                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY

(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustments and rounding.  The commodities in this Exhibit are ranked on
the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping.
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(R) Revised.)


Item(1)                                October      September     Monthly
                                       2008         2008 (R)      Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis         104,796      107,816        -3,020
Net Adjustments                             -714         -459          -255
Total, Census Basis                      105,510      108,275        -2,765

Foods, feeds, and beverages                8,241        9,016          -774

Corn                                       1,008        1,321          -314
Wheat                                        706          960          -253
Meat, poultry, etc.                        1,173        1,316          -143
Nuts                                         295          346           -50
Sorghum, barley, oats                        110          156           -46
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                         456          495           -39
Other foods                                  705          733           -29
Dairy products and eggs                      232          254           -21
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine          100          112           -11
Wine, beer, and related products             109          120           -11
Bakery products                              340          345            -6
Fruits,  frozen juices                       587          586           (-)
Rice                                         206          202             4
Vegetables                                   453          446             6
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  107           95            12
Fish and shellfish                           371          356            15
Oilseeds, food oils                          238          198            40
Soybeans                                   1,044          974            70

Industrial supplies and materials         31,544       32,956        -1,412

Chemicals-fertilizers                      1,096        1,576          -479
Nonmonetary gold                           1,193        1,642          -449
Gas-natural                                  226          494          -268
Fuel oil                                   2,064        2,204          -140
Iron and steel mill products               1,023        1,160          -136
Cotton, raw                                  662          790          -128
Aluminum and alumina                         650          761          -112
Copper                                       442          545          -104
Nonferrous metals, other                     604          687           -82
Nuclear fuel materials                       128          204           -76
Other industrial supplies                  1,741        1,813           -72
Precious metals, other                       655          721           -66
Steelmaking materials                      1,126        1,187           -61
Chemicals-other                            1,943        2,000           -58
Plastic materials                          2,474        2,518           -44
Agric. industry-unmanufactured               314          356           -42
Newsprint                                  1,062        1,100           -38
Manmade cloth                                495          522           -27
Logs and lumber                              357          383           -26
Shingles, molding, wallboard                 332          350           -18
Mineral supplies-manufactured                415          433           -18
Pulpwood and woodpulp                        665          681           -15
Wood supplies, manufactured                  105          120           -14
Cotton fiber cloth                           224          238           -14
Leather and furs                              64           72            -8
Hides and skins                              185          192            -8
Tapes, audio and visual                       37           42            -5
Electric energy                               75           80            -5
Hair, waste materials                         56           59            -3
Industrial rubber products                   294          293             1
Nontextile floor tiles                        42           41             1
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     137          120            17
Finished textile supplies                    214          196            18
Chemicals-inorganic                          703          684            19
Tobacco, unmanufactured                       94           74            20
Crude oil                                    138          117            21
Nonmetallic minerals                          87           64            23
Finished metal shapes                      1,459        1,434            25
Agriculture-manufactured, other              210          177            33
Natural gas liquids                          301          267            33
Coal and fuels, other                        277          235            43
Synthetic rubber-primary                     330          287            43
Metallurgical grade coal                     737          694            44
Iron and steel products, other               658          613            45
Agric. farming-unmanufactured                245          194            51
Chemicals-organic                          2,731        2,472           259
Petroleum products, other                  2,473        2,064           409

Capital goods, except automotive          38,016       38,129          -113

Civilian aircraft                          1,573        2,183          -610
Semiconductors                             4,135        4,450          -314
Materials handling equipment               1,220        1,321          -101
Railway transportation equipment             280          378           -98
Wood, glass, plastic                         339          414           -75
Excavating machinery                       1,275        1,345           -70
Business machines and equipment              355          422           -66
Engines-civilian aircraft                  1,879        1,943           -65
Computer accessories                       2,302        2,365           -63
Parts-civilian aircraft                    1,668        1,712           -43
Photo, service industry machinery            858          884           -26
Measuring, testing, control instruments    1,696        1,715           -19
Vessels, excluding scrap                       4           21           -17
Food, tobacco machinery                      251          258            -7
Textile, sewing machines                     118          118           (-)
Spacecraft, excluding military                 3            2             2
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   306          303             2
Pulp and paper machinery                     248          244             4
Laboratory testing instruments               794          789             5
Agricultural machinery, equipment            766          759             7
Commercial vessels, other                     28           20             8
Computers                                  1,159        1,150             9
Metalworking machine tools                   648          630            18
Industrial engines                         1,904        1,884            21
Marine engines, parts                        147          123            23
Specialized mining                           159          119            39
Telecommunications equipment               2,813        2,760            52
Medicinal equipment                        2,364        2,280            84
Industrial machines, other                 3,227        3,068           159
Generators, accessories                    1,165          968           197
Electric apparatus                         2,696        2,492           205
Drilling & oilfield equipment              1,633        1,007           627

Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines   10,098       10,334          -236

Consumer goods                            13,324       13,480          -156

Pharmaceutical preparations                3,272        3,466          -193
Gem diamonds                               1,080        1,268          -188
Writing and art supplies                     561          613           -51
Stereo equipment, etc.                       174          203           -28
Furniture, household goods, etc.             328          355           -27
Pleasure boats and motors                    264          290           -26
Musical instruments                          167          192           -25
Toiletries and cosmetics                     721          741           -20
TV's, VCR's, etc.                            295          304            -9
Cookware, cutlery, tools                      86           92            -6
Glassware, chinaware                          45           48            -3
Tobacco, manufactured                         71           72            -1
Nursery stock, etc.                           35           35            -1
Rugs                                          92           92           (-)
Sports apparel and gear                       55           52             3
Apparel, household goods - textile           425          408            18
Jewelry, etc                                 667          647            20
Apparel,household goods-nontextile           203          182            21
Books, printed matter                        478          457            22
Numismatic coins                              52           30            22
Toys, games, and sporting goods              907          880            27
Records, tapes, and disks                    409          377            32
Other household goods                      1,487        1,454            33
Household appliances                         656          597            59
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.              793          627           166

Other goods                                4,287        4,362           -74
                                        

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Item(1)                                Year-to-date Year-to-date  Year-to-date
                                       2008         2007          Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis       1,106,456      945,672       160,785
Net Adjustments                           -7,368      -11,501         4,133
Total, Census Basis                    1,113,824      957,172       156,652

Foods, feeds, and beverages               95,063       68,311        26,752

Corn                                      13,159        9,107         4,053
Wheat                                     10,350        6,655         3,695
Meat, poultry, etc.                       11,451        8,058         3,392
Nuts                                       3,371        2,852           519
Sorghum, barley, oats                      1,379          905           474
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                       5,166        3,701         1,465
Other foods                                6,963        6,028           935
Dairy products and eggs                    2,902        1,883         1,019
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine        1,085          974           111
Wine, beer, and related products           1,092          999            94
Bakery products                            3,325        2,848           476
Fruits,  frozen juices                     5,975        5,094           881
Rice                                       1,953        1,201           752
Vegetables                                 4,258        3,539           719
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                1,056          944           112
Fish and shellfish                         3,661        3,613            47
Oilseeds, food oils                        2,882        1,572         1,309
Soybeans                                  15,036        8,338         6,698

Industrial supplies and materials        336,818      259,637        77,180

Chemicals-fertilizers                      9,677        5,062         4,616
Nonmonetary gold                          16,536       11,389         5,147
Gas-natural                                4,022        2,660         1,362
Fuel oil                                  30,677       11,586        19,091
Iron and steel mill products              10,025        7,320         2,705
Cotton, raw                                4,500        3,875           624
Aluminum and alumina                       7,562        6,539         1,023
Copper                                     5,464        4,501           963
Nonferrous metals, other                   6,550        6,460            90
Nuclear fuel materials                     1,897        2,149          -251
Other industrial supplies                 17,233       16,542           691
Precious metals, other                     9,583        6,890         2,693
Steelmaking materials                     12,600        8,054         4,545
Chemicals-other                           19,645       16,960         2,685
Plastic materials                         27,561       23,999         3,562
Agric. industry-unmanufactured             2,816        1,705         1,110
Newsprint                                 10,547        9,578           969
Manmade cloth                              5,157        4,857           300
Logs and lumber                            3,769        3,969          -200
Shingles, molding, wallboard               3,268        2,820           448
Mineral supplies-manufactured              4,244        4,067           177
Pulpwood and woodpulp                      6,994        5,724         1,269
Wood supplies, manufactured                1,202        1,043           159
Cotton fiber cloth                         2,369        2,380           -11
Leather and furs                             830          950          -120
Hides and skins                            1,775        1,834           -58
Tapes, audio and visual                      437          501           -64
Electric energy                            1,210          772           438
Hair, waste materials                        535          499            36
Industrial rubber products                 2,848        2,708           140
Nontextile floor tiles                       416          384            32
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                   1,389        1,215           173
Finished textile supplies                  2,052        2,072           -20
Chemicals-inorganic                        7,171        5,887         1,284
Tobacco, unmanufactured                    1,019          963            56
Crude oil                                    860          650           210
Nonmetallic minerals                         688          480           208
Finished metal shapes                     14,293       12,711         1,582
Agriculture-manufactured, other            1,856        1,594           262
Natural gas liquids                        2,940        1,502         1,438
Coal and fuels, other                      2,237        1,297           940
Synthetic rubber-primary                   3,281        2,969           312
Metallurgical grade coal                   4,948        2,418         2,530
Iron and steel products, other             6,069        4,768         1,301
Agric. farming-unmanufactured              2,192        1,744           448
Chemicals-organic                         29,230       26,030         3,200
Petroleum products, other                 24,645       15,559         9,086

Capital goods, except automotive         396,655      369,214        27,441

Civilian aircraft                         38,223       39,693        -1,470
Semiconductors                            43,387       41,470         1,917
Materials handling equipment              12,314        9,840         2,475
Railway transportation equipment           2,824        2,391           433
Wood, glass, plastic                       3,536        2,934           602
Excavating machinery                      12,605       10,537         2,067
Business machines and equipment            3,669        2,350         1,319
Engines-civilian aircraft                 18,402       16,014         2,388
Computer accessories                      25,245       26,955        -1,709
Parts-civilian aircraft                   17,069       15,612         1,457
Photo, service industry machinery          8,295        7,629           666
Measuring, testing, control instruments   17,885       18,186          -302
Vessels, excluding scrap                      81           92           -11
Food, tobacco machinery                    2,526        2,184           341
Textile, sewing machines                   1,129        1,170           -41
Spacecraft, excluding military                24           25           (-)
Nonfarm tractors and parts                 2,771        2,449           322
Pulp and paper machinery                   2,492        2,253           239
Laboratory testing instruments             7,560        6,703           857
Agricultural machinery, equipment          6,933        5,122         1,811
Commercial vessels, other                    311          232            79
Computers                                 12,437       11,183         1,254
Metalworking machine tools                 6,293        5,606           687
Industrial engines                        17,924       15,299         2,625
Marine engines, parts                      1,199        1,082           117
Specialized mining                         1,179          854           324
Telecommunications equipment              27,447       25,061         2,386
Medicinal equipment                       22,430       19,626         2,803
Industrial machines, other                32,119       31,698           421
Generators, accessories                   10,193        8,620         1,572
Electric apparatus                        25,868       25,838            30
Drilling & oilfield equipment             12,284       10,505         1,779

Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines  104,708      100,108         4,600

Consumer goods                           135,901      120,954        14,947

Pharmaceutical preparations               32,758       29,522         3,235
Gem diamonds                              13,209        9,870         3,339
Writing and art supplies                   5,686        5,090           596
Stereo equipment, etc.                     1,977        2,036           -60
Furniture, household goods, etc.           3,407        2,948           459
Pleasure boats and motors                  2,970        2,646           324
Musical instruments                        1,844        1,722           122
Toiletries and cosmetics                   7,264        6,246         1,018
TV's, VCR's, etc.                          3,167        3,176            -9
Cookware, cutlery, tools                     886          831            55
Glassware, chinaware                         445          409            37
Tobacco, manufactured                        725          997          -272
Nursery stock, etc.                          364          352            12
Rugs                                         932          855            78
Sports apparel and gear                      511          468            43
Apparel, household goods - textile         4,076        3,970           107
Jewelry, etc                               6,063        5,752           311
Apparel,household goods-nontextile         1,852        1,618           234
Books, printed matter                      4,852        4,623           229
Numismatic coins                             306          187           118
Toys, games, and sporting goods            9,925        8,741         1,183
Records, tapes, and disks                  4,543        4,139           403
Other household goods                     14,369       12,872         1,497
Household appliances                       6,193        5,747           446
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.            7,580        6,135         1,444

Other goods                               44,680       38,948         5,732
                                                 

(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to
convert to a BOP basis is not available.

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.
