                                        
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)                               August                  July
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    116,787     190,938 (R) 114,890 (R) 201,927

Net Adjustments                    -1,074         635 (R)    -828 (R)   1,028

Total Census Basis (2)            117,860     190,303 (R) 115,718 (R) 200,899

Manufactured goods (3)             82,941     129,134      80,206     133,247
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,686       6,549       9,669       6,749
Mineral fuels (3)                   8,510      50,718       8,982      57,840

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,284       8,190       2,563       9,046
  Airplane parts                    1,821         773       1,835         833
  Airplanes                         5,774         797       3,561         925
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      101         407          96         467
  Aluminum                            561       1,200         578       1,228
  Animal feeds                        639         108         723         114
  Artwork and antiques                429         455         563         489
  Basketware, etc.                    626         993         660       1,164
  Cereal flour                        256         367         245         364
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,055         808       1,026         901
  Chemicals - dyeing                  578         265         591         281
  Chemicals - fertilizers             955         861         880         557
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,169       1,697       1,209       1,690
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,198       5,430       3,191       5,254
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,297       1,066       2,244       1,049
  Chemicals - organic               3,606       4,565       3,232       4,121
  Chemicals - plastics              3,841       1,615       3,876       1,740
  Cigarettes                           51          12          63          19
  Clothing                            297       7,718         294       7,745
  Coal                                603         412         592         408
  Coffee                              (-)         321         (-)         345
  Copper                              288       1,169         310       1,147
  Cork, wood, and lumber              380         495         363         529
  Corn                              1,312           6       1,189          12
  Cotton, raw and linters             425         (-)         474           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      245         313         230         297
  Crude oil                           290      38,003         245      43,814
  Electrical machinery              7,319       9,722       7,061      10,024
  Fish and preparations               505       1,280         423       1,230
  Footwear                             63       1,932          56       1,884
  Furniture and bedding               496       2,647         456       2,718
  Gem diamonds                        412       1,411         464       2,118
  General industrial machines       4,846       5,645       4,758       6,001
  Glass                               318         230         316         242
  Glassware                            87         210          85         231
  Gold, nonmonetary                   934         442       1,861         531
  Hides and skins                     149           5         156           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,783       3,398       1,777       3,697
  Jewelry                             434         729         329         817
  Lighting and plumbing               234         746         236         679
  Liquefied propane and butane         56         546          72         479
  Live animals                         43         177          53         162
  Meat and preparations             1,243         423       1,196         429
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,651       2,709       1,589       2,797
  Metal ores and scrap              3,369       1,033       3,426         944
  Metalworking machines               550         734         528         770
  Mineral fuels, other                687         393         788         434
  Natural gas                         317       2,648         436       2,532
  Nickel                              126         225         134         316
  Oils and fats of vegetable          229         509         176         439
  Optical goods                       237         382         236         446
  Paper and paperboard              1,324       1,545       1,312       1,582
  Petroleum preparations            6,434       8,304       6,714       9,724
  Photographic equipment              323         214         321         231
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            856       1,370         834       1,460
  Platinum                             66         684         109         625
  Pottery                              10         147          11         131
  Power generating machines         4,822       4,498       4,247       4,460
  Printed materials                   556         504         564         506
  Pulp and waste paper                717         367         697         359
  Records and magnetic media          429         583         455         598
  Rice                                187          47         193          58
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             167         275         155         272
  Rubber tires and tubes              395         789         343         815
  Scientific instruments            3,762       2,958       3,611       3,206
  Ships and boats                     216         103         247          94
  Silver and bullion                  116         353          81         266
  Soybeans                            650          13         826          15
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)          67         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,450       2,838       4,501       3,229
  Sugar                                 4          63           3          53
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,051      11,839       2,039      12,043
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,054       1,923       1,035       1,911
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              25          53          47          79
  Toys, games, and sporting good      360       3,380         384       2,806
  Travel goods                         38         709          42         766
  Vegetables and fruits             1,157       1,379       1,199       1,424
  Vehicles                          8,539      15,036       7,849      15,490
  Watches, clocks, and parts           34         335          34         407
  Wheat                             1,330          70       1,201          88
  Wood manufactures                   197         777         205         806

Re-exports                         11,064         (X)      11,234         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            218         (X)         192         (X) 
  Manufactured goods               10,720         (X)      10,895         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        29         (X)          53         (X)
                                        

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    888,554   1,456,396     743,481   1,281,375

Net Adjustments                    -6,196       8,749      -9,558       7,486

Total Census Basis (2)            894,750   1,447,648     753,039   1,273,889

Manufactured goods (3)            636,492   1,006,956     568,623     970,294
Agricultural commodities (3)       78,157      54,234      53,936      47,790
Mineral fuels (3)                  54,760     358,468      25,480     229,487

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   19,730      66,166      19,396      66,699
  Airplane parts                   15,098       6,425      14,290       5,512
  Airplanes                        36,625       8,449      32,845       8,904
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      670       3,339         601       3,386
  Aluminum                          4,332       9,170       3,934       9,696
  Animal feeds                      5,316         837       3,436         638
  Artwork and antiques              4,197       5,033       2,725       5,552
  Basketware, etc.                  5,064       8,106       4,720       7,087
  Cereal flour                      1,857       2,722       1,889       2,348
  Chemicals - cosmetics             7,700       6,375       6,545       5,760
  Chemicals - dyeing                4,288       2,166       3,842       2,111
  Chemicals - fertilizers           4,769       5,219       2,003       3,108
  Chemicals - inorganic             8,653      11,265       7,075       8,534
  Chemicals - medicinal            24,342      40,328      22,062      35,993
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               17,441       8,541      13,660       7,220
  Chemicals - organic              25,005      32,487      22,362      28,914
  Chemicals - plastics             28,751      12,922      24,499      12,165
  Cigarettes                          476         111         729         135
  Clothing                          2,150      51,697       2,221      53,816
  Coal                              4,819       2,666       2,670       1,536
  Coffee                                2       2,650           3       2,183
  Copper                            2,558       7,867       2,313       7,864
  Cork, wood, and lumber            2,921       4,123       3,008       5,866
  Corn                             10,036         319       6,026         230
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,521          11       3,345          12
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,567       1,920       1,324       1,196
  Crude oil                         1,498     259,966         645     149,887
  Electrical machinery             55,976      75,945      53,804      74,366
  Fish and preparations             2,687       8,886       2,661       8,789
  Footwear                            435      13,319         367      13,406
  Furniture and bedding             3,611      21,636       3,336      22,611
  Gem diamonds                      4,586      14,308       3,341      12,293
  General industrial machines      37,146      46,124      32,043      43,372
  Glass                             2,436       1,836       2,199       1,950
  Glassware                           669       1,692         610       1,659
  Gold, nonmonetary                13,712       4,484       9,191       2,983
  Hides and skins                   1,211          36       1,301          40
  Iron and steel mill products     12,496      24,146       9,195      21,652
  Jewelry                           3,110       5,876       2,981       6,784
  Lighting and plumbing             1,607       5,071       1,295       5,283
  Liquefied propane and butane        750       3,459         594       2,502
  Live animals                        425       1,811         320       1,815
  Meat and preparations             8,223       3,335       5,745       3,726
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       12,645      20,508      11,498      19,781
  Metal ores and scrap             21,926       6,743      14,719       4,967
  Metalworking machines             4,042       5,784       3,522       5,186
  Mineral fuels, other              4,630       2,998       3,089       2,640
  Natural gas                       3,281      22,425       2,264      22,154
  Nickel                            1,050       2,656         901       3,539
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,987       3,237         944       1,888
  Optical goods                     2,023       3,472       2,175       3,129
  Paper and paperboard              9,860      12,011       8,867      11,904
  Petroleum preparations           38,704      64,432      15,627      48,692
  Photographic equipment            2,442       1,716       2,462       1,851
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,484      10,636       6,294      10,276
  Platinum                            911       5,759       1,081       5,228
  Pottery                              76         991          72       1,112
  Power generating machines        35,648      35,498      31,630      33,230
  Printed materials                 4,220       3,578       4,001       3,569
  Pulp and waste paper              5,510       2,802       4,305       2,482
  Records and magnetic media        3,489       4,440       3,234       4,664
  Rice                              1,438         407         907         255
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,293       2,191       1,318       2,166
  Rubber tires and tubes            2,692       6,545       2,251       6,214
  Scientific instruments           29,389      24,794      28,016      23,115
  Ships and boats                   2,325       1,042       2,313       1,483
  Silver and bullion                  668       2,109         462       1,590
  Soybeans                          9,632         128       4,952          68
  Spacecraft                          217         (-)         359          66
  Specialized industrial machine   35,221      24,816      32,601      24,043
  Sugar                                29         414          25         431
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                16,675      86,992      16,124      78,985
  Textile yarn, fabric              8,197      14,885       7,983      15,217
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             771         560         676         526
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,139      18,626       3,259      18,244
  Travel goods                        307       5,226         285       4,968
  Vegetables and fruits             8,984      13,358       7,465      12,313
  Vehicles                         67,373     134,177      60,926     137,695
  Watches, clocks, and parts          285       2,824         250       2,663
  Wheat                             8,344         827       4,220         349
  Wood manufactures                 1,605       5,934       1,395       7,119

Re-exports                         86,948         (X)      75,665         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          2,014         (X)       1,694         (X)
  Manufactured goods               83,662         (X)      72,877         (X) 
  Mineral fuels                       492         (X)         305         (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-08-153, BEA-08-47), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
