
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)               June                   May
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     67,416    104,580  (R)63,565 (R)100,991

Net Adjustments                      -884        416  (R)  -697 (R)    265

Total Census Basis (2)             68,301    104,164  (R)64,262 (R)100,726

Manufactured goods (3)             55,290     86,694     51,375     84,226
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,954      3,136      3,922      3,396
Mineral fuels (3)                     915     11,542        935     10,266

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     4,085      8,097      3,380      7,136
  Airplane parts                    1,336        463      1,271        484
  Airplanes                         2,664      1,029      2,979        926
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             39        244         35        236
  Aluminum                            328        607        317        656
  Animal feeds                        286         53        279         49
  Artwork/antiques                    176        252        166        697
  Basketware, etc.                    287        413        270        417
  Cereal flour                        108        133         99        132
  Chemicals - cosmetics               453        298        428        287
  Chemicals - dyeing                  367        227        332        247

  Chemicals - fertilizers             257         78        214        113
  Chemicals - inorganic               524        424        403        561
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,281      1,084      1,012      1,165
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,029        512        987        516
  Chemicals - organic               1,538      2,558      1,535      2,531
  Chemicals - plastics              1,664        922      1,640        950
  Cigarettes                          270         15        234         20
  Clothing                            788      5,816        672      4,728
  Coal                                196         66        199         70
  Coffee                              (-)        212          1        238
  Copper                              131        354        139        319
  Cork, wood, lumber                  382        737        362        761
  Corn                                370          3        388          8
  Cotton, raw and linters             149          2        185          4
  Crude fertilizers                   139        132        152        119
  Crude oil                             4      8,018         10      7,175

  Electrical machinery              7,736      9,356      6,985      8,937
  Fish and preparations               186        827        194        750
  Footwear                             59      1,422         54      1,239
  Furniture and bedding               422      1,584        382      1,665
  Gem diamonds                        105        889         90      1,140
  General industrial mach           2,800      3,054      2,653      3,162
  Glass                               201        195        193        198
  Glassware                            77        167         69        163
  Gold, nonmonetary                   426        186        208        193
  Hides and skins                     136         10        142         11
  Iron and steel mill prod            482      1,438        467      1,489
  Jewelry                             124        438         91        549
  Lighting, plumbing                  119        466        107        422
  Liquified propane/butane             42        117         24        102
  Live animals                         32        133         45        154

  Meat and preparations               628        351        597        342
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,246      1,413      1,155      1,453
  Metal ores; scrap                   344        350        368        389
  Metalworking machinery              530        637        453        715
  Mineral fuels, other                227        221        245        181
  Natural gas                          20        707         27        580
  Nickel                               33        148         32        162
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 71        104         58        119
  Optical goods                       348        357        229        351
  Paper and paperboard                971      1,307        946      1,258
  Petroleum preparations              400      2,190        408      1,994
  Photographic equipment              365        611        376        602
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            643        699        633        733

  Platinum                            134        495         48        409
  Pottery                               9        148          9        145
  Power generating mach.            2,953      2,807      2,662      2,951
  Printed materials                   410        294        380        292
  Pulp and waste paper                441        287        391        262
  Records/magnetic media              468        466        425        428
  Rice                                 51         12         46         16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             146        173        142        173
  Rubber tires and tubes              188        425        188        445
  Scientific instruments            2,615      1,865      2,295      1,764
  Ships, boats                         84         80         92         99
  Silver and bullion                   14         49         20         53

  Soybeans                            257          3        266          3
  Spacecraft                          (-)        (-)        (-)        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,636      2,032      2,456      2,030
  Sugar                               (-)         27        (-)         47
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,424      6,137      2,195      5,698
  Textile yearn, fabric               946      1,373        864      1,393
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              88         61        114         40
  Toys/games/sporting goods           303      1,535        305      1,350
  Travel goods                         31        426         33        406
  Vegetables and fruits               669        731        631        859
  Vehicles                          5,196     13,394      5,341     13,278
  Watches/clocks/parts                 35        280         27        292
  Wheat                               298         20        289         21
  Wood manufactures                   164        647        158        668

Re-exports                          6,059        (X)      5,221        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            104        (X)        128        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,880        (X)      4,983        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        20        (X)         48        (X)
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                                     2000                  1999

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    377,818    585,122    331,803    479,884

Net Adjustments                    -4,818      3,160     -6,398      1,371

Total Census Basis (2)            382,636    581,962    338,201    478,513

Manufactured goods (3)            306,465    486,723    276,519    416,311
Agricultural commodities (3)       24,634     19,569     22,494     18,787
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,753     60,649      4,340     29,685

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    22,006     42,937     19,780     39,651
  Airplane parts                    7,413      2,672      7,786      2,965
  Airplanes                        13,411      5,208     17,104      4,008
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            183      1,284        195      1,110
  Aluminum                          1,877      3,632      1,747      3,214
  Animal feeds                      1,835        291      1,661        274
  Artwork/antiques                    877      3,075        597      2,289
  Basketware, etc.                  1,670      2,381      1,373      2,040
  Cereal flour                        619        775        618        699
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,447      1,666      2,362      1,471
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,958      1,326      1,768      1,304

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,200        855      1,459        822
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,594      2,827      2,218      2,470
  Chemicals - medicinal             6,142      6,813      5,399      6,248
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                6,017      2,906      5,414      2,532
  Chemicals - organic               8,862     13,531      7,158     10,359
  Chemicals - plastics              9,558      5,302      8,092      4,463
  Cigarettes                        1,596        110      1,710         70
  Clothing                          4,155     29,122      4,199     25,438
  Coal                              1,049        395      1,117        337
  Coffee                                4      1,488          4      1,429
  Copper                              769      2,014        536      1,496
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,249      4,494      2,187      4,197
  Corn                              2,388        148      2,559        136
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,125         20        405        108
  Crude fertilizers                   835        691        747        620
  Crude oil                           365     41,979        357     19,298

  Electrical machinery             41,839     50,892     35,668     40,979
  Fish and preparations             1,221      4,242      1,197      3,931
  Footwear                            325      7,471        363      7,019
  Furniture and bedding             2,323      9,289      2,166      7,783
  Gem diamonds                        481      5,942        104      4,420
  General industrial mach          16,196     17,934     14,898     15,828
  Glass                             1,159      1,090      1,059        946
  Glassware                           402        912        343        813
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,249      1,435      1,519      1,487
  Hides and skins                     685         58        487         50
  Iron and steel mill prod          2,842      8,273      2,408      6,468
  Jewelry                             715      2,828        477      2,465
  Lighting, plumbing                  649      2,250        614      1,926
  Liquified propane/butane            320        673        105        325
  Live animals                        279        865        221        732

  Meat and preparations             3,756      1,909      2,936      1,554
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        6,635      8,071      5,497      7,025
  Metal ores; scrap                 2,011      2,087      1,574      1,707
  Metalworking machinery            2,911      3,811      2,501      3,415
  Mineral fuels, other              1,456      1,072      1,198        531
  Natural gas                         143      3,844        103      2,864
  Nickel                              192        811        164        402
  Oils/fats, vegetable                442        628        612        575
  Optical goods                     1,542      1,926        993      1,536
  Paper and paperboard              5,553      7,364      4,818      6,441
  Petroleum preparations            2,307     11,901      1,325      5,840
  Photographic equipment            2,213      3,298      1,648      2,665
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,711      3,977      3,095      3,386

  Platinum                            481      2,522        226      1,874
  Pottery                              51        807         54        751
  Power generating mach.           16,304     17,220     15,363     15,218
  Printed materials                 2,331      1,711      2,152      1,466
  Pulp and waste paper              2,244      1,648      1,583      1,100
  Records/magnetic media            2,656      2,523      2,863      2,054
  Rice                                446         88        485         99
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             819        983        680        871
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,231      2,536      1,153      2,264
  Scientific instruments           14,394     10,197     12,397      8,307
  Ships, boats                        560        625        794        537
  Silver and bullion                  109        469        134        327

  Soybeans                          2,523         22      1,975         19
  Spacecraft                          103        151        317        170
  Specialized ind. mach.           14,814     11,701     12,055     11,433
  Sugar                                 2        197          1        309
  Television, VCR, etc.            13,168     31,104     11,418     21,273
  Textile yearn, fabric             5,154      7,659      4,599      6,618
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             726        274        813        344
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,873      7,607      1,552      7,577
  Travel goods                        180      2,127        163      1,921
  Vegetables and fruits             3,506      5,169      3,516      5,270
  Vehicles                         30,403     81,348     28,153     71,521
  Watches/clocks/parts                173      1,528        160      1,428
  Wheat                             1,525        116      1,654        152
  Wood manufactures                   964      3,683        837      3,415

Re-exports                         32,523        (X)     24,091        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            907        (X)        728        (X)
  Manufactured goods               31,103        (X)     23,110        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       135        (X)         45        (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-00-132), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, June 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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