
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED


EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 1998 AND 1997 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.)


                                                   1998 DATA
                                         April                   March
           Item(1)                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     56,159      76,231      61,447      78,702
Net Adjustments                      -656         318        -882         508
Total Census Basis (2)             56,815      75,913      62,329      78,194

Manufactured goods (3)             46,211      65,224      50,488      67,796
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,141       3,246       4,628       3,352
Mineral fuels (3)                     874       5,129         863       4,770

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machin      3,170       5,972       3,736       6,778
  Airplane parts                    1,297         462       1,218         490
  Airplanes                         2,256         492       3,416         532
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             29         173          27         178
  Aluminum                            299         526         315         536
  Animal feeds                        377          51         458          55
  Artwork/antiques                     97         379          94         371
  Basketware, etc.                    221         345         220         301
  Cereal flour                        100         111          99         113
  Chemicals - cosmetics               397         233         444         262
  Chemicals - dyeing                  292         225         306         232

  Chemicals - fertilizers             259         174         263         165
  Chemicals - inorganic               416         391         380         478
  Chemicals - medicinal               671         856         707         904
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  963         445         976         456
  Chemicals - organic               1,294       1,757       1,356       1,729
  Chemicals - plastics              1,401         731       1,568         784
  Cigarettes                          333          10         374          10
  Clothing                            713       3,621         760       3,923
  Coal                                264          61         280          58
  Coffee                                1         289           1         341
  Copper                              124         273         135         278
  Cork, wood, lumber                  319         667         377         679
  Corn                                327          69         417          28
  Cotton, raw and linters             234           1         309         (-)
  Crude fertilizers                   140          92         135         120
  Crude oil                            77       3,576          53       3,204

  Electrical machinery              5,381       6,608       5,707       7,163
  Fish and preparations               138         618         247         589
  Footwear                             64       1,040          68       1,082
  Furniture and bedding               366       1,151         387       1,151
  Gem diamonds                          8         631           5         763
  General industrial mach           2,643       2,638       2,746       2,665
  Glass                               172         150         173         154
  Glassware                            58         127          68         133
  Gold, nonmonetary                   287         314         408         384
  Hides and skins                     102          11         126          10
  Iron and steel mill prod            506       1,410         520       1,286
  Jewelry                              64         419          56         431
  Lighting, plumbing                  112         267         121         237
  Liquified propane/butane             14          89          17          76
  Live animals                         55         158          39         157

  Meat and preparations               575         223         571         241
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          902       1,164         967       1,150
  Metal ores; scrap                   332         351         306         370
  Metalworking machinery              426         666         507         703
  Mineral fuels, other                234          76         243          91
  Natural gas                          21         321          28         373
  Nickel                               29          93          31         113
  Oils/fats, vegetable                139         108         152         116
  Optical goods                       149         232         166         240
  Paper and paperboard                877       1,085         913       1,100
  Petroleum preparations              252         920         230         893
  Photographic equipment              288         481         323         500
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            468         534         477         513

  Platinum                             38         396          26         183
  Pottery                               9         133           8         138
  Power generating mach.            2,272       2,388       2,469       2,491
  Printed materials                   392         256         403         254
  Pulp and waste paper                309         209         307         219
  Records/magnetic media              499         345         571         340
  Rice                                 92          17         120          16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             115         143         113         151
  Rubber tires and tubes              216         340         242         369
  Scientific instruments            2,041       1,322       2,309       1,364
  Ships, boats                        111          88         100         171
  Silver and bullion                   63          57          91          59

  Soybeans                            253          11         406           6
  Spacecraft                          111         (-)         272          14
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,488       2,139       2,643       2,277
  Sugar                               (-)          62         (-)          29
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,912       3,206       2,165       3,265
  Textile yearn, fabric               774       1,111         845       1,104
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             199         123         158          64
  Toys/games/sporting goods           312       1,261         333       1,187
  Travel goods                         24         311          30         298
  Vegetables and fruits               603         800         616         912
  Vehicles                          5,237      10,402       5,401      11,024
  Watches/clocks/parts                 24         277          25         238
  Wheat                               262          25         271          32
  Wood manufactures                   147         480         149         448

Re-exports                          3,707         (X)       4,073         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            141         (X)         148         (X)
  Manufactured goods                3,526         (X)       3,891         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         5         (X)           3         (X)
_______________________________________________________________________

                                  Cumulative 1998         Cumulative 1997
           Item(1)                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    226,748     294,974     220,172     277,622
Net Adjustments                    -2,981       1,629      -2,953       3,161
Total Census Basis (2)            229,730     293,345     223,125     274,461

Manufactured goods (3)            185,146     251,560     176,668     226,779
Agricultural commodities (3)       18,102      12,608      19,017      11,927
Mineral fuels (3)                   3,585      20,438       4,085      27,129

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machin     13,336      24,093      13,693      22,722
  Airplane parts                    4,732       1,784       4,194       1,489
  Airplanes                        10,021       1,780       8,268       1,045
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            107         634         112         647
  Aluminum                          1,192       2,131       1,255       1,767
  Animal feeds                      1,736         214       1,773         198
  Artwork/antiques                    390       1,306         325       1,101
  Basketware, etc.                    833       1,204         803       1,006
  Cereal flour                        383         423         391         378
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,590         926       1,614         814
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,144         847       1,044         797

  Chemicals - fertilizers             902         619       1,036         551
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,559       1,619       1,664       1,706
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,826       3,282       2,643       2,649
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                3,716       1,712       3,657       1,663
  Chemicals - organic               5,341       6,574       5,363       5,716
  Chemicals - plastics              5,763       2,894       5,560       2,665
  Cigarettes                        1,378          34       1,400          22
  Clothing                          2,762      15,464       2,686      13,569
  Coal                              1,081         224       1,159         196
  Coffee                                4       1,332           2       1,145
  Copper                              482       1,057         490       1,058
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,383       2,509       1,849       2,615
  Corn                              1,547         105       2,227          74
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,095           3       1,130           7
  Crude fertilizers                   525         442         521         473
  Crude oil                           338      13,656         363      18,130

  Electrical machinery             21,815      26,393      20,593      24,804
  Fish and preparations               717       2,435         920       2,113
  Footwear                            243       4,515         281       4,515
  Furniture and bedding             1,403       4,339       1,223       3,464
  Gem diamonds                         37       2,824          28       2,312
  General industrial mach          10,178       9,706       9,954       8,786
  Glass                               681         569         717         572
  Glassware                           245         484         256         467
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,607       1,295       2,580       1,075
  Hides and skins                     418          40         531          47
  Iron and steel mill prod          2,010       5,067       1,817       4,686
  Jewelry                             215       1,525         252       1,358
  Lighting, plumbing                  461         970         430         854
  Liquified propane/butane             75         386         127         509
  Live animals                        201         603         173         548

  Meat and preparations             2,177         917       2,142         865
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        3,617       4,381       3,258       3,960
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,231       1,351       1,357       1,251
  Metalworking machinery            1,906       2,538       1,690       2,449
  Mineral fuels, other                956         376       1,119         810
  Natural gas                          98       1,948          86       2,006
  Nickel                              122         377         111         393
  Oils/fats, vegetable                671         438         438         460
  Optical goods                       595         868         550         785
  Paper and paperboard              3,503       4,222       3,418       3,613
  Petroleum preparations              985       3,561       1,194       5,190
  Photographic equipment            1,136       1,784       1,317       1,661
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          1,813       1,979       1,603       1,781

  Platinum                            121         942         103         474
  Pottery                              32         518          32         485
  Power generating mach.            9,190       8,986       9,023       8,154
  Printed materials                 1,500         961       1,456         866
  Pulp and waste paper              1,174         864       1,214         880
  Records/magnetic media            2,008       1,311       2,280       1,274
  Rice                                457          67         357          70
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             435         548         389         508
  Rubber tires and tubes              877       1,310         799       1,075
  Scientific instruments            8,335       4,926       7,658       4,246
  Ships, boats                        473         504         398         386
  Silver and bullion                  422         242          75         162

  Soybeans                          2,023          20       2,719          28
  Spacecraft                          448          66         183         (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            9,737       8,005       8,989       6,756
  Sugar                                 1         183           1         331
  Television, VCR, etc.             7,780      12,056       7,105      10,454
  Textile yearn, fabric             3,110       4,195       2,883       3,734
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             582         316         588         415
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,179       4,596       1,215       4,072
  Travel goods                        100       1,204         115       1,137
  Vegetables and fruits             2,281       3,256       2,277       3,070
  Vehicles                         20,192      40,140      18,522      37,806
  Watches/clocks/parts                 93         909          97         767
  Wheat                             1,228         107       1,166         137
  Wood manufactures                   603       1,701         638       1,378

Re-exports                         14,746         (X)      14,864         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            545         (X)         529         (X)
  Manufactured goods               14,030         (X)      14,100         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        31         (X)          69         (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-98-101), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, APRIL 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.