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 September August Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 56,232 76,874 (R) 55,661 (R) 73,243 Net Adjustments -1,127 258 (R) -1,044 (R) 242 Total Census Basis (2) 57,360 76,616 (R) 56,705 (R) 73,001 Manufactured goods (3) 46,181 64,819 44,890 61,565 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,299 2,768 4,266 2,761 Mineral fuels (3) 976 6,423 1,112 6,532 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,871 7,043 3,584 6,441 Airplane parts 1,055 417 1,082 379 Airplanes 1,921 407 1,408 478 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 45 237 27 174 Aluminum 310 444 321 429 Animal feeds 299 58 306 55 Artwork/antiques 75 371 68 223 Basketware, etc. 192 303 205 275 Cereal flour 110 127 100 116 Chemicals - cosmetics 407 233 411 234 Chemicals - dyeing 290 211 280 204 Chemicals - fertilizers 196 113 266 90 Chemicals - inorganic 478 450 411 414 Chemicals - medicinal 603 747 664 873 Chemicals - n.e.s. 954 391 913 367 Chemicals - organic 1,449 1,430 1,320 1,435 Chemicals - plastics 1,444 715 1,504 689 Cigarettes 364 6 401 10 Clothing 744 5,100 748 4,841 Coal 291 54 365 59 Coffee 1 241 286 Copper 111 266 118 327 Cork, wood, lumber 413 706 443 726 Corn 443 4 440 4 Cotton, raw and linters 113 1 167 1 Crude fertilizers 145 119 134 101 Crude oil 59 4,554 64 4,787 Electrical machinery 5,751 7,396 5,772 6,749 Fish and preparations 234 779 214 701 Footwear 68 1,133 67 1,228 Furniture and bedding 345 926 346 935 Gem diamonds 13 840 8 500 General industrial mach 2,587 2,077 2,561 2,031 Glass 186 150 187 141 Glassware 68 147 70 137 Gold, nonmonetary 297 271 279 216 Hides and skins 110 10 131 10 Iron and steel mill prod 508 1,180 470 1,144 Jewelry 58 453 59 304 Lighting, plumbing 157 279 144 273 Liquified propane/butane 12 85 15 83 Live animals 56 155 69 118 Meat and preparations 594 217 616 221 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 868 1,035 879 988 Metal ores; scrap 482 355 436 346 Metalworking machinery 510 547 492 544 Mineral fuels, other 288 125 289 125 Natural gas 19 384 18 369 Nickel 27 100 29 99 Oils/fats, vegetable 101 106 123 111 Optical goods 127 205 141 199 Paper and paperboard 879 1,011 876 973 Petroleum preparations 297 1,137 354 1,007 Photographic equipment 323 554 315 475 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 449 495 435 482 Platinum 31 252 41 159 Pottery 11 170 7 172 Power generating mach. 2,203 2,127 2,243 2,050 Printed materials 424 269 400 255 Pulp and waste paper 316 227 355 213 Records/magnetic media 542 378 500 351 Rice 49 22 53 20 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 107 130 112 128 Rubber tires and tubes 200 288 207 281 Scientific instruments 2,013 1,259 1,974 1,122 Ships, boats 92 38 156 52 Silver and bullion 63 36 38 36 Soybeans 336 1 307 1 Spacecraft 127 1 76 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,499 1,581 2,435 1,692 Sugar 139 116 Television, VCR, etc. 2,034 3,688 2,078 3,279 Textile yearn, fabric 785 1,043 800 1,020 Tobacco, unmanufactured 94 83 69 101 Toys/games/sporting goods 330 1,988 317 1,793 Travel goods 27 349 26 337 Vegetables and fruits 659 464 582 516 Vehicles 4,679 8,897 4,169 8,975 Watches/clocks/parts 23 300 24 242 Wheat 511 19 509 25 Wood manufactures 163 416 167 420 Re-exports 3,618 (X) 3,619 (X) Agricultural commodities 102 (X) 98 (X) Manufactured goods 3,414 (X) 3,441 (X) Mineral fuels 67 (X) 43 (X) _____________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Data Cumulative 1996 Data Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 501,051 647,395 451,310 592,697 Net Adjustments -7,960 5,666 -9,346 7,111 Total Census Basis (2) 509,011 641,729 460,656 585,586 Manufactured goods (3) 405,913 535,478 359,119 486,575 Agricultural commodities (3) 39,727 26,383 43,255 24,315 Mineral fuels (3) 9,094 58,634 8,563 55,717 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 31,941 54,916 29,233 48,532 Airplane parts 9,740 3,550 8,633 2,455 Airplanes 18,566 3,315 12,885 2,891 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 279 1,567 285 1,480 Aluminum 2,826 4,084 2,656 3,683 Animal feeds 3,325 470 3,043 477 Artwork/antiques 819 2,555 607 2,056 Basketware, etc. 1,856 2,434 1,654 2,238 Cereal flour 918 931 863 858 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,686 1,969 3,196 1,826 Chemicals - dyeing 2,464 1,854 2,034 1,615 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,363 1,020 2,334 1,059 Chemicals - inorganic 3,908 3,876 3,490 3,648 Chemicals - medicinal 5,901 6,305 5,331 5,144 Chemicals - n.e.s. 8,409 3,657 7,168 3,497 Chemicals - organic 12,429 12,650 11,111 11,250 Chemicals - plastics 12,960 6,188 11,547 5,541 Cigarettes 3,228 57 3,534 53 Clothing 6,261 36,192 5,397 30,791 Coal 2,687 473 2,867 457 Coffee 5 2,783 3 1,872 Copper 1,085 2,510 1,223 2,271 Cork, wood, lumber 4,037 6,266 4,063 5,552 Corn 4,187 95 6,453 99 Cotton, raw and linters 2,054 15 2,060 285 Crude fertilizers 1,221 1,017 1,135 884 Crude oil 602 40,527 255 39,565 Electrical machinery 48,471 58,767 42,312 56,631 Fish and preparations 2,055 5,440 2,267 4,749 Footwear 614 10,790 560 9,468 Furniture and bedding 2,898 8,036 2,463 6,896 Gem diamonds 85 5,658 110 4,908 General industrial mach 22,688 19,669 19,788 19,157 Glass 1,592 1,315 1,354 1,248 Glassware 599 1,154 507 1,022 Gold, nonmonetary 4,821 2,289 5,737 2,014 Hides and skins 1,168 98 1,137 97 Iron and steel mill prod 4,173 10,806 3,661 9,798 Jewelry 538 3,178 417 2,941 Lighting, plumbing 1,122 2,156 1,000 1,853 Liquified propane/butane 213 881 218 839 Live animals 419 1,194 328 1,202 Meat and preparations 5,093 2,016 5,210 1,725 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 7,627 9,042 6,892 8,002 Metal ores; scrap 3,575 3,061 3,314 2,996 Metalworking machinery 4,106 5,349 3,964 5,056 Mineral fuels, other 2,562 1,523 2,344 1,344 Natural gas 225 3,789 179 3,094 Nickel 254 870 226 877 Oils/fats, vegetable 928 1,035 701 1,046 Optical goods 1,250 1,835 1,032 1,689 Paper and paperboard 7,734 8,557 7,351 8,794 Petroleum preparations 2,752 10,732 2,644 9,756 Photographic equipment 2,956 4,141 2,851 3,861 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 3,784 4,244 3,274 3,927 Platinum 339 1,275 187 1,186 Pottery 73 1,248 69 1,166 Power generating mach. 20,175 18,074 16,387 16,740 Printed materials 3,432 2,111 3,205 1,987 Pulp and waste paper 2,853 1,972 3,064 2,002 Records/magnetic media 4,950 3,035 4,722 3,009 Rice 656 159 726 109 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 912 1,155 728 1,090 Rubber tires and tubes 1,801 2,491 1,447 2,300 Scientific instruments 17,619 10,033 15,233 9,117 Ships, boats 1,145 682 773 813 Silver and bullion 434 343 525 430 Soybeans 4,218 78 4,604 25 Spacecraft 605 1 428 120 Specialized ind. mach. 21,203 15,685 19,122 13,893 Sugar 2 841 4 849 Television, VCR, etc. 17,240 26,214 14,329 24,493 Textile yearn, fabric 6,678 8,920 5,836 7,567 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,180 991 959 811 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,820 11,997 2,673 10,352 Travel goods 250 2,869 226 2,603 Vegetables and fruits 5,436 5,873 5,286 5,721 Vehicles 40,662 83,179 36,978 75,651 Watches/clocks/parts 221 2,014 202 2,031 Wheat 3,113 268 5,194 157 Wood manufactures 1,451 3,444 1,236 2,985 Re-exports 33,304 (X) 29,447 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,089 (X) 945 (X) Manufactured goods 31,623 (X) 27,999 (X) Mineral fuels 237 (X) 160 (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-97-188), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, SEPTEMBER 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.