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 Item(1) December November Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 57,831 76,742 (R) 56,758 (R) 78,695 Net Adjustments -1,264 268 (R) -1,602 (R) 514 Total Census Basis (2) 59,095 76,474 (R) 58,360 (R) 78,181 Manufactured goods (3) 47,604 67,220 46,705 68,449 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,738 3,079 4,577 2,830 Mineral fuels (3) 809 3,904 694 4,579 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,992 7,017 3,374 6,928 Airplane parts 1,289 503 1,404 546 Airplanes 4,814 572 3,499 626 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 28 192 39 235 Aluminum 294 426 295 457 Animal feeds 318 51 313 46 Artwork/antiques 136 375 119 333 Basketware, etc. 227 333 221 335 Cereal flour 125 125 112 145 Chemicals - cosmetics 361 251 363 237 Chemicals - dyeing 257 180 287 182 Chemicals - fertilizers 356 144 262 102 Chemicals - inorganic 377 431 423 375 Chemicals - medicinal 784 1,047 773 1,042 Chemicals - n.e.s. 904 390 854 378 Chemicals - organic 1,214 1,369 1,064 1,398 Chemicals - plastics 1,292 680 1,301 666 Cigarettes 259 9 306 7 Clothing 631 4,035 676 3,926 Coal 250 58 228 51 Coffee 1 242 185 Copper 91 226 95 290 Cork, wood, lumber 341 584 334 626 Corn 518 5 456 8 Cotton, raw and linters 329 10 260 2 Crude fertilizers 124 96 124 102 Crude oil 41 2,429 38 2,958 Electrical machinery 5,619 6,420 5,399 6,738 Fish and preparations 147 739 182 680 Footwear 57 1,019 54 1,048 Furniture and bedding 379 1,213 413 1,231 Gem diamonds 18 505 15 699 General industrial mach 2,418 2,451 2,433 2,391 Glass 154 143 165 152 Glassware 49 123 56 129 Gold, nonmonetary 249 278 660 270 Hides and skins 72 8 81 8 Iron and steel mill prod 410 1,197 414 1,470 Jewelry 68 422 87 594 Lighting, plumbing 113 284 112 322 Liquified propane/butane 25 66 23 58 Live animals 95 109 94 168 Meat and preparations 499 250 490 245 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 842 1,131 902 1,140 Metal ores; scrap 314 328 311 308 Metalworking machinery 424 649 387 630 Mineral fuels, other 222 83 188 76 Natural gas 14 463 16 507 Nickel 27 48 27 65 Oils/fats, vegetable 219 111 150 100 Optical goods 171 225 151 236 Paper and paperboard 728 1,051 760 1,064 Petroleum preparations 231 734 170 871 Photographic equipment 273 461 270 487 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 453 504 485 512 Platinum 25 314 49 241 Pottery 9 127 9 143 Power generating mach. 2,475 2,464 2,480 2,469 Printed materials 386 241 383 267 Pulp and waste paper 275 179 278 180 Records/magnetic media 563 363 543 390 Rice 86 20 116 16 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 102 139 105 137 Rubber tires and tubes 192 368 214 345 Scientific instruments 2,064 1,384 2,005 1,360 Ships, boats 154 109 295 49 Silver and bullion 16 45 27 64 Soybeans 558 1 619 3 Spacecraft 61 (-) 184 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,162 1,921 1,932 1,771 Sugar (-) 37 (-) 34 Television, VCR, etc. 2,111 3,392 1,947 3,918 Textile yearn, fabric 638 1,032 727 991 Tobacco, unmanufactured 156 30 147 38 Toys/games/sporting goods 262 1,307 264 1,982 Travel goods 24 259 24 315 Vegetables and fruits 611 822 664 640 Vehicles 4,047 11,963 4,693 11,188 Watches/clocks/parts 29 232 34 310 Wheat 349 22 286 20 Wood manufactures 126 437 127 467 Re-exports 4,197 (X) 4,140 (X) Agricultural commodities 111 (X) 104 (X) Manufactured goods 4,049 (X) 3,991 (X) Mineral fuels 5 (X) 9 (X) __________________________________________________________________________ 1998 1997 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 671,055 919,040 679,325 877,279 Net Adjustments -11,921 5,212 -9,858 6,609 Total Census Basis (2) 682,977 913,828 689,182 870,671 Manufactured goods (3) 551,368 792,422 550,529 728,928 Agricultural commodities (3) 50,608 35,741 55,639 35,164 Mineral fuels (3) 9,957 57,646 12,682 78,277 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 40,745 76,846 43,698 74,993 Airplane parts 15,046 5,905 13,266 4,917 Airplanes 35,238 6,933 25,552 4,557 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 385 2,295 385 2,186 Aluminum 3,599 5,962 3,768 5,558 Animal feeds 4,050 606 4,621 648 Artwork/antiques 1,149 3,977 1,120 3,587 Basketware, etc. 2,583 3,835 2,494 3,364 Cereal flour 1,272 1,460 1,241 1,328 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,749 2,893 4,873 2,677 Chemicals - dyeing 3,467 2,470 3,294 2,485 Chemicals - fertilizers 3,274 1,568 3,123 1,374 Chemicals - inorganic 4,744 5,118 5,264 5,132 Chemicals - medicinal 9,457 10,885 8,087 8,748 Chemicals - n.e.s. 10,830 4,822 11,160 4,821 Chemicals - organic 14,903 18,300 16,408 16,874 Chemicals - plastics 16,616 8,565 17,274 8,237 Cigarettes 4,166 103 4,417 75 Clothing 8,508 53,743 8,396 48,408 Coal 3,191 726 3,586 655 Coffee 10 3,063 7 3,575 Copper 1,276 3,063 1,441 3,254 Cork, wood, lumber 4,093 7,625 5,146 8,179 Corn 4,617 142 5,426 103 Cotton, raw and linters 2,563 19 2,716 20 Crude fertilizers 1,599 1,298 1,621 1,334 Crude oil 670 37,534 1,040 54,226 Electrical machinery 65,412 79,366 65,816 80,370 Fish and preparations 2,170 8,105 2,624 7,687 Footwear 720 13,879 800 14,026 Furniture and bedding 4,408 13,338 3,942 11,144 Gem diamonds 124 8,489 108 7,595 General industrial mach 30,044 28,802 30,603 26,321 Glass 1,998 1,774 2,125 1,750 Glassware 714 1,607 813 1,553 Gold, nonmonetary 5,393 3,571 5,673 3,035 Hides and skins 1,126 110 1,503 130 Iron and steel mill prod 5,475 17,161 5,637 14,285 Jewelry 761 5,273 729 4,588 Lighting, plumbing 1,406 3,391 1,535 2,944 Liquified propane/butane 204 931 298 1,158 Live animals 678 1,718 685 1,655 Meat and preparations 6,411 2,847 6,885 2,656 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 10,657 13,505 10,309 12,242 Metal ores; scrap 3,592 4,101 4,662 4,156 Metalworking machinery 5,272 7,928 5,702 7,325 Mineral fuels, other 2,609 1,132 3,355 1,864 Natural gas 243 5,338 275 5,477 Nickel 365 894 347 1,144 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,825 1,324 1,398 1,381 Optical goods 1,907 2,727 1,697 2,493 Paper and paperboard 9,914 12,796 10,283 11,697 Petroleum preparations 2,855 10,945 3,899 13,904 Photographic equipment 3,477 5,656 3,865 5,759 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 5,548 6,140 5,092 5,676 Platinum 392 3,057 437 1,973 Pottery 103 1,719 101 1,683 Power generating mach. 28,566 28,132 27,221 24,601 Printed materials 4,667 3,072 4,605 2,871 Pulp and waste paper 3,435 2,443 3,868 2,639 Records/magnetic media 6,053 4,387 6,815 4,137 Rice 1,208 182 933 217 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,290 1,645 1,256 1,553 Rubber tires and tubes 2,549 4,095 2,394 3,417 Scientific instruments 24,143 15,505 24,039 13,969 Ships, boats 1,716 1,134 1,366 875 Silver and bullion 624 662 641 472 Soybeans 4,878 54 7,479 86 Spacecraft 1,102 142 994 239 Specialized ind. mach. 27,317 22,970 29,162 21,182 Sugar 3 709 3 956 Television, VCR, etc. 23,401 42,462 24,093 36,771 Textile yearn, fabric 8,973 12,890 8,975 11,951 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,459 780 1,548 1,129 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,342 18,691 3,827 17,374 Travel goods 304 3,944 330 3,841 Vegetables and fruits 7,321 8,372 7,472 7,752 Vehicles 53,398 121,310 55,669 112,926 Watches/clocks/parts 311 3,207 310 2,838 Wheat 3,712 284 4,196 359 Wood manufactures 1,692 5,634 1,958 4,668 Re-exports 45,769 (X) 44,153 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,396 (X) 1,439 (X) Manufactured goods 43,851 (X) 41,958 (X) Mineral fuels 113 (X) 284 (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-99-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, December 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.