
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED


EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 2000 AND 1999 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.)

                              
                                  2000

            Item(1)             February               January
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     59,605     92,625  (R)56,213  (R)88,061

Net Adjustments                    -1,148        861  (R)-1,008  (R)   693

Total Census Basis (2)             60,753     91,764  (R)57,221  (R)87,368

Manufactured goods (3)             48,660     76,492     45,436     73,285
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,289      3,109      4,119      3,072
Mineral fuels (3)                     796      9,799      1,021      8,790

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,512      6,671      3,016      6,451
  Airplane parts                    1,166        424      1,150        424
  Airplanes                         2,103        617      2,391        730
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             32        174         22        201
  Aluminum                            305        536        279        618
  Animal feeds                        302         49        309         43
  Artwork/antiques                     94        426        157        652
  Basketware, etc.                    262        384        243        392
  Cereal flour                        108        125         96        131
  Chemicals - cosmetics               375        267        341        237
  Chemicals - dyeing                  305        208        292        216

  Chemicals - fertilizers             197        155        182        140
  Chemicals - inorganic               417        524        377        453
  Chemicals - medicinal               971      1,162        841      1,121
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  925        456        860        410
  Chemicals - organic               1,385      1,931      1,271      1,554
  Chemicals - plastics              1,520        810      1,361        800
  Cigarettes                          285         23        191         11
  Clothing                            641      4,870        569      4,460
  Coal                                139         61        180         60
  Coffee                                1        250        (-)        263
  Copper                              119        307         94        372
  Cork, wood, lumber                  355        718        352        695
  Corn                                386          8        410          8
  Cotton, raw and linters             184          4        168          3
  Crude fertilizers                   129         93        127        110
  Crude oil                            24      6,454        135      5,849

  Electrical machinery              6,273      7,874      6,142      7,585
  Fish and preparations               149        607        125        702
  Footwear                             50      1,255         51      1,264
  Furniture and bedding               386      1,482        315      1,424
  Gem diamonds                         79      1,020         68        921
  General industrial mach           2,612      2,794      2,478      2,679
  Glass                               195        166        179        172
  Glassware                            66        141         53        133
  Gold, nonmonetary                   916        215        721        221
  Hides and skins                      99         10        101          8
  Iron and steel mill prod            478      1,316        444      1,196
  Jewelry                             155        434        100        400
  Lighting, plumbing                  106        322         99        315
  Liquified propane/butane             55        139         73        131
  Live animals                         47        129         71        111
                              
  Meat and preparations               736        274        616        286
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          988      1,256        940      1,214
  Metal ores; scrap                   318        327        304        374
  Metalworking machinery              483        580        432        578
  Mineral fuels, other                241        192        237        176
  Natural gas                          22        613         22        794
  Nickel                               30        116         34        103
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 83         95         88         98
  Optical goods                       200        302        259        264
  Paper and paperboard                908      1,144        824      1,189
  Petroleum preparations              305      2,231        351      1,680
  Photographic equipment              382        494        342        443
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            597        612        536        610

  Platinum                             44        356        118        320
  Pottery                               7        132          7        121
  Power generating mach.            2,726      2,873      2,460      2,587
  Printed materials                   396        295        361        266
  Pulp and waste paper                352        276        325        266
  Records/magnetic media              442        385        397        410
  Rice                                110         15        101         17
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             130        155        124        148
  Rubber tires and tubes              217        398        192        410
  Scientific instruments            2,185      1,654      2,079      1,406
  Ships, boats                         76        122        131        129
  Silver and bullion                   13        182         21         55

  Soybeans                            567          2        539          2
  Spacecraft                          (-)         34        102         53
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,186      1,764      2,282      1,672
  Sugar                               (-)         37        (-)         11
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,938      4,459      1,859      4,427
  Textile yearn, fabric               819      1,178        711      1,189
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             136         47        115         56
  Toys/games/sporting goods           304      1,200        252      1,213
  Travel goods                         28        343         24        316
  Vegetables and fruits               519        853        533        873
  Vehicles                          5,123     13,209      4,180     12,503
  Watches/clocks/parts                 32        221         24        234
  Wheat                               213         20        235         10
  Wood manufactures                   156        542        139        562

Re-exports                          5,120        (X)      4,715        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            168        (X)        157        (X)
  Manufactured goods                4,891        (X)      4,502        (X)
  Mineral fuels                         3        (X)          3        (X)
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                                         2000                1999
            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    115,818    180,686    103,760    146,351

Net Adjustments                    -2,156      1,554     -2,066        384

Total Census Basis (2)            117,974    179,132    105,826    145,967

Manufactured goods (3)             94,096    149,777     85,767    128,297
Agricultural commodities (3)        8,408      6,181      7,578      5,919
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,817     18,589      1,256      7,628

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     6,528     13,122      6,143     12,151
  Airplane parts                    2,315        848      2,602        934
  Airplanes                         4,493      1,348      5,443      1,206
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             54        375         57        315
  Aluminum                            584      1,154        557        936
  Animal feeds                        611         92        603         88
  Artwork/antiques                    251      1,077        144        836
  Basketware, etc.                    505        776        434        640
  Cereal flour                        204        255        203        225
  Chemicals - cosmetics               716        504        735        434
  Chemicals - dyeing                  597        425        523        361

  Chemicals - fertilizers             379        294        483        302
  Chemicals - inorganic               794        978        683        741
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,812      2,283      1,831      1,990
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,785        866      1,672        766
  Chemicals - organic               2,655      3,485      2,261      3,453
  Chemicals - plastics              2,881      1,610      2,547      1,350
  Cigarettes                          476         33        576         24
  Clothing                          1,210      9,329      1,271      8,531
  Coal                                319        122        357        105
  Coffee                                2        512          1        495
  Copper                              213        679        176        454
  Cork, wood, lumber                  707      1,413        688      1,184
  Corn                                796         15        749         20
  Cotton, raw and linters             353          7        125          8
  Crude fertilizers                   256        203        227        179
  Crude oil                           159     12,303         85      4,756

  Electrical machinery             12,415     15,459     11,277     12,229
  Fish and preparations               275      1,309        314      1,227
  Footwear                            101      2,519        115      2,401
  Furniture and bedding               702      2,906        699      2,454
  Gem diamonds                        146      1,942         17      1,437
  General industrial mach           5,090      5,473      4,677      4,657
  Glass                               374        338        320        266
  Glassware                           119        274        103        233
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,637        436        446        521
  Hides and skins                     199         18        170         16
  Iron and steel mill prod            922      2,512        762      2,014
  Jewelry                             255        833        122        712
  Lighting, plumbing                  206        638        188        543
  Liquified propane/butane            127        270         51        117
  Live animals                        118        240         66        209
                              
  Meat and preparations             1,352        561        929        435
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,927      2,470      1,682      2,171
  Metal ores; scrap                   622        701        483        568
  Metalworking machinery              915      1,158        722      1,071
  Mineral fuels, other                478        368        349        135
  Natural gas                          43      1,407         36        962
  Nickel                               64        220         54        122
  Oils/fats, vegetable                171        193        254        190
  Optical goods                       459        567        318        426
  Paper and paperboard              1,732      2,333      1,508      2,064
  Petroleum preparations              656      3,911        350      1,413
  Photographic equipment              724        937        502        769
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          1,133      1,222        934      1,060

  Platinum                            163        676         85        644
  Pottery                              15        252         18        236
  Power generating mach.            5,185      5,459      4,758      4,833
  Printed materials                   757        561        695        457
  Pulp and waste paper                677        541        495        364
  Records/magnetic media              839        795        915        609
  Rice                                211         32        218         33
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             254        304        210        262
  Rubber tires and tubes              409        808        373        667
  Scientific instruments            4,265      3,060      3,774      2,416
  Ships, boats                        207        251        194        210
  Silver and bullion                   33        237         44        113

  Soybeans                          1,106          5        892          5
  Spacecraft                          102         87         56        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            4,468      3,436      3,599      3,523
  Sugar                                 1         48        (-)         75
  Television, VCR, etc.             3,797      8,887      3,538      6,067
  Textile yearn, fabric             1,530      2,366      1,377      2,002
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             251        103        263        121
  Toys/games/sporting goods           557      2,413        478      2,259
  Travel goods                         52        659         46        582
  Vegetables and fruits             1,052      1,726      1,095      1,773
  Vehicles                          9,303     25,712      8,288     22,174
  Watches/clocks/parts                 56        455         53        412
  Wheat                               447         30        512         55
  Wood manufactures                   296      1,104        251        930

Re-exports                          9,835        (X)      7,359        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            325        (X)        245        (X)
  Manufactured goods                9,393        (X)      7,039        (X)
  Mineral fuels                         7        (X)         13        (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-00-59), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, February 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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