
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED


EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 2001 AND 2000 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.)

                              
                                  2001

            Item(1)                May                  April
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     64,018     97,842  (R)61,493  (R)96,999

Net Adjustments                      -853        786  (R)  -731  (R)   604

Total Census Basis (2)             64,871     97,056  (R)62,224  (R)96,395

Manufactured goods (3)             51,794     79,190     49,567     79,019
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,143      3,353      4,285      3,388
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,176     12,076      1,170     11,775

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     3,158      5,966      3,168      6,347
  Airplane parts                    1,374        558      1,241        536
  Airplanes                         2,693      1,316      2,213      1,157
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             42        246         32        242
  Aluminum                            287        549        279        538
  Animal feeds                        349         47        360         47
  Artwork/antiques                    211        711        214        534
  Basketware, etc.                    305        451        295        457
  Cereal flour                        114        141        112        136
  Chemicals - cosmetics               499        311        471        310
  Chemicals - dyeing                  327        222        333        225

  Chemicals - fertilizers             171        167        147        223
  Chemicals - inorganic               526        500        633        494
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,440      1,583      1,222      1,540
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,082        536      1,115        514
  Chemicals - organic               1,465      2,464      1,316      2,518
  Chemicals - plastics              1,636        938      1,565        898
  Cigarettes                          248         15        236         17
  Clothing                            594      4,804        599      4,412
  Coal                                182         77        177         78
  Coffee                                2        129          1        124
  Copper                              101        308         94        394
  Cork, wood, lumber                  307        755        331        750
  Corn                                278          7        427         59
  Cotton, raw and linters             186          2        162          2
  Crude fertilizers                   150        133        144         99
  Crude oil                            14      6,917          6      6,660

  Electrical machinery              6,260      6,893      6,296      7,054
  Fish and preparations               216        764        296        640
  Footwear                             56      1,305         50      1,177
  Furniture and bedding               396      1,574        349      1,615
  Gem diamonds                        162      1,060        157        723
  General industrial mach           2,857      2,976      2,741      3,016
  Glass                               218        190        214        186
  Glassware                            81        145         77        148
  Gold, nonmonetary                   659        126        649        134
  Hides and skins                     163         11        150         10
  Iron and steel mill prod            469      1,068        422      1,094
  Jewelry                             148        544        127        523
  Lighting, plumbing                  114        405        104        375
  Liquified propane/butane             21        164         23        161
  Live animals                         43        177         51        221

  Meat and preparations               640        344        581        342
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,021      1,325        963      1,333
  Metal ores; scrap                   393        276        333        281
  Metalworking machinery              361        534        426        647
  Mineral fuels, other                277        162        282        178
  Natural gas                          21      1,846         52      1,803
  Nickel                               40         96         41         96
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 62         76         51         91
  Optical goods                       294        331        277        365
  Paper and paperboard                869      1,278        840      1,239
  Petroleum preparations              479      2,448        453      2,484
  Photographic equipment              311        433        265        499
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            637        729        604        708

  Platinum                             75        426         98        426
  Pottery                               8        120          8        136
  Power generating mach.            3,006      2,995      2,763      3,119
  Printed materials                   400        285        430        293
  Pulp and waste paper                319        197        292        235
  Records/magnetic media              354        383        385        387
  Rice                                 45         13         51         14
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             136        176        140        175
  Rubber tires and tubes              188        358        173        347
  Scientific instruments            2,491      1,796      2,476      1,774
  Ships, boats                        447         88         85        106
  Silver and bullion                   14         40         20         38

  Soybeans                            204          5        284          5
  Spacecraft                          105        (-)          1        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,201      1,785      2,336      1,821
  Sugar                               (-)         33        (-)         20
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,011      4,964      2,029      4,863
  Textile yearn, fabric               907      1,304        859      1,235
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             105         50        131         52
  Toys/games/sporting goods           277      1,297        288      1,339
  Travel goods                         25        405         25        360
  Vegetables and fruits               649        810        588        911
  Vehicles                          5,158     13,173      4,813     13,576
  Watches/clocks/parts                 26        243         22        245
  Wheat                               250         20        295         18
  Wood manufactures                   138        647        135        588

Re-exports                          5,954        (X)      5,348        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            132        (X)        146        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,701        (X)      5,140        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        79        (X)         24        (X)
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                                  2001                   2000

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    319,211    492,429    311,536    481,275

Net Adjustments                    -3,925      3,164     -4,245      2,947

Total Census Basis (2)            323,136    489,265    315,781    478,328

Manufactured goods (3)            257,289    402,374    254,126    399,548
Agricultural commodities (3)       22,208     16,686     20,926     17,017
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,852     59,038      4,873     49,528

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    17,926     32,589     17,922     34,824
  Airplane parts                    6,704      2,665      6,085      2,221
  Airplanes                        11,873      6,133     10,748      4,161
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            180      1,157        141      1,037
  Aluminum                          1,437      2,754      1,606      3,020
  Animal feeds                      1,901        251      1,548        239
  Artwork/antiques                    881      3,159        702      2,809
  Basketware, etc.                  1,486      2,184      1,405      1,967
  Cereal flour                        562        683        516        642
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,430      1,522      2,013      1,367
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,627      1,094      1,613      1,093

  Chemicals - fertilizers             838      1,117        897        772
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,644      2,694      2,080      2,418
  Chemicals - medicinal             6,153      7,026      4,886      5,735
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                5,447      2,679      5,040      2,392
  Chemicals - organic               7,367     13,190      7,374     10,949
  Chemicals - plastics              8,327      4,458      7,895      4,385
  Cigarettes                        1,213         79      1,330        101
  Clothing                          3,014     24,982      3,440     23,304
  Coal                                804        369        840        329
  Coffee                                6        630          4      1,275
  Copper                              505      1,954        634      1,664
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,652      3,178      1,869      3,754
  Corn                              1,903        116      2,016        145
  Cotton, raw and linters             919         12        972         18
  Crude fertilizers                   719        560        705        556
  Crude oil                            67     32,958        381     34,006

  Electrical machinery             34,036     38,496     34,605     41,535
  Fish and preparations             1,244      3,482      1,038      3,415
  Footwear                            269      6,501        267      6,038
  Furniture and bedding             1,838      7,916      1,924      7,705
  Gem diamonds                        846      4,523        376      5,055
  General industrial mach          14,268     14,928     13,694     14,822
  Glass                             1,081        906        971        894
  Glassware                           399        730        325        744
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,975        777      2,835      1,248
  Hides and skins                     748         47        527         48
  Iron and steel mill prod          2,351      5,190      2,373      6,839
  Jewelry                             909      2,424        595      2,391
  Lighting, plumbing                  546      1,845        526      1,785
  Liquified propane/butane            158      1,131        280        550
  Live animals                        237        947        246        734

  Meat and preparations             2,943      1,695      2,916      1,558
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        5,010      6,537      5,563      6,635
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,740      1,383      1,656      1,727
  Metalworking machinery            2,240      3,169      2,421      3,173
  Mineral fuels, other              1,526        846      1,252        835
  Natural gas                         224      8,938        123      3,503
  Nickel                              205        508        157        663
  Oils/fats, vegetable                292        409        371        524
  Optical goods                     1,450      1,709      1,196      1,569
  Paper and paperboard              4,327      6,237      4,563      6,054
  Petroleum preparations            2,061     12,986      1,907      9,712
  Photographic equipment            1,422      2,351      1,863      2,670
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,068      3,435      3,071      3,278

  Platinum                            630      3,193        355      1,905
  Pottery                              43        648         43        659
  Power generating mach.           13,925     15,281     13,530     14,323
  Printed materials                 2,053      1,440      1,934      1,400
  Pulp and waste paper              1,630      1,298      1,803      1,361
  Records/magnetic media            1,963      1,873      2,174      2,060
  Rice                                330         72        394         76
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             713        840        681        809
  Rubber tires and tubes              922      1,709      1,032      2,110
  Scientific instruments           12,902      9,200     11,985      8,327
  Ships, boats                        789        604        502        546
  Silver and bullion                   85        219         98        420

  Soybeans                          2,425         17      2,264         19
  Spacecraft                          108        (-)        102        151
  Specialized ind. mach.           12,153      9,284     12,358      9,681
  Sugar                                 1        173          2        169
  Television, VCR, etc.            10,502     24,966     10,850     24,958
  Textile yearn, fabric             4,427      6,168      4,293      6,287
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             584        287        624        214
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,381      6,551      1,582      6,076
  Travel goods                        134      1,804        150      1,700
  Vegetables and fruits             2,977      4,521      2,841      4,440
  Vehicles                         23,084     66,254     25,661     67,920
  Watches/clocks/parts                128      1,172        138      1,257
  Wheat                             1,326         93      1,224         95
  Wood manufactures                   690      2,805        795      3,039

Re-exports                         28,797        (X)     26,477        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            719        (X)        819        (X)
  Manufactured goods               27,670        (X)     25,240        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       182        (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-01-117), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, May 2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
                                 


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