                                        
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
GROUPINGS - 2008 AND 2007

(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.)


2008

Item (1)                               February                January
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    105,060     167,556 (R)  98,753 (R) 168,165

Net Adjustments                      -906       1,680 (R)    -796 (R)     804

Total Census Basis (2)            105,966     165,875 (R)  99,549 (R) 167,362

Manufactured goods (3)             76,098     121,027      71,223     117,810
Agricultural commodities (3)       10,138       6,549       9,341       6,635
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,360      35,388       4,948      38,973

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,224       7,368       2,391       7,801
  Airplane parts                    1,900         762       1,765         745
  Airplanes                         4,966       1,138       3,598       1,083
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       75         315          58         385
  Aluminum                            504         940         495       1,034
  Animal feeds                        644          95         606          95
  Artwork and antiques                552         621         626         729
  Basketware, etc.                    582       1,030         592         988
  Cereal flour                        217         307         218         318
  Chemicals - cosmetics               875         749         875         723
  Chemicals - dyeing                  482         252         476         265
  Chemicals - fertilizers             315         665         293         648
  Chemicals - inorganic               925       1,127       1,041       1,195
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,018       5,246       2,768       4,295
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,036       1,041       2,054       1,010
  Chemicals - organic               3,001       3,937       2,841       3,867
  Chemicals - plastics              3,330       1,547       3,199       1,479
  Cigarettes                           52          11          69          15
  Clothing                            258       6,253         244       6,364
  Coal                                364         233         400         229
  Coffee                              (-)         295         (-)         297
  Copper                              324         803         327         821
  Cork, wood, and lumber              355         484         325         493
  Corn                              1,287          20       1,209          10
  Cotton, raw and linters             383           1         322           2
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      182         201         163         163
  Crude oil                           137      25,010          91      28,208
  Electrical machinery              6,714       9,065       6,788       8,945
  Fish and preparations               381       1,033         170       1,150
  Footwear                             50       1,750          46       1,691
  Furniture and bedding               427       2,742         404       2,864
  Gem diamonds                        553       1,718         526       1,570
  General industrial machines       4,368       5,561       4,095       5,233
  Glass                               291         215         286         229
  Glassware                            77         202          74         213
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,213         637       1,480         627
  Hides and skins                     149           4         138           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,330       2,494       1,362       2,612
  Jewelry                             430         629         366         765
  Lighting and plumbing               189         611         171         632
  Liquefied propane and butane        144         408         131         622
  Live animals                         58         282          52         281
  Meat and preparations               859         371         811         402
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,509       2,458       1,468       2,481
  Metal ores and scrap              2,125         652       1,962         632
  Metalworking machines               453         683         467         659
  Mineral fuels, other                533         259         501         265
  Natural gas                         219       3,020         424       2,116
  Nickel                              128         340         120         361
  Oils and fats of vegetable          317         272         143         387
  Optical goods                       268         426         261         424
  Paper and paperboard              1,170       1,396       1,189       1,497
  Petroleum preparations            3,854       6,199       3,273       7,288
  Photographic equipment              289         208         269         186
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            769       1,256         749       1,255
  Platinum                            149         893          71         559
  Pottery                              10         133           8         141
  Power generating machines         4,108       4,325       3,930       3,908
  Printed materials                   484         393         503         461
  Pulp and waste paper                686         319         683         327
  Records and magnetic media          390         527         444         556
  Rice                                181          42         127          46
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             157         269         153         256
  Rubber tires and tubes              324         765         290         778
  Scientific instruments            3,399       3,031       3,388       2,784
  Ships and boats                     274         151         191         177
  Silver and bullion                   58         232          68         234
  Soybeans                          1,894          17       1,775          18
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)          65         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,005       3,059       3,944       2,871
  Sugar                                 3          58           3          47
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 1,853       9,331       2,048       9,825
  Textile yarn, fabric                982       1,817         959       1,890
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             145          86          99          68
  Toys, games, and sporting good      408       2,061         339       2,205
  Travel goods                         40         635          34         611
  Vegetables and fruits             1,025       1,824         992       1,978
  Vehicles                          8,294      18,294       6,613      15,591
  Watches, clocks, and parts           37         351          27         348
  Wheat                               939          70         885          62
  Wood manufactures                   189         685         182         738

Re-exports                         10,252         (X)      10,179         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            277         (X)         303         (X)
  Manufactured goods                9,813         (X)       9,725         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        57         (X)          63         (X)


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                                          2008                    2007
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    203,813     335,721     168,670     290,822

Net Adjustments                    -1,702       2,484      -2,262       1,113

Total Census Basis (2)            205,515     333,237     170,933     289,709

Manufactured goods (3)            147,321     238,837     128,484     227,159
Agricultural commodities (3)       19,479      13,184      13,213      11,507
Mineral fuels (3)                  10,308      74,361       5,344      45,466

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    4,615      15,169       4,712      16,328
  Airplane parts                    3,666       1,507       3,339       1,216
  Airplanes                         8,564       2,221       6,946       2,296
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      133         699         114         760
  Aluminum                            999       1,974         939       2,422
  Animal feeds                      1,251         190         831         148
  Artwork and antiques              1,179       1,350         601       1,297
  Basketware, etc.                  1,174       2,018       1,195       1,708
  Cereal flour                        435         626         451         537
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,749       1,473       1,540       1,310
  Chemicals - dyeing                  958         517         827         487
  Chemicals - fertilizers             607       1,312         398         757
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,966       2,322       1,674       1,787
  Chemicals - medicinal             5,786       9,542       5,189       8,313
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                4,090       2,050       3,143       1,719
  Chemicals - organic               5,841       7,804       5,371       7,357
  Chemicals - plastics              6,529       3,027       5,600       2,710
  Cigarettes                          122          26         182          32
  Clothing                            502      12,617         532      12,829
  Coal                                764         462         522         349
  Coffee                              (-)         591           1         504
  Copper                              651       1,625         500       1,757
  Cork, wood, and lumber              679         976         725       1,278
  Corn                              2,496          29       1,488          21
  Cotton, raw and linters             705           3         515           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      345         365         311         255
  Crude oil                           229      53,218         102      30,525
  Electrical machinery             13,501      18,010      12,531      17,384
  Fish and preparations               551       2,183         523       2,181
  Footwear                             96       3,440          84       3,425
  Furniture and bedding               831       5,606         759       5,705
  Gem diamonds                      1,079       3,288         556       3,001
  General industrial machines       8,463      10,794       7,198       9,828
  Glass                               577         444         497         465
  Glassware                           151         415         142         379
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,692       1,264       1,219         706
  Hides and skins                     286           8         301           9
  Iron and steel mill products      2,692       5,105       2,104       4,827
  Jewelry                             796       1,394         704       1,577
  Lighting and plumbing               361       1,243         266       1,268
  Liquefied propane and butane        275       1,030         170         642
  Live animals                        110         562          73         467
  Meat and preparations             1,669         773       1,243         842
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        2,977       4,940       2,658       4,492
  Metal ores and scrap              4,087       1,284       3,105       1,068
  Metalworking machines               921       1,342         872       1,233
  Mineral fuels, other              1,033         524         710         511
  Natural gas                         643       5,136         448       4,423
  Nickel                              248         701         197         681
  Oils and fats of vegetable          460         659         233         385
  Optical goods                       529         850         523         747
  Paper and paperboard              2,359       2,893       2,072       2,794
  Petroleum preparations            7,126      13,487       3,233       8,685
  Photographic equipment              558         395         559         410
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          1,518       2,511       1,413       2,375
  Platinum                            220       1,452         263       1,183
  Pottery                              18         273          17         284
  Power generating machines         8,037       8,233       7,304       7,344
  Printed materials                   987         854         896         805
  Pulp and waste paper              1,369         646         968         559
  Records and magnetic media          834       1,083         857       1,095
  Rice                                308          88         262          66
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             310         525         304         491
  Rubber tires and tubes              614       1,543         481       1,430
  Scientific instruments            6,787       5,816       6,047       5,157
  Ships and boats                     465         328         392         323
  Silver and bullion                  126         466          95         383
  Soybeans                          3,669          35       2,017          10
  Spacecraft                           65         (-)         139         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    7,949       5,930       7,272       5,477
  Sugar                                 6         105           5          86
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 3,901      19,156       3,568      18,365
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,941       3,707       1,850       3,582
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             245         154         256         152
  Toys, games, and sporting good      747       4,267         681       3,834
  Travel goods                         74       1,245          68       1,155
  Vegetables and fruits             2,016       3,802       1,787       3,393
  Vehicles                         14,906      33,885      12,912      32,513
  Watches, clocks, and parts           64         698          46         586
  Wheat                             1,825         133         887          76
  Wood manufactures                   371       1,424         307       1,577

Re-exports                         20,431         (X)      17,334         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            579         (X)         481         (X)
  Manufactured goods               19,538         (X)      16,683         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       120         (X)          23         (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-08-58, BEA-08-14), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, February 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
