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) August July (R) Monthly 1999 1999 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 58,782 55,890 2,892 Net Adjustments -856 -1,032 176 Total, Census Basis 59,638 56,922 2,716 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,940 3,812 127 Soybeans 502 305 197 Fruits, frozen juices 333 308 24 Fish and shellfish 269 253 16 Vegetables 241 228 13 Dairy products and eggs 60 51 9 Wine and related products 66 58 8 Bakery products 149 142 7 Sorghum, barley, oats 48 45 3 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 36 38 -1 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 41 43 -2 Oilseeds, food oils 98 109 -11 Meat, poultry, etc. 559 570 -11 Rice 67 80 -13 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 268 282 -14 Other foods 298 315 -18 Nuts 100 124 -24 Corn 495 522 -27 Wheat 310 339 -29 Industrial supplies and materials 12,468 11,527 941 Nonmonetary gold 398 146 252 Agriculture-manufactured, other 254 110 144 Chemicals-fertilizers 487 392 95 Chemicals-organic 1,159 1,069 90 Plastic materials 970 915 55 Chemicals-inorganic 347 292 54 Other industrial supplies 1,116 1,065 50 Petroleum products, other 447 400 48 Metallurgical grade coal 132 93 39 Nonferrous metals, other 208 170 39 Steelmaking materials 135 97 37 Mineral supplies-manufactured 253 225 28 Crude oil 99 72 27 Nuclear fuel materials 54 31 23 Natural gas liquids 57 35 22 Industrial rubber products 188 168 20 Iron and steel mill products 255 238 17 Aluminum and alumina 282 269 13 Finished metal shapes 696 684 12 Fuel oil 157 146 11 Logs and lumber 341 331 10 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 130 120 10 Newsprint 687 678 9 Manmade cloth 368 360 8 Hides and skins 101 98 4 Electric energy 20 18 2 Hair, waste materials 38 36 2 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 66 65 1 Pulpwood and woodpulp 298 297 1 Wood supplies, manufactured 78 79 (-) Chemicals-other 950 950 -1 Gas-natural 18 19 -1 Leather and furs 73 74 -2 Nontextile floor tiles 26 28 -2 Synthetic rubber-primary 110 112 -2 Tapes, audio and visual 150 155 -5 Finished textile supplies 134 139 -5 Copper 75 80 -5 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 112 119 -7 Iron and steel products, other 241 248 -7 Coal and fuels, other 114 124 -10 Cotton, raw 99 109 -11 Nonmetallic minerals 29 40 -11 Shingles, molding, wallboard 157 169 -12 Cotton fiber cloth 158 175 -17 Tobacco, unmanufactured 98 125 -26 Precious metals, other 104 161 -58 Capital goods, except automotive 27,333 25,741 1,591 Civilian aircraft 3,459 1,791 1,668 Telecommunications equipment 2,293 2,151 142 Computer accessories 3,172 3,076 96 Industrial engines 997 913 84 Generators, accessories 548 467 81 Railway transportation equipment 137 104 34 Excavating machinery 406 374 32 Medicinal equipment 1,077 1,045 32 Electric apparatus 1,944 1,918 25 Photo, service industry machinery 498 480 18 Materials handling equipment 401 388 13 Measuring, testing, control instru. 1,159 1,146 12 Business machines and equipment 258 245 12 Marine engines, parts 48 41 7 Pulp and paper machinery 227 222 5 Nonfarm tractors and parts 85 81 4 Spacraft, exc. military (-) (-) (-) Vessels, exc. scrap 9 12 -4 Food, tobacco machinery 144 151 -7 Specialized mining 24 32 -8 Textile, sewing machines 97 107 -10 Agricultural machinery, equipment 252 265 -13 Laboratory testing instruments 354 370 -16 Commercial vessels, other 8 28 -20 Industrial machines, other 1,765 1,796 -31 Wood, glass, plastic 219 254 -36 Computers 843 892 -49 Semiconductors 4,099 4,148 -49 Metalworking machine tools 505 568 -63 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,064 1,142 -78 Engines-civilian aircraft 814 931 -117 Drilling & oilfield equipment 428 602 -174 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 6,691 6,098 594 Consumer goods 6,546 6,653 -108 Gem diamonds 103 388 -285 Tobacco, manufactured 253 299 -46 TV's, VCR's, etc. 294 302 -8 Jewelry, etc 170 178 -7 Furniture, household goods, etc. 182 187 -5 Records, tapes, and disks 345 349 -4 Cookware, cutlery, tools 57 60 -3 Books, printed matter 333 335 -2 Stereo equipment, etc. 144 145 -1 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 182 184 -1 Musical instruments 92 93 -1 Glassware, chinaware 38 39 -1 Sports apparel and gear 36 36 (-) Rugs 114 114 (-) Apparel,household goods-nontextile 116 115 (-) Numismatic coins 3 3 1 Writing and art supplies 409 408 1 Nursery stock, etc. 25 21 4 Toiletries and cosmetics 278 273 6 Other household goods 501 495 6 Apparel, household goods - textile 691 683 8 Household appliances 432 418 14 Toys/games/sporting goods 492 462 29 Pleasure boats and motors 135 93 42 Pharmaceutical preparations 1,119 974 144 Other goods 2,661 3,090 -429 ____________________________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 1999 1998 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 444,826 444,650 175 Net Adjustments -8,330 -6,944 -1,386 Total, Census Basis 453,156 451,594 1,562 Foods, feeds, and beverages 29,874 31,204 -1,330 Soybeans 2,854 3,129 -275 Fruits, frozen juices 2,539 2,432 107 Fish and shellfish 1,931 1,529 403 Vegetables 1,874 1,953 -79 Dairy products and eggs 416 471 -55 Wine and related products 499 543 -45 Bakery products 1,164 1,180 -16 Sorghum, barley, oats 400 471 -72 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 334 376 -43 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 325 338 -13 Oilseeds, food oils 919 1,339 -420 Meat, poultry, etc. 4,282 4,707 -426 Rice 664 836 -172 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 2,064 2,712 -648 Other foods 2,397 2,392 5 Nuts 969 1,058 -90 Corn 3,638 3,165 473 Wheat 2,606 2,571 35 Industrial supplies and materials 93,148 99,559 -6,411 Nonmonetary gold 2,061 3,191 -1,130 Agriculture-manufactured, other 903 789 114 Chemicals-fertilizers 3,322 3,386 -64 Chemicals-organic 8,485 8,931 -446 Plastic materials 7,471 7,843 -371 Chemicals-inorganic 2,428 2,551 -124 Other industrial supplies 8,383 8,169 214 Petroleum products, other 3,211 3,715 -504 Metallurgical grade coal 1,012 1,563 -551 Nonferrous metals, other 1,329 1,464 -136 Steelmaking materials 882 1,077 -196 Mineral supplies-manufactured 1,916 2,023 -107 Crude oil 541 702 -161 Nuclear fuel materials 532 617 -84 Natural gas liquids 297 265 32 Industrial rubber products 1,373 1,391 -18 Iron and steel mill products 1,822 2,020 -198 Aluminum and alumina 2,189 2,269 -80 Finished metal shapes 5,471 5,494 -23 Fuel oil 1,030 1,026 3 Logs and lumber 2,764 2,611 154 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 1,128 1,211 -82 Newsprint 5,456 5,848 -392 Manmade cloth 2,776 2,873 -97 Hides and skins 743 885 -142 Electric energy 151 98 53 Hair, waste materials 312 376 -65 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 525 575 -50 Pulpwood and woodpulp 2,288 2,457 -168 Wood supplies, manufactured 616 639 -23 Chemicals-other 7,665 7,425 239 Gas-natural 140 178 -38 Leather and furs 578 630 -51 Nontextile floor tiles 236 239 -3 Synthetic rubber-primary 895 930 -36 Tapes, audio and visual 1,281 1,503 -221 Finished textile supplies 1,110 996 114 Copper 670 806 -137 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 924 1,007 -84 Iron and steel products, other 1,857 1,905 -49 Coal and fuels, other 860 984 -123 Cotton, raw 577 1,672 -1,095 Nonmetallic minerals 257 268 -11 Shingles, molding, wallboard 1,242 1,279 -36 Cotton fiber cloth 1,281 1,180 100 Tobacco, unmanufactured 925 1,001 -75 Precious metals, other 1,233 1,496 -263 Capital goods, except automotive 203,370 196,849 6,521 Civilian aircraft 19,601 18,369 1,233 Telecommunications equipment 17,397 16,534 864 Computer accessories 24,108 23,414 693 Industrial engines 7,856 7,822 34 Generators, accessories 4,204 4,367 -163 Railway transportation equipment 1,104 1,005 99 Excavating machinery 3,308 3,855 -546 Medicinal equipment 8,129 7,987 143 Electric apparatus 14,690 13,823 867 Photo, service industry machinery 3,799 3,874 -75 Materials handling equipment 3,002 3,160 -159 Measuring, testing, control instru. 8,469 8,468 1 Business machines and equipment 1,925 2,315 -390 Marine engines, parts 422 404 18 Pulp and paper machinery 1,861 2,051 -190 Nonfarm tractors and parts 725 939 -215 Spacraft, exc. military 23 62 -39 Vessels, exc. scrap 66 60 6 Food, tobacco machinery 1,205 1,315 -110 Specialized mining 240 381 -140 Textile, sewing machines 794 906 -111 Agricultural machinery, equipment 2,137 2,893 -756 Laboratory testing instruments 2,838 2,592 246 Commercial vessels, other 180 334 -154 Industrial machines, other 13,339 13,101 238 Wood, glass, plastic 1,769 1,966 -197 Computers 6,529 6,680 -150 Semiconductors 30,062 24,563 5,500 Metalworking machine tools 4,027 4,310 -282 Parts-civilian aircraft 8,772 7,593 1,179 Engines-civilian aircraft 7,149 6,378 771 Drilling & oilfield equipment 3,640 5,328 -1,689 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 49,411 48,359 1,052 Consumer goods 52,876 52,777 98 Gem diamonds 2,170 1,875 295 Tobacco, manufactured 2,667 3,428 -761 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,182 2,496 -314 Jewelry, etc 1,521 1,099 422 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,443 1,470 -27 Records, tapes, and disks 2,626 2,482 144 Cookware, cutlery, tools 457 485 -28 Books, printed matter 2,639 2,747 -108 Stereo equipment, etc. 1,088 1,145 -57 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 1,737 1,939 -202 Musical instruments 665 657 8 Glassware, chinaware 302 337 -35 Sports apparel and gear 286 326 -40 Rugs 926 1,006 -80 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 957 942 15 Numismatic coins 38 40 -3 Writing and art supplies 3,197 2,933 263 Nursery stock, etc. 200 199 1 Toiletries and cosmetics 2,203 2,262 -58 Other household goods 3,749 3,473 276 Apparel, household goods - textile 5,908 6,116 -208 Household appliances 3,273 3,525 -253 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,756 4,096 -340 Pleasure boats and motors 848 850 -2 Pharmaceutical preparations 8,039 6,850 1,189 Other goods 24,477 22,845 1,632 (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-99-202), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, August 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.