PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 1999 AND 1998 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.) 1999 Item(1) April March Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 56,125 80,308 59,584 84,553 Net Adjustments -1,005 275 -1,038 226 Total Census Basis (2) 57,130 80,034 60,622 84,326 Manufactured goods (3) 46,837 69,056 49,395 74,152 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,755 3,259 3,984 3,366 Mineral fuels (3) 801 5,436 684 4,342 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 3,137 6,475 3,705 7,020 Airplane parts 1,250 520 1,356 523 Airplanes 2,887 635 3,355 498 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 34 174 29 196 Aluminum 273 602 305 526 Animal feeds 266 44 302 48 Artwork/antiques 154 502 69 406 Basketware, etc. 247 346 246 327 Cereal flour 102 115 116 122 Chemicals - cosmetics 393 235 436 269 Chemicals - dyeing 306 237 304 237 Chemicals - fertilizers 244 164 224 165 Chemicals - inorganic 353 430 361 366 Chemicals - medicinal 909 1,027 920 1,030 Chemicals - n.e.s. 937 419 990 465 Chemicals - organic 1,224 1,685 1,299 2,008 Chemicals - plastics 1,357 749 1,424 800 Cigarettes 260 12 381 14 Clothing 736 3,702 744 4,427 Coal 186 68 203 66 Coffee 1 229 1 287 Copper 103 253 97 291 Cork, wood, lumber 363 768 412 668 Corn 457 47 465 61 Cotton, raw and linters 57 30 77 14 Crude fertilizers 132 110 133 111 Crude oil 105 3,486 47 2,748 Electrical machinery 5,983 6,829 6,293 7,302 Fish and preparations 182 596 333 620 Footwear 61 1,030 68 1,089 Furniture and bedding 356 1,327 390 1,386 Gem diamonds 22 637 16 836 General industrial mach 2,572 2,773 2,670 2,945 Glass 193 160 178 172 Glassware 55 146 64 139 Gold, nonmonetary 321 231 239 279 Hides and skins 84 7 77 10 Iron and steel mill prod 422 1,012 415 1,122 Jewelry 117 420 104 468 Lighting, plumbing 111 323 106 305 Liquified propane/butane 9 53 13 59 Live animals 49 138 35 158 Meat and preparations 534 277 497 267 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 928 1,169 977 1,234 Metal ores; scrap 284 276 278 261 Metalworking machinery 405 571 450 636 Mineral fuels, other 196 81 202 94 Natural gas 17 487 19 502 Nickel 27 52 29 73 Oils/fats, vegetable 104 81 110 114 Optical goods 158 260 168 267 Paper and paperboard 834 1,080 865 1,135 Petroleum preparations 265 1,155 179 808 Photographic equipment 270 469 278 496 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 527 568 534 561 Platinum 33 408 33 383 Pottery 9 123 9 126 Power generating mach. 2,588 2,531 2,779 2,787 Printed materials 356 257 370 256 Pulp and waste paper 273 174 276 193 Records/magnetic media 476 355 536 373 Rice 70 16 89 18 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 112 151 120 155 Rubber tires and tubes 185 378 223 418 Scientific instruments 2,085 1,395 2,297 1,535 Ships, boats 118 88 147 83 Silver and bullion 21 51 24 57 Soybeans 289 7 384 2 Spacecraft 162 1 (-) 1 Specialized ind. mach. 2,098 1,915 2,127 2,180 Sugar (-) 59 (-) 43 Television, VCR, etc. 1,860 3,625 2,212 3,594 Textile yearn, fabric 790 1,123 824 1,164 Tobacco, unmanufactured 148 55 144 66 Toys/games/sporting goods 269 1,310 284 1,052 Travel goods 28 306 32 285 Vegetables and fruits 554 904 622 867 Vehicles 4,945 11,690 4,842 13,234 Watches/clocks/parts 28 245 30 238 Wheat 299 19 236 23 Wood manufactures 144 596 152 594 Re-exports 3,940 (X) 4,244 (X) Agricultural commodities 126 (X) 136 (X) Manufactured goods 3,780 (X) 4,053 (X) Mineral fuels 1 (X) 15 (X) ___________________________________________________ 1998 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 219,469 311,212 226,385 294,101 Net Adjustments -4,109 885 -2,992 1,644 Total Census Basis (2) 223,578 310,327 229,377 292,457 Manufactured goods (3) 181,999 271,504 185,229 250,851 Agricultural commodities (3) 15,316 12,545 18,081 12,581 Mineral fuels (3) 2,742 17,406 3,712 20,057 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machines 12,985 25,646 13,331 24,058 Airplane parts 5,208 1,977 4,723 1,790 Airplanes 11,684 2,339 10,028 1,729 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 120 686 107 634 Aluminum 1,135 2,064 1,198 2,142 Animal feeds 1,171 180 1,735 214 Artwork/antiques 366 1,744 386 1,309 Basketware, etc. 928 1,313 833 1,204 Cereal flour 421 462 383 423 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,564 939 1,591 929 Chemicals - dyeing 1,133 834 1,145 847 Chemicals - fertilizers 952 630 944 617 Chemicals - inorganic 1,398 1,537 1,561 1,622 Chemicals - medicinal 3,660 4,047 2,798 3,265 Chemicals - n.e.s. 3,599 1,650 3,731 1,716 Chemicals - organic 4,784 7,146 5,337 6,579 Chemicals - plastics 5,328 2,899 5,759 2,892 Cigarettes 1,217 49 1,369 33 Clothing 2,751 16,661 2,755 15,461 Coal 746 239 1,068 222 Coffee 3 1,012 4 1,333 Copper 376 998 480 1,040 Cork, wood, lumber 1,463 2,620 1,381 2,507 Corn 1,671 128 1,546 105 Cotton, raw and linters 259 52 1,088 3 Crude fertilizers 492 399 522 445 Crude oil 236 10,990 472 13,424 Electrical machinery 23,552 26,359 21,857 26,413 Fish and preparations 829 2,443 716 2,433 Footwear 245 4,521 242 4,510 Furniture and bedding 1,446 5,167 1,408 4,338 Gem diamonds 55 2,910 37 2,820 General industrial mach 9,919 10,376 10,201 9,699 Glass 691 599 688 568 Glassware 223 518 239 484 Gold, nonmonetary 1,007 1,030 1,616 1,327 Hides and skins 331 33 418 40 Iron and steel mill prod 1,599 4,148 2,004 5,069 Jewelry 343 1,600 215 1,523 Lighting, plumbing 404 1,171 459 970 Liquified propane/butane 73 228 74 387 Live animals 150 505 198 602 Meat and preparations 1,960 979 2,183 917 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 3,587 4,575 3,634 4,380 Metal ores; scrap 1,045 1,105 1,220 1,350 Metalworking machinery 1,578 2,279 1,906 2,533 Mineral fuels, other 747 309 968 377 Natural gas 71 1,952 98 1,792 Nickel 111 247 121 377 Oils/fats, vegetable 468 385 671 422 Optical goods 644 953 596 867 Paper and paperboard 3,207 4,279 3,509 4,218 Petroleum preparations 794 3,376 991 3,564 Photographic equipment 1,051 1,735 1,141 1,780 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,995 2,188 1,814 1,975 Platinum 150 1,435 117 932 Pottery 36 485 32 519 Power generating mach. 10,125 10,151 9,242 8,988 Printed materials 1,420 970 1,504 960 Pulp and waste paper 1,043 730 1,172 864 Records/magnetic media 1,926 1,337 2,007 1,309 Rice 377 66 452 66 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 443 568 439 548 Rubber tires and tubes 780 1,464 880 1,310 Scientific instruments 8,156 5,346 8,381 4,920 Ships, boats 459 381 474 505 Silver and bullion 90 222 430 242 Soybeans 1,564 14 2,032 20 Spacecraft 218 2 448 14 Specialized ind. mach. 7,824 7,617 9,725 8,020 Sugar 1 177 1 183 Television, VCR, etc. 7,610 13,287 7,769 12,108 Textile yearn, fabric 2,992 4,290 3,112 4,197 Tobacco, unmanufactured 554 242 582 315 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,030 4,621 1,184 4,597 Travel goods 106 1,173 99 1,204 Vegetables and fruits 2,270 3,544 2,288 3,248 Vehicles 18,074 47,098 19,896 39,486 Watches/clocks/parts 110 896 93 908 Wheat 1,047 97 1,206 107 Wood manufactures 547 2,120 600 1,702 Re-exports 15,544 (X) 14,778 (X) Agricultural commodities 508 (X) 539 (X) Manufactured goods 14,872 (X) 14,068 (X) Mineral fuels 29 (X) 31 (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-99-108), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, April 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.