                                        
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY

(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.)


2009

Item (1)                               May                     April
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     82,773     117,094 (R)  80,203 (R)  119,341

Net Adjustments                      -987         345 (R)    -766 (R)     408

Total Census Basis (2)             83,761     116,749 (R)  80,969 (R) 118,933

Manufactured goods (3)             59,649      88,698      57,920      91,300
Agricultural commodities (3)        7,497       5,905       7,599       6,207
Mineral fuels (3)                   4,262      19,795       3,623      19,431

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,547       6,186       1,579       6,092
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   6,704       1,839       6,286       2,027
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       67         374          72         349
  Aluminum                            334         720         301         597
  Animal feeds                        643         101         610         108
  Artwork and antiques                712         293         198         391
  Basketware, etc.                    684         938         677         945
  Cereal flour                        239         310         234         309
  Chemicals - cosmetics               874         619         831         670
  Chemicals - dyeing                  459         187         422         170
  Chemicals - fertilizers             357         308         361         287
  Chemicals - inorganic               762         796         699         962
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,555       4,252       3,539       4,973
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,585         748       1,547         777
  Chemicals - organic               2,332       3,117       2,019       3,926
  Chemicals - plastics              2,653       1,111       2,452       1,029
  Cigarettes                           28          13          40          15
  Clothing                            232       4,921         228       4,874
  Coal                                304         178         336         107
  Coffee                              (-)         311         (-)         301
  Copper                              243         379         161         382
  Cork, wood, and lumber              274         296         292         284
  Corn                                778          20         809          95
  Cotton, raw and linters             370         (-)         360         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      139         125         117         127
  Crude oil                           121      13,810          85      14,096
  Electrical machinery (4)          4,879       7,027       4,811       6,959
  Fish and preparations               208       1,107         301         963
  Footwear                             52       1,380          50       1,201
  Furniture and bedding (4)           312       2,035         320       2,048
  Gem diamonds                        142       1,274         137         807
  General industrial machines       3,765       4,148       3,704       4,369
  Glass (4)                           221         167         195         166
  Glassware                            74         152          67         155
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,189         555         892         581
  Hides and skins                      98           2         100           2
  Iron and steel mill products        906       1,253         882       1,498
  Jewelry                             251         629         333         707
  Lighting and plumbing               165         475         155         481
  Liquefied propane and butane         58         127          88         157
  Live animals                         38         135          48         190
  Meat and preparations               963         387         925         419
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,157       1,756       1,164       1,708
  Metal ores and scrap              1,582         388       1,373         389
  Metalworking machines               374         332         372         408
  Mineral fuels, other                379         145         429         196
  Natural gas                         266       1,275         296       1,236
  Nickel                               73          89          76         164
  Oils and fats of vegetable          185         252         202         248
  Optical goods                       250         376         210         381
  Paper and paperboard              1,028       1,193         992       1,147
  Petroleum preparations            3,100       4,119       2,335       3,488
  Photographic equipment              269         131         264         134
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            667       1,161         666       1,131
  Platinum                             64         225          84         211
  Pottery                               7          78           7          81
  Power generating machines (4)     2,213       2,627       2,160       2,974
  Printed materials                   417         307         457         302
  Pulp and waste paper                551         147         474         165
  Records and magnetic media          316         390         320         484
  Rice                                206          42         208          42
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             125         188         129         192
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          280         654         262         638
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,048       2,410       3,002       2,531
  Ships and boats                     171          94         191          76
  Silver and bullion                   68         169          49         161
  Soybeans                            701          32         913          21
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)          88         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,982       1,971       3,109       2,173
  Sugar                                 4          92           4          74
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,507       9,588       1,602       9,005
  Textile yarn, fabric                766       1,491         715       1,470
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              26          77          69          46
  Toys, games, and sporting good      313       1,793         323       1,735
  Travel goods                         34         565          36         453
  Vegetables and fruits             1,177       1,568       1,051       1,674
  Vehicles                          4,696       7,969       4,866       8,945
  Watches, clocks, and parts           28         191          37         198
  Wheat                               451          61         435          76
  Wood manufactures                   144         546         137         523
Re-exports                          9,312         (X)       8,963         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            236                     249            
  Manufactured goods                8,981                   8,642            
  Mineral fuels                        31                      17            
                                        

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                                          2009                    2008
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    407,046     590,145     532,663     876,848

Net Adjustments                    -4,362       1,955      -4,170       7,162

Total Census Basis (2)            411,407     588,191     536,832     869,685

Manufactured goods (3)            294,205     453,083     383,698     617,443
Agricultural commodities (3)       38,716      30,846      49,198      34,488
Mineral fuels (3)                  19,244      92,920      29,071     201,819

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    8,440      30,354      12,202      40,005
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)  32,868       9,159      34,732      11,407
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      331       1,755         390       1,972
  Aluminum                          1,614       3,508       2,647       5,466
  Animal feeds                      2,875         508       3,282         511
  Artwork and antiques              2,249       1,959       2,622       3,591
  Basketware, etc.                  3,379       4,609       3,159       4,968
  Cereal flour                      1,180       1,549       1,120       1,643
  Chemicals - cosmetics             4,253       3,244       4,676       3,878
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,985         900       2,574       1,353
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,502       1,958       2,224       3,297
  Chemicals - inorganic             3,918       4,398       5,268       6,480
  Chemicals - medicinal            17,873      22,841      14,787      23,962
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                8,006       3,916      10,579       5,378
  Chemicals - organic               9,890      17,736      15,022      20,580
  Chemicals - plastics             11,884       5,320      17,325       7,949
  Cigarettes                          158          83         307          66
  Clothing                          1,189      26,174       1,312      29,683
  Coal                              2,173         757       2,937       1,395
  Coffee                                3       1,436           2       1,658
  Copper                              848       2,071       1,665       4,669
  Cork, wood, and lumber            1,396       1,396       1,799       2,577
  Corn                              3,746         246       6,267         285
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,521         (-)       2,084           8
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      632         674         928       1,056
  Crude oil                           527      63,246         760     142,247
  Electrical machinery (4)         24,363      34,270      34,707      46,729
  Fish and preparations             1,318       5,020       1,531       5,155
  Footwear                            248       7,151         260       7,855
  Furniture and bedding (4)         1,572      10,050       2,104      13,648
  Gem diamonds                        818       4,479       2,804       9,094
  General industrial machines      18,785      21,671      22,802      28,712
  Glass (4)                           989         814       1,422       1,135
  Glassware                           321         741         412       1,043
  Gold, nonmonetary                 5,540       2,942       9,801       2,999
  Hides and skins                     506          10         744          22
  Iron and steel mill products      4,657       9,864       7,244      13,781
  Jewelry                           1,714       3,056       1,911       3,670
  Lighting and plumbing               781       2,402         940       3,010
  Liquefied propane and butane        431       1,004         541       2,083
  Live animals                        226         926         270       1,279
  Meat and preparations             4,642       2,004       4,668       2,038
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        5,896       8,883       7,784      12,446
  Metal ores and scrap              6,890       2,158      11,849       3,907
  Metalworking machines             1,801       2,214       2,450       3,567
  Mineral fuels, other              1,978         918       2,483       1,606
  Natural gas                       1,666       7,598       2,432      16,124
  Nickel                              434         719         651       1,761
  Oils and fats of vegetable          761       1,409       1,372       1,929
  Optical goods                     1,019       1,833       1,297       2,177
  Paper and paperboard              5,012       5,982       5,993       7,354
  Petroleum preparations           12,150      18,491      19,328      36,884
  Photographic equipment            1,247         673       1,489       1,063
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,202       5,453       3,990       6,440
  Platinum                            384         868         581       3,690
  Pottery                              36         429          46         602
  Power generating machines (4)    11,555      14,645      13,446      20,226
  Printed materials                 2,179       1,567       2,567       2,119
  Pulp and waste paper              2,474         958       3,361       1,785
  Records and magnetic media        1,667       2,026       2,149       2,705
  Rice                              1,024         228         842         237
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             630         941         809       1,361
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        1,281       3,159       1,601       4,122
  Scientific instruments (4)       15,261      12,328      17,592      15,386
  Ships and boats                     798         484       1,524         744
  Silver and bullion                  279         796         379       1,279
  Soybeans                          5,966         118       7,214          83
  Spacecraft (4)                      150         (-)         150         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   15,574      10,961      21,941      15,583
  Sugar                                17         335          18         255
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             7,907      43,129      10,205      52,040
  Textile yarn, fabric              3,671       7,300       5,067       9,214
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             647         419         619         363
  Toys, games, and sporting good    1,588       9,051       2,014      10,199
  Travel goods                        177       2,531         189       3,005
  Vegetables and fruits             5,315       8,564       5,409       9,082
  Vehicles                         23,142      42,556      41,587      86,468
  Watches, clocks, and parts          143       1,019         179       1,725
  Wheat                             2,222         406       4,943         560
  Wood manufactures                   676       2,479         995       3,593
Re-exports                         45,356         (X)      53,382         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          1,303                   1,406            
  Manufactured goods               43,630                  51,079            
  Mineral fuels                       127                     351            
                                                  
(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 this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-09-101, BEA-09-32), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, May 2009.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
