                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
      EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
                           GROUPINGS - 2003 AND 2002
                                        
     (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.)
                                        

2003

Item (1)                               February                January
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     55,050      93,850      53,997      98,001

Net Adjustments                      -876         201        -747         195

Total Census Basis (2)             55,926      93,649      54,745      97,806

Manufactured goods (3)             43,111      75,677      41,579      79,259
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,743       3,521       4,875       3,904
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,266      12,411       1,310      12,182

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,113       5,557       2,297       6,254
  Airplane parts                    1,204         356       1,213         394
  Airplanes                         2,333         914       1,087       1,084
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             35         232          23         234
  Aluminum                            223         586         239         565
  Animal feeds                        313          53         394          52
  Artwork/antiques                    111         323         107         476
  Basketware, etc.                    352         573         347         663
  Cereal flour                        124         166         140         169
  Chemicals - cosmetics               498         333         481         336
  Chemicals - dyeing                  309         193         316         190
  Chemicals - fertilizers             156         174         176         190
  Chemicals - inorganic               441         466         570         655
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,296       2,309       1,504       2,747
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  979         522         970         519
  Chemicals - organic               1,636       2,681       1,527       2,707
  Chemicals - plastics              1,642         893       1,647         917
  Cigarettes                          136          26         112          25
  Clothing                            422       5,277         401       5,697
  Coal                                108         111         134          59
  Coffee                                0         126           0         137
  Copper                               81         241          84         260
  Cork, wood, lumber                  281         497         270         517
  Corn                                337           7         374           5
  Cotton, raw and linters             213           3         209           3
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          105          82         125         110
  Crude oil                             3       7,690          10       7,664
  Electrical machinery              5,199       6,159       5,295       6,374
  Fish and preparations               312         720         113         849
  Footwear                             41       1,333          39       1,392
  Furniture and bedding               274       1,857         266       2,014
  Gem diamonds                         26         956          23       1,064
  General industrial mach           2,306       3,024       2,280       2,975
  Glass                               191         164         214         186
  Glassware                            51         142          46         144
  Gold, nonmonetary                   309         217         371         200
  Hides and skins                     129           7         128           7
  Iron and steel mill prod            442         848         467       1,099
  Jewelry                             151         431         136         511
  Lighting, plumbing                   93         426          90         461
  Liquified propane/butane            101         159          86         268
  Live animals                         32         156          32         184
  Meat and preparations               523         319         513         367
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          888       1,348         919       1,467
  Metal ores; scrap                   363         228         390         320
  Metalworking machinery              299         360         287         393
  Mineral fuels, other                218          97         176         110
  Natural gas                         161       2,030          98       1,651
  Nickel                               35          75          32          64
  Oils/fats, vegetable                115          92         122          95
  Optical goods                       186         220         202         243
  Paper and paperboard                755       1,106         806       1,186
  Petroleum preparations              634       2,222         773       2,354
  Photographic equipment              259         392         269         404
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            512         758         543         804
  Platinum                             34         214          36         220
  Pottery                               6         130           6         149
  Power generating mach.            2,363       2,574       2,409       2,752
  Printed materials                   327         290         350         303
  Pulp and waste paper                302         201         307         197
  Records/magnetic media              306         382         346         380
  Rice                                 99          13          85          15
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             115         179         113         180
  Rubber tires and tubes              166         394         157         421
  Scientific instruments            2,091       1,754       2,121       1,623
  Ships, boats                        161         157          57         139
  Silver and bullion                   15          64          14          69
  Soybeans                            965           3         921           2
  Spacecraft                           51          76           0          48
  Specialized ind. mach.            1,874       1,449       1,703       1,623
  Sugar                                 0          44           0          26
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,283       4,314       1,239       4,333
  Textile yearn, fabric               797       1,263         812       1,389
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             126          41         124          44
  Toys/games/sporting goods           231       1,168         223       1,411
  Travel goods                         21         355          21         380
  Vegetables and fruits               572         994         583       1,158
  Vehicles                          4,802      13,496       4,165      12,458
  Watches/clocks/parts                 17         214          21         253
  Wheat                               220           8         299           7
  Wood manufactures                   128         591         119         625

Re-exports                          5,136           0       5,465           0
  Agricultural commodities            178                     183            
  Manufactured goods                4,902                   5,200            
  Mineral fuels                         2                      30            
                                        
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                                          2003                    2002
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    104,227     169,325                        

Net Adjustments                    -1,614         464                        

Total Census Basis (2)            105,840     168,861                        

Manufactured goods (3)             82,556     144,668                        
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,344       6,533                        
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,686      13,814                        

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    4,703      11,642                        
  Airplane parts                    2,193         899                        
  Airplanes                         3,548       2,676                        
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             59         422                        
  Aluminum                            469       1,043                        
  Animal feeds                        716          96                        
  Artwork/antiques                    243       1,020                        
  Basketware, etc.                    580         996                        
  Cereal flour                        243         298                        
  Chemicals - cosmetics               929         603                        
  Chemicals - dyeing                  560         343                        
  Chemicals - fertilizers             309         303                        
  Chemicals - inorganic               782         937                        
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,208       3,520                        
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,997         934                        
  Chemicals - organic               2,359       4,882                        
  Chemicals - plastics              2,909       1,519                        
  Cigarettes                          271          45                        
  Clothing                            848       9,472                        
  Coal                                267         138                        
  Coffee                                2         177                        
  Copper                              154         651                        
  Cork, wood, lumber                  560       1,233                        
  Corn                                802           8                        
  Cotton, raw and linters             426           6                        
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          217         195                        
  Crude oil                            17       9,206                        
  Electrical machinery             10,317      11,744                        
  Fish and preparations               420       1,408                        
  Footwear                             83       2,522                        
  Furniture and bedding               661       3,240                        
  Gem diamonds                        244       1,989                        
  General industrial mach           4,672       5,266                        
  Glass                               355         330                        
  Glassware                           107         259                        
  Gold, nonmonetary                   405         302                        
  Hides and skins                     236          14                        
  Iron and steel mill prod            841       2,208                        
  Jewelry                             315         898                        
  Lighting, plumbing                  203         752                        
  Liquified propane/butane             67         207                        
  Live animals                         85         377                        
  Meat and preparations             1,076         622                        
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,758       2,499                        
  Metal ores; scrap                   672         434                        
  Metalworking machinery              553         766                        
  Mineral fuels, other                345         162                        
  Natural gas                         123       1,642                        
  Nickel                               80         162                        
  Oils/fats, vegetable                231         154                        
  Optical goods                       369         438                        
  Paper and paperboard              1,508       2,179                        
  Petroleum preparations              872       2,306                        
  Photographic equipment              530         791                        
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          1,050       1,364                        
  Platinum                             96         353                        
  Pottery                              12         234                        
  Power generating mach.            5,140       5,510                        
  Printed materials                   675         560                        
  Pulp and waste paper                582         378                        
  Records/magnetic media              639         696                        
  Rice                                126          22                        
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             218         319                        
  Rubber tires and tubes              335         686                        
  Scientific instruments            4,108       3,061                        
  Ships, boats                        302         244                        
  Silver and bullion                   64         110                        
  Soybeans                          1,454           3                        
  Spacecraft                          105           0                        
  Specialized ind. mach.            3,448       2,742                        
  Sugar                                 0          86                        
  Television, VCR, etc.             3,116       8,438                        
  Textile yearn, fabric             1,512       2,372                        
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             269         123                        
  Toys/games/sporting goods           450       2,386                        
  Travel goods                         41         578                        
  Vegetables and fruits             1,124       1,910                        
  Vehicles                          8,263      24,909                        
  Watches/clocks/parts                 33         366                        
  Wheat                               514          51                        
  Wood manufactures                   236       1,090                        

Re-exports                          9,391           0                        
  Agricultural commodities            278                                    
  Manufactured goods                9,013                                    
  Mineral fuels                        29                                    
                                                  

(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-03-45), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, February 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
