                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
         EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
    adjustments and rounding.  The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on
        the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping.
      (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
                                 (R) Revised.)
                                        

Item(1)                                October      September (R) Monthly
                                       2002         2002          Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis          57,091       58,265        -1,174
Net Adjustments                             -942         -849           -93
Total, Census Basis                       58,033       59,114        -1,081

Foods, feeds, and beverages                3,860        4,020          -160

Meat, poultry, etc.                          460          580          -120
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                         224          294           -70
Nuts                                         113          162           -49
Fish and shellfish                           272          315           -44
Other foods                                  361          398           -37
Vegetables                                   209          237           -28
Fruits,  frozen juices                       306          324           -18
Rice                                          53           63           -10
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine           47           57            -9
Bakery products                              159          167            -7
Wine and related products                     50           51            -1
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                   64           62             1
Dairy products and eggs                       58           55             2
Sorghum, barley, oats                         67           60             7
Oilseeds, food oils                          112          102            10
Wheat                                        336          299            38
Corn                                         476          436            40
Soybeans                                     492          357           135

Industrial supplies and materials         13,007       13,331          -324

Nonmonetary gold                             221          291           -70
Chemicals-organic                          1,269        1,323           -54
Precious metals, other                       163          216           -53
Plastic materials                          1,158        1,205           -47
Chemicals-other                            1,073        1,119           -46
Fuel oil                                     205          248           -43
Logs and lumber                              296          331           -35
Tobacco, unmanufactured                       63           91           -29
Hides and skins                              133          160           -26
Steelmaking materials                        126          151           -25
Nuclear fuel materials                       107          132           -24
Gas-natural                                   70           92           -22
Iron and steel mill products                 277          294           -17
Finished metal shapes                        714          731           -16
Chemicals-inorganic                          323          339           -16
Pulpwood and woodpulp                        340          355           -15
Agric. farming-unmanufactured                133          148           -14
Aluminum and alumina                         239          252           -13
Leather and furs                              64           75           -11
Cotton, raw                                  161          168            -7
Industrial rubber products                   174          180            -6
Electric energy                               26           30            -4
Agriculture-manufactured, other               97          101            -3
Wood supplies, manufactured                   73           76            -2
Nontextile floor tiles                        23           25            -2
Crude oil                                      3            5            -2
Mineral supplies-manufactured                267          268            -1
Tapes, audio and visual                       97           98            -1
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                      85           85             0
Hair, waste materials                         37           35             2
Nonmetallic minerals                          35           32             3
Cotton fiber cloth                           258          255             3
Nonferrous metals, other                     176          173             3
Synthetic rubber-primary                     141          138             3
Finished textile supplies                    187          182             5
Chemicals-fertilizers                        313          309             5
Manmade cloth                                418          413             5
Agric. industry-unmanufactured                95           88             7
Shingles, molding, wallboard                 166          152            14
Coal and fuels, other                         71           56            15
Other industrial supplies                  1,238        1,219            19
Iron and steel products, other               237          216            21
Copper                                       103           81            21
Natural gas liquids                           72           50            22
Newsprint                                    702          672            31
Metallurgical grade coal                     123           90            34
Petroleum products, other                    655          584            70

Capital goods, except automotive          24,555       25,189          -633

Semiconductors                             3,379        3,746          -367
Industrial engines                           984        1,118          -134
Industrial machines, other                 1,785        1,893          -108
Materials handling equipment                 353          439           -87
Electric apparatus                         1,768        1,854           -86
Telecommunications equipment               1,887        1,963           -76
Computer accessories                       2,424        2,447           -22
Measuring, testing, control instruments    1,100        1,121           -21
Laboratory testing instruments               374          392           -19
Engines-civilian aircraft                  1,043        1,061           -18
Business machines and equipment              146          162           -16
Agricultural machinery, equipment            278          287            -9
Vessels, excluding scrap                      47           55            -9
Specialized mining                            29           37            -8
Metalworking machine tools                   434          443            -8
Pulp and paper machinery                     179          184            -6
Textile, sewing machines                      87           93            -6
Photo, service industry machinery            456          458            -2
Spacecraft, excluding military                 2            4            -2
Nonfarm tractors and parts                    78           73             5
Generators, accessories                      546          540             6
Food, tobacco machinery                      145          137             7
Commercial vessels, other                     16            6            10
Railway transportation equipment             117          106            11
Marine engines, parts                         69           58            12
Parts-civilian aircraft                    1,039        1,016            23
Wood, glass, plastic                         235          209            26
Excavating machinery                         392          363            29
Drilling & oilfield equipment                574          543            31
Computers                                    812          759            54
Medicinal equipment                        1,269        1,209            61
Civilian aircraft                          2,508        2,412            96

Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines    6,606        6,695           -89

Consumer goods                             7,192        7,107            84

Pharmaceutical preparations                1,596        1,477           119
Tobacco, manufactured                        193          140            53
Gem diamonds                                 433          395            38
Records, tapes, and disks                    298          263            34
Books, printed matter                        349          320            29
Pleasure boats and motors                    118           96            22
Rugs                                          59           55             4
Stereo equipment, etc.                       127          124             3
Numismatic coins                               3            2             2
Sports apparel and gear                       35           36            -1
Glassware, chinaware                          28           31            -3
Nursery stock, etc.                           19           24            -5
Cookware, cutlery, tools                      54           61            -7
Apparel, household goods - textile           531          540            -9
Jewelry, etc                                 247          259           -12
Toiletries and cosmetics                     341          354           -13
Musical instruments                           67           82           -14
Other household goods                        718          733           -15
Apparel,household goods-nontextile            96          111           -15
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.              204          222           -17
Writing and art supplies                     387          405           -18
Furniture, household goods, etc.             172          190           -18
Toys/games/sporting goods                    455          474           -19
TV's, VCR's, etc.                            302          326           -23
Household appliances                         359          388           -29

Other goods                                2,814        2,772            42
                                        
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Item(1)                                Year-to-date Year-to-date  Year-to-date
                                       2002         2001          Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis         569,815      607,764       -37,948
Net Adjustments                           -9,067       -8,583          -484
Total, Census Basis                      578,882      616,346       -37,464

Foods, feeds, and beverages               40,787       41,135          -347

Meat, poultry, etc.                        5,830        6,657          -827
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                       2,738        3,090          -351
Nuts                                       1,354        1,159           194
Fish and shellfish                         2,735        2,713            22
Other foods                                3,718        3,665            53
Vegetables                                 2,414        2,412             2
Fruits,  frozen juices                     3,354        3,345             9
Rice                                         655          614            41
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine          516          510             5
Bakery products                            1,652        1,847          -195
Wine and related products                    576          625           -50
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  632          547            85
Dairy products and eggs                      574          676          -102
Sorghum, barley, oats                        573          618           -45
Oilseeds, food oils                        1,100          822           278
Wheat                                      3,022        2,845           177
Corn                                       4,805        4,533           273
Soybeans                                   4,538        4,455            83

Industrial supplies and materials        129,542      135,195        -5,653

Nonmonetary gold                           2,616        4,388        -1,772
Chemicals-organic                         12,015       12,027           -12
Precious metals, other                     2,103        2,311          -209
Plastic materials                         11,709       11,308           401
Chemicals-other                           10,910       11,190          -280
Fuel oil                                   1,994        2,081           -88
Logs and lumber                            2,989        3,036           -47
Tobacco, unmanufactured                      859        1,055          -196
Hides and skins                            1,439        1,656          -217
Steelmaking materials                      1,514        1,427            87
Nuclear fuel materials                     1,253          991           262
Gas-natural                                  751          466           285
Iron and steel mill products               2,670        2,801          -131
Finished metal shapes                      7,273        7,440          -167
Chemicals-inorganic                        3,304        3,770          -466
Pulpwood and woodpulp                      3,358        3,247           111
Agric. farming-unmanufactured              1,374        1,284            90
Aluminum and alumina                       2,454        2,657          -204
Leather and furs                             686          755           -68
Cotton, raw                                1,661        1,830          -168
Industrial rubber products                 1,815        1,954          -140
Electric energy                              212        1,145          -933
Agriculture-manufactured, other            1,391        1,330            61
Wood supplies, manufactured                  729          727             2
Nontextile floor tiles                       251          278           -27
Crude oil                                     79          168           -90
Mineral supplies-manufactured              2,567        2,667           -99
Tapes, audio and visual                    1,016        1,055           -39
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     804          925          -121
Hair, waste materials                        358          396           -38
Nonmetallic minerals                         346          419           -73
Cotton fiber cloth                         2,259        2,079           180
Nonferrous metals, other                   1,819        1,969          -150
Synthetic rubber-primary                   1,384        1,405           -21
Finished textile supplies                  1,885        1,799            86
Chemicals-fertilizers                      3,242        3,425          -183
Manmade cloth                              4,079        4,155           -77
Agric. industry-unmanufactured               984          822           163
Shingles, molding, wallboard               1,588        1,597            -9
Coal and fuels, other                        768          903          -135
Other industrial supplies                 11,996       12,119          -122
Iron and steel products, other             2,304        2,417          -113
Copper                                       920        1,018           -98
Natural gas liquids                          489          502           -13
Newsprint                                  6,765        7,106          -341
Metallurgical grade coal                     892        1,002          -110
Petroleum products, other                  5,669        6,092          -423

Capital goods, except automotive         244,622      273,910       -29,288

Semiconductors                            35,692       38,782        -3,091
Industrial engines                         9,712       10,051          -339
Industrial machines, other                18,202       20,183        -1,981
Materials handling equipment               3,804        4,442          -638
Electric apparatus                        17,870       19,934        -2,064
Telecommunications equipment              18,805       23,712        -4,906
Computer accessories                      24,396       31,820        -7,424
Measuring, testing, control instruments   11,043       12,102        -1,058
Laboratory testing instruments             4,031        4,394          -363
Engines-civilian aircraft                  9,694       10,867        -1,173
Business machines and equipment            1,691        2,481          -790
Agricultural machinery, equipment          2,953        2,768           185
Vessels, excluding scrap                     155           31           124
Specialized mining                           328          357           -29
Metalworking machine tools                 4,323        5,023          -700
Pulp and paper machinery                   1,928        2,199          -271
Textile, sewing machines                     870          929           -60
Photo, service industry machinery          4,539        4,761          -222
Spacecraft, excluding military                30           14            16
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   793          858           -65
Generators, accessories                    5,198        6,370        -1,173
Food, tobacco machinery                    1,481        1,464            17
Commercial vessels, other                    140          160           -20
Railway transportation equipment           1,011        1,350          -339
Marine engines, parts                        632          614            18
Parts-civilian aircraft                   10,081       11,910        -1,828
Wood, glass, plastic                       2,190        2,430          -240
Excavating machinery                       4,161        4,795          -634
Drilling & oilfield equipment              5,340        5,694          -354
Computers                                  7,688        8,807        -1,118
Medicinal equipment                       12,041       12,352          -311
Civilian aircraft                         23,799       22,256         1,543

Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines   65,799       63,157         2,642

Consumer goods                            70,309       74,260        -3,951

Pharmaceutical preparations               14,293       13,653           640
Tobacco, manufactured                      1,670        2,413          -743
Gem diamonds                               4,016        3,741           275
Records, tapes, and disks                  2,624        2,837          -214
Books, printed matter                      3,306        3,514          -208
Pleasure boats and motors                    912          873            39
Rugs                                         581          598           -17
Stereo equipment, etc.                     1,268        1,378          -110
Numismatic coins                              45           34            11
Sports apparel and gear                      366          386           -20
Glassware, chinaware                         395          428           -33
Nursery stock, etc.                          227          236            -9
Cookware, cutlery, tools                     577          668           -91
Apparel, household goods - textile         5,292        6,118          -826
Jewelry, etc                               2,481        2,376           105
Toiletries and cosmetics                   3,454        3,493           -40
Musical instruments                          893          945           -52
Other household goods                      7,042        7,090           -48
Apparel,household goods-nontextile         1,086        1,219          -133
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.            2,492        3,996        -1,504
Writing and art supplies                   3,855        4,044          -189
Furniture, household goods, etc.           1,774        1,948          -173
Toys/games/sporting goods                  4,511        4,646          -135
TV's, VCR's, etc.                          3,345        3,480          -135
Household appliances                       3,802        4,145          -343

Other goods                               27,823       28,690          -867
                                                  

(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to
convert to a BOP basis is not available.

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.
