                        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. 
              Note: This exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)
                                        

2003

Item (1)                               April                   March
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     58,058     104,114      62,212     106,319

Net Adjustments                    -1,026         263        -973         249

Total Census Basis (2)             59,084     103,850      63,184     106,070

Manufactured goods (3)             46,346      84,578      49,110      84,063
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,389       4,226       4,826       4,152
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,105      12,740       1,250      15,488

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,182       6,403       2,797       6,333
  Airplane parts                    1,194         395       1,289         390
  Airplanes                         1,848         885       2,176         827
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             34         322          49         289
  Aluminum                            245         563         250         725
  Animal feeds                        292          56         352          53
  Artwork/antiques                     99         485          60         323
  Basketware, etc.                    362         708         395         586
  Cereal flour                        145         192         133         194
  Chemicals - cosmetics               518         421         553         378
  Chemicals - dyeing                  344         211         359         226
  Chemicals - fertilizers             174         238         204         173
  Chemicals - inorganic               468         711         497         592
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,575       2,540       1,687       2,449
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,114         617       1,178         629
  Chemicals - organic               1,658       2,882       1,761       3,104
  Chemicals - plastics              1,752       1,069       1,856       1,059
  Cigarettes                          115          31         140          25
  Clothing                            427       4,966         479       5,228
  Coal                                139         105         116          98
  Coffee                                0         143           1         143
  Copper                               86         251          91         248
  Cork, wood, lumber                  273         595         317         578
  Corn                                377          71         401          37
  Cotton, raw and linters             321           2         338           2
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          131         103         144         108
  Crude oil                             8       8,490          14       9,408
  Electrical machinery              5,733       6,709       5,972       6,830
  Fish and preparations               262         758         336         747
  Footwear                             43       1,187          47       1,281
  Furniture and bedding               283       2,118         315       1,981
  Gem diamonds                         13         901          26       1,053
  General industrial mach           2,545       3,487       2,637       3,498
  Glass                               222         197         218         188
  Glassware                            51         163          57         154
  Gold, nonmonetary                   320         209         262         175
  Hides and skins                     140           7         132           7
  Iron and steel mill prod            662         909         554       1,007
  Jewelry                             134         564         177         537
  Lighting, plumbing                  106         508         110         439
  Liquified propane/butane             33         138          40         201
  Live animals                         31         174          33         173
  Meat and preparations               525         407         549         394
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          956       1,559         983       1,450
  Metal ores; scrap                   436         235         409         218
  Metalworking machinery              351         503         366         460
  Mineral fuels, other                197         170         197         135
  Natural gas                          62       1,500          49       2,518
  Nickel                               32          89          34         167
  Oils/fats, vegetable                107         119         122         113
  Optical goods                       176         264         197         257
  Paper and paperboard                846       1,273         848       1,269
  Petroleum preparations              620       2,216         754       3,007
  Photographic equipment              262         425         283         449
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            569         898         584         820
  Platinum                             36         237          47         189
  Pottery                               7         144           7         140
  Power generating mach.            2,477       2,738       2,890       2,904
  Printed materials                   364         318         380         291
  Pulp and waste paper                365         232         357         215
  Records/magnetic media              323         425         354         426
  Rice                                 82          18         105          19
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             122         202         132         202
  Rubber tires and tubes              178         462         186         455
  Scientific instruments            2,213       1,917       2,571       1,972
  Ships, boats                         99         171          90          89
  Silver and bullion                   21          67          15          43
  Soybeans                            423           6         585           2
  Spacecraft                            0           0           0           0
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,030       1,900       2,140       1,876
  Sugar                                 0          60           0          42
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,380       5,349       1,404       5,178
  Textile yearn, fabric               902       1,480         939       1,383
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              83          50          75          47
  Toys/games/sporting goods           265       1,327         289       1,277
  Travel goods                         22         367          27         327
  Vegetables and fruits               602       1,007         637       1,144
  Vehicles                          5,488      15,009       5,570      15,127
  Watches/clocks/parts                 20         290          17         249
  Wheat                               242           9         296          14
  Wood manufactures                   135         711         131         665

Re-exports                          5,469           0       5,991           0
  Agricultural commodities            196                     211            
  Manufactured goods                5,204                   5,716            
  Mineral fuels                        13                       4            
                                        
                               _________________

                                          2003                    2002
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    229,238     402,287     221,113     357,940

Net Adjustments                    -3,602         914      -3,491       1,050

Total Census Basis (2)            232,840     401,373     224,603     356,890

Manufactured goods (3)            180,146     323,578     177,208     302,903
Agricultural commodities (3)       18,833      15,803      17,813      13,737
Mineral fuels (3)                   4,931      52,821       3,344      31,317

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    9,389      24,546      10,091      24,246
  Airplane parts                    4,900       1,535       4,531       1,817
  Airplanes                         7,444       3,711       9,042       4,792
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            141       1,077         126         946
  Aluminum                            957       2,439         970       2,121
  Animal feeds                      1,351         213       1,373         190
  Artwork/antiques                    375       1,607         401       2,031
  Basketware, etc.                  1,456       2,530       1,238       2,026
  Cereal flour                        543         721         485         601
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,049       1,468       1,910       1,262
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,328         819       1,224         749
  Chemicals - fertilizers             711         775         610         602
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,976       2,423       1,695       1,729
  Chemicals - medicinal             6,062      10,044       4,763       7,076
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                4,240       2,287       4,175       2,031
  Chemicals - organic               6,582      11,374       5,019      10,190
  Chemicals - plastics              6,898       3,938       6,216       3,259
  Cigarettes                          503         106         543          96
  Clothing                          1,728      21,168       1,815      18,138
  Coal                                496         372         532         290
  Coffee                                1         549           4         399
  Copper                              343       1,000         325       1,241
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,141       2,188       1,165       2,892
  Corn                              1,488         121       1,657         108
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,082           9         839          10
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          505         405         472         413
  Crude oil                            35      33,252          34      21,258
  Electrical machinery             22,198      26,072      21,682      25,147
  Fish and preparations             1,023       3,074       1,019       2,732
  Footwear                            169       5,193         179       4,697
  Furniture and bedding             1,138       7,970       1,345       6,769
  Gem diamonds                         87       3,974         447       3,988
  General industrial mach           9,767      12,983       9,880      11,487
  Glass                               845         735         746         690
  Glassware                           205         604         229         550
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,262         801         868         712
  Hides and skins                     529          28         483          28
  Iron and steel mill prod          2,125       3,864       1,704       3,962
  Jewelry                             598       2,043         691       2,045
  Lighting, plumbing                  399       1,834         420       1,549
  Liquified propane/butane            260         766         116         392
  Live animals                        127         687         156         743
  Meat and preparations             2,110       1,487       2,073       1,377
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        3,746       5,824       3,683       5,232
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,598       1,001       1,402         895
  Metalworking machinery            1,303       1,716       1,252       1,582
  Mineral fuels, other                788         512         690         390
  Natural gas                         370       7,699         226       3,082
  Nickel                              133         396         157         291
  Oils/fats, vegetable                467         419         396         320
  Optical goods                       762         985         722         932
  Paper and paperboard              3,255       4,834       3,105       4,535
  Petroleum preparations            2,781       9,800       1,726       5,589
  Photographic equipment            1,073       1,670       1,108       1,756
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          2,208       3,280       2,217       2,843
  Platinum                            153         859         290         889
  Pottery                              25         563          26         475
  Power generating mach.           10,139      10,967      10,646      11,655
  Printed materials                 1,421       1,202       1,401       1,124
  Pulp and waste paper              1,331         845       1,230         734
  Records/magnetic media            1,328       1,613       1,377       1,451
  Rice                                370          65         286          46
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             482         763         473         678
  Rubber tires and tubes              687       1,732         710       1,502
  Scientific instruments            8,996       7,265       8,919       6,507
  Ships, boats                        406         557         479         468
  Silver and bullion                   66         243         105         234
  Soybeans                          2,894          14       2,046           9
  Spacecraft                           52         124         263           0
  Specialized ind. mach.            7,746       6,848       7,783       6,009
  Sugar                                 1         172           1         150
  Television, VCR, etc.             5,307      19,173       6,590      18,434
  Textile yearn, fabric             3,451       5,514       3,269       4,944
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             409         181         444         226
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,008       5,183         992       4,891
  Travel goods                         91       1,430          92       1,156
  Vegetables and fruits             2,395       4,303       2,385       3,881
  Vehicles                         20,025      56,091      18,815      54,234
  Watches/clocks/parts                 76       1,006          73         793
  Wheat                             1,057          38       1,111         101
  Wood manufactures                   512       2,591         504       2,389

Re-exports                         22,061           0      19,920           0
  Agricultural commodities            769                     601            
  Manufactured goods               21,021                  19,137            
  Mineral fuels                        49                      36            
                                                  

(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-03-93, BEA-03-22), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, April 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
