                        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 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.)
                                        

2005

Item (1)                               August                  July
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     76,064     146,234  (R) 69,568 (R) 136,422

Net Adjustments                    -1,194         308  (R)   -823 (R)     224

Total Census Basis (2)             77,258     145,926  (R) 70,391 (R) 136,198

Manufactured goods (3)             59,094     111,289      52,799     104,371
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,850       4,781       4,984       4,573
Mineral fuels (3)                   2,319      26,768       2,351      24,017

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,357       8,539       2,322       8,588
  Airplane parts                    1,521         478       1,379         502
  Airplanes                         3,335         501       2,392         877
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       60         353          71         333
  Aluminum                            430         940         350       1,018
  Animal feeds                        317          60         324          59
  Artwork/antiques                    122         347         104         331
  Basketware, etc.                    465         808         485         723
  Cereal flour                        190         273         175         232
  Chemicals - cosmetics               734         687         640         649
  Chemicals - dyeing                  451         262         418         246
  Chemicals - fertilizers             321         244         213         223
  Chemicals - inorganic               586         804         699         913
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,941       3,905       1,883       3,065
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,327         748       1,232         694
  Chemicals - organic               2,337       2,659       2,032       2,704
  Chemicals - plastics              2,580       1,382       2,372       1,398
  Cigarettes                          119          16          91          14
  Clothing                            359       7,629         349       7,203
  Coal                                266         126         311         223
  Coffee                              (-)         184           1         227
  Copper                              195         552         168         513
  Cork, wood, lumber                  328         881         312         939
  Corn                                437           5         409           3
  Cotton, raw and linters             307           1         614           2
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          154         145         135         137
  Crude oil                            29      17,798          70      15,740
  Electrical machinery              6,537       8,723       6,061       8,118
  Fish and preparations               472       1,119         420         992
  Footwear                             48       1,675          41       1,739
  Furniture and bedding               400       2,659         314       2,415
  Gem diamonds                        288       1,265         250       1,580
  General industrial machinery      3,340       4,438       3,121       4,176
  Glass                               239         242         193         224
  Glassware                            67         201          65         174
  Gold, nonmonetary                   437         339         413         306
  Hides and skins                     152           6         139           7
  Iron and steel mill products        898       1,920         751       1,971
  Jewelry                             286         793         198         733
  Lighting, plumbing                  164         714         132         633
  Liquefied propane/butane             69         352          58         333
  Live animals                         41         181          34         105
  Meat and preparations               587         493         561         493
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,194       2,234       1,038       2,061
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,134         359       1,029         497
  Metalworking machinery              485         699         563         609
  Mineral fuels, other                284         288         286         275
  Natural gas                         151       2,576         160       2,050
  Nickel                               68         209          58         186
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 88         168          67         173
  Optical goods                       261         305         253         314
  Paper and paperboard              1,002       1,518         931       1,397
  Petroleum preparations            1,434       5,365       1,394       5,197
  Photographic equipment              270         411         256         407
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            728       1,213         620       1,141
  Platinum                             56         291          49         310
  Pottery                              10         176           7         148
  Power generating machinery        3,519       3,797       3,007       3,079
  Printed materials                   490         491         486         450
  Pulp and waste paper                457         255         421         252
  Records/magnetic media              394         654         385         596
  Rice                                106          15         100          18
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             141         257         112         228
  Rubber tires and tubes              257         680         204         657
  Scientific instruments            2,817       2,625       2,720       2,436
  Ships, boats                        145          99         180          89
  Silver and bullion                   20         110          15         110
  Soybeans                            225           3         161          11
  Spacecraft                            6         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,686       2,589       2,702       2,593
  Sugar                                 3          77           1          61
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,694       9,056       1,676       8,328
  Textile yearn, fabric             1,019       1,893         917       1,786
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              41          57          31          66
  Toys, games, and sporting good      283       2,608         288       2,130
  Travel goods                         27         558          29         566
  Vegetables and fruits               778         983         805         981
  Vehicles                          6,103      16,544       4,271      14,192
  Watches/clocks/parts                 23         360          18         332
  Wheat                               354          21         393           9
  Wood manufactures                   158       1,099         139       1,075

Re-exports                          8,072         (X)       7,454         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            129         (X)         128         (X)
  Manufactured goods                7,850         (X)       7,235         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         3         (X)           5         (X)
                                        
                               _________________

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    584,712   1,077,608     527,197     949,666

Net Adjustments                    -7,525       2,318      -7,441       2,135

Total Census Basis (2)            592,237   1,075,290     534,638     947,531

Manufactured goods (3)            449,222     837,280     409,561     759,592
Agricultural commodities (3)       40,457      39,131      39,459      36,059
Mineral fuels (3)                  18,184     175,204      11,932     130,411

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   19,153      63,727      18,213      59,830
  Airplane parts                   11,253       3,797       9,890       3,249
  Airplanes                        21,222       7,515      16,556       6,895
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      432       2,675         412       2,439
  Aluminum                          2,932       8,204       2,470       6,106
  Animal feeds                      2,630         448       2,497         554
  Artwork/antiques                  1,282       3,392         909       3,320
  Basketware, etc.                  3,724       5,846       3,395       5,654
  Cereal flour                      1,319       1,867       1,205       1,671
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,283       5,199       4,873       4,463
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,287       2,017       3,055       1,781
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,967       2,251       1,848       1,518
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,979       6,461       3,987       5,071
  Chemicals - medicinal            16,521      26,225      15,438      23,282
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               10,424       6,063       9,680       5,448
  Chemicals - organic              18,464      25,076      16,090      24,590
  Chemicals - plastics             19,343      11,153      16,269       9,298
  Cigarettes                          781         124         878         173
  Clothing                          2,787      50,655       3,024      46,707
  Coal                              2,320       1,713       1,872       1,644
  Coffee                                3       1,761           5       1,292
  Copper                            1,370       4,093       1,317       3,009
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,704       7,467       2,588       6,844
  Corn                              3,210         111       4,215         115
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,040          15       3,444          14
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,123       1,139       1,145         975
  Crude oil                           392     115,121         115      84,871
  Electrical machinery             47,921      63,870      49,198      60,773
  Fish and preparations             2,555       7,419       2,311       6,964
  Footwear                            323      12,284         299      11,305
  Furniture and bedding             2,797      20,307       2,681      18,196
  Gem diamonds                      1,210      10,619         486       9,603
  General industrial machinery     25,449      34,967      22,916      30,347
  Glass                             1,737       1,844       1,807       1,798
  Glassware                           507       1,424         544       1,346
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,592       2,625       2,672       2,439
  Hides and skins                   1,073          54       1,078          53
  Iron and steel mill products      6,893      16,975       5,062      13,050
  Jewelry                           1,851       5,827       1,546       5,098
  Lighting, plumbing                1,051       4,847         954       4,351
  Liquefied propane/butane            376       2,462         283       1,884
  Live animals                        276       1,032         185         852
  Meat and preparations             4,286       3,928       3,177       3,779
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        8,709      16,322       8,033      14,226
  Metal ores; scrap                 6,939       3,446       4,936       2,827
  Metalworking machinery            4,239       4,821       3,905       4,041
  Mineral fuels, other              2,117       1,923       1,720       1,494
  Natural gas                       2,161      18,425       1,487      15,876
  Nickel                              474       1,506         311       1,246
  Oils/fats, vegetable                646       1,351         650       1,410
  Optical goods                     2,017       2,508       1,684       2,328
  Paper and paperboard              7,654      11,591       7,051      10,755
  Petroleum preparations           10,463      34,362       6,005      23,928
  Photographic equipment            2,214       3,122       2,421       3,281
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          5,313       9,029       4,943       7,806
  Platinum                            388       2,368         372       2,432
  Pottery                              69       1,087          68       1,074
  Power generating machinery       26,601      27,343      23,378      23,492
  Printed materials                 3,536       3,181       3,192       2,873
  Pulp and waste paper              3,351       2,097       3,012       1,978
  Records/magnetic media            3,180       4,549       2,994       4,281
  Rice                                888         139         818         160
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,041       1,961       1,002       1,812
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,813       5,131       1,637       4,098
  Scientific instruments           22,272      19,639      21,902      18,434
  Ships, boats                      1,375       1,279       1,234       1,132
  Silver and bullion                  197         769         180         667
  Soybeans                          3,737          54       3,305          37
  Spacecraft                          150         (-)         467         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   22,357      21,007      18,942      17,457
  Sugar                                 5         405           2         353
  Television, VCR, etc.            13,719      63,831      12,933      53,947
  Textile yearn, fabric             7,961      14,175       7,691      12,999
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             608         485         651         459
  Toys, games, and sporting good    2,344      14,570       2,260      12,562
  Travel goods                        231       4,026         189       3,712
  Vegetables and fruits             6,306       9,630       5,548       8,601
  Vehicles                         45,765     125,864      42,903     122,718
  Watches/clocks/parts                166       2,457         175       2,269
  Wheat                             2,721         108       3,521         104
  Wood manufactures                 1,214       8,571       1,186       8,311

Re-exports                         64,976         (X)      57,239         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,454         (X)       1,383         (X)
  Manufactured goods               62,731         (X)      55,017         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        92         (X)         315         (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-05-147, BEA-05-45), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
