                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
      EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
                           GROUPINGS - 2002 AND 2001
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal totals due to rounding
      (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
                       (X) Not applicable.  (R) Revised.
              Note: This exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)
                                        

2002

Item (1)                               October                 September
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     60,632     106,183      56,602      99,523

Net Adjustments                      -942         301        -849         296

Total Census Basis (2)             61,574     105,882      57,451      99,227

Manufactured goods (3)             48,144      87,961      45,295      83,990
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,694       3,550       3,946       3,260
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,087      11,759         991      10,068

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,553       6,330       2,534       6,553
  Airplane parts                    1,264         413       1,116         361
  Airplanes                         2,526       1,002       2,097         952
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             49         362          53         306
  Aluminum                            261         524         242         579
  Animal feeds                        296          61         295          54
  Artwork/antiques                     69         595          61         489
  Basketware, etc.                    344         542         319         573
  Cereal flour                        150         238         146         221
  Chemicals - cosmetics               514         402         494         377
  Chemicals - dyeing                  355         199         324         198
  Chemicals - fertilizers             153         152         127         149
  Chemicals - inorganic               429         604         478         501
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,632       2,449       1,374       2,040
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  976         491         961         483
  Chemicals - organic               1,495       2,672       1,413       2,491
  Chemicals - plastics              1,707         948       1,620         927
  Cigarettes                          132          29         110          30
  Clothing                            492       6,001         458       6,332
  Coal                                181          90         130          95
  Coffee                                0         119           0         118
  Copper                               99         290          78         254
  Cork, wood, lumber                  279         612         289         602
  Corn                                392           4         401           2
  Cotton, raw and linters             110           2         117           3
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          133         118         128         104
  Crude oil                             3       8,158           5       7,012
  Electrical machinery              5,848       7,341       5,726       7,128
  Fish and preparations               301         906         339         863
  Footwear                             43       1,149          43       1,258
  Furniture and bedding               334       1,797         306       1,788
  Gem diamonds                         51       1,292         102         995
  General industrial mach           2,633       2,948       2,473       2,755
  Glass                               227         189         206         180
  Glassware                            60         168          55         173
  Gold, nonmonetary                   220         247         290         180
  Hides and skins                     123           7         148           7
  Iron and steel mill prod            501       1,234         443       1,213
  Jewelry                             204         886         172         679
  Lighting, plumbing                  127         513         128         523
  Liquified propane/butane             56          72          37         105
  Live animals                        115         197          60         162
  Meat and preparations               490         322         509         311
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          991       1,419         941       1,392
  Metal ores; scrap                   367         310         425         262
  Metalworking machinery              367         443         338         422
  Mineral fuels, other                199         159         140         132
  Natural gas                          70       1,106          92         919
  Nickel                               32          54          38         109
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 74         113          70          93
  Optical goods                       179         214         163         227
  Paper and paperboard                849       1,288         780       1,237
  Petroleum preparations              566       2,097         570       1,726
  Photographic equipment              327         476         289         468
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            601         764         552         783
  Platinum                             46         379          47         204
  Pottery                               7         153           7         175
  Power generating mach.            2,919       2,860       2,847       2,727
  Printed materials                   407         366         359         392
  Pulp and waste paper                318         204         337         209
  Records/magnetic media              438         508         362         515
  Rice                                 46          14          60          13
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             125         192         114         183
  Rubber tires and tubes              219         373         193         392
  Scientific instruments            2,298       1,943       2,184       1,834
  Ships, boats                        100         119         140          90
  Silver and bullion                   12          55          22          65
  Soybeans                            772           5         192           1
  Spacecraft                            1           0          77          27
  Specialized ind. mach.            1,984       1,501       1,775       1,428
  Sugar                                 0          35           2          46
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,682       6,290       1,638       6,160
  Textile yearn, fabric               949       1,347         876       1,372
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              66          53          51          46
  Toys/games/sporting goods           271       2,522         235       2,687
  Travel goods                         24         396          23         398
  Vegetables and fruits               676         712         623         682
  Vehicles                          5,290      15,454       4,887      13,614
  Watches/clocks/parts                 20         365          18         322
  Wheat                               370          18         324          29
  Wood manufactures                   130         690         131         682

Re-exports                          5,909           0       5,467           0
  Agricultural commodities            126                     118            
  Manufactured goods                5,699                   5,300            
  Mineral fuels                        19                       2            
                                        
                               _________________

                                          2002                    2001
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    568,884     963,221     607,615     972,144

Net Adjustments                    -9,067       2,809      -8,583       4,553

Total Census Basis (2)            577,951     960,412     616,197     967,591

Manufactured goods (3)            457,316     806,906     489,366     802,421
Agricultural commodities (3)       42,854      34,539      43,842      32,969
Mineral fuels (3)                   9,228      94,996      10,599     107,831

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   25,141      62,915      33,200      63,752
  Airplane parts                   11,794       4,217      13,319       5,273
  Airplanes                        23,315      10,252      23,019      11,870
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            417       2,683         411       2,545
  Aluminum                          2,493       5,653       2,782       5,384
  Animal feeds                      3,133         502       3,546         479
  Artwork/antiques                    854       4,489       1,488       4,888
  Basketware, etc.                  3,189       5,355       2,982       4,626
  Cereal flour                      1,294       1,751       1,144       1,539
  Chemicals - cosmetics             4,939       3,495       4,915       3,167
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,246       1,995       3,217       2,138
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,726       1,309       1,704       1,636
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,565       4,980       4,697       5,175
  Chemicals - medicinal            13,026      20,129      12,471      15,455
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               10,259       5,149      10,323       4,990
  Chemicals - organic              13,625      25,021      13,948      25,489
  Chemicals - plastics             16,213       8,958      15,704       8,898
  Cigarettes                        1,243         261       1,852         187
  Clothing                          4,704      53,644       5,655      55,383
  Coal                              1,442         825       1,597         824
  Coffee                                8       1,127          14       1,171
  Copper                              870       2,956         941       3,455
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,834       6,816       3,002       6,862
  Corn                              4,146         125       4,026         129
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,673          20       1,825          24
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,272       1,085       1,401       1,109
  Crude oil                            82      64,712         168      65,162
  Electrical machinery             56,430      67,551      61,715      72,301
  Fish and preparations             2,655       8,059       2,649       8,060
  Footwear                            438      12,889         539      13,202
  Furniture and bedding             3,259      17,770       3,608      15,494
  Gem diamonds                      1,129      10,386       1,458       8,943
  General industrial mach          25,317      29,493      27,293      28,317
  Glass                             1,971       1,818       2,134       1,877
  Glassware                           591       1,537         762       1,487
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,503       2,046       4,368       1,717
  Hides and skins                   1,312          71       1,537          87
  Iron and steel mill prod          4,392      10,568       4,633      10,471
  Jewelry                           1,739       5,805       1,646       5,195
  Lighting, plumbing                1,138       4,602       1,119       4,164
  Liquified propane/butane            317         889         283       1,666
  Live animals                        494       1,684         670       1,845
  Meat and preparations             5,248       3,558       5,992       3,622
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        9,412      13,883       9,657      13,109
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,838       2,603       3,711       2,759
  Metalworking machinery            3,462       4,188       4,059       5,694
  Mineral fuels, other              1,774       1,323       2,837       1,682
  Natural gas                         751       9,495         464      13,893
  Nickel                              363         793         427         931
  Oils/fats, vegetable                892         928         606         837
  Optical goods                     1,791       2,378       2,695       3,002
  Paper and paperboard              8,001      12,032       8,451      12,545
  Petroleum preparations            4,794      16,839       4,105      22,001
  Photographic equipment            2,989       4,428       2,800       4,731
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          5,769       7,643       6,036       7,006
  Platinum                            642       2,324         906       4,881
  Pottery                              68       1,401          82       1,407
  Power generating mach.           27,176      28,681      28,133      30,663
  Printed materials                 3,714       3,275       4,035       3,144
  Pulp and waste paper              3,185       1,947       3,088       2,259
  Records/magnetic media            3,565       4,307       3,809       4,087
  Rice                                602         125         566         133
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,195       1,779       1,344       1,675
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,878       3,968       1,930       3,520
  Scientific instruments           22,624      17,251      24,543      17,983
  Ships, boats                      1,034       1,137       1,482       1,066
  Silver and bullion                  232         575         170         438
  Soybeans                          4,067          21       3,992          27
  Spacecraft                          509         173         200          71
  Specialized ind. mach.           19,728      15,315      22,149      16,711
  Sugar                                12         395           2         408
  Television, VCR, etc.            16,356      54,001      20,269      52,114
  Textile yearn, fabric             8,689      13,508       8,617      12,424
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             829         604       1,012         610
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,491      17,880       2,674      17,621
  Travel goods                        228       3,639         259       3,751
  Vegetables and fruits             6,193       8,370       6,162       7,934
  Vehicles                         48,083     137,811      45,518     130,837
  Watches/clocks/parts                192       2,591         231       2,591
  Wheat                             2,898         241       2,729         216
  Wood manufactures                 1,317       6,595       1,331       5,962

Re-exports                         51,967           0      54,879           0
  Agricultural commodities          1,434                   1,264            
  Manufactured goods               49,989                  52,983            
  Mineral fuels                       109                     202            
                                                  

(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

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see
the information section on page 26 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/press.html or www.bea.gov/bea/rels.htm.
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-02-162), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, October 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
