                                        
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)                               October                 September
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    110,877     187,643 (R) 106,239 (R) 182,126

Net Adjustments                      -714         792 (R)    -459 (R)   1,460

Total Census Basis (2)            111,590     186,851 (R) 106,699 (R) 180,666

Manufactured goods (3)             78,844     134,718      76,444     130,442
Agricultural commodities (3)       10,634       6,901       9,116       6,435
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,897      41,507       5,629      40,277

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,325       8,173       2,374       8,371
  Airplane parts                    1,985         619       1,854         766
  Airplanes                         2,013         902       2,133         948
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      103         627         109         509
  Aluminum                            532       1,249         547       1,189
  Animal feeds                        639         105         606         115
  Artwork and antiques                305         910         357         525
  Basketware, etc.                    708       1,096         641         953
  Cereal flour                        268         425         255         406
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,036         801       1,005         780
  Chemicals - dyeing                  580         255         550         257
  Chemicals - fertilizers             549         888       1,112         943
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,134       1,556       1,130       1,562
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,277       5,360       3,188       5,014
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,114       1,082       2,139       1,128
  Chemicals - organic               2,837       4,489       2,492       3,722
  Chemicals - plastics              3,331       1,684       3,313       1,681
  Cigarettes                           55          22          55          15
  Clothing                            290       7,883         265       7,969
  Coal                              1,000         402         946         350
  Coffee                              (-)         300         (-)         323
  Copper                              280         738         278         810
  Cork, wood, and lumber              376         427         343         492
  Corn                              1,001           6       1,225           5
  Cotton, raw and linters             346         (-)         383         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      253         296         216         302
  Crude oil                           244      30,834         217      28,447
  Electrical machinery              7,376      10,214       6,890      10,212
  Fish and preparations               390       1,361         423       1,286
  Footwear                             64       1,726          56       1,738
  Furniture and bedding               508       2,577         486       2,531
  Gem diamonds                        375       1,550         441       1,791
  General industrial machines       5,071       5,467       4,532       5,409
  Glass                               307         219         284         228
  Glassware                            92         220          88         221
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,205         439       1,639         547
  Hides and skins                     180           5         170           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,756       4,268       1,767       3,942
  Jewelry                             468       1,155         483         954
  Lighting and plumbing               276         764         240         749
  Liquefied propane and butane        110         231          57         486
  Live animals                        162         241          62         256
  Meat and preparations             1,262         403       1,224         403
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,738       2,766       1,560       2,704
  Metal ores and scrap              2,315         637       2,605         865
  Metalworking machines               558         710         521         685
  Mineral fuels, other                762         547         682         482
  Natural gas                         226       2,072         513       2,318
  Nickel                              139         221         128         238
  Oils and fats of vegetable          218         431         200         365
  Optical goods                       246         419         219         441
  Paper and paperboard              1,357       1,640       1,313       1,612
  Petroleum preparations            3,473       7,061       3,130       7,791
  Photographic equipment              312         206         306         204
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            873       1,385         820       1,387
  Platinum                             47         321          62         432
  Pottery                              13         160           9         156
  Power generating machines         4,955       4,704       4,603       4,529
  Printed materials                   585         507         538         509
  Pulp and waste paper                654         350         651         352
  Records and magnetic media          476         668         438         621
  Rice                                201          26         182          30
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             183         269         170         268
  Rubber tires and tubes              403         828         390         825
  Scientific instruments            3,701       3,366       3,579       3,245
  Ships and boats                     229          76         216         431
  Silver and bullion                   91         273          80         262
  Soybeans                          1,945          19         519           8
  Spacecraft                          (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,707       2,851       3,973       2,654
  Sugar                                 3          57           3          27
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 2,207      13,301       2,079      12,665
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,059       1,940       1,023       1,853
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             102          45          43          65
  Toys, games, and sporting good      415       4,357         407       3,947
  Travel goods                         45         793          38         747
  Vegetables and fruits             1,418       1,448       1,150       1,271
  Vehicles                          8,881      15,711       8,608      14,462
  Watches, clocks, and parts           36         421          33         434
  Wheat                               804          64       1,110          60
  Wood manufactures                   192         685         191         714

Re-exports                         11,807         (X)      11,071         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            261         (X)         219         (X)
  Manufactured goods               11,385         (X)      10,707         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        81         (X)          51         (X)
                                        

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,105,893   1,826,564     946,168   1,628,161

Net Adjustments                    -7,368      11,012     -11,501       9,456

Total Census Basis (2)          1,113,260   1,815,552     957,669   1,618,705

Manufactured goods (3)            791,780   1,272,116     720,210   1,232,510
Agricultural commodities (3)       97,906      67,571      71,210      59,485
Mineral fuels (3)                  66,285     440,252      32,311     293,429

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   24,430      82,710      24,616      84,253
  Airplane parts                   18,936       7,810      17,939       7,007
  Airplanes                        40,770      10,299      41,981      11,198
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      883       4,474         820       4,461
  Aluminum                          5,412      11,608       4,922      11,983
  Animal feeds                      6,561       1,057       4,416         820
  Artwork and antiques              4,859       6,468       3,351       7,270
  Basketware, etc.                  6,413      10,155       5,862       8,961
  Cereal flour                      2,380       3,553       2,381       3,094
  Chemicals - cosmetics             9,742       7,956       8,393       7,337
  Chemicals - dyeing                5,417       2,678       4,862       2,631
  Chemicals - fertilizers           6,430       7,050       2,665       4,011
  Chemicals - inorganic            10,917      14,383       9,083      11,069
  Chemicals - medicinal            30,806      50,702      27,728      45,008
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               21,694      10,751      17,184       8,987
  Chemicals - organic              30,334      40,697      28,143      35,699
  Chemicals - plastics             35,395      16,287      31,029      15,270
  Cigarettes                          586         147         878         173
  Clothing                          2,705      67,549       2,744      69,316
  Coal                              6,765       3,417       3,427       1,974
  Coffee                                3       3,273           4       2,751
  Copper                            3,117       9,416       2,995       9,826
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,641       5,043       3,745       7,184
  Corn                             12,262         329       7,931         241
  Cotton, raw and linters           4,250          12       3,956          13
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    2,036       2,518       1,663       1,530
  Crude oil                         1,959     319,247         811     194,945
  Electrical machinery             70,243      96,371      67,818      94,804
  Fish and preparations             3,501      11,533       3,475      11,161
  Footwear                            555      16,783         476      16,609
  Furniture and bedding             4,606      26,744       4,272      28,182
  Gem diamonds                      5,402      17,649       4,287      15,764
  General industrial machines      46,749      57,000      40,476      53,782
  Glass                             3,027       2,284       2,810       2,435
  Glassware                           849       2,133         777       2,122
  Gold, nonmonetary                16,556       5,470      11,408       3,856
  Hides and skins                   1,561          47       1,625          49
  Iron and steel mill products     16,019      32,355      11,675      26,494
  Jewelry                           4,061       7,985       3,746       9,072
  Lighting and plumbing             2,123       6,584       1,720       6,826
  Liquefied propane and butane        917       4,176         679       3,212
  Live animals                        649       2,308         506       2,439
  Meat and preparations            10,709       4,141       7,464       4,556
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       15,942      25,977      14,512      25,023
  Metal ores and scrap             26,847       8,245      18,930       6,193
  Metalworking machines             5,121       7,180       4,442       6,419
  Mineral fuels, other              6,074       4,027       3,920       3,215
  Natural gas                       4,019      26,815       2,634      26,466
  Nickel                            1,318       3,115       1,146       4,217
  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,406       4,032       1,210       2,397
  Optical goods                     2,488       4,332       2,705       3,909
  Paper and paperboard             12,531      15,263      11,267      15,039
  Petroleum preparations           45,308      79,285      20,050      61,140
  Photographic equipment            3,060       2,127       3,050       2,320
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          8,177      13,407       7,947      12,874
  Platinum                          1,020       6,512       1,339       6,502
  Pottery                              99       1,307          95       1,456
  Power generating machines        45,206      44,731      40,716      42,128
  Printed materials                 5,343       4,593       5,127       4,625
  Pulp and waste paper              6,815       3,504       5,549       3,119
  Records and magnetic media        4,403       5,729       4,168       6,092
  Rice                              1,821         462       1,112         309
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,646       2,728       1,657       2,704
  Rubber tires and tubes            3,484       8,198       2,933       7,757
  Scientific instruments           36,669      31,405      35,172      29,443
  Ships and boats                   2,770       1,549       2,635       1,734
  Silver and bullion                  839       2,643         629       1,995
  Soybeans                         12,096         155       6,904          79
  Spacecraft                          217         (-)         478          72
  Specialized industrial machine   43,901      30,321      40,599      29,787
  Sugar                                36         497          31         565
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                20,961     112,958      20,475     104,572
  Textile yarn, fabric             10,278      18,678      10,045      19,129
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             916         670         847         602
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,961      26,929       4,203      25,861
  Travel goods                        390       6,767         367       6,365
  Vegetables and fruits            11,553      16,077       9,722      14,681
  Vehicles                         84,862     164,350      78,442     174,403
  Watches, clocks, and parts          355       3,678         314       3,589
  Wheat                            10,258         951       6,594         419
  Wood manufactures                 1,988       7,333       1,766       8,881

Re-exports                        109,827         (X)      96,379         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          2,493         (X)       2,066         (X)
  Manufactured goods              105,754         (X)      92,942         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       624         (X)         377         (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-08-178, BEA-08-53), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
