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) June May Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 56,055 77,602 (R)55,905 (R)74,288 Net Adjustments -907 354 (R)-756 (R)288 Total Census Basis (2) 56,962 77,248 (R)56,661 (R)74,000 Manufactured goods (3) 46,589 66,926 46,040 63,615 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,864 3,048 3,827 2,917 Mineral fuels (3) 816 4,830 882 4,971 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,557 6,461 3,118 5,926 Airplane parts 1,231 518 1,188 549 Airplanes 3,061 740 2,783 641 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 31 196 34 179 Aluminum 299 557 300 499 Animal feeds 279 55 306 47 Artwork/antiques 124 246 111 295 Basketware, etc. 221 370 216 313 Cereal flour 102 114 96 110 Chemicals - cosmetics 413 256 383 219 Chemicals - dyeing 302 218 312 201 Chemicals - fertilizers 405 92 224 141 Chemicals - inorganic 361 399 452 474 Chemicals - medicinal 929 974 815 810 Chemicals - n.e.s. 889 414 936 419 Chemicals - organic 1,213 1,534 1,338 1,378 Chemicals - plastics 1,419 741 1,429 731 Cigarettes 384 10 416 7 Clothing 719 4,950 726 3,718 Coal 274 79 305 53 Coffee 1 240 268 Copper 107 235 110 281 Cork, wood, lumber 340 647 339 623 Corn 358 5 335 8 Cotton, raw and linters 194 161 3 Crude fertilizers 134 111 147 139 Crude oil 27 3,154 60 3,294 Electrical machinery 5,334 6,585 5,274 6,347 Fish and preparations 132 722 127 679 Footwear 71 1,320 56 1,130 Furniture and bedding 345 1,060 362 1,110 Gem diamonds 8 684 8 701 General industrial mach 2,555 2,509 2,662 2,427 Glass 169 151 176 148 Glassware 68 144 56 122 Gold, nonmonetary 395 305 365 408 Hides and skins 98 9 95 10 Iron and steel mill prod 453 1,545 451 1,523 Jewelry 68 428 50 409 Lighting, plumbing 121 294 104 272 Liquified propane/butane 10 81 13 91 Live animals 33 127 40 139 Meat and preparations 571 267 589 211 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 897 1,171 881 1,155 Metal ores; scrap 272 353 298 364 Metalworking machinery 465 725 424 632 Mineral fuels, other 198 121 213 82 Natural gas 21 369 12 351 Nickel 28 94 36 82 Oils/fats, vegetable 143 116 117 101 Optical goods 158 249 169 230 Paper and paperboard 838 1,119 865 1,096 Petroleum preparations 274 941 272 1,017 Photographic equipment 294 478 288 422 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 461 537 471 527 Platinum 39 355 38 217 Pottery 9 142 8 124 Power generating mach. 2,477 2,387 2,279 2,274 Printed materials 394 250 384 230 Pulp and waste paper 308 208 290 179 Records/magnetic media 516 366 460 324 Rice 116 11 71 15 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 107 139 111 138 Rubber tires and tubes 202 365 198 341 Scientific instruments 2,019 1,285 2,008 1,232 Ships, boats 107 61 225 77 Silver and bullion 20 40 40 51 Soybeans 164 5 195 8 Spacecraft 91 (-) (-) (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,345 1,979 2,333 1,977 Sugar 88 67 Television, VCR, etc. 1,935 3,635 1,938 3,383 Textile yearn, fabric 767 1,162 800 1,078 Tobacco, unmanufactured 109 78 149 67 Toys/games/sporting goods 282 1,405 284 1,270 Travel goods 30 365 30 318 Vegetables and fruits 666 736 623 700 Vehicles 4,426 9,547 4,877 10,191 Watches/clocks/parts 24 261 25 257 Wheat 266 21 272 28 Wood manufactures 143 503 143 469 Re-exports 3,800 (X) 3,556 (X) Agricultural commodities 119 (X) 125 (X) Manufactured goods 3,637 (X) 3,391 (X) Mineral fuels 9 (X) 5 (X) ________________________________________________________ Item(1) Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 338,764 446,781 335,115 422,578 Net Adjustments -4,643 2,275 -4,797 4,951 Total Census Basis (2) 343,407 444,506 339,912 417,627 Manufactured goods (3) 277,775 382,101 271,264 346,383 Agricultural commodities (3) 25,792 18,574 27,284 17,937 Mineral fuels (3) 5,283 30,238 6,065 39,955 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 20,011 36,480 20,914 34,973 Airplane parts 7,151 2,851 6,447 2,351 Airplanes 15,865 3,160 13,072 1,828 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 172 1,009 177 982 Aluminum 1,791 3,187 1,889 2,757 Animal feeds 2,320 316 2,438 302 Artwork/antiques 625 1,847 621 1,704 Basketware, etc. 1,270 1,888 1,253 1,564 Cereal flour 581 647 601 583 Chemicals - cosmetics 2,386 1,401 2,438 1,250 Chemicals - dyeing 1,758 1,266 1,611 1,221 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,531 853 1,625 741 Chemicals - inorganic 2,373 2,493 2,566 2,535 Chemicals - medicinal 4,570 5,066 4,019 3,923 Chemicals - n.e.s. 5,541 2,546 5,598 2,490 Chemicals - organic 7,892 9,486 8,270 8,339 Chemicals - plastics 8,611 4,367 8,541 4,081 Cigarettes 2,177 52 2,130 38 Clothing 4,207 24,131 4,106 21,100 Coal 1,660 356 1,746 298 Coffee 5 1,840 3 1,855 Copper 699 1,572 739 1,635 Cork, wood, lumber 2,063 3,780 2,783 4,110 Corn 2,240 119 3,013 84 Cotton, raw and linters 1,450 6 1,583 11 Crude fertilizers 806 691 797 688 Crude oil 424 20,104 533 27,160 Electrical machinery 32,423 39,326 31,551 37,793 Fish and preparations 975 3,837 1,327 3,305 Footwear 371 6,965 412 7,039 Furniture and bedding 2,111 6,508 1,905 5,282 Gem diamonds 53 4,209 57 3,480 General industrial mach 15,395 14,643 15,091 13,325 Glass 1,026 868 1,074 881 Glassware 370 749 394 716 Gold, nonmonetary 2,367 2,009 3,968 1,562 Hides and skins 611 58 801 69 Iron and steel mill prod 2,913 8,135 2,736 7,190 Jewelry 333 2,361 373 2,049 Lighting, plumbing 686 1,536 687 1,331 Liquified propane/butane 98 559 163 648 Live animals 273 870 252 793 Meat and preparations 3,337 1,395 3,287 1,366 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 5,395 6,708 5,022 5,983 Metal ores; scrap 1,801 2,068 2,159 1,936 Metalworking machinery 2,795 3,896 2,599 3,654 Mineral fuels, other 1,367 579 1,683 1,152 Natural gas 131 2,668 122 2,731 Nickel 186 554 172 597 Oils/fats, vegetable 931 655 586 688 Optical goods 922 1,346 843 1,207 Paper and paperboard 5,207 6,438 5,130 5,571 Petroleum preparations 1,531 5,519 1,759 7,531 Photographic equipment 1,718 2,684 2,000 2,583 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 2,745 3,043 2,473 2,764 Platinum 198 1,514 201 724 Pottery 49 784 48 746 Power generating mach. 13,946 13,648 13,768 12,014 Printed materials 2,278 1,440 2,206 1,312 Pulp and waste paper 1,772 1,251 1,855 1,296 Records/magnetic media 2,984 2,001 3,401 1,928 Rice 643 93 496 101 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 654 825 602 768 Rubber tires and tubes 1,277 2,017 1,179 1,625 Scientific instruments 12,362 7,443 11,727 6,482 Ships, boats 805 641 699 561 Silver and bullion 482 333 287 237 Soybeans 2,382 32 3,388 50 Spacecraft 539 66 332 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 14,415 11,960 13,813 10,474 Sugar 1 338 1 489 Television, VCR, etc. 11,654 19,074 11,023 16,201 Textile yearn, fabric 4,677 6,436 4,416 5,786 Tobacco, unmanufactured 839 461 954 676 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,745 7,271 1,858 6,721 Travel goods 159 1,887 168 1,813 Vegetables and fruits 3,570 4,692 3,552 4,373 Vehicles 29,495 59,878 28,501 56,869 Watches/clocks/parts 142 1,426 149 1,220 Wheat 1,766 157 1,706 204 Wood manufactures 889 2,672 967 2,168 Re-exports 22,102 (X) 22,344 (X) Agricultural commodities 790 (X) 784 (X) Manufactured goods 21,058 (X) 21,218 (X) Mineral fuels 44 (X) 99 (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-98-148), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, JUNE 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.