PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) Item(1) November October (R) Monthly 1998 1998 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 56,837 58,339 -1,501 Net Adjustments -1,567 -1,202 -365 Total, Census Basis 58,404 59,541 -1,137 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,796 3,989 -193 Soybeans 404 542 -138 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 272 331 -59 Rice 122 156 -34 Fruits, frozen juices 297 330 -32 Wheat 316 332 -16 Vegetables 244 257 -12 Dairy products and eggs 51 63 -12 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 45 51 -5 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 36 40 -3 Bakery products 137 140 -3 Wine and related products 66 66 (-) Oilseeds, food oils 163 162 2 Meat, poultry, etc. 495 485 10 Other foods 301 287 14 Sorghum, barley, oats 50 34 16 Nuts 124 99 24 Corn 447 418 29 Fish and shellfish 226 197 29 Industrial supplies and materials 12,376 12,477 -101 Nonmonetary gold 662 819 -157 Chemicals-fertilizers 408 462 -54 Iron and steel mill products 202 244 -42 Coal and fuels, other 95 135 -40 Other industrial supplies 1,066 1,096 -30 Petroleum products, other 402 431 -28 Plastic materials 948 971 -23 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 144 167 -23 Aluminum and alumina 289 311 -22 Manmade cloth 327 349 -21 Industrial rubber products 157 174 -17 Fuel oil 75 91 -17 Hides and skins 88 104 -16 Agriculture-manufactured, other 92 108 -16 Chemicals-organic 992 1,007 -15 Crude oil 38 52 -14 Synthetic rubber-primary 106 117 -11 Iron and steel products, other 243 251 -8 Metallurgical grade coal 160 168 -8 Nonmetallic minerals 27 34 -8 Mineral supplies-manufactured 233 239 -6 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 63 68 -4 Shingles, molding, wallboard 153 158 -4 Wood supplies, manufactured 68 71 -3 Nuclear fuel materials 114 115 -1 Hair, waste materials 42 43 -1 Gas-natural 16 16 (-) Finished textile supplies 127 127 (-) Nontextile floor tiles 29 29 (-) Logs and lumber 353 353 1 Cotton fiber cloth 157 155 2 Copper 89 86 3 Leather and furs 73 70 3 Electric energy 31 23 7 Finished metal shapes 705 697 8 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 137 125 11 Steelmaking materials 126 114 12 Natural gas liquids 40 27 13 Nonferrous metals, other 175 159 16 Newsprint 691 670 21 Chemicals-inorganic 336 313 23 Tapes, audio and visual 206 178 29 Chemicals-other 991 959 32 Pulpwood and woodpulp 319 264 55 Tobacco, unmanufactured 147 72 74 Precious metals, other 173 99 74 Cotton, raw 262 155 107 Capital goods, except automotive 25,878 26,851 -973 Civilian aircraft 3,588 3,863 -275 Computer accessories 2,954 3,062 -108 Semiconductors 3,205 3,296 -91 Telecommunications equipment 2,103 2,162 -60 Engines-civilian aircraft 849 906 -57 Metalworking machine tools 480 537 -57 Materials handling equipment 347 400 -53 Excavating machinery 402 453 -52 Pulp and paper machinery 215 262 -47 Laboratory testing instruments 307 353 -45 Generators, accessories 559 602 -44 Industrial machines, other 1,474 1,517 -43 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,043 1,079 -36 Business machines and equipment 267 302 -35 Railway transportation equipment 180 214 -35 Nonfarm tractors and parts 85 114 -29 Agricultural machinery, equipment 290 316 -27 Computers 812 837 -25 Textile, sewing machines 96 118 -21 Wood, glass, plastic 228 246 -18 Industrial engines 961 972 -11 Marine engines, parts 51 57 -6 Specialized mining 33 39 -5 Food, tobacco machinery 171 176 -5 Vessels, exc. scrap 2 -1 Spacraft, exc. military 1 (-) (-) Commercial vessels, other 13 11 2 Photo, service industry machinery 480 475 5 Medicinal equipment 980 958 22 Electric apparatus 1,759 1,731 28 Drilling & oilfield equipment 827 757 70 Measuring, testing, control instru. 1,118 1,032 86 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 6,372 5,983 389 Consumer goods 6,548 6,811 -263 Pharmaceutical preparations 887 1,078 -191 Tobacco, manufactured 312 370 -58 Apparel, household goods - textile 748 776 -28 Other household goods 425 448 -23 Writing and art supplies 371 390 -18 Toiletries and cosmetics 264 283 -18 Gem diamonds 253 265 -12 Glassware, chinaware 32 41 -9 TV's, VCR's, etc. 263 270 -7 Records, tapes, and disks 326 332 -6 Household appliances 414 420 -6 Sports apparel and gear 35 40 -6 Stereo equipment, etc. 137 143 -6 Furniture, household goods, etc. 186 190 -4 Musical instruments 86 90 -4 Books, printed matter 336 339 -2 Nursery stock, etc. 28 30 -2 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 113 113 -1 Numismatic coins 8 7 1 Rugs 126 125 1 Cookware, cutlery, tools 60 59 1 Pleasure boats and motors 107 101 6 Jewelry, etc 189 164 25 Toys/games/sporting goods 506 472 34 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 336 266 71 Other goods 3,434 3,429 4 __________________________________________________________________________ Year To Year To Year To Item(1) Date Date Date 1998 1997 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 615,155 620,989 -5,833 Net Adjustments -10,622 -9,345 -1,277 Total, Census Basis 625,777 630,333 -4,556 Foods, feeds, and beverages 42,047 47,032 -4,985 Soybeans 4,207 6,850 -2,643 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 3,542 3,869 -326 Rice 1,170 882 288 Fruits, frozen juices 3,368 3,627 -259 Wheat 3,482 3,938 -457 Vegetables 2,685 2,501 184 Dairy products and eggs 647 695 -48 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 499 572 -73 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 452 518 -66 Bakery products 1,611 1,592 18 Wine and related products 738 681 56 Oilseeds, food oils 1,755 1,365 390 Meat, poultry, etc. 6,212 6,650 -438 Other foods 3,271 3,312 -41 Sorghum, barley, oats 588 753 -166 Nuts 1,407 1,450 -43 Corn 4,277 5,203 -926 Fish and shellfish 2,137 2,574 -437 Industrial supplies and materials 136,209 145,139 -8,930 Nonmonetary gold 5,163 5,367 -203 Chemicals-fertilizers 4,680 4,453 228 Iron and steel mill products 2,701 2,848 -147 Coal and fuels, other 1,329 1,477 -148 Other industrial supplies 11,332 9,548 1,784 Petroleum products, other 4,933 6,174 -1,240 Plastic materials 10,750 11,243 -493 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 1,690 1,630 60 Aluminum and alumina 3,153 3,315 -161 Manmade cloth 3,900 3,979 -79 Industrial rubber products 1,875 1,836 39 Fuel oil 1,289 1,748 -459 Hides and skins 1,174 1,554 -380 Agriculture-manufactured, other 1,086 1,431 -345 Chemicals-organic 11,979 13,322 -1,343 Crude oil 635 1,019 -384 Synthetic rubber-primary 1,277 1,348 -71 Iron and steel products, other 2,628 2,588 40 Metallurgical grade coal 2,097 2,328 -231 Nonmetallic minerals 359 410 -51 Mineral supplies-manufactured 2,737 2,883 -146 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 772 834 -62 Shingles, molding, wallboard 1,739 1,802 -63 Wood supplies, manufactured 854 1,024 -169 Nuclear fuel materials 999 1,343 -344 Hair, waste materials 508 573 -65 Gas-natural 229 230 -1 Finished textile supplies 1,380 2,885 -1,505 Nontextile floor tiles 323 311 12 Logs and lumber 3,642 4,764 -1,123 Cotton fiber cloth 1,625 1,570 55 Copper 1,069 1,516 -447 Leather and furs 833 807 25 Electric energy 159 184 -25 Finished metal shapes 7,561 7,181 380 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 1,352 1,251 100 Steelmaking materials 1,422 2,072 -649 Natural gas liquids 351 503 -152 Nonferrous metals, other 1,992 2,081 -89 Newsprint 7,900 8,023 -123 Chemicals-inorganic 3,495 3,616 -121 Tapes, audio and visual 2,060 2,580 -520 Chemicals-other 10,288 10,287 1 Pulpwood and woodpulp 3,331 3,680 -349 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,303 1,428 -126 Precious metals, other 1,904 1,577 327 Cotton, raw 2,350 2,516 -166 Capital goods, except automotive 274,639 268,714 5,924 Civilian aircraft 29,432 20,680 8,752 Computer accessories 32,335 34,473 -2,139 Semiconductors 34,157 35,610 -1,453 Telecommunications equipment 22,888 21,879 1,008 Engines-civilian aircraft 9,078 7,173 1,904 Metalworking machine tools 5,807 5,961 -153 Materials handling equipment 4,256 4,392 -136 Excavating machinery 5,184 5,347 -163 Pulp and paper machinery 2,758 2,993 -235 Laboratory testing instruments 3,568 3,610 -43 Generators, accessories 6,027 6,302 -275 Industrial machines, other 17,504 18,995 -1,490 Parts-civilian aircraft 10,730 9,119 1,611 Business machines and equipment 3,160 3,000 160 Railway transportation equipment 1,599 1,137 462 Nonfarm tractors and parts 1,243 1,241 2 Agricultural machinery, equipment 3,827 4,066 -239 Computers 9,163 11,011 -1,848 Textile, sewing machines 1,212 1,284 -72 Wood, glass, plastic 2,659 2,592 67 Industrial engines 10,623 11,532 -909 Marine engines, parts 554 619 -64 Specialized mining 494 520 -25 Food, tobacco machinery 1,833 1,976 -142 Vessels, exc. scrap 68 67 1 Spacraft, exc. military 67 14 52 Commercial vessels, other 217 176 41 Photo, service industry machinery 5,295 5,487 -191 Medicinal equipment 10,877 11,101 -224 Electric apparatus 18,969 19,318 -350 Drilling & oilfield equipment 7,567 6,371 1,196 Measuring, testing, control instru. 11,488 10,670 818 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 66,157 67,891 -1,734 Consumer goods 73,044 71,029 2,014 Pharmaceutical preparations 9,838 8,479 1,358 Tobacco, manufactured 4,578 4,634 -56 Apparel, household goods - textile 8,375 8,225 150 Other household goods 4,786 4,632 154 Writing and art supplies 4,062 4,146 -84 Toiletries and cosmetics 3,094 3,106 -12 Gem diamonds 2,683 2,508 175 Glassware, chinaware 458 549 -91 TV's, VCR's, etc. 3,352 3,121 230 Records, tapes, and disks 3,429 3,558 -129 Household appliances 4,836 4,999 -163 Sports apparel and gear 435 474 -39 Stereo equipment, etc. 1,522 1,780 -259 Furniture, household goods, etc. 2,022 1,900 123 Musical instruments 910 963 -54 Books, printed matter 3,744 3,800 -56 Nursery stock, etc. 279 258 21 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 1,281 1,389 -108 Numismatic coins 60 92 -32 Rugs 1,367 1,431 -64 Cookware, cutlery, tools 664 696 -32 Pleasure boats and motors 1,159 1,215 -56 Jewelry, etc 1,564 1,560 4 Toys/games/sporting goods 5,538 5,369 169 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 3,008 2,143 865 Other goods 33,682 30,527 3,154 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. 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.