
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)             November               October
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     66,878    106,502  (R)69,548 (R)114,078

Net Adjustments                      -838        620  (R)  -823 (R)    607

Total Census Basis (2)             67,716    105,882  (R)70,371 (R)113,471

Manufactured goods (3)             53,739     88,524     55,796     94,727
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,584      3,178      4,807      3,117
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,315     11,438      1,422     12,381

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,862      8,027      4,263      8,696
  Airplane parts                    1,278        495      1,314        512
  Airplanes                         1,772      1,121      2,181      1,172
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             43        319         54        355
  Aluminum                            306        516        327        566
  Animal feeds                        347         54        353         54
  Artwork/antiques                    107        525         90        610
  Basketware, etc.                    267        415        282        409
  Cereal flour                        117        175        130        188
  Chemicals - cosmetics               494        308        495        332
  Chemicals - dyeing                  378        207        374        234

  Chemicals - fertilizers             202        166        139        157
  Chemicals - inorganic               471        537        481        498
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,128      1,321      1,129      1,332
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,108        469      1,102        460
  Chemicals - organic               1,576      2,593      1,690      2,860
  Chemicals - plastics              1,689        889      1,778        942
  Cigarettes                          309         26        285         18
  Clothing                            658      5,094        711      6,194
  Coal                                218         60        172         77
  Coffee                                1        120          1        121
  Copper                              105        446        117        452
  Cork, wood, lumber                  343        623        379        653
  Corn                                361          3        368          2
  Cotton, raw and linters             132          1        114          3
  Crude fertilizers                   158        116        152        120
  Crude oil                             2      7,220          6      8,452

  Electrical machinery              7,968      9,710      8,359     10,084
  Fish and preparations               217        912        298      1,016
  Footwear                             55      1,096         57      1,179
  Furniture and bedding               426      1,671        440      1,697
  Gem diamonds                        151      1,018        163      1,133
  General industrial mach           2,793      2,761      2,989      2,973
  Glass                               234        189        248        203
  Glassware                            83        166         80        172
  Gold, nonmonetary                   552        211        460        186
  Hides and skins                     147          9        133          9
  Iron and steel mill prod            506      1,067        491      1,218
  Jewelry                             173        698        167        801
  Lighting, plumbing                  124        408        129        527
  Liquified propane/butane             73        133         48        143
  Live animals                         74        203        265        211

  Meat and preparations               615        322        577        302
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,119      1,378      1,213      1,467
  Metal ores; scrap                   369        319        365        261
  Metalworking machinery              531        691        611        710
  Mineral fuels, other                314        179        323        165
  Natural gas                          69      1,098         33        987
  Nickel                               42         92         33         93
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 68         94         48        108
  Optical goods                       280        369        289        371
  Paper and paperboard                846      1,304        885      1,407
  Petroleum preparations              599      2,447        803      2,320
  Photographic equipment              297        599        359        736
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            804        656        660        720

  Platinum                             84        544         52        618
  Pottery                              11        153         16        180
  Power generating mach.            2,748      2,840      2,719      3,062
  Printed materials                   408        333        427        359
  Pulp and waste paper                369        274        374        308
  Records/magnetic media              433        436        500        506
  Rice                                 81         19         62         15
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             156        165        152        177
  Rubber tires and tubes              188        361        210        377
  Scientific instruments            2,811      1,986      2,853      2,093
  Ships, boats                        161        102         52        131
  Silver and bullion                   21         47         24         64

  Soybeans                            625          2        703          3
  Spacecraft                           53        (-)        (-)        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,549      1,784      2,856      1,888
  Sugar                               (-)         48          1         35
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,466      6,977      2,464      7,488
  Textile yearn, fabric               898      1,196        940      1,305
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              91         39         66         34
  Toys/games/sporting goods           287      1,940        319      2,785
  Travel goods                         29        377         31        434
  Vegetables and fruits               713        765        778        662
  Vehicles                          4,848     14,723      4,952     14,814
  Watches/clocks/parts                 34        347         29        402
  Wheat                               293         25        268         23
  Wood manufactures                   147        568        152        629

Re-exports                          5,974        (X)      6,237        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            138        (X)        166        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,768        (X)      5,993        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        15        (X)         21        (X)
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                                     2000               1999

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    707,638  1,122,880    621,441    937,868

Net Adjustments                    -8,366      5,490    -10,548      4,546

Total Census Basis (2)            716,004  1,117,390    631,989    933,322

Manufactured goods (3)            571,140    933,448    513,985    804,643
Agricultural commodities (3)       45,866     34,615     42,711     33,392
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,890    120,042      8,786     67,841

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    42,020     84,586     36,790     76,687
  Airplane parts                   13,728      5,111     13,928      5,405
  Airplanes                        22,236     10,747     28,524      8,328
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            394      2,696        394      2,366
  Aluminum                          3,482      6,547      3,268      5,786
  Animal feeds                      3,459        546      3,022        518
  Artwork/antiques                  1,319      5,473      1,016      4,511
  Basketware, etc.                  3,015      4,438      2,610      3,986
  Cereal flour                      1,200      1,609      1,199      1,471
  Chemicals - cosmetics             4,868      3,260      4,485      2,867
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,778      2,482      3,322      2,418

  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,107      1,527      2,710      1,366
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,902      5,566      4,219      4,674
  Chemicals - medicinal            11,763     13,505     10,289     12,231
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               11,261      5,231     10,167      4,633
  Chemicals - organic              16,601     26,373     13,941     20,235
  Chemicals - plastics             18,048      9,837     15,366      8,455
  Cigarettes                        3,052        240      2,987        134
  Clothing                          7,621     59,847      7,443     52,028
  Coal                              2,024        746      2,104        613
  Coffee                                9      2,228          8      2,304
  Copper                            1,338      4,051        974      3,150
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,999      7,725      3,908      8,231
  Corn                              4,337        159      4,715        151
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,735         27        797        145
  Crude fertilizers                 1,579      1,288      1,397      1,168
  Crude oil                           425     82,135        659     45,216

  Electrical machinery             82,247     99,907     68,411     80,429
  Fish and preparations             2,622      9,044      2,585      8,054
  Footwear                            609     13,774        640     12,943
  Furniture and bedding             4,393     17,394      4,007     14,782
  Gem diamonds                      1,163     11,311        267      9,125
  General industrial mach          30,220     32,095     27,306     28,814
  Glass                             2,289      2,076      1,953      1,876
  Glassware                           789      1,783        662      1,666
  Gold, nonmonetary                 5,288      2,449      4,449      2,800
  Hides and skins                   1,352        100        927         92
  Iron and steel mill prod          5,285     14,772      4,570     12,184
  Jewelry                           1,439      5,942        972      5,200
  Lighting, plumbing                1,288      4,763      1,191      4,009
  Liquified propane/butane            581      1,250        263        742
  Live animals                        763      1,651        584      1,416

  Meat and preparations             6,707      3,528      5,897      2,971
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       12,307     15,027     10,248     13,205
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,937      3,611      3,154      3,306
  Metalworking machinery            5,626      7,077      4,779      6,169
  Mineral fuels, other              2,964      2,064      2,380      1,146
  Natural gas                         377      8,601        195      6,058
  Nickel                              367      1,314        296        771
  Oils/fats, vegetable                731      1,101      1,059      1,094
  Optical goods                     2,984      3,671      2,035      2,803
  Paper and paperboard              9,958     14,070      9,024     12,282
  Petroleum preparations            5,260     22,911      2,931     12,877
  Photographic equipment            3,928      6,383      3,277      5,503
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,017      7,429      5,788      6,416

  Platinum                            828      5,119        453      3,109
  Pottery                             106      1,679         99      1,548
  Power generating mach.           29,825     31,259     28,033     28,881
  Printed materials                 4,399      3,430      4,192      3,046
  Pulp and waste paper              4,209      3,109      3,154      2,332
  Records/magnetic media            4,932      4,800      5,266      4,259
  Rice                                761        162        858        170
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,517      1,814      1,280      1,641
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,230      4,459      2,210      4,245
  Scientific instruments           27,893     20,101     23,303     16,011
  Ships, boats                        978      1,084      1,560      1,051
  Silver and bullion                  210        725        201        584

  Soybeans                          4,706         32      4,011         28
  Spacecraft                          158        217        640        245
  Specialized ind. mach.           28,235     20,839     22,657     19,818
  Sugar                                 3        436          4        512
  Television, VCR, etc.            25,506     64,387     21,880     46,099
  Textile yearn, fabric             9,718     14,061      8,535     12,455
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,083        502      1,235        660
  Toys/games/sporting goods         3,334     18,455      3,026     17,706
  Travel goods                        328      4,123        304      3,829
  Vegetables and fruits             6,848      8,435      6,532      8,434
  Vehicles                         52,413    148,902     49,875    132,303
  Watches/clocks/parts                323      3,226        303      3,002
  Wheat                             3,055        208      3,289        257
  Wood manufactures                 1,719      6,737      1,583      6,579

Re-exports                         62,412        (X)     45,988        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,551        (X)      1,200        (X)
  Manufactured goods               59,997        (X)     44,224        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       201        (X)        115        (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-01-12), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, November 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
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