                                        
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)                               November                October
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     96,570     147,890     110,873 (R) 186,839

Net Adjustments                      -924         720        -713 (R)     784

Total Census Basis (2)             97,494     147,169     111,586 (R) 186,054

Manufactured goods (3)             69,415     112,547      78,844     134,718
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,321       6,465      10,634       6,901
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,127      24,942       5,897      41,507

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,953       6,879       2,325       8,173
  Airplane parts                    1,887         519       1,985         619
  Airplanes                         1,743         986       2,013         902
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       92         491         103         627
  Aluminum                            417         949         532       1,249
  Animal feeds                        574         101         639         105
  Artwork and antiques                323         684         305         910
  Basketware, etc.                    631       1,011         708       1,096
  Cereal flour                        258         380         268         425
  Chemicals - cosmetics               913         788       1,036         801
  Chemicals - dyeing                  455         203         580         255
  Chemicals - fertilizers             173         786         549         888
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,074       1,315       1,134       1,556
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,468       3,851       3,277       5,360
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,930         945       2,114       1,082
  Chemicals - organic               2,074       3,248       2,837       4,489
  Chemicals - plastics              2,656       1,401       3,331       1,684
  Cigarettes                           63          15          55          22
  Clothing                            268       5,707         290       7,883
  Coal                                834         311       1,000         402
  Coffee                              (-)         236         (-)         300
  Copper                              187         484         280         738
  Cork, wood, and lumber              316         368         376         427
  Corn                                933           9       1,001           6
  Cotton, raw and linters             330         (-)         346         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      189         264         253         296
  Crude oil                           214      18,001         244      30,834
  Electrical machinery              6,366       8,511       7,376      10,214
  Fish and preparations               294       1,213         390       1,361
  Footwear                             63       1,380          64       1,726
  Furniture and bedding               448       2,372         508       2,577
  Gem diamonds                        308       1,100         375       1,550
  General industrial machines       4,441       4,968       5,071       5,467
  Glass                               275         197         307         219
  Glassware                            76         190          92         220
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,109         302       1,205         439
  Hides and skins                     151           4         180           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,367       3,556       1,756       4,268
  Jewelry                             423         919         468       1,155
  Lighting and plumbing               221         618         276         764
  Liquefied propane and butane         53         247         110         231
  Live animals                         75         235         162         241
  Meat and preparations             1,011         421       1,262         403
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,496       2,277       1,738       2,766
  Metal ores and scrap              1,444         623       2,315         637
  Metalworking machines               514         645         558         710
  Mineral fuels, other                471         257         762         547
  Natural gas                         345       1,787         226       2,072
  Nickel                              123         157         139         221
  Oils and fats of vegetable          121         469         218         431
  Optical goods                       201         387         246         419
  Paper and paperboard              1,115       1,491       1,357       1,640
  Petroleum preparations            3,119       4,136       3,473       7,061
  Photographic equipment              284         192         312         206
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            703       1,239         873       1,385
  Platinum                             79         425          47         321
  Pottery                              11         126          13         160
  Power generating machines         4,517       3,807       4,955       4,704
  Printed materials                   505         415         585         507
  Pulp and waste paper                489         262         654         350
  Records and magnetic media          442         546         476         668
  Rice                                193          44         201          26
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             145         229         183         269
  Rubber tires and tubes              325         781         403         828
  Scientific instruments            3,489       2,850       3,701       3,366
  Ships and boats                     196          55         229          76
  Silver and bullion                   63         185          91         273
  Soybeans                          1,773          15       1,945          19
  Spacecraft                          (-)           7         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,078       2,528       4,707       2,851
  Sugar                                 4          54           3          57
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                 1,866      11,029       2,207      13,301
  Textile yarn, fabric                886       1,647       1,059       1,940
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             165          56         102          45
  Toys, games, and sporting good      385       3,219         415       4,357
  Travel goods                         38         635          45         793
  Vegetables and fruits             1,360       1,428       1,418       1,448
  Vehicles                          7,665      13,937       8,881      15,711
  Watches, clocks, and parts           31         358          36         421
  Wheat                               616          72         804          64
  Wood manufactures                   150         607         192         685

Re-exports                         10,547         (X)      11,807         (X)
  Agricultural commodities            256         (X)         261         (X)
  Manufactured goods               10,174         (X)      11,385         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        39         (X)          81         (X)
                                         

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,202,459   1,973,649   1,048,097   1,804,456

Net Adjustments                    -8,291      11,724     -12,934      10,088

Total Census Basis (2)          1,210,750   1,961,924   1,061,031   1,794,368

Manufactured goods (3)            861,194   1,384,663     794,775   1,362,950
Agricultural commodities (3)      107,227      74,036      80,771      65,919
Mineral fuels (3)                  71,413     465,194      36,880     328,814

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   26,383      89,589      27,049      92,777
  Airplane parts                   20,823       8,329      19,760       7,743
  Airplanes                        42,513      11,284      46,931      12,217
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      974       4,966         907       5,033
  Aluminum                          5,829      12,557       5,395      13,007
  Animal feeds                      7,135       1,158       4,972         917
  Artwork and antiques              5,182       7,151       3,703       8,230
  Basketware, etc.                  7,045      11,165       6,446       9,917
  Cereal flour                      2,638       3,933       2,632       3,463
  Chemicals - cosmetics            10,654       8,744       9,266       8,141
  Chemicals - dyeing                5,872       2,881       5,347       2,878
  Chemicals - fertilizers           6,603       7,836       2,973       4,473
  Chemicals - inorganic            11,991      15,698       9,866      12,298
  Chemicals - medicinal            34,274      54,554      30,263      49,487
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               23,624      11,696      18,932       9,895
  Chemicals - organic              32,409      43,945      30,857      39,011
  Chemicals - plastics             38,051      17,689      34,111      16,768
  Cigarettes                          650         163         953         189
  Clothing                          2,973      73,256       2,999      75,570
  Coal                              7,599       3,729       3,854       2,210
  Coffee                                3       3,508           4       2,997
  Copper                            3,303       9,900       3,267      10,728
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,956       5,411       4,099       7,760
  Corn                             13,196         338       9,113         250
  Cotton, raw and linters           4,581          12       4,263          13
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    2,225       2,783       1,841       1,701
  Crude oil                         2,173     337,248         910     219,990
  Electrical machinery             76,608     104,882      74,721     104,727
  Fish and preparations             3,795      12,747       3,811      12,343
  Footwear                            618      18,164         530      18,016
  Furniture and bedding             5,054      29,116       4,731      31,124
  Gem diamonds                      5,710      18,749       4,842      17,545
  General industrial machines      51,190      61,969      44,633      58,989
  Glass                             3,302       2,480       3,106       2,675
  Glassware                           925       2,323         858       2,339
  Gold, nonmonetary                17,664       5,772      12,297       4,271
  Hides and skins                   1,712          51       1,767          54
  Iron and steel mill products     17,386      35,911      12,895      28,828
  Jewelry                           4,484       8,904       4,202      10,326
  Lighting and plumbing             2,344       7,202       1,916       7,520
  Liquefied propane and butane        970       4,423         796       3,642
  Live animals                        724       2,543         631       2,800
  Meat and preparations            11,720       4,562       8,364       4,942
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       17,438      28,254      15,982      27,570
  Metal ores and scrap             28,291       8,868      21,069       6,823
  Metalworking machines             5,634       7,825       4,894       7,048
  Mineral fuels, other              6,545       4,284       4,340       3,486
  Natural gas                       4,365      28,602       2,801      28,936
  Nickel                            1,441       3,272       1,254       4,588
  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,527       4,501       1,361       2,784
  Optical goods                     2,689       4,719       2,954       4,322
  Paper and paperboard             13,645      16,754      12,428      16,537
  Petroleum preparations           48,426      83,421      23,294      67,834
  Photographic equipment            3,344       2,319       3,339       2,550
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          8,881      14,646       8,728      14,169
  Platinum                          1,099       6,937       1,477       7,104
  Pottery                             110       1,434         109       1,608
  Power generating machines        49,723      48,538      45,515      46,474
  Printed materials                 5,848       5,009       5,674       5,114
  Pulp and waste paper              7,304       3,766       6,184       3,466
  Records and magnetic media        4,845       6,275       4,625       6,781
  Rice                              2,014         506       1,256         352
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,791       2,957       1,814       2,971
  Rubber tires and tubes            3,809       8,979       3,251       8,575
  Scientific instruments           40,158      34,255      38,571      32,609
  Ships and boats                   2,966       1,604       2,838       1,845
  Silver and bullion                  902       2,828         710       2,218
  Soybeans                         13,869         170       8,282          86
  Spacecraft                          217           7         479          72
  Specialized industrial machine   47,979      32,849      44,316      32,666
  Sugar                                40         551          34         616
  TV's, VCR's, etc.                22,826     123,987      22,555     118,723
  Textile yarn, fabric             11,164      20,325      11,014      20,992
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,081         726       1,037         719
  Toys, games, and sporting good    4,346      30,148       4,644      29,251
  Travel goods                        428       7,402         402       7,028
  Vegetables and fruits            12,913      17,505      11,005      16,103
  Vehicles                         92,527     178,288      87,490     193,701
  Watches, clocks, and parts          386       4,036         353       4,063
  Wheat                            10,875       1,022       7,523         460
  Wood manufactures                 2,138       7,939       1,961       9,695

Re-exports                        120,374         (X)     106,986         (X)
  Agricultural commodities          2,749         (X)       2,292         (X)
  Manufactured goods              115,928         (X)     103,177         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       663         (X)         421         (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-09-04, BEA-09-01), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, November 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
