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) September August Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 54,564 78,888 (R)51,921 (R)76,579 Net Adjustments -943 539 (R)-1,314 (R) 695 Total Census Basis (2) 55,506 78,350 (R)53,235 (R)75,884 Manufactured goods (3) 45,476 68,907 43,073 66,298 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,363 2,812 3,611 2,726 Mineral fuels (3) 780 4,302 785 4,732 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,504 6,859 3,162 6,350 Airplane parts 1,189 505 1,250 482 Airplanes 3,180 569 2,366 457 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 36 223 37 174 Aluminum 311 473 290 496 Animal feeds 230 49 248 45 Artwork/antiques 69 331 65 337 Basketware, etc. 205 301 196 315 Cereal flour 107 143 110 126 Chemicals - cosmetics 401 239 402 257 Chemicals - dyeing 289 202 285 205 Chemicals - fertilizers 228 149 277 110 Chemicals - inorganic 407 490 330 477 Chemicals - medicinal 836 907 777 748 Chemicals - n.e.s. 853 356 891 378 Chemicals - organic 1,107 1,540 1,243 1,448 Chemicals - plastics 1,346 690 1,321 712 Cigarettes 330 6 385 8 Clothing 713 5,453 761 5,528 Coal 268 55 262 71 Coffee 1 185 208 Copper 93 265 94 219 Cork, wood, lumber 333 637 334 674 Corn 303 2 353 2 Cotton, raw and linters 98 (-) 137 (-) Crude fertilizers 142 103 137 95 Crude oil 36 2,711 41 3,072 Electrical machinery 5,589 6,877 5,311 6,591 Fish and preparations 221 671 209 724 Footwear 53 1,093 59 1,239 Furniture and bedding 394 1,100 369 1,068 Gem diamonds 9 753 12 631 General industrial mach 2,349 2,202 2,416 2,222 Glass 172 153 163 144 Glassware 58 154 62 141 Gold, nonmonetary 528 271 548 243 Hides and skins 85 9 90 9 Iron and steel mill prod 427 1,492 417 1,654 Jewelry 65 479 62 358 Lighting, plumbing 126 317 121 303 Liquified propane/butane 13 65 12 54 Live animals 28 154 50 140 Meat and preparations 466 227 527 238 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 884 1,122 852 1,116 Metal ores; scrap 299 329 270 331 Metalworking machinery 400 588 359 714 Mineral fuels, other 203 91 190 95 Natural gas 19 431 23 383 Nickel 32 59 30 54 Oils/fats, vegetable 106 146 139 104 Optical goods 154 222 152 217 Paper and paperboard 777 1,036 799 1,070 Petroleum preparations 232 850 244 912 Photographic equipment 300 528 319 500 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 459 512 458 516 Platinum 21 291 33 190 Pottery 8 167 8 167 Power generating mach. 2,493 2,386 2,354 2,256 Printed materials 400 282 389 270 Pulp and waste paper 264 195 273 216 Records/magnetic media 487 421 445 393 Rice 70 11 72 14 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 108 138 105 130 Rubber tires and tubes 215 323 201 345 Scientific instruments 1,834 1,351 1,875 1,252 Ships, boats 49 63 103 68 Silver and bullion 38 53 18 44 Soybeans 169 3 172 3 Spacecraft 57 76 85 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,101 1,651 2,065 1,781 Sugar 117 69 Television, VCR, etc. 2,048 4,117 1,833 3,900 Textile yearn, fabric 735 1,081 733 1,072 Tobacco, unmanufactured 77 65 97 64 Toys/games/sporting goods 276 2,076 252 1,876 Travel goods 24 376 21 355 Vegetables and fruits 553 513 563 560 Vehicles 4,355 9,925 3,648 9,183 Watches/clocks/parts 27 321 26 270 Wheat 302 15 335 21 Wood manufactures 129 534 135 522 Re-exports 3,983 (X) 3,669 (X) Agricultural commodities 100 (X) 88 (X) Manufactured goods 3,844 (X) 3,543 (X) Mineral fuels 10 (X) 7 (X) __________________________________________________ Item(1) Cumulative 1998 Cumulative 1997 Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 496,087 678,658 501,329 648,050 Net Adjustments -7,855 3,868 -7,625 5,690 Total Census Basis (2) 503,943 674,790 508,953 642,361 Manufactured goods (3) 407,672 583,276 407,038 535,986 Agricultural commodities (3) 36,547 26,862 39,697 26,383 Mineral fuels (3) 7,684 44,036 9,304 59,078 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 29,724 55,964 32,017 54,896 Airplane parts 10,978 4,330 9,765 3,556 Airplanes 23,527 4,953 18,625 3,301 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 280 1,595 279 1,567 Aluminum 2,683 4,608 2,839 4,084 Animal feeds 3,092 462 3,326 468 Artwork/antiques 830 2,814 821 2,555 Basketware, etc. 1,894 2,840 1,863 2,437 Cereal flour 902 1,022 916 932 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,597 2,148 3,677 1,969 Chemicals - dyeing 2,609 1,897 2,466 1,857 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,371 1,200 2,379 1,013 Chemicals - inorganic 3,526 3,866 3,881 3,918 Chemicals - medicinal 6,950 7,757 5,923 6,307 Chemicals - n.e.s. 8,181 3,693 8,431 3,659 Chemicals - organic 11,422 14,045 12,407 12,669 Chemicals - plastics 12,581 6,503 12,923 6,186 Cigarettes 3,238 78 3,230 57 Clothing 6,393 40,811 6,277 36,198 Coal 2,451 549 2,685 472 Coffee 8 2,445 5 2,783 Copper 983 2,302 1,083 2,507 Cork, wood, lumber 3,042 5,751 4,043 6,260 Corn 3,251 126 4,193 95 Cotton, raw and linters 1,882 6 2,055 15 Crude fertilizers 1,221 997 1,217 1,010 Crude oil 539 28,873 792 40,884 Electrical machinery 48,283 59,152 48,484 58,805 Fish and preparations 1,622 5,946 2,051 5,440 Footwear 542 10,679 613 10,795 Furniture and bedding 3,169 9,645 2,902 8,035 Gem diamonds 82 6,542 85 5,666 General industrial mach 22,586 21,530 22,759 19,671 Glass 1,507 1,310 1,600 1,315 Glassware 547 1,196 593 1,153 Gold, nonmonetary 3,667 2,733 4,823 2,295 Hides and skins 879 85 1,170 99 Iron and steel mill prod 4,181 12,920 4,170 10,797 Jewelry 520 3,614 538 3,179 Lighting, plumbing 1,058 2,456 1,121 2,156 Liquified propane/butane 136 752 214 881 Live animals 390 1,271 419 1,194 Meat and preparations 4,911 2,108 5,088 2,016 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 7,963 10,034 7,639 9,057 Metal ores; scrap 2,717 3,107 3,564 3,058 Metalworking machinery 4,002 5,904 4,122 5,348 Mineral fuels, other 2,000 878 2,572 1,525 Natural gas 197 3,905 181 3,845 Nickel 278 715 255 870 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,310 1,000 929 1,031 Optical goods 1,382 2,021 1,251 1,835 Paper and paperboard 7,603 9,563 7,731 8,552 Petroleum preparations 2,255 8,275 2,763 10,748 Photographic equipment 2,618 4,200 2,959 4,149 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 4,099 4,593 3,787 4,239 Platinum 284 2,261 337 1,279 Pottery 74 1,277 73 1,246 Power generating mach. 20,983 20,393 20,255 18,151 Printed materials 3,457 2,273 3,433 2,109 Pulp and waste paper 2,619 1,889 2,853 1,972 Records/magnetic media 4,379 3,203 4,959 3,027 Rice 856 131 654 159 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 961 1,221 920 1,155 Rubber tires and tubes 1,901 3,021 1,806 2,491 Scientific instruments 17,972 11,332 17,675 10,058 Ships, boats 1,190 826 1,146 696 Silver and bullion 567 488 434 343 Soybeans 2,921 44 4,218 78 Spacecraft 780 142 604 1 Specialized ind. mach. 20,968 17,435 21,297 15,696 Sugar 2 595 2 839 Television, VCR, etc. 17,304 30,740 17,305 26,341 Textile yearn, fabric 6,814 9,754 6,681 8,921 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,074 657 1,175 991 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,519 12,939 2,829 12,000 Travel goods 228 2,973 249 2,869 Vegetables and fruits 5,298 6,340 5,432 5,874 Vehicles 40,134 86,694 40,930 83,351 Watches/clocks/parts 217 2,302 222 2,014 Wheat 2,718 215 3,109 268 Wood manufactures 1,294 4,221 1,449 3,442 Re-exports 33,261 (X) 33,077 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,082 (X) 1,088 (X) Manufactured goods 31,793 (X) 31,399 (X) Mineral fuels 80 (X) 227 (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-98-212), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, September 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.