                                        
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
GROUPINGS - 2007 AND 2006

(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.)


2007

Item (1)                               October                 September
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    105,742     183,048 (R)  97,221 (R) 163,555

Net Adjustments                    -1,045         945 (R)    -904 (R)   1,103

Total Census Basis (2)            106,787     182,103 (R)  98,125 (R) 162,452

Manufactured goods (3)             78,799     139,023      73,100     123,295
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,580       6,287       7,691       5,425
Mineral fuels (3)                   3,358      33,215       3,359      30,089

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,549       9,021       2,670       8,536
  Airplane parts                    1,888         817       1,756         678
  Airplanes                         5,343       1,212       3,813       1,082
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      107         614         112         462
  Aluminum                            510       1,096         475       1,192
  Animal feeds                        520          97         442          85
  Artwork and antiques                314         994         314         724
  Basketware, etc.                    588         945         553         931
  Cereal flour                        260         404         232         343
  Chemicals - cosmetics               972         856         873         724
  Chemicals - dyeing                  520         276         498         246
  Chemicals - fertilizers             292         463         371         448
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,118       1,325         885       1,215
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,748       5,016       2,917       4,080
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,803         939       1,720         831
  Chemicals - organic               2,913       3,734       2,866       2,887
  Chemicals - plastics              3,386       1,579       3,128       1,530
  Cigarettes                           74          23          75          14
  Clothing                            264       7,786         258       7,713
  Coal                                358         206         384         232
  Coffee                              (-)         286         (-)         281
  Copper                              374       1,053         307         905
  Cork, wood, and lumber              379         646         355         676
  Corn                              1,012           4         905           6
  Cotton, raw and linters             246         (-)         366           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      170         167         171         168
  Crude oil                            63      23,782         103      21,045
  Electrical machinery              7,189      10,567       6,785       9,872
  Fish and preparations               379       1,227         434       1,146
  Footwear                             57       1,587          51       1,615
  Furniture and bedding               492       2,887         441       2,684
  Gem diamonds                        463       2,022         481       1,434
  General industrial machines       4,362       5,546       4,067       4,886
  Glass                               316         253         294         233
  Glassware                            88         243          78         222
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,087         461       1,130         411
  Hides and skins                     178           4         147           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,293       2,567       1,181       2,302
  Jewelry                             412       1,306         353         982
  Lighting and plumbing               214         799         210         744
  Liquefied propane and butane         37         339          48         371
  Live animals                        128         361          59         262
  Meat and preparations               915         442         805         388
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,582       2,767       1,426       2,472
  Metal ores and scrap              2,319         636       1,883         580
  Metalworking machines               459         661         461         574
  Mineral fuels, other                453         294         372         305
  Natural gas                         121       1,979         220       1,813
  Nickel                              129         339         115         340
  Oils and fats of vegetable          128         267         138         243
  Optical goods                       267         420         263         359
  Paper and paperboard              1,259       1,625       1,139       1,511
  Petroleum preparations            2,240       6,352       2,118       6,077
  Photographic equipment              314         246         273         224
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            852       1,340         796       1,256
  Platinum                            120         626         138         657
  Pottery                              13         177          10         167
  Power generating machines         4,859       4,686       4,200       4,224
  Printed materials                   586         549         536         508
  Pulp and waste paper                640         313         605         323
  Records and magnetic media          474         765         458         666
  Rice                                137          25          81          29
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             172         285         166         253
  Rubber tires and tubes              371         796         310         743
  Scientific instruments            3,583       3,355       3,567       3,010
  Ships and boats                     174         154         150         100
  Silver and bullion                   64         220         103         184
  Soybeans                          1,385           6         560           5
  Spacecraft                          118         (-)           1           6
  Specialized industrial machine    4,122       3,102       3,874       2,663
  Sugar                                 4          71           2          63
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,177      13,845       2,166      11,765
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,069       2,043         990       1,863
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             105          38          66          38
  Toys, games, and sporting good      465       4,206         478       3,413
  Travel goods                         45         755          36         644
  Vegetables and fruits             1,279       1,275         975       1,092
  Vehicles                          9,092      19,933       8,350      16,769
  Watches, clocks, and parts           35         499          28         426
  Wheat                             1,274          36       1,107          34
  Wood manufactures                   196         881         174         877

Re-exports                         10,722         (X)       9,960         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            208         (X)         162         (X)
  Manufactured goods               10,351         (X)       9,627         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        58         (X)          70         (X)
                                        

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                                          2007                    2006
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    946,845   1,626,514     845,801   1,553,947

Net Adjustments                   -11,476       9,839     -10,446       6,249

Total Census Basis (2)            958,321   1,616,675     856,247   1,547,698

Manufactured goods (3)            721,360   1,233,107     649,487   1,175,544
Agricultural commodities (3)       71,130      59,497      57,405      54,105
Mineral fuels (3)                  31,868     290,687      29,111     284,820

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   24,586      84,412      25,451      88,098
  Airplane parts                   17,887       7,018      16,713       5,570
  Airplanes                        42,012      11,201      34,655       8,596
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      820       4,471         705       4,025
  Aluminum                          4,906      11,994       4,740      12,621
  Animal feeds                      4,394         820       3,770         684
  Artwork and antiques              3,347       7,273       2,427       5,550
  Basketware, etc.                  5,858       8,963       5,100       7,475
  Cereal flour                      2,379       3,095       1,960       2,745
  Chemicals - cosmetics             8,376       7,334       7,606       6,922
  Chemicals - dyeing                4,832       2,630       4,479       2,590
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,673       3,999       2,501       2,882
  Chemicals - inorganic             9,097      11,113       7,477       9,141
  Chemicals - medicinal            27,705      45,023      23,426      37,864
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               17,139       8,988      14,895       7,942
  Chemicals - organic              28,125      35,554      24,574      35,438
  Chemicals - plastics             30,939      15,272      27,144      15,983
  Cigarettes                          878         174       1,003         158
  Clothing                          2,735      69,311       3,287      66,879
  Coal                              3,392       1,974       3,044       2,242
  Coffee                                3       2,751           3       2,372
  Copper                            2,993       9,825       2,766      11,054
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,736       7,193       3,581       9,128
  Corn                              7,940         241       5,635         173
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,957          13       4,063          14
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,662       1,538       1,609       1,539
  Crude oil                           790     194,544         708     192,563
  Electrical machinery             67,822      94,801      69,603      91,547
  Fish and preparations             3,472      11,169       3,505      10,726
  Footwear                            476      16,610         473      16,241
  Furniture and bedding             4,251      28,191       4,033      27,313
  Gem diamonds                      4,285      15,776       3,279      14,587
  General industrial machines      40,370      53,776      36,697      50,171
  Glass                             2,804       2,437       2,541       2,501
  Glassware                           774       2,121         743       1,971
  Gold, nonmonetary                11,469       3,859       7,310       4,804
  Hides and skins                   1,626          49       1,526          53
  Iron and steel mill products     11,651      26,500       9,863      27,508
  Jewelry                           3,741       9,081       3,253       9,104
  Lighting and plumbing             1,712       6,828       1,558       6,777
  Liquefied propane and butane        678       3,212         682       3,811
  Live animals                        506       2,438         490       2,088
  Meat and preparations             7,453       4,556       5,897       4,337
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       14,481      25,025      13,279      23,389
  Metal ores and scrap             18,900       6,184      13,599       5,473
  Metalworking machines             4,442       6,426       6,841       7,148
  Mineral fuels, other              3,889       3,226       3,693       3,425
  Natural gas                       2,455      24,405       1,843      23,512
  Nickel                            1,144       4,221         853       2,736
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,212       2,397         882       2,073
  Optical goods                     2,703       3,908       2,669       3,606
  Paper and paperboard             11,232      15,043      10,291      15,568
  Petroleum preparations           19,875      61,117      18,607      57,644
  Photographic equipment            3,045       2,322       2,992       3,748
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,920      12,881       7,505      12,462
  Platinum                          1,338       6,524       1,150       4,867
  Pottery                              94       1,456          81       1,464
  Power generating machines        40,550      42,177      36,586      37,265
  Printed materials                 5,092       4,627       4,773       4,290
  Pulp and waste paper              5,547       3,119       4,729       2,629
  Records and magnetic media        4,158       6,094       4,045       5,843
  Rice                              1,127         309       1,064         251
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,659       2,704       1,486       2,552
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,929       7,753       2,530       7,230
  Scientific instruments           35,142      29,445      32,481      26,711
  Ships and boats                   2,636       1,734       1,758       1,383
  Silver and bullion                  629       2,003         935       1,562
  Soybeans                          6,909          79       5,162          46
  Spacecraft                          478          72         250          61
  Specialized industrial machine   40,545      29,838      30,983      27,673
  Sugar                                31         566          25         755
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                20,442     104,593      18,421      93,219
  Textile yarn, fabric             10,013      19,129      10,300      18,668
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             848         602         857         574
  Toys, games, and sporting good    4,193      25,858       3,416      20,823
  Travel goods                        366       6,365         382       5,737
  Vegetables and fruits             9,716      14,688       8,980      12,723
  Vehicles                         78,227     174,554      69,311     174,143
  Watches, clocks, and parts          314       3,591         254       3,344
  Wheat                             6,543         419       3,464         245
  Wood manufactures                 1,759       8,875       1,691      10,867

Re-exports                         95,706         (X)      89,257         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          2,056         (X)       1,880         (X)
  Manufactured goods               92,267         (X)      86,478         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       388         (X)         109         (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-07-174, BEA-07-55), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2007.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman  (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
