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 January Item(1) Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 54,338 71,102 Net Adjustments -624 563 Total Census Basis (2) 54,962 70,539 Manufactured goods (3) 44,058 59,559 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,704 3,038 Mineral fuels (3) 994 5,749 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,244 5,757 Airplane parts 1,091 375 Airplanes 2,062 421 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 26 134 Aluminum 314 555 Animal feeds 460 57 Artwork/antiques 101 348 Basketware, etc. 190 300 Cereal flour 86 100 Chemicals - cosmetics 377 205 Chemicals - dyeing 264 185 Chemicals - fertilizers 114 136 Chemicals - inorganic 378 400 Chemicals - medicinal 757 777 Chemicals - n.e.s. 892 400 Chemicals - organic 1,453 1,635 Chemicals - plastics 1,439 691 Cigarettes 346 7 Clothing 616 4,040 Coal 290 58 Coffee 1 328 Copper 102 263 Cork, wood, lumber 343 559 Corn 399 5 Cotton, raw and linters 269 1 Crude fertilizers 128 128 Crude oil 117 3,809 Electrical machinery 5,431 6,300 Fish and preparations 101 650 Footwear 55 1,225 Furniture and bedding 317 1,016 Gem diamonds 16 743 General industrial mach 2,357 2,158 Glass 166 133 Glassware 55 109 Gold, nonmonetary 594 275 Hides and skins 89 9 Iron and steel mill prod 500 1,229 Jewelry 46 334 Lighting, plumbing 116 239 Liquified propane/butane 24 110 Live animals 54 152 Meat and preparations 514 236 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 866 1,056 Metal ores; scrap 299 323 Metalworking machinery 518 623 Mineral fuels, other 237 119 Natural gas 28 697 Nickel 31 107 Oils/fats, vegetable 207 120 Optical goods 137 204 Paper and paperboard 869 1,037 Petroleum preparations 279 893 Photographic equipment 264 390 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 432 473 Platinum 30 187 Pottery 7 128 Power generating mach. 2,288 2,035 Printed materials 358 224 Pulp and waste paper 282 233 Records/magnetic media 473 322 Rice 101 18 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 102 127 Rubber tires and tubes 203 293 Scientific instruments 1,933 1,091 Ships, boats 144 113 Silver and bullion 84 46 Soybeans 673 2 Spacecraft (-) 52 Specialized ind. mach. 2,298 1,796 Sugar (-) 35 Television, VCR, etc. 1,824 2,791 Textile yearn, fabric 727 1,010 Tobacco, unmanufactured 114 73 Toys/games/sporting goods 253 1,164 Travel goods 23 296 Vegetables and fruits 539 793 Vehicles 4,619 8,969 Watches/clocks/parts 20 204 Wheat 412 23 Wood manufactures 146 378 Re-exports 3,428 (X) Agricultural commodities 118 (X) Manufactured goods 3,259 (X) Mineral fuels 13 (X) ________________________________ 1997 DATA December January Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis (R) 58,588 (R) 75,439 49,993 67,150 Net Adjustments (R) -878 (R) 414 -551 247 Total Census Basis (2) (R) 59,466 (R) 75,025 50,544 66,903 Manufactured goods (3) 47,808 63,341 39,314 54,781 Agricultural commodities (3) 5,152 3,135 4,901 2,841 Mineral fuels (3) 1,158 6,388 1,096 7,287 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,961 7,053 3,202 5,300 Airplane parts 1,207 434 963 336 Airplanes 3,908 632 1,036 346 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 33 169 23 144 Aluminum 298 562 296 372 Animal feeds 506 59 465 51 Artwork/antiques 124 276 65 273 Basketware, etc. 201 336 178 262 Cereal flour 105 119 91 91 Chemicals - cosmetics 364 236 377 185 Chemicals - dyeing 251 215 235 187 Chemicals - fertilizers 301 134 234 141 Chemicals - inorganic 465 396 342 469 Chemicals - medicinal 651 881 645 619 Chemicals - n.e.s. 896 392 786 379 Chemicals - organic 1,341 1,496 1,236 1,399 Chemicals - plastics 1,403 671 1,353 640 Cigarettes 313 5 330 5 Clothing 601 3,765 573 3,655 Coal 282 77 305 46 Coffee 1 316 (-) 210 Copper 111 236 122 272 Cork, wood, lumber 338 583 432 574 Corn 468 3 622 6 Cotton, raw and linters 287 2 264 1 Crude fertilizers 130 100 138 112 Crude oil 72 4,411 108 4,775 Electrical machinery 5,419 6,932 4,987 5,883 Fish and preparations 140 720 134 572 Footwear 54 1,027 63 1,205 Furniture and bedding 309 1,017 288 860 Gem diamonds 6 567 9 647 General industrial mach 2,491 2,254 2,217 2,065 Glass 162 138 164 138 Glassware 70 120 56 109 Gold, nonmonetary 336 243 224 222 Hides and skins 92 10 142 11 Iron and steel mill prod 482 1,090 432 1,323 Jewelry 56 384 35 304 Lighting, plumbing 124 255 94 236 Liquified propane/butane 35 118 22 153 Live animals 98 138 37 131 Meat and preparations 545 223 507 211 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 807 1,033 803 956 Metal ores; scrap 348 367 301 274 Metalworking machinery 531 712 363 595 Mineral fuels, other 273 122 290 201 Natural gas 45 576 23 484 Nickel 34 102 26 80 Oils/fats, vegetable 155 125 94 115 Optical goods 148 243 138 177 Paper and paperboard 819 1,000 828 884 Petroleum preparations 426 997 343 1,565 Photographic equipment 286 567 291 381 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 390 470 363 441 Platinum 53 270 17 117 Pottery 7 129 7 123 Power generating mach. 2,209 2,100 2,123 1,934 Printed materials 372 238 364 215 Pulp and waste paper 335 215 288 226 Records/magnetic media 613 368 571 319 Rice 90 28 99 18 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 97 131 84 120 Rubber tires and tubes 184 311 172 249 Scientific instruments 2,167 1,361 1,704 956 Ships, boats 67 47 83 104 Silver and bullion 134 55 21 44 Soybeans 904 3 811 2 Spacecraft 70 (-) (-) (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,621 1,970 2,023 1,514 Sugar (-) 63 (-) 104 Television, VCR, etc. 2,295 3,086 1,587 2,500 Textile yearn, fabric 693 1,009 669 946 Tobacco, unmanufactured 133 64 127 107 Toys/games/sporting goods 308 1,373 273 965 Travel goods 24 287 27 324 Vegetables and fruits 621 735 588 747 Vehicles 4,291 9,837 3,890 8,932 Watches/clocks/parts 29 232 21 184 Wheat 339 29 303 26 Wood manufactures 179 382 164 324 Re-exports 3,643 (X) 3,444 (X) Agricultural commodities 118 (X) 124 (X) Manufactured goods 3,470 (X) 3,247 (X) Mineral fuels 23 (X) 35 (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-98-39), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, JANUARY 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.