
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)               July                  June
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     51,971     86,985 (R) 56,751 (R) 88,027

Net Adjustments                    -1,035        197 (R) -1,202 (R)    277

Total Census Basis (2)             53,006     86,789 (R) 57,953 (R) 87,750

Manufactured goods (3)             42,812     74,642     47,154     75,875
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,602      2,834      3,712      3,084
Mineral fuels (3)                     778      6,660        804      6,184

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,210      7,290      3,542      7,532
  Airplane parts                    1,302        574      1,297        536
  Airplanes                         1,866      1,043      2,638        708
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             30        228         35        233
  Aluminum                            282        527        313        588
  Animal feeds                        242         48        243         53
  Artwork/antiques                    107        318        115        254
  Basketware, etc.                    253        372        219        387
  Cereal flour                        110        122        106        122
  Chemicals - cosmetics               397        285        403        284
  Chemicals - dyeing                  292        222        319        230

  Chemicals - fertilizers             295         58        310         72
  Chemicals - inorganic               323        405        413        471
  Chemicals - medicinal               870      1,258        882      1,153
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  898        427        891        449
  Chemicals - organic               1,198      2,201      1,214      1,585
  Chemicals - plastics              1,304        789      1,393        789
  Cigarettes                          239         10        251          9
  Clothing                            636      5,557        711      5,099
  Coal                                183         44        208         56
  Coffee                                1        194        (-)        218
  Copper                               82        256         92        259
  Cork, wood, lumber                  322        881        369        807
  Corn                                453          2        491          2
  Cotton, raw and linters             100         24         83         22
  Crude fertilizers                   117        100        136        116
  Crude oil                            72      4,435         62      4,218

  Electrical machinery              6,098      7,362      6,102      7,656

  Fish and preparations               309        760        191        767
  Footwear                             57      1,339         62      1,348
  Furniture and bedding               312      1,292        358      1,319
  Gem diamonds                         19      1,005         25        793
  General industrial mach           2,338      2,569      2,399      2,809
  Glass                               143        172        184        180
  Glassware                            54        172         62        148
  Gold, nonmonetary                   148        225        322        208
  Hides and skins                      85          7         81          8
  Iron and steel mill prod            397      1,141        415      1,126
  Jewelry                              63        439         62        415
  Lighting, plumbing                  107        412        108        393
  Liquified propane/butane             16         73         18         43
  Live animals                         32         83         31        117

  Meat and preparations               539        279        531        298
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          856      1,229        954      1,246
  Metal ores; scrap                   327        287        284        335
  Metalworking machinery              460        561        491        579
  Mineral fuels, other                208        119        237        111
  Natural gas                          19        497         16        412
  Nickel                               25         53         27         85
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 77        117         83         99
  Optical goods                       191        243        170        295
  Paper and paperboard                793      1,073        851      1,096
  Petroleum preparations              263      1,318        246      1,231
  Photographic equipment              307        546        287        518
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            477        585        543        610

  Platinum                             50        149         47        233
  Pottery                               8        151          8        144
  Power generating mach.            2,193      2,446      2,577      2,591
  Printed materials                   382        293        376        262
  Pulp and waste paper                292        215        267        182
  Records/magnetic media              489        407        454        375
  Rice                                 66         10         61         16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             102        144        115        158
  Rubber tires and tubes              188        391        187        403
  Scientific instruments            2,078      1,465      2,105      1,591
  Ships, boats                        295         80        171         72
  Silver and bullion                   19         62         20         51

  Soybeans                            200          1        195          1
  Spacecraft                          (-)         74         99        103
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,094      1,803      2,104      1,908
  Sugar                                           37                    69
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,098      4,448      1,880      4,296
  Textile yearn, fabric               708      1,181        813      1,221
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              63         58         93         52
  Toys/games/sporting goods           266      1,793        252      1,531
  Travel goods                         25        375         29        412
  Vegetables and fruits               561        652        643        809
  Vehicles                          2,936     10,761      4,939     12,732
  Watches/clocks/parts                 30        271         24        276
  Wheat                               351         31        309         25
  Wood manufactures                   142        696        145        682

Re-exports                          3,947        (X)      4,317        (X)           (X) 
  Agricultural commodities             95        (X)        104        (X)           (X) 
  Manufactured goods                3,803        (X)      4,162        (X)           (X) 
  Mineral fuels                         6        (X)         14        (X)           (X) 
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                                                               1998

            Item(1)                  Cumulative             Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports      Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    383,769    567,225    388,996    522,364

Net Adjustments                    -7,478      1,568     -5,624      2,654

Total Census Basis (2)            391,247    565,657    394,621    519,710

Manufactured goods (3)            317,947    491,112    319,720    447,300
Agricultural commodities (3)       26,183     21,632     29,548     21,336
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,096     36,255      6,302     34,811

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    22,933     46,951     23,057     42,702
  Airplane parts                    9,067      3,587      8,551      3,345
  Airplanes                        18,892      4,842     18,006      3,971
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            224      1,336        207      1,206
  Aluminum                          2,025      3,760      2,089      3,650
  Animal feeds                      1,905        323      2,615        369
  Artwork/antiques                    692      2,613        691      2,152
  Basketware, etc.                  1,621      2,412      1,494      2,224
  Cereal flour                        731        821        686        754
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,758      1,756      2,806      1,654
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,059      1,516      2,036      1,492

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,806        884      1,843        941
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,541      2,880      2,756      2,916
  Chemicals - medicinal             6,288      7,560      5,271      6,154
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                6,299      2,946      6,449      2,962
  Chemicals - organic               8,396     12,416      9,039     11,109
  Chemicals - plastics              9,415      5,250      9,912      5,102
  Cigarettes                        1,954         80      2,523         63
  Clothing                          4,823     30,992      4,908     29,845
  Coal                              1,306        381      1,921        421
  Coffee                                4      1,629          6      2,053
  Copper                              646      1,750        795      1,801
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,506      5,072      2,371      4,434
  Corn                              3,006        138      2,600        122
  Cotton, raw and linters             521        132      1,640          6
  Crude fertilizers                   865        722        941        800
  Crude oil                           429     23,646        618     22,901

  Electrical machinery             41,607     48,323     37,461     45,693

  Fish and preparations             1,509      4,689      1,197      4,554
  Footwear                            420      8,367        430      8,350
  Furniture and bedding             2,474      9,064      2,412      7,477
  Gem diamonds                        122      5,440         61      5,186
  General industrial mach          17,154     18,392     17,875     17,115
  Glass                             1,193      1,116      1,184      1,014
  Glassware                           398        986        422        903
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,658      1,709      2,630      2,231
  Hides and skins                     576         57        704         67
  Iron and steel mill prod          2,806      7,592      3,337      9,815
  Jewelry                             547      2,903        393      2,774
  Lighting, plumbing                  722      2,336        809      1,837
  Liquified propane/butane            121        398        112        632
  Live animals                        253        815        309        978

  Meat and preparations             3,500      1,833      3,921      1,643
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        6,321      8,237      6,249      7,802
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,911      1,991      2,133      2,443
  Metalworking machinery            2,953      3,973      3,244      4,607
  Mineral fuels, other              1,405        647      1,620        692
  Natural gas                         122      3,313        155      3,054
  Nickel                              189        455        215        603
  Oils/fats, vegetable                716        705      1,065        764
  Optical goods                     1,183      1,777      1,076      1,582
  Paper and paperboard              5,626      7,515      6,033      7,456
  Petroleum preparations            1,581      7,163      1,787      6,499
  Photographic equipment            1,955      3,213      2,005      3,165
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,572      3,966      3,187      3,562

  Platinum                            275      2,032        226      1,762
  Pottery                              63        903         57        943
  Power generating mach.           17,437     17,680     16,218     15,776
  Printed materials                 2,541      1,773      2,674      1,723
  Pulp and waste paper              1,882      1,315      2,083      1,476
  Records/magnetic media            3,335      2,454      3,461      2,388
  Rice                                554        109        709        106
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             773      1,014        753        954
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,338      2,651      1,487      2,352
  Scientific instruments           14,375      9,755     14,322      8,731
  Ships, boats                      1,088        612      1,038        695
  Silver and bullion                  150        389        519        392

  Soybeans                          2,167         20      2,588         37
  Spacecraft                          317        244        638         14
  Specialized ind. mach.           14,086     13,260     16,851     14,013
  Sugar                                 2        343          1        409
  Television, VCR, etc.            13,460     25,737     13,448     22,719
  Textile yearn, fabric             5,306      7,795      5,346      7,608
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             876        403        900        528
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,817      9,372      2,006      8,992
  Travel goods                        188      2,296        182      2,245
  Vegetables and fruits             4,085      5,922      4,177      5,262
  Vehicles                         30,731     82,397     31,954     66,598
  Watches/clocks/parts                191      1,699        164      1,716
  Wheat                             2,003        183      2,060        179
  Wood manufactures                   980      4,111      1,027      3,171

Re-exports                         27,817        (X)     25,638        (X)           (X) 
  Agricultural commodities            824        (X)        889        (X)           (X) 
  Manufactured goods               26,690        (X)     24,439        (X)           (X) 
  Mineral fuels                        51        (X)         62        (X)           (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-99-169), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, July 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.
