                                        
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)                               June                    May
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    117,825     189,341     113,745     182,891

Net Adjustments                      -758         711        -546         754

Total Census Basis (2)            118,584     188,630     114,291     182,136

Manufactured goods (3)             83,219     128,241      81,910     126,679
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,590       6,457       9,506       7,030
Mineral fuels (3)                   9,015      50,351       6,565      44,979

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,703       8,936       2,455       8,033
  Airplane parts                    1,856         817       1,962         835
  Airplanes                         4,976       1,096       4,913         918
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       84         494          84         401
  Aluminum                            539       1,275         562       1,197
  Animal feeds                        661         105         674         105
  Artwork and antiques                577         524         607         543
  Basketware, etc.                    650         980         684       1,045
  Cereal flour                        237         347         230         337
  Chemicals - cosmetics               953         791         963         778
  Chemicals - dyeing                  558         268         567         280
  Chemicals - fertilizers             681         504         755         674
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,012       1,477       1,262       1,347
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,178       5,812       3,167       4,406
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,339       1,059       2,131       1,131
  Chemicals - organic               3,266       3,961       3,030       3,905
  Chemicals - plastics              3,767       1,620       3,727       1,631
  Cigarettes                           56          14          57          16
  Clothing                            251       6,553         258       5,859
  Coal                                720         451         832         288
  Coffee                              (-)         328         (-)         353
  Copper                              298         883         338       1,065
  Cork, wood, and lumber              387         519         379         539
  Corn                              1,307          16       1,200          27
  Cotton, raw and linters             544           2         490           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      192         255         198         242
  Crude oil                           210      36,145         193      32,258
  Electrical machinery              6,966       9,472       6,946       9,569
  Fish and preparations               229       1,218         221       1,159
  Footwear                             56       1,646          57       1,565
  Furniture and bedding               457       2,627         476       2,860
  Gem diamonds                        906       1,687         511       2,399
  General industrial machines       4,774       5,761       4,808       6,043
  Glass                               298         229         319         233
  Glassware                            86         208          87         216
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,116         522       1,605         529
  Hides and skins                     163           5         159           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,691       3,286       1,610       2,921
  Jewelry                             439         658         306         803
  Lighting and plumbing               199         638         197         624
  Liquefied propane and butane         81         358          66         326
  Live animals                         59         193          40         209
  Meat and preparations             1,112         445       1,124         444
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,638       2,567       1,634       2,661
  Metal ores and scrap              3,265         857       2,985         976
  Metalworking machines               516         731         498         700
  Mineral fuels, other                660         609         540         387
  Natural gas                         397       2,951         461       2,987
  Nickel                              138         355         138         362
  Oils and fats of vegetable          221         371         193         409
  Optical goods                       257         467         255         468
  Paper and paperboard              1,240       1,528       1,217       1,519
  Petroleum preparations            6,809       9,531       4,299       8,399
  Photographic equipment              314         209         326         221
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            819       1,368         830       1,396
  Platinum                            153         810         150         791
  Pottery                              10         111           9         119
  Power generating machines         5,107       4,578       4,333       4,687
  Printed materials                   543         438         534         416
  Pulp and waste paper                688         291         836         393
  Records and magnetic media          456         546         414         525
  Rice                                208          66         181          62
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             162         283         171         283
  Rubber tires and tubes              333         822         345         848
  Scientific instruments            3,894       3,256       3,664       3,154
  Ships and boats                     334         101         456         144
  Silver and bullion                  109         232          83         242
  Soybeans                            916          17         773          17
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,498       3,147       4,603       3,212
  Sugar                                 4          40           4          53
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,188      11,089       2,129      11,339
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,053       1,841       1,054       1,944
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              81          69          59          68
  Toys, games, and sporting good      385       2,243         395       2,142
  Travel goods                         38         747          38         708
  Vegetables and fruits             1,213       1,462       1,215       1,741
  Vehicles                          9,427      17,078       9,322      16,768
  Watches, clocks, and parts           38         365          40         376
  Wheat                               863         109       1,018         158
  Wood manufactures                   207         762         218         774

Re-exports                         11,565         (X)      11,116         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            205         (X)         268         (X)
  Manufactured goods               11,240         (X)      10,650         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        17         (X)          95         (X)


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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    657,277   1,062,719     552,724     941,728

Net Adjustments                    -4,294       7,091      -7,315       5,370

Total Census Basis (2)            661,571   1,055,628     560,039     936,358

Manufactured goods (3)            473,345     744,575     424,581     716,241
Agricultural commodities (3)       58,801      40,936      39,791      36,071
Mineral fuels (3)                  37,268     249,910      18,243     164,619

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   14,883      48,930      14,697      49,572
  Airplane parts                   11,442       4,819      10,739       4,057
  Airplanes                        27,290       6,727      23,885       6,749
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      474       2,464         419       2,492
  Aluminum                          3,192       6,742       2,947       7,248
  Animal feeds                      3,954         616       2,567         474
  Artwork and antiques              3,204       4,089       2,157       4,030
  Basketware, etc.                  3,778       5,949       3,650       5,171
  Cereal flour                      1,356       1,990       1,395       1,703
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,619       4,666       4,805       4,202
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,118       1,621       2,829       1,571
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,934       3,801       1,383       2,550
  Chemicals - inorganic             6,275       7,877       5,104       5,771
  Chemicals - medicinal            17,953      29,644      16,803      27,077
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               12,900       6,426      10,161       5,391
  Chemicals - organic              18,167      23,801      16,684      22,535
  Chemicals - plastics             21,034       9,567      18,121       8,961
  Cigarettes                          363          80         565         101
  Clothing                          1,559      36,234       1,669      37,649
  Coal                              3,624       1,846       1,848       1,117
  Coffee                                2       1,985           2       1,585
  Copper                            1,961       5,551       1,702       5,704
  Cork, wood, and lumber            2,178       3,099       2,313       4,328
  Corn                              7,534         301       4,527         215
  Cotton, raw and linters           2,623          10       2,387           8
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,092       1,310         977         891
  Crude oil                           963     178,149         499     106,235
  Electrical machinery             41,596      56,199      40,355      54,723
  Fish and preparations             1,759       6,375       1,733       6,350
  Footwear                            316       9,504         273       9,654
  Furniture and bedding             2,660      16,272       2,470      16,943
  Gem diamonds                      3,710      10,779       2,435       9,190
  General industrial machines      27,542      34,478      23,819      32,422
  Glass                             1,803       1,364       1,654       1,451
  Glassware                           497       1,251         453       1,200
  Gold, nonmonetary                10,918       3,512       6,749       2,161
  Hides and skins                     906          26         953          31
  Iron and steel mill products      8,936      17,051       6,903      16,011
  Jewelry                           2,346       4,330       2,289       5,114
  Lighting and plumbing             1,137       3,647         923       3,830
  Liquefied propane and butane        622       2,434         451       1,955
  Live animals                        328       1,471         217       1,405
  Meat and preparations             5,784       2,483       4,100       2,791
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        9,405      15,002       8,584      14,387
  Metal ores and scrap             15,132       4,765      10,398       3,804
  Metalworking machines             2,963       4,280       2,661       3,896
  Mineral fuels, other              3,155       2,171       2,243       1,945
  Natural gas                       2,528      17,244       1,898      16,706
  Nickel                              790       2,115         671       2,621
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,583       2,288         662       1,326
  Optical goods                     1,551       2,643       1,627       2,363
  Paper and paperboard              7,225       8,883       6,542       8,731
  Petroleum preparations           25,557      46,404      10,898      35,247
  Photographic equipment            1,798       1,272       1,855       1,380
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          4,795       7,806       4,658       7,576
  Platinum                            736       4,449         804       3,881
  Pottery                              56         713          56         783
  Power generating machines        26,578      26,539      23,608      24,288
  Printed materials                 3,100       2,567       2,946       2,521
  Pulp and waste paper              4,096       2,076       3,159       1,831
  Records and magnetic media        2,605       3,259       2,467       3,382
  Rice                              1,058         302         724         179
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             971       1,643         989       1,608
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,954       4,940       1,634       4,582
  Scientific instruments           22,015      18,631      20,988      17,023
  Ships and boats                   1,862         846       1,835         986
  Silver and bullion                  471       1,489         280       1,217
  Soybeans                          8,155         100       4,187          49
  Spacecraft                          150         (-)         151         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   26,269      18,748      24,253      17,936
  Sugar                                22         297          18         316
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                12,584      63,111      11,883      57,734
  Textile yarn, fabric              6,108      11,051       5,981      11,172
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             699         428         548         404
  Toys, games, and sporting good    2,394      12,440       2,340      12,452
  Travel goods                        227       3,751         212       3,575
  Vegetables and fruits             6,628      10,556       5,532       9,888
  Vehicles                         50,985     103,651      46,176     103,832
  Watches, clocks, and parts          218       2,081         184       1,887
  Wheat                             5,814         669       2,635         267
  Wood manufactures                 1,203       4,351       1,034       5,172

Re-exports                         64,651         (X)      56,392         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,603         (X)       1,384         (X)
  Manufactured goods               62,046         (X)      54,334         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       409         (X)         129         (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 A-1 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-121, BEA-08-37), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, June 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
