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 May April Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 55,516 74,153 (R) 56,215 (R) 76,148 Net Adjustments -742 286 (R) -655 (R) 322 Total Census Basis (2) 56,258 73,868 (R) 56,869 (R) 75,826 Manufactured goods (3) 46,040 63,615 46,211 65,224 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,827 2,917 4,141 3,246 Mineral fuels (3) 882 4,971 874 5,129 Selected commodities (3) ADP equip.; office machines 3,118 5,926 3,170 5,972 Airplane parts 1,188 549 1,297 462 Airplanes 2,783 641 2,256 492 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 34 179 29 173 Aluminum 300 499 299 526 Animal feeds 306 47 377 51 Artwork/antiques 111 295 97 379 Basketware, etc. 216 313 221 345 Cereal flour 96 110 100 111 Chemicals - cosmetics 383 219 397 233 Chemicals - dyeing 312 201 292 225 Chemicals - fertilizers 224 141 259 174 Chemicals - inorganic 452 474 416 391 Chemicals - medicinal 815 810 671 856 Chemicals - n.e.s. 936 419 963 445 Chemicals - organic 1,338 1,378 1,294 1,757 Chemicals - plastics 1,429 731 1,401 731 Cigarettes 416 7 333 10 Clothing 726 3,718 713 3,621 Coal 305 53 264 61 Coffee 268 1 289 Copper 110 281 124 273 Cork, wood, lumber 339 623 319 667 Corn 335 8 327 69 Cotton, raw and linters 161 3 234 1 Crude fertilizers 147 139 140 92 Crude oil 60 3,294 77 3,576 Electrical machinery 5,274 6,347 5,381 6,608 Fish and preparations 127 679 138 618 Footwear 56 1,130 64 1,040 Furniture and bedding 362 1,110 366 1,151 Gem diamonds 8 701 8 631 General industrial mach 2,662 2,427 2,643 2,638 Glass 176 148 172 150 Glassware 56 122 58 127 Gold, nonmonetary 365 408 287 314 Hides and skins 95 10 102 11 Iron and steel mill prod 451 1,523 506 1,410 Jewelry 50 409 64 419 Lighting, plumbing 104 272 112 267 Liquified propane/butane 13 91 14 89 Live animals 40 139 55 158 Meat and preparations 589 211 575 223 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 881 1,155 902 1,164 Metal ores; scrap 298 364 332 351 Metalworking machinery 424 632 426 666 Mineral fuels, other 213 82 234 76 Natural gas 12 351 21 321 Nickel 36 82 29 93 Oils/fats, vegetable 117 101 139 108 Optical goods 169 230 149 232 Paper and paperboard 865 1,096 877 1,085 Petroleum preparations 272 1,017 252 920 Photographic equipment 288 422 288 481 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 471 527 468 534 Platinum 38 217 38 396 Pottery 8 124 9 133 Power generating mach. 2,279 2,274 2,272 2,388 Printed materials 384 230 392 256 Pulp and waste paper 290 179 309 209 Records/magnetic media 460 324 499 345 Rice 71 15 92 17 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 111 138 115 143 Rubber tires and tubes 198 341 216 340 Scientific instruments 2,008 1,232 2,041 1,322 Ships, boats 225 77 111 88 Silver and bullion 40 51 63 57 Soybeans 195 8 253 11 Spacecraft (-) (-) 111 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,333 1,977 2,488 2,139 Sugar 67 62 Television, VCR, etc. 1,938 3,383 1,912 3,206 Textile yearn, fabric 800 1,078 774 1,111 Tobacco, unmanufactured 149 67 199 123 Toys/games/sporting goods 284 1,270 312 1,261 Travel goods 30 318 24 311 Vegetables and fruits 623 700 603 800 Vehicles 4,877 10,191 5,237 10,402 Watches/clocks/parts 25 257 24 277 Wheat 272 28 262 25 Wood manufactures 143 469 147 480 Re-exports 3,556 (X) 3,707 (X) Agricultural commodities 125 (X) 141 (X) Manufactured goods 3,391 (X) 3,526 (X) Mineral fuels 5 (X) 5 (X) _____________________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basi 282,320 369,046 277,908 350,030 Net Adjustments -3,722 1,919 -3,955 4,059 Total Census Basis (2) 286,042 367,126 281,863 345,971 Manufactured goods (3) 231,186 315,175 224,198 286,070 Agricultural commodities (3) 21,928 15,525 23,314 15,077 Mineral fuels (3) 4,467 25,409 5,066 33,840 Selected commodities (3) ADP equip.; office machines 16,454 30,019 17,096 28,517 Airplane parts 5,920 2,333 5,316 1,902 Airplanes 12,804 2,421 11,053 1,411 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 141 813 147 824 Aluminum 1,492 2,630 1,579 2,290 Animal feeds 2,041 261 2,108 249 Artwork/antiques 501 1,600 437 1,467 Basketware, etc. 1,049 1,517 1,025 1,280 Cereal flour 479 533 503 480 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,973 1,145 2,029 1,021 Chemicals - dyeing 1,456 1,049 1,328 998 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,126 761 1,319 677 Chemicals - inorganic 2,011 2,094 2,119 2,125 Chemicals - medicinal 3,641 4,092 3,353 3,273 Chemicals - n.e.s. 4,652 2,131 4,597 2,073 Chemicals - organic 6,679 7,952 6,840 7,034 Chemicals - plastics 7,192 3,626 7,057 3,373 Cigarettes 1,794 41 1,795 30 Clothing 3,488 19,181 3,404 16,980 Coal 1,386 277 1,459 244 Coffee 4 1,601 3 1,504 Copper 592 1,337 617 1,371 Cork, wood, lumber 1,722 3,132 2,317 3,358 Corn 1,882 113 2,644 78 Cotton, raw and linters 1,256 6 1,365 9 Crude fertilizers 672 581 663 579 Crude oil 397 16,950 447 22,875 Electrical machinery 27,089 32,741 26,064 31,167 Fish and preparations 844 3,115 1,123 2,702 Footwear 299 5,645 349 5,724 Furniture and bedding 1,766 5,449 1,565 4,388 Gem diamonds 45 3,525 43 2,957 General industrial mach 12,840 12,133 12,583 11,097 Glass 857 717 896 733 Glassware 301 605 324 588 Gold, nonmonetary 1,971 1,703 3,221 1,350 Hides and skins 513 49 667 58 Iron and steel mill prod 2,460 6,590 2,286 5,993 Jewelry 265 1,933 311 1,735 Lighting, plumbing 565 1,242 564 1,089 Liquified propane/butane 88 478 143 577 Live animals 241 742 210 681 Meat and preparations 2,766 1,128 2,729 1,123 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 4,498 5,536 4,157 4,989 Metal ores; scrap 1,529 1,715 1,756 1,600 Metalworking machinery 2,330 3,170 2,166 3,061 Mineral fuels, other 1,169 458 1,422 983 Natural gas 110 2,299 99 2,353 Nickel 158 460 140 523 Oils/fats, vegetable 788 539 517 572 Optical goods 764 1,097 699 987 Paper and paperboard 4,368 5,318 4,292 4,582 Petroleum preparations 1,257 4,578 1,446 6,456 Photographic equipment 1,424 2,206 1,649 2,085 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 2,284 2,506 2,039 2,279 Platinum 159 1,159 139 600 Pottery 40 642 41 611 Power generating mach. 11,469 11,261 11,366 10,152 Printed materials 1,884 1,190 1,830 1,094 Pulp and waste paper 1,464 1,043 1,525 1,078 Records/magnetic media 2,468 1,635 2,824 1,588 Rice 527 81 419 85 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 547 686 497 636 Rubber tires and tubes 1,075 1,652 991 1,341 Scientific instruments 10,343 6,158 9,731 5,333 Ships, boats 698 581 503 494 Silver and bullion 462 293 129 193 Soybeans 2,219 27 3,102 33 Spacecraft 448 66 331 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 12,070 9,982 11,373 8,590 Sugar 1 250 1 428 Television, VCR, etc. 9,719 15,439 9,011 13,235 Textile yearn, fabric 3,911 5,274 3,658 4,744 Tobacco, unmanufactured 731 383 815 564 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,463 5,866 1,541 5,336 Travel goods 129 1,522 143 1,466 Vegetables and fruits 2,904 3,956 2,930 3,755 Vehicles 25,069 50,331 23,542 47,551 Watches/clocks/parts 117 1,166 122 991 Wheat 1,500 136 1,403 172 Wood manufactures 746 2,170 804 1,768 Re-exports 18,302 (X) 18,514 (X) Agricultural commodities 670 (X) 659 (X) Manufactured goods 17,421 (X) 17,565 (X) Mineral fuels 36 (X) 81 (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). SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-120), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, MAY 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.