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) September August Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 57,722 91,077 (R)56,666 (R)90,244 Net Adjustments -1,086 858 (R) -855 (R) 468 Total Census Basis (2) 58,809 90,219 (R)57,522 (R)89,776 Manufactured goods (3) 47,843 77,088 46,788 76,676 Agricultural commodities (3) 3,760 2,809 3,693 2,889 Mineral fuels (3) 836 7,620 876 7,420 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,570 7,211 3,248 7,323 Airplane parts 1,184 431 1,219 506 Airplanes 2,186 924 2,799 589 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 34 268 35 216 Aluminum 300 469 297 541 Animal feeds 252 46 231 53 Artwork/antiques 83 385 65 616 Basketware, etc. 236 382 228 405 Cereal flour 124 161 112 143 Chemicals - cosmetics 408 264 415 276 Chemicals - dyeing 303 220 304 231 Chemicals - fertilizers 197 108 301 108 Chemicals - inorganic 417 362 401 471 Chemicals - medicinal 924 1,097 935 1,171 Chemicals - n.e.s. 986 406 1,027 407 Chemicals - organic 1,405 1,813 1,290 1,700 Chemicals - plastics 1,470 782 1,401 801 Cigarettes 265 14 221 12 Clothing 648 5,659 675 5,696 Coal 185 47 210 57 Coffee 1 161 1 191 Copper 89 332 88 292 Cork, wood, lumber 343 778 348 844 Corn 451 4 435 2 Cotton, raw and linters 45 3 76 7 Crude fertilizers 128 109 134 116 Crude oil 17 5,351 99 5,002 Electrical machinery 6,558 7,924 6,447 7,703 Fish and preparations 268 809 276 819 Footwear 56 1,092 54 1,282 Furniture and bedding 368 1,354 382 1,384 Gem diamonds 21 883 23 818 General industrial mach 2,390 2,519 2,473 2,564 Glass 185 189 178 189 Glassware 63 169 62 183 Gold, nonmonetary 960 275 397 267 Hides and skins 79 8 93 8 Iron and steel mill prod 424 1,115 414 1,142 Jewelry 99 554 72 425 Lighting, plumbing 111 430 120 452 Liquified propane/butane 32 60 25 52 Live animals 34 123 46 118 Meat and preparations 532 280 546 278 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 975 1,244 938 1,254 Metal ores; scrap 288 324 358 329 Metalworking machinery 445 513 414 551 Mineral fuels, other 230 113 228 115 Natural gas 17 497 18 528 Nickel 25 107 28 72 Oils/fats, vegetable 92 101 75 100 Optical goods 201 260 207 235 Paper and paperboard 854 1,196 816 1,157 Petroleum preparations 343 1,418 276 1,522 Photographic equipment 323 558 334 533 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 532 605 532 611 Platinum 30 284 20 247 Pottery 8 175 8 175 Power generating mach. 2,596 2,744 2,599 2,736 Printed materials 409 330 399 325 Pulp and waste paper 305 232 298 232 Records/magnetic media 480 449 448 408 Rice 49 13 56 11 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 117 156 122 156 Rubber tires and tubes 215 375 230 381 Scientific instruments 2,147 1,584 2,153 1,487 Ships, boats 66 103 123 56 Silver and bullion 17 42 10 44 Soybeans 376 (-) 285 1 Spacecraft 224 (-) 98 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,114 1,584 1,939 1,641 Sugar 1 68 (-) 52 Television, VCR, etc. 2,047 5,104 2,000 4,642 Textile yearn, fabric 752 1,158 795 1,211 Tobacco, unmanufactured 51 83 64 66 Toys/games/sporting goods 298 2,171 284 2,006 Travel goods 30 380 28 384 Vegetables and fruits 588 590 555 612 Vehicles 4,458 11,827 4,279 12,006 Watches/clocks/parts 27 330 27 270 Wheat 305 16 357 27 Wood manufactures 144 630 147 676 Re-exports 4,459 (X) 3,873 (X) Agricultural commodities 80 (X) 90 (X) Manufactured goods 4,315 (X) 3,738 (X) Mineral fuels 26 (X) 10 (X) ___________________________________ 1998 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 498,234 748,349 495,778 678,059 Net Adjustments -9,416 2,894 -7,890 3,902 Total Census Basis (2) 507,650 745,455 503,668 674,158 Manufactured goods (3) 412,579 644,876 408,683 582,220 Agricultural commodities (3) 33,637 27,329 36,529 26,852 Mineral fuels (3) 6,808 51,295 7,937 44,087 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 29,751 61,485 29,734 55,905 Airplane parts 11,469 4,525 10,986 4,332 Airplanes 23,878 6,355 23,529 5,090 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 293 1,819 281 1,597 Aluminum 2,622 4,770 2,686 4,619 Animal feeds 2,388 422 3,096 463 Artwork/antiques 839 3,614 825 2,813 Basketware, etc. 2,085 3,198 1,894 2,841 Cereal flour 967 1,125 903 1,023 Chemicals - cosmetics 3,581 2,296 3,612 2,150 Chemicals - dyeing 2,666 1,967 2,612 1,899 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,304 1,099 2,329 1,206 Chemicals - inorganic 3,359 3,713 3,495 3,877 Chemicals - medicinal 8,147 9,828 6,886 7,844 Chemicals - n.e.s. 8,312 3,759 8,201 3,703 Chemicals - organic 11,091 15,929 11,425 14,087 Chemicals - plastics 12,286 6,833 12,573 6,508 Cigarettes 2,439 106 3,244 77 Clothing 6,146 42,347 6,396 40,825 Coal 1,700 485 2,446 547 Coffee 6 1,980 8 2,446 Copper 822 2,373 982 2,285 Cork, wood, lumber 3,197 6,694 3,039 5,742 Corn 3,892 143 3,255 126 Cotton, raw and linters 642 143 1,874 6 Crude fertilizers 1,128 948 1,219 998 Crude oil 545 33,999 764 28,925 Electrical machinery 54,612 63,949 48,398 59,166 Fish and preparations 2,052 6,317 1,626 5,947 Footwear 531 10,741 542 10,679 Furniture and bedding 3,224 11,802 3,180 9,646 Gem diamonds 166 7,141 82 6,554 General industrial mach 22,017 23,474 22,688 21,530 Glass 1,556 1,494 1,527 1,310 Glassware 523 1,338 542 1,196 Gold, nonmonetary 3,015 2,251 3,704 2,748 Hides and skins 747 74 881 85 Iron and steel mill prod 3,643 9,849 4,184 12,962 Jewelry 718 3,883 520 3,613 Lighting, plumbing 953 3,217 1,057 2,458 Liquified propane/butane 179 510 135 754 Live animals 333 1,055 387 1,271 Meat and preparations 4,578 2,391 4,913 2,108 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 8,234 10,735 7,992 10,035 Metal ores; scrap 2,557 2,644 2,707 3,105 Metalworking machinery 3,812 5,037 4,001 5,923 Mineral fuels, other 1,864 875 2,014 877 Natural gas 157 4,337 197 3,842 Nickel 243 634 278 715 Oils/fats, vegetable 883 906 1,311 991 Optical goods 1,592 2,272 1,382 2,021 Paper and paperboard 7,297 9,869 7,608 9,562 Petroleum preparations 2,200 10,103 2,258 8,277 Photographic equipment 2,612 4,303 2,617 4,188 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 4,635 5,182 4,105 4,591 Platinum 326 2,562 280 2,245 Pottery 78 1,252 74 1,277 Power generating mach. 22,633 23,160 21,094 20,387 Printed materials 3,349 2,428 3,462 2,275 Pulp and waste paper 2,486 1,778 2,621 1,888 Records/magnetic media 4,263 3,312 4,387 3,204 Rice 659 133 851 131 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,012 1,326 968 1,222 Rubber tires and tubes 1,783 3,407 1,905 3,021 Scientific instruments 18,675 12,826 18,036 11,334 Ships, boats 1,276 772 1,191 826 Silver and bullion 177 476 571 490 Soybeans 2,829 22 2,930 44 Spacecraft 639 244 780 90 Specialized ind. mach. 18,139 16,486 21,083 17,446 Sugar 2 463 2 602 Television, VCR, etc. 17,507 35,483 17,321 30,740 Textile yearn, fabric 6,853 10,163 6,817 9,764 Tobacco, unmanufactured 991 552 1,075 657 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,399 13,549 2,541 12,957 Travel goods 247 3,060 227 2,979 Vegetables and fruits 5,227 7,124 5,300 6,333 Vehicles 39,469 106,230 40,093 85,497 Watches/clocks/parts 245 2,299 218 2,304 Wheat 2,665 226 2,697 215 Wood manufactures 1,271 5,417 1,292 4,230 Re-exports 36,149 (X) 33,266 (X) Agricultural commodities 995 (X) 1,078 (X) Manufactured goods 34,742 (X) 31,804 (X) Mineral fuels 88 (X) 80 (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-99-220), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, September 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.