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) March February Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 59,381 84,327 (R) 52,330 (R) 74,321 Net Adjustments -1,037 224 (R) -1,113 (R) 213 Total Census Basis (2) 60,418 84,103 (R) 53,443 (R) 74,109 Manufactured goods (3) 49,395 74,152 43,315 65,650 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,984 3,366 3,782 2,921 Mineral fuels (3) 684 4,342 580 3,689 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,705 7,020 2,961 6,222 Airplane parts 1,356 523 1,252 470 Airplanes 3,355 498 2,666 601 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 29 196 31 158 Aluminum 305 526 267 465 Animal feeds 302 48 302 45 Artwork/antiques 69 406 72 363 Basketware, etc. 246 327 224 319 Cereal flour 116 122 102 115 Chemicals - cosmetics 436 269 381 236 Chemicals - dyeing 304 237 278 189 Chemicals - fertilizers 224 165 235 147 Chemicals - inorganic 361 366 315 361 Chemicals - medicinal 920 1,030 974 999 Chemicals - n.e.s. 990 465 863 385 Chemicals - organic 1,299 2,008 1,108 1,687 Chemicals - plastics 1,424 800 1,303 685 Cigarettes 381 14 346 12 Clothing 744 4,427 663 4,352 Coal 203 66 172 48 Coffee 1 287 1 255 Copper 97 291 91 237 Cork, wood, lumber 412 668 338 604 Corn 465 61 406 10 Cotton, raw and linters 77 14 65 4 Crude fertilizers 133 111 117 82 Crude oil 47 2,748 41 2,343 Electrical machinery 6,293 7,302 5,628 6,247 Fish and preparations 333 620 202 564 Footwear 68 1,089 59 1,203 Furniture and bedding 390 1,386 357 1,225 Gem diamonds 16 836 9 725 General industrial mach 2,670 2,945 2,377 2,415 Glass 178 172 160 139 Glassware 64 139 53 120 Gold, nonmonetary 239 279 222 224 Hides and skins 77 10 82 8 Iron and steel mill prod 415 1,122 384 913 Jewelry 104 468 76 368 Lighting, plumbing 106 305 93 278 Liquified propane/butane 13 59 21 56 Live animals 35 158 30 111 Meat and preparations 497 267 481 212 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 977 1,234 854 1,096 Metal ores; scrap 278 261 266 281 Metalworking machinery 450 636 362 514 Mineral fuels, other 202 94 162 68 Natural gas 19 502 17 421 Nickel 29 73 29 61 Oils/fats, vegetable 110 114 135 83 Optical goods 168 267 151 223 Paper and paperboard 865 1,135 777 1,040 Petroleum preparations 179 808 151 693 Photographic equipment 278 496 270 407 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 534 561 472 557 Platinum 33 383 32 386 Pottery 9 126 10 118 Power generating mach. 2,779 2,787 2,429 2,454 Printed materials 370 256 333 233 Pulp and waste paper 276 193 254 176 Records/magnetic media 536 373 428 315 Rice 89 18 109 14 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 120 155 107 137 Rubber tires and tubes 223 418 201 350 Scientific instruments 2,297 1,535 1,961 1,273 Ships, boats 147 83 90 96 Silver and bullion 24 57 18 63 Soybeans 384 2 385 2 Spacecraft (-) 1 (-) (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,127 2,180 1,768 1,766 Sugar (-) 43 (-) 26 Television, VCR, etc. 2,212 3,594 1,767 3,180 Textile yearn, fabric 824 1,164 710 1,007 Tobacco, unmanufactured 144 66 149 53 Toys/games/sporting goods 284 1,052 238 1,136 Travel goods 32 285 26 305 Vegetables and fruits 622 867 540 859 Vehicles 4,842 13,234 4,525 11,845 Watches/clocks/parts 30 238 30 222 Wheat 236 23 231 29 Wood manufactures 152 594 126 489 Re-exports 4,244 (X) 3,750 (X) Agricultural commodities 136 (X) 122 (X) Manufactured goods 4,053 (X) 3,587 (X) Mineral fuels 15 (X) 9 (X) __________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 163,141 230,678 170,589 218,744 Net Adjustments -3,103 608 -2,325 1,311 Total Census Basis (2) 166,243 230,070 172,914 217,432 Manufactured goods (3) 135,162 202,449 138,935 186,336 Agricultural commodities (3) 11,562 9,286 13,961 9,362 Mineral fuels (3) 1,941 11,970 2,711 15,309 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 9,848 19,171 10,167 18,121 Airplane parts 3,959 1,457 3,434 1,322 Airplanes 8,798 1,704 7,764 1,288 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 87 511 78 461 Aluminum 861 1,462 893 1,605 Animal feeds 905 136 1,358 163 Artwork/antiques 213 1,242 294 926 Basketware, etc. 681 968 612 860 Cereal flour 319 347 283 312 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,171 703 1,193 694 Chemicals - dyeing 827 597 852 623 Chemicals - fertilizers 707 466 644 446 Chemicals - inorganic 1,044 1,107 1,143 1,229 Chemicals - medicinal 2,751 3,020 2,155 2,426 Chemicals - n.e.s. 2,662 1,231 2,753 1,268 Chemicals - organic 3,560 5,461 4,047 4,818 Chemicals - plastics 3,971 2,150 4,361 2,164 Cigarettes 957 38 1,045 24 Clothing 2,015 12,958 2,049 11,842 Coal 560 171 817 163 Coffee 2 782 3 1,043 Copper 273 745 358 784 Cork, wood, lumber 1,100 1,852 1,064 1,842 Corn 1,214 81 1,220 36 Cotton, raw and linters 202 22 861 2 Crude fertilizers 360 289 385 350 Crude oil 132 7,504 261 10,080 Electrical machinery 17,570 19,530 16,435 19,785 Fish and preparations 647 1,847 579 1,818 Footwear 184 3,490 179 3,475 Furniture and bedding 1,090 3,840 1,037 3,188 Gem diamonds 33 2,273 29 2,193 General industrial mach 7,347 7,603 7,535 7,068 Glass 498 438 509 418 Glassware 167 372 187 357 Gold, nonmonetary 686 800 1,320 981 Hides and skins 247 25 315 29 Iron and steel mill prod 1,177 3,136 1,503 3,657 Jewelry 226 1,179 151 1,106 Lighting, plumbing 294 847 349 703 Liquified propane/butane 63 175 61 297 Live animals 101 368 146 445 Meat and preparations 1,426 702 1,602 694 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 2,659 3,406 2,715 3,217 Metal ores; scrap 760 829 899 1,000 Metalworking machinery 1,172 1,707 1,480 1,872 Mineral fuels, other 551 228 721 300 Natural gas 54 1,465 77 1,627 Nickel 83 196 93 284 Oils/fats, vegetable 364 305 532 331 Optical goods 486 692 446 635 Paper and paperboard 2,374 3,199 2,626 3,137 Petroleum preparations 529 2,220 732 2,641 Photographic equipment 780 1,266 848 1,304 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,468 1,620 1,345 1,445 Platinum 118 1,027 83 546 Pottery 27 362 23 385 Power generating mach. 7,537 7,620 6,918 6,598 Printed materials 1,064 713 1,108 704 Pulp and waste paper 771 556 865 655 Records/magnetic media 1,451 982 1,509 966 Rice 307 50 364 50 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 330 417 320 405 Rubber tires and tubes 596 1,086 661 971 Scientific instruments 6,071 3,951 6,294 3,605 Ships, boats 341 293 363 416 Silver and bullion 68 171 359 184 Soybeans 1,275 8 1,770 9 Spacecraft 56 1 337 66 Specialized ind. mach. 5,726 5,703 7,250 5,866 Sugar 118 121 Television, VCR, etc. 5,750 9,662 5,868 8,850 Textile yearn, fabric 2,202 3,167 2,337 3,085 Tobacco, unmanufactured 406 187 383 192 Toys/games/sporting goods 761 3,311 867 3,335 Travel goods 78 867 75 893 Vegetables and fruits 1,716 2,640 1,678 2,456 Vehicles 13,129 35,408 14,955 29,738 Watches/clocks/parts 83 650 68 632 Wheat 748 79 966 83 Wood manufactures 403 1,524 455 1,221 Re-exports 11,603 (X) 11,040 (X) Agricultural commodities 381 (X) 404 (X) Manufactured goods 11,092 (X) 10,504 (X) Mineral fuels 28 (X) 26 (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-99-89), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, March 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.