
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)              August                 July
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     56,314     90,330 (R) 52,048 (R) 86,788

Net Adjustments                      -856        593 (R) -1,032 (R)    197

Total Census Basis (2)             57,170     89,737 (R) 53,080 (R) 86,591

Manufactured goods (3)             46,788     76,676     42,812     74,642
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,693      2,889      3,602      2,834
Mineral fuels (3)                     876      7,420        778      6,660

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,248      7,323      3,210      7,290
  Airplane parts                    1,219        506      1,302        574
  Airplanes                         2,799        589      1,866      1,043
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             35        216         30        228
  Aluminum                            297        541        282        527
  Animal feeds                        231         53        242         48
  Artwork/antiques                     65        616        107        318
  Basketware, etc.                    228        405        253        372
  Cereal flour                        112        143        110        122
  Chemicals - cosmetics               415        276        397        285
  Chemicals - dyeing                  304        231        292        222

  Chemicals - fertilizers             301        108        295         58
  Chemicals - inorganic               401        471        323        405
  Chemicals - medicinal               935      1,171        870      1,258
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,027        407        898        427
  Chemicals - organic               1,290      1,700      1,198      2,201
  Chemicals - plastics              1,401        801      1,304        789
  Cigarettes                          221         12        239         10
  Clothing                            675      5,696        636      5,557
  Coal                                210         57        183         44
  Coffee                                1        191          1        194
  Copper                               88        292         82        256
  Cork, wood, lumber                  348        844        322        881
  Corn                                435          2        453          2
  Cotton, raw and linters              76          7        100         24
  Crude fertilizers                   134        116        117        100
  Crude oil                            99      5,002         72      4,435

  Electrical machinery              6,447      7,703      6,098      7,362
  Fish and preparations               276        819        309        760
  Footwear                             54      1,282         57      1,339
  Furniture and bedding               382      1,384        312      1,292
  Gem diamonds                         23        818         19      1,005
  General industrial mach           2,473      2,564      2,338      2,569
  Glass                               178        189        143        172
  Glassware                            62        183         54        172
  Gold, nonmonetary                   397        267        148        225
  Hides and skins                      93          8         85          7
  Iron and steel mill prod            414      1,142        397      1,141
  Jewelry                              72        425         63        439
  Lighting, plumbing                  120        452        107        412
  Liquified propane/butane             25         52         16         73
  Live animals                         46        118         32         83
                              
  Meat and preparations               546        278        539        279
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          938      1,254        856      1,229
  Metal ores; scrap                   358        329        327        287
  Metalworking machinery              414        551        460        561
  Mineral fuels, other                228        115        208        119
  Natural gas                          18        528         19        497
  Nickel                               28         72         25         53
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 75        100         77        117
  Optical goods                       207        235        191        243
  Paper and paperboard                816      1,157        793      1,073
  Petroleum preparations              276      1,522        263      1,318
  Photographic equipment              334        533        307        546
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            532        611        477        585

  Platinum                             20        247         50        149
  Pottery                               8        175          8        151
  Power generating mach.            2,599      2,736      2,193      2,446
  Printed materials                   399        325        382        293
  Pulp and waste paper                298        232        292        215
  Records/magnetic media              448        408        489        407
  Rice                                 56         11         66         10
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             122        156        102        144
  Rubber tires and tubes              230        381        188        391
  Scientific instruments            2,153      1,487      2,078      1,465
  Ships, boats                        123         56        295         80
  Silver and bullion                   10         44         19         62

  Soybeans                            285          1        200          1
  Spacecraft                           98        (-)        (-)         74
  Specialized ind. mach.            1,939      1,641      2,094      1,803
  Sugar                               (-)         52        (-)         37
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,000      4,642      2,098      4,448
  Textile yearn, fabric               795      1,211        708      1,181
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              64         66         63         58
  Toys/games/sporting goods           284      2,006        266      1,793
  Travel goods                         28        384         25        375
  Vegetables and fruits               555        612        561        652
  Vehicles                          4,279     12,006      2,936     10,761
  Watches/clocks/parts                 27        270         30        271
  Wheat                               357         27        351         31
  Wood manufactures                   147        676        142        696

Re-exports                          3,873         (X)     3,947         (X)
  Agricultural commodities             90         (X)        95         (X)
  Manufactured goods                3,738         (X)     3,803         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        10         (X)         6         (X)
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                                     1998

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    440,160    657,358    441,097    599,076

Net Adjustments                    -8,330      2,161     -6,944      3,353

Total Census Basis (2)            448,490    655,197    448,041    595,724

Manufactured goods (3)            364,736    567,788    363,101    513,287
Agricultural commodities (3)       29,876     24,521     33,184     24,079
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,972     43,675      7,104     39,677

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    26,180     54,274     26,227     49,046
  Airplane parts                   10,286      4,094      9,807      3,836
  Airplanes                        21,691      5,431     20,349      4,417
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            259      1,552        245      1,383
  Aluminum                          2,322      4,301      2,379      4,146
  Animal feeds                      2,136        376      2,867        414
  Artwork/antiques                    757      3,229        757      2,486
  Basketware, etc.                  1,849      2,816      1,690      2,539
  Cereal flour                        843        963        795        880
  Chemicals - cosmetics             3,173      2,032      3,207      1,912
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,362      1,747      2,322      1,697

  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,107        991      2,101      1,051
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,942      3,351      3,085      3,389
  Chemicals - medicinal             7,223      8,730      6,039      6,902
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                7,326      3,354      7,341      3,340
  Chemicals - organic               9,686     14,116     10,278     12,535
  Chemicals - plastics             10,815      6,050     11,233      5,814
  Cigarettes                        2,175         92      2,905         72
  Clothing                          5,498     36,688      5,681     35,366
  Coal                              1,515        438      2,168        492
  Coffee                                5      1,819          7      2,261
  Copper                              733      2,042        888      2,021
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,854      5,916      2,708      5,105
  Corn                              3,441        140      2,953        124
  Cotton, raw and linters             597        139      1,775          6
  Crude fertilizers                 1,000        838      1,081        897
  Crude oil                           528     28,648        697     26,068

  Electrical machinery             48,054     56,025     42,820     52,289
  Fish and preparations             1,785      5,509      1,407      5,276
  Footwear                            475      9,649        489      9,594
  Furniture and bedding             2,856     10,448      2,785      8,546
  Gem diamonds                        145      6,258         73      5,794
  General industrial mach          19,627     20,955     20,312     19,329
  Glass                             1,370      1,305      1,356      1,158
  Glassware                           460      1,169        484      1,044
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,055      1,977      3,177      2,473
  Hides and skins                     668         65        796         76
  Iron and steel mill prod          3,220      8,734      3,752     11,438
  Jewelry                             619      3,328        454      3,132
  Lighting, plumbing                  842      2,788        930      2,141
  Liquified propane/butane            147        450        122        691
  Live animals                        299        932        359      1,117
                              
  Meat and preparations             4,046      2,110      4,450      1,881
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        7,259      9,491      7,109      8,916
  Metal ores; scrap                 2,269      2,320      2,405      2,779
  Metalworking machinery            3,368      4,524      3,604      5,330
  Mineral fuels, other              1,634        762      1,811        786
  Natural gas                         140      3,841        178      3,475
  Nickel                              218        527        246        656
  Oils/fats, vegetable                791        805      1,206        888
  Optical goods                     1,391      2,012      1,230      1,799
  Paper and paperboard              6,442      8,673      6,834      8,525
  Petroleum preparations            1,857      8,685      2,029      7,409
  Photographic equipment            2,289      3,745      2,319      3,666
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          4,104      4,577      3,647      4,078

  Platinum                            296      2,279        259      1,953
  Pottery                              70      1,077         65      1,111
  Power generating mach.           20,037     20,416     18,584     18,000
  Printed materials                 2,940      2,098      3,071      1,992
  Pulp and waste paper              2,180      1,547      2,358      1,692
  Records/magnetic media            3,783      2,862      3,898      2,783
  Rice                                610        120        782        120
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             894      1,170        859      1,083
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,568      3,032      1,689      2,697
  Scientific instruments           16,528     11,242     16,206      9,977
  Ships, boats                      1,211        668      1,141        764
  Silver and bullion                  161        434        538        435

  Soybeans                          2,452         22      2,760         41
  Spacecraft                          415        244        723         14
  Specialized ind. mach.           16,025     14,902     18,978     15,780
  Sugar                                 2        396          1        479
  Television, VCR, etc.            15,460     30,379     15,285     26,607
  Textile yearn, fabric             6,101      9,006      6,092      8,680
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             940        469        998        592
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,101     11,377      2,265     10,866
  Travel goods                        216      2,680        203      2,600
  Vegetables and fruits             4,640      6,534      4,745      5,820
  Vehicles                         35,011     94,402     35,703     75,680
  Watches/clocks/parts                218      1,969        190      1,981
  Wheat                             2,360        210      2,401        200
  Wood manufactures                 1,127      4,787      1,164      3,696

Re-exports                         31,689         (X)    29,304         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            914         (X)       978         (X)
  Manufactured goods               30,428         (X)    27,981         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        62         (X)        69         (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-99-202), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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