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 Item(1) August July Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 51,753 76,873 (R) 50711 76,643 Net Adjustments -1,312 702 (R) -965 358 Total Census Basis (2) 53,064 76,171 (R) 51676 76,285 Manufactured goods (3) 43,073 66,298 41,347 65,970 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,611 2,726 3,781 2,750 Mineral fuels (3) 785 4,732 836 4,763 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,162 6,350 3,047 6,276 Airplane parts 1,250 482 1,389 492 Airplanes 2,366 457 2,116 766 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 37 174 35 189 Aluminum 290 496 290 452 Animal feeds 248 45 295 52 Artwork/antiques 65 337 71 299 Basketware, etc. 196 315 224 337 Cereal flour 110 126 104 107 Chemicals - cosmetics 402 257 407 250 Chemicals - dyeing 285 205 277 224 Chemicals - fertilizers 277 110 335 89 Chemicals - inorganic 330 477 417 406 Chemicals - medicinal 777 748 767 1,036 Chemicals - n.e.s. 891 378 895 413 Chemicals - organic 1,243 1,448 1,180 1,572 Chemicals - plastics 1,321 712 1,303 734 Cigarettes 385 8 345 12 Clothing 761 5,528 713 5,699 Coal 262 71 261 66 Coffee 208 2 212 Copper 94 219 97 246 Cork, wood, lumber 334 674 312 660 Corn 353 2 355 3 Cotton, raw and linters 137 (-) 197 (-) Crude fertilizers 137 95 136 108 Crude oil 41 3,072 38 2,986 Electrical machinery 5,311 6,591 4,960 6,358 Fish and preparations 209 724 218 714 Footwear 59 1,239 60 1,382 Furniture and bedding 369 1,068 295 969 Gem diamonds 12 631 8 948 General industrial mach 2,416 2,222 2,426 2,463 Glass 163 144 146 145 Glassware 62 141 58 152 Gold, nonmonetary 548 243 225 210 Hides and skins 90 9 93 9 Iron and steel mill prod 417 1,654 424 1,639 Jewelry 62 358 60 415 Lighting, plumbing 121 303 125 300 Liquified propane/butane 12 54 14 74 Live animals 50 140 39 108 Meat and preparations 527 238 581 248 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 852 1,116 831 1,089 Metal ores; scrap 270 331 347 380 Metalworking machinery 359 714 449 706 Mineral fuels, other 190 95 240 112 Natural gas 23 383 25 423 Nickel 30 54 30 49 Oils/fats, vegetable 139 104 135 94 Optical goods 152 217 154 236 Paper and paperboard 799 1,070 820 1,020 Petroleum preparations 244 912 249 995 Photographic equipment 319 500 281 487 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 458 516 436 522 Platinum 33 190 32 265 Pottery 8 167 8 159 Power generating mach. 2,354 2,256 2,190 2,103 Printed materials 389 270 391 281 Pulp and waste paper 273 216 310 226 Records/magnetic media 445 393 463 389 Rice 72 14 71 14 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 105 130 93 129 Rubber tires and tubes 201 345 208 335 Scientific instruments 1,875 1,252 1,900 1,285 Ships, boats 103 68 233 54 Silver and bullion 18 44 29 57 Soybeans 172 3 198 5 Spacecraft 85 (-) 99 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,065 1,781 2,387 2,043 Sugar (-) 69 (-) 71 Television, VCR, etc. 1,833 3,900 1,769 3,649 Textile yearn, fabric 733 1,072 669 1,165 Tobacco, unmanufactured 97 64 61 67 Toys/games/sporting goods 252 1,876 246 1,716 Travel goods 21 355 24 355 Vegetables and fruits 563 560 612 576 Vehicles 3,648 9,183 2,638 7,708 Watches/clocks/parts 26 270 23 285 Wheat 335 21 316 22 Wood manufactures 135 522 142 492 Re-exports 3,669 (X) 3,507 (X) Agricultural commodities 88 (X) 105 (X) Manufactured goods 3,543 (X) 3,349 (X) Mineral fuels 7 (X) 18 (X) _____________________________________________________ Item(1) Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 441,356 600,063 444,598 570,953 Net Adjustments -6,911 3,336 -6,885 5,424 Total Census Basis (2) 448,266 596,727 451,483 565,529 Manufactured goods (3) 362,196 514,369 360,769 471,010 Agricultural commodities (3) 33,184 24,050 35,391 23,603 Mineral fuels (3) 6,904 39,733 8,310 52,598 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 26,220 49,106 28,114 47,857 Airplane parts 9,789 3,825 8,686 3,135 Airplanes 20,348 4,383 16,712 2,859 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 245 1,372 234 1,330 Aluminum 2,372 4,135 2,523 3,639 Animal feeds 2,862 413 3,028 410 Artwork/antiques 762 2,483 746 2,191 Basketware, etc. 1,689 2,539 1,670 2,134 Cereal flour 794 879 806 804 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,196 1,908 3,266 1,735 Chemicals - dyeing 2,321 1,695 2,177 1,645 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,143 1,051 2,183 901 Chemicals - inorganic 3,120 3,375 3,436 3,469 Chemicals - medicinal 6,114 6,850 5,301 5,552 Chemicals - n.e.s. 7,327 3,337 7,483 3,267 Chemicals - organic 10,315 12,505 10,979 11,250 Chemicals - plastics 11,236 5,813 11,479 5,474 Cigarettes 2,908 72 2,864 52 Clothing 5,681 35,357 5,541 31,095 Coal 2,184 494 2,393 418 Coffee 7 2,260 4 2,542 Copper 890 2,038 972 2,240 Cork, wood, lumber 2,709 5,114 3,635 5,562 Corn 2,948 124 3,751 92 Cotton, raw and linters 1,783 6 1,939 14 Crude fertilizers 1,080 894 1,070 892 Crude oil 503 26,163 717 36,290 Electrical machinery 42,694 52,275 42,753 51,402 Fish and preparations 1,401 5,276 1,816 4,659 Footwear 489 9,586 544 9,663 Furniture and bedding 2,775 8,545 2,556 7,109 Gem diamonds 73 5,788 72 4,810 General industrial mach 20,237 19,328 20,166 17,593 Glass 1,335 1,157 1,413 1,165 Glassware 489 1,042 525 1,007 Gold, nonmonetary 3,140 2,462 4,525 2,024 Hides and skins 794 76 1,060 88 Iron and steel mill prod 3,754 11,428 3,674 9,610 Jewelry 455 3,134 483 2,724 Lighting, plumbing 931 2,139 965 1,877 Liquified propane/butane 124 687 201 796 Live animals 362 1,117 363 1,039 Meat and preparations 4,445 1,881 4,492 1,798 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 7,078 8,912 6,772 8,020 Metal ores; scrap 2,418 2,778 3,097 2,707 Metalworking machinery 3,603 5,316 3,621 4,800 Mineral fuels, other 1,797 786 2,287 1,399 Natural gas 178 3,474 162 3,453 Nickel 246 656 227 769 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,204 854 828 920 Optical goods 1,228 1,798 1,121 1,629 Paper and paperboard 6,826 8,527 6,859 7,539 Petroleum preparations 2,023 7,426 2,466 9,603 Photographic equipment 2,318 3,672 2,634 3,600 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 3,639 4,081 3,340 3,745 Platinum 263 1,969 305 1,025 Pottery 65 1,110 62 1,077 Power generating mach. 18,490 18,006 18,035 16,008 Printed materials 3,058 1,991 3,006 1,842 Pulp and waste paper 2,355 1,694 2,539 1,745 Records/magnetic media 3,892 2,782 4,412 2,648 Rice 786 120 606 137 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 853 1,083 812 1,025 Rubber tires and tubes 1,686 2,698 1,605 2,203 Scientific instruments 16,138 9,980 15,670 8,801 Ships, boats 1,141 763 1,056 644 Silver and bullion 530 435 372 307 Soybeans 2,752 41 3,882 77 Spacecraft 723 66 477 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 18,867 15,784 18,789 14,113 Sugar 1 478 2 699 Television, VCR, etc. 15,256 26,623 15,238 22,618 Textile yearn, fabric 6,080 8,673 5,904 7,877 Tobacco, unmanufactured 998 592 1,081 908 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,243 10,863 2,495 10,012 Travel goods 204 2,597 222 2,520 Vegetables and fruits 4,745 5,828 4,768 5,408 Vehicles 35,780 76,769 36,239 74,436 Watches/clocks/parts 190 1,981 198 1,716 Wheat 2,417 200 2,602 249 Wood manufactures 1,165 3,687 1,287 3,026 Re-exports 29,278 (X) 29,446 (X) Agricultural commodities 982 (X) 986 (X) Manufactured goods 27,950 (X) 27,971 (X) Mineral fuels 69 (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-98-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, August 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.