928 412 965 455 Chemicals - organic 1,463 1,319 1,414 1,531 Chemicals - plastics 1,479 710 1,470 718 Cigarettes 384 8 287 5 Clothing 680 3,414 722 3,291 Coal 300 48 294 59 Coffee 1 359 (-) 330 Copper 126 302 119 286 Cork, wood, lumber 474 749 455 735 Corn 416 4 503 34 Cotton, raw and linters 232 2 268 1 Crude fertilizers 139 112 136 109 Crude oil 15 4,604 57 4,289 Electrical machinery 5,443 6,382 5,378 6,580 Fish and preparations 197 588 184 529 Footwear 67 1,209 75 1,068 Furniture and bedding 339 926 331 919 Gem diamonds 15 665 5 479 General industrial mach 2,605 2,336 2,700 2,367 Glass 177 160 197 158 Glassware 67 122 66 125 Gold, nonmonetary 641 276 905 262 Hides and skins 134 11 129 13 Iron and steel mill prod 461 1,304 463 1,198 Jewelry 59 377 50 353 Lighting, plumbing 131 237 112 221 Liquified propane/butane 18 68 19 81 Live animals 37 144 45 153 Meat and preparations 582 259 564 239 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 887 1,025 861 1,059 Metal ores; scrap 398 346 352 366 Metalworking machinery 468 618 483 663 Mineral fuels, other 299 173 296 197 Natural gas 13 329 16 496 Nickel 28 131 29 87 Oils/fats, vegetable 79 114 91 114 Optical goods 150 203 143 211 Paper and paperboard 869 977 868 944 Petroleum preparations 258 1,253 305 1,119 Photographic equipment 326 428 338 413 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 433 502 438 481 Platinum 36 128 32 123 Pottery 8 126 8 121 Power generating mach. 2,326 2,046 2,396 2,128 Printed materials 373 234 377 223 Pulp and waste paper 312 198 293 208 Records/magnetic media 538 317 558 333 Rice 64 15 84 16 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 106 130 106 136 Rubber tires and tubes 190 265 214 291 Scientific instruments 2,063 1,094 1,954 1,120 Ships, boats 105 109 111 98 Silver and bullion 54 32 19 45 Soybeans 374 4 514 6 Spacecraft 148 (-) 106 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,358 1,834 2,448 1,923 Sugar (-) 97 (-) 55 Television, VCR, etc. 1,904 2,779 1,955 2,772 Textile yearn, fabric 765 1,011 764 998 Tobacco, unmanufactured 226 153 133 108 Toys/games/sporting goods 321 1,269 326 1,168 Travel goods 27 332 32 288 Vegetables and fruits 650 692 552 740 Vehicles 4,958 9,761 4,900 9,638 Watches/clocks/parts 24 224 26 221 Wheat 228 41 330 28 Wood manufactures 164 390 158 381 Re-exports 3,649 (X) 3,863 (X) Agricultural commodities 130 (X) 120 (X) Manufactured goods 3,464 (X) 3,696 (X) Mineral fuels 12 (X) 13 (X) ___________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 277,647 349,604 254,701 322,109 Net Adjustments -3,898 4,050 -4,363 4,735 Total Census Basis (2) 281,545 345,554 259,063 317,375 Manufactured goods (3) 223,961 285,703 201,147 264,325 Agricultural commodities (3) 23,318 15,070 25,793 13,850 Mineral fuels (3) 4,976 33,226 4,689 29,147 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 17,116 28,537 16,726 26,310 Airplane parts 5,311 1,898 4,660 1,302 Airplanes 11,000 1,454 6,308 1,493 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 148 823 153 754 Aluminum 1,571 2,292 1,473 2,148 Animal feeds 2,107 251 1,788 254 Artwork/antiques 436 1,464 334 1,228 Basketware, etc. 1,022 1,280 918 1,184 Cereal flour 506 480 470 443 Chemicals - cosmetics 2,047 1,018 1,724 960 Chemicals - dyeing 1,329 997 1,098 868 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,311 684 1,311 751 Chemicals - inorganic 2,115 2,125 1,835 2,056 Chemicals - medicinal 3,356 3,277 3,047 2,769 Chemicals - n.e.s. 4,584 2,069 3,932 1,981 Chemicals - organic 6,846 6,998 6,446 6,588 Chemicals - plastics 7,096 3,373 6,499 2,995 Cigarettes 1,786 29 1,908 28 Clothing 3,365 16,982 2,938 14,773 Coal 1,461 245 1,530 273 Coffee 3 1,504 1 1,131 Copper 618 1,366 689 1,305 Cork, wood, lumber 2,308 3,363 2,273 2,824 Corn 2,635 79 4,121 75 Cotton, raw and linters 1,364 9 1,709 44 Crude fertilizers 669 584 607 479 Crude oil 354 22,268 45 20,142 Electrical machinery 26,109 31,159 23,814 32,008 Fish and preparations 1,123 2,698 1,126 2,457 Footwear 351 5,716 306 4,895 Furniture and bedding 1,565 4,389 1,357 3,744 Gem diamonds 43 2,961 59 2,667 General industrial mach 12,568 11,086 11,072 10,841 Glass 894 733 742 659 Glassware 329 589 282 533 Gold, nonmonetary 3,219 1,345 3,832 1,111 Hides and skins 665 58 625 52 Iron and steel mill prod 2,281 5,992 2,144 5,124 Jewelry 312 1,737 257 1,546 Lighting, plumbing 565 1,089 532 898 Liquified propane/butane 142 577 119 486 Live animals 210 681 175 689 Meat and preparations 2,722 1,123 3,046 931 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 4,167 4,973 3,790 4,314 Metal ores; scrap 1,756 1,601 1,787 1,646 Metalworking machinery 2,156 3,062 2,132 2,844 Mineral fuels, other 1,411 984 1,348 689 Natural gas 144 2,376 92 1,810 Nickel 138 523 128 534 Oils/fats, vegetable 516 582 475 623 Optical goods 704 984 566 923 Paper and paperboard 4,296 4,586 4,051 4,973 Petroleum preparations 1,444 6,438 1,524 5,429 Photographic equipment 1,645 2,078 1,604 2,052 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 2,039 2,282 1,797 2,078 Platinum 139 586 110 662 Pottery 41 612 39 572 Power generating mach. 11,356 10,097 9,266 9,296 Printed materials 1,832 1,095 1,761 1,022 Pulp and waste paper 1,522 1,078 1,797 1,217 Records/magnetic media 2,818 1,595 2,668 1,548 Rice 421 85 426 57 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 493 634 402 614 Rubber tires and tubes 987 1,340 818 1,304 Scientific instruments 9,713 5,303 8,474 4,935 Ships, boats 503 495 536 563 Silver and bullion 129 193 179 261 Soybeans 3,093 16 2,999 21 Spacecraft 332 (-) 291 119 Specialized ind. mach. 11,379 8,583 10,828 7,997 Sugar 1 430 2 365 Television, VCR, etc. 8,999 13,166 7,878 12,369 Textile yearn, fabric 3,658 4,745 3,207 4,017 Tobacco, unmanufactured 820 563 644 431 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,540 5,333 1,439 4,485 Travel goods 144 1,468 130 1,284 Vegetables and fruits 2,940 3,753 2,857 3,641 Vehicles 23,453 47,354 21,270 42,495 Watches/clocks/parts 121 990 107 1,020 Wheat 1,391 172 2,670 85 Wood manufactures 807 1,768 697 1,524 Re-exports 18,655 (X) 16,334 (X) Agricultural commodities 660 (X) 584 (X) Manufactured goods 17,699 (X) 15,488 (X) Mineral fuels 91 (X) 70 (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-97-118), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, MAY 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.