PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 1998 AND 1997 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.) 1998 DATA April March Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 56,159 76,231 61,447 78,702 Net Adjustments -656 318 -882 508 Total Census Basis (2) 56,815 75,913 62,329 78,194 Manufactured goods (3) 46,211 65,224 50,488 67,796 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,141 3,246 4,628 3,352 Mineral fuels (3) 874 5,129 863 4,770 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machin 3,170 5,972 3,736 6,778 Airplane parts 1,297 462 1,218 490 Airplanes 2,256 492 3,416 532 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 29 173 27 178 Aluminum 299 526 315 536 Animal feeds 377 51 458 55 Artwork/antiques 97 379 94 371 Basketware, etc. 221 345 220 301 Cereal flour 100 111 99 113 Chemicals - cosmetics 397 233 444 262 Chemicals - dyeing 292 225 306 232 Chemicals - fertilizers 259 174 263 165 Chemicals - inorganic 416 391 380 478 Chemicals - medicinal 671 856 707 904 Chemicals - n.e.s. 963 445 976 456 Chemicals - organic 1,294 1,757 1,356 1,729 Chemicals - plastics 1,401 731 1,568 784 Cigarettes 333 10 374 10 Clothing 713 3,621 760 3,923 Coal 264 61 280 58 Coffee 1 289 1 341 Copper 124 273 135 278 Cork, wood, lumber 319 667 377 679 Corn 327 69 417 28 Cotton, raw and linters 234 1 309 (-) Crude fertilizers 140 92 135 120 Crude oil 77 3,576 53 3,204 Electrical machinery 5,381 6,608 5,707 7,163 Fish and preparations 138 618 247 589 Footwear 64 1,040 68 1,082 Furniture and bedding 366 1,151 387 1,151 Gem diamonds 8 631 5 763 General industrial mach 2,643 2,638 2,746 2,665 Glass 172 150 173 154 Glassware 58 127 68 133 Gold, nonmonetary 287 314 408 384 Hides and skins 102 11 126 10 Iron and steel mill prod 506 1,410 520 1,286 Jewelry 64 419 56 431 Lighting, plumbing 112 267 121 237 Liquified propane/butane 14 89 17 76 Live animals 55 158 39 157 Meat and preparations 575 223 571 241 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 902 1,164 967 1,150 Metal ores; scrap 332 351 306 370 Metalworking machinery 426 666 507 703 Mineral fuels, other 234 76 243 91 Natural gas 21 321 28 373 Nickel 29 93 31 113 Oils/fats, vegetable 139 108 152 116 Optical goods 149 232 166 240 Paper and paperboard 877 1,085 913 1,100 Petroleum preparations 252 920 230 893 Photographic equipment 288 481 323 500 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 468 534 477 513 Platinum 38 396 26 183 Pottery 9 133 8 138 Power generating mach. 2,272 2,388 2,469 2,491 Printed materials 392 256 403 254 Pulp and waste paper 309 209 307 219 Records/magnetic media 499 345 571 340 Rice 92 17 120 16 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 115 143 113 151 Rubber tires and tubes 216 340 242 369 Scientific instruments 2,041 1,322 2,309 1,364 Ships, boats 111 88 100 171 Silver and bullion 63 57 91 59 Soybeans 253 11 406 6 Spacecraft 111 (-) 272 14 Specialized ind. mach. 2,488 2,139 2,643 2,277 Sugar (-) 62 (-) 29 Television, VCR, etc. 1,912 3,206 2,165 3,265 Textile yearn, fabric 774 1,111 845 1,104 Tobacco, unmanufactured 199 123 158 64 Toys/games/sporting goods 312 1,261 333 1,187 Travel goods 24 311 30 298 Vegetables and fruits 603 800 616 912 Vehicles 5,237 10,402 5,401 11,024 Watches/clocks/parts 24 277 25 238 Wheat 262 25 271 32 Wood manufactures 147 480 149 448 Re-exports 3,707 (X) 4,073 (X) Agricultural commodities 141 (X) 148 (X) Manufactured goods 3,526 (X) 3,891 (X) Mineral fuels 5 (X) 3 (X) _______________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 226,748 294,974 220,172 277,622 Net Adjustments -2,981 1,629 -2,953 3,161 Total Census Basis (2) 229,730 293,345 223,125 274,461 Manufactured goods (3) 185,146 251,560 176,668 226,779 Agricultural commodities (3) 18,102 12,608 19,017 11,927 Mineral fuels (3) 3,585 20,438 4,085 27,129 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machin 13,336 24,093 13,693 22,722 Airplane parts 4,732 1,784 4,194 1,489 Airplanes 10,021 1,780 8,268 1,045 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 107 634 112 647 Aluminum 1,192 2,131 1,255 1,767 Animal feeds 1,736 214 1,773 198 Artwork/antiques 390 1,306 325 1,101 Basketware, etc. 833 1,204 803 1,006 Cereal flour 383 423 391 378 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,590 926 1,614 814 Chemicals - dyeing 1,144 847 1,044 797 Chemicals - fertilizers 902 619 1,036 551 Chemicals - inorganic 1,559 1,619 1,664 1,706 Chemicals - medicinal 2,826 3,282 2,643 2,649 Chemicals - n.e.s. 3,716 1,712 3,657 1,663 Chemicals - organic 5,341 6,574 5,363 5,716 Chemicals - plastics 5,763 2,894 5,560 2,665 Cigarettes 1,378 34 1,400 22 Clothing 2,762 15,464 2,686 13,569 Coal 1,081 224 1,159 196 Coffee 4 1,332 2 1,145 Copper 482 1,057 490 1,058 Cork, wood, lumber 1,383 2,509 1,849 2,615 Corn 1,547 105 2,227 74 Cotton, raw and linters 1,095 3 1,130 7 Crude fertilizers 525 442 521 473 Crude oil 338 13,656 363 18,130 Electrical machinery 21,815 26,393 20,593 24,804 Fish and preparations 717 2,435 920 2,113 Footwear 243 4,515 281 4,515 Furniture and bedding 1,403 4,339 1,223 3,464 Gem diamonds 37 2,824 28 2,312 General industrial mach 10,178 9,706 9,954 8,786 Glass 681 569 717 572 Glassware 245 484 256 467 Gold, nonmonetary 1,607 1,295 2,580 1,075 Hides and skins 418 40 531 47 Iron and steel mill prod 2,010 5,067 1,817 4,686 Jewelry 215 1,525 252 1,358 Lighting, plumbing 461 970 430 854 Liquified propane/butane 75 386 127 509 Live animals 201 603 173 548 Meat and preparations 2,177 917 2,142 865 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 3,617 4,381 3,258 3,960 Metal ores; scrap 1,231 1,351 1,357 1,251 Metalworking machinery 1,906 2,538 1,690 2,449 Mineral fuels, other 956 376 1,119 810 Natural gas 98 1,948 86 2,006 Nickel 122 377 111 393 Oils/fats, vegetable 671 438 438 460 Optical goods 595 868 550 785 Paper and paperboard 3,503 4,222 3,418 3,613 Petroleum preparations 985 3,561 1,194 5,190 Photographic equipment 1,136 1,784 1,317 1,661 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,813 1,979 1,603 1,781 Platinum 121 942 103 474 Pottery 32 518 32 485 Power generating mach. 9,190 8,986 9,023 8,154 Printed materials 1,500 961 1,456 866 Pulp and waste paper 1,174 864 1,214 880 Records/magnetic media 2,008 1,311 2,280 1,274 Rice 457 67 357 70 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 435 548 389 508 Rubber tires and tubes 877 1,310 799 1,075 Scientific instruments 8,335 4,926 7,658 4,246 Ships, boats 473 504 398 386 Silver and bullion 422 242 75 162 Soybeans 2,023 20 2,719 28 Spacecraft 448 66 183 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 9,737 8,005 8,989 6,756 Sugar 1 183 1 331 Television, VCR, etc. 7,780 12,056 7,105 10,454 Textile yearn, fabric 3,110 4,195 2,883 3,734 Tobacco, unmanufactured 582 316 588 415 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,179 4,596 1,215 4,072 Travel goods 100 1,204 115 1,137 Vegetables and fruits 2,281 3,256 2,277 3,070 Vehicles 20,192 40,140 18,522 37,806 Watches/clocks/parts 93 909 97 767 Wheat 1,228 107 1,166 137 Wood manufactures 603 1,701 638 1,378 Re-exports 14,746 (X) 14,864 (X) Agricultural commodities 545 (X) 529 (X) Manufactured goods 14,030 (X) 14,100 (X) Mineral fuels 31 (X) 69 (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-98-101), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.