                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
         EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
    adjustments and rounding.  The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on
        the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping.
      (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
                                 (R) Revised.)
                                        

Item(1)                                December     November      Monthly
                                       2005         2005 (R)      Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis          79,017       77,143         1,873
Net Adjustments                           -1,190       -1,006          -184
Total, Census Basis                       80,206       78,149         2,057

Foods, feeds, and beverages                4,780        4,816           -37

Meat, poultry, etc.                          608          621           -13
Nuts                                         273          308           -35
Other foods                                  552          560            -8
Fruits,  frozen juices                       465          427            38
Fish and shellfish                           361          363            -2
Vegetables                                   307          287            20
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                         247          266           -18
Bakery products                              236          223            13
Dairy products and eggs                      103          105            -2
Rice                                         101          104            -3
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine           70           58            12
Sorghum, barley, oats                         54           32            21
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                   76           77            -1
Wine and related products                     71           77            -6
Oilseeds, food oils                          101          107            -6
Soybeans                                     293          366           -73
Wheat                                        375          357            19
Corn                                         486          480             6

Industrial supplies and materials         19,987       19,411           575

Plastic materials                          2,115        2,028            88
Fuel oil                                     488          478            10
Petroleum products, other                  1,125        1,028            97
Steelmaking materials                        523          560           -37
Iron and steel mill products                 599          644           -45
Nonferrous metals, other                     423          425            -2
Finished metal shapes                      1,084        1,048            36
Chemicals-inorganic                          531          465            66
Aluminum and alumina                         499          489            10
Nonmonetary gold                             464          486           -22
Chemicals-other                            1,456        1,409            47
Other industrial supplies                  1,298        1,302            -5
Chemicals-organic                          1,833        1,872           -39
Gas-natural                                  368          108           260
Iron and steel products, other               405          371            34
Metallurgical grade coal                     248          196            53
Newsprint                                    789          842           -53
Pulpwood and woodpulp                        421          451           -30
Synthetic rubber-primary                     249          272           -23
Precious metals, other                       309          291            19
Copper                                       189          209           -21
Tapes, audio and visual                      193          193           (-)
Chemicals-fertilizers                        392          356            37
Shingles, molding, wallboard                 276          233            43
Crude oil                                     40          101           -61
Natural gas liquids                          113          104             9
Agric. farming-unmanufactured                152          126            26
Electric energy                              119           95            24
Agriculture-manufactured, other              155          149             5
Coal and fuels, other                        115           94            21
Industrial rubber products                   233          222            10
Manmade cloth                                464          471            -7
Logs and lumber                              362          356             7
Mineral supplies-manufactured                332          319            13
Finished textile supplies                    213          217            -4
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     109           93            16
Wood supplies, manufactured                   90           89             1
Nontextile floor tiles                        33           38            -5
Hides and skins                              160          156             4
Nonmetallic minerals                          38           39            -1
Hair, waste materials                         41           40           (-)
Cotton fiber cloth                           257          261            -3
Nuclear fuel materials                       190           69           121
Tobacco, unmanufactured                       83           98           -15
Agric. industry-unmanufactured               124          118             6
Leather and furs                              81           81           (-)
Cotton, raw                                  204          319          -115

Capital goods, except automotive          32,320       32,087           233

Civilian aircraft                          2,186        3,255        -1,068
Medicinal equipment                        1,745        1,786           -41
Engines-civilian aircraft                  1,346        1,329            18
Materials handling equipment                 722          832          -109
Excavating machinery                         758          757             1
Parts-civilian aircraft                    1,460        1,295           165
Computer accessories                       2,990        2,890           101
Electric apparatus                         2,339        2,217           121
Industrial engines                         1,377        1,348            29
Industrial machines, other                 2,792        2,428           364
Drilling & oilfield equipment                785          769            16
Telecommunications equipment               2,342        2,076           266
Computers                                    862          846            16
Photo, service industry machinery            627          683           -56
Agricultural machinery, equipment            447          431            16
Metalworking machine tools                   659          723           -64
Laboratory testing instruments               602          560            42
Generators, accessories                      645          648            -3
Railway transportation equipment             341          278            63
Wood, glass, plastic                         314          325           -11
Marine engines, parts                         82           96           -14
Business machines and equipment              217          214             4
Food, tobacco machinery                      181          190            -9
Pulp and paper machinery                     237          205            31
Textile, sewing machines                     119          107            11
Specialized mining                            55           51             4
Vessels, excluding scrap                       4            1             3
Commercial vessels, other                     22           12             9
Spacecraft, excluding military               (-)            9            -9
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   127          105            22
Measuring, testing, control instruments    1,542        1,468            74
Semiconductors                             4,393        4,152           241

Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines    9,043        8,640           403

Consumer goods                            10,571        9,939           632

Pharmaceutical preparations                2,661        2,261           399
Other household goods                      1,091        1,054            37
Gem diamonds                                 819          715           104
Toys, games, and sporting goods              684          659            25
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.              430          538          -108
Jewelry, etc                                 425          400            25
Household appliances                         579          546            33
Toiletries and cosmetics                     535          526             9
Pleasure boats and motors                    221          227            -6
Writing and art supplies                     479          483            -4
Stereo equipment, etc.                       209          204             5
Books, printed matter                        421          414             6
Records, tapes, and disks                    315          273            42
Apparel,household goods-nontextile           160          141            19
Furniture, household goods, etc.             253          255            -2
Rugs                                          82           81             1
Sports apparel and gear                       47           40             7
Cookware, cutlery, tools                      69           64             5
Nursery stock, etc.                           28           25             3
TV's, VCR's, etc.                            342          324            18
Numismatic coins                              13            3            10
Glassware, chinaware                          34           37            -3
Musical instruments                           82           86            -4
Apparel, household goods - textile           479          461            17
Tobacco, manufactured                        115          121            -7

Other goods                                3,507        3,257           250
                                        
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Item(1)                                Year-to-date Year-to-date  Year-to-date
                                       2005         2004          Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis         892,512      807,536        84,976
Net Adjustments                          -11,776      -11,239          -538
Total, Census Basis                      904,289      818,775        85,514

Foods, feeds, and beverages               58,778       56,570         2,208
Meat, poultry, etc.                        7,166        5,672         1,494

Nuts                                       3,029        2,366           663
Other foods                                5,859        5,340           519
Fruits,  frozen juices                     4,984        4,533           451
Fish and shellfish                         4,196        3,823           373
Vegetables                                 3,495        3,189           306
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                       3,374        3,116           258
Bakery products                            2,688        2,467           221
Dairy products and eggs                    1,295        1,167           128
Rice                                       1,348        1,224           124
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine          806          777            29
Sorghum, barley, oats                        625          611            14
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  955        1,012           -57
Wine and related products                    910          985           -74
Oilseeds, food oils                        1,189        1,274           -85
Soybeans                                   6,683        6,895          -212
Wheat                                      4,389        5,192          -803
Corn                                       5,785        6,926        -1,141

Industrial supplies and materials        231,773      203,960        27,813

Plastic materials                         24,694       21,657         3,037
Fuel oil                                   6,896        4,354         2,542
Petroleum products, other                 13,903       11,583         2,320
Steelmaking materials                      5,922        4,014         1,908
Iron and steel mill products               6,909        5,208         1,700
Nonferrous metals, other                   4,514        3,053         1,460
Finished metal shapes                     11,404        9,965         1,439
Chemicals-inorganic                        5,855        4,424         1,431
Aluminum and alumina                       5,172        3,992         1,179
Nonmonetary gold                           5,545        4,449         1,096
Chemicals-other                           16,646       15,609         1,037
Other industrial supplies                 14,720       13,758           963
Chemicals-organic                         23,051       22,187           864
Gas-natural                                2,988        2,126           863
Iron and steel products, other             4,339        3,637           703
Metallurgical grade coal                   2,413        1,760           653
Newsprint                                  9,838        9,275           563
Pulpwood and woodpulp                      5,251        4,697           554
Synthetic rubber-primary                   2,683        2,218           465
Precious metals, other                     3,162        2,758           404
Copper                                     2,400        2,003           397
Tapes, audio and visual                    2,010        1,620           390
Chemicals-fertilizers                      5,110        4,744           366
Shingles, molding, wallboard               2,628        2,284           344
Crude oil                                    568          308           260
Natural gas liquids                        1,075          837           238
Agric. farming-unmanufactured              1,835        1,610           225
Electric energy                            1,039          829           210
Agriculture-manufactured, other            1,649        1,511           138
Coal and fuels, other                      1,340        1,206           133
Industrial rubber products                 2,575        2,453           123
Manmade cloth                              5,673        5,551           122
Logs and lumber                            4,303        4,214            89
Mineral supplies-manufactured              3,737        3,671            66
Finished textile supplies                  2,379        2,321            58
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                   1,137        1,089            48
Wood supplies, manufactured                1,072        1,028            44
Nontextile floor tiles                       376          338            38
Hides and skins                            1,786        1,758            29
Nonmetallic minerals                         487          489            -2
Hair, waste materials                        481          493           -13
Cotton fiber cloth                         3,231        3,265           -34
Nuclear fuel materials                     1,578        1,631           -53
Tobacco, unmanufactured                      978        1,041           -63
Agric. industry-unmanufactured             1,398        1,469           -71
Leather and furs                           1,093        1,194          -100
Cotton, raw                                3,928        4,280          -352

Capital goods, except automotive         361,864      331,475        30,389

Civilian aircraft                         29,094       22,917         6,177
Medicinal equipment                       20,353       17,853         2,500
Engines-civilian aircraft                 16,158       13,841         2,317
Materials handling equipment               8,107        5,984         2,123
Excavating machinery                       8,742        6,658         2,085
Parts-civilian aircraft                   15,288       13,217         2,071
Computer accessories                      35,304       33,607         1,696
Electric apparatus                        25,631       24,231         1,400
Industrial engines                        14,899       13,511         1,388
Industrial machines, other                28,249       26,971         1,277
Drilling & oilfield equipment              8,144        6,870         1,274
Telecommunications equipment              25,612       24,543         1,069
Computers                                 10,201        9,198         1,003
Photo, service industry machinery          7,498        6,554           944
Agricultural machinery, equipment          5,141        4,422           718
Metalworking machine tools                 7,672        7,076           596
Laboratory testing instruments             6,684        6,093           591
Generators, accessories                    7,592        7,029           563
Railway transportation equipment           2,341        1,856           485
Wood, glass, plastic                       3,637        3,367           270
Marine engines, parts                        973          740           233
Business machines and equipment            2,330        2,110           220
Food, tobacco machinery                    2,067        1,860           207
Pulp and paper machinery                   2,711        2,567           144
Textile, sewing machines                   1,245        1,134           111
Specialized mining                           634          544            89
Vessels, excluding scrap                      65           41            24
Commercial vessels, other                    230          208            22
Spacecraft, excluding military                42           54           -12
Nonfarm tractors and parts                 1,363        1,440           -77
Measuring, testing, control instrume      16,651       16,927          -276
Semiconductors                            47,206       48,050          -844
Automotive vehicles, parts, and engi      97,758       89,292         8,465

Consumer goods                           115,518      103,075        12,443

Pharmaceutical preparations               27,647       25,432         2,215
Other household goods                     12,408       10,763         1,646
Gem diamonds                               8,905        7,346         1,559
Toys, games, and sporting goods            7,520        6,317         1,204
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.            4,820        3,878           942
Jewelry, etc                               4,727        3,868           859
Household appliances                       6,008        5,224           784
Toiletries and cosmetics                   5,956        5,260           695
Pleasure boats and motors                  2,481        1,911           570
Writing and art supplies                   5,591        5,054           537
Stereo equipment, etc.                     2,208        1,713           496
Books, printed matter                      4,794        4,398           396
Records, tapes, and disks                  3,635        3,386           249
Apparel,household goods-nontextile         1,660        1,434           226
Furniture, household goods, etc.           2,867        2,724           143
Rugs                                         901          789           111
Sports apparel and gear                      486          436            50
Cookware, cutlery, tools                     770          733            37
Nursery stock, etc.                          340          314            26
TV's, VCR's, etc.                          3,626        3,602            24
Numismatic coins                              68           54            14
Glassware, chinaware                         404          394            10
Musical instruments                        1,056        1,056           (-)
Apparel, household goods - textile         5,303        5,390           -87
Tobacco, manufactured                      1,336        1,599          -263

Other goods                               38,599       34,404         4,195


(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to
convert to a BOP basis is not available.

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-06-21, BEA-06-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
