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 February January Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 54,491 69,072 54,720 71,027 Net Adjustments -810 217 -629 567 Total Census Basis (2) 55,300 68,855 55,350 70,459 Manufactured goods (3) 44,389 58,981 44,058 59,559 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,628 2,973 4,704 3,038 Mineral fuels (3) 854 4,789 994 5,749 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,186 5,586 3,244 5,757 Airplane parts 1,125 457 1,091 375 Airplanes 2,286 334 2,062 421 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 25 148 26 134 Aluminum 264 515 314 555 Animal feeds 440 51 460 57 Artwork/antiques 99 207 101 348 Basketware, etc. 201 258 190 300 Cereal flour 97 99 86 100 Chemicals - cosmetics 373 226 377 205 Chemicals - dyeing 281 205 264 185 Chemicals - fertilizers 267 146 114 136 Chemicals - inorganic 385 351 378 400 Chemicals - medicinal 692 745 757 777 Chemicals - n.e.s. 885 412 892 400 Chemicals - organic 1,238 1,454 1,453 1,635 Chemicals - plastics 1,355 689 1,439 691 Cigarettes 325 7 346 7 Clothing 674 3,879 616 4,040 Coal 247 46 290 58 Coffee 1 374 1 328 Copper 120 243 102 263 Cork, wood, lumber 344 604 343 559 Corn 403 4 399 5 Cotton, raw and linters 282 1 269 1 Crude fertilizers 122 101 128 128 Crude oil 91 3,066 117 3,809 Electrical machinery 5,296 6,322 5,431 6,300 Fish and preparations 231 578 101 650 Footwear 56 1,168 55 1,225 Furniture and bedding 332 1,021 317 1,016 Gem diamonds 7 688 16 743 General industrial mach 2,433 2,245 2,357 2,158 Glass 171 131 166 133 Glassware 64 115 55 109 Gold, nonmonetary 318 322 594 275 Hides and skins 100 9 89 9 Iron and steel mill prod 484 1,142 500 1,229 Jewelry 49 340 46 334 Lighting, plumbing 112 227 116 239 Liquified propane/butane 20 111 24 110 Live animals 52 136 54 152 Meat and preparations 517 217 514 236 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 882 1,011 866 1,056 Metal ores; scrap 295 307 299 323 Metalworking machinery 456 546 518 623 Mineral fuels, other 241 90 237 119 Natural gas 21 557 28 697 Nickel 32 64 31 107 Oils/fats, vegetable 173 95 207 120 Optical goods 144 191 137 204 Paper and paperboard 845 1,000 869 1,037 Petroleum preparations 223 855 279 893 Photographic equipment 261 413 264 390 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 437 459 432 473 Platinum 27 176 30 187 Pottery 8 119 7 128 Power generating mach. 2,161 2,072 2,288 2,035 Printed materials 347 227 358 224 Pulp and waste paper 276 203 282 233 Records/magnetic media 465 305 473 322 Rice 143 16 101 18 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 105 128 102 127 Rubber tires and tubes 217 309 203 293 Scientific instruments 2,053 1,150 1,933 1,091 Ships, boats 119 132 144 113 Silver and bullion 184 79 84 46 Soybeans 691 1 673 2 Spacecraft 65 (-) (-) 52 Specialized ind. mach. 2,309 1,793 2,298 1,796 Sugar (-) 57 (-) 35 Television, VCR, etc. 1,880 2,795 1,824 2,791 Textile yearn, fabric 765 971 727 1,010 Tobacco, unmanufactured 111 55 114 73 Toys/games/sporting goods 281 985 253 1,164 Travel goods 23 298 23 296 Vegetables and fruits 524 752 539 793 Vehicles 4,934 9,745 4,619 8,969 Watches/clocks/parts 23 190 20 204 Wheat 283 29 412 23 Wood manufactures 160 396 146 378 Re-exports 3,538 (X) 3,428 (X) Agricultural commodities 138 (X) 118 (X) Manufactured goods 3,356 (X) 3,259 (X) Mineral fuels 10 (X) 13 (X) ______________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 109,211 140,099 102,524 132,775 Net Adjustments -1,439 785 -1,222 676 Total Census Basis (2) 110,650 139,314 103,746 132,099 Manufactured goods (3) 88,447 118,540 81,021 108,592 Agricultural commodities (3) 9,333 6,010 9,731 5,603 Mineral fuels (3) 1,848 10,538 2,105 13,762 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 6,431 11,343 6,390 10,509 Airplane parts 2,216 832 1,970 692 Airplanes 4,349 756 2,675 622 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 51 283 50 291 Aluminum 578 1,069 597 741 Animal feeds 900 108 910 95 Artwork/antiques 200 555 186 479 Basketware, etc. 391 559 373 509 Cereal flour 183 199 182 182 Chemicals - cosmetics 750 431 774 388 Chemicals - dyeing 546 390 485 369 Chemicals - fertilizers 381 281 533 274 Chemicals - inorganic 764 751 742 862 Chemicals - medicinal 1,449 1,522 1,239 1,236 Chemicals - n.e.s. 1,777 812 1,658 759 Chemicals - organic 2,691 3,089 2,639 2,767 Chemicals - plastics 2,794 1,380 2,672 1,241 Cigarettes 672 14 702 10 Clothing 1,289 7,920 1,226 7,063 Coal 537 105 559 86 Coffee 2 702 (-) 484 Copper 222 506 244 503 Cork, wood, lumber 687 1,164 902 1,205 Corn 802 9 1,148 13 Cotton, raw and linters 551 2 545 4 Crude fertilizers 250 229 266 213 Crude oil 208 6,875 215 8,997 Electrical machinery 10,727 12,622 9,852 11,637 Fish and preparations 332 1,229 408 1,078 Footwear 111 2,393 129 2,390 Furniture and bedding 650 2,037 580 1,686 Gem diamonds 23 1,430 16 1,204 General industrial mach 4,790 4,403 4,566 4,052 Glass 336 264 338 276 Glassware 119 224 124 222 Gold, nonmonetary 912 597 587 423 Hides and skins 190 18 270 22 Iron and steel mill prod 984 2,371 869 2,350 Jewelry 95 675 123 623 Lighting, plumbing 228 466 200 442 Liquified propane/butane 44 221 69 294 Live animals 106 288 75 251 Meat and preparations 1,031 453 1,041 401 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 1,748 2,067 1,565 1,890 Metal ores; scrap 594 630 617 573 Metalworking machinery 974 1,169 744 1,170 Mineral fuels, other 478 209 542 408 Natural gas 49 1,254 95 1,077 Nickel 63 171 52 168 Oils/fats, vegetable 380 215 205 223 Optical goods 281 395 268 365 Paper and paperboard 1,713 2,037 1,668 1,717 Petroleum preparations 503 1,748 619 2,767 Photographic equipment 525 803 606 764 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 869 932 742 873 Platinum 57 363 35 242 Pottery 15 247 14 248 Power generating mach. 4,449 4,108 4,259 3,867 Printed materials 705 451 715 422 Pulp and waste paper 558 436 602 450 Records/magnetic media 938 627 1,079 627 Rice 244 33 199 33 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 207 254 179 239 Rubber tires and tubes 420 602 369 515 Scientific instruments 3,986 2,240 3,478 1,976 Ships, boats 263 245 190 223 Silver and bullion 268 125 44 78 Soybeans 1,365 3 1,643 3 Spacecraft 65 52 78 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 4,607 3,589 4,107 2,988 Sugar 92 203 Television, VCR, etc. 3,703 5,585 3,186 4,873 Textile yearn, fabric 1,492 1,981 1,353 1,819 Tobacco, unmanufactured 225 128 273 213 Toys/games/sporting goods 534 2,148 555 1,943 Travel goods 46 594 56 614 Vegetables and fruits 1,062 1,545 1,150 1,453 Vehicles 9,554 18,714 8,616 18,411 Watches/clocks/parts 44 394 44 354 Wheat 695 51 580 68 Wood manufactures 306 773 327 630 Re-exports 6,966 (X) 6,999 (X) Agricultural commodities 256 (X) 260 (X) Manufactured goods 6,615 (X) 6,619 (X) Mineral fuels 23 (X) 39 (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-98-60), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, FEBRUARY 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.