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) July June Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 50,483 76,319 (R) 56,183 (R) 77,368 Net Adjustments -962 356 (R) -898 (R) 355 Total Census Basis (2) 51,445 75,963 (R) 57,081 (R) 77,013 Manufactured goods (3) 41,347 65,970 46,589 66,926 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,781 2,750 3,864 3,048 Mineral fuels (3) 836 4,763 816 4,830 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,047 6,276 3,557 6,461 Airplane parts 1,389 492 1,231 518 Airplanes 2,116 766 3,061 740 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 35 189 31 196 Aluminum 290 452 299 557 Animal feeds 295 52 279 55 Artwork/antiques 71 299 124 246 Basketware, etc. 224 337 221 370 Cereal flour 104 107 102 114 Chemicals - cosmetics 407 250 413 256 Chemicals - dyeing 277 224 302 218 Chemicals - fertilizers 335 89 405 92 Chemicals - inorganic 417 406 361 399 Chemicals - medicinal 767 1,036 929 974 Chemicals - n.e.s. 895 413 889 414 Chemicals - organic 1,180 1,572 1,213 1,534 Chemicals - plastics 1,303 734 1,419 741 Cigarettes 345 12 384 10 Clothing 713 5,699 719 4,950 Coal 261 66 274 79 Coffee 2 212 1 240 Copper 97 246 107 235 Cork, wood, lumber 312 660 340 647 Corn 355 3 358 5 Cotton, raw and linters 197 (-) 194 (-) Crude fertilizers 136 108 134 111 Crude oil 38 2,986 27 3,154 Electrical machinery 4,960 6,358 5,334 6,585 Fish and preparations 218 714 132 722 Footwear 60 1,382 71 1,320 Furniture and bedding 295 969 345 1,060 Gem diamonds 8 948 8 684 General industrial mach 2,426 2,463 2,555 2,509 Glass 146 145 169 151 Glassware 58 152 68 144 Gold, nonmonetary 225 210 395 305 Hides and skins 93 9 98 9 Iron and steel mill prod 424 1,639 453 1,545 Jewelry 60 415 68 428 Lighting, plumbing 125 300 121 294 Liquified propane/butane 14 74 10 81 Live animals 39 108 33 127 Meat and preparations 581 248 571 267 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 831 1,089 897 1,171 Metal ores; scrap 347 380 272 353 Metalworking machinery 449 706 465 725 Mineral fuels, other 240 112 198 121 Natural gas 25 423 21 369 Nickel 30 49 28 94 Oils/fats, vegetable 135 94 143 116 Optical goods 154 236 158 249 Paper and paperboard 820 1,020 838 1,119 Petroleum preparations 249 995 274 941 Photographic equipment 281 487 294 478 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 436 522 461 537 Platinum 32 265 39 355 Pottery 8 159 9 142 Power generating mach. 2,190 2,103 2,477 2,387 Printed materials 391 281 394 250 Pulp and waste paper 310 226 308 208 Records/magnetic media 463 389 516 366 Rice 71 14 116 11 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 93 129 107 139 Rubber tires and tubes 208 335 202 365 Scientific instruments 1,900 1,285 2,019 1,285 Ships, boats 233 54 107 61 Silver and bullion 29 57 20 40 Soybeans 198 5 164 5 Spacecraft 99 (-) 91 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,387 2,043 2,345 1,979 Sugar (-) 71 (-) 88 Television, VCR, etc. 1,769 3,649 1,935 3,635 Textile yearn, fabric 669 1,165 767 1,162 Tobacco, unmanufactured 61 67 109 78 Toys/games/sporting goods 246 1,716 282 1,405 Travel goods 24 355 30 365 Vegetables and fruits 612 576 666 736 Vehicles 2,638 7,708 4,426 9,547 Watches/clocks/parts 23 285 24 261 Wheat 316 22 266 21 Wood manufactures 142 492 143 503 Re-exports 3,507 (X) 3,800 (X) Agricultural commodities 105 (X) 119 (X) Manufactured goods 3,349 (X) 3,637 (X) Mineral fuels 18 (X) 9 (X) ____________________________________________________________ Item(1) Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 389,375 522,867 388,983 497,703 Net Adjustments -5,596 2,632 -5,838 5,179 Total Census Basis (2) 394,971 520,235 394,821 492,524 Manufactured goods (3) 319,123 448,071 315,372 409,695 Agricultural commodities (3) 29,573 21,324 31,166 20,851 Mineral fuels (3) 6,118 35,001 7,175 46,088 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 23,058 42,755 24,481 41,421 Airplane parts 8,539 3,343 7,610 2,755 Airplanes 17,981 3,926 15,295 2,440 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 207 1,198 206 1,159 Aluminum 2,082 3,639 2,209 3,211 Animal feeds 2,614 368 2,730 355 Artwork/antiques 696 2,146 678 1,961 Basketware, etc. 1,494 2,224 1,464 1,858 Cereal flour 685 753 706 689 Chemicals - cosmetics 2,793 1,652 2,850 1,505 Chemicals - dyeing 2,035 1,490 1,893 1,441 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,866 941 1,907 810 Chemicals - inorganic 2,790 2,899 3,015 3,012 Chemicals - medicinal 5,336 6,101 4,652 4,699 Chemicals - n.e.s. 6,437 2,958 6,550 2,903 Chemicals - organic 9,072 11,058 9,638 9,834 Chemicals - plastics 9,914 5,101 9,977 4,787 Cigarettes 2,522 64 2,464 45 Clothing 4,920 29,830 4,784 26,266 Coal 1,922 423 2,029 359 Coffee 6 2,053 4 2,256 Copper 796 1,818 855 1,926 Cork, wood, lumber 2,375 4,440 3,191 4,841 Corn 2,595 122 3,313 88 Cotton, raw and linters 1,647 6 1,773 12 Crude fertilizers 942 799 936 791 Crude oil 462 23,090 632 31,529 Electrical machinery 37,383 45,684 36,935 44,652 Fish and preparations 1,193 4,551 1,609 3,959 Footwear 430 8,347 477 8,436 Furniture and bedding 2,406 7,477 2,209 6,175 Gem diamonds 61 5,157 64 4,320 General industrial mach 17,821 17,106 17,582 15,578 Glass 1,172 1,013 1,232 1,024 Glassware 427 901 458 871 Gold, nonmonetary 2,592 2,218 4,246 1,809 Hides and skins 704 67 929 78 Iron and steel mill prod 3,336 9,774 3,201 8,472 Jewelry 393 2,776 421 2,421 Lighting, plumbing 810 1,835 818 1,604 Liquified propane/butane 112 633 186 713 Live animals 313 977 293 922 Meat and preparations 3,918 1,643 3,890 1,578 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 6,226 7,796 5,880 7,033 Metal ores; scrap 2,148 2,447 2,678 2,366 Metalworking machinery 3,244 4,602 3,117 4,260 Mineral fuels, other 1,607 691 1,992 1,271 Natural gas 155 3,091 144 3,088 Nickel 216 603 198 680 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,065 749 705 811 Optical goods 1,076 1,582 980 1,433 Paper and paperboard 6,027 7,458 5,980 6,569 Petroleum preparations 1,779 6,514 2,117 8,591 Photographic equipment 1,998 3,172 2,317 3,129 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 3,181 3,565 2,900 3,264 Platinum 230 1,779 266 871 Pottery 58 943 55 905 Power generating mach. 16,136 15,751 15,758 14,006 Printed materials 2,669 1,721 2,605 1,586 Pulp and waste paper 2,082 1,477 2,183 1,532 Records/magnetic media 3,447 2,389 3,908 2,298 Rice 714 106 553 116 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 747 954 698 898 Rubber tires and tubes 1,485 2,352 1,398 1,922 Scientific instruments 14,263 8,728 13,643 7,685 Ships, boats 1,038 695 896 592 Silver and bullion 512 391 334 271 Soybeans 2,580 37 3,584 76 Spacecraft 638 66 401 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 16,802 14,004 16,284 12,438 Sugar 1 409 2 583 Television, VCR, etc. 13,423 22,723 13,148 19,324 Textile yearn, fabric 5,346 7,601 5,108 6,861 Tobacco, unmanufactured 900 528 1,012 807 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,991 8,987 2,171 8,221 Travel goods 183 2,243 196 2,184 Vegetables and fruits 4,182 5,268 4,188 4,894 Vehicles 32,132 67,586 31,980 65,496 Watches/clocks/parts 165 1,712 174 1,472 Wheat 2,082 179 2,094 224 Wood manufactures 1,030 3,165 1,121 2,608 Re-exports 25,609 (X) 25,832 (X) Agricultural commodities 894 (X) 889 (X) Manufactured goods 24,407 (X) 24,527 (X) Mineral fuels 62 (X) 124 (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-98-169), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, JULY 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.