                                        
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
GROUPINGS - 2006 AND 2005

(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.)


2006

Item (1)                               August                  July
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     88,106     168,738 (R)  79,042 (R) 157,960

Net Adjustments                    -1,218         435 (R)  -1,090 (R)     392

Total Census Basis (2)             89,324     168,303 (R)  80,132 (R) 157,569

Manufactured goods (3)             68,295     124,956      60,809     117,527
Agricultural commodities (3)        5,407       5,430       5,659       5,172
Mineral fuels (3)                   2,868      34,302       2,879      31,666

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,473       9,404       2,275       9,396
  Airplane parts                    1,772         559       1,659         578
  Airplanes                         3,760         591       2,741         728
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       82         412          75         385
  Aluminum                            521       1,399         455       1,238
  Animal feeds                        408          69         364          68
  Artwork and antiques                337         503         231         381
  Basketware, etc.                    482         742         508         756
  Cereal flour                        227         304         197         274
  Chemicals - cosmetics               849         706         719         715
  Chemicals - dyeing                  484         260         449         270
  Chemicals - fertilizers             307         208         277         166
  Chemicals - inorganic               753         822         687         941
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,445       4,312       2,349       3,844
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,527         791       1,451         746
  Chemicals - organic               2,825       3,589       2,532       4,024
  Chemicals - plastics              2,964       1,646       2,632       1,591
  Cigarettes                           84          21          78          13
  Clothing                            337       8,179         304       7,461
  Coal                                364         251         237         244
  Coffee                              (-)         256         (-)         231
  Copper                              316       1,404         299       1,186
  Cork, wood, and lumber              363         872         323         875
  Corn                                657           1         585           2
  Cotton, raw and linters              89           1         648           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      175         150         180         172
  Crude oil                            66      23,636          55      21,663
  Electrical machinery              7,385      10,155       6,735       9,133
  Fish and preparations               479       1,207         366       1,061
  Footwear                             57       1,808          45       1,787
  Furniture and bedding               432       2,779         353       2,605
  Gem diamonds                        300       1,244         307       1,565
  General industrial machines       3,927       5,117       3,475       4,826
  Glass                               266         269         232         255
  Glassware                            86         220          88         215
  Gold, nonmonetary                   866         413         637         569
  Hides and skins                     170           4         159           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,009       3,119         916       3,090
  Jewelry                             297         900         321         858
  Lighting and plumbing               176         776         155         680
  Liquefied propane and butane         54         435          50         431
  Live animals                         36         188          36         146
  Meat and preparations               633         435         601         435
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,414       2,513       1,251       2,408
  Metal ores and scrap              1,909         615       1,284         656
  Metalworking machines               702         811         751         721
  Mineral fuels, other                433         504         346         449
  Natural gas                         117       2,253         117       1,852
  Nickel                               84         356          74         269
  Oils and fats of vegetable           81         223         108         198
  Optical goods                       286         336         273         384
  Paper and paperboard              1,094       1,690       1,028       1,575
  Petroleum preparations            1,798       6,975       2,020       6,833
  Photographic equipment              301         356         315         437
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            789       1,314         700       1,278
  Platinum                             97         563         128         432
  Pottery                               9         176           8         153
  Power generating machines         3,737       4,026       3,506       3,507
  Printed materials                   518         513         470         444
  Pulp and waste paper                514         303         446         266
  Records and magnetic media          366         620         369         567
  Rice                                105          28          86          26
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             160         269         131         244
  Rubber tires and tubes              279         750         236         738
  Scientific instruments            3,262       2,830       3,143       2,743
  Ships and boats                     144         100         136          78
  Silver and bullion                   54         155          84         167
  Soybeans                            326           3         311           2
  Spacecraft                           56         (-)          90         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,230       2,836       3,036       2,843
  Sugar                                 4          85           3          59
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 1,918       9,959       1,709       9,198
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,055       1,988         960       1,911
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              55          70          31          68
  Toys, games, and sporting good      342       2,856         284       2,149
  Travel goods                         38         624          30         608
  Vegetables and fruits               832       1,109         887       1,089
  Vehicles                          7,382      17,392       5,495      15,359
  Watches, clocks, and parts           24         357          24         351
  Wheat                               383          27         334          29
  Wood manufactures                   182       1,161         158       1,129

Re-exports                          8,893         (X)       7,962         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            149         (X)         160         (X)
  Manufactured goods                8,662         (X)       7,667         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         7         (X)          54         (X)

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                                          2006                    2005
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    667,808   1,230,277     585,968   1,079,117

Net Adjustments                    -7,912       3,051      -7,287       2,548

Total Census Basis (2)            675,720   1,227,226     593,255   1,076,569

Manufactured goods (3)            513,988     924,436     449,439     836,790
Agricultural commodities (3)       45,353      43,474      40,496      39,175
Mineral fuels (3)                  22,367     232,393      18,343     176,743

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   19,979      69,238      19,181      63,727
  Airplane parts                   13,218       4,325      11,275       3,814
  Airplanes                        27,096       6,790      21,042       7,416
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      536       3,079         445       2,675
  Aluminum                          3,798      10,167       2,938       8,232
  Animal feeds                      3,001         550       2,640         448
  Artwork and antiques              1,935       4,099       1,236       3,389
  Basketware, etc.                  4,041       5,894       3,731       5,847
  Cereal flour                      1,559       2,073       1,323       1,866
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,981       5,475       5,312       5,203
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,533       2,089       3,308       2,016
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,020       2,431       2,050       2,254
  Chemicals - inorganic             5,984       7,365       5,035       6,471
  Chemicals - medicinal            18,519      30,101      16,389      26,244
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               11,968       6,440      10,471       6,058
  Chemicals - organic              19,452      28,752      18,726      24,920
  Chemicals - plastics             21,406      12,890      19,429      11,151
  Cigarettes                          799         125         783         125
  Clothing                          2,622      51,165       2,792      50,669
  Coal                              2,354       1,704       2,304       1,724
  Coffee                                3       1,895           3       1,776
  Copper                            2,167       8,354       1,373       4,103
  Cork, wood, and lumber            2,857       7,526       2,729       7,458
  Corn                              4,394         166       3,220         111
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,815          13       3,047          15
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,285       1,221       1,127       1,145
  Crude oil                           533     154,472         376     115,437
  Electrical machinery             55,270      71,581      48,000      63,875
  Fish and preparations             2,656       8,307       2,569       7,414
  Footwear                            365      12,967         323      12,280
  Furniture and bedding             3,193      21,946       2,809      20,307
  Gem diamonds                      2,664      11,501       1,212      10,609
  General industrial machines      29,117      40,420      25,534      34,954
  Glass                             2,012       2,004       1,744       1,844
  Glassware                           591       1,534         509       1,424
  Gold, nonmonetary                 5,599       3,866       3,601       2,624
  Hides and skins                   1,211          44       1,074          54
  Iron and steel mill products      7,784      21,490       6,900      17,019
  Jewelry                           2,457       6,707       1,849       5,822
  Lighting and plumbing             1,188       5,275       1,054       4,844
  Liquefied propane and butane        584       3,061         376       2,551
  Live animals                        292       1,608         268       1,034
  Meat and preparations             4,668       3,510       4,289       3,927
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       10,478      18,616       8,738      16,301
  Metal ores and scrap             10,118       4,341       6,952       3,467
  Metalworking machines             5,429       5,773       4,244       4,807
  Mineral fuels, other              2,904       2,791       2,125       1,909
  Natural gas                       1,578      20,702       2,319      19,140
  Nickel                              673       2,058         474       1,506
  Oils and fats of vegetable          698       1,677         646       1,374
  Optical goods                     2,132       2,884       2,020       2,505
  Paper and paperboard              8,132      12,332       7,673      11,592
  Petroleum preparations           13,971      48,053      10,481      34,571
  Photographic equipment            2,376       2,931       2,221       3,108
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,003       9,964       5,321       9,020
  Platinum                            862       3,744         388       2,365
  Pottery                              63       1,115          70       1,087
  Power generating machines        28,825      29,554      26,802      27,067
  Printed materials                 3,695       3,311       3,549       3,181
  Pulp and waste paper              3,745       2,061       3,368       2,091
  Records and magnetic media        3,239       4,447       3,184       4,543
  Rice                                928         207         869         139
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,175       2,038       1,044       1,961
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,966       5,853       1,815       5,130
  Scientific instruments           25,637      21,158      22,288      19,618
  Ships and boats                   1,454       1,134       1,375       1,282
  Silver and bullion                  832       1,240         197         769
  Soybeans                          3,625          38       3,687          54
  Spacecraft                          250          61         146         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   24,724      22,602      22,423      20,995
  Sugar                                18         589           5         403
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                14,341      69,783      13,748      63,806
  Textile yarn, fabric              8,213      14,920       7,985      14,177
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             692         467         613         485
  Toys, games, and sporting good    2,677      14,163       2,347      14,570
  Travel goods                        303       4,443         232       4,021
  Vegetables and fruits             6,930      10,622       6,329       9,625
  Vehicles                         55,193     139,301      46,082     125,875
  Watches, clocks, and parts          197       2,482         166       2,454
  Wheat                             2,758         180       2,739         108
  Wood manufactures                 1,344       8,851       1,217       8,583

Re-exports                         70,296         (X)      65,565         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,555         (X)       1,443         (X)
  Manufactured goods               67,994         (X)      63,330         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       117         (X)          92         (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 27 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-06-149, BEA-06-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
