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) December November Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 62,771 91,980 (R) 60,237 (R) 94,881 Net Adjustments -934 786 (R) -676 (R) 922 Total Census Basis (2) 63,705 91,194 (R) 60,913 (R) 93,960 Manufactured goods (3) 51,547 77,142 48,923 79,962 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,328 3,292 4,534 3,112 Mineral fuels (3) 1,086 8,083 910 8,005 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 4,017 7,753 3,379 7,752 Airplane parts 1,221 411 1,209 478 Airplanes 4,161 869 2,068 796 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 38 254 47 251 Aluminum 294 484 323 499 Animal feeds 353 46 308 46 Artwork/antiques 132 379 98 450 Basketware, etc. 268 392 248 401 Cereal flour 108 149 113 166 Chemicals - cosmetics 367 280 441 286 Chemicals - dyeing 298 216 309 229 Chemicals - fertilizers 211 130 243 144 Chemicals - inorganic 413 494 379 526 Chemicals - medicinal 906 1,263 981 1,200 Chemicals - n.e.s. 900 451 920 444 Chemicals - organic 1,409 1,676 1,394 2,179 Chemicals - plastics 1,461 824 1,539 802 Cigarettes 244 17 313 16 Clothing 521 4,382 644 4,550 Coal 150 53 185 78 Coffee 1 230 1 178 Copper 96 311 104 384 Cork, wood, lumber 344 693 355 763 Corn 414 5 412 5 Cotton, raw and linters 170 3 122 1 Crude fertilizers 139 99 145 120 Crude oil 113 5,682 70 5,499 Electrical machinery 6,933 8,181 6,630 8,300 Fish and preparations 157 851 215 861 Footwear 54 1,121 51 1,073 Furniture and bedding 336 1,398 379 1,520 Gem diamonds 47 760 53 953 General industrial mach 2,576 2,617 2,533 2,683 Glass 166 162 190 187 Glassware 69 146 69 160 Gold, nonmonetary 780 232 1,008 319 Hides and skins 93 8 90 10 Iron and steel mill prod 421 1,196 452 1,170 Jewelry 100 495 134 635 Lighting, plumbing 107 321 116 352 Liquified propane/butane 36 118 26 130 Live animals 69 226 132 195 Meat and preparations 580 288 595 277 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 946 1,201 951 1,219 Metal ores; scrap 327 347 280 336 Metalworking machinery 498 613 433 548 Mineral fuels, other 263 96 240 122 Natural gas 23 734 19 681 Nickel 25 74 28 94 Oils/fats, vegetable 90 111 82 113 Optical goods 218 274 210 265 Paper and paperboard 840 1,118 866 1,216 Petroleum preparations 480 1,293 359 1,387 Photographic equipment 349 606 334 589 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 577 596 559 613 Platinum 50 380 68 291 Pottery 10 132 10 138 Power generating mach. 2,830 2,644 2,574 2,756 Printed materials 389 277 392 319 Pulp and waste paper 368 265 349 283 Records/magnetic media 540 445 455 470 Rice 83 18 105 21 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 119 149 121 157 Rubber tires and tubes 207 393 193 430 Scientific instruments 2,374 1,650 2,215 1,566 Ships, boats 72 76 205 65 Silver and bullion 13 46 13 54 Soybeans 554 2 607 2 Spacecraft (-) 67 1 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,265 1,780 2,133 1,711 Sugar 1 44 1 32 Television, VCR, etc. 2,559 4,845 2,150 5,305 Textile yearn, fabric 706 1,120 818 1,129 Tobacco, unmanufactured 62 93 125 64 Toys/games/sporting goods 290 1,282 292 1,924 Travel goods 27 321 27 373 Vegetables and fruits 611 825 679 695 Vehicles 4,397 13,528 5,049 13,429 Watches/clocks/parts 32 257 27 337 Wheat 285 15 302 17 Wood manufactures 156 512 153 561 Re-exports 4,903 (X) 4,840 (X) Agricultural commodities 114 (X) 113 (X) Manufactured goods 4,710 (X) 4,643 (X) Mineral fuels 17 (X) 18 (X) ___________________________________ 1999 1998 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 683,021 1,030,152 670,246 917,178 Net Adjustments -11,988 5,120 -11,892 5,282 Total Census Basis (2) 695,009 1,025,032 682,138 911,896 Manufactured goods (3) 562,927 882,729 552,778 790,754 Agricultural commodities (3) 46,915 36,731 50,654 35,748 Mineral fuels (3) 9,794 75,202 10,251 57,323 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 40,665 84,443 40,735 76,755 Airplane parts 15,153 5,896 15,035 5,912 Airplanes 32,686 8,775 35,242 7,052 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 431 2,617 385 2,296 Aluminum 3,556 6,288 3,606 5,970 Animal feeds 3,378 565 4,054 607 Artwork/antiques 1,153 4,913 1,140 3,976 Basketware, etc. 2,871 4,396 2,583 3,834 Cereal flour 1,309 1,622 1,274 1,461 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,850 3,151 4,763 2,895 Chemicals - dyeing 3,617 2,632 3,471 2,472 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,973 1,500 3,231 1,570 Chemicals - inorganic 4,635 5,173 4,709 5,126 Chemicals - medicinal 11,071 13,542 9,341 10,908 Chemicals - n.e.s. 11,074 5,072 10,838 4,833 Chemicals - organic 15,423 21,860 14,920 18,327 Chemicals - plastics 16,846 9,276 16,608 8,565 Cigarettes 3,232 151 4,165 102 Clothing 7,960 56,413 8,497 53,742 Coal 2,260 665 3,176 724 Coffee 9 2,540 10 3,069 Copper 1,120 3,435 1,276 3,046 Cork, wood, lumber 4,245 8,925 4,091 7,616 Corn 5,121 156 4,618 142 Cotton, raw and linters 984 148 2,572 19 Crude fertilizers 1,534 1,270 1,600 1,300 Crude oil 772 50,662 895 37,252 Electrical machinery 74,947 88,592 65,575 79,365 Fish and preparations 2,743 8,902 2,172 8,104 Footwear 693 14,068 720 13,881 Furniture and bedding 4,336 16,178 4,411 13,339 Gem diamonds 312 9,902 124 8,497 General industrial mach 29,721 31,447 30,121 28,811 Glass 2,094 2,039 2,030 1,774 Glassware 731 1,812 709 1,609 Gold, nonmonetary 5,219 3,034 5,464 3,587 Hides and skins 1,023 101 1,130 110 Iron and steel mill prod 4,986 13,369 5,481 17,159 Jewelry 1,078 5,692 769 5,270 Lighting, plumbing 1,297 4,327 1,405 3,393 Liquified propane/butane 299 853 203 933 Live animals 652 1,642 675 1,717 Meat and preparations 6,340 3,258 6,427 2,848 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 11,116 14,406 10,699 13,506 Metal ores; scrap 3,501 3,657 3,581 4,099 Metalworking machinery 5,267 6,787 5,270 7,926 Mineral fuels, other 2,634 1,224 2,619 1,132 Natural gas 218 6,304 243 5,273 Nickel 321 865 365 893 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,173 1,219 1,852 1,326 Optical goods 2,228 3,075 1,907 2,727 Paper and paperboard 9,885 13,407 9,930 12,793 Petroleum preparations 3,405 14,160 2,857 10,947 Photographic equipment 3,624 6,114 3,481 5,661 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 6,362 7,010 5,554 6,137 Platinum 502 3,498 388 3,051 Pottery 109 1,680 103 1,719 Power generating mach. 30,727 31,533 28,743 28,160 Printed materials 4,578 3,336 4,671 3,075 Pulp and waste paper 3,524 2,597 3,443 2,442 Records/magnetic media 5,759 4,696 6,057 4,383 Rice 944 187 1,207 182 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,383 1,791 1,301 1,645 Rubber tires and tubes 2,396 4,636 2,554 4,095 Scientific instruments 25,543 17,641 24,169 15,500 Ships, boats 1,640 1,127 1,716 1,132 Silver and bullion 213 629 629 662 Soybeans 4,555 29 4,885 54 Spacecraft 641 311 1,102 91 Specialized ind. mach. 24,805 21,632 27,305 22,986 Sugar 4 561 3 715 Television, VCR, etc. 24,346 50,959 23,417 42,449 Textile yearn, fabric 9,246 13,575 8,976 12,896 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,294 754 1,459 780 Toys/games/sporting goods 3,314 18,991 3,342 18,695 Travel goods 329 4,148 302 3,946 Vegetables and fruits 7,143 9,261 7,324 8,365 Vehicles 53,677 146,202 53,536 119,726 Watches/clocks/parts 335 3,257 312 3,210 Wheat 3,574 273 3,690 283 Wood manufactures 1,735 7,094 1,690 5,647 Re-exports 50,632 (X) 45,683 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,315 (X) 1,391 (X) Manufactured goods 48,676 (X) 43,773 (X) Mineral fuels 132 (X) 113 (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-00-28), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, December 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.