                        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)                               November                October
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     58,788     103,052      60,923     106,594

Net Adjustments                      -917         288        -970         309

Total Census Basis (2)             59,705     102,764      61,893     106,285

Manufactured goods (3)             45,837      85,841      48,144      87,961
Agricultural commodities (3)        5,184       3,702       4,694       3,550
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,041      10,800       1,087      11,759

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,464       7,105       2,553       6,330
  Airplane parts                    1,331         357       1,264         413
  Airplanes                         1,921         967       2,526       1,002
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             48         305          49         362
  Aluminum                            238         598         261         524
  Animal feeds                        344          49         296          61
  Artwork/antiques                     51         424          69         595
  Basketware, etc.                    366         589         344         542
  Cereal flour                        139         223         150         238
  Chemicals - cosmetics               501         346         514         402
  Chemicals - dyeing                  321         181         355         199
  Chemicals - fertilizers             181         154         153         152
  Chemicals - inorganic               484         542         429         604
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,479       1,976       1,632       2,449
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  999         500         976         491
  Chemicals - organic               1,444       2,813       1,495       2,672
  Chemicals - plastics              1,638         899       1,707         948
  Cigarettes                          119          25         132          29
  Clothing                            450       5,146         492       6,001
  Coal                                104          87         181          90
  Coffee                                0         113           0         119
  Copper                               82         256          99         290
  Cork, wood, lumber                  269         546         279         612
  Corn                                428           6         392           4
  Cotton, raw and linters             137           1         110           2
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          124         100         133         118
  Crude oil                             8       7,416           3       8,158
  Electrical machinery              5,418       7,038       5,848       7,341
  Fish and preparations               186         940         301         906
  Footwear                             44       1,250          43       1,149
  Furniture and bedding               302       1,818         334       1,797
  Gem diamonds                         33         948          51       1,292
  General industrial mach           2,507       2,797       2,633       2,948
  Glass                               211         178         227         189
  Glassware                            57         156          60         168
  Gold, nonmonetary                   361         198         220         247
  Hides and skins                     155           6         123           7
  Iron and steel mill prod            447       1,184         501       1,234
  Jewelry                             201         700         204         886
  Lighting, plumbing                  111         484         127         513
  Liquified propane/butane             61         156          56          72
  Live animals                         62         240         115         197
  Meat and preparations               581         347         490         322
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          935       1,392         991       1,419
  Metal ores; scrap                   360         227         367         310
  Metalworking machinery              405         408         367         443
  Mineral fuels, other                159          97         199         159
  Natural gas                         155       1,047          70       1,106
  Nickel                               33          68          32          54
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 87         100          74         113
  Optical goods                       181         213         179         214
  Paper and paperboard                795       1,225         849       1,288
  Petroleum preparations              531       1,921         566       2,097
  Photographic equipment              277         438         327         476
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            569         736         601         764
  Platinum                             31         252          46         379
  Pottery                               8         146           7         153
  Power generating mach.            2,721       2,759       2,919       2,860
  Printed materials                   383         356         407         366
  Pulp and waste paper                309         213         318         204
  Records/magnetic media              426         512         438         508
  Rice                                 82          18          46          14
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             123         181         125         192
  Rubber tires and tubes              198         379         219         373
  Scientific instruments            2,304       1,827       2,298       1,943
  Ships, boats                         95          90         100         119
  Silver and bullion                   21          52          12          55
  Soybeans                            821           4         772           5
  Spacecraft                            0           0           1           0
  Specialized ind. mach.            1,997       1,504       1,984       1,501
  Sugar                                 0          51           0          35
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,650       6,850       1,682       6,290
  Textile yearn, fabric               880       1,286         949       1,347
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             123          51          66          53
  Toys/games/sporting goods           267       2,560         271       2,522
  Travel goods                         26         391          24         396
  Vegetables and fruits               770         815         676         712
  Vehicles                          5,032      15,505       5,290      15,454
  Watches/clocks/parts                 22         332          20         365
  Wheat                               374          16         370          18
  Wood manufactures                   131         654         130         690

Re-exports                          6,081           0       5,909           0
  Agricultural commodities            139                     126            
  Manufactured goods                5,872                   5,699            
  Mineral fuels                         8                      19            
                                        
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                                          2002                    2001
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    627,963   1,066,684     664,636   1,064,055

Net Adjustments                   -10,012       3,105      -9,461       4,758

Total Census Basis (2)            637,975   1,063,579     674,097   1,059,296

Manufactured goods (3)            503,153     892,747     534,770     881,038
Agricultural commodities (3)       48,038      38,241      49,044      36,383
Mineral fuels (3)                  10,269     105,796      11,477     115,195

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   27,606      70,019      35,953      69,889
  Airplane parts                   13,125       4,574      14,502       5,765
  Airplanes                        25,237      11,219      25,093      13,285
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            465       2,988         451       2,820
  Aluminum                          2,732       6,251       3,029       5,918
  Animal feeds                      3,477         551       3,890         528
  Artwork/antiques                    906       4,913       1,559       5,208
  Basketware, etc.                  3,555       5,943       3,293       5,122
  Cereal flour                      1,433       1,974       1,287       1,735
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,440       3,841       5,379       3,473
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,568       2,176       3,516       2,326
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,907       1,462       1,841       1,772
  Chemicals - inorganic             5,049       5,522       5,161       5,674
  Chemicals - medicinal            14,505      22,105      13,798      17,110
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               11,257       5,649      11,395       5,472
  Chemicals - organic              15,069      27,834      15,248      28,064
  Chemicals - plastics             17,851       9,857      17,181       9,681
  Cigarettes                        1,362         287       2,013         214
  Clothing                          5,153      58,790       6,136      59,853
  Coal                              1,546         912       1,778         921
  Coffee                                8       1,240          15       1,257
  Copper                              952       3,212       1,025       3,770
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,103       7,362       3,282       7,421
  Corn                              4,573         132       4,382         132
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,810          21       1,986          25
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,396       1,184       1,534       1,220
  Crude oil                            90      72,127         178      69,943
  Electrical machinery             61,848      74,589      67,051      78,885
  Fish and preparations             2,842       8,998       2,873       8,924
  Footwear                            481      14,138         595      14,273
  Furniture and bedding             3,560      19,588       3,966      17,094
  Gem diamonds                      1,162      11,334       1,588       9,888
  General industrial mach          27,823      32,290      29,770      30,868
  Glass                             2,183       1,996       2,331       2,054
  Glassware                           648       1,693         822       1,624
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,864       2,244       4,615       1,960
  Hides and skins                   1,467          77       1,677          94
  Iron and steel mill prod          4,838      11,752       5,066      11,528
  Jewelry                           1,940       6,505       1,822       5,803
  Lighting, plumbing                1,250       5,087       1,224       4,558
  Liquified propane/butane            379       1,045         304       1,792
  Live animals                        557       1,924         788       2,060
  Meat and preparations             5,828       3,905       6,650       3,974
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       10,347      15,275      10,564      14,375
  Metal ores; scrap                 4,199       2,830       4,090       2,991
  Metalworking machinery            3,866       4,595       4,386       6,145
  Mineral fuels, other              1,934       1,420       3,082       1,832
  Natural gas                         905      10,542         504      14,679
  Nickel                              396         861         473       1,003
  Oils/fats, vegetable                979       1,028         690         927
  Optical goods                     1,972       2,591       2,875       3,234
  Paper and paperboard              8,796      13,256       9,267      13,739
  Petroleum preparations            5,325      18,760       4,467      23,372
  Photographic equipment            3,265       4,866       3,042       5,172
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,338       8,378       6,578       7,661
  Platinum                            673       2,576         937       5,096
  Pottery                              76       1,547          89       1,535
  Power generating mach.           29,898      31,441      30,921      33,589
  Printed materials                 4,098       3,631       4,397       3,463
  Pulp and waste paper              3,494       2,160       3,391       2,460
  Records/magnetic media            3,990       4,819       4,191       4,496
  Rice                                684         143         630         152
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,318       1,960       1,465       1,837
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,075       4,347       2,123       3,876
  Scientific instruments           24,928      19,077      26,797      19,748
  Ships, boats                      1,129       1,226       1,739       1,132
  Silver and bullion                  253         627         182         490
  Soybeans                          4,888          25       4,771          30
  Spacecraft                          509         173         200          71
  Specialized ind. mach.           21,725      16,818      23,906      18,152
  Sugar                                13         445           3         453
  Television, VCR, etc.            18,006      60,851      22,212      58,082
  Textile yearn, fabric             9,568      14,794       9,407      13,561
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             952         655       1,139         665
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,758      20,440       2,958      19,610
  Travel goods                        255       4,030         286       4,057
  Vegetables and fruits             6,962       9,185       6,841       8,695
  Vehicles                         53,115     153,316      50,413     144,769
  Watches/clocks/parts                214       2,923         257       2,856
  Wheat                             3,272         256       3,075         251
  Wood manufactures                 1,448       7,249       1,451       6,524

Re-exports                         58,047           0      59,834           0
  Agricultural commodities          1,573                   1,378            
  Manufactured goods               55,860                  57,761            
  Mineral fuels                       117                     219            
                                                  

(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-03-15), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, November 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
