
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1998

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 14a. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 1998 DATA January - April

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(X) Not applicable.

             Item (1)               January             February
                                    Exports   Imports   Exports   Imports

Balance of Payment Basis              54,535    70,804    54,426    68,621
Net Adjustments                         -637       580      -808       228
Total Census Basis (2)                55,172    70,224    55,234    68,394

Manufactured goods (3)                44,189    59,373    44,323    58,710
Agricultural commodities (3)           4,693     3,014     4,634     2,976
Mineral fuels (3)                      1,056     5,645       855     4,587

Selected commodities (3)            

  ADP equipment; office mach           3,267     5,730     3,163     5,583
  Airplane parts                       1,097       379     1,106       448
  Airplanes                            2,076       352     2,296       362
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled                25       134        25       147
  Aluminum                               311       572       265       516
  Animal feeds                           461        56       444        52
  Artwork/antiques                       101       349        94       206
  Basketware, etc.                       193       300       200       257
  Cereal flour                            88       100        96        99
  Chemicals - cosmetics                  379       207       373       224
  Chemicals - dyeing                     265       184       282       205

  Chemicals - fertilizers                201       137       226       143
  Chemicals - inorganic                  391       401       383       352
  Chemicals - medicinal                  744       770       679       771
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                     910       401       893       414
  Chemicals - organic                  1,466     1,662     1,249     1,451
  Chemicals - plastics                 1,441       692     1,361       692
  Cigarettes                             338         6       324         7
  Clothing                               611     4,054       678     3,871
  Coal                                   301        58       224        45
  Coffee                                   2       328                 375
  Copper                                 101       250       120       241
  Cork, wood, lumber                     342       559       343       606
  Corn                                   398         5       414         4
  Cotton, raw and linters                265         1       284         1
  Crude fertilizers                      129       131       121       100
  Crude oil                              162     3,881       125     3,002

  Electrical machinery                 5,471     6,297     5,282     6,323
  Fish and preparations                  103       650       230       578
  Footwear                                54     1,226        56     1,164
  Furniture and bedding                  318     1,016       333     1,022
  Gem diamonds                            16       746         8       685
  General industrial mach              2,369     2,148     2,437     2,246
  Glass                                  169       133       171       131
  Glassware                               55       109        58       115
  Gold, nonmonetary                      601       287       312       338
  Hides and skins                         89        10       100         9
  Iron and steel mill prod               501     1,227       479     1,142
  Jewelry                                 48       333        49       341
  Lighting, plumbing                     115       239       112       227
  Liquified propane/butane                26       110        20       111
  Live animals                            55       151        50       136

  Meat and preparations                  519       236       520       217
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.             870     1,051       880     1,011
  Metal ores; scrap                      298       319       287       315
  Metalworking machinery                 518       631       455       541
  Mineral fuels, other                   237       119       239        90
  Natural gas                             28       523        21       406
  Nickel                                  31       107        32        64
  Oils/fats, vegetable                   208       103       172        95
  Optical goods                          139       205       147       189
  Paper and paperboard                   878     1,035       843       999
  Petroleum preparations                 290       886       213       871
  Photographic equipment                 265       398       264       405
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.               435       471       434       458

  Platinum                                30       186        27       172
  Pottery                                  7       128         8       119
  Power generating mach.               2,310     2,011     2,159     2,080
  Printed materials                      366       223       349       226
  Pulp and waste paper                   284       234       272       202
  Records/magnetic media                 476       321       462       307
  Rice                                    96        17       143        16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.                103       126       105       128
  Rubber tires and tubes                 203       293       217       310
  Scientific instruments               1,960     1,089     2,048     1,145
  Ships, boats                           144       114       118       132
  Silver and bullion                      88        46       188        80

  Soybeans                               673         2       691         1
  Spacecraft                             (-)       (-)        65       (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.               2,323     1,801     2,275     1,781
  Sugar                                             35                  57
  Television, VCR, etc.                1,837     2,796     1,847     2,794
  Textile yearn, fabric                  728     1,012       761       971
  Tobacco, unmanufactured                114        73       111        54
  Toys/games/sporting goods              256     1,163       275       987
  Travel goods                            22       299        22       298
  Vegetables and fruits                  536       786       524       752
  Vehicles                             4,341     8,867     4,990     9,475
  Watches/clocks/parts                    21       206        22       188
  Wheat                                  396        23       279        29
  Wood manufactures                      148       378       156       395

Re-exports                             3,460       (X)     3,547       (X)
  Agricultural commodities               120       (X)       138       (X)
  Manufactured goods                   3,289       (X)     3,364       (X)
  Mineral fuels                           13       (X)        10       (X)
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             Item (1)                March               April
                                    Exports   Imports   Exports   Imports

Balance of Payment Basis              61,410    78,606    56,014    76,068
Net Adjustments                         -887       511      -660       325
Total Census Basis (2)                62,297    78,096    56,675    75,744

Manufactured goods (3)                50,633    67,628    46,085    65,140
Agricultural commodities (3)           4,633     3,350     4,120     3,241
Mineral fuels (3)                        905     4,770       896     5,056

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office mach           3,740     6,773     3,161     5,972
  Airplane parts                       1,227       498     1,293       466
  Airplanes                            3,392       490     2,265       525
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled                28       180        28       173
  Aluminum                               321       529       301       525
  Animal feeds                           456        54       374        52
  Artwork/antiques                        94       374        96       380
  Basketware, etc.                       219       301       222       345
  Cereal flour                            99       112       100       111
  Chemicals - cosmetics                  445       265       395       233
  Chemicals - dyeing                     309       234       289       224

  Chemicals - fertilizers                257       163       259       174
  Chemicals - inorganic                  371       480       416       389
  Chemicals - medicinal                  706       881       668       844
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                     969       457       959       444
  Chemicals - organic                  1,344     1,712     1,278     1,754
  Chemicals - plastics                 1,558       781     1,399       727
  Cigarettes                             375        10       331        10
  Clothing                               761     3,920       706     3,616
  Coal                                   276        58       267        61
  Coffee                                   1       341         1       289
  Copper                                 136       278       123       271
  Cork, wood, lumber                     378       677       318       664
  Corn                                   407        28       328        69
  Cotton, raw and linters                304                 234         1
  Crude fertilizers                      135       122       137        92
  Crude oil                               85     3,129       100     3,412

  Electrical machinery                 5,717     7,173     5,386     6,620
  Fish and preparations                  248       589       135       616
  Footwear                                68     1,088        64     1,032
  Furniture and bedding                  390     1,151       367     1,150
  Gem diamonds                             5       770         8       618
  General industrial mach              2,749     2,676     2,646     2,630
  Glass                                  175       154       174       151
  Glassware                               68       133        57       127
  Gold, nonmonetary                      407       369       296       333
  Hides and skins                        127        10       101        11
  Iron and steel mill prod               519     1,293       505     1,408
  Jewelry                                 56       431        63       418
  Lighting, plumbing                     122       237       110       267
  Liquified propane/butane                14        76        13        89
  Live animals                            38       157        54       158

  Meat and preparations                  578       241       566       223
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.             973     1,150       910     1,168
  Metal ores; scrap                      306       365       329       351
  Metalworking machinery                 506       703       428       657
  Mineral fuels, other                   260        90       232        77
  Natural gas                             28       448        20       416
  Nickel                                  30       113        27        92
  Oils/fats, vegetable                   152       119       139       105
  Optical goods                          160       241       150       231
  Paper and paperboard                   927     1,100       861     1,085
  Petroleum preparations                 230       894       257       914
  Photographic equipment                 326       499       287       478
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.               480       513       464       533

  Platinum                                26       184        33       390
  Pottery                                  8       139         9       133
  Power generating mach.               2,482     2,511     2,291     2,386
  Printed materials                      399       254       390       257
  Pulp and waste paper                   310       220       307       209
  Records/magnetic media                 570       337       498       344
  Rice                                   121        16        91        17
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.                114       152       117       142
  Rubber tires and tubes                 242       368       217       340
  Scientific instruments               2,323     1,370     2,049     1,315
  Ships, boats                           100       172       112        88
  Silver and bullion                      91        59        63        57

  Soybeans                               412         6       255        11
  Spacecraft                             272        14       111       (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.               2,653     2,286     2,474     2,151
  Sugar                                  (-)        29       (-)        62
  Television, VCR, etc.                2,176     3,281     1,909     3,236
  Textile yearn, fabric                  846     1,103       776     1,111
  Tobacco, unmanufactured                158        65       199       123
  Toys/games/sporting goods              340     1,186       313     1,261
  Travel goods                            30       298        24       309
  Vegetables and fruits                  620       913       608       796
  Vehicles                             5,468    10,873     5,096    10,271
  Watches/clocks/parts                    25       239        24       276
  Wheat                                  274        31       257        25
  Wood manufactures                      149       448       147       481

Re-exports                             4,068       (X)     3,703       (X)
  Agricultural commodities               141       (X)       140       (X)
  Manufactured goods                   3,892       (X)     3,523       (X)
  Mineral fuels                            2       (X)         5       (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 (98) (CB-99-109), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246), Foreign Trade Division.
