
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)               April                 March
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     62,311     95,137     68,164    103,742

Net Adjustments                      -545        250       -576        674

Total Census Basis (2)             62,856     94,887     68,740    103,067

Manufactured goods (3)             50,774     79,490     54,930     86,537
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,794      3,271      4,557      3,586
Mineral fuels (3)                     970      9,555      1,117     10,696

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,657      7,036      4,357      7,546
  Airplane parts                    1,168        426      1,323        452
  Airplanes                         2,105        972      1,169        934
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             26        205         28        224
  Aluminum                            309        597        339        618
  Animal feeds                        290         45        369         52
  Artwork/antiques                    128        549        157        500
  Basketware, etc.                    279        389        330        385
  Cereal flour                         97        119        112        136
  Chemicals - cosmetics               398        278        453        299
  Chemicals - dyeing                  318        203        345        224

  Chemicals - fertilizers             150        170        200        200
  Chemicals - inorganic               392        420        479        444
  Chemicals - medicinal               987      1,082      1,049      1,199
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,120        474      1,096        538
  Chemicals - organic               1,478      2,176      1,655      2,781
  Chemicals - plastics              1,567        866      1,805        953
  Cigarettes                          305         20        311         21
  Clothing                            713      4,202        773      5,047
  Coal                                133         64        203         74
  Coffee                                1        230        (-)        296
  Copper                              122        323        164        339
  Cork, wood, lumber                  381        776        417        807
  Corn                                405         70        429         52
  Cotton, raw and linters             186          5        252          2
  Crude fertilizers                   145        122        143        115
  Crude oil                            91      6,878        101      7,605

  Electrical machinery              7,123      8,169      7,579      8,971
  Fish and preparations               241        673        325        682
  Footwear                             53      1,107         58      1,184
  Furniture and bedding               383      1,547        435      1,586
  Gem diamonds                         51        809         88      1,163
  General industrial mach           2,733      3,058      2,919      3,189
  Glass                               187        176        204        184
  Glassware                            63        150         74        159
  Gold, nonmonetary                   269        198        709        423
  Hides and skins                     104         10        104          9
  Iron and steel mill prod            451      1,457        520      1,377
  Jewelry                             101        502        144        505
  Lighting, plumbing                   99        388        118        338
  Liquified propane/butane             47         75         80        109
  Live animals                         37        162         46        177
                              
  Meat and preparations               556        314        623        341
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,137      1,344      1,170      1,391
  Metal ores; scrap                   341        331        336        315
  Metalworking machinery              483        665        531        636
  Mineral fuels, other                256        137        251        164
  Natural gas                          23        558         29        591
  Nickel                               28        132         35        150
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 70         90         73        122
  Optical goods                       242        331        264        321
  Paper and paperboard                901      1,209      1,003      1,257
  Petroleum preparations              399      1,742        445      2,065
  Photographic equipment              370        580        378        568
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            620        659        682        665

  Platinum                             69        424         69        518
  Pottery                               8        132         10        130
  Power generating mach.            2,598      2,855      2,905      3,147
  Printed materials                   369        275        415        289
  Pulp and waste paper                366        269        369        289
  Records/magnetic media              420        414        504        420
  Rice                                 50         12         88         16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             135        161        143        172
  Rubber tires and tubes              204        418        242        440
  Scientific instruments            2,525      1,662      2,694      1,847
  Ships, boats                         89         98         89         97
  Silver and bullion                   18         51         24         79

  Soybeans                            296          5        598          5
  Spacecraft                          (-)        (-)        (-)         64
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,514      1,998      2,740      2,205
  Sugar                                 1         37        (-)         38
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,245      5,093      2,507      5,289
  Textile yearn, fabric               882      1,221        932      1,306
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             123         34        149         37
  Toys/games/sporting goods           362      1,157        346      1,152
  Travel goods                         31        314         34        321
  Vegetables and fruits               556        878        599        975
  Vehicles                          4,970     13,720      5,593     15,244
  Watches/clocks/parts                 25        246         30        255
  Wheat                               248         22        243         22
  Wood manufactures                   163        608        183        657

Re-exports                          5,256        (X)      6,152        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            141        (X)        209        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,031        (X)      5,817        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        22        (X)         39        (X)
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                                     2000                  1999

            Item(1)            Cumulative                       Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    246,904    379,622    219,822    310,549

Net Adjustments                    -3,239      2,477     -4,065        881

Total Census Basis (2)            250,142    377,145    223,888    309,668

Manufactured goods (3)            199,800    315,803    182,893    271,201
Agricultural commodities (3)       16,759     13,037     15,251     12,533
Mineral fuels (3)                   3,904     38,840      2,778     17,273

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    14,542     27,704     12,978     25,643
  Airplane parts                    4,806      1,726      5,204      1,949
  Airplanes                         7,767      3,253     11,756      2,543
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            108        804        121        689
  Aluminum                          1,232      2,369      1,142      2,053
  Animal feeds                      1,270        189      1,169        180
  Artwork/antiques                    536      2,126        360      1,733
  Basketware, etc.                  1,114      1,550        928      1,312
  Cereal flour                        413        510        419        462
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,566      1,081      1,561        938
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,259        852      1,137        842

  Chemicals - fertilizers             729        664        900        628
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,666      1,842      1,394      1,533
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,849      4,564      3,601      4,027
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                4,001      1,877      3,604      1,661
  Chemicals - organic               5,788      8,442      4,757      7,227
  Chemicals - plastics              6,253      3,430      5,320      2,900
  Cigarettes                        1,092         74      1,209         50
  Clothing                          2,696     18,579      2,753     16,662
  Coal                                655        259        751        239
  Coffee                                3      1,038          3      1,006
  Copper                              499      1,342        356        996
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,504      2,996      1,467      2,626
  Corn                              1,631        137      1,672        129
  Cotton, raw and linters             791         14        243         53
  Crude fertilizers                   544        440        490        396
  Crude oil                           351     26,785        236     11,032

  Electrical machinery             27,118     32,599     23,629     26,354
  Fish and preparations               841      2,664        825      2,442
  Footwear                            212      4,810        245      4,515
  Furniture and bedding             1,519      6,039      1,449      5,169
  Gem diamonds                        286      3,913         55      2,897
  General industrial mach          10,743     11,719      9,996     10,382
  Glass                               765        698        695        597
  Glassware                           256        583        221        516
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,615      1,056      1,026      1,034
  Hides and skins                     407         37        327         33
  Iron and steel mill prod          1,892      5,346      1,599      4,182
  Jewelry                             500      1,841        335      1,600
  Lighting, plumbing                  423      1,363        405      1,172
  Liquified propane/butane            254        454         73        228
  Live animals                        202        579        150        506
                              
  Meat and preparations             2,530      1,216      1,942        978
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        4,235      5,205      3,611      4,577
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,298      1,348      1,034      1,103
  Metalworking machinery            1,929      2,459      1,577      2,270
  Mineral fuels, other                984        669        746        309
  Natural gas                          95      2,557         71      1,823
  Nickel                              127        501        111        248
  Oils/fats, vegetable                313        405        441        379
  Optical goods                       965      1,219        645        953
  Paper and paperboard              3,636      4,799      3,201      4,275
  Petroleum preparations            1,499      7,717        803      3,362
  Photographic equipment            1,472      2,085      1,051      1,716
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          2,435      2,545      1,993      2,191

  Platinum                            300      1,618        150      1,427
  Pottery                              33        514         36        484
  Power generating mach.           10,688     11,462     10,158     10,139
  Printed materials                 1,541      1,125      1,410        968
  Pulp and waste paper              1,412      1,099      1,037        731
  Records/magnetic media            1,763      1,629      1,939      1,343
  Rice                                348         60        374         66
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             531        637        450        568
  Rubber tires and tubes              854      1,666        783      1,465
  Scientific instruments            9,484      6,569      8,207      5,348
  Ships, boats                        385        446        459        381
  Silver and bullion                   75        367         90        222

  Soybeans                          2,000         15      1,570         14
  Spacecraft                          102        151        218          2
  Specialized ind. mach.            9,722      7,640      7,879      7,580
  Sugar                                 1        122          1        177
  Television, VCR, etc.             8,549     19,269      7,632     13,258
  Textile yearn, fabric             3,344      4,893      2,996      4,290
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             524        174        562        242
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,264      4,722      1,027      4,618
  Travel goods                        117      1,295        106      1,172
  Vegetables and fruits             2,207      3,579      2,261      3,544
  Vehicles                         19,866     54,676     18,509     46,929
  Watches/clocks/parts                111        956        109        895
  Wheat                               938         74      1,056         97
  Wood manufactures                   642      2,369        548      2,116

Re-exports                         21,243        (X)     15,753        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            675        (X)        507        (X)
  Manufactured goods               20,241        (X)     15,082        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        67        (X)         29        (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-00-94), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, April 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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