                        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)                               September               August
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     68,451     126,950  (R) 66,719 (R) 127,888

Net Adjustments                    -1,248         251  (R)   -837 (R)     281

Total Census Basis (2)             69,699     126,699  (R) 67,556 (R) 127,608

Manufactured goods (3)             53,180     101,923      51,397     101,237
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,569       4,108       4,216       4,399
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,488      17,558       1,538      18,789

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,447       8,152       2,066       8,137
  Airplane parts                    1,265         396       1,288         398
  Airplanes                         1,954       1,033       1,976         675
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       72         340          60         281
  Aluminum                            334         826         318         749
  Animal feeds                        280          58         262          78
  Artwork/antiques                    100         454          76         300
  Basketware, etc.                    434         692         387         659
  Cereal flour                        155         265         146         245
  Chemicals - cosmetics               638         567         647         646
  Chemicals - dyeing                  378         220         379         236
  Chemicals - fertilizers             153         183         208         198
  Chemicals - inorganic               480         724         533         801
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,904       2,744       1,937       2,911
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,213         636       1,207         653
  Chemicals - organic               2,411       2,519       2,197       3,277
  Chemicals - plastics              2,209       1,206       2,145       1,273
  Cigarettes                          123          20         107          18
  Clothing                            368       7,326         379       7,288
  Coal                                211         169         234         204
  Coffee                              (-)         135           1         152
  Copper                              135         485         168         421
  Cork, wood, lumber                  290       1,061         313       1,091
  Corn                                474           2         463           3
  Cotton, raw and linters              99           2         150         (-)
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          149         125         162         139
  Crude oil                            36      11,907          11      12,465
  Electrical machinery              6,091       8,325       5,973       8,173
  Fish and preparations               380         926         390         932
  Footwear                             38       1,358          38       1,495
  Furniture and bedding               352       2,211         366       2,267
  Gem diamonds                        127       1,369          64       1,008
  General industrial machinery      2,965       3,634       2,987       3,893
  Glass                               222         238         219         247
  Glassware                            65         190          65         192
  Gold, nonmonetary                   521         352         324         276
  Hides and skins                     122           7         133           8
  Iron and steel mill products        715       2,394         672       2,343
  Jewelry                             292         790         198         664
  Lighting, plumbing                  131         629         143         615
  Liquefied propane/butane             36         329          31         321
  Live animals                         35         114          28         109
  Meat and preparations               454         443         438         496
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          999       1,862       1,022       1,947
  Metal ores; scrap                   715         442         727         362
  Metalworking machinery              525         498         469         587
  Mineral fuels, other                258         216         263         204
  Natural gas                         101       1,897         106       1,942
  Nickel                               50         125          37         177
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 71         146          82         215
  Optical goods                       211         286         209         273
  Paper and paperboard                887       1,449         886       1,469
  Petroleum preparations              800       2,948         862       3,537
  Photographic equipment              351         405         289         429
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            618         983         628       1,004
  Platinum                             44         264          31         295
  Pottery                               9         164           8         158
  Power generating machinery        3,241       3,032       3,020       2,952
  Printed materials                   429         440         427         445
  Pulp and waste paper                343         237         391         272
  Records/magnetic media              420         601         339         616
  Rice                                 72          15          67          16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             126         231         125         242
  Rubber tires and tubes              220         518         224         538
  Scientific instruments            2,793       2,408       2,735       2,375
  Ships, boats                         97         604          96         102
  Silver and bullion                   22          81          30          97
  Soybeans                            304           5         101           4
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,319       1,967       2,349       2,178
  Sugar                               (-)          55         (-)          55
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,651       7,898       1,627       7,385
  Textile yearn, fabric               988       1,615       1,002       1,693
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              76          39          80          57
  Toys, games, and sporting good      260       2,686         273       2,443
  Travel goods                         26         501          22         509
  Vegetables and fruits               729         802         622         855
  Vehicles                          5,529      15,358       5,364      15,086
  Watches/clocks/parts                 20         375          19         320
  Wheat                               504          22         449          20
  Wood manufactures                   151       1,077         153       1,132

Re-exports                          8,208         (X)       7,486         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            129         (X)         134         (X)
  Manufactured goods                7,994         (X)       7,216         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         9         (X)          51         (X)
                                        
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                                          2004                    2003
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    595,016   1,075,789     521,952     927,428

Net Adjustments                    -8,897       2,343      -8,979       2,786

Total Census Basis (2)            603,913   1,073,447     530,932     924,642

Manufactured goods (3)            461,374     861,714     411,559     752,481
Agricultural commodities (3)       43,962      40,215      41,225      34,828
Mineral fuels (3)                  13,336     146,620      10,524     116,057

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   20,602      68,025      20,973      58,246
  Airplane parts                   11,159       3,599      10,868       3,372
  Airplanes                        18,645       8,125      17,675       8,688
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      484       2,780         394       2,600
  Aluminum                          2,793       6,932       2,194       5,429
  Animal feeds                      2,751         615       2,786         463
  Artwork/antiques                    969       3,774         873       2,957
  Basketware, etc.                  3,815       6,329       3,438       5,726
  Cereal flour                      1,351       1,935       1,249       1,771
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,485       5,032       4,877       4,005
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,419       2,004       3,078       1,862
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,998       1,702       1,696       1,480
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,469       5,794       4,295       5,463
  Chemicals - medicinal            17,258      26,083      13,970      23,499
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               10,864       6,075       9,585       5,148
  Chemicals - organic              18,420      26,979      14,770      24,629
  Chemicals - plastics             18,388      10,506      15,649       9,135
  Cigarettes                        1,003         193       1,089         224
  Clothing                          3,382      54,038       3,828      52,075
  Coal                              2,081       1,814       1,190         857
  Coffee                                5       1,427           4       1,254
  Copper                            1,447       3,493         847       2,261
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,861       7,906       2,523       5,342
  Corn                              4,690         118       3,403         137
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,546          16       2,386          23
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,291       1,099       1,184         996
  Crude oil                           151      96,307         129      76,327
  Electrical machinery             55,035      69,099      51,361      60,307
  Fish and preparations             2,684       7,894       2,366       7,911
  Footwear                            336      12,665         372      12,092
  Furniture and bedding             3,010      20,414       2,612      17,832
  Gem diamonds                        613      10,973         238       9,625
  General industrial machinery     25,766      34,043      22,428      28,882
  Glass                             2,020       2,036       1,900       1,722
  Glassware                           609       1,536         489       1,433
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,190       2,792       3,617       1,988
  Hides and skins                   1,202          60       1,244          56
  Iron and steel mill products      5,744      15,454       4,735       8,388
  Jewelry                           1,833       5,891       1,413       5,072
  Lighting, plumbing                1,092       4,974         985       4,481
  Liquefied propane/butane            316       2,194         390       1,648
  Live animals                        222         968         511       1,142
  Meat and preparations             3,626       4,223       5,287       3,069
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        8,986      16,083       8,438      13,398
  Metal ores; scrap                 5,644       3,271       4,156       2,218
  Metalworking machinery            4,407       4,530       3,006       3,912
  Mineral fuels, other              1,961       1,703       1,889       1,292
  Natural gas                       1,562      16,979       1,047      14,160
  Nickel                              361       1,371         301         868
  Oils/fats, vegetable                724       1,564         898         994
  Optical goods                     1,893       2,612       1,670       2,229
  Paper and paperboard              7,862      12,206       7,291      11,183
  Petroleum preparations            6,770      26,815       5,451      20,741
  Photographic equipment            2,666       3,689       2,457       3,784
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          5,535       8,823       5,103       7,644
  Platinum                            414       2,696         357       1,997
  Pottery                              77       1,238          59       1,327
  Power generating machinery       26,278      26,468      23,232      24,020
  Printed materials                 3,601       3,313       3,381       3,047
  Pulp and waste paper              3,364       2,214       2,969       1,972
  Records/magnetic media            3,401       4,881       3,120       4,101
  Rice                                901         180         715         149
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,122       2,043       1,077       1,753
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,851       4,617       1,628       3,940
  Scientific instruments           24,549      20,867      20,484      17,225
  Ships, boats                      1,330       1,736         895       1,542
  Silver and bullion                  198         748         138         536
  Soybeans                          3,609          41       4,097          27
  Spacecraft                          467         (-)         141         188
  Specialized industrial machine   21,265      19,417      17,538      15,418
  Sugar                                 3         409           3         405
  Television, VCR, etc.            14,554      61,620      12,130      48,955
  Textile yearn, fabric             8,639      14,622       7,851      12,874
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             727         498         716         527
  Toys, games, and sporting good    2,509      15,245       2,277      15,144
  Travel goods                        213       4,220         209       3,595
  Vegetables and fruits             6,234       9,423       5,744       8,617
  Vehicles                         48,101     138,208      44,899     125,118
  Watches/clocks/parts                194       2,645         165       2,550
  Wheat                             4,029         126       2,835          98
  Wood manufactures                 1,332       9,386       1,152       6,634

Re-exports                         65,350         (X)      51,712         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,512         (X)       1,377         (X)
  Manufactured goods               62,912         (X)      49,620         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       324         (X)         201         (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/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-202, BEA-04-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
