
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)               July                  June
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     59,043    102,021     67,382    104,567

Net Adjustments                      -547        158       -889        403

Total Census Basis (2)             59,590    101,863     68,271    104,164

Manufactured goods (3)             47,831     84,197     55,290     86,694
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,738      2,893      3,954      3,136
Mineral fuels (3)                     983     11,952        915     11,542

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,656      7,908      4,085      8,097
  Airplane parts                    1,208        503      1,336        463
  Airplanes                         1,389      1,001      2,664      1,029
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             30        215         39        244
  Aluminum                            341        654        328        607
  Animal feeds                        286         53        286         53
  Artwork/antiques                     85        346        176        252
  Basketware, etc.                    253        411        287        413
  Cereal flour                        105        140        108        133
  Chemicals - cosmetics               449        301        453        298
  Chemicals - dyeing                  341        234        367        227

  Chemicals - fertilizers             199         84        257         78
  Chemicals - inorganic               430        547        524        424
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,085      1,230      1,281      1,084
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  945        471      1,029        512
  Chemicals - organic               1,433      2,141      1,538      2,558
  Chemicals - plastics              1,579        914      1,664        922
  Cigarettes                          252         19        270         15
  Clothing                            651      6,291        788      5,816
  Coal                                189         70        196         66
  Coffee                              (-)        191        (-)        212
  Copper                              111        380        131        354
  Cork, wood, lumber                  301        673        382        737
  Corn                                363          3        370          3
  Cotton, raw and linters             138          1        149          2
  Crude fertilizers                   136        119        139        132
  Crude oil                            18      8,366          4      8,018

  Electrical machinery              7,368      9,087      7,736      9,356
  Fish and preparations               304        943        186        827
  Footwear                             50      1,455         59      1,422
  Furniture and bedding               335      1,519        422      1,584
  Gem diamonds                         97      1,245        105        889
  General industrial mach           2,616      2,855      2,800      3,054
  Glass                               176        189        201        195
  Glassware                            66        174         77        167
  Gold, nonmonetary                   203        203        426        186
  Hides and skins                     125          8        136         10
  Iron and steel mill prod            443      1,494        482      1,438
  Jewelry                             111        509        124        438
  Lighting, plumbing                  117        517        119        466
  Liquified propane/butane             50        104         42        117
  Live animals                         39        105         32        133

  Meat and preparations               580        340        628        351
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          993      1,354      1,246      1,413
  Metal ores; scrap                   355        352        344        350
  Metalworking machinery              523        635        530        637
  Mineral fuels, other                261        214        227        221
  Natural gas                          55        841         20        707
  Nickel                               33         94         33        148
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 62         97         71        104
  Optical goods                       264        358        348        357
  Paper and paperboard                863      1,304        971      1,307
  Petroleum preparations              394      2,050        400      2,190
  Photographic equipment              334        583        365        611
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            549        691        643        699

  Platinum                             86        375        134        495
  Pottery                               9        165          9        148
  Power generating mach.            2,376      2,600      2,953      2,807
  Printed materials                   382        325        410        294
  Pulp and waste paper                386        302        441        287
  Records/magnetic media              450        450        468        466
  Rice                                 60         13         51         12
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             108        155        146        173
  Rubber tires and tubes              181        412        188        425
  Scientific instruments            2,495      1,874      2,615      1,865
  Ships, boats                         67         63         84         80
  Silver and bullion                   12         43         14         49

  Soybeans                            268          2        257          3
  Spacecraft                          (-)        (-)        (-)        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,751      1,872      2,636      2,032
  Sugar                               (-)         29        (-)         27
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,360      5,775      2,424      6,137
  Textile yearn, fabric               860      1,302        946      1,373
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              56         36         88         61
  Toys/games/sporting goods           263      1,819        303      1,535
  Travel goods                         25        391         31        426
  Vegetables and fruits               611        646        669        731
  Vehicles                          3,139     11,699      5,196     13,394
  Watches/clocks/parts                 27        304         35        280
  Wheat                               281         20        298         20
  Wood manufactures                   146        615        164        647

Re-exports                          5,014        (X)      6,059        (X)
  Agricultural commodities             93        (X)        104        (X)
  Manufactured goods                4,855        (X)      5,880        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        13        (X)         20        (X)
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                                       2000                  1999
            Item(1)                 Cumulative             Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    436,827    687,130    383,768    566,856

Net Adjustments                    -5,369      3,305     -7,431      1,568

Total Census Basis (2)            442,196    683,825    391,198    565,288

Manufactured goods (3)            354,296    570,921    319,251    490,714
Agricultural commodities (3)       28,372     22,463     26,157     21,616
Mineral fuels (3)                   6,736     72,600      5,122     36,591

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    25,662     50,845     22,948     46,942
  Airplane parts                    8,621      3,175      9,063      3,508
  Airplanes                        14,800      6,209     18,907      5,091
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            213      1,499        224      1,338
  Aluminum                          2,217      4,286      2,029      3,740
  Animal feeds                      2,121        344      1,904        322
  Artwork/antiques                    962      3,421        685      2,603
  Basketware, etc.                  1,923      2,791      1,621      2,411
  Cereal flour                        724        915        728        820
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,896      1,967      2,762      1,756
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,300      1,560      2,061      1,522

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,399        939      1,754        880
  Chemicals - inorganic             3,024      3,374      2,541      2,876
  Chemicals - medicinal             7,227      8,043      6,247      7,506
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                6,962      3,377      6,304      2,963
  Chemicals - organic              10,295     15,672      8,333     12,431
  Chemicals - plastics             11,136      6,216      9,405      5,252
  Cigarettes                        1,847        129      1,946         80
  Clothing                          4,806     35,413      4,829     30,990
  Coal                              1,238        465      1,299        381
  Coffee                                4      1,679          4      1,623
  Copper                              880      2,394        613      1,768
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,550      5,167      2,515      5,073
  Corn                              2,751        151      3,014        138
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,263         21        504        132
  Crude fertilizers                   971        810        863        719
  Crude oil                           383     50,345        429     23,952

  Electrical machinery             49,207     59,979     41,763     48,333
  Fish and preparations             1,525      5,185      1,508      4,690
  Footwear                            376      8,926        420      8,361
  Furniture and bedding             2,659     10,807      2,478      9,072
  Gem diamonds                        577      7,187        122      5,433
  General industrial mach          18,812     20,790     17,251     18,397
  Glass                             1,335      1,279      1,205      1,116
  Glassware                           468      1,086        396        984
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,452      1,638      1,664      1,714
  Hides and skins                     810         66        573         57
  Iron and steel mill prod          3,285      9,768      2,807      7,607
  Jewelry                             826      3,337        538      2,903
  Lighting, plumbing                  766      2,767        721      2,338
  Liquified propane/butane            370        777        121        398
  Live animals                        318        971        253        815

  Meat and preparations             4,335      2,249      3,497      1,833
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        7,628      9,425      6,356      8,242
  Metal ores; scrap                 2,366      2,440      1,902      1,986
  Metalworking machinery            3,435      4,446      2,958      3,967
  Mineral fuels, other              1,717      1,286      1,405        648
  Natural gas                         198      4,685        122      3,399
  Nickel                              225        905        190        455
  Oils/fats, vegetable                504        725        688        691
  Optical goods                     1,806      2,284      1,184      1,778
  Paper and paperboard              6,416      8,668      5,616      7,514
  Petroleum preparations            2,701     13,951      1,590      7,142
  Photographic equipment            2,546      3,881      1,948      3,220
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          4,260      4,667      3,573      3,971

  Platinum                            568      2,897        275      2,025
  Pottery                              60        972         62        902
  Power generating mach.           18,680     19,820     17,569     17,637
  Printed materials                 2,713      2,036      2,532      1,760
  Pulp and waste paper              2,630      1,950      1,877      1,315
  Records/magnetic media            3,106      2,973      3,350      2,460
  Rice                                506        101        550        109
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             927      1,138        782      1,014
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,412      2,948      1,342      2,653
  Scientific instruments           16,889     12,071     14,471      9,760
  Ships, boats                        627        688      1,133        620
  Silver and bullion                  122        512        150        389

  Soybeans                          2,791         24      2,173         20
  Spacecraft                          103        151        317        244
  Specialized ind. mach.           17,566     13,573     14,163     13,219
  Sugar                                 2        226          2        344
  Television, VCR, etc.            15,528     36,879     13,488     25,720
  Textile yearn, fabric             6,014      8,961      5,315      7,796
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             781        310        877        403
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,135      9,425      1,816      9,370
  Travel goods                        205      2,518        188      2,296
  Vegetables and fruits             4,117      5,814      4,093      5,922
  Vehicles                         33,543     93,047     31,101     82,344
  Watches/clocks/parts                199      1,832        191      1,698
  Wheat                             1,806        135      2,002        183
  Wood manufactures                 1,110      4,298        980      4,110

Re-exports                         37,537        (X)     28,037        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,000        (X)        823        (X)
  Manufactured goods               35,958        (X)     26,911        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       148        (X)         51        (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-00-149), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, July 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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