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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)             January              February                March                 April
                                Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Balance of Payments Basis          97,784    169,296    103,594    166,927    110,203    172,922    109,067    183,858
Net Adjustments                      -893        946     -1,146      1,857       -729      1,728       -790      1,743
Total Census Basis (2)             98,677    168,350    104,740    165,070    110,932    171,194    109,857    182,115
Manufactured goods (3)             70,322    118,422     74,608    120,571     79,568    123,276     78,996    128,126
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,441      6,660     10,159      6,536     10,471      7,015      9,675      7,263
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,049     40,206      5,508     35,033      5,755     37,875      5,899     43,440
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machi      2,391      7,810      2,227      7,357      2,734      8,538      2,393      8,260
Airplanes, engines, and parts       6,118      2,136      7,163      2,228      7,031      2,466      7,132      2,393
Alcoholic beverages, distilled         58        385         75        316         79        400         93        469
Aluminum                              499      1,035        494        939        529      1,125        564      1,169
Animal feeds                          603         96        659         95        687        110        669        106
Artwork and antiques                  621        739        552        610        379        805        462        898
Basketware, etc.                      592        989        582      1,029        651        907        649        999
Cereal flour                          218        319        218        307        225        333        229        348
Chemicals - cosmetics                 878        727        876        747        965        810        993        815
Chemicals - dyeing                    478        266        485        251        494        271        549        286
Chemicals - fertilizers               290        674        313        639        497        678        403        653
Chemicals - inorganic               1,051      1,222        924      1,098      1,081      1,305        951      1,427
Chemicals - medicinal               2,768      4,416      3,031      4,974      2,874      5,262      2,945      4,781
Chemicals - n.e.s.                  2,062      1,022      2,036      1,033      2,116      1,075      2,240      1,127
Chemicals - organic                 2,891      4,102      3,007      4,041      3,110      3,941      2,999      4,169
Chemicals - plastics                3,209      1,481      3,341      1,546      3,425      1,679      3,610      1,613
Cigarettes                             69         15         52         11         68         10         61         15
Clothing                              245      6,383        259      6,244        285      5,572        267      5,635
Coal                                  405        229        431        233        518        283        758        363
Coffee                               (-)         296       (-)         295          1        357       (-)         355
Copper                                328        822        323        804        329        910        347      1,066
Cork, wood, and lumber                326        494        359        480        373        515        362        550
Corn                                1,226         10      1,271         20      1,330        128      1,284        101
Cotton, raw and linters               321          2        386          1        453          2        433          2
Crude fertilizers and minerals        166        165        187        206        170        227        203        227
Crude oil                              91     28,350        137     24,781        184     26,540        148     30,343
Electrical machinery (4)            6,811      8,965      6,728      9,047      7,223      9,331      6,991      9,827
Fish and preparations                 170      1,153        380      1,027        498        910        262        912
Footwear                               46      1,694         50      1,747         53      1,428         55      1,422
Furniture and bedding (4)             389      2,871        408      2,735        427      2,420        429      2,763
Gem diamonds                          529      1,607        553      1,688        695      1,839        516      1,565
General industrial machines         4,110      5,276      4,367      5,524      4,691      5,713      4,827      6,159
Glass (4)                             270        229        273        215        286        229        293        229
Glassware                              74        213         78        203         88        201         85        211
Gold, nonmonetary                   1,482        601      2,210        651      2,459        700      2,044        543
Hides and skins                       137          4        149          4        140          4        158          5
Iron and steel mill products        1,364      2,616      1,333      2,493      1,449      2,699      1,495      3,048
Jewelry                               369        765        427        626        475        720        333        757
Lighting and plumbing                 172        634        190        611        187        527        194        612
Liquefied propane and butane          131        625        144        408        116        350         87        368
Live animals                           53        281         59        282         64        269         55        238

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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)             January              February                March                 April
                                Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Meat and preparations                 811        405        868        370        877        426        986        395
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          1,475      2,488      1,508      2,454      1,561      2,317      1,601      2,523
Metal ores and scrap                1,964        644      2,128        671      2,124        722      2,619        894
Metalworking machines                 470        664        453        686        510        718        521        792
Mineral fuels, other                  505        265        528        259        492        210        427        438
Natural gas                           493      3,059        306      2,908        621      3,541        527      3,290
Nickel                                120        361        126        340        140        320        126        377
Oils and fats of vegetable            143        391        329        286        355        414        350        419
Optical goods                         261        426        268        426        269        416        243        443
Paper and paperboard                1,191      1,499      1,171      1,393      1,184      1,444      1,228      1,498
Petroleum preparations              3,334      7,377      3,874      6,161      3,685      6,669      3,811      8,332
Photographic equipment                270        186        290        207        287        230        316        221
Plastic articles, n.e.s.              755      1,257        768      1,254        803      1,168        832      1,364
Platinum                               70        640        149        817         99        791        112        613
Pottery                                 8        141         10        133          9        102         10        107
Power generating machines (4)       2,409      3,656      2,575      3,931      2,751      4,177      2,977      4,189
Printed materials                     505        462        487        393        516        420        524        429
Pulp and waste paper                  635        329        699        316        662        399        672        363
Records and magnetic media            444        554        389        519        465        559        436        549
Rice                                  130         46        173         42        176         41        182         46
Rubber articles, n.e.s.               153        257        158        268        161        269        167        285
Rubber tires and tubes (4)            285        782        326        760        330        845        320        882
Scientific instruments (4)          3,275      2,803      3,305      3,019      3,875      3,161      3,551      3,266
Ships and boats                       185        179        275        151        293        117        314        154
Silver and bullion                     75        247         59        220         88        273         76        289
Soybeans                            1,836         18      1,889         17      1,668         13      1,041         18
Spacecraft (4)                         65       (-)        (-)        (-)          85       (-)        (-)        (-)
Specialized industrial machine      3,992      2,864      4,030      3,041      4,575      3,152      4,744      3,311
Sugar                                   3         47          3         57          4         30          4         67
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)               2,004      9,826      1,814      9,333      2,271     10,420      2,056     11,139
Textile yarn, fabric                  962      1,898        986      1,809      1,015      1,716      1,048      1,852
Tobacco, unmanufactured                99         69        145         85        169         53        146         92
Toys, games, and sporting good        339      2,207        408      2,061        454      1,773        419      2,015
Travel goods                           34        618         40        629         40        479         37        570
Vegetables and fruits                 991      1,974      1,025      1,819      1,091      1,786      1,089      1,767
Vehicles                            6,642     15,452      8,345     18,391      8,639     17,639      8,715     18,348
Watches, clocks, and parts             27        351         37        344         45        290         31        354
Wheat                                 917         63        942         70      1,095        139        977        131
Wood manufactures                     182        740        189        685        197        658        209        735
Re-exports                         10,243       (-)      10,323       (-)      10,900       (-)      10,747       (-)
Agricultural commodities              306       (-)         280       (-)         287       (-)         265       (-)
Manufactured goods                  9,799       (-)       9,854       (-)      10,396       (-)      10,328       (-)
Mineral fuels                          51       (-)          57       (-)         121       (-)          27       (-)

(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.
