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) November October Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 56,388 78,655 (R) 60,249 (R)_84,616 Net Adjustments -1,567 508 (R) -1,202 (R) 556 Total Census Basis (2) 57,955 78,147 (R) 61,451 (R) 84,061 Manufactured goods (3) 46,705 68,449 49,387 73,477 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,577 2,830 4,747 2,970 Mineral fuels (3) 694 4,579 771 5,127 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,374 6,928 3,655 6,936 Airplane parts 1,404 546 1,375 526 Airplanes 3,499 626 3,397 782 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 39 235 38 273 Aluminum 295 457 328 470 Animal feeds 313 46 327 46 Artwork/antiques 119 333 65 455 Basketware, etc. 221 335 240 326 Cereal flour 112 145 133 167 Chemicals - cosmetics 363 237 428 258 Chemicals - dyeing 287 182 314 210 Chemicals - fertilizers 262 102 284 122 Chemicals - inorganic 423 375 418 446 Chemicals - medicinal 773 1,042 950 1,040 Chemicals - n.e.s. 854 378 890 362 Chemicals - organic 1,064 1,398 1,202 1,488 Chemicals - plastics 1,301 666 1,442 715 Cigarettes 306 7 364 9 Clothing 676 3,926 808 4,971 Coal 228 51 261 68 Coffee 185 1 190 Copper 95 290 107 245 Cork, wood, lumber 334 626 376 664 Corn 456 8 392 3 Cotton, raw and linters 260 2 92 (-) Crude fertilizers 124 102 130 103 Crude oil 38 2,958 52 3,273 Electrical machinery 5,399 6,738 6,112 7,057 Fish and preparations 182 680 219 740 Footwear 54 1,048 67 1,133 Furniture and bedding 413 1,231 447 1,249 Gem diamonds 15 699 9 743 General industrial mach 2,433 2,391 2,606 2,430 Glass 165 152 173 169 Glassware 56 129 62 159 Gold, nonmonetary 660 270 817 290 Hides and skins 81 8 93 9 Iron and steel mill prod 414 1,470 471 1,575 Jewelry 87 594 85 642 Lighting, plumbing 112 322 123 330 Liquified propane/butane 23 58 20 55 Live animals 94 168 99 170 Meat and preparations 490 245 511 244 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 902 1,140 950 1,199 Metal ores; scrap 311 308 251 358 Metalworking machinery 387 630 458 745 Mineral fuels, other 188 76 199 96 Natural gas 16 507 16 463 Nickel 27 65 33 66 Oils/fats, vegetable 150 100 146 113 Optical goods 151 236 203 246 Paper and paperboard 760 1,064 823 1,117 Petroleum preparations 170 871 199 1,064 Photographic equipment 270 487 316 508 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 485 512 511 532 Platinum 49 241 33 242 Pottery 9 143 11 172 Power generating mach. 2,480 2,469 2,628 2,806 Printed materials 383 267 441 291 Pulp and waste paper 278 180 262 195 Records/magnetic media 543 390 568 430 Rice 116 16 149 15 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 105 137 122 147 Rubber tires and tubes 214 345 242 361 Scientific instruments 2,005 1,360 2,102 1,429 Ships, boats 295 49 77 150 Silver and bullion 27 64 14 65 Soybeans 619 3 779 6 Spacecraft 184 (-) 76 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 1,932 1,771 2,255 1,843 Sugar (-) 34 (-) 43 Television, VCR, etc. 1,947 3,918 2,040 4,413 Textile yearn, fabric 727 991 795 1,114 Tobacco, unmanufactured 147 38 81 55 Toys/games/sporting goods 264 1,982 296 2,463 Travel goods 24 315 29 397 Vegetables and fruits 664 640 748 569 Vehicles 4,693 11,188 4,524 11,466 Watches/clocks/parts 34 310 32 363 Wheat 286 20 359 27 Wood manufactures 127 467 145 509 Re-exports 4,140 (X) 4,171 (X) Agricultural commodities 104 (X) 100 (X) Manufactured goods 3,991 (X) 4,018 (X) Mineral fuels 9 (X) 19 (X) __________________________________________________________________________ Item(1) Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 612,855 842,258 620,174 802,107 Net Adjustments -10,622 4,939 -9,345 6,186 Total Census Basis (2) 623,477 837,320 629,519 795,921 Manufactured goods (3) 503,764 725,201 502,745 665,544 Agricultural commodities (3) 45,871 32,661 50,468 32,028 Mineral fuels (3) 9,149 53,742 11,469 72,357 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 36,753 69,829 39,718 67,936 Airplane parts 13,757 5,402 12,054 4,492 Airplanes 30,424 6,361 21,643 4,003 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 357 2,104 352 2,020 Aluminum 3,305 5,535 3,469 4,996 Animal feeds 3,733 555 4,115 589 Artwork/antiques 1,014 3,602 993 3,311 Basketware, etc. 2,356 3,502 2,295 3,028 Cereal flour 1,147 1,335 1,137 1,210 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,388 2,642 4,515 2,440 Chemicals - dyeing 3,210 2,289 3,040 2,268 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,917 1,424 2,811 1,237 Chemicals - inorganic 4,367 4,687 4,809 4,735 Chemicals - medicinal 8,673 9,839 7,411 7,862 Chemicals - n.e.s. 9,925 4,433 10,277 4,428 Chemicals - organic 13,688 16,931 15,067 15,403 Chemicals - plastics 15,324 7,885 15,867 7,568 Cigarettes 3,907 94 4,098 69 Clothing 7,877 49,708 7,801 44,644 Coal 2,941 668 3,292 576 Coffee 9 2,820 6 3,260 Copper 1,186 2,837 1,329 3,022 Cork, wood, lumber 3,752 7,041 4,808 7,595 Corn 4,099 137 4,955 100 Cotton, raw and linters 2,233 9 2,421 18 Crude fertilizers 1,475 1,202 1,494 1,236 Crude oil 629 35,105 935 50,212 Electrical machinery 59,793 72,947 60,421 73,422 Fish and preparations 2,023 7,366 2,486 6,967 Footwear 663 12,860 747 12,996 Furniture and bedding 4,029 12,126 3,634 10,124 Gem diamonds 106 7,984 102 7,029 General industrial mach 27,625 26,351 28,135 24,072 Glass 1,844 1,631 1,962 1,612 Glassware 665 1,484 738 1,433 Gold, nonmonetary 5,144 3,293 5,338 2,791 Hides and skins 1,054 102 1,413 120 Iron and steel mill prod 5,065 15,964 5,152 13,193 Jewelry 692 4,850 675 4,203 Lighting, plumbing 1,293 3,107 1,411 2,690 Liquified propane/butane 179 865 263 1,041 Live animals 583 1,609 587 1,516 Meat and preparations 5,912 2,598 6,343 2,433 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 9,815 12,374 9,505 11,206 Metal ores; scrap 3,278 3,773 4,318 3,793 Metalworking machinery 4,848 7,279 5,190 6,611 Mineral fuels, other 2,387 1,050 3,094 1,742 Natural gas 229 4,875 230 4,984 Nickel 338 846 314 1,042 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,606 1,213 1,243 1,260 Optical goods 1,736 2,502 1,551 2,249 Paper and paperboard 9,186 11,745 9,466 10,696 Petroleum preparations 2,624 10,211 3,471 12,895 Photographic equipment 3,204 5,195 3,581 5,196 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 5,095 5,636 4,706 5,206 Platinum 367 2,744 385 1,690 Pottery 94 1,592 93 1,554 Power generating mach. 26,091 25,668 24,989 22,508 Printed materials 4,281 2,831 4,238 2,637 Pulp and waste paper 3,160 2,264 3,535 2,423 Records/magnetic media 5,490 4,023 6,206 3,770 Rice 1,121 163 839 193 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,188 1,505 1,158 1,422 Rubber tires and tubes 2,357 3,727 2,211 3,106 Scientific instruments 22,079 14,121 21,884 12,612 Ships, boats 1,562 1,025 1,300 828 Silver and bullion 609 618 506 420 Soybeans 4,319 53 6,575 83 Spacecraft 1,041 142 924 187 Specialized ind. mach. 25,155 21,049 26,630 19,219 Sugar 2 671 3 893 Television, VCR, etc. 21,290 39,070 21,822 33,682 Textile yearn, fabric 8,336 11,859 8,289 10,944 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,303 750 1,414 1,065 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,080 17,384 3,524 16,004 Travel goods 280 3,684 307 3,554 Vegetables and fruits 6,710 7,550 6,857 7,009 Vehicles 49,351 109,347 51,329 102,977 Watches/clocks/parts 283 2,975 280 2,608 Wheat 3,363 262 3,837 330 Wood manufactures 1,566 5,197 1,779 4,286 Re-exports 41,572 (X) 40,552 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,286 (X) 1,322 (X) Manufactured goods 39,802 (X) 38,530 (X) Mineral fuels 107 (X) 261 (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-99-14), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, November 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.