EXHIBIT 1. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE BY SELECTED SIC-BASED PRODUCT CODE, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: October 1998 In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. (Z) Less than one half unit of value shown. (X) Not applicable. Balance Exports SIC-Based Product Cumulative Cumulative Code Description October to Date October to Date GRAND TOTAL -22,579.5 -189,117.4 61,003.9 565,074.8 Agricultural,Forestry And Fishery 898.7 2,052.0 2,682.0 21,275.7 (DOMESTIC) Agricultural Products,Total 1,524.7 8,247.5 2,335.5 18,594.5 Livestock And Livestock Products -85.4 -1,202.5 131.6 867.3 Forestry Products,Nspf -87.6 -1,009.4 28.4 203.2 Fish,Fresh Or Chilled;And Other Marine Products -453.0 -3,983.7 186.6 1,610.7 Mineral Commodities, Total -2,679.0 -27,181.2 523.2 5,607.8 (Domestic) Metallic Ores And Concentrates -72.6 -464.0 69.6 791.2 Anthracite Coal 225.8 2,351.9 250.0 2,577.0 Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas -2,814.8 -28,939.5 94.5 1,077.6 Nonmetallic Minerals,Except Fuels -17.4 -129.5 109.1 1,162.1 Manufactured Commodities,Total -21,455.5 -173,278.4 52,963.6 493,934.0 (Domestic) Food And Kindred Products 103.2 3,140.0 2,394.7 22,813.6 Tobacco Manufactures 386.7 3,788.1 420.0 4,158.2 Textile Mill Products -107.1 -1,323.5 650.2 6,059.0 Apparel And Related Products -4,278.5 -39,611.5 888.0 8,003.5 Lumber And Related Products -698.8 -6,790.3 538.0 5,001.6 Furniture And Fixtures -822.8 -7,459.1 402.6 3,252.8 Paper And Allied Products -227.9 -1,674.6 1,123.0 11,606.3 Printing,Publishing,Allied Product 133.3 1,171.4 458.3 4,063.9 Chemicals And Allied Products 1,007.4 9,775.4 5,543.3 53,674.1 Petro. Refining, Related Products -1,265.9 -10,931.1 431.9 4,821.7 Rubber & Miscellaneous Plastics -334.0 -4,144.7 1,340.4 12,288.3 Leather And Leather Products -1,218.4 -11,869.9 161.6 1,536.9 Stone,Clay Glass & Concrete Product -542.4 -4,675.3 480.6 4,639.1 Primary Metal Products -1,474.9 -17,861.1 2,242.3 18,272.5 Fabricated Metal Products,Except Machinery And Transport Equipment -154.5 -1,463.8 1,769.0 16,195.8 Machinery,Except Electrical -2,089.3 -17,712.1 9,635.4 92,042.5 Electrical & Electronic Machinery, Equipment And Supplies -3,423.1 -27,963.9 8,442.8 76,436.3 Transport Equipment -4,282.6 -29,717.4 10,764.4 97,098.9 Scientific And Professional Instr., Photographic And Optical Goods; Watches And Clocks 178.4 3,262.8 3,264.4 31,083.0 Misc. Manufactured Commodities -3,738.4 -26,529.9 619.0 5,574.4 Manufactured Commodities Not Identified By Kind 1,393.9 15,311.7 1,393.9 15,311.7 Special Classification Provisions -3,514.6 -28,195.6 664.0 6,771.4 (Domestic) Scrap And Waste 146.0 1,409.9 272.6 2,936.5 Used Or Second-Hand Merchandise -385.5 -2,398.0 112.8 1,394.4 Goods Returned And Reimported; Duty Paid Upon Previous Import -2,419.2 -20,690.3 26.8 304.8 Special Classification Provisions -855.9 -6,517.3 251.8 2,135.6 Reexports 4,171.0 37,432.0 4,171.0 37,432.0 Timing Adjustments (-) 53.9 (-) 53.9 _______________________________________________________________________ Imports for Consumption (Customs Value) Totals Calculated Duty SIC-Based Product Cumulative Cumulative Code Description October to Date October to Date GRAND TOTAL 83,583.3 754,192.1 1,664.8 15,445.1 Agricultural,Forestry And Fishery 1,783.3 19,223.7 6.9 97.2 (DOMESTIC) Agricultural Products,Total 810.8 10,347.0 5.9 89.1 Livestock And Livestock Products 216.9 2,069.8 0.5 4.3 Forestry Products,Nspf 116.1 1,212.6 0.2 2.0 Fish,Fresh Or Chilled;And Other Marine Products 639.5 5,594.4 0.3 1.8 Mineral Commodities, Total 3,202.2 32,789.0 10.1 103.4 (Domestic) Metallic Ores And Concentrates 142.2 1,255.2 (-) 0.6 Anthracite Coal 24.2 225.1 (-) (-) Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas 2,909.3 30,017.1 9.9 100.5 Nonmetallic Minerals,Except Fuels 126.5 1,291.6 0.1 2.2 Manufactured Commodities,Total 74,419.2 667,212.4 1,646.5 15,216.9 (Domestic) Food And Kindred Products 2,291.5 19,673.6 53.6 393.7 Tobacco Manufactures 33.2 370.0 0.7 5.4 Textile Mill Products 757.3 7,382.4 50.8 536.9 Apparel And Related Products 5,166.5 47,615.0 626.5 5,709.5 Lumber And Related Products 1,236.7 11,791.9 6.3 61.5 Furniture And Fixtures 1,225.3 10,711.9 1.0 37.0 Paper And Allied Products 1,350.9 13,280.9 5.0 47.9 Printing,Publishing,Allied Product 325.0 2,892.5 1.4 12.7 Chemicals And Allied Products 4,535.9 43,898.6 64.9 741.3 Petro. Refining, Related Products 1,697.8 15,752.7 10.9 104.7 Rubber & Miscellaneous Plastics 1,674.5 16,433.1 60.7 657.2 Leather And Leather Products 1,379.9 13,406.8 141.3 1,382.9 Stone,Clay Glass & Concrete Product 1,023.0 9,314.3 41.3 364.6 Primary Metal Products 3,717.2 36,133.6 53.4 483.0 Fabricated Metal Products,Except Machinery And Transport Equipment 1,923.5 17,659.6 40.4 376.7 Machinery,Except Electrical 11,724.7 109,754.6 73.3 791.0 Electrical & Electronic Machinery, Equipment And Supplies 11,865.9 104,400.2 138.1 1,135.1 Transport Equipment 15,046.9 126,816.3 169.4 1,430.5 Scientific And Professional Instr., Photographic And Optical Goods; Watches And Clocks 3,086.0 27,820.1 53.1 500.5 Misc. Manufactured Commodities 4,357.4 32,104.3 54.3 445.0 Manufactured Commodities Not Identified By Kind (-) (-) (-) (-) Special Classification Provisions 4,178.6 34,967.0 1.3 27.7 (Domestic) Scrap And Waste 126.6 1,526.6 (-) 0.2 Used Or Second-Hand Merchandise 498.3 3,792.4 (-) 1.8 Goods Returned And Reimported; Duty Paid Upon Previous Import 2,446.1 20,995.1 (-) (-) Special Classification Provisions 1,107.7 8,652.9 1.3 25.7 Reexports (-) (-) (-) (-) Timing Adjustments (-) (-) (-) (-) CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."