                        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)                               December                November
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     54,656     100,393      58,756     102,914

Net Adjustments                      -922         218        -914         283

Total Census Basis (2)             55,578     100,175      59,670     102,631

Manufactured goods (3)             42,183      82,634      45,837      85,841
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,967       3,799       5,184       3,702
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,261      11,299       1,041      10,800

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,789       6,951       2,464       7,105
  Airplane parts                    1,205         429       1,331         357
  Airplanes                         1,948       1,453       1,921         967
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             40         288          48         305
  Aluminum                            218         507         238         598
  Animal feeds                        360          52         344          49
  Artwork/antiques                     71         279          51         424
  Basketware, etc.                    288         621         366         589
  Cereal flour                        150         193         139         223
  Chemicals - cosmetics               447         354         501         346
  Chemicals - dyeing                  287         181         321         181
  Chemicals - fertilizers             193         157         181         154
  Chemicals - inorganic               426         496         484         542
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,222       2,615       1,479       1,976
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,080         525         999         500
  Chemicals - organic               1,351       2,379       1,444       2,813
  Chemicals - plastics              1,548         904       1,638         899
  Cigarettes                          102          30         119          25
  Clothing                            333       5,019         450       5,146
  Coal                                123          81         104          87
  Coffee                                0         129           0         113
  Copper                               72         306          82         256
  Cork, wood, lumber                  259         512         269         546
  Corn                                519           6         428           6
  Cotton, raw and linters             221           3         137           1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          126          95         124         100
  Crude oil                             1       7,241           8       7,416
  Electrical machinery              5,019       6,636       5,418       7,038
  Fish and preparations               149       1,007         186         940
  Footwear                             38       1,248          44       1,250
  Furniture and bedding               254       1,984         302       1,818
  Gem diamonds                         27         753          33         948
  General industrial mach           2,256       2,911       2,507       2,797
  Glass                               174         172         211         178
  Glassware                            52         145          57         156
  Gold, nonmonetary                   380         186         361         198
  Hides and skins                     127           7         155           6
  Iron and steel mill prod            411       1,162         447       1,184
  Jewelry                             146         604         201         700
  Lighting, plumbing                   87         479         111         484
  Liquified propane/butane             91         194          61         156
  Live animals                         78         195          62         240
  Meat and preparations               526         364         581         347
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          813       1,416         935       1,392
  Metal ores; scrap                   404         261         360         227
  Metalworking machinery              302         486         405         408
  Mineral fuels, other                231         101         159          97
  Natural gas                          89       1,678         155       1,047
  Nickel                               25          72          33          68
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 87         104          87         100
  Optical goods                       165         249         181         213
  Paper and paperboard                756       1,178         795       1,225
  Petroleum preparations              686       1,942         531       1,921
  Photographic equipment              265         462         277         438
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            480         760         569         736
  Platinum                             50         250          31         252
  Pottery                               7         149           8         146
  Power generating mach.            2,444       2,592       2,721       2,759
  Printed materials                   335         329         383         356
  Pulp and waste paper                342         203         309         213
  Records/magnetic media              422         462         426         512
  Rice                                 84          19          82          18
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             102         179         123         181
  Rubber tires and tubes              156         417         198         379
  Scientific instruments            2,145       1,832       2,304       1,827
  Ships, boats                         70         103          95          90
  Silver and bullion                   12          60          21          52
  Soybeans                            719           3         821           4
  Spacecraft                            0         137           0           0
  Specialized ind. mach.            1,835       1,615       1,997       1,504
  Sugar                                 0          50           0          51
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,367       5,417       1,650       6,850
  Textile yearn, fabric               701       1,305         880       1,286
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              98          45         123          51
  Toys/games/sporting goods           226       1,619         267       2,560
  Travel goods                         22         362          26         391
  Vegetables and fruits               649       1,010         770         815
  Vehicles                          4,344      14,858       5,032      15,505
  Watches/clocks/parts                 20         281          22         332
  Wheat                               346          10         374          16
  Wood manufactures                   115         604         131         654

Re-exports                          5,611           0       6,081           0
  Agricultural commodities            154                     139            
  Manufactured goods                5,362                   5,872            
  Mineral fuels                        42                       8            
                                        
                               _________________

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    682,586   1,166,939     718,762   1,145,927

Net Adjustments                   -10,931       3,318     -10,339       4,928

Total Census Basis (2)            693,517   1,163,621     729,100   1,140,999

Manufactured goods (3)            545,336     975,381     577,714     950,679
Agricultural commodities (3)       53,005      42,041      53,705      39,544
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,530     117,095      12,494     121,923

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   30,395      76,970      39,240      75,859
  Airplane parts                   14,330       5,002      15,735       6,287
  Airplanes                        27,185      12,672      26,961      14,884
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            505       3,275         489       3,063
  Aluminum                          2,950       6,758       3,253       6,406
  Animal feeds                      3,837         603       4,221         574
  Artwork/antiques                    976       5,192       1,637       5,458
  Basketware, etc.                  3,843       6,564       3,579       5,591
  Cereal flour                      1,583       2,167       1,412       1,895
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,887       4,195       5,825       3,750
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,855       2,358       3,782       2,478
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,100       1,619       2,077       1,890
  Chemicals - inorganic             5,475       6,018       5,578       6,153
  Chemicals - medicinal            15,727      24,719      15,031      18,628
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               12,337       6,174      12,382       5,927
  Chemicals - organic              16,420      30,213      16,424      29,712
  Chemicals - plastics             19,399      10,761      18,485      10,401
  Cigarettes                        1,463         316       2,118         238
  Clothing                          5,486      63,810       6,510      63,856
  Coal                              1,669         993       1,915       1,022
  Coffee                                8       1,370          16       1,357
  Copper                            1,025       3,518       1,091       4,046
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,362       7,874       3,533       7,968
  Corn                              5,093         137       4,755         135
  Cotton, raw and linters           2,030          24       2,174          27
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,521       1,279       1,654       1,318
  Crude oil                            92      79,368         187      74,293
  Electrical machinery             66,866      81,225      72,055      84,670
  Fish and preparations             2,991      10,005       3,069       9,742
  Footwear                            520      15,386         639      15,234
  Furniture and bedding             3,814      21,572       4,255      18,610
  Gem diamonds                      1,189      12,088       1,714      10,616
  General industrial mach          30,079      35,201      32,153      33,264
  Glass                             2,357       2,168       2,475       2,201
  Glassware                           700       1,838         882       1,740
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,244       2,429       4,872       2,079
  Hides and skins                   1,593          84       1,813         100
  Iron and steel mill prod          5,250      12,914       5,482      12,449
  Jewelry                           2,086       7,109       1,951       6,275
  Lighting, plumbing                1,337       5,566       1,321       4,895
  Liquified propane/butane            470       1,240         338       1,880
  Live animals                        634       2,120         890       2,238
  Meat and preparations             6,354       4,269       7,231       4,254
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       11,161      16,690      11,365      15,510
  Metal ores; scrap                 4,603       3,091       4,420       3,237
  Metalworking machinery            4,169       5,082       4,703       6,587
  Mineral fuels, other              2,164       1,521       3,309       1,954
  Natural gas                         994      12,220         536      15,417
  Nickel                              421         933         512       1,079
  Oils/fats, vegetable              1,066       1,131         787         999
  Optical goods                     2,137       2,840       3,036       3,455
  Paper and paperboard              9,553      14,434      10,042      14,815
  Petroleum preparations            6,010      20,702       5,034      24,620
  Photographic equipment            3,530       5,328       3,281       5,596
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,818       9,139       7,065       8,257
  Platinum                            722       2,826         962       5,240
  Pottery                              83       1,696          96       1,642
  Power generating mach.           32,342      34,032      33,577      36,118
  Printed materials                 4,432       3,960       4,746       3,721
  Pulp and waste paper              3,836       2,363       3,690       2,630
  Records/magnetic media            4,412       5,280       4,611       4,883
  Rice                                768         162         692         168
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,420       2,139       1,569       1,979
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,231       4,763       2,287       4,209
  Scientific instruments           27,074      20,909      29,123      21,356
  Ships, boats                      1,199       1,329       1,801       1,209
  Silver and bullion                  265         687         234         530
  Soybeans                          5,607          28       5,429          31
  Spacecraft                          509         310         201          71
  Specialized ind. mach.           23,560      18,433      25,747      19,554
  Sugar                                13         496           3         480
  Television, VCR, etc.            19,373      66,268      24,230      62,836
  Textile yearn, fabric            10,269      16,099      10,074      14,616
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,050         700       1,269         710
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,984      22,059       3,217      20,901
  Travel goods                        277       4,392         308       4,300
  Vegetables and fruits             7,611      10,196       7,415       9,517
  Vehicles                         57,459     168,173      54,347     157,400
  Watches/clocks/parts                235       3,204         277       3,048
  Wheat                             3,618         266       3,375         282
  Wood manufactures                 1,563       7,853       1,568       6,998

Re-exports                         63,659           0      64,780           0
  Agricultural commodities          1,727                   1,494            
  Manufactured goods               61,222                  62,529            
  Mineral fuels                       159                     240            
                                                  

(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-03-29), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, December 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
