
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)             November               October
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     60,507     94,775     61,406     94,937

Net Adjustments                      -687        920       -900        514

Total Census Basis (2)             61,194     93,855     62,306     94,423

Manufactured goods (3)             48,923     79,962     49,878     80,749
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,534      3,112      4,416      2,998
Mineral fuels (3)                     910      8,005        990      7,819

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,379      7,752      3,519      7,453
  Airplane parts                    1,209        478      1,254        482
  Airplanes                         2,068        796      2,579        755
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             47        251         53        293
  Aluminum                            323        499        317        535
  Animal feeds                        308         46        329         51
  Artwork/antiques                     98        450         84        470
  Basketware, etc.                    248        401        270        404
  Cereal flour                        113        166        121        182
  Chemicals - cosmetics               441        286        461        288
  Chemicals - dyeing                  309        229        344        221

  Chemicals - fertilizers             243        144        216        127
  Chemicals - inorganic               379        526        483        440
  Chemicals - medicinal               981      1,200      1,038      1,252
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  920        444        942        418
  Chemicals - organic               1,394      2,179      1,530      2,075
  Chemicals - plastics              1,539        802      1,561        817
  Cigarettes                          313         16        235         13
  Clothing                            644      4,550        650      5,135
  Coal                                185         78        225         50
  Coffee                                1        178          1        151
  Copper                              104        384         98        367
  Cork, wood, lumber                  355        763        350        775
  Corn                                412          5        402          3
  Cotton, raw and linters             122          1         49          1
  Crude fertilizers                   145        120        122        104
  Crude oil                            70      5,499         45      5,481

  Electrical machinery              6,630      8,300      6,772      8,162
  Fish and preparations               215        861        318        872
  Footwear                             51      1,073         58      1,132
  Furniture and bedding               379      1,520        396      1,457
  Gem diamonds                         53        953         45      1,047
  General industrial mach           2,533      2,683      2,595      2,672
  Glass                               190        187        183        195
  Glassware                            69        160         70        169
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,008        319        416        232
  Hides and skins                      90         10         93          9
  Iron and steel mill prod            452      1,170        469      1,154
  Jewelry                             134        635        125        679
  Lighting, plumbing                  116        352        122        436
  Liquified propane/butane             26        130         58         95
  Live animals                        132        195        118        166
                              
  Meat and preparations               595        277        587        302
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          951      1,219        984      1,251
  Metal ores; scrap                   280        336        337        330
  Metalworking machinery              433        548        524        589
  Mineral fuels, other                240        122        267        131
  Natural gas                          19        681         18        552
  Nickel                               28         94         25         63
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 82        113        119         90
  Optical goods                       210        265        208        265
  Paper and paperboard                866      1,216        882      1,204
  Petroleum preparations              359      1,387        367      1,377
  Photographic equipment              334        589        328        615
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            559        613        591        619

  Platinum                             68        291         59        264
  Pottery                              10        138         10        158
  Power generating mach.            2,574      2,756      2,690      2,973
  Printed materials                   392        319        448        312
  Pulp and waste paper                349        283        322        270
  Records/magnetic media              455        470        501        470
  Rice                                105         21         98         16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             121        157        131        158
  Rubber tires and tubes              193        430        213        406
  Scientific instruments            2,215      1,566      2,279      1,600
  Ships, boats                        205         65         87        214
  Silver and bullion                   13         54         10         54

  Soybeans                            607          2        565          4
  Spacecraft                            1                                1
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,133      1,711      2,268      1,655
  Sugar                                 1         32          1         21
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,150      5,305      2,129      5,326
  Textile yearn, fabric               818      1,129        870      1,162
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             125         64        116         45
  Toys/games/sporting goods           292      1,924        332      2,237
  Travel goods                         27        373         28        394
  Vegetables and fruits               679        695        626        616
  Vehicles                          5,049     13,429      4,762     13,015
  Watches/clocks/parts                 27        337         31        365
  Wheat                               302         17        322         15
  Wood manufactures                   153        561        155        604

Re-exports                          4,840         (X)     4,740         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            113         (X)        93         (X)
  Manufactured goods                4,643         (X)     4,580         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        18         (X)        10         (X)
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                                     1998

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    620,520    938,065    612,670    840,904

Net Adjustments                   -11,065      4,332    -10,706      5,015

Total Census Basis (2)            631,585    933,733    623,376    835,889

Manufactured goods (3)            511,380    805,587    505,407    723,927
Agricultural commodities (3)       42,588     33,439     45,904     32,697
Mineral fuels (3)                   8,708     67,119      9,445     53,470

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    36,648     76,690     36,804     69,744
  Airplane parts                   13,932      5,485     13,746      5,402
  Airplanes                        28,524      7,906     30,426      6,508
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            393      2,363        357      2,107
  Aluminum                          3,262      5,804      3,317      5,543
  Animal feeds                      3,025        519      3,742        556
  Artwork/antiques                  1,021      4,534      1,009      3,601
  Basketware, etc.                  2,603      4,004      2,357      3,501
  Cereal flour                      1,201      1,472      1,150      1,335
  Chemicals - cosmetics             4,483      2,871      4,406      2,645
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,319      2,417      3,219      2,292

  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,762      1,370      2,875      1,424
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,221      4,679      4,333      4,695
  Chemicals - medicinal            10,166     12,279      8,560      9,899
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               10,175      4,622      9,936      4,445
  Chemicals - organic              14,015     20,184     13,698     16,967
  Chemicals - plastics             15,385      8,452     15,314      7,886
  Cigarettes                        2,988        134      3,908         93
  Clothing                          7,439     52,032      7,914     49,712
  Coal                              2,110        613      2,945        666
  Coffee                                8      2,309          9      2,826
  Copper                            1,024      3,124      1,186      2,821
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,902      8,232      3,752      7,033
  Corn                              4,707        151      4,107        137
  Cotton, raw and linters             814        145      2,230          9
  Crude fertilizers                 1,394      1,171      1,475      1,204
  Crude oil                           659     44,980        855     34,884

  Electrical machinery             68,014     80,411     59,984     72,941
  Fish and preparations             2,586      8,050      2,023      7,365
  Footwear                            640     12,946        665     12,867
  Furniture and bedding             4,000     14,780      4,045     12,127
  Gem diamonds                        264      9,142        106      8,001
  General industrial mach          27,145     28,830     27,733     26,378
  Glass                             1,928      1,877      1,874      1,632
  Glassware                           662      1,667        660      1,485
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,438      2,802      5,217      3,308
  Hides and skins                     930         92      1,054        102
  Iron and steel mill prod          4,565     12,174      5,072     15,981
  Jewelry                             978      5,197        694      4,850
  Lighting, plumbing                1,191      4,005      1,294      3,112
  Liquified propane/butane            263        735        178        867
  Live animals                        583      1,416        580      1,608
                              
  Meat and preparations             5,760      2,970      5,923      2,598
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       10,170     13,205      9,865     12,375
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,174      3,310      3,262      3,766
  Metalworking machinery            4,769      6,174      4,845      7,277
  Mineral fuels, other              2,371      1,128      2,400      1,055
  Natural gas                         195      5,570        229      4,808
  Nickel                              296        791        338        846
  Oils/fats, vegetable              1,084      1,109      1,611      1,230
  Optical goods                     2,010      2,802      1,737      2,503
  Paper and paperboard              9,045     12,289      9,198     11,742
  Petroleum preparations            2,926     12,866      2,628     10,199
  Photographic equipment            3,274      5,507      3,203      5,191
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          5,785      6,414      5,107      5,634

  Platinum                            453      3,118        362      2,729
  Pottery                              99      1,549         94      1,592
  Power generating mach.           27,897     28,889     26,234     25,709
  Printed materials                 4,189      3,059      4,285      2,834
  Pulp and waste paper              3,156      2,332      3,164      2,263
  Records/magnetic media            5,219      4,251      5,499      4,021
  Rice                                861        170      1,117        162
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,264      1,642      1,198      1,506
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,190      4,243      2,365      3,726
  Scientific instruments           23,169     15,991     22,099     14,131
  Ships, boats                      1,568      1,051      1,565      1,023
  Silver and bullion                  200        584        613        617

  Soybeans                          4,001         28      4,335         53
  Spacecraft                          640        245      1,102         90
  Specialized ind. mach.           22,540     19,852     25,274     21,054
  Sugar                                 4        516          2        678
  Television, VCR, etc.            21,787     46,114     21,328     39,061
  Textile yearn, fabric             8,540     12,455      8,343     11,869
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,233        660      1,305        750
  Toys/games/sporting goods         3,024     17,709      3,099     17,386
  Travel goods                        302      3,827        279      3,686
  Vegetables and fruits             6,532      8,435      6,719      7,556
  Vehicles                         49,280    132,674     49,466    108,013
  Watches/clocks/parts                303      3,000        283      2,977
  Wheat                             3,290        257      3,341        261
  Wood manufactures                 1,579      6,581      1,565      5,207

Re-exports                         45,729         (X)    41,603         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,201         (X)     1,281         (X)
  Manufactured goods               43,966         (X)    39,840         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       115         (X)       107         (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-00-13), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, November 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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