
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)              October              September
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     59,922    101,580 (R) 54,472 (R) 89,934

Net Adjustments                      -920        240 (R)   -862 (R)    250

Total Census Basis (2)             60,842    101,340 (R) 55,334 (R) 89,684

Manufactured goods (3)             47,526     86,117     43,845     75,380
Agricultural commodities (3)        5,253      3,507      3,891      3,066
Mineral fuels (3)                     876      8,916        907      9,140

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     2,908      6,608      3,064      5,761
  Airplane parts                    1,326        530      1,198        473
  Airplanes                         2,470      1,067      1,722      1,045
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             59        386         50        260
  Aluminum                            281        525        251        575
  Animal feeds                        363         51        318         42
  Artwork/antiques                    100        481         90        317
  Basketware, etc.                    312        506        284        485
  Cereal flour                        141        222        105        181
  Chemicals - cosmetics               508        345        466        301
  Chemicals - dyeing                  308        219        298        194

  Chemicals - fertilizers             178        136        157        135
  Chemicals - inorganic               378        487        344        460
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,425      1,866      1,302      1,415
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  957        504        951        414
  Chemicals - organic               1,404      3,000      1,286      2,439
  Chemicals - plastics              1,569        911      1,478        827
  Cigarettes                          114         22        133         22
  Clothing                            545      6,017        488      5,683
  Coal                                161         95        171         88
  Coffee                                2         87          2         89
  Copper                               90        288         83        348
  Cork, wood, lumber                  295        694        248        677
  Corn                                362          3        422          2
  Cotton, raw and linters             139          2        154          1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          135        123        140        107
  Crude oil                            13      6,208          9      6,117

  Electrical machinery              5,610      7,132      5,301      6,631
  Fish and preparations               295      1,044        300        861
  Footwear                             58      1,219         48      1,167
  Furniture and bedding               373      1,684        334      1,447
  Gem diamonds                        133        882         90        769
  General industrial mach           2,627      2,830      2,377      2,371
  Glass                               196        202        200        190
  Glassware                            78        166         65        151
  Gold, nonmonetary                   205        235        131        193
  Hides and skins                     151          7        140          6
  Iron and steel mill prod            490      1,100        444        957
  Jewelry                             198        710        121        596
  Lighting, plumbing                  117        488        119        450
  Liquified propane/butane             22         95         21         75
  Live animals                        241        246         29        175

  Meat and preparations               644        398        589        350
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          949      1,419        869      1,208
  Metal ores; scrap                   358        279        428        256
  Metalworking machinery              342        471        351        451
  Mineral fuels, other                253        166        239        152
  Natural gas                          44        773         57        692
  Nickel                               44         94         44         72
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 90         86         60         74
  Optical goods                       190        248        194        208
  Paper and paperboard                897      1,360        791      1,174
  Petroleum preparations              365      1,533        378      1,886
  Photographic equipment              266        542        255        424
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            584        729        523        670

  Platinum                             68        252         24        226
  Pottery                               8        155          7        160
  Power generating mach.            2,912      3,360      2,628      2,848
  Printed materials                   419        357        378        332
  Pulp and waste paper                304        195        269        173
  Records/magnetic media              400        509        353        439
  Rice                                 46         16         59         11
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             125        181        117        153
  Rubber tires and tubes              225        378        188        335
  Scientific instruments            2,234      1,867      2,341      1,601
  Ships, boats                         55        141         42         66
  Silver and bullion                   11         48         17         36

  Soybeans                            763          2        168        (-)
  Spacecraft                            1        (-)        (-)         66
  Specialized ind. mach.            1,948      1,518      1,757      1,275
  Sugar                               (-)         37        (-)         81
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,891      6,176      1,769      5,323
  Textile yearn, fabric               864      1,347        812      1,117
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             128         49         41         64
  Toys/games/sporting goods           265      2,686        232      2,436
  Travel goods                         27        409         21        352
  Vegetables and fruits               747        697        594        611
  Vehicles                          4,953     14,409      4,456     12,262
  Watches/clocks/parts                 29        361         16        284
  Wheat                               342         27        303         22
  Wood manufactures                   135        612        120        581

Re-exports                          5,500        (X)      4,915        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            112        (X)         97        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,323        (X)      4,752        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        12        (X)         32        (X)
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                                       2001                  2000

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    609,355    973,336    640,990  1,018,371

Net Adjustments                    -8,343      4,746     -8,103      5,196

Total Census Basis (2)            617,698    968,591    649,093  1,013,175

Manufactured goods (3)            490,617    802,421    520,239    844,478
Agricultural commodities (3)       43,850     32,962     42,054     32,641
Mineral fuels (3)                  10,672    108,786     10,652    110,309

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    33,218     63,735     38,140     76,533
  Airplane parts                   13,310      5,304     12,459      4,622
  Airplanes                        22,916     11,774     20,529      9,625
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            408      2,545        347      2,376
  Aluminum                          2,780      5,382      3,205      6,025
  Animal feeds                      3,536        479      3,103        493
  Artwork/antiques                  1,487      4,888      1,213      4,936
  Basketware, etc.                  2,982      4,624      2,767      4,025
  Cereal flour                      1,147      1,539      1,086      1,434
  Chemicals - cosmetics             4,903      3,168      4,381      2,951
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,208      2,139      3,413      2,265

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,727      1,634      1,852      1,357
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,704      5,213      4,437      5,040
  Chemicals - medicinal            12,570     15,422     10,658     12,199
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               10,359      4,985     10,192      4,757
  Chemicals - organic              14,050     25,385     14,993     23,799
  Chemicals - plastics             16,013      8,878     16,305      8,955
  Cigarettes                        1,852        184      2,740        217
  Clothing                          5,678     55,377      6,985     54,757
  Coal                              1,594        824      1,797        686
  Coffee                               14      1,170          7      2,108
  Copper                              942      3,513      1,229      3,623
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,013      6,862      3,654      7,096
  Corn                              4,009        129      3,971        155
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,827         20      1,598         26
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,400      1,111      1,431      1,170
  Crude oil                           159     65,226        443     75,225

  Electrical machinery             61,714     72,339     74,603     90,151
  Fish and preparations             2,634      8,055      2,404      8,142
  Footwear                            539     13,202        554     12,670
  Furniture and bedding             3,607     15,494      3,982     15,720
  Gem diamonds                      1,460      8,946      1,018     10,302
  General industrial mach          27,248     28,303     27,684     29,320
  Glass                             2,092      1,877      2,072      1,884
  Glassware                           763      1,487        708      1,616
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,359      1,715      4,746      2,237
  Hides and skins                   1,543         88      1,155         91
  Iron and steel mill prod          4,654     10,466      4,785     13,709
  Jewelry                           1,646      5,184      1,274      5,246
  Lighting, plumbing                1,120      4,163      1,160      4,354
  Liquified propane/butane            283      1,650        508      1,145
  Live animals                        670      1,845        690      1,449

  Meat and preparations             5,995      3,622      5,864      3,207
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        9,633     13,113     11,379     13,625
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,722      2,755      3,550      3,288
  Metalworking machinery            4,069      5,691      5,122      6,383
  Mineral fuels, other              2,843      1,686      2,668      1,870
  Natural gas                         460     14,826        333      8,900
  Nickel                              427        932        323      1,222
  Oils/fats, vegetable                609        832        663      1,013
  Optical goods                     2,690      2,999      2,704      3,300
  Paper and paperboard              8,463     12,549      9,016     12,764
  Petroleum preparations            4,104     22,026      4,666     20,457
  Photographic equipment            2,796      4,723      3,635      5,767
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,040      7,012      6,233      6,772

  Platinum                            903      4,869        736      4,464
  Pottery                              82      1,407         94      1,526
  Power generating mach.           28,244     30,682     27,280     28,345
  Printed materials                 4,089      3,144      3,997      3,081
  Pulp and waste paper              3,091      2,260      3,831      2,834
  Records/magnetic media            3,805      4,093      4,474      4,364
  Rice                                587        133        680        143
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,342      1,676      1,379      1,648
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,926      3,525      2,024      4,098
  Scientific instruments           24,495     18,003     25,294     18,112
  Ships, boats                      1,487      1,060        842        987
  Silver and bullion                  169        439        192        678

  Soybeans                          3,986         27      4,090         30
  Spacecraft                          200         71        105        217
  Specialized ind. mach.           22,252     16,720     25,796     19,047
  Sugar                                 2        409          3        387
  Television, VCR, etc.            20,292     52,093     23,107     57,399
  Textile yearn, fabric             8,620     12,419      8,861     12,867
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,012        610        976        463
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,677     17,625      3,054     16,517
  Travel goods                        260      3,751        300      3,744
  Vegetables and fruits             6,162      7,937      6,128      7,674
  Vehicles                         45,184    130,921     48,273    134,163
  Watches/clocks/parts                233      2,591        291      2,876
  Wheat                             2,728        216      2,761        183
  Wood manufactures                 1,337      5,963      1,560      6,174

Re-exports                         55,100        (X)     56,534        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,265        (X)      1,445        (X)
  Manufactured goods               53,126        (X)     54,331        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       277        (X)        182        (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-01-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, October 2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
                                 


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