                        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)                               September               August
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     73,181     146,158 (R)  76,093 (R) 146,487

Net Adjustments                    -1,119         288 (R)  -1,195 (R)     304

Total Census Basis (2)             74,300     145,870 (R)  77,287 (R) 146,183

Manufactured goods (3)             56,439     110,630      59,094     111,289
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,581       4,749       4,850       4,781
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,888      27,459       2,319      26,768

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines    2,690       8,539       2,357       8,539
  Airplane parts                    1,461         411       1,521         478
  Airplanes                           722         942       3,335         501
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       75         427          60         353
  Aluminum                            383         897         430         940
  Animal feeds                        317          59         317          60
  Artwork/antiques                     92         446         122         347
  Basketware, etc.                    469         693         465         808
  Cereal flour                        167         285         190         273
  Chemicals - cosmetics               678         687         734         687
  Chemicals - dyeing                  400         231         451         262
  Chemicals - fertilizers             287         334         321         244
  Chemicals - inorganic               696         698         586         804
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,167       3,209       1,941       3,905
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,250         687       1,327         748
  Chemicals - organic               1,946       2,874       2,337       2,659
  Chemicals - plastics              2,369       1,379       2,580       1,382
  Cigarettes                          110          15         119          16
  Clothing                            357       7,456         359       7,629
  Coal                                307         175         266         126
  Coffee                              (-)         175         (-)         184
  Copper                              185         630         195         552
  Cork, wood, lumber                  318         880         328         881
  Corn                                373           4         437           5
  Cotton, raw and linters             125           3         307           1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          144         137         154         145
  Crude oil                            42      16,541          29      17,798
  Electrical machinery              6,450       8,825       6,537       8,723
  Fish and preparations               415       1,038         472       1,119
  Footwear                             47       1,479          48       1,675
  Furniture and bedding               403       2,493         400       2,659
  Gem diamonds                        377       1,576         288       1,265
  General industrial machinery      3,185       4,102       3,340       4,438
  Glass                               247         232         239         242
  Glassware                            70         199          67         201
  Gold, nonmonetary                   484         452         437         339
  Hides and skins                     146           6         152           6
  Iron and steel mill products        844       1,740         898       1,920
  Jewelry                             266         974         286         793
  Lighting, plumbing                  140         712         164         714
  Liquefied propane/butane             40         371          69         352
  Live animals                         39         223          41         181
  Meat and preparations               512         439         587         493
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,155       2,119       1,194       2,234
  Metal ores; scrap                 1,117         395       1,134         359
  Metalworking machinery              491         596         485         699
  Mineral fuels, other                190         373         284         288
  Natural gas                         130       3,157         151       2,576
  Nickel                               62         190          68         209
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 60         193          88         168
  Optical goods                       253         310         261         305
  Paper and paperboard                926       1,467       1,002       1,518
  Petroleum preparations            1,047       6,557       1,434       5,365
  Photographic equipment              273         394         270         411
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            686       1,177         728       1,213
  Platinum                             57         348          56         291
  Pottery                               8         166          10         176
  Power generating machinery        3,604       3,692       3,519       3,797
  Printed materials                   467         460         490         491
  Pulp and waste paper                428         220         457         255
  Records/magnetic media              457         662         394         654
  Rice                                 92          16         106          15
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             137         245         141         257
  Rubber tires and tubes              257         610         257         680
  Scientific instruments            2,974       2,666       2,817       2,625
  Ships, boats                        121          92         145          99
  Silver and bullion                   18          89          20         110
  Soybeans                            216           2         225           3
  Spacecraft                           63         (-)           6         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,432       2,348       2,686       2,589
  Sugar                                 1          91           3          77
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,747       9,789       1,694       9,056
  Textile yearn, fabric             1,010       1,807       1,019       1,893
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              58          43          41          57
  Toys, games, and sporting good      339       3,185         283       2,608
  Travel goods                         32         547          27         558
  Vegetables and fruits               820         903         778         983
  Vehicles                          6,382      15,698       6,103      16,544
  Watches/clocks/parts                 19         374          23         360
  Wheat                               448          21         354          21
  Wood manufactures                   154       1,085         158       1,099

Re-exports                          8,620         (X)       8,072         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            124         (X)         129         (X)
  Manufactured goods                8,407         (X)       7,850         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         8         (X)           3         (X)
                                        
                               _________________

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    657,921   1,224,019     595,708   1,075,940

Net Adjustments                    -8,645       2,601      -8,491       2,387

Total Census Basis (2)            666,566   1,221,417     604,199   1,073,553

Manufactured goods (3)            505,662     947,909     462,627     861,449
Agricultural commodities (3)       45,037      43,880      44,034      40,169
Mineral fuels (3)                  20,072     202,664      13,395     147,340

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment; office machines   21,843      72,266      20,650      67,984
  Airplane parts                   12,715       4,208      11,159       3,637
  Airplanes                        21,945       8,457      18,511       7,932
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      507       3,102         485       2,776
  Aluminum                          3,315       9,101       2,804       6,933
  Animal feeds                      2,948         507       2,779         612
  Artwork/antiques                  1,374       3,838       1,009       3,773
  Basketware, etc.                  4,193       6,539       3,822       6,339
  Cereal flour                      1,485       2,152       1,360       1,936
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,961       5,886       5,514       5,032
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,687       2,248       3,436       2,001
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,254       2,585       1,997       1,707
  Chemicals - inorganic             5,675       7,159       4,468       5,795
  Chemicals - medicinal            18,688      29,434      17,347      26,041
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               11,674       6,750      10,891       6,078
  Chemicals - organic              20,410      27,949      18,467      27,071
  Chemicals - plastics             21,711      12,531      18,486      10,502
  Cigarettes                          891         140       1,001         193
  Clothing                          3,144      58,112       3,393      54,037
  Coal                              2,627       1,888       2,082       1,814
  Coffee                                3       1,936           5       1,427
  Copper                            1,555       4,723       1,452       3,493
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,022       8,346       2,879       7,907
  Corn                              3,583         114       4,697         118
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,164          17       3,543          16
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,267       1,276       1,295       1,101
  Crude oil                           434     131,662         151      96,357
  Electrical machinery             54,371      72,695      55,292      69,091
  Fish and preparations             2,970       8,457       2,688       7,894
  Footwear                            370      13,763         337      12,663
  Furniture and bedding             3,200      22,800       3,033      20,405
  Gem diamonds                      1,588      12,195         608      10,972
  General industrial machinery     28,634      39,069      25,894      33,987
  Glass                             1,984       2,076       2,031       2,035
  Glassware                           577       1,623         609       1,536
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,076       3,077       3,193       2,790
  Hides and skins                   1,219          60       1,200          60
  Iron and steel mill products      7,737      18,715       5,774      15,456
  Jewelry                           2,117       6,801       1,835       5,887
  Lighting, plumbing                1,191       5,559       1,086       4,981
  Liquefied propane/butane            416       2,833         319       2,195
  Live animals                        315       1,255         220         966
  Meat and preparations             4,799       4,366       3,631       4,222
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        9,863      18,441       9,037      16,078
  Metal ores; scrap                 8,056       3,841       5,665       3,268
  Metalworking machinery            4,731       5,417       4,430       4,529
  Mineral fuels, other              2,306       2,296       1,959       1,710
  Natural gas                       2,291      21,582       1,588      17,556
  Nickel                              535       1,696         361       1,371
  Oils/fats, vegetable                706       1,544         721       1,557
  Optical goods                     2,270       2,818       1,895       2,614
  Paper and paperboard              8,580      13,058       7,936      12,204
  Petroleum preparations           11,510      40,920       6,802      26,902
  Photographic equipment            2,487       3,516       2,720       3,687
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          5,998      10,206       5,565       8,789
  Platinum                            444       2,715         418       2,695
  Pottery                              77       1,253          77       1,239
  Power generating machinery       30,205      31,035      26,689      26,477
  Printed materials                 4,003       3,641       3,620       3,313
  Pulp and waste paper              3,779       2,317       3,357       2,229
  Records/magnetic media            3,637       5,211       3,411       4,879
  Rice                                981         156         889         175
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,178       2,205       1,130       2,043
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,069       5,740       1,857       4,617
  Scientific instruments           25,246      22,305      24,695      20,844
  Ships, boats                      1,496       1,371       1,330       1,736
  Silver and bullion                  215         859         202         748
  Soybeans                          3,953          56       3,609          41
  Spacecraft                          214         (-)         467         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   24,789      23,354      21,272      19,416
  Sugar                                 6         496           3         408
  Television, VCR, etc.            15,466      73,621      14,587      61,854
  Textile yearn, fabric             8,971      15,982       8,672      14,616
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             666         529         727         498
  Toys, games, and sporting good    2,683      17,755       2,521      15,248
  Travel goods                        263       4,573         215       4,213
  Vegetables and fruits             7,126      10,533       6,275       9,403
  Vehicles                         52,147     141,562      48,487     138,092
  Watches/clocks/parts                185       2,830         195       2,644
  Wheat                             3,168         129       4,023         126
  Wood manufactures                 1,368       9,656       1,337       9,387

Re-exports                         73,597         (X)      65,429         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,578         (X)       1,513         (X)
  Manufactured goods               71,138         (X)      62,991         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       100         (X)         324         (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-05-164, BEA-05-49), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
