
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED


EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 1999 AND 1998 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.)

                              
                                  1999

            Item(1)                May                  April
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     54,949     80,901     56,256     80,223

Net Adjustments                    -1,108        207       -994        271

Total Census Basis (2)             56,058     80,694     57,250     79,952

Manufactured goods (3)             45,982     69,090     46,837     69,056
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,553      3,168      3,755      3,259
Mineral fuels (3)                     772      6,005        801      5,436

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,195      6,483      3,137      6,475
  Airplane parts                    1,258        500      1,250        520
  Airplanes                         2,704        752      2,887        635
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             39        188         34        174
  Aluminum                            295        582        273        602
  Animal feeds                        249         42        266         44
  Artwork/antiques                    103        297        154        502
  Basketware, etc.                    221        339        247        346
  Cereal flour                         93        115        102        115
  Chemicals - cosmetics               395        248        393        235
  Chemicals - dyeing                  315        229        306        237

  Chemicals - fertilizers             250        123        244        164
  Chemicals - inorganic               407        467        353        430
  Chemicals - medicinal               876      1,102        909      1,027
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  911        420        937        419
  Chemicals - organic               1,200      1,484      1,224      1,685
  Chemicals - plastics              1,389        772      1,357        749
  Cigarettes                          246         11        260         12
  Clothing                            725      3,675        736      3,702
  Coal                                169         42        186         68
  Coffee                                         206          1        229
  Copper                               95        237        103        253
  Cork, wood, lumber                  352        765        363        768
  Corn                                391          6        457         47
  Cotton, raw and linters              80         35         57         30
  Crude fertilizers                   121        107        132        110
  Crude oil                            59      4,003        105      3,486

  Electrical machinery              5,855      6,945      5,983      6,829
  Fish and preparations               180        718        182        596
  Footwear                             56      1,159         61      1,030
  Furniture and bedding               358      1,286        356      1,327
  Gem diamonds                         23        733         22        637
  General industrial mach           2,498      2,638      2,572      2,773
  Glass                               175        165        193        160
  Glassware                            60        148         55        146
  Gold, nonmonetary                   181        247        321        231
  Hides and skins                      80          9         84          7
  Iron and steel mill prod            395      1,178        422      1,012
  Jewelry                              78        449        117        420
  Lighting, plumbing                  102        360        111        323
  Liquified propane/butane             14         54          9         53
  Live animals                         39        109         49        138

  Meat and preparations               470        277        534        277
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          924      1,188        928      1,169
  Metal ores; scrap                   255        265        284        276
  Metalworking machinery              425        555        405        571
  Mineral fuels, other                214        108        196         81
  Natural gas                          17        452         17        487
  Nickel                               26         69         27         52
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 88        103        104         81
  Optical goods                       179        287        158        260
  Paper and paperboard                774      1,066        834      1,080
  Petroleum preparations              279      1,238        265      1,155
  Photographic equipment              310        414        270        469
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            556        583        527        568

  Platinum                             28        214         33        408
  Pottery                              10        123          9        123
  Power generating mach.            2,542      2,493      2,588      2,531
  Printed materials                   363        248        356        257
  Pulp and waste paper                280        187        273        174
  Records/magnetic media              465        336        476        355
  Rice                                 51         17         70         16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             114        145        112        151
  Rubber tires and tubes              183        393        185        378
  Scientific instruments            2,036      1,353      2,085      1,395
  Ships, boats                        163         79        118         88
  Silver and bullion                   22         55         21         51

  Soybeans                            207          4        289          7
  Spacecraft                            1         65        162          1
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,065      1,932      2,098      1,915
  Sugar                                           60                    59
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,872      3,706      1,860      3,625
  Textile yearn, fabric               792      1,103        790      1,123
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             166         50        148         55
  Toys/games/sporting goods           269      1,427        269      1,310
  Travel goods                         27        336         28        306
  Vegetables and fruits               610        917        554        904
  Vehicles                          4,783     11,805      4,945     11,690
  Watches/clocks/parts                 27        255         28        245
  Wheat                               296         30        299         19
  Wood manufactures                   146        612        144        596

Re-exports                          4,008                 3,940        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            117                   126        (X)
  Manufactured goods                3,853                 3,780        (X)
  Mineral fuels                         2                     1        (X)
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                                                1998

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    274,550    392,027    282,302    368,389

Net Adjustments                    -5,206      1,088     -3,747      1,934

Total Census Basis (2)            279,756    390,939    286,049    366,455

Manufactured goods (3)            227,981    340,595    231,608    314,444
Agricultural commodities (3)       18,870     15,713     21,925     15,506
Mineral fuels (3)                   3,514     23,411      4,627     25,169

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    16,180     32,129     16,448     29,973
  Airplane parts                    6,467      2,477      5,913      2,338
  Airplanes                        14,388      3,091     12,905      2,460
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            159        874        141        816
  Aluminum                          1,430      2,646      1,500      2,641
  Animal feeds                      1,420        222      2,043        261
  Artwork/antiques                    470      2,041        496      1,601
  Basketware, etc.                  1,149      1,652      1,050      1,517
  Cereal flour                        515        577        479        532
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,959      1,187      1,980      1,148
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,448      1,064      1,459      1,049

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,201        753      1,206        758
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,804      2,004      1,971      2,102
  Chemicals - medicinal             4,536      5,148      3,613      4,109
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                4,509      2,070      4,661      2,136
  Chemicals - organic               5,984      8,631      6,653      7,958
  Chemicals - plastics              6,717      3,672      7,188      3,626
  Cigarettes                        1,463         61      1,784         41
  Clothing                          3,476     20,335      3,488     19,184
  Coal                                915        281      1,373        277
  Coffee                                4      1,217          4      1,601
  Copper                              471      1,235        590      1,321
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,815      3,385      1,721      3,132
  Corn                              2,063        134      1,881        113
  Cotton, raw and linters             339         86      1,249          6
  Crude fertilizers                   613        506        669        581
  Crude oil                           295     14,993        554     16,761

  Electrical machinery             29,408     33,304     27,145     32,758
  Fish and preparations             1,009      3,162        844      3,113
  Footwear                            300      5,679        299      5,646
  Furniture and bedding             1,804      6,453      1,770      5,449
  Gem diamonds                         78      3,643         45      3,526
  General industrial mach          12,417     13,013     12,871     12,143
  Glass                               866        764        867        716
  Glassware                           282        666        295        607
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,188      1,277      1,980      1,716
  Hides and skins                     410         42        514         49
  Iron and steel mill prod          1,994      5,325      2,457      6,599
  Jewelry                             421      2,049        265      1,932
  Lighting, plumbing                  507      1,531        563      1,243
  Liquified propane/butane             87        282         86        478
  Live animals                        189        614        238        742

  Meat and preparations             2,430      1,256      2,774      1,128
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        4,511      5,762      4,515      5,535
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,300      1,369      1,515      1,713
  Metalworking machinery            2,003      2,834      2,327      3,167
  Mineral fuels, other                961        417      1,185        459
  Natural gas                          88      2,404        110      2,217
  Nickel                              137        316        157        460
  Oils/fats, vegetable                556        488        788        525
  Optical goods                       823      1,239        766      1,097
  Paper and paperboard              3,982      5,346      4,377      5,314
  Petroleum preparations            1,073      4,614      1,265      4,603
  Photographic equipment            1,361      2,148      1,434      2,197
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          2,552      2,771      2,288      2,502

  Platinum                            178      1,649        155      1,148
  Pottery                              46        608         40        642
  Power generating mach.           12,667     12,644     11,534     11,274
  Printed materials                 1,783      1,218      1,885      1,190
  Pulp and waste paper              1,323        918      1,464      1,043
  Records/magnetic media            2,391      1,672      2,470      1,633
  Rice                                428         83        523         81
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             557        712        551        686
  Rubber tires and tubes              963      1,857      1,077      1,651
  Scientific instruments           10,192      6,699     10,406      6,155
  Ships, boats                        622        460        702        581
  Silver and bullion                  111        276        470        293

  Soybeans                          1,772         19      2,225         27
  Spacecraft                          219         66        448         14
  Specialized ind. mach.            9,889      9,549     12,067      9,986
  Sugar                                 1        237          1        250
  Television, VCR, etc.             9,482     16,993      9,717     15,490
  Textile yearn, fabric             3,784      5,392      3,916      5,277
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             720        292        731        383
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,299      6,047      1,471      5,868
  Travel goods                        134      1,509        129      1,523
  Vegetables and fruits             2,881      4,461      2,922      3,948
  Vehicles                         22,857     58,904     24,811     49,518
  Watches/clocks/parts                137      1,151        117      1,169
  Wheat                             1,343        127      1,478        135
  Wood manufactures                   693      2,732        743      2,171

Re-exports                         19,552                18,360        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            625                   664        (X)
  Manufactured goods               18,725                17,484        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        31                    36        (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-99-137), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, May 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.