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Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 14.  Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodity Groupings: 2008

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.  (X) Not applicable.  (-) Represents zero or
less than one half of measurement shown.

           Item (1)               May                  June                  July                 August
                                Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Balance of Payments Basis         112,015    183,844    116,035    191,038    113,590    203,789    115,202    190,658
Net Adjustments                      -612        888       -753        921       -932      1,174     -1,216        784
Total Census Basis (2)            112,627    182,956    116,787    190,117    114,522    202,614    116,418    189,875
Manufactured goods (3)             80,205    127,048     81,733    128,455     79,058    133,254     81,065    128,242
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,453      7,014      9,529      6,462      9,662      6,732      9,689      6,558
Mineral fuels (3)                   6,861     45,266      8,694     51,594      8,948     58,841      8,791     51,150
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machi      2,456      8,040      2,708      8,941      2,562      9,041      2,278      8,190
Airplanes, engines, and parts       7,289      2,185      7,584      2,323      6,263      2,166      8,062      1,926
Alcoholic beverages, distilled         84        402         84        506         96        463        101        411
Aluminum                              562      1,197        540      1,274        579      1,228        561      1,200
Animal feeds                          663        105        673        105        712        114        640        107
Artwork and antiques                  607        539        579        512        563        488        429        455
Basketware, etc.                      685      1,044        650        981        660      1,164        624        993
Cereal flour                          230        337        237        347        245        364        256        368
Chemicals - cosmetics                 964        779        953        792      1,027        899      1,056        808
Chemicals - dyeing                    568        280        558        269        594        280        578        265
Chemicals - fertilizers               722        652        680        549        863        497        861        861
Chemicals - inorganic               1,262      1,429      1,006      1,403      1,209      1,772      1,171      1,606
Chemicals - medicinal               3,169      4,528      3,180      5,824      3,194      5,325      3,214      5,265
Chemicals - n.e.s.                  2,125      1,122      2,339      1,072      2,240      1,036      2,296      1,067
Chemicals - organic                 3,014      4,326      3,262      4,073      3,280      4,094      3,606      3,935
Chemicals - plastics                3,739      1,630      3,783      1,620      3,872      1,739      3,837      1,616
Cigarettes                             57         15         56         15         63         18         51         13
Clothing                              257      5,849        254      6,563        272      7,739        297      7,722
Coal                                  825        287        762        452        529        411        705        408
Coffee                               (-)         354       (-)         327       (-)         344       (-)         322
Copper                                338      1,065        295        882        309      1,147        288      1,170
Cork, wood, and lumber                380        538        390        520        370        528        372        496
Corn                                1,157         27      1,278         16      1,235         12      1,289          6
Cotton, raw and linters               491          1        544          2        453          1        425       (-)
Crude fertilizers and minerals        203        231        210        256        245        293        236        313
Crude oil                             200     32,233        210     36,771        245     43,499        290     38,124
Electrical machinery (4)            6,955      9,558      6,974      9,472      7,065     10,021      7,319      9,723
Fish and preparations                 221      1,153        230      1,219        424      1,229        507      1,280
Footwear                               56      1,563         55      1,649         56      1,885         62      1,932
Furniture and bedding (4)             451      2,858        442      2,626        430      2,715        476      2,650
Gem diamonds                          511      2,395        906      1,715        464      2,087        412      1,436
General industrial machines         4,807      6,040      4,774      5,760      4,772      6,014      4,844      5,655
Glass (4)                             300        233        282        230        303        241        302        230
Glassware                              87        216         86        209         85        230         88        211
Gold, nonmonetary                   1,605        504      1,115        497      1,862        524        933        455
Hides and skins                       160          5        163          5        156          5        148          5
Iron and steel mill products        1,602      2,925      1,692      3,301      1,774      3,721      1,783      3,382
Jewelry                               306        802        436        660        330        816        434        730
Lighting and plumbing                 196        625        199        638        237        678        234        747
Liquefied propane and butane           64        332         81        375         72        456         56        546
Live animals                           39        209         59        192         54        162         44        177

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Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 14.  Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodity Groupings - continued

             2008
           Item (1)               May                  June                  July                 August
                                Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Meat and preparations               1,125        443      1,112        445      1,195        429      1,246        422
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          1,639      2,663      1,640      2,571      1,589      2,796      1,656      2,716
Metal ores and scrap                3,013        976      3,295        878      3,400        951      3,408      1,053
Metalworking machines                 496        707        518        727        528        771        551        731
Mineral fuels, other                  532        434        647        618        791        384        714        408
Natural gas                           485      3,326        423      3,307        525      3,896        350      2,856
Nickel                                138        362        137        355        134        316        126        225
Oils and fats of vegetable            196        419        218        360        176        439        229        515
Optical goods                         256        466        256        467        236        446        238        383
Paper and paperboard                1,219      1,519      1,236      1,528      1,313      1,582      1,324      1,545
Petroleum preparations              4,624      8,345      6,427      9,628      6,652      9,627      6,590      8,395
Photographic equipment                326        219        316        209        318        230        323        215
Plastic articles, n.e.s.              833      1,397        821      1,368        836      1,442        855      1,374
Platinum                              150        829        153        770        109        622         66        675
Pottery                                 9        118         10        111         11        131         10        147
Power generating machines (4)       2,734      4,272      3,205      4,183      2,540      4,073      2,872      4,133
Printed materials                     535        415        547        437        565        505        558        504
Pulp and waste paper                  693        377        688        291        695        359        717        367
Records and magnetic media            414        524        456        547        457        598        429        582
Rice                                  181         62        209         66        193         57        187         47
Rubber articles, n.e.s.               171        282        164        284        155        272        166        275
Rubber tires and tubes (4)            340        852        327        827        336        810        387        790
Scientific instruments (4)          3,585      3,137      3,805      3,268      3,541      3,194      3,686      2,953
Ships and boats                       458        144        333        101        246         92        216        103
Silver and bullion                     82        250        109        269         81        301        116        275
Soybeans                              781         17        873         17        804         15        675         13
Spacecraft (4)                       (-)        (-)        (-)        (-)          67       (-)        (-)        (-)
Specialized industrial machine      4,600      3,215      4,498      3,161      4,503      3,211      4,455      2,842
Sugar                                   4         53          4         40          3         53          4         57
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)               2,060     11,321      2,125     11,127      1,995     11,989      2,007     11,826
Textile yarn, fabric                1,056      1,939      1,055      1,840      1,036      1,904      1,056      1,926
Tobacco, unmanufactured                59         64         81         68         47         78         24         51
Toys, games, and sporting good        394      2,142        385      2,246        385      2,805        362      3,381
Travel goods                           38        709         38        748         42        764         38        711
Vegetables and fruits               1,213      1,736      1,215      1,465      1,201      1,420      1,151      1,380
Vehicles                            9,247     16,639      9,443     17,115      7,871     15,517      8,554     15,136
Watches, clocks, and parts             40        386         38        370         34        402         34        326
Wheat                               1,012        158        861        109      1,201         88      1,334         70
Wood manufactures                     219        774        207        763        205        804        197        782
Re-exports                         11,169       (-)      11,586       (-)      11,282       (-)      11,189       (-)
Agricultural commodities              268       (-)         205       (-)         192       (-)         217       (-)
Manufactured goods                 10,702       (-)      11,241       (-)      10,923       (-)      10,827       (-)
Mineral fuels                          95       (-)          37       (-)          53       (-)          29       (-)

(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Total exports, including re-exports (exports of foreign merchandise)
(3) Domestic exports
(4) Due to non-disclosure requirements, certain 10-digit Schedule B commodity classifications are
subject to suppression and require a change in aggregation.  For additional information see www.census.gov/ft900.
NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of the
FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
