                        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)                               December                November
                                Exports     Imports     Exports   (R)Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     70,799     127,882      68,845 (R) 134,931

Net Adjustments                      -884         272        -920 (R)     306

Total Census Basis (2)             71,683     127,610      69,765 (R) 134,625

Manufactured goods (3)             54,006     101,261      52,278     105,646
Agricultural commodities (3)        5,681       4,916       5,870       4,686
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,983      18,405       1,448      20,391

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,968       8,594       2,234       8,547
  Airplane parts                    1,430         412       1,313         388
  Airplanes                         2,059       1,183       1,899       1,050
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       46         371          75         432
  Aluminum                            316         882         339         882
  Animal feeds                        369          52         366          59
  Artwork/antiques                    121         263         126         554
  Basketware, etc.                    440         720         386         705
  Cereal flour                        148         228         145         280
  Chemicals - cosmetics               614         660         642         619
  Chemicals - dyeing                  376         215         364         217
  Chemicals - fertilizers             201         286         210         261
  Chemicals - inorganic               550         894         685         730
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,779       3,212       2,032       2,945
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,275         650       1,168         640
  Chemicals - organic               2,649       3,102       2,346       2,510
  Chemicals - plastics              2,208       1,246       2,232       1,241
  Cigarettes                           96          22          83          19
  Clothing                            318       5,451         331       5,910
  Coal                                265         196         162         192
  Coffee                                1         165           1         147
  Copper                              159         366         154         460
  Cork, wood, lumber                  314         821         322         911
  Corn                                495           4         498           4
  Cotton, raw and linters             337         (-)         211           1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          131         123         139         126
  Crude oil                            37      12,247          38      13,843
  Electrical machinery              5,827       7,493       5,877       8,276
  Fish and preparations               203       1,110         254       1,131
  Footwear                             35       1,261          40       1,301
  Furniture and bedding               323       2,482         349       2,469
  Gem diamonds                        126       1,004         113       1,348
  General industrial machinery      2,965       3,892       2,853       3,919
  Glass                               190         214         214         221
  Glassware                            64         165          67         177
  Gold, nonmonetary                   419         460         386         342
  Hides and skins                     116           6         130           7
  Iron and steel mill products        738       2,215         734       2,369
  Jewelry                             220         743         241         916
  Lighting, plumbing                  128         557         124         626
  Liquefied propane/butane             57         268          27         237
  Live animals                         78         158         111         160
  Meat and preparations               485         508         544         489
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,004       1,862       1,027       1,917
  Metal ores; scrap                   630         487         684         410
  Metalworking machinery              553         665         435         563
  Mineral fuels, other                282         181         206         215
  Natural gas                         232       2,233          95       1,993
  Nickel                               53         172          50         165
  Oils/fats, vegetable                116         146         117         130
  Optical goods                       246         316         199         311
  Paper and paperboard                905       1,364         900       1,489
  Petroleum preparations            1,058       3,185         873       3,835
  Photographic equipment              268         420         258         426
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            583         982         606       1,019
  Platinum                             49         346          39         247
  Pottery                               9         135           9         151
  Power generating machinery        3,311       3,067       2,966       3,157
  Printed materials                   426         373         407         417
  Pulp and waste paper                406         210         365         247
  Records/magnetic media              483         560         419         667
  Rice                                 80          23          98          22
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             123         223         133         231
  Rubber tires and tubes              205         573         224         565
  Scientific instruments            2,947       2,498       2,580       2,557
  Ships, boats                        114          96         111          81
  Silver and bullion                   21          90          18          93
  Soybeans                            947           6       1,082           3
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,544       2,551       2,250       2,307
  Sugar                               (-)          31         (-)          47
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,906       7,869       1,691       9,461
  Textile yearn, fabric               856       1,602         930       1,619
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              84          88         109          54
  Toys, games, and sporting good      283       1,784         299       2,521
  Travel goods                         33         424          28         496
  Vegetables and fruits               791       1,318         870       1,121
  Vehicles                          5,106      16,228       5,639      16,693
  Watches/clocks/parts                 30         302          25         420
  Wheat                               368          11         370          11
  Wood manufactures                   142         906         163         989

Re-exports                          8,054         (X)       8,037         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            203         (X)         172         (X)
  Manufactured goods                7,745         (X)       7,765         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        18         (X)          20         (X)
                                        
                               _________________

                                          2004                    2003
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    807,584   1,473,768     713,122   1,260,674

Net Adjustments                   -11,442       3,221     -11,649       3,553

Total Census Basis (2)            819,026   1,470,547     724,771   1,257,121

Manufactured goods (3)            623,439   1,175,513     557,954   1,027,391
Agricultural commodities (3)       61,308      54,264      59,561      47,453
Mineral fuels (3)                  18,544     205,870      13,768     153,298

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   28,197      93,805      28,842      80,812
  Airplane parts                   15,290       4,795      14,453       4,475
  Airplanes                        24,847      11,647      24,649      12,235
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      683       4,026         551       3,696
  Aluminum                          3,797       9,547       2,942       7,239
  Animal feeds                      3,780         781       3,878         636
  Artwork/antiques                  1,316       5,308       1,158       4,395
  Basketware, etc.                  5,078       8,425       4,697       7,856
  Cereal flour                      1,792       2,728       1,672       2,497
  Chemicals - cosmetics             7,419       6,951       6,550       5,613
  Chemicals - dyeing                4,552       2,669       4,130       2,482
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,615       2,530       2,339       2,130
  Chemicals - inorganic             6,197       8,273       5,580       7,388
  Chemicals - medicinal            23,341      35,105      18,782      31,741
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               14,539       7,978      12,999       6,860
  Chemicals - organic              25,851      35,213      20,140      32,741
  Chemicals - plastics             25,099      14,224      21,068      12,158
  Cigarettes                        1,295         258       1,404         301
  Clothing                          4,413      72,311       4,959      68,166
  Coal                              2,714       2,418       1,610       1,172
  Coffee                                7       1,868           5       1,612
  Copper                            1,913       4,755       1,232       3,158
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,837      10,607       3,390       7,279
  Corn                              6,128         127       4,934         151
  Cotton, raw and linters           4,248          18       3,376          28
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,719       1,471       1,580       1,338
  Crude oil                           265     135,999         159     101,795
  Electrical machinery             73,075      93,280      69,868      82,427
  Fish and preparations             3,513      11,171       3,082      10,927
  Footwear                            450      16,505         495      15,602
  Furniture and bedding             4,058      27,741       3,607      24,356
  Gem diamonds                        950      14,651         336      12,932
  General industrial machinery     34,683      45,686      30,199      38,494
  Glass                             2,640       2,711       2,509       2,335
  Glassware                           810       2,067         673       1,904
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,414       3,996       4,779       2,933
  Hides and skins                   1,584          79       1,643          74
  Iron and steel mill products      7,993      22,404       6,254      11,092
  Jewelry                           2,561       8,556       2,030       7,499
  Lighting, plumbing                1,482       6,812       1,348       6,000
  Liquefied propane/butane            424       2,900         469       2,310
  Live animals                        506       1,439         782       1,619
  Meat and preparations             5,195       5,706       7,252       4,403
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       12,067      21,778      11,243      17,979
  Metal ores; scrap                 7,731       4,581       5,664       3,062
  Metalworking machinery            5,963       6,248       4,163       5,326
  Mineral fuels, other              2,703       2,334       2,573       1,648
  Natural gas                       2,099      23,168       1,390      18,503
  Nickel                              511       1,897         392       1,171
  Oils/fats, vegetable              1,045       1,990       1,140       1,348
  Optical goods                     2,555       3,530       2,249       2,993
  Paper and paperboard             10,615      16,588       9,782      14,848
  Petroleum preparations            9,709      37,982       7,008      26,680
  Photographic equipment            3,487       4,903       3,329       5,029
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,364      11,810       6,781      10,215
  Platinum                            542       3,506         470       2,619
  Pottery                             107       1,681          88       1,764
  Power generating machinery       35,714      35,955      31,605      32,437
  Printed materials                 4,891       4,507       4,611       4,148
  Pulp and waste paper              4,499       2,940       4,090       2,595
  Records/magnetic media            4,747       6,795       4,474       5,853
  Rice                              1,166         241       1,024         212
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,512       2,733       1,417       2,357
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,525       6,304       2,199       5,256
  Scientific instruments           32,912      28,459      28,029      23,660
  Ships, boats                      1,647       2,084       1,160       1,891
  Silver and bullion                  271       1,013         177         801
  Soybeans                          6,685          53       7,964          47
  Spacecraft                          467          39         142         188
  Specialized industrial machine   28,825      26,410      23,432      20,852
  Sugar                                 4         517           6         534
  Television, VCR, etc.            20,030      87,860      16,853      71,168
  Textile yearn, fabric            11,482      19,505      10,458      17,259
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,044         690       1,038         690
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,391      22,479       3,154      21,574
  Travel goods                        311       5,660         291       4,844
  Vegetables and fruits             8,848      12,804       8,115      11,475
  Vehicles                         64,646     187,828      60,907     172,611
  Watches/clocks/parts                271       3,789         241       3,601
  Wheat                             5,158         162       3,935         123
  Wood manufactures                 1,791      12,307       1,576       9,286

Re-exports                         89,574         (X)      72,035         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          2,056         (X)       1,809         (X)
  Manufactured goods               86,294         (X)      69,143         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       375         (X)         364         (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-05-17, BEA-05-05), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
