
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)             December              November
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     62,771     91,980 (R) 60,237 (R) 94,881

Net Adjustments                      -934        786 (R)   -676 (R)    922

Total Census Basis (2)             63,705     91,194 (R) 60,913 (R) 93,960

Manufactured goods (3)             51,547     77,142     48,923     79,962
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,328      3,292      4,534      3,112
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,086      8,083        910      8,005

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     4,017      7,753      3,379      7,752
  Airplane parts                    1,221        411      1,209        478
  Airplanes                         4,161        869      2,068        796
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             38        254         47        251
  Aluminum                            294        484        323        499
  Animal feeds                        353         46        308         46
  Artwork/antiques                    132        379         98        450
  Basketware, etc.                    268        392        248        401
  Cereal flour                        108        149        113        166
  Chemicals - cosmetics               367        280        441        286
  Chemicals - dyeing                  298        216        309        229

  Chemicals - fertilizers             211        130        243        144
  Chemicals - inorganic               413        494        379        526
  Chemicals - medicinal               906      1,263        981      1,200
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  900        451        920        444
  Chemicals - organic               1,409      1,676      1,394      2,179
  Chemicals - plastics              1,461        824      1,539        802
  Cigarettes                          244         17        313         16
  Clothing                            521      4,382        644      4,550
  Coal                                150         53        185         78
  Coffee                                1        230          1        178
  Copper                               96        311        104        384
  Cork, wood, lumber                  344        693        355        763
  Corn                                414          5        412          5
  Cotton, raw and linters             170          3        122          1
  Crude fertilizers                   139         99        145        120
  Crude oil                           113      5,682         70      5,499

  Electrical machinery              6,933      8,181      6,630      8,300
  Fish and preparations               157        851        215        861
  Footwear                             54      1,121         51      1,073
  Furniture and bedding               336      1,398        379      1,520
  Gem diamonds                         47        760         53        953
  General industrial mach           2,576      2,617      2,533      2,683
  Glass                               166        162        190        187
  Glassware                            69        146         69        160
  Gold, nonmonetary                   780        232      1,008        319
  Hides and skins                      93          8         90         10
  Iron and steel mill prod            421      1,196        452      1,170
  Jewelry                             100        495        134        635
  Lighting, plumbing                  107        321        116        352
  Liquified propane/butane             36        118         26        130
  Live animals                         69        226        132        195
                              
  Meat and preparations               580        288        595        277
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          946      1,201        951      1,219
  Metal ores; scrap                   327        347        280        336
  Metalworking machinery              498        613        433        548
  Mineral fuels, other                263         96        240        122
  Natural gas                          23        734         19        681
  Nickel                               25         74         28         94
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 90        111         82        113
  Optical goods                       218        274        210        265
  Paper and paperboard                840      1,118        866      1,216
  Petroleum preparations              480      1,293        359      1,387
  Photographic equipment              349        606        334        589
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            577        596        559        613

  Platinum                             50        380         68        291
  Pottery                              10        132         10        138
  Power generating mach.            2,830      2,644      2,574      2,756
  Printed materials                   389        277        392        319
  Pulp and waste paper                368        265        349        283
  Records/magnetic media              540        445        455        470
  Rice                                 83         18        105         21
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             119        149        121        157
  Rubber tires and tubes              207        393        193        430
  Scientific instruments            2,374      1,650      2,215      1,566
  Ships, boats                         72         76        205         65
  Silver and bullion                   13         46         13         54

  Soybeans                            554          2        607          2
  Spacecraft                          (-)         67          1        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,265      1,780      2,133      1,711
  Sugar                                 1         44          1         32
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,559      4,845      2,150      5,305
  Textile yearn, fabric               706      1,120        818      1,129
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              62         93        125         64
  Toys/games/sporting goods           290      1,282        292      1,924
  Travel goods                         27        321         27        373
  Vegetables and fruits               611        825        679        695
  Vehicles                          4,397     13,528      5,049     13,429
  Watches/clocks/parts                 32        257         27        337
  Wheat                               285         15        302         17
  Wood manufactures                   156        512        153        561

Re-exports                          4,903        (X)      4,840        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            114        (X)        113        (X)
  Manufactured goods                4,710        (X)      4,643        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        17        (X)         18        (X)
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                                     1998

            Item(1)            Cumulative                       Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    683,021  1,030,152    670,246    917,178

Net Adjustments                   -11,988      5,120    -11,892      5,282

Total Census Basis (2)            695,009  1,025,032    682,138    911,896

Manufactured goods (3)            562,927    882,729    552,778    790,754
Agricultural commodities (3)       46,915     36,731     50,654     35,748
Mineral fuels (3)                   9,794     75,202     10,251     57,323

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    40,665     84,443     40,735     76,755
  Airplane parts                   15,153      5,896     15,035      5,912
  Airplanes                        32,686      8,775     35,242      7,052
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            431      2,617        385      2,296
  Aluminum                          3,556      6,288      3,606      5,970
  Animal feeds                      3,378        565      4,054        607
  Artwork/antiques                  1,153      4,913      1,140      3,976
  Basketware, etc.                  2,871      4,396      2,583      3,834
  Cereal flour                      1,309      1,622      1,274      1,461
  Chemicals - cosmetics             4,850      3,151      4,763      2,895
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,617      2,632      3,471      2,472

  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,973      1,500      3,231      1,570
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,635      5,173      4,709      5,126
  Chemicals - medicinal            11,071     13,542      9,341     10,908
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               11,074      5,072     10,838      4,833
  Chemicals - organic              15,423     21,860     14,920     18,327
  Chemicals - plastics             16,846      9,276     16,608      8,565
  Cigarettes                        3,232        151      4,165        102
  Clothing                          7,960     56,413      8,497     53,742
  Coal                              2,260        665      3,176        724
  Coffee                                9      2,540         10      3,069
  Copper                            1,120      3,435      1,276      3,046
  Cork, wood, lumber                4,245      8,925      4,091      7,616
  Corn                              5,121        156      4,618        142
  Cotton, raw and linters             984        148      2,572         19
  Crude fertilizers                 1,534      1,270      1,600      1,300
  Crude oil                           772     50,662        895     37,252

  Electrical machinery             74,947     88,592     65,575     79,365
  Fish and preparations             2,743      8,902      2,172      8,104
  Footwear                            693     14,068        720     13,881
  Furniture and bedding             4,336     16,178      4,411     13,339
  Gem diamonds                        312      9,902        124      8,497
  General industrial mach          29,721     31,447     30,121     28,811
  Glass                             2,094      2,039      2,030      1,774
  Glassware                           731      1,812        709      1,609
  Gold, nonmonetary                 5,219      3,034      5,464      3,587
  Hides and skins                   1,023        101      1,130        110
  Iron and steel mill prod          4,986     13,369      5,481     17,159
  Jewelry                           1,078      5,692        769      5,270
  Lighting, plumbing                1,297      4,327      1,405      3,393
  Liquified propane/butane            299        853        203        933
  Live animals                        652      1,642        675      1,717
                              
  Meat and preparations             6,340      3,258      6,427      2,848
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       11,116     14,406     10,699     13,506
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,501      3,657      3,581      4,099
  Metalworking machinery            5,267      6,787      5,270      7,926
  Mineral fuels, other              2,634      1,224      2,619      1,132
  Natural gas                         218      6,304        243      5,273
  Nickel                              321        865        365        893
  Oils/fats, vegetable              1,173      1,219      1,852      1,326
  Optical goods                     2,228      3,075      1,907      2,727
  Paper and paperboard              9,885     13,407      9,930     12,793
  Petroleum preparations            3,405     14,160      2,857     10,947
  Photographic equipment            3,624      6,114      3,481      5,661
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,362      7,010      5,554      6,137

  Platinum                            502      3,498        388      3,051
  Pottery                             109      1,680        103      1,719
  Power generating mach.           30,727     31,533     28,743     28,160
  Printed materials                 4,578      3,336      4,671      3,075
  Pulp and waste paper              3,524      2,597      3,443      2,442
  Records/magnetic media            5,759      4,696      6,057      4,383
  Rice                                944        187      1,207        182
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,383      1,791      1,301      1,645
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,396      4,636      2,554      4,095
  Scientific instruments           25,543     17,641     24,169     15,500
  Ships, boats                      1,640      1,127      1,716      1,132
  Silver and bullion                  213        629        629        662

  Soybeans                          4,555         29      4,885         54
  Spacecraft                          641        311      1,102         91
  Specialized ind. mach.           24,805     21,632     27,305     22,986
  Sugar                                 4        561          3        715
  Television, VCR, etc.            24,346     50,959     23,417     42,449
  Textile yearn, fabric             9,246     13,575      8,976     12,896
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,294        754      1,459        780
  Toys/games/sporting goods         3,314     18,991      3,342     18,695
  Travel goods                        329      4,148        302      3,946
  Vegetables and fruits             7,143      9,261      7,324      8,365
  Vehicles                         53,677    146,202     53,536    119,726
  Watches/clocks/parts                335      3,257        312      3,210
  Wheat                             3,574        273      3,690        283
  Wood manufactures                 1,735      7,094      1,690      5,647

Re-exports                         50,632        (X)     45,683        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,315        (X)      1,391        (X)
  Manufactured goods               48,676        (X)     43,773        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       132        (X)        113        (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-00-28), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, December 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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