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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)            September              October              November              December
                                Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Balance of Payments Basis         105,462    181,711    110,309    186,740     96,107    148,282     87,626    138,180
Net Adjustments                      -610      1,522       -929        858       -978        767       -860        417
Total Census Basis (2)            106,072    180,189    111,239    185,882     97,085    147,515     88,486    137,763
Manufactured goods (3)             76,049    130,296     78,471    134,159     69,066    112,827     63,242    105,707
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,051      6,424     10,629      6,897      9,322      6,473      8,168      6,628
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,217     39,701      5,876     41,064      5,084     25,019      4,394     22,697
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machi      2,363      8,370      2,328      8,166      1,950      6,884      2,247      6,930
Airplanes, engines, and parts       5,607      2,043      5,751      1,778      5,331      1,811      6,877      2,178
Alcoholic beverages, distilled        109        500        103        629         92        496         74        500
Aluminum                              547      1,189        533      1,249        417        949        379        874
Animal feeds                          607        115        639        106        570        100        487        101
Artwork and antiques                  357        526        306        915        323        678        230        348
Basketware, etc.                      641        953        708      1,102        631      1,006        618      1,030
Cereal flour                          255        406        268        425        258        379        231        335
Chemicals - cosmetics               1,006        781      1,037        802        913        787        868        830
Chemicals - dyeing                    552        257        582        255        455        203        345        192
Chemicals - fertilizers             1,027        950        549        886        173        817        164        520
Chemicals - inorganic               1,133      1,560      1,130      1,558      1,072      1,335        859      1,111
Chemicals - medicinal               3,206      4,972      3,278      5,121      3,446      4,011      3,075      4,731
Chemicals - n.e.s.                  2,160      1,120      2,102      1,083      1,929        945      1,642      1,011
Chemicals - organic                 2,529      3,781      2,853      4,284      2,071      3,321      1,633      3,735
Chemicals - plastics                3,312      1,679      3,340      1,678      2,657      1,401      2,156      1,230
Cigarettes                             55         15         56         20         63         15         55         18
Clothing                              264      7,972        291      7,879        268      5,709        212      5,626
Coal                                  889        360        946        400        833        320        595        212
Coffee                               (-)         322       (-)         300       (-)         236       (-)         296
Copper                                278        810        280        741        186        485        136        454
Cork, wood, and lumber                351        491        370        427        316        370        272        294
Corn                                1,184          5        987          6        933          9        758         12
Cotton, raw and linters               378       (-)         347       (-)         330       (-)         250          1
Crude fertilizers and minerals        217        302        255        296        184        265        153        187
Crude oil                             184     28,143        244     30,388        214     18,017        123     16,348
Electrical machinery (4)            6,911     10,165      7,381     10,212      6,324      8,508      5,369      7,792
Fish and preparations                 423      1,286        391      1,362        294      1,213        218      1,248
Footwear                               56      1,735         64      1,726         63      1,385         55      1,379
Furniture and bedding (4)             464      2,530        479      2,579        424      2,372        351      2,251
Gem diamonds                          441      1,790        375      1,538        308      1,125        232        960
General industrial machines         4,534      5,374      5,076      5,478      4,441      4,965      3,949      4,952
Glass (4)                             270        228        291        220        264        197        183        173
Glassware                              89        220         92        221         76        189         62        195
Gold, nonmonetary                   1,639        509      1,205        437      1,109        309      1,051        389
Hides and skins                       170          5        180          5        151          4         90          3
Iron and steel mill products        1,771      3,948      1,759      4,247      1,367      3,548      1,103      2,985
Jewelry                               483        963        468      1,144        424        925        348        707
Lighting and plumbing                 241        749        276        765        221        617        168        563
Liquefied propane and butane           57        486        110        231         54        247         40        330
Live animals                           61        256        162        242         75        235        101        211

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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)            September              October              November              December
                                Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Meat and preparations               1,231        403      1,252        403      1,011        421        870        483
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          1,562      2,706      1,742      2,760      1,498      2,279      1,272      2,128
Metal ores and scrap                2,485        811      2,331        660      1,428        608      1,235        440
Metalworking machines                 520        684        558        713        514        643        435        712
Mineral fuels, other                  665        468        755        547        472        250        504        171
Natural gas                           324      2,335        238      2,215        299      1,883        288      1,807
Nickel                                128        237        139        221        123        158        127        156
Oils and fats of vegetable            200        364        218        424        121        469        158        295
Optical goods                         220        441        244        420        201        387        170        370
Paper and paperboard                1,313      1,611      1,359      1,641      1,114      1,490      1,016      1,323
Petroleum preparations              3,010      7,671      3,488      7,104      3,118      4,147      2,772      3,645
Photographic equipment                307        202        311        208        284        191        247        171
Plastic articles, n.e.s.              821      1,385        878      1,387        707      1,240        603      1,157
Platinum                               62        432         47        321         79        425         64        179
Pottery                                 9        156         13        160         11        127         10        117
Power generating machines (4)       2,895      4,186      3,097      4,449      2,788      3,466      2,817      3,471
Printed materials                     540        508        588        507        505        419        484        373
Pulp and waste paper                  652        351        654        358        490        254        488        237
Records and magnetic media            439        615        477        667        442        548        401        474
Rice                                  182         29        201         26        193         44        191         38
Rubber articles, n.e.s.               170        267        184        269        145        229        123        213
Rubber tires and tubes (4)            382        826        396        823        316        782        237        726
Scientific instruments (4)          3,498      3,234      3,616      3,376      3,403      2,846      3,448      3,017
Ships and boats                       217        430        228         76        196         55        153         73
Silver and bullion                     80        249         91        298         63        173         45        158
Soybeans                              494          8      1,957         19      1,770         15      1,668         12
Spacecraft (4)                       (-)        (-)        (-)        (-)        (-)           7       (-)          27
Specialized industrial machine      3,983      2,656      4,709      2,850      4,073      2,541      3,766      2,730
Sugar                                   3         27          3         57          4         53          2         72
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)               2,036     12,639      2,162     13,291      1,828     11,031      2,022      9,243
Textile yarn, fabric                1,023      1,848      1,060      1,944        887      1,647        676      1,531
Tobacco, unmanufactured                43         65        102         46        165         57        158         84
Toys, games, and sporting good        408      3,948        412      4,355        384      3,217        347      2,467
Travel goods                           38        746         45        796         38        638         34        579
Vegetables and fruits               1,150      1,269      1,418      1,449      1,360      1,428      1,135      1,651
Vehicles                            8,635     14,318      8,893     15,723      7,773     13,995      6,114     12,526
Watches, clocks, and parts             33        433         37        427         31        357         31        300
Wheat                               1,106         60        809         64        628         72        413         58
Wood manufactures                     191        706        192        688        149        614        133        496
Re-exports                         11,208       (-)      11,841       (-)      10,548       (-)      10,031       (-)
Agricultural commodities              219       (-)         261       (-)         256       (-)         239       (-)
Manufactured goods                 10,844       (-)      11,420       (-)      10,176       (-)       9,696       (-)
Mineral fuels                          50       (-)          79       (-)          39       (-)          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.
