
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on 
the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping.  
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(R) Revised.)

                                                              
              Item(1)                December   November (R)    Monthly
                                       1998          1998       Change


Total, Balance of Payments Basis         56,552       57,110         -558
Net Adjustments                          -1,264       -1,602          338
Total, Census Basis                      57,816       58,712         -897

Foods, feeds, and beverages               4,105        3,850          254

Soybeans                                    415          436          -21
Corn                                        523          453           70
Wheat                                       383          312           71
Meat, poultry, etc.                         545          499           47
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                        281          279            2
Fish and shellfish                          240          223           17
Fruits,  frozen juices                      322          302           21
Sorghum, barley, oats                        45           50           -5
Nuts                                        117          119           -2
Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine               37           45           -8
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  38           37            1
Dairy products and eggs                      62           52           10
Other foods                                 312          301           11
Bakery products                             143          138            6
Wine and related products                    60           67           -7
Vegetables                                  248          247            1
Rice                                         91          122          -31
Oilseeds, food oils                         242          170           72

Industrial supplies and materials        11,698       12,420         -722

Finished textile supplies                   132          128            4
Petroleum products, other                   423          402           21
Chemicals-organic                         1,102        1,007           94
Logs and lumber                             322          356          -33
Steelmaking materials                       146          123           23
Plastic materials                           898          954          -55
Tapes, audio and visual                     188          207          -19
Fuel oil                                    105           75           30
Copper                                       76           87          -12
Crude oil                                    41           38            2
Pulpwood and woodpulp                       273          320          -47
Hides and skins                              84           88           -3
Nuclear fuel materials                       76          114          -37
Agriculture-manufactured, other              91           93           -2
Nonmonetary gold                            249          662         -413
Metallurgical grade coal                    157          174          -17
Newsprint                                   642          693          -52
Mineral supplies-manufactured               223          235          -13
Iron and steel mill products                215          201           13
Wood supplies, manufactured                  74           68            6
Natural gas liquids                          38           41           -2
Chemicals-inorganic                         299          330          -32
Cotton, raw                                 233          260          -27
Aluminum and alumina                        281          297          -16
Coal and fuels, other                       124           94           29
Nonferrous metals, other                    175          173            2
Manmade cloth                               310          327          -17
Tobacco, unmanufactured                     143          149           -6
Hair, waste materials                        34           42           -8
Shingles, molding, wallboard                159          155            4
Synthetic rubber-primary                    105          107           -3
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     72           62           10
Nonmetallic minerals                         26           27           -1
Electric energy                              26           31           -5
Gas-natural                                  14           16           -2
Nontextile floor tiles                       29           29          (-)
Chemicals-other                             980          997          -17
Leather and furs                             70           74           -3
Iron and steel products, other              229          240          -11
Industrial rubber products                  175          158           18
Cotton fiber cloth                          133          153          -19
Agric. industry-unmanufactured              141          145           -5
Agric. farming-unmanufactured               124          136          -12
Precious metals, other                      122          169          -47
Chemicals-fertilizers                       473          410           63
Finished metal shapes                       689          704          -15
Other industrial supplies                   977        1,070          -93

Capital goods, except automotive         26,097       25,798          299

Civilian aircraft                         3,376        3,497         -121
Engines-civilian aircraft                   896          849           47
Parts-civilian aircraft                   1,049        1,044            5
Drilling & oilfield equipment               637          760         -123
Telecommunications equipment              2,067        2,170         -103
Measuring, testing, control instru.       1,030        1,117          -88
Railway transportation equipment            165          184          -19
Business machines and equipment             284          273           11
Wood, glass, plastic                        238          227           10
Spacraft, exc. military                       1            1          (-)
Commercial vessels, other                    16           14            2
Vessels, exc. scrap                          10          (-)           10
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   85           86           -1
Specialized mining                           35           32            3
Marine engines, parts                        55           51            4
Laboratory testing instruments              334          308           27
Textile, sewing machines                     93           98           -6
Materials handling equipment                370          350           19
Food, tobacco machinery                     147          170          -22
Photo, service industry machinery           465          483          -18
Metalworking machine tools                  492          475           17
Excavating machinery                        455          376           79
Medicinal equipment                       1,033          978           56
Pulp and paper machinery                    247          218           29
Generators, accessories                     508          566          -57
Agricultural machinery, equipment           344          295           49
Electric apparatus                        1,781        1,761           19
Industrial engines                        1,007          959           49
Semiconductors                            3,549        3,225          324
Industrial machines, other                1,514        1,425           89
Computers                                   815          820           -6
Computer accessories                      3,001        2,986           15

Auto, vehicles, parts and engines         6,163        6,414         -251

Consumer goods                            6,606        6,614           -8

Pharmaceutical preparations                 900          886           14
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.             244          325          -81
Apparel, household goods - textile          784          780            4
Toys/games/sporting goods                   548          507           41
Gem diamonds                                264          253           12
Other household goods                       463          432           30
TV's, VCR's, etc.                           217          268          -52
Furniture, household goods, etc.            191          190            1
Nursery stock, etc.                          26           29           -4
Jewelry, etc                                169          189          -20
Toiletries and cosmetics                    276          273            4
Cookware, cutlery, tools                     60           60          (-)
Numismatic coins                              7            8           -2
Writing and art supplies                    391          371           21
Sports apparel and gear                      37           35            2
Pleasure boats and motors                   123          108           14
Books, printed matter                       342          335            7
Musical instruments                          89           88            2
Rugs                                        119          127           -8
Glassware, chinaware                         36           32            4
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          132          115           17
Records, tapes, and disks                   312          328          -15
Tobacco, manufactured                       321          302           19
Household appliances                        426          430           -4
Stereo equipment, etc.                      128          143          -15

Other goods                               3,148        3,616         -469
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              Item(1)                 Year To      Year To      Year To
                                       Date         Date         Date
                                       1998         1997        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis        671,055      679,325       -8,269
Net Adjustments                         -11,921       -9,858       -2,064
Total, Census Basis                     682,977      689,182       -6,206

Foods, feeds, and beverages              46,379       51,507       -5,128

Soybeans                                  4,947        7,506       -2,559
Corn                                      4,805        5,682         -877
Wheat                                     3,817        4,329         -512
Meat, poultry, etc.                       6,743        7,244         -501
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                      3,855        4,312         -457
Fish and shellfish                        2,348        2,790         -442
Fruits,  frozen juices                    3,697        3,957         -260
Sorghum, barley, oats                       632          831         -199
Nuts                                      1,472        1,576         -104
Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine              536          619          -83
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 491          557          -67
Dairy products and eggs                     710          767          -58
Other foods                               3,576        3,618          -41
Bakery products                           1,750        1,731           19
Wine and related products                   798          743           55
Vegetables                                2,937        2,736          201
Rice                                      1,262          983          279
Oilseeds, food oils                       2,003        1,526          477

Industrial supplies and materials       147,914      158,226      -10,312

Finished textile supplies                 1,512        3,155       -1,643
Petroleum products, other                 5,363        6,809       -1,446
Chemicals-organic                        13,100       14,521       -1,421
Logs and lumber                           3,962        5,154       -1,193
Steelmaking materials                     1,562        2,243         -681
Plastic materials                        11,662       12,263         -601
Tapes, audio and visual                   2,248        2,808         -561
Fuel oil                                  1,396        1,932         -535
Copper                                    1,143        1,621         -478
Crude oil                                   676        1,124         -448
Pulpwood and woodpulp                     3,596        4,013         -417
Hides and skins                           1,266        1,665         -399
Nuclear fuel materials                    1,076        1,475         -399
Agriculture-manufactured, other           1,179        1,519         -340
Nonmonetary gold                          5,413        5,703         -290
Metallurgical grade coal                  2,269        2,536         -267
Newsprint                                 8,540        8,772         -232
Mineral supplies-manufactured             2,962        3,149         -187
Iron and steel mill products              2,915        3,097         -182
Wood supplies, manufactured                 927        1,107         -181
Natural gas liquids                         391          555         -164
Chemicals-inorganic                       3,790        3,953         -163
Cotton, raw                               2,561        2,718         -157
Aluminum and alumina                      3,442        3,592         -149
Coal and fuels, other                     1,446        1,586         -140
Nonferrous metals, other                  2,151        2,280         -129
Manmade cloth                             4,210        4,328         -119
Tobacco, unmanufactured                   1,453        1,553         -101
Hair, waste materials                       542          618          -76
Shingles, molding, wallboard              1,899        1,969          -70
Synthetic rubber-primary                  1,384        1,452          -69
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    842          909          -67
Nonmetallic minerals                        386          445          -59
Electric energy                             185          228          -43
Gas-natural                                 243          275          -32
Nontextile floor tiles                      352          341           11
Chemicals-other                          11,267       11,254           13
Leather and furs                            904          888           16
Iron and steel products, other            2,854        2,823           31
Industrial rubber products                2,050        2,011           39
Cotton fiber cloth                        1,753        1,711           42
Agric. industry-unmanufactured            1,833        1,782           51
Agric. farming-unmanufactured             1,477        1,366          111
Precious metals, other                    2,017        1,809          209
Chemicals-fertilizers                     5,161        4,872          288
Finished metal shapes                     8,247        7,858          389
Other industrial supplies                12,309       10,383        1,926

Capital goods, except automotive        299,484      294,470        5,015

Civilian aircraft                        31,815       23,585        8,231
Engines-civilian aircraft                 9,966        7,800        2,166
Parts-civilian aircraft                  11,770        9,974        1,796
Drilling & oilfield equipment             8,144        7,046        1,098
Telecommunications equipment             24,984       23,995          989
Measuring, testing, control instru.      12,511       11,774          737
Railway transportation equipment          1,767        1,358          409
Business machines and equipment           3,449        3,288          161
Wood, glass, plastic                      2,891        2,832           58
Spacraft, exc. military                      67           15           52
Commercial vessels, other                   233          188           44
Vessels, exc. scrap                          78           68           10
Nonfarm tractors and parts                1,329        1,345          -16
Specialized mining                          529          563          -34
Marine engines, parts                       609          662          -53
Laboratory testing instruments            3,900        3,958          -58
Textile, sewing machines                  1,305        1,381          -76
Materials handling equipment              4,625        4,776         -150
Food, tobacco machinery                   1,975        2,147         -172
Photo, service industry machinery         5,767        5,960         -193
Metalworking machine tools                6,278        6,501         -223
Excavating machinery                      5,614        5,841         -227
Medicinal equipment                      11,914       12,155         -241
Pulp and paper machinery                  3,005        3,263         -258
Generators, accessories                   6,542        6,816         -274
Agricultural machinery, equipment         4,185        4,465         -279
Electric apparatus                       20,738       21,162         -424
Industrial engines                       11,608       12,615       -1,007
Semiconductors                           37,642       38,861       -1,219
Industrial machines, other               18,924       20,715       -1,791
Computers                                 9,955       11,837       -1,882
Computer accessories                     35,364       37,524       -2,160

Auto, vehicles, parts and engines        72,696       74,029       -1,333

Consumer goods                           79,502       77,446        2,057

Pharmaceutical preparations              10,729        9,261        1,468
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.           3,141        2,340          801
Apparel, household goods - textile        9,181        8,956          225
Toys/games/sporting goods                 6,083        5,861          222
Gem diamonds                              2,947        2,744          204
Other household goods                     5,252        5,079          174
TV's, VCR's, etc.                         3,549        3,411          138
Furniture, household goods, etc.          2,216        2,082          134
Nursery stock, etc.                         306          283           23
Jewelry, etc                              1,736        1,723           14
Toiletries and cosmetics                  3,380        3,385           -4
Cookware, cutlery, tools                    723          752          -29
Numismatic coins                             66          100          -34
Writing and art supplies                  4,454        4,495          -41
Sports apparel and gear                     473          520          -47
Pleasure boats and motors                 1,275        1,326          -52
Books, printed matter                     4,083        4,142          -59
Musical instruments                         999        1,059          -60
Rugs                                      1,485        1,558          -72
Glassware, chinaware                        494          591          -96
Apparel,household goods-nontextile        1,410        1,514         -104
Records, tapes, and disks                 3,746        3,871         -125
Tobacco, manufactured                     4,844        5,012         -168
Household appliances                      5,275        5,452         -177
Stereo equipment, etc.                    1,652        1,930         -278

Other goods                              37,001       33,505        3,496

(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-99-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, December 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.