                                        
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)                               September               August
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    106,463     182,441 (R) 117,009 (R) 191,336

Net Adjustments                      -459       1,461 (R)  -1,073 (R)     646

Total Census Basis (2)            106,921     180,980 (R) 118,082 (R) 190,690

Manufactured goods (3)             76,444     130,442      82,941     129,134
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,116       6,435       9,686       6,549
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,629      40,277       8,510      50,718

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,374       8,371       2,284       8,190
  Airplane parts                    1,854         766       1,821         773
  Airplanes                         2,133         948       5,774         797
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      109         509         101         407
  Aluminum                            547       1,189         561       1,200
  Animal feeds                        606         115         639         108
  Artwork and antiques                357         525         429         455
  Basketware, etc.                    641         953         626         993
  Cereal flour                        255         406         256         367
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,005         780       1,055         808
  Chemicals - dyeing                  550         257         578         265
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,112         943         955         861
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,130       1,562       1,169       1,697
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,188       5,014       3,198       5,430
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,139       1,128       2,297       1,066
  Chemicals - organic               2,492       3,722       3,606       4,565
  Chemicals - plastics              3,313       1,681       3,841       1,615
  Cigarettes                           55          15          51          12
  Clothing                            265       7,969         297       7,718
  Coal                                946         350         603         412
  Coffee                              (-)         323         (-)         321
  Copper                              278         810         288       1,169
  Cork, wood, and lumber              343         492         380         495
  Corn                              1,225           5       1,312           6
  Cotton, raw and linters             383         (-)         425         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      216         302         245         313
  Crude oil                           217      28,447         290      38,003
  Electrical machinery              6,890      10,212       7,319       9,722
  Fish and preparations               423       1,286         505       1,280
  Footwear                             56       1,738          63       1,932
  Furniture and bedding               486       2,531         496       2,647
  Gem diamonds                        441       1,791         412       1,411
  General industrial machines       4,532       5,409       4,846       5,645
  Glass                               284         228         318         230
  Glassware                            88         221          87         210
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,639         547         934         442
  Hides and skins                     170           5         149           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,767       3,942       1,783       3,398
  Jewelry                             483         954         434         729
  Lighting and plumbing               240         749         234         746
  Liquefied propane and butane         57         486          56         546
  Live animals                         62         256          43         177
  Meat and preparations             1,224         403       1,243         423
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,560       2,704       1,651       2,709
  Metal ores and scrap              2,605         865       3,369       1,033
  Metalworking machines               521         685         550         734
  Mineral fuels, other                682         482         687         393
  Natural gas                         513       2,318         317       2,648
  Nickel                              128         238         126         225
  Oils and fats of vegetable          200         365         229         509
  Optical goods                       219         441         237         382
  Paper and paperboard              1,313       1,612       1,324       1,545
  Petroleum preparations            3,130       7,791       6,434       8,304
  Photographic equipment              306         204         323         214
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            820       1,387         856       1,370
  Platinum                             62         432          66         684
  Pottery                               9         156          10         147
  Power generating machines         4,603       4,529       4,822       4,498
  Printed materials                   538         509         556         504
  Pulp and waste paper                651         352         717         367
  Records and magnetic media          438         621         429         583
  Rice                                182          30         187          47
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             170         268         167         275
  Rubber tires and tubes              390         825         395         789
  Scientific instruments            3,579       3,245       3,762       2,958
  Ships and boats                     216         431         216         103
  Silver and bullion                   80         262         116         353
  Soybeans                            519           8         650          13
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,973       2,654       4,450       2,838
  Sugar                                 3          27           4          63
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,079      12,665       2,051      11,839
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,023       1,853       1,054       1,923
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              43          65          25          53
  Toys, games, and sporting good      407       3,947         360       3,380
  Travel goods                         38         747          38         709
  Vegetables and fruits             1,150       1,271       1,157       1,379
  Vehicles                          8,608      14,462       8,539      15,036
  Watches, clocks, and parts           33         434          34         335
  Wheat                             1,110          60       1,330          70
  Wood manufactures                   191         714         197         777

Re-exports                         11,071         (X)      11,064         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            219         (X)         218         (X)
  Manufactured goods               10,707         (X)      10,720         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        51         (X)         29          (X)
                                         

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    995,239   1,639,235     840,649   1,445,241

Net Adjustments                    -6,653      10,221     -10,458       8,581

Total Census Basis (2)          1,001,893   1,629,015     851,106   1,436,661

Manufactured goods (3)            712,936   1,137,398     641,590   1,093,730
Agricultural commodities (3)       87,273      60,669      61,772      53,224
Mineral fuels (3)                  60,389     398,745      28,926     260,001

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   22,105      74,537      22,066      75,240
  Airplane parts                   16,952       7,191      16,048       6,194
  Airplanes                        38,757       9,397      36,666       9,987
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      780       3,848         713       3,856
  Aluminum                          4,880      10,359       4,410      10,887
  Animal feeds                      5,922         952       3,880         723
  Artwork and antiques              4,554       5,558       3,037       6,276
  Basketware, etc.                  5,705       9,059       5,274       8,017
  Cereal flour                      2,112       3,128       2,121       2,691
  Chemicals - cosmetics             8,705       7,155       7,420       6,484
  Chemicals - dyeing                4,838       2,423       4,341       2,357
  Chemicals - fertilizers           5,881       6,163       2,377       3,558
  Chemicals - inorganic             9,783      12,827       7,960       9,804
  Chemicals - medicinal            27,529      45,343      24,979      40,027
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               19,580       9,669      15,382       8,054
  Chemicals - organic              27,497      36,209      25,227      31,832
  Chemicals - plastics             32,064      14,603      27,637      13,695
  Cigarettes                          531         126         803         150
  Clothing                          2,415      59,666       2,480      61,537
  Coal                              5,765       3,016       3,046       1,768
  Coffee                                3       2,973           3       2,464
  Copper                            2,837       8,678       2,620       8,773
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,265       4,615       3,364       6,542
  Corn                             11,261         324       6,940         236
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,904          12       3,711          12
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,783       2,222       1,496       1,365
  Crude oil                         1,715     288,413         748     171,211
  Electrical machinery             62,866      86,157      60,610      84,249
  Fish and preparations             3,110      10,172       3,095       9,934
  Footwear                            491      15,057         419      15,042
  Furniture and bedding             4,098      24,167       3,778      25,297
  Gem diamonds                      5,028      16,099       3,822      13,757
  General industrial machines      41,678      51,533      36,105      48,262
  Glass                             2,721       2,064       2,493       2,183
  Glassware                           757       1,913         688       1,882
  Gold, nonmonetary                15,351       5,031      10,321       3,418
  Hides and skins                   1,381          42       1,448          45
  Iron and steel mill products     14,263      28,087      10,389      23,931
  Jewelry                           3,594       6,830       3,335       7,766
  Lighting and plumbing             1,847       5,820       1,506       6,027
  Liquefied propane and butane        806       3,945         642       2,874
  Live animals                        487       2,067         378       2,077
  Meat and preparations             9,447       3,738       6,551       4,114
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       14,205      23,211      12,927      22,258
  Metal ores and scrap             24,531       7,608      16,609       5,554
  Metalworking machines             4,562       6,469       3,983       5,761
  Mineral fuels, other              5,312       3,480       3,488       2,921
  Natural gas                       3,793      24,743       2,506      24,171
  Nickel                            1,179       2,894       1,016       3,879
  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,188       3,601       1,082       2,139
  Optical goods                     2,242       3,913       2,438       3,489
  Paper and paperboard             11,173      13,623      10,007      13,415
  Petroleum preparations           41,834      72,223      17,792      54,778
  Photographic equipment            2,749       1,921       2,735       2,077
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,304      12,023       7,093      11,533
  Platinum                            973       6,191       1,219       5,911
  Pottery                              86       1,147          82       1,280
  Power generating machines        40,251      40,026      35,844      37,455
  Printed materials                 4,758       4,087       4,539       4,076
  Pulp and waste paper              6,161       3,154       4,909       2,806
  Records and magnetic media        3,927       5,061       3,693       5,329
  Rice                              1,620         436         990         284
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,463       2,459       1,484       2,419
  Rubber tires and tubes            3,081       7,370       2,561       6,957
  Scientific instruments           32,968      28,039      31,583      26,106
  Ships and boats                   2,541       1,473       2,460       1,580
  Silver and bullion                  748       2,370         565       1,775
  Soybeans                         10,151         136       5,524          73
  Spacecraft                          217         (-)         360          72
  Specialized industrial machine   39,195      27,470      36,480      26,705
  Sugar                                33         440          27         496
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                18,753      99,657      18,292      90,746
  Textile yarn, fabric              9,219      16,738       8,975      17,087
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             814         624         742         563
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,545      22,573       3,737      21,665
  Travel goods                        345       5,974         322       5,614
  Vegetables and fruits            10,134      14,629       8,442      13,405
  Vehicles                         75,982     148,639      69,278     154,402
  Watches, clocks, and parts          319       3,257         279       3,088
  Wheat                             9,455         887       5,436         383
  Wood manufactures                 1,796       6,647       1,569       7,996

Re-exports                         98,020         (X)      85,590         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          2,232         (X)       1,857         (X)
  Manufactured goods               94,369         (X)      82,524         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       543         (X)         320         (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-08-166, BEA-08-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
