                        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)                               March                   February
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     78,735     135,674  (R) 67,456 (R) 122,870

Net Adjustments                      -936         319  (R)   -781 (R)     290

Total Census Basis (2)             79,671     135,355  (R) 68,238 (R) 122,580

Manufactured goods (3)             60,172     105,843      51,598      97,291
Agricultural commodities (3)        5,504       5,337       5,049       4,482
Mineral fuels (3)                   2,267      21,152       1,860      18,247

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,844       8,111       2,132       7,045
  Airplane parts                    1,514         488       1,286         394
  Airplanes                         2,879         871       1,742         846
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       50         348          47         309
  Aluminum                            378         947         337         943
  Animal feeds                        365          55         314          50
  Artwork/antiques                    127         449         165         504
  Basketware, etc.                    513         699         421         720
  Cereal flour                        156         236         148         212
  Chemicals - cosmetics               699         646         634         615
  Chemicals - dyeing                  420         275         359         229
  Chemicals - fertilizers             224         366         232         268
  Chemicals - inorganic               579         771         601         567
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,082       3,455       2,095       2,975
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,404         824       1,244         707
  Chemicals - organic               2,632       2,937       2,319       3,703
  Chemicals - plastics              2,470       1,499       2,281       1,304
  Cigarettes                          144          18          75          15
  Clothing                            376       5,961         334       6,097
  Coal                                221         295         230         256
  Coffee                                1         237           1         190
  Copper                              175         502         142         434
  Cork, wood, lumber                  354       1,033         337         855
  Corn                                406          29         318           5
  Cotton, raw and linters             428           2         351           1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          142         150         122         123
  Crude oil                            46      14,006          19      11,324
  Electrical machinery              6,276       8,161       5,480       7,207
  Fish and preparations               457         823         370         830
  Footwear                             44       1,334          36       1,494
  Furniture and bedding               363       2,419         332       2,450
  Gem diamonds                        144       1,328          43       1,191
  General industrial machinery      3,292       4,664       2,968       4,016
  Glass                               229         227         195         207
  Glassware                            70         182          58         165
  Gold, nonmonetary                   545         348         352         319
  Hides and skins                     130           6         125           6
  Iron and steel mill products        909       2,170         878       2,044
  Jewelry                             268         753         235         559
  Lighting, plumbing                  118         540         126         559
  Liquefied propane/butane             41         248          40         293
  Live animals                         51         136          34         116
  Meat and preparations               502         523         453         410
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,136       1,951       1,017       1,813
  Metal ores; scrap                   787         435         687         425
  Metalworking machinery              528         602         475         526
  Mineral fuels, other                253         200         262         189
  Natural gas                         311       2,378         172       2,446
  Nickel                               58         164          55         186
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 79         167         108         138
  Optical goods                       253         317         234         290
  Paper and paperboard                980       1,481         889       1,367
  Petroleum preparations            1,391       3,906       1,124       3,624
  Photographic equipment              311         443         284         324
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            694       1,057         606       1,018
  Platinum                             44         358          63         348
  Pottery                              12         124           8         133
  Power generating machinery        3,542       3,599       3,036       3,395
  Printed materials                   449         347         381         354
  Pulp and waste paper                416         283         379         250
  Records/magnetic media              452         580         355         520
  Rice                                129          18          98          16
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             139         255         129         231
  Rubber tires and tubes              239         658         221         559
  Scientific instruments            3,151       2,608       2,531       2,304
  Ships, boats                        188         134         134         150
  Silver and bullion                   23         103          37          86
  Soybeans                            680           5         789           3
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,167       2,835       2,583       2,369
  Sugar                               (-)          75         (-)          20
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,933       7,772       1,535       6,525
  Textile yearn, fabric             1,059       1,779         933       1,675
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              93          76         114          46
  Toys, games, and sporting good      326       1,545         276       1,632
  Travel goods                         34         398          29         450
  Vegetables and fruits               826       1,361         708       1,200
  Vehicles                          6,360      16,997       5,502      15,517
  Watches/clocks/parts                 24         281          21         273
  Wheat                               346          12         324          15
  Wood manufactures                   161       1,093         143         943

Re-exports                          9,209         (X)       7,637         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            233         (X)         219         (X)
  Manufactured goods                8,865         (X)       7,282         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        11         (X)          40         (X)
                                        
                               _________________

                                          2005                    2004
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    211,661     381,611     193,902     332,718

Net Adjustments                    -2,485         900      -3,112         797

Total Census Basis (2)            214,146     380,711     197,014     331,922

Manufactured goods (3)            161,869     299,953     150,305     267,954
Agricultural commodities (3)       15,599      14,558      16,236      13,139
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,931      57,829       3,946      43,803

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    7,256      22,597       7,143      20,869
  Airplane parts                    4,113       1,290       3,567       1,123
  Airplanes                         6,008       2,704       6,520       2,312
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      135         961         132         822
  Aluminum                          1,041       2,901         864       2,123
  Animal feeds                        982         156       1,027         198
  Artwork/antiques                    434       1,534         282       1,255
  Basketware, etc.                  1,328       2,147       1,274       2,188
  Cereal flour                        452         660         450         590
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,929       1,890       1,786       1,547
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,121         724       1,088         652
  Chemicals - fertilizers             682         896         648         639
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,701       2,039       1,494       1,808
  Chemicals - medicinal             6,145       9,251       5,660       8,411
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                3,852       2,248       3,503       1,969
  Chemicals - organic               7,246       9,600       5,792       9,294
  Chemicals - plastics              6,963       4,098       5,805       3,192
  Cigarettes                          287          48         353          60
  Clothing                          1,031      18,019       1,121      16,179
  Coal                                717         756         480         323
  Coffee                                2         608           1         423
  Copper                              466       1,466         500         992
  Cork, wood, lumber                1,002       2,680         968       1,985
  Corn                              1,134          43       1,642          47
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,090           5       1,528           5
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          403         415         395         347
  Crude oil                           111      37,161          35      28,144
  Electrical machinery             17,259      22,762      18,423      21,729
  Fish and preparations               975       2,614         927       2,583
  Footwear                            112       4,414         114       4,058
  Furniture and bedding             1,002       7,395         982       6,658
  Gem diamonds                        251       3,748         103       3,566
  General industrial machinery      9,128      12,631       8,206      10,804
  Glass                               621         658         675         635
  Glassware                           181         518         198         479
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,378         962       1,095       1,024
  Hides and skins                     379          18         381          16
  Iron and steel mill products      2,627       6,357       1,819       3,356
  Jewelry                             724       1,959         611       1,770
  Lighting, plumbing                  358       1,684         373       1,499
  Liquefied propane/butane            110         833         111         832
  Live animals                        122         366          73         315
  Meat and preparations             1,421       1,329       1,041       1,326
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        3,124       5,667       2,937       4,785
  Metal ores; scrap                 2,119       1,266       1,638         964
  Metalworking machinery            1,545       1,657       1,365       1,331
  Mineral fuels, other                732         563         601         379
  Natural gas                         912       7,310         495       5,671
  Nickel                              165         515         109         452
  Oils/fats, vegetable                255         442         230         437
  Optical goods                       735         909         606         845
  Paper and paperboard              2,802       4,270       2,597       3,780
  Petroleum preparations            3,273      10,862       1,973       8,208
  Photographic equipment              843       1,121         868       1,211
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          1,875       3,119       1,770       2,687
  Platinum                            135         885         114         876
  Pottery                              26         395          30         384
  Power generating machinery        9,567      10,194       8,297       8,791
  Printed materials                 1,214       1,068       1,143         987
  Pulp and waste paper              1,188         796       1,116         658
  Records/magnetic media            1,163       1,644       1,167       1,510
  Rice                                333          54         367          63
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             388         711         369         643
  Rubber tires and tubes              650       1,778         590       1,428
  Scientific instruments            8,188       7,135       7,876       6,644
  Ships, boats                        430         446         592         621
  Silver and bullion                   77         278          42         256
  Soybeans                          2,245          12       2,350          11
  Spacecraft                            4         (-)         129         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    8,317       7,521       6,821       6,175
  Sugar                                 1         132           1         110
  Television, VCR, etc.             5,086      21,287       4,736      17,957
  Textile yearn, fabric             2,906       5,122       2,727       4,603
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             332         195         346         154
  Toys, games, and sporting good      839       4,839         833       3,764
  Travel goods                         90       1,325          66       1,151
  Vegetables and fruits             2,251       3,968       2,092       3,613
  Vehicles                         16,658      46,400      15,682      45,009
  Watches/clocks/parts                 67         821          69         738
  Wheat                             1,017          41       1,353          32
  Wood manufactures                   443       2,991         428       2,645

Re-exports                         24,366         (X)      20,444         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            675         (X)         609         (X)
  Manufactured goods               23,356         (X)      19,562         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        57         (X)          90         (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-05-66, BEA-05-20), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
