
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED


EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 1995 AND 1994 DATA

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero.  (X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.
Note: This exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)


                                             1995 DATA
                                 September                August
         Item(1)            Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Balance of Payment Basis       48,989      63,707  (R) 48,123  (R) 64,675

Net Adjustments                  -672         228  (R)   -764  (R)    232

Total Census Basis             49,661      63,479  (R) 48,888  (R) 64,443

Agricultural commodities        4,630       2,252       4,314       2,279
Animal feeds                      310          38         284          38
Bulbs                               6          42           7          45
Cereal flour                       94         104         111          95
Cocoa                               3          61           3          56
Coffee                            (Z)         219           5         200
Corn                              820           2         673           1
Cotton, raw and linters           101           2         135           3
Dairy products; eggs               65          48          78          47
Furskins, raw                       7           2           8           1
Grains, unmilled                   80          18          54          12
Hides and skins                   142          10         132          11
Live animals                       43         131          37         132
Meat and preparations             573         168         585         198
Oils/fats, animals                 58           1          61           2
Oils/fats, vegetable               50          88          87         101
Plants                             14           8           5          10
Rice                               72          10          85           9
Seeds                              25          14          24          12
Soybeans                          460         (Z)         304           2
Sugar                             (Z)         107         (Z)          65
Tobacco, unmanufactured            75          47          73          44
Vegetables and fruit              566         407         529         440
Wheat                             618          18         549          19
Other agricultural                450         709         485         738

Manufactured goods             38,105      54,011  (R) 37,759      54,868

ADP equip.; office mach         3,219       5,919       2,962       5,561
Airplanes                         742         286       1,182         300
Airplane parts                    914         254         910         223
Aluminum                          313         376         324         424
Artwork/antiques                   81         212          61         164
Basketware, etc.                  159         247         166         259
Chemicals - cosmetics             336         200         330         215
Chemicals - dyeing                204         168         243         175
Chemicals - fertilizers           273         102         256          77
Chemicals - inorganic             390         422         413         412
Chemicals - medicinal             540         461         586         463
Chemicals - organic             1,251       1,102       1,390       1,092
Chemicals - plastics            1,253         572       1,264         615
Chemicals - n.e.s.                795         304         777         331
Clothing                          593       3,677         618       4,306
Copper                            134         214         140         235
Electrical machinery            4,703       6,811       4,773       6,714
Footwear                           56         953          55       1,182
Furniture and parts               268         660         276         727
Gem diamonds                       17         571          13         422
General industrial mach         2,085       1,826       2,098       2,049
Glass                             148         125         150         137
Glassware                          56         119          56         130
Gold, nonmonetary                 299         267         217         187
Iron and steel mill prod          581         882         510         975
Lighting, plumbing                121         213         117         221
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        681         802         695         866
Metalworking machinery            404         458         375         529
Motorcycles, bicycles             135         270         138         261
Nickel                             23          96          26         105
Optical goods                     100         167         104         170
Paper and paperboard              839       1,119         884       1,136
Photographic equipment            344         430         174         456
Plastic articles, n.e.s.          318         443         338         461
Platinum                           23         150          28         119
Pottery                             9         164           8         178
Power generating mach.          1,857       1,638       1,694       1,750
Printed materials                 398         237         390         244
Records/magnetic media            521         350         524         383
Rubber articles, n.e.s.            76         115          82         122
Rubber tires and tubes            161         236         164         272
Scientific instruments          1,552         987       1,593         975
Ships, boats                       57          20          70          18
Silver and bullion                190          53         144          56
Spacecraft                         71         (-)           5         (Z)
Specialized ind. mach.          1,930       1,339       1,849       1,478
Telecommunications equip.       1,609       3,186       1,633       3,063
Textile yarn, fabric              612         800         613         901
Toys/games/sporting goods         308       1,541         315       1,559
Travel goods                       22         303          21         325
Vehicles/new cars-Canada          458       2,256         447       2,009
Vehicles/new cars-Japan           271       1,603         201       1,547
Vehicles/new cars-Other           428       1,214         143       1,150
Vehicles/trucks                   485         895         431         955
Vehicles/chassis/bodies            34          29          36          22
Vehicles/parts                  1,887       1,623       1,955       1,718
Watches/clocks/parts               20         265          21         235
Wood manufactures                 134         301         130         338
Zinc                                4          76           5          74
Other manufactured goods        2,617       3,906   (R) 2,639       3,802

Mineral fuel                      806       5,041         816       5,003

Coal                              342          72         319          50
Crude oil                         (-)       3,686         (-)       3,594
Petroleum preparations            200         776         184         779
Liquified propane/butane           12          71          25          88
Natural gas                        21         243          26         274
Electricity                         2          65           3          92
Other mineral fuels               229         128         260         127

Selected  commodities:                                               
Fish and preparations             371         602         287         599
Cork, wood, lumber                424         532         440         516
Pulp and waste paper              606         281         548         344
Metal ores; scrap                 558         311         547         356
Crude fertilizers                 139         110         133         110
Cigarettes                        411           8         431           6
Alcoholic bev., distilled          39         201          27         167
All other                         310         130         348         150

Reexports                       3,261         (X)       3,035         (X)

Agricultural commodities           81         (X)          93         (X)
Manufactured goods              3,121         (X)       2,896         (X)
Mineral fuels                      23         (X)          12         (X)
Other, reexports                   37         (X)          35         (X)
Timing adjustment                 (X)         (X)         199          45
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         Item(1)              CUMULATIVE 1995 DATA
                              Exports     Imports

Balance of Payment Basis      424,561     557,990

Net Adjustments                -6,562       4,966

Total Census Basis            431,123     553,024

Agricultural commodities       39,414      21,947
Animal feeds                    2,731         339
Bulbs                              88         213
Cereal flour                      858         760
Cocoa                              29         531
Coffee                             14       2,299
Corn                            5,393          45
Cotton, raw and linters         2,742          24
Dairy products; eggs              589         423
Furskins, raw                     109          48
Grains, unmilled                  499         119
Hides and skins                 1,240         113
Live animals                      301       1,331
Meat and preparations           4,647       1,770
Oils/fats, animals                606          19
Oils/fats, vegetable            1,034         859
Plants                             53          92
Rice                              721          86
Seeds                             229         129
Soybeans                        3,634          19
Sugar                               3         562
Tobacco, unmanufactured           966         371
Vegetables and fruit            5,143       5,087
Wheat                           3,761         189
Other agricultural              4,024       6,520

Manufactured goods            333,571     467,422

ADP equip.; office mach        25,746      44,663
Airplanes                      10,576       2,719
Airplane parts                  7,603       2,005
Aluminum                        2,876       4,629
Artwork/antiques                  810       1,915
Basketware, etc.                1,477       2,200
Chemicals - cosmetics           2,876       1,722
Chemicals - dyeing              1,969       1,595
Chemicals - fertilizers         2,431       1,022
Chemicals - inorganic           3,380       3,520
Chemicals - medicinal           4,757       4,080
Chemicals - organic            12,120      10,160
Chemicals - plastics           11,318       5,444
Chemicals - n.e.s.              6,901       2,906
Clothing                        4,850      30,374
Copper                          1,335       2,205
Electrical machinery           38,885      54,359
Footwear                          494       9,307
Furniture and parts             2,319       6,153
Gem diamonds                      135       4,482
General industrial mach        17,993      18,255
Glass                           1,213       1,119
Glassware                         454         989
Gold, nonmonetary               4,147       1,548
Iron and steel mill prod        3,818       9,580
Lighting, plumbing                934       1,668
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.      5,995       7,539
Metalworking machinery          3,316       4,357
Motorcycles, bicycles           1,345       2,056
Nickel                            210         898
Optical goods                     825       1,593
Paper and paperboard            7,266       9,106
Photographic equipment          2,529       3,824
Plastic articles, n.e.s.        2,889       3,827
Platinum                          253       1,285
Pottery                            75       1,250
Power generating mach.         15,891      15,500
Printed materials               3,168       1,906
Records/magnetic media          4,528       2,868
Rubber articles, n.e.s.           665       1,066
Rubber tires and tubes          1,361       2,413
Scientific instruments         13,645       8,525
Ships, boats                      903         607
Silver and bullion                543         429
Spacecraft                        243         169
Specialized ind. mach.         17,105      14,703
Telecommunications equip.      13,838      25,373
Textile yarn, fabric            5,364       7,658
Toys/games/sporting goods       2,590       9,170
Travel goods                      185       2,594
Vehicles/new cars-Canada        5,359      17,857
Vehicles/new cars-Japan         1,658      17,192
Vehicles/new cars-Other         3,460      12,667
Vehicles/trucks                 4,184       8,342
Vehicles/chassis/bodies           349         328
Vehicles/parts                 17,327      15,140
Watches/clocks/parts              178       2,048
Wood manufactures               1,214       2,738
Zinc                               43         720
Other manufactured goods       23,652      33,057

Mineral fuel                    7,440      44,768

Coal                            2,689         515
Crude oil                           1      32,407
Petroleum preparations          2,251       6,833
Liquified propane/butane          240         627
Natural gas                       213       2,490
Electricity                        35         689
Other mineral fuels             2,010       1,208

Selected  commodities:                       
Fish and preparations           2,541       4,916
Cork, wood, lumber              4,321       4,604
Pulp and waste paper            4,837       2,815
Metal ores; scrap               4,383       3,002
Crude fertilizers               1,155         894
Cigarettes                      3,513          47
Alcoholic bev., distilled         279       1,325
All other                       2,884       1,265

Reexports                      26,701         (X)

Agricultural commodities          877         (X)
Manufactured goods             25,421         (X)
Mineral fuels                      82         (X)
Other, reexports                  321         (X)
Timing adjustment                  84          20
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                                             1994 DATA 
         Item(1)                 September              Cumulative
                            Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Balance of Payment Basis       42,890      59,106     367,301     486,930

Net Adjustments                  -876         226      -7,325       4,510

Total Census Basis             43,766      58,880     374,626     482,420

Agricultural commodities        3,507       2,163      31,097      19,111
Animal feeds                      238          36       2,419         322
Bulbs                               6          37          88         176
Cereal flour                       94          97         862         689
Cocoa                               3          63          25         530
Coffee                              2         269          43       1,486
Corn                              312           1       2,725          71
Cotton, raw and linters           116           1       1,885          14
Dairy products; eggs               55          51         530         413
Furskins, raw                       7           2         114          66
Grains, unmilled                   58          19         518         126
Hides and skins                   130          10       1,019          89
Live animals                       45         118         370       1,021
Meat and preparations             465         193       3,673       2,052
Oils/fats, animals                 51           2         366          17
Oils/fats, vegetable              109          75         587         779
Plants                             11           7          62          75
Rice                               52          10         681          96
Seeds                              26          12         216         115
Soybeans                          271         (Z)       2,698          31
Sugar                             (Z)         119           2         479
Tobacco, unmanufactured            57          61         938         476
Vegetables and fruit              596         366       4,796       4,640
Wheat                             396          17       2,855         235
Other agricultural                409         598       3,625       5,114
                                                                         
Manufactured goods             34,302      49,439     296,795     403,692

ADP equip.; office mach         2,729       4,864      22,125      37,071
Airplanes                       1,604         324      14,643       2,729
Airplane parts                    816         235       7,166       2,060
Aluminum                          265         367       2,025       3,459
Artwork/antiques                   77         156         901       1,735
Basketware, etc.                  151         222       1,349       1,911
Chemicals - cosmetics             287         173       2,599       1,446
Chemicals - dyeing                202         165       1,716       1,405
Chemicals - fertilizers           210         116       1,916         962
Chemicals - inorganic             343         341       2,996       2,912
Chemicals - medicinal             525         401       4,467       3,459
Chemicals - organic             1,119         859       9,320       8,015
Chemicals - plastics            1,092         513       9,114       4,297
Chemicals - n.e.s.                636         246       5,703       2,409
Clothing                          515       3,728       4,046      27,338
Copper                            114         198         896       1,573
Electrical machinery            3,834       5,259      32,716      41,450
Footwear                           54         961         468       8,989
Furniture and parts               266         626       2,267       5,520
Gem diamonds                       12         404         130       4,262
General industrial mach         1,884       1,739      15,992      15,877
Glass                             131         122       1,101         984
Glassware                          49         108         413         840
Gold, nonmonetary                 228         172       4,855       1,411
Iron and steel mill prod          306       1,066       2,658       9,352
Lighting, plumbing                115         187         907       1,475
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        595         745       5,192       6,530
Metalworking machinery            324         347       2,904       3,302
Motorcycles, bicycles             114         210       1,121       1,617
Nickel                             21          56         150         528
Optical goods                      84         143         720       1,333
Paper and paperboard              643         809       5,473       6,553
Photographic equipment            255         420       2,258       3,405
Plastic articles, n.e.s.          309         406       2,654       3,295
Platinum                           24          84         218         956
Pottery                             8         159          74       1,136
Power generating mach.          1,744       1,708      15,119      14,361
Printed materials                 351         202       2,941       1,600
Records/magnetic media            453         336       4,200       2,644
Rubber articles, n.e.s.            71         106         579         919
Rubber tires and tubes            139         248       1,190       2,257
Scientific instruments          1,369         880      12,151       7,195
Ships, boats                       92         220         974         640
Silver and bullion                 21          40         154         371
Spacecraft                        111         115         438         115
Specialized ind. mach.          1,652       1,255      14,473      12,369
Telecommunications equip.       1,431       3,282      11,462      23,119
Textile yarn, fabric              553         797       4,731       6,899
Toys/games/sporting goods         279       1,404       2,209       8,205
Travel goods                       19         294         170       2,270
Vehicles/new cars-Canada          625       2,290       5,711      14,721
Vehicles/new cars-Japan           189       1,584       1,259      17,518
Vehicles/new cars-Other           429       1,024       4,243       9,683
Vehicles/trucks                   386         800       3,722       7,386
Vehicles/chassis/bodies            32          32         314         315
Vehicles/parts                  1,932       1,623      15,439      14,633
Watches/clocks/parts               22         268         195       1,826
Wood manufactures                 133         308       1,130       2,541
Zinc                                5          59          35         557
Other manufactured goods        2,323       3,631      20,703      29,952

Mineral fuel                      792       5,185       6,393      42,344

Coal                              294          63       2,193         483
Crude oil                           3       3,905          30      28,454
Petroleum preparations            242         718       2,164       8,159
Liquified propane/butane           14          65         140         607
Natural gas                        25         270         167       3,038
Electricity                         2          80          21         749
Other mineral fuels               213          85       1,678         854

Selected  commodities:                                                   
Fish and preparations             319         574       2,366       4,768
Cork, wood, lumber                484         543       4,168       5,082
Pulp and waste paper              342         201       2,630       1,592
Metal ores; scrap                 384         313       2,667       2,363
Crude fertilizers                 117          95       1,043         758
Cigarettes                        548           6       3,375          55
Alcoholic bev., distilled          24         206         240       1,261
All other                         313         155       2,348       1,396

Reexports                       2,632         (X)      21,503         (X)

Agricultural commodities           87         (X)         739         (X)
Manufactured goods              2,505         (X)      20,304         (X)
Mineral fuels                       2         (X)          59         (X)
Other, reexports                   40         (X)         400         (X)
Timing adjustment                 (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)

(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-95-207), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, SEPTEMBER 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.