
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)               June                   May
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     56,555     88,056  (R)55,446  (R)81,086

Net Adjustments                    -1,233        279  (R)-1,143    (R) 213

Total Census Basis (2)             57,789     87,777  (R)56,589  (R)80,873

Manufactured goods (3)             47,154     75,875     45,982     69,090
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,712      3,084      3,553      3,168
Mineral fuels (3)                     804      6,184        772      6,005

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,542      7,532      3,195      6,483
  Airplane parts                    1,297        536      1,258        500
  Airplanes                         2,638        708      2,704        752
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             35        233         39        188
  Aluminum                            313        588        295        582
  Animal feeds                        243         53        249         42
  Artwork/antiques                    115        254        103        297
  Basketware, etc.                    219        387        221        339
  Cereal flour                        106        122         93        115
  Chemicals - cosmetics               403        284        395        248
  Chemicals - dyeing                  319        230        315        229

  Chemicals - fertilizers             310         72        250        123
  Chemicals - inorganic               413        471        407        467
  Chemicals - medicinal               882      1,153        876      1,102
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  891        449        911        420
  Chemicals - organic               1,214      1,585      1,200      1,484
  Chemicals - plastics              1,393        789      1,389        772
  Cigarettes                          251          9        246         11
  Clothing                            711      5,099        725      3,675
  Coal                                208         56        169         42
  Coffee                                         218                   206
  Copper                               92        259         95        237
  Cork, wood, lumber                  369        807        352        765
  Corn                                491          2        391          6
  Cotton, raw and linters              83         22         80         35
  Crude fertilizers                   136        116        121        107
  Crude oil                            62      4,218         59      4,003

  Electrical machinery              6,102      7,656      5,855      6,945
  Fish and preparations               191        767        180        718
  Footwear                             62      1,348         56      1,159
  Furniture and bedding               358      1,319        358      1,286
  Gem diamonds                         25        793         23        733
  General industrial mach           2,399      2,809      2,498      2,638
  Glass                               184        180        175        165
  Glassware                            62        148         60        148
  Gold, nonmonetary                   322        208        181        247
  Hides and skins                      81          8         80          9
  Iron and steel mill prod            415      1,126        395      1,178
  Jewelry                              62        415         78        449
  Lighting, plumbing                  108        393        102        360
  Liquified propane/butane             18         43         14         54
  Live animals                         31        117         39        109
                              
  Meat and preparations               531        298        470        277
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          954      1,246        924      1,188
  Metal ores; scrap                   284        335        255        265
  Metalworking machinery              491        579        425        555
  Mineral fuels, other                237        111        214        108
  Natural gas                          16        412         17        452
  Nickel                               27         85         26         69
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 83         99         88        103
  Optical goods                       170        295        179        287
  Paper and paperboard                851      1,096        774      1,066
  Petroleum preparations              246      1,231        279      1,238
  Photographic equipment              287        518        310        414
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            543        610        556        583

  Platinum                             47        233         28        214
  Pottery                               8        144         10        123
  Power generating mach.            2,577      2,591      2,542      2,493
  Printed materials                   376        262        363        248
  Pulp and waste paper                267        182        280        187
  Records/magnetic media              454        375        465        336
  Rice                                 61         16         51         17
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             115        158        114        145
  Rubber tires and tubes              187        403        183        393
  Scientific instruments            2,105      1,591      2,036      1,353
  Ships, boats                        171         72        163         79
  Silver and bullion                   20         51         22         55

  Soybeans                            195          1        207          4
  Spacecraft                           99        103          1         65
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,104      1,908      2,065      1,932
  Sugar                                (-)        69         (-)        60
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,880      4,296      1,872      3,706
  Textile yearn, fabric               813      1,221        792      1,103
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              93         52        166         50
  Toys/games/sporting goods           252      1,531        269      1,427
  Travel goods                         29        412         27        336
  Vegetables and fruits               643        809        610        917
  Vehicles                          4,939     12,732      4,783     11,805
  Watches/clocks/parts                 24        276         27        255
  Wheat                               309         25        296         30
  Wood manufactures                   145        682        146        612

Re-exports                          4,317         (X)     4,008         (X)    
  Agricultural commodities            104         (X)       117         (X)    
  Manufactured goods                4,162         (X)     3,853         (X)    
  Mineral fuels                        14         (X)         2         (X)    
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                                     1998

            Item(1)            Cumulative                       Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    331,602    480,268    338,392    445,665

Net Adjustments                    -6,474      1,373     -4,651      2,293

Total Census Basis (2)            338,076    478,895    343,043    443,373

Manufactured goods (3)            275,135    416,469    278,185    381,128
Agricultural commodities (3)       22,581     18,797     25,817     18,554
Mineral fuels (3)                   4,318     29,595      5,462     29,910

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    19,722     39,661     20,021     36,425
  Airplane parts                    7,764      3,013      7,152      2,855
  Airplanes                        17,026      3,799     15,871      3,154
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            195      1,107        172      1,011
  Aluminum                          1,743      3,233      1,798      3,198
  Animal feeds                      1,663        275      2,321        316
  Artwork/antiques                    585      2,295        620      1,846
  Basketware, etc.                  1,368      2,040      1,269      1,886
  Cereal flour                        621        699        581        646
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,362      1,471      2,393      1,403
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,767      1,294      1,760      1,267

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,512        825      1,529        854
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,218      2,475      2,335      2,504
  Chemicals - medicinal             5,418      6,302      4,508      5,106
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                5,401      2,519      5,543      2,550
  Chemicals - organic               7,198     10,215      7,862      9,519
  Chemicals - plastics              8,110      4,460      8,609      4,367
  Cigarettes                        1,715         70      2,168         51
  Clothing                          4,187     25,435      4,209     24,138
  Coal                              1,123        337      1,644        355
  Coffee                                4      1,435          5      1,840
  Copper                              563      1,493        697      1,564
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,184      4,192      2,061      3,778
  Corn                              2,553        136      2,247        119
  Cotton, raw and linters             422        108      1,445          6
  Crude fertilizers                   748        622        804        692
  Crude oil                           357     19,211        581     19,779

  Electrical machinery             35,510     40,961     32,483     39,323
  Fish and preparations             1,200      3,929        977      3,838
  Footwear                            363      7,027        370      6,965
  Furniture and bedding             2,162      7,772      2,119      6,512
  Gem diamonds                        103      4,435         53      4,210
  General industrial mach          14,816     15,822     15,435     14,657
  Glass                             1,050        944      1,037        868
  Glassware                           344        813        364        751
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,510      1,485      2,405      2,021
  Hides and skins                     491         50        611         58
  Iron and steel mill prod          2,409      6,451      2,911      8,161
  Jewelry                             484      2,464        333      2,360
  Lighting, plumbing                  615      1,924        684      1,537
  Liquified propane/butane            105        324         97        559
  Live animals                        221        731        270        868

  Meat and preparations             2,961      1,554      3,358      1,395
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        5,464      7,008      5,415      6,706
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,584      1,704      1,785      2,067
  Metalworking machinery            2,494      3,412      2,792      3,902
  Mineral fuels, other              1,198        528      1,391        579
  Natural gas                         103      2,816        131      2,615
  Nickel                              164        402        185        554
  Oils/fats, vegetable                639        588        931        647
  Optical goods                       992      1,535        923      1,347
  Paper and paperboard              4,833      6,442      5,212      6,435
  Petroleum preparations            1,318      5,846      1,546      5,530
  Photographic equipment            1,648      2,667      1,724      2,675
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,095      3,381      2,750      3,040

  Platinum                            225      1,883        194      1,497
  Pottery                              54        752         49        784
  Power generating mach.           15,244     15,234     14,051     13,654
  Printed materials                 2,159      1,480      2,281      1,440
  Pulp and waste paper              1,590      1,099      1,774      1,250
  Records/magnetic media            2,846      2,048      2,989      1,999
  Rice                                488         99        638         93
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             671        871        660        825
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,150      2,260      1,278      2,016
  Scientific instruments           12,297      8,290     12,421      7,444
  Ships, boats                        793        532        807        643
  Silver and bullion                  131        327        490        333

  Soybeans                          1,967         19      2,399         32
  Spacecraft                          317        170        539         14
  Specialized ind. mach.           11,992     11,457     14,418     11,972
  Sugar                                 1        306          1        338
  Television, VCR, etc.            11,363     21,290     11,660     19,056
  Textile yearn, fabric             4,598      6,613      4,683      6,440
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             813        344        839        460
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,551      7,579      1,755      7,273
  Travel goods                        163      1,921        158      1,889
  Vegetables and fruits             3,524      5,270      3,574      4,684
  Vehicles                         27,796     71,635     29,283     58,890
  Watches/clocks/parts                161      1,428        142      1,432
  Wheat                             1,652        152      1,748        157
  Wood manufactures                   838      3,415        886      2,674

Re-exports                         23,869         (X)    22,151         (X)    
  Agricultural commodities            729         (X)       784         (X)    
  Manufactured goods               22,887         (X)    21,112         (X)    
  Mineral fuels                        45         (X)        44         (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-99-155), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, June 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.
