                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
      Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
                           GROUPINGS - 2005 AND 2004
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal to tals 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.)
                                        

2005

Item (1)                            January 2005           December 2004
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     65,617     123,033  (R) 70,825 (R) 127,201

Net Adjustments                      -766         290  (R)   -884 (R)     274

Total Census Basis (2)             66,382     122,743  (R) 71,709 (R) 126,927

Manufactured goods (3)             50,100      96,819      54,006     101,261
Agricultural commodities (3)        5,046       4,739       5,681       4,916
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,804      18,430       1,983      18,405

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,281       7,440       2,968       8,594
  Airplane parts                    1,313         408       1,430         412
  Airplanes                         1,387         987       2,059       1,183
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       39         304          46         371
  Aluminum                            326       1,011         316         882
  Animal feeds                        303          51         369          52
  Artwork/antiques                    142         581         121         263
  Basketware, etc.                    394         728         440         720
  Cereal flour                        148         213         148         228
  Chemicals - cosmetics               596         629         614         660
  Chemicals - dyeing                  342         220         376         215
  Chemicals - fertilizers             227         262         201         286
  Chemicals - inorganic               521         701         550         894
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,969       2,821       1,779       3,212
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,203         717       1,275         650
  Chemicals - organic               2,294       2,961       2,649       3,102
  Chemicals - plastics              2,212       1,295       2,208       1,246
  Cigarettes                           69          15          96          22
  Clothing                            321       5,961         318       5,451
  Coal                                265         205         265         196
  Coffee                              (-)         181           1         165
  Copper                              148         530         159         366
  Cork, wood, lumber                  312         792         314         821
  Corn                                410          10         495           4
  Cotton, raw and linters             311           2         337         (-)
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          139         143         131         123
  Crude oil                            46      11,832          37      12,247
  Electrical machinery              5,502       7,394       5,827       7,493
  Fish and preparations               148         962         203       1,110
  Footwear                             32       1,586          35       1,261
  Furniture and bedding               307       2,526         323       2,482
  Gem diamonds                         63       1,229         126       1,004
  General industrial machinery      2,868       3,951       2,965       3,892
  Glass                               197         224         190         214
  Glassware                            53         171          64         165
  Gold, nonmonetary                   482         294         419         460
  Hides and skins                     124           7         116           6
  Iron and steel mill products        840       2,143         738       2,215
  Jewelry                             222         647         220         743
  Lighting, plumbing                  115         585         128         557
  Liquefied propane/butane             28         292          57         268
  Live animals                         38         114          78         158
  Meat and preparations               466         396         485         508
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          971       1,903       1,004       1,862
  Metal ores; scrap                   644         406         630         487
  Metalworking machinery              542         530         553         665
  Mineral fuels, other                218         175         282         181
  Natural gas                         429       2,486         232       2,233
  Nickel                               52         165          53         172
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 68         137         116         146
  Optical goods                       248         302         246         316
  Paper and paperboard                934       1,422         905       1,364
  Petroleum preparations              757       3,332       1,058       3,185
  Photographic equipment              247         354         268         420
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            575       1,043         583         982
  Platinum                             28         179          49         346
  Pottery                               7         138           9         135
  Power generating machinery        2,988       3,200       3,311       3,067
  Printed materials                   385         366         426         373
  Pulp and waste paper                393         264         406         210
  Records/magnetic media              357         545         483         560
  Rice                                106          19          80          23
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             121         225         123         223
  Rubber tires and tubes              190         560         205         573
  Scientific instruments            2,506       2,223       2,947       2,498
  Ships, boats                        108         163         114          96
  Silver and bullion                   17          90          21          90
  Soybeans                            776           4         947           6
  Spacecraft                            4         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,568       2,318       2,544       2,551
  Sugar                               (-)          37         (-)          31
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,617       6,990       1,906       7,869
  Textile yearn, fabric               914       1,668         856       1,602
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             124          72          84          88
  Toys, games, and sporting good      238       1,662         283       1,784
  Travel goods                         27         477          33         424
  Vegetables and fruits               716       1,408         791       1,318
  Vehicles                          4,797      13,887       5,106      16,228
  Watches/clocks/parts                 22         267          30         302
  Wheat                               347          15         368          11
  Wood manufactures                   138         955         142         906

Re-exports                          7,520         (X)       8,054         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            223         (X)         203         (X)
  Manufactured goods                7,208         (X)       7,745         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         7         (X)          18         (X)
                                        
                               _________________

Item (1)                                                   January 2004
                                                        Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis                             58,175     104,043

Net Adjustments                                              -976         243

Total Census Basis (2)                                     59,151     103,800

Manufactured goods (3)                                     45,011      83,323
Agricultural commodities (3)                                5,192       4,117
Mineral fuels (3)                                           1,088      14,029

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines                            2,281       6,759
  Airplane parts                                            1,190         345
  Airplanes                                                 1,441         889
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled                               30         259
  Aluminum                                                    262         586
  Animal feeds                                                327          61
  Artwork/antiques                                             80         527
  Basketware, etc.                                            398         667
  Cereal flour                                                137         185
  Chemicals - cosmetics                                       539         473
  Chemicals - dyeing                                          330         192
  Chemicals - fertilizers                                     170         228
  Chemicals - inorganic                                       437         574
  Chemicals - medicinal                                     1,620       2,537
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                                        1,079         577
  Chemicals - organic                                       1,900       2,584
  Chemicals - plastics                                      1,770         962
  Cigarettes                                                   93          20
  Clothing                                                    344       5,547
  Coal                                                        145          86
  Coffee                                                      (-)         130
  Copper                                                      143         286
  Cork, wood, lumber                                          282         559
  Corn                                                        527           8
  Cotton, raw and linters                                     385           2
  Crude fertilizers/minerals                                  125         126
  Crude oil                                                     4       9,071
  Electrical machinery                                      5,838       6,739
  Fish and preparations                                       128         831
  Footwear                                                     33       1,479
  Furniture and bedding                                       295       2,222
  Gem diamonds                                                 18       1,121
  General industrial machinery                              2,434       3,231
  Glass                                                       220         205
  Glassware                                                    57         145
  Gold, nonmonetary                                           419         339
  Hides and skins                                             119           6
  Iron and steel mill products                                538       1,058
  Jewelry                                                     207         525
  Lighting, plumbing                                          114         513
  Liquefied propane/butane                                     50         273
  Live animals                                                 25          97
  Meat and preparations                                       328         485
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.                                  907       1,495
  Metal ores; scrap                                           474         287
  Metalworking machinery                                      406         450
  Mineral fuels, other                                        197         128
  Natural gas                                                 137       1,979
  Nickel                                                       35         128
  Oils/fats, vegetable                                         76         123
  Optical goods                                               200         262
  Paper and paperboard                                        836       1,170
  Petroleum preparations                                      468       2,403
  Photographic equipment                                      247         391
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.                                    541         867
  Platinum                                                     45         197
  Pottery                                                      10         137
  Power generating machinery                                2,456       2,595
  Printed materials                                           363         312
  Pulp and waste paper                                        342         216
  Records/magnetic media                                      371         459
  Rice                                                        100          23
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.                                     110         197
  Rubber tires and tubes                                      179         443
  Scientific instruments                                    2,245       1,843
  Ships, boats                                                 81         280
  Silver and bullion                                           12          70
  Soybeans                                                    913           3
  Spacecraft                                                  (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine                            1,999       1,897
  Sugar                                                       (-)          19
  Television, VCR, etc.                                     1,572       5,521
  Textile yearn, fabric                                       821       1,518
  Tobacco, unmanufactured                                     120          50
  Toys, games, and sporting good                              244       1,447
  Travel goods                                                 18         404
  Vegetables and fruits                                       659       1,114
  Vehicles                                                  4,212      12,907
  Watches/clocks/parts                                         24         225
  Wheat                                                       483           8
  Wood manufactures                                           131         772

Re-exports                                                  6,240         (X)
  Agricultural commodities                                    199         (X)
  Manufactured goods                                        5,973         (X)
  Mineral fuels                                                15         (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-05-34, BEA-05-08), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
