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) October September Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 61,181 94,901 (R)58,095 (R)91,081 Net Adjustments -892 516 (R)-1,149 (R) 863 Total Census Basis (2) 62,073 94,385 (R)59,244 (R)90,219 Manufactured goods (3) 49,878 80,749 47,843 77,088 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,416 2,998 3,760 2,809 Mineral fuels (3) 990 7,819 836 7,620 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,519 7,453 3,570 7,211 Airplane parts 1,254 482 1,184 431 Airplanes 2,579 755 2,186 924 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 53 293 34 268 Aluminum 317 535 300 469 Animal feeds 329 51 252 46 Artwork/antiques 84 470 83 385 Basketware, etc. 270 404 236 382 Cereal flour 121 182 124 161 Chemicals - cosmetics 461 288 408 264 Chemicals - dyeing 344 221 303 220 Chemicals - fertilizers 216 127 197 108 Chemicals - inorganic 483 440 417 362 Chemicals - medicinal 1,038 1,252 924 1,097 Chemicals - n.e.s. 942 418 986 406 Chemicals - organic 1,530 2,075 1,405 1,813 Chemicals - plastics 1,561 817 1,470 782 Cigarettes 235 13 265 14 Clothing 650 5,135 648 5,659 Coal 225 50 185 47 Coffee 1 151 1 161 Copper 98 367 89 332 Cork, wood, lumber 350 775 343 778 Corn 402 3 451 4 Cotton, raw and linters 49 1 45 3 Crude fertilizers 122 104 128 109 Crude oil 45 5,481 17 5,351 Electrical machinery 6,772 8,162 6,558 7,924 Fish and preparations 318 872 268 809 Footwear 58 1,132 56 1,092 Furniture and bedding 396 1,457 368 1,354 Gem diamonds 45 1,047 21 883 General industrial mach 2,595 2,672 2,390 2,519 Glass 183 195 185 189 Glassware 70 169 63 169 Gold, nonmonetary 416 232 960 275 Hides and skins 93 9 79 8 Iron and steel mill prod 469 1,154 424 1,115 Jewelry 125 679 99 554 Lighting, plumbing 122 436 111 430 Liquified propane/butane 58 95 32 60 Live animals 118 166 34 123 Meat and preparations 587 302 532 280 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 984 1,251 975 1,244 Metal ores; scrap 337 330 288 324 Metalworking machinery 524 589 445 513 Mineral fuels, other 267 131 230 113 Natural gas 18 552 17 497 Nickel 25 63 25 107 Oils/fats, vegetable 119 90 92 101 Optical goods 208 265 201 260 Paper and paperboard 882 1,204 854 1,196 Petroleum preparations 367 1,377 343 1,418 Photographic equipment 328 615 323 558 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 591 619 532 605 Platinum 59 264 30 284 Pottery 10 158 8 175 Power generating mach. 2,690 2,973 2,596 2,744 Printed materials 448 312 409 330 Pulp and waste paper 322 270 305 232 Records/magnetic media 501 470 480 449 Rice 98 16 49 13 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 131 158 117 156 Rubber tires and tubes 213 406 215 375 Scientific instruments 2,279 1,600 2,147 1,584 Ships, boats 87 214 66 103 Silver and bullion 10 54 17 42 Soybeans 565 4 376 (-) Spacecraft (-) 1 224 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,268 1,655 2,114 1,584 Sugar 1 21 1 68 Television, VCR, etc. 2,129 5,326 2,047 5,104 Textile yearn, fabric 870 1,162 752 1,158 Tobacco, unmanufactured 116 45 51 83 Toys/games/sporting goods 332 2,237 298 2,171 Travel goods 28 394 30 380 Vegetables and fruits 626 616 588 590 Vehicles 4,762 13,015 4,458 11,827 Watches/clocks/parts 31 365 27 330 Wheat 322 15 305 16 Wood manufactures 155 604 144 630 Re-exports 4,740 (X) 4,459 (X) Agricultural commodities 93 (X) 80 (X) Manufactured goods 4,580 (X) 4,315 (X) Mineral fuels 10 (X) 26 (X) ___________________________________ 1998 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 559,788 843,255 555,883 762,363 Net Adjustments -10,370 3,415 -9,098 4,493 Total Census Basis (2) 570,159 839,840 564,981 757,869 Manufactured goods (3) 462,457 725,625 458,376 655,556 Agricultural commodities (3) 38,053 30,327 41,266 29,839 Mineral fuels (3) 7,798 59,114 8,717 48,950 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 33,269 68,938 33,385 62,811 Airplane parts 12,723 5,007 12,364 4,859 Airplanes 26,457 7,110 26,929 5,884 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 346 2,112 318 1,872 Aluminum 2,939 5,305 3,014 5,091 Animal feeds 2,717 473 3,421 509 Artwork/antiques 923 4,084 889 3,288 Basketware, etc. 2,355 3,602 2,134 3,166 Cereal flour 1,088 1,307 1,037 1,190 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,042 2,584 4,032 2,409 Chemicals - dyeing 3,010 2,188 2,925 2,111 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,520 1,226 2,613 1,322 Chemicals - inorganic 3,842 4,153 3,915 4,322 Chemicals - medicinal 9,185 11,080 7,792 8,832 Chemicals - n.e.s. 9,254 4,178 9,086 4,067 Chemicals - organic 12,621 18,004 12,636 15,604 Chemicals - plastics 13,846 7,650 13,996 7,218 Cigarettes 2,674 118 3,607 86 Clothing 6,796 47,482 7,204 45,788 Coal 1,925 535 2,703 615 Coffee 7 2,132 9 2,636 Copper 920 2,740 1,090 2,531 Cork, wood, lumber 3,547 7,469 3,415 6,406 Corn 4,295 146 3,648 130 Cotton, raw and linters 692 144 1,967 6 Crude fertilizers 1,250 1,052 1,351 1,103 Crude oil 590 39,481 817 31,994 Electrical machinery 61,384 72,111 54,508 66,211 Fish and preparations 2,371 7,189 1,841 6,687 Footwear 589 11,873 609 11,815 Furniture and bedding 3,621 13,260 3,627 10,896 Gem diamonds 211 8,189 91 7,289 General industrial mach 24,612 26,146 25,336 23,966 Glass 1,738 1,690 1,703 1,480 Glassware 593 1,507 604 1,355 Gold, nonmonetary 3,431 2,483 4,557 3,039 Hides and skins 840 83 973 94 Iron and steel mill prod 4,112 11,004 4,656 14,509 Jewelry 843 4,562 606 4,285 Lighting, plumbing 1,075 3,653 1,182 2,790 Liquified propane/butane 237 605 155 809 Live animals 451 1,221 486 1,441 Meat and preparations 5,165 2,693 5,422 2,353 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 9,219 11,986 8,955 11,239 Metal ores; scrap 2,894 2,974 2,957 3,475 Metalworking machinery 4,336 5,626 4,460 6,656 Mineral fuels, other 2,131 1,006 2,214 974 Natural gas 175 4,889 213 4,295 Nickel 268 697 312 781 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,002 996 1,456 1,121 Optical goods 1,800 2,537 1,585 2,267 Paper and paperboard 8,179 11,073 8,432 10,679 Petroleum preparations 2,567 11,480 2,462 9,336 Photographic equipment 2,941 4,918 2,933 4,706 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 5,226 5,801 4,615 5,122 Platinum 385 2,827 313 2,487 Pottery 89 1,410 85 1,450 Power generating mach. 25,323 26,133 23,755 23,213 Printed materials 3,797 2,740 3,902 2,569 Pulp and waste paper 2,807 2,049 2,881 2,083 Records/magnetic media 4,764 3,782 4,952 3,632 Rice 756 149 1,000 146 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,143 1,484 1,091 1,369 Rubber tires and tubes 1,997 3,813 2,148 3,382 Scientific instruments 20,954 14,425 20,128 12,765 Ships, boats 1,364 986 1,268 978 Silver and bullion 188 530 586 553 Soybeans 3,393 26 3,710 50 Spacecraft 640 245 857 90 Specialized ind. mach. 20,407 18,140 23,438 19,278 Sugar 3 484 2 645 Television, VCR, etc. 19,637 40,809 19,352 35,159 Textile yearn, fabric 7,722 11,326 7,620 10,875 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,107 597 1,156 712 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,732 15,785 2,830 15,408 Travel goods 274 3,454 255 3,372 Vegetables and fruits 5,853 7,740 6,045 6,902 Vehicles 44,230 119,245 44,712 96,865 Watches/clocks/parts 276 2,664 250 2,667 Wheat 2,987 241 3,056 242 Wood manufactures 1,426 6,021 1,437 4,739 Re-exports 40,889 (X) 37,446 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,088 (X) 1,179 (X) Manufactured goods 39,323 (X) 35,830 (X) Mineral fuels 98 (X) 98 (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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.