                                        
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)                               October                 September
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     91,112     164,863 (R)  87,132 (R) 158,872

Net Adjustments                    -1,303         386 (R)  -1,296 (R)     336

Total Census Basis (2)             92,414     164,477 (R)  88,428 (R) 158,535

Manufactured goods (3)             69,163     130,020      66,874     121,179
Agricultural commodities (3)        6,863       5,622       5,312       5,010
Mineral fuels (3)                   3,126      25,320       3,592      28,790

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,710       9,661       2,761       9,271
  Airplane parts                    1,737         650       1,741         565
  Airplanes                         3,762         782       3,776       1,098
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       83         538          85         412
  Aluminum                            483       1,192         460       1,263
  Animal feeds                        396          70         362          64
  Artwork and antiques                246         940         246         541
  Basketware, etc.                    555         859         499         720
  Cereal flour                        204         357         200         314
  Chemicals - cosmetics               821         768         798         675
  Chemicals - dyeing                  477         259         463         242
  Chemicals - fertilizers             230         230         249         224
  Chemicals - inorganic               880         898         623         871
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,621       4,228       2,270       3,635
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,486         774       1,433         741
  Chemicals - organic               2,543       3,378       2,563       3,434
  Chemicals - plastics              2,823       1,569       2,840       1,526
  Cigarettes                           93          19         112          16
  Clothing                            340       7,660         322       8,027
  Coal                                279         268         368         270
  Coffee                              (-)         231         (-)         247
  Copper                              301       1,253         293       1,426
  Cork, wood, and lumber              367         766         342         848
  Corn                                681           5         598           2
  Cotton, raw and linters             143           1         104           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      170         165         154         155
  Crude oil                           102      17,910          73      20,531
  Electrical machinery              7,099      10,046       7,162       9,917
  Fish and preparations               399       1,253         448       1,165
  Footwear                             56       1,632          54       1,645
  Furniture and bedding               425       2,792         411       2,570
  Gem diamonds                        314       1,617         302       1,470
  General industrial machines       3,895       5,136       3,695       4,577
  Glass                               264         254         258         242
  Glassware                            73         230          78         207
  Gold, nonmonetary                   777         457         908         479
  Hides and skins                     158           5         157           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,058       3,054       1,017       2,958
  Jewelry                             418       1,335         375       1,059
  Lighting and plumbing               199         777         167         724
  Liquefied propane and butane         55         330          42         443
  Live animals                        153         259          44         220
  Meat and preparations               659         441         603         386
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,411       2,483       1,364       2,290
  Metal ores and scrap              1,838         543       1,638         570
  Metalworking machines               708         734         697         641
  Mineral fuels, other                438         289         367         349
  Natural gas                         132       1,944         129       1,807
  Nickel                               92         314          88         360
  Oils and fats of vegetable          103         197          82         205
  Optical goods                       258         373         279         347
  Paper and paperboard              1,111       1,680       1,030       1,552
  Petroleum preparations            2,058       4,402       2,568       5,198
  Photographic equipment              323         443         287         361
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            764       1,282         728       1,204
  Platinum                            191         652          97         488
  Pottery                               9         177           8         172
  Power generating machines         3,829       3,876       3,688       3,784
  Printed materials                   557         499         510         481
  Pulp and waste paper                506         269         476         280
  Records and magnetic media          431         735         416         661
  Rice                                 92          23          62          21
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             161         263         147         250
  Rubber tires and tubes              290         711         267         663
  Scientific instruments            3,426       2,931       3,352       2,723
  Ships and boats                     147         138         155         117
  Silver and bullion                   45         171          52         152
  Soybeans                          1,150           4         402           4
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,262       2,695       2,961       2,352
  Sugar                                 3          71           3          98
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,071      12,306       1,997      11,042
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,038       1,908       1,033       1,829
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             117          61          48          46
  Toys, games, and sporting good      385       3,567         350       3,082
  Travel goods                         40         674          39         616
  Vegetables and fruits             1,123       1,120         919         980
  Vehicles                          7,413      18,575       7,038      16,208
  Watches, clocks, and parts           33         477          24         384
  Wheat                               366          35         373          31
  Wood manufactures                   178         991         167       1,015

Re-exports                          9,600         (X)       9,172         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            163         (X)         158         (X)
  Manufactured goods                9,348         (X)       8,922         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         5         (X)           8         (X)
                                        

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    846,104   1,553,364     737,979   1,382,180

Net Adjustments                   -10,509       3,774      -9,210       3,233

Total Census Basis (2)            856,613   1,549,590     747,188   1,378,947

Manufactured goods (3)            650,024   1,175,635     565,872   1,064,512
Agricultural commodities (3)       57,528      54,106      51,308      48,882
Mineral fuels (3)                  29,084     286,504      22,165     235,345

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   25,450      88,170      24,433      80,964
  Airplane parts                   16,696       5,540      14,369       4,620
  Airplanes                        34,634       8,670      24,506       9,196
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      705       4,028         604       3,545
  Aluminum                          4,740      12,621       3,720      10,084
  Animal feeds                      3,760         684       3,316         566
  Artwork and antiques              2,427       5,580       1,424       4,528
  Basketware, etc.                  5,095       7,473       4,691       7,263
  Cereal flour                      1,963       2,745       1,666       2,472
  Chemicals - cosmetics             7,601       6,919       6,694       6,596
  Chemicals - dyeing                4,473       2,590       4,124       2,501
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,499       2,885       2,591       3,006
  Chemicals - inorganic             7,487       9,134       6,379       8,094
  Chemicals - medicinal            23,410      37,965      20,681      32,842
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               14,888       7,955      13,038       7,459
  Chemicals - organic              24,558      35,564      22,705      31,029
  Chemicals - plastics             27,069      15,986      24,210      14,083
  Cigarettes                        1,003         159         987         157
  Clothing                          3,283      66,852       3,499      65,027
  Coal                              3,001       2,242       2,890       2,062
  Coffee                                3       2,373           3       2,115
  Copper                            2,762      11,032       1,745       5,507
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,566       9,140       3,379       9,247
  Corn                              5,672         173       4,116         118
  Cotton, raw and linters           4,062          14       3,349          19
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,608       1,541       1,419       1,428
  Crude oil                           707     192,912         459     149,553
  Electrical machinery             69,530      91,544      61,166      81,863
  Fish and preparations             3,502      10,725       3,368       9,551
  Footwear                            474      16,243         417      15,232
  Furniture and bedding             4,028      27,308       3,621      25,444
  Gem diamonds                      3,279      14,588       1,895      13,536
  General industrial machines      36,707      50,133      32,159      43,449
  Glass                             2,534       2,499       2,241       2,319
  Glassware                           743       1,971         645       1,814
  Gold, nonmonetary                 7,284       4,802       4,588       3,499
  Hides and skins                   1,526          53       1,356          66
  Iron and steel mill products      9,859      27,502       8,631      20,705
  Jewelry                           3,251       9,102       2,419       7,903
  Lighting and plumbing             1,555       6,776       1,363       6,311
  Liquefied propane and butane        681       3,834         482       3,550
  Live animals                        488       2,088         495       1,533
  Meat and preparations             5,930       4,337       5,441       4,803
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       13,253      23,389      11,151      20,612
  Metal ores and scrap             13,594       5,454       9,141       4,318
  Metalworking machines             6,834       7,148       5,248       6,088
  Mineral fuels, other              3,710       3,429       2,605       2,542
  Natural gas                       1,839      24,453       2,622      26,775
  Nickel                              853       2,733         607       1,863
  Oils and fats of vegetable          883       2,079         789       1,729
  Optical goods                     2,669       3,604       2,547       3,132
  Paper and paperboard             10,273      15,563       9,573      14,627
  Petroleum preparations           18,597      57,653      12,514      48,983
  Photographic equipment            2,985       3,734       2,791       3,826
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,495      12,450       6,715      11,402
  Platinum                          1,150       4,885         502       3,038
  Pottery                              81       1,464          87       1,410
  Power generating machines        36,342      37,214      34,180      34,485
  Printed materials                 4,762       4,292       4,493       4,116
  Pulp and waste paper              4,727       2,610       4,233       2,563
  Records and magnetic media        4,086       5,843       4,139       5,946
  Rice                              1,083         251       1,056         174
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,483       2,552       1,330       2,458
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,523       7,227       2,321       6,400
  Scientific instruments           32,415      26,812      28,317      24,993
  Ships and boats                   1,756       1,389       1,623       1,536
  Silver and bullion                  930       1,562         244         950
  Soybeans                          5,177          46       4,792          58
  Spacecraft                          250          61         210         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   30,947      27,649      27,570      25,814
  Sugar                                24         758           7         576
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                18,410      93,131      17,245      84,405
  Textile yarn, fabric             10,284      18,657       9,991      17,838
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             857         574         767         592
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,411      20,812       3,066      21,052
  Travel goods                        381       5,732         305       5,161
  Vegetables and fruits             8,972      12,722       8,224      11,547
  Vehicles                         69,644     174,084      59,226     159,699
  Watches, clocks, and parts          254       3,343         207       3,263
  Wheat                             3,497         246       3,628         144
  Wood manufactures                 1,689      10,857       1,528      10,801

Re-exports                         89,068         (X)      82,946         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,876         (X)       1,720         (X)
  Manufactured goods               86,264         (X)      80,265         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       130         (X)         103         (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-06-180, BEA-06-54), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
