                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
      EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
                           GROUPINGS - 2004 AND 2003
                                        
     (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.)
                                        

2004

Item (1)                               June                    May
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     66,807     128,101 (R)  68,766 (R) 118,242

Net Adjustments                    -1,042         239 (R)    -938 (R)     277

Total Census Basis (2)             67,849     127,863 (R)  69,704 (R) 117,965

Manufactured goods (3)             52,132     101,994      53,860      93,629
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,427       4,714       4,909       4,676
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,521      18,073       1,662      16,163

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,377       8,308       2,190       7,081
  Airplane parts                    1,221         445       1,329         344
  Airplanes                         2,154       1,296       2,262         774
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       49         364          55         344
  Aluminum                            325         874         315         812
  Animal feeds                        255          69         312          73
  Artwork/antiques                    155         246         134         235
  Basketware, etc.                    428         698         472         655
  Cereal flour                        154         215         158         199
  Chemicals - cosmetics               581         580         594         528
  Chemicals - dyeing                  385         225         402         225
  Chemicals - fertilizers             266         159         291         181
  Chemicals - inorganic               482         613         482         617
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,174       3,133       1,981       2,739
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,175         746       1,248         700
  Chemicals - organic               1,930       3,114       2,168       2,814
  Chemicals - plastics              2,052       1,237       2,085       1,196
  Cigarettes                          122          25         119          23
  Clothing                            367       6,364         392       4,738
  Coal                                303         407         310         228
  Coffee                              (-)         191           1         182
  Copper                              140         378         162         403
  Cork, wood, lumber                  342         998         340         962
  Corn                                468           5         573           9
  Cotton, raw and linters             372           4         484           1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          138         126         148         121
  Crude oil                            14      12,009           8      10,742
  Electrical machinery              5,977       8,076       6,325       7,469
  Fish and preparations               181         940         199         851
  Footwear                             34       1,524          35       1,347
  Furniture and bedding               333       2,362         331       2,346
  Gem diamonds                         92       1,235          60       1,309
  General industrial machinery      2,949       4,067       2,990       3,842
  Glass                               230         236         251         230
  Glassware                            70         180          72         156
  Gold, nonmonetary                   271         267         304         233
  Hides and skins                     139           7         150           7
  Iron and steel mill products        625       2,070         638       1,801
  Jewelry                             190         617         169         707
  Lighting, plumbing                  105         586         120         534
  Liquified propane/butane             40         173          24         136
  Live animals                         20         106          25         105
  Meat and preparations               430         520         421         436
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          973       1,941       1,070       1,849
  Metal ores; scrap                   576         415         658         360
  Metalworking machinery              486         501         511         510
  Mineral fuels, other                194         280         202         218
  Natural gas                         167       1,871         163       1,708
  Nickel                               42         152          42         145
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 65         215          95         180
  Optical goods                       203         314         214         290
  Paper and paperboard                855       1,442         892       1,337
  Petroleum preparations              761       3,243         899       3,047
  Photographic equipment              245         438         346         406
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            627       1,080         654       1,030
  Platinum                             66         293          47         428
  Pottery                               7         135           8         124
  Power generating machinery        3,328       3,175       2,935       2,777
  Printed materials                   404         373         385         320
  Pulp and waste paper                385         263         377         256
  Records/magnetic media              380         585         350         472
  Rice                                 76          15         110          22
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             122         248         131         227
  Rubber tires and tubes              206         541         207         536
  Scientific instruments            2,738       2,493       2,932       2,167
  Ships, boats                        132         105         157         102
  Silver and bullion                   29          74          33          86
  Soybeans                            202           5         202           5
  Spacecraft                          213         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,353       2,307       2,529       2,195
  Sugar                               (-)          38         (-)          61
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,672       7,605       1,684       6,909
  Textile yearn, fabric               971       1,745       1,017       1,630
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              52          92          60          61
  Toys/games/sporting goods           262       1,546         306       1,429
  Travel goods                         21         582          25         481
  Vegetables and fruits               694       1,024         744       1,106
  Vehicles                          5,510      16,078       6,262      16,028
  Watches/clocks/parts                 19         332          21         271
  Wheat                               372          11         432          14
  Wood manufactures                   152       1,180         153       1,175

Re-exports                          7,842         (X)       7,249         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            149         (X)         158         (X)
  Manufactured goods                7,599         (X)       6,967         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        42         (X)          52         (X)
                                        
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                                          2004                    2003
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    396,283     698,198     349,212     608,175

Net Adjustments                    -6,044       1,532      -5,800       1,792

Total Census Basis (2)            402,327     696,666     355,012     606,383

Manufactured goods (3)            308,313     560,137     275,985     492,702
Agricultural commodities (3)       30,569      27,241      27,608      23,627
Mineral fuels (3)                   8,652      93,168       7,447      76,519

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   13,884      43,514      14,029      37,599
  Airplane parts                    7,301       2,378       7,201       2,325
  Airplanes                        13,092       5,316      11,731       5,748
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      291       1,857         242       1,666
  Aluminum                          1,824       4,545       1,457       3,707
  Animal feeds                      1,918         408       1,917         298
  Artwork/antiques                    674       2,642         634       2,066
  Basketware, etc.                  2,586       4,284       2,256       3,736
  Cereal flour                        906       1,211         806       1,099
  Chemicals - cosmetics             3,570       3,229       3,186       2,486
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,276       1,327       2,041       1,248
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,385       1,196       1,095       1,025
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,919       3,643       2,912       3,653
  Chemicals - medicinal            11,811      17,175       9,296      15,428
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                7,159       4,148       6,447       3,508
  Chemicals - organic              11,852      18,773       9,886      16,719
  Chemicals - plastics             11,952       6,808      10,318       6,025
  Cigarettes                          674         130         753         155
  Clothing                          2,270      32,252       2,596      31,701
  Coal                              1,372       1,144         784         558
  Coffee                                3         965           2         824
  Copper                              991       2,153         569       1,499
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,987       4,772       1,721       3,390
  Corn                              3,181         109       2,264         130
  Cotton, raw and linters           2,867          12       1,719          16
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          835         707         790         630
  Crude oil                            91      60,882         103      49,534
  Electrical machinery             36,993      44,853      33,799      39,476
  Fish and preparations             1,555       5,114       1,358       4,880
  Footwear                            224       8,142         249       7,954
  Furniture and bedding             1,993      13,780       1,724      11,977
  Gem diamonds                        301       7,101         142       6,153
  General industrial machinery     17,002      22,711      15,035      19,622
  Glass                             1,390       1,324       1,293       1,116
  Glassware                           411         978         320         907
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,955       1,842       2,297       1,271
  Hides and skins                     808          36         804          38
  Iron and steel mill products      3,714       8,680       3,274       5,672
  Jewelry                           1,158       3,773         919       3,142
  Lighting, plumbing                  707       3,156         621       2,831
  Liquified propane/butane            209       1,280         322       1,110
  Live animals                        135         638         184         885
  Meat and preparations             2,285       2,751       3,376       2,147
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        6,028      10,368       5,711       8,894
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,534       2,095       2,597       1,405
  Metalworking machinery            2,908       2,875       2,008       2,639
  Mineral fuels, other              1,206       1,067       1,199         850
  Natural gas                       1,031      11,061         797       9,691
  Nickel                              228         933         205         589
  Oils/fats, vegetable                477       1,002         620         620
  Optical goods                     1,250       1,748       1,112       1,508
  Paper and paperboard              5,230       7,859       4,873       7,348
  Petroleum preparations            4,343      17,238       3,916      14,119
  Photographic equipment            1,765       2,465       1,628       2,438
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,684       5,798       3,418       5,044
  Platinum                            282       1,874         236       1,286
  Pottery                              52         768          37         834
  Power generating machinery       17,292      17,728      15,643      16,234
  Printed materials                 2,319       2,017       2,173       1,853
  Pulp and waste paper              2,265       1,425       1,972       1,306
  Records/magnetic media            2,286       3,076       2,014       2,490
  Rice                                685         132         519         104
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             755       1,351         737       1,162
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,201       3,028       1,070       2,622
  Scientific instruments           16,266      13,700      13,760      11,134
  Ships, boats                      1,037         956         608       1,180
  Silver and bullion                  128         492          93         358
  Soybeans                          3,055          28       3,404          22
  Spacecraft                          447         (-)          90         142
  Specialized industrial machine   14,110      12,947      11,865      10,428
  Sugar                                 2         237           2         266
  Television, VCR, etc.             9,655      39,436       8,045      30,350
  Textile yearn, fabric             5,724       9,612       5,305       8,395
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             540         344         569         326
  Toys/games/sporting goods         1,707       8,128       1,526       8,010
  Travel goods                        140       2,648         135       2,305
  Vegetables and fruits             4,218       6,891       3,807       6,213
  Vehicles                         33,409      93,668      31,682      85,617
  Watches/clocks/parts                132       1,630         109       1,569
  Wheat                             2,644          70       1,513          47
  Wood manufactures                   887       6,099         768       4,090

Re-exports                         42,601         (X)      33,717         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,110         (X)       1,014         (X)
  Manufactured goods               40,889         (X)      32,241         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       242         (X)         124         (X)
                                                  

(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-04-134, BEA-04-38), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, June 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
