                        Part B: Not Seasonally Adjusted
                  Exhibit 15. Exports and Imports of Goods by 
                           Principal SITC Commodities
                                        
      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.
                                        

2008

Item (1)                               January
                                Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     98,559     167,278

Net Adjustments                      -796         811

Total Census Basis (2)             99,355     166,467

Manufactured goods (3)             71,223     117,810
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,341       6,635
Mineral fuels (3)                   4,948      38,973

Selected commodities (3)                             

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,391       7,801
  Airplane parts                    1,765         745
  Airplanes                         3,598       1,083
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       58         385
  Aluminum                            495       1,034
  Animal feeds                        606          95
  Artwork and antiques                626         729
  Basketware, etc.                    592         988
  Cereal flour                        218         318
  Chemicals - cosmetics               875         723
  Chemicals - dyeing                  476         265
  Chemicals - fertilizers             293         648
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,041       1,195
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,768       4,295
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,054       1,010
  Chemicals - organic               2,841       3,867
  Chemicals - plastics              3,199       1,479
  Cigarettes                           69          15
  Clothing                            244       6,364
  Coal                                400         229
  Coffee                              (-)         297
  Copper                              327         821
  Cork, wood, and lumber              325         493
  Corn                              1,209          10
  Cotton, raw and linters             322           2
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      163         163
  Crude oil                            91      28,208
  Electrical machinery              6,788       8,945
  Fish and preparations               170       1,150
  Footwear                             46       1,691
  Furniture and bedding               404       2,864
  Gem diamonds                        526       1,570
  General industrial machines       4,095       5,233
  Glass                               286         229
  Glassware                            74         213
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,480         627
  Hides and skins                     138           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,362       2,612
  Jewelry                             366         765
  Lighting and plumbing               171         632
  Liquefied propane and butane        131         622
  Live animals                         52         281
  Meat and preparations               811         402
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,468       2,481
  Metal ores and scrap              1,962         632
  Metalworking machines               467         659
  Mineral fuels, other                501         265
  Natural gas                         424       2,116
  Nickel                              120         361
  Oils and fats of vegetable          143         387
  Optical goods                       261         424
  Paper and paperboard              1,189       1,497
  Petroleum preparations            3,273       7,288
  Photographic equipment              269         186
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            749       1,255
  Platinum                             71         559
  Pottery                               8         141
  Power generating machines         3,930       3,908
  Printed materials                   503         461
  Pulp and waste paper                683         327
  Records and magnetic media          444         556
  Rice                                127          46
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             153         256
  Rubber tires and tubes              290         778
  Scientific instruments            3,388       2,784
  Ships and boats                     191         177
  Silver and bullion                   68         234
  Soybeans                          1,775          18
  Spacecraft                           65         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,944       2,871
  Sugar                                 3          47
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,048       9,825
  Textile yarn, fabric                959       1,890
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              99          68
  Toys, games, and sporting good      339       2,205
  Travel goods                         34         611
  Vegetables and fruits               992       1,978
  Vehicles                          6,613      15,591
  Watches, clocks, and parts           27         348
  Wheat                               885          62
  Wood manufactures                   182         738

Re-exports                         10,179         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            303         (X)
  Manufactured goods                9,725         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        63         (X)

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                                2007
Item (1)                        December                January
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    100,590     162,321      84,725     151,026

Net Adjustments                    -1,066         798      -1,248         580

Total Census Basis (2)            101,656     161,523      85,973     150,446

Manufactured goods (3)             73,733     117,165      64,676     116,210
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,126       6,181       6,590       5,976
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,005      35,263       2,773      25,081

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,867       8,854       2,473       8,749
  Airplane parts                    1,907         691       1,713         611
  Airplanes                         4,998       1,069       3,427       1,186
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       77         492          48         419
  Aluminum                            413         941         490       1,222
  Animal feeds                        520          91         388          72
  Artwork and antiques                632         510         367         744
  Basketware, etc.                    551         894         625         852
  Cereal flour                        214         311         244         282
  Chemicals - cosmetics               854         734         768         669
  Chemicals - dyeing                  458         239         410         244
  Chemicals - fertilizers             366         508         202         383
  Chemicals - inorganic               940       1,031         916         892
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,491       4,283       2,617       4,183
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,798         968       1,552         866
  Chemicals - organic               3,007       3,237       2,719       4,007
  Chemicals - plastics              3,024       1,483       2,859       1,393
  Cigarettes                           59          23          83          19
  Clothing                            209       5,616         256       6,722
  Coal                                450         241         301         194
  Coffee                                1         239           1         276
  Copper                              222         804         268         968
  Cork, wood, and lumber              309         523         344         689
  Corn                                965           7         707          10
  Cotton, raw and linters             326           1         240           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      168         153         149         132
  Crude oil                           105      26,053          42      17,220
  Electrical machinery              6,717       8,893       6,390       8,804
  Fish and preparations               233       1,180         160       1,198
  Footwear                             49       1,395          39       1,745
  Furniture and bedding               392       2,731         377       2,926
  Gem diamonds                        463       1,396         309       1,501
  General industrial machines       4,012       4,976       3,618       4,875
  Glass                               245         210         253         240
  Glassware                            71         206          74         199
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,047         348         604         384
  Hides and skins                     155           3         146           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,130       2,067       1,065       2,506
  Jewelry                             336         868         315         846
  Lighting and plumbing               174         592         135         626
  Liquefied propane and butane        251         383          94         362
  Live animals                         95         296          33         239
  Meat and preparations               768         414         620         445
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,330       2,363       1,338       2,352
  Metal ores and scrap              1,965         733       1,499         539
  Metalworking machines               457         679         450         694
  Mineral fuels, other                358         232         356         302
  Natural gas                         406       1,814         198       2,096
  Nickel                              125         315          96         358
  Oils and fats of vegetable          270         287         115         217
  Optical goods                       257         377         269         367
  Paper and paperboard              1,052       1,377       1,070       1,437
  Petroleum preparations            3,304       6,301       1,703       4,748
  Photographic equipment              273         213         280         198
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            695       1,182         713       1,214
  Platinum                            138         619         126         560
  Pottery                              10         135           7         149
  Power generating machines         4,407       3,720       3,789       3,666
  Printed materials                   516         434         459         423
  Pulp and waste paper                723         269         509         303
  Records and magnetic media          464         594         485         580
  Rice                                124          33         122          33
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             138         241         148         250
  Rubber tires and tubes              267         816         232         762
  Scientific instruments            3,742       3,003       3,005       2,615
  Ships and boats                     219          77         181         168
  Silver and bullion                   77         154          49         189
  Soybeans                          1,735          11       1,005           4
  Spacecraft                          186           6         139         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,039       3,095       3,904       2,879
  Sugar                                 2          59           3          59
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,181      11,088       1,837       9,545
  Textile yarn, fabric                845       1,766         923       1,896
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             171          75         102          61
  Toys, games, and sporting good      396       2,558         349       1,880
  Travel goods                         34         601          32         601
  Vegetables and fruits             1,118       1,571         930       1,742
  Vehicles                          7,738      16,747       5,880      15,662
  Watches, clocks, and parts           39         393          23         281
  Wheat                               804          44         471          37
  Wood manufactures                   165         697         148         827

Re-exports                         10,150         (X)       8,707         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            236         (X)         245         (X)
  Manufactured goods                9,750         (X)       8,375         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        69         (X)          12         (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-08-42, BEA-08-08), Bureau of the Census, Foreign 
Trade Division, January 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini 
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division. 