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 or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. (X) Not applicable. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) 1997 DATA November October Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 57,742 71,868 (R) 61,118 (R) 81,750 Net Adjustments -666 233 (R) -1,040 (R) 242 Total Census Basis (2) 58,408 71,635 (R) 62,158 (R) 81,509 Manufactured goods (3) 46,292 60,805 49,047 68,950 Agricultural commodities (3) 5,380 2,731 5,394 2,899 Mineral fuels (3) 956 5,784 1,120 7,034 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,735 6,125 3,995 6,906 Airplane parts 1,172 468 1,137 468 Airplanes 1,490 273 1,536 444 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 32 176 41 274 Aluminum 332 422 306 490 Animal feeds 446 54 346 67 Artwork/antiques 83 245 88 511 Basketware, etc. 205 275 229 316 Cereal flour 106 128 115 150 Chemicals - cosmetics 409 220 432 252 Chemicals - dyeing 279 190 300 223 Chemicals - fertilizers 216 101 184 124 Chemicals - inorganic 461 431 471 434 Chemicals - medicinal 675 814 810 737 Chemicals - n.e.s. 871 369 971 401 Chemicals - organic 1,263 1,315 1,378 1,391 Chemicals - plastics 1,405 666 1,542 719 Cigarettes 476 6 393 6 Clothing 736 3,567 790 4,883 Coal 279 47 317 57 Coffee (-) 233 1 244 Copper 121 240 125 268 Cork, wood, lumber 358 640 403 697 Corn 394 2 369 2 Cotton, raw and linters 219 1 149 2 Crude fertilizers 130 110 145 113 Crude oil 14 3,986 92 5,166 Electrical machinery 5,626 6,891 6,271 7,727 Fish and preparations 186 693 248 834 Footwear 64 1,032 70 1,169 Furniture and bedding 357 1,020 379 1,069 Gem diamonds 10 648 7 726 General industrial mach 2,626 2,089 2,744 2,294 Glass 179 140 182 157 Glassware 69 126 76 154 Gold, nonmonetary 234 279 282 217 Hides and skins 121 10 122 11 Iron and steel mill prod 462 1,143 517 1,253 Jewelry 65 482 72 543 Lighting, plumbing 137 245 155 289 Liquified propane/butane 29 80 21 80 Live animals 64 152 103 170 Meat and preparations 637 205 619 212 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 890 1,006 972 1,149 Metal ores; scrap 350 322 398 406 Metalworking machinery 535 597 526 662 Mineral fuels, other 227 101 295 117 Natural gas 17 453 33 405 Nickel 28 90 30 82 Oils/fats, vegetable 189 97 125 118 Optical goods 154 201 150 214 Paper and paperboard 823 1,042 912 1,104 Petroleum preparations 356 1,026 350 1,116 Photographic equipment 291 485 335 554 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 432 454 491 515 Platinum 24 218 24 197 Pottery 9 133 11 175 Power generating mach. 2,232 2,042 2,487 2,289 Printed materials 366 237 439 285 Pulp and waste paper 322 220 356 232 Records/magnetic media 621 324 630 416 Rice 94 15 92 14 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 117 125 120 141 Rubber tires and tubes 191 292 219 323 Scientific instruments 2,078 1,189 2,133 1,365 Ships, boats 57 77 97 70 Silver and bullion 43 40 29 34 Soybeans 1,119 3 1,238 2 Spacecraft 76 (-) 76 187 Specialized ind. mach. 2,574 1,678 2,782 1,858 Sugar 31 23 Television, VCR, etc. 2,187 3,359 2,303 4,025 Textile yearn, fabric 781 920 825 1,101 Tobacco, unmanufactured 108 36 132 38 Toys/games/sporting goods 340 1,842 361 2,161 Travel goods 26 302 31 384 Vegetables and fruits 696 584 730 552 Vehicles 5,196 9,583 5,118 10,169 Watches/clocks/parts 28 263 31 328 Wheat 343 33 383 29 Wood manufactures 168 399 162 445 Re-exports 3,639 (X) 3,790 (X) Agricultural commodities 125 (X) 108 (X) Manufactured goods 3,453 (X) 3,636 (X) Mineral fuels 18 (X) 16 (X) ___________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Cumulative 1996 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 619,767 801,266 560,089 735,434 Net Adjustments -9,672 6,141 -11,690 7,714 Total Census Basis (2) 629,439 795,125 571,780 727,719 Manufactured goods (3) 501,252 665,233 444,757 604,310 Agricultural commodities (3) 50,502 32,013 54,217 29,723 Mineral fuels (3) 11,170 71,452 10,996 69,945 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 39,671 67,948 35,970 60,232 Airplane parts 12,049 4,486 10,689 3,133 Airplanes 21,591 4,032 16,696 3,478 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 352 2,017 360 1,901 Aluminum 3,463 4,996 3,245 4,450 Animal feeds 4,117 590 3,766 585 Artwork/antiques 990 3,311 792 2,573 Basketware, etc. 2,290 3,025 2,059 2,759 Cereal flour 1,138 1,210 1,075 1,109 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,527 2,441 3,985 2,241 Chemicals - dyeing 3,043 2,267 2,502 1,991 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,763 1,244 2,739 1,277 Chemicals - inorganic 4,840 4,741 4,310 4,487 Chemicals - medicinal 7,386 7,856 6,561 6,398 Chemicals - n.e.s. 10,252 4,427 8,837 4,206 Chemicals - organic 15,070 15,356 13,584 13,486 Chemicals - plastics 15,908 7,573 14,147 6,827 Cigarettes 4,096 69 4,378 63 Clothing 7,787 44,642 6,753 38,398 Coal 3,283 577 3,541 566 Coffee 6 3,260 3 2,243 Copper 1,331 3,018 1,466 2,727 Cork, wood, lumber 4,798 7,602 5,073 6,957 Corn 4,949 100 7,936 110 Cotton, raw and linters 2,422 18 2,392 302 Crude fertilizers 1,496 1,240 1,408 1,080 Crude oil 708 49,680 485 49,570 Electrical machinery 60,368 73,385 52,546 69,544 Fish and preparations 2,489 6,967 2,778 6,049 Footwear 748 12,991 702 11,681 Furniture and bedding 3,633 10,125 3,077 8,624 Gem diamonds 102 7,032 132 6,197 General industrial mach 28,058 24,053 24,549 23,267 Glass 1,953 1,612 1,681 1,554 Glassware 744 1,434 628 1,301 Gold, nonmonetary 5,337 2,785 6,347 2,509 Hides and skins 1,411 119 1,388 122 Iron and steel mill prod 5,152 13,202 4,448 12,306 Jewelry 675 4,203 550 3,982 Lighting, plumbing 1,414 2,690 1,260 2,362 Liquified propane/butane 263 1,041 264 1,094 Live animals 586 1,516 458 1,471 Meat and preparations 6,349 2,433 6,426 2,116 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 9,490 11,196 8,524 9,945 Metal ores; scrap 4,323 3,788 3,953 3,703 Metalworking machinery 5,167 6,607 4,825 6,174 Mineral fuels, other 3,085 1,741 2,900 1,672 Natural gas 275 4,647 239 3,893 Nickel 313 1,043 280 1,052 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,242 1,250 905 1,290 Optical goods 1,555 2,250 1,274 2,119 Paper and paperboard 9,470 10,703 9,069 10,765 Petroleum preparations 3,459 12,875 3,495 12,336 Photographic equipment 3,581 5,181 3,470 4,837 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 4,707 5,212 4,097 4,885 Platinum 387 1,689 227 1,539 Pottery 93 1,556 87 1,458 Power generating mach. 24,894 22,404 20,519 20,716 Printed materials 4,237 2,633 4,004 2,476 Pulp and waste paper 3,531 2,424 3,713 2,445 Records/magnetic media 6,200 3,776 5,946 3,741 Rice 842 188 901 138 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,149 1,422 908 1,348 Rubber tires and tubes 2,211 3,106 1,802 2,806 Scientific instruments 21,830 12,587 18,871 11,306 Ships, boats 1,299 829 905 986 Silver and bullion 507 417 615 510 Soybeans 6,575 83 6,514 30 Spacecraft 758 187 485 232 Specialized ind. mach. 26,559 19,222 23,605 16,919 Sugar 3 895 5 951 Television, VCR, etc. 21,729 33,599 18,026 31,443 Textile yearn, fabric 8,284 10,940 7,242 9,381 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,420 1,065 1,275 970 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,522 15,999 3,405 13,655 Travel goods 307 3,555 284 3,300 Vegetables and fruits 6,862 7,008 6,769 6,798 Vehicles 50,977 102,930 46,051 94,163 Watches/clocks/parts 280 2,605 255 2,608 Wheat 3,838 330 6,053 218 Wood manufactures 1,781 4,288 1,541 3,712 Re-exports 40,733 (X) 36,941 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,321 (X) 1,138 (X) Manufactured goods 38,711 (X) 35,182 (X) Mineral fuels 271 (X) 193 (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-98-13), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, NOVEMBER 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.