
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)              August                 July
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     67,196    107,986 (R) 59,167 (R)101,957

Net Adjustments                      -761        347 (R)   -541 (R)    173

Total Census Basis (2)             67,958    107,639 (R) 59,707 (R)101,784

Manufactured goods (3)             54,241     90,012     47,831     84,197
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,135      3,040      3,738      2,893
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,210     11,754        983     11,952

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,981      8,502      3,656      7,908
  Airplane parts                    1,270        494      1,208        503
  Airplanes                         1,817      1,003      1,389      1,001
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             42        244         30        215
  Aluminum                            345        608        341        654
  Animal feeds                        325         47        286         53
  Artwork/antiques                     66        432         85        346
  Basketware, etc.                    267        428        253        411
  Cereal flour                        116        159        105        140
  Chemicals - cosmetics               504        347        449        301
  Chemicals - dyeing                  373        262        341        234

  Chemicals - fertilizers             202        128        199         84
  Chemicals - inorganic               475        577        430        547
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,135      1,293      1,085      1,230
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,098        485        945        471
  Chemicals - organic               1,507      2,564      1,433      2,141
  Chemicals - plastics              1,775        919      1,579        914
  Cigarettes                          312         39        252         19
  Clothing                            752      6,879        651      6,291
  Coal                                228         80        189         70
  Coffee                                1        175        (-)        191
  Copper                              123        391        111        380
  Cork, wood, lumber                  377        646        301        673
  Corn                                414          2        363          3
  Cotton, raw and linters             126          1        138          1
  Crude fertilizers                   154        117        136        119
  Crude oil                            20      8,242         18      8,366

  Electrical machinery              8,424      9,842      7,368      9,087
  Fish and preparations               324        992        304        943
  Footwear                             67      1,380         50      1,455
  Furniture and bedding               442      1,668        335      1,519
  Gem diamonds                        128        845         97      1,245
  General industrial mach           2,894      2,915      2,616      2,855
  Glass                               252        201        176        189
  Glassware                            82        185         66        174
  Gold, nonmonetary                   322        187        203        203
  Hides and skins                     138          9        125          8
  Iron and steel mill prod            531      1,481        443      1,494
  Jewelry                             153        475        111        509
  Lighting, plumbing                  136        554        117        517
  Liquified propane/butane             54         99         50        104
  Live animals                         55        129         39        105

  Meat and preparations               626        353        580        340
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,185      1,418        993      1,354
  Metal ores; scrap                   447        305        355        352
  Metalworking machinery              507        690        523        635
  Mineral fuels, other                287        198        261        214
  Natural gas                          29        837         55        841
  Nickel                               34        110         33         94
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 57         93         62         97
  Optical goods                       344        326        264        358
  Paper and paperboard                917      1,386        863      1,304
  Petroleum preparations              568      1,902        394      2,050
  Photographic equipment              393        579        334        583
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            685        704        549        691

  Platinum                             73        417         86        375
  Pottery                               9        194          9        165
  Power generating mach.            2,875      2,738      2,376      2,600
  Printed materials                   440        360        382        325
  Pulp and waste paper                447        292        386        302
  Records/magnetic media              441        447        450        450
  Rice                                 64         13         60         13
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             145        172        108        155
  Rubber tires and tubes              220        410        181        412
  Scientific instruments            2,713      2,012      2,495      1,874
  Ships, boats                         59         84         67         63
  Silver and bullion                   20         49         12         43

  Soybeans                            307          2        268          2
  Spacecraft                          (-)        (-)        (-)        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,661      1,931      2,751      1,872
  Sugar                               (-)         67        (-)         29
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,490      6,251      2,360      5,775
  Textile yearn, fabric               943      1,362        860      1,302
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              84         62         56         36
  Toys/games/sporting goods           302      2,121        263      1,819
  Travel goods                         30        411         25        391
  Vegetables and fruits               615        603        611        646
  Vehicles                          4,613     13,401      3,139     11,699
  Watches/clocks/parts                 32        306         27        304
  Wheat                               332          9        281         20
  Wood manufactures                   166        640        146        615

Re-exports                          5,964        (X)      5,014        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            124        (X)         93        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,775        (X)      4,855        (X)
  Mineral fuels                         6        (X)         13        (X)
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                                     1999

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    504,147    795,052    440,349    657,194

Net Adjustments                    -6,124      3,666     -8,288      2,157

Total Census Basis (2)            510,272    791,386    448,637    655,037

Manufactured goods (3)            408,536    660,933    366,282    567,197
Agricultural commodities (3)       32,507     25,502     29,862     24,509
Mineral fuels (3)                   7,946     84,354      6,010     44,205

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    29,643     59,347     26,183     54,263
  Airplane parts                    9,891      3,670     10,283      4,014
  Airplanes                        16,617      7,211     21,707      5,726
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            255      1,742        260      1,555
  Aluminum                          2,562      4,894      2,325      4,283
  Animal feeds                      2,446        391      2,133        375
  Artwork/antiques                  1,029      3,852        750      3,225
  Basketware, etc.                  2,191      3,219      1,850      2,798
  Cereal flour                        841      1,074        842        963
  Chemicals - cosmetics             3,400      2,314      3,175      2,033
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,672      1,822      2,365      1,754

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,601      1,067      2,054        990
  Chemicals - inorganic             3,499      3,952      2,975      3,346
  Chemicals - medicinal             8,362      9,336      7,181      8,688
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                8,060      3,862      7,341      3,369
  Chemicals - organic              11,802     18,236      9,617     14,173
  Chemicals - plastics             12,911      7,135     10,806      6,052
  Cigarettes                        2,159        168      2,167         92
  Clothing                          5,558     42,292      5,512     36,694
  Coal                              1,465        545      1,508        439
  Coffee                                5      1,853          5      1,814
  Copper                            1,003      2,785        697      2,066
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,927      5,813      2,855      5,917
  Corn                              3,165        153      3,448        140
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,389         22        579        140
  Crude fertilizers                 1,125        927        998        835
  Crude oil                           403     58,587        528     29,025

  Electrical machinery             57,631     69,822     48,251     56,031
  Fish and preparations             1,849      6,177      1,783      5,511
  Footwear                            443     10,306        475      9,646
  Furniture and bedding             3,100     12,475      2,861     10,453
  Gem diamonds                        706      8,031        146      6,242
  General industrial mach          21,706     23,705     19,733     20,950
  Glass                             1,588      1,480      1,386      1,304
  Glassware                           550      1,271        458      1,168
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,775      1,825      2,063      2,024
  Hides and skins                     948         74        665         65
  Iron and steel mill prod          3,816     11,248      3,222      8,735
  Jewelry                             978      3,811        620      3,328
  Lighting, plumbing                  902      3,321        842      2,792
  Liquified propane/butane            424        876        147        450
  Live animals                        372      1,099        299        933

  Meat and preparations             4,961      2,603      4,032      2,111
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        8,813     10,843      7,301      9,493
  Metal ores; scrap                 2,813      2,745      2,244      2,318
  Metalworking machinery            3,942      5,136      3,373      4,526
  Mineral fuels, other              2,004      1,484      1,633        766
  Natural gas                         227      5,522        140      4,024
  Nickel                              259      1,015        217        527
  Oils/fats, vegetable                561        817        765        793
  Optical goods                     2,150      2,610      1,391      2,014
  Paper and paperboard              7,332     10,054      6,447      8,671
  Petroleum preparations            3,269     15,853      1,867      8,684
  Photographic equipment            2,939      4,460      2,281      3,734
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          4,946      5,371      4,106      4,581

  Platinum                            641      3,314        296      2,272
  Pottery                              69      1,167         70      1,077
  Power generating mach.           21,555     22,558     20,147     20,372
  Printed materials                 3,153      2,396      2,938      2,085
  Pulp and waste paper              3,077      2,242      2,176      1,547
  Records/magnetic media            3,547      3,420      3,799      2,871
  Rice                                570        114        607        120
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,072      1,310        905      1,170
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,632      3,358      1,570      3,034
  Scientific instruments           19,602     14,083     16,632     11,250
  Ships, boats                        686        772      1,211        670
  Silver and bullion                  142        561        161        434

  Soybeans                          3,098         26      2,470         22
  Spacecraft                          103        151        415        244
  Specialized ind. mach.           20,227     15,504     16,130     14,876
  Sugar                                 2        293          2        396
  Television, VCR, etc.            18,018     43,130     15,498     30,352
  Textile yearn, fabric             6,957     10,324      6,109      9,009
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             865        372        941        469
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,438     11,546      2,099     11,381
  Travel goods                        235      2,929        216      2,682
  Vegetables and fruits             4,732      6,417      4,647      6,534
  Vehicles                         38,155    106,447     35,458     94,242
  Watches/clocks/parts                232      2,139        217      1,968
  Wheat                             2,138        145      2,366        210
  Wood manufactures                 1,276      4,937      1,129      4,786

Re-exports                         43,502        (X)     31,932        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,124        (X)        914        (X)
  Manufactured goods               41,733        (X)     30,670        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       153        (X)         61        (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-00-173), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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