
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
                                   December                November
         Item(1)             Exports     Imports     Exports      Imports

Balance of Payment Basis      50,289      59,744  (R) 49,741  (R)  63,882
Net Adjustments                 -816         218  (R)   -811  (R)     309
Total Census Basis            51,105      59,527  (R) 50,552  (R)  63,573

Agricultural commodities       5,276       2,374       5,146        2,456

Animal feeds                     316          40         329           48
Bulbs                              6          22           6           15
Cereal flour                     104          87         101          113
Cocoa                              3          90           4           54
Coffee                           (Z)         229           1          235
Corn                             697           8         725            8
Cotton, raw and linters          494           1         292            2
Dairy products; eggs              71          75          55           65
Furskins, raw                      7           8           5            1
Grains, unmilled                 112          15          51           19
Hides and skins                  120           9         128           10
Live animals                      78         110          70          152
Meat and preparations            572         180         609          174
Oils/fats, animals                54           1          50            2
Oils/fats, vegetable              77          83         114           97
Plants                            10          12          24           15
Rice                              94          13          85           12
Seeds                             39          13          29           16
Soybeans                         665           4         602            4
Sugar                              1          29         (-)           32
Tobacco, unmanufactured          141          83         152           54
Vegetables and fruit             590         554         658          493
Wheat                            537          15         554           17
Other agricultural               491         692         499          819
                                                
Manufactured goods            39,121      50,227 (R)  38,888       54,187

ADP equip.; office mach        3,961       6,116       3,393        5,946
Airplanes                      1,202         251       1,129          209
Airplane parts                   957         189         859          170
Aluminum                         295         364         295          406
Artwork/antiques                  88         209          88          214
Basketware, etc.                 162         228         175          247
Chemicals - cosmetics            291         176         317          202
Chemicals - dyeing               187         159         199          158
Chemicals - fertilizers          248         131         261          127
Chemicals - inorganic            427         342         351          375
Chemicals - medicinal            540         498         571          481
Chemicals - organic            1,324       1,006       1,282        1,027
Chemicals - plastics           1,179         532       1,177          566
Chemicals - n.e.s.               753         340         744          342
Clothing                         474       2,459         551        2,956
Copper                           116         268         140          256
Electrical machinery           4,451       6,393       4,745        7,081
Footwear                          62         839          55          913
Furniture and parts              242         667         274          738
Gem diamonds                      11         372           8          533
General industrial mach        2,133       1,822       2,042        1,966
Glass                            122         105         143          119
Glassware                         55          96          62          120
Gold, nonmonetary                228         178         269          196
Iron and steel mill prod         494         873         470          956
Lighting, plumbing               111         179         122          206
Metal manufactures, n.e.s        650         757         686          830
Metalworking machinery           457         522         417          507
Motorcycles, bicycles            130         226         155          275
Nickel                            28          93          23           93
Optical goods                     90         187          95          182
Paper and paperboard             733       1,022         774        1,148
Photographic equipment           282         391         257          452
Plastic articles, n.e.s.         295         378         317          428
Platinum                          23         138          20          147
Pottery                            7         109           9          137
Power generating mach.         1,917       1,535       1,885        1,686
Printed materials                389         202         364          229
Records/magnetic media           613         302         556          333
Rubber articles, n.e.s.           67         104          75          121
Rubber tires and tubes           150         229         172          253
Scientific instruments         1,701         941       1,593        1,025
Ships, boats                     114          61          73           67
Silver and bullion                31          46          23           59
Spacecraft                       182         (-)         175          (-)
Specialized ind. mach.         2,159       1,423       1,985        1,410
Telecommunications equip.      1,767       2,501       1,671        3,066
Textile yarn, fabric             561         704         605          772
Toys/games/sporting goods        298         967         322        1,314
Travel goods                      21         206          21          277
Vehicles/new cars-Canada         537       1,915         571        2,305
Vehicles/new cars-Japan          319       1,568         255        1,327
Vehicles/new cars-Other          458       2,104         280        1,729
Vehicles/trucks                  459         962         507          994
Vehicles/chassis/bodies           25          33          30           46
Vehicles/parts                 1,650       1,488       1,888        1,673
Watches/clocks/parts              24         174          21          252
Wood manufactures                145         285         141          307
Zinc                               5          65           5           66
Other manufactured goods       2,724       3,802 (R) 3,196.3        4,170

Mineral fuel                   1,087       4,978         870        4,838

Coal                             365          61         324           66
Crude oil                        (-)       3,599           1        3,431
Petroleum preparations           415         755         266          837
Liquified propane/butane          30          88          29           63
Natural gas                       21         289          15          256
Electricity                        7          56           3           53
Other mineral fuels              248         131         233          133

Selected  commodities:                                              
Fish and preparations            181         558         199          597
Cork, wood, lumber               428         468         426          510
Pulp and waste paper             454         314         422          373
Metal ores; scrap                377         292         379          362
Crude fertilizers                116          86         118           84
Cigarettes                       394           6         435            7
Alcoholic bev., distilled         39         121          32          163
All other                        321         102         309          122

Reexports                      3,311         (X)       3,338          (X)

Agricultural commodities         106         (X)          90          (X)
Manufactured goods             3,149         (X)       3,199          (X)
Mineral fuels                     16         (X)           8          (X)
Other, reexports                  39         (X)          40          (X)
Timing adjustment                (X)         (X)         -10         -126
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                              Annual 1995 DATA
         Item(1)             Exports     Imports

Balance of Payment Basis     574,878     749,347
Net Adjustments               -8,987       5,917
Total Census Basis           583,865     743,430

Agricultural commodities      54,889      29,261

Animal feeds                   3,674         473
Bulbs                            110         283
Cereal flour                   1,164       1,084
Cocoa                             39         723
Coffee                            15       2,985
Corn                           7,533          66
Cotton, raw and linters        3,714          29
Dairy products; eggs             776         620
Furskins, raw                    127          59
Grains, unmilled                 717         176
Hides and skins                1,620         140
Live animals                     519       1,727
Meat and preparations          6,456       2,316
Oils/fats, animals               790          24
Oils/fats, vegetable           1,294       1,157
Plants                           120         131
Rice                             996         121
Seeds                            322         173
Soybeans                       5,425          32
Sugar                              5         679
Tobacco, unmanufactured        1,400         555
Vegetables and fruit           7,100       6,581
Wheat                          5,457         238
Other agricultural             5,515       8,889
                                                
Manufactured goods           451,070     629,632

ADP equip.; office mach       36,405      62,824
Airplanes                     13,599       3,552
Airplane parts                10,364       2,615
Aluminum                       3,779       5,819
Artwork/antiques               1,071       2,671
Basketware, etc.               1,996       2,940
Chemicals - cosmetics          3,833       2,310
Chemicals - dyeing             2,580       2,080
Chemicals - fertilizers        3,222       1,392
Chemicals - inorganic          4,518       4,655
Chemicals - medicinal          6,433       5,544
Chemicals - organic           16,106      13,325
Chemicals - plastics          14,950       7,152
Chemicals - n.e.s.             9,122       3,922
Clothing                       6,481      39,526
Copper                         1,728       2,984
Electrical machinery          52,987      75,170
Footwear                         671      12,106
Furniture and parts            3,119       8,339
Gem diamonds                     171       5,971
General industrial mach       24,322      24,113
Glass                          1,632       1,467
Glassware                        630       1,335
Gold, nonmonetary              5,075       2,153
Iron and steel mill prod       5,337      12,296
Lighting, plumbing             1,292       2,282
Metal manufactures, n.e.s      8,034      10,009
Metalworking machinery         4,627       5,925
Motorcycles, bicycles          1,785       2,821
Nickel                           284       1,196
Optical goods                  1,113       2,148
Paper and paperboard           9,575      12,472
Photographic equipment         3,349       5,146
Plastic articles, n.e.s.       3,845       5,103
Platinum                         318       1,694
Pottery                           99       1,666
Power generating mach.        21,761      20,486
Printed materials              4,323       2,588
Records/magnetic media         6,262       3,892
Rubber articles, n.e.s.          887       1,417
Rubber tires and tubes         1,857       3,144
Scientific instruments        18,570      11,572
Ships, boats                   1,186         817
Silver and bullion               666         579
Spacecraft                       656         169
Specialized ind. mach.        23,312      18,990
Telecommunications equip.     18,973      34,384
Textile yarn, fabric           7,183       9,985
Toys/games/sporting goods      3,558      13,081
Travel goods                     253       3,411
Vehicles/new cars-Canada       7,114      24,407
Vehicles/new cars-Japan        2,525      21,501
Vehicles/new cars-Other        4,411      18,029
Vehicles/trucks                5,579      11,259
Vehicles/chassis/bodies          441         435
Vehicles/parts                22,839      20,070
Watches/clocks/parts             247       2,785
Wood manufactures              1,633       3,687
Zinc                              58         924
Other manufactured goods      32,327      45,301

Mineral fuel                  10,338      59,206

Coal                           3,713         703
Crude oil                          1      42,799
Petroleum preparations         3,245       9,118
Liquified propane/butane         316         852
Natural gas                      266       3,275
Electricity                       47         856
Other mineral fuels            2,751       1,605

Selected  commodities:                      
Fish and preparations          3,177       6,741
Cork, wood, lumber             5,625       6,153
Pulp and waste paper           6,208       3,827
Metal ores; scrap              5,556       4,000
Crude fertilizers              1,524       1,174
Cigarettes                     4,770          64
Alcoholic bev., distilled        390       1,842
All other                      3,855       1,607

Reexports                     36,566         (X)

Agricultural commodities       1,174         (X)
Manufactured goods            34,838         (X)
Mineral fuels                    115         (X)
Other, reexports                 438         (X)
Timing adjustment               -103         -75
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                                              1994 DATA
                                   December                 Annual 
         Item(1)             Exports     Imports     Exports      Imports

Balance of Payment Basis      46,015      57,795     502,484      668,585
Net Adjustments                 -998         264     -10,143        5,329
Total Census Basis            47,013      57,531     512,626      663,256

Agricultural commodities       4,904       2,322      44,936       25,955

Animal feeds                     319          35       3,353          433
Bulbs                              8          17         112          238
Cereal flour                      96          81       1,159          970
Cocoa                              3          58          34          698
Coffee                             2         268          53        2,270
Corn                             561           6       4,197           85
Cotton, raw and linters          392           3       2,641           21
Dairy products; eggs              73          61         717          583
Furskins, raw                      6           5         131           78
Grains, unmilled                  61          17         695          181
Hides and skins                  132          12       1,391          126
Live animals                      49         102         587        1,392
Meat and preparations            500         181       5,195        2,627
Oils/fats, animals                74           2         566           21
Oils/fats, vegetable             153         111         963        1,051
Plants                            12          13         117          105
Rice                             104          12       1,009          130
Seeds                             46          14         315          152
Soybeans                         620           3       4,355           46
Sugar                            (Z)          21           5          552
Tobacco, unmanufactured          133         108       1,304          697
Vegetables and fruit             595         533       6,757        6,075
Wheat                            416          16       4,055          291
Other agricultural               551         644       5,225        7,134
                                                              
Manufactured goods            36,078      48,583     402,674      557,310

ADP equip.; office mach        3,280       5,104      30,867       52,058
Airplanes                      1,498         386      18,803        3,719
Airplane parts                   895         195       9,824        2,727
Aluminum                         252         494       2,787        4,943
Artwork/antiques                  75         210       1,184        2,432
Basketware, etc.                 159         223       1,816        2,588
Chemicals - cosmetics            299         187       3,537        1,998
Chemicals - dyeing               192         153       2,330        1,869
Chemicals - fertilizers          320         115       2,703        1,298
Chemicals - inorganic            373         407       4,067        4,087
Chemicals - medicinal            527         407       6,096        4,674
Chemicals - organic            1,240         930      12,789       10,805
Chemicals - plastics           1,100         532      12,485        5,941
Chemicals - n.e.s.               664         288       7,657        3,235
Clothing                         421       2,622       5,461       36,748
Copper                           130         225       1,266        2,295
Electrical machinery           3,886       5,155      44,454       57,750
Footwear                          58         843         646       11,712
Furniture and parts              266         649       3,131        7,565
Gem diamonds                      14         353         184        5,756
General industrial mach        1,997       1,808      21,813       21,330
Glass                            128         114       1,503        1,350
Glassware                         45          90         560        1,158
Gold, nonmonetary                311         139       5,689        1,933
Iron and steel mill prod         304       1,071       3,554       12,896
Lighting, plumbing               104         171       1,249        2,024
Metal manufactures, n.e.s        596         741       7,034        8,847
Metalworking machinery           383         474       3,897        4,596
Motorcycles, bicycles            128         228       1,515        2,322
Nickel                            23          87         210          735
Optical goods                     75         163         965        1,817
Paper and paperboard             662         806       7,448        9,066
Photographic equipment           248         400       3,016        4,676
Plastic articles, n.e.s.         288         381       3,574        4,517
Platinum                          28         143         306        1,325
Pottery                            8         118         104        1,555
Power generating mach.         1,811       1,692      20,346       19,543
Printed materials                337         204       3,971        2,234
Records/magnetic media           570         293       5,864        3,612
Rubber articles, n.e.s.           68         106         795        1,253
Rubber tires and tubes           129         266       1,614        3,034
Scientific instruments         1,524         887      16,475        9,963
Ships, boats                      81          55       1,165          808
Silver and bullion                53          37         256          488
Spacecraft                         2         (Z)         444          219
Specialized ind. mach.         1,755       1,476      19,677       16,733
Telecommunications equip.      1,571       2,720      15,872       32,418
Textile yarn, fabric             543         758       6,445        9,207
Toys/games/sporting goods        263         846       3,079       11,824
Travel goods                      17         217         233        3,085
Vehicles/new cars-Canada         512       2,113       7,465       21,687
Vehicles/new cars-Japan          223       2,024       1,787       24,020
Vehicles/new cars-Other          656       1,894       5,824       13,470
Vehicles/trucks                  517         967       5,128       10,355
Vehicles/chassis/bodies           35          42         427          429
Vehicles/parts                 1,849       1,492      21,314       19,609
Watches/clocks/parts              23         189         276        2,641
Wood manufactures                141         264       1,543        3,390
Zinc                               4         105          47          787
Other manufactured goods       2,417       3,523      28,102       42,156

Mineral fuel                     944       4,615       8,911       56,391

Coal                             268          58       2,966          646
Crude oil                        (-)       3,248          49       38,479
Petroleum preparations           411         692       3,167       10,270
Liquified propane/butane          20          89         195          873
Natural gas                       31         349         254        3,937
Electricity                        5          75          31          973
Other mineral fuels              208         106       2,248        1,213

Selected  commodities:                                        
Fish and preparations            174         573       3,036        6,590
Cork, wood, lumber               457         505       5,572        6,680
Pulp and waste paper             437         251       3,794        2,315
Metal ores; scrap                358         281       3,713        3,262
Crude fertilizers                134          95       1,446        1,026
Cigarettes                       437           5       4,965           70
Alcoholic bev., distilled         34         151         355        1,826
All other                        275         150       3,243        1,831

Reexports                      2,783         (X)      29,981          (X)

Agricultural commodities          88         (X)         987          (X)
Manufactured goods             2,645         (X)      28,383          (X)
Mineral fuels                     11         (X)          78          (X)
Other, reexports                  40         (X)         532          (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-96-27), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, DECEMBER 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
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