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

In millions of dollars.  Details 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)                               September               August
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     90,686     141,621 (R)  86,701 (R) 131,658

Net Adjustments                      -775         368 (R)    -728 (R)     434

Total Census Basis (2)             91,461     141,253 (R)  87,429 (R) 131,224

Manufactured goods (3)             64,465     106,467      61,436      98,775
Agricultural commodities (3)        7,293       5,464       7,406       5,510
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,162      26,598       4,914      24,226

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,748       8,229       1,658       7,694
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4)  6,256       1,678       5,270       1,359
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      109         482          91         384
  Aluminum                            399         747         376         715
  Animal feeds                        551          90         607          96
  Artwork and antiques                266         473         173         293
  Basketware, etc.                    691       1,029         656         947
  Cereal flour                        238         386         278         383
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,014         744         987         738
  Chemicals - dyeing                  503         215         497         219
  Chemicals - fertilizers             263         310         281         264
  Chemicals - inorganic               892         953         930         822
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,255       5,185       3,329       4,503
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,716         774       1,727         743
  Chemicals - organic               2,542       3,626       2,531       3,595
  Chemicals - plastics              3,132       1,207       3,050       1,199
  Cigarettes                           34          16          37          14
  Clothing                            248       6,822         259       6,635
  Coal                                588         147         512         111
  Coffee                              (-)         238         (-)         282
  Copper                              213         577         218         421
  Cork, wood, and lumber              299         310         301         328
  Corn                                854           4         852           3
  Cotton, raw and linters             246         (-)         270         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      153         117         171         129
  Crude oil                           156      20,097         146      17,681
  Electrical machinery (4)          5,743       8,605       5,452       7,999
  Fish and preparations               389       1,100         449       1,117
  Footwear                             53       1,502          54       1,616
  Furniture and bedding (4)           357       1,998         342       2,038
  Gem diamonds                        209       1,254         153         908
  General industrial machines       3,807       3,948       3,667       3,948
  Glass (4)                           276         186         256         192
  Glassware                            79         185          72         175
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,246         711       1,268         636
  Hides and skins                     103           3         112           2
  Iron and steel mill products      1,133       1,151       1,001         903
  Jewelry                             400         884         327         628
  Lighting and plumbing               227         581         183         573
  Liquefied propane and butane        146         118         129         114
  Live animals                         46         150          77         124
  Meat and preparations               990         328         965         357
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,267       1,819       1,234       1,767
  Metal ores and scrap              2,138         544       1,966         483
  Metalworking machines               360         426         328         363
  Mineral fuels, other                355         217         425         298
  Natural gas                         200         960         159         966
  Nickel                               79         172          67         127
  Oils and fats of vegetable          158         323         198         290
  Optical goods                       245         366         233         337
  Paper and paperboard              1,125       1,223       1,131       1,202
  Petroleum preparations            3,674       4,857       3,502       4,859
  Photographic equipment              279         147         278         150
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            712       1,175         738       1,183
  Platinum                            112         277          51         313
  Pottery                               9         126           9         114
  Power generating machines (4)     2,437       3,263       2,281       3,011
  Printed materials                   509         415         483         418
  Pulp and waste paper                611         223         617         209
  Records and magnetic media          409         454         333         417
  Rice                                123          44         150          47
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             139         227         136         212
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          351         749         359         734
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,261       2,906       3,033       2,590
  Ships and boats                     127          95         155         387
  Silver and bullion                   86         169          70         187
  Soybeans                            507           6         687           8
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,934       1,908       2,927       1,765
  Sugar                                 4          38           3          43
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,709      10,716       1,701       9,847
  Textile yarn, fabric                794       1,564         793       1,545
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              66          79          20          44
  Toys, games, and sporting good      386       3,315         353       2,788
  Travel goods                         41         538          36         526
  Vegetables and fruits             1,112       1,241       1,064       1,263
  Vehicles                          6,262      12,317       5,958      11,083
  Watches, clocks, and parts           25         412          31         228
  Wheat                               616          37         459          40
  Wood manufactures                   148         553         154         582
Re-exports                         10,595         (X)       9,775         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            187         (X)         188         (X)
  Manufactured goods               10,317         (X)       9,495         (X)
  Mineral fuels                         9         (X)          18         (X)
                                        

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    755,032   1,126,198     982,951   1,644,043

Net Adjustments                    -7,887       3,222      -7,681      11,563

Total Census Basis (2)            762,919   1,122,977     990,632   1,632,481

Manufactured goods (3)            541,588     853,803     701,604   1,137,690
Agricultural commodities (3)       68,479      53,594      87,128      60,664
Mineral fuels (3)                  38,869     193,508      60,720     403,105

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   15,279      62,564      22,113      74,547
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4) 57,159      16,351      62,248      19,864
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      708       3,480         780       3,852
  Aluminum                          3,096       6,445       4,875      10,357
  Animal feeds                      5,388         898       5,913         951
  Artwork and antiques              3,761       3,276       4,551       5,572
  Basketware, etc.                  6,040       8,595       5,734       9,059
  Cereal flour                      2,187       2,999       2,113       3,128
  Chemicals - cosmetics             8,095       6,160       8,717       7,158
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,963       1,748       4,856       2,424
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,734       2,994       5,655       6,154
  Chemicals - inorganic             7,510       7,892       9,786      12,821
  Chemicals - medicinal            31,361      42,082      27,581      45,348
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               14,878       6,973      19,615       9,674
  Chemicals - organic              19,974      32,508      27,699      36,462
  Chemicals - plastics             23,870      10,050      32,129      14,603
  Cigarettes                          306         144         531         127
  Clothing                          2,169      52,039       2,399      59,679
  Coal                              4,305       1,334       5,822       3,026
  Coffee                                5       2,665           3       2,973
  Copper                            1,739       3,900       2,836       8,678
  Cork, wood, and lumber            2,556       2,660       3,283       4,613
  Corn                              7,149         269      11,252         324
  Cotton, raw and linters           2,701         (-)       3,885          12
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,271       1,207       1,836       2,219
  Crude oil                         1,083     137,363       1,689     288,784
  Electrical machinery (4)         46,202      65,898      62,976      86,111
  Fish and preparations             2,821       9,520       3,113      10,170
  Footwear                            453      13,392         491      15,056
  Furniture and bedding (4)         2,902      18,139       3,916      24,169
  Gem diamonds                      1,560       8,918       5,028      16,121
  General industrial machines      33,418      37,853      41,726      51,515
  Glass (4)                         2,014       1,553       2,578       2,064
  Glassware                           624       1,444         760       1,913
  Gold, nonmonetary                10,085       6,097      15,350       4,984
  Hides and skins                     926          20       1,381          42
  Iron and steel mill products      8,697      14,092      14,265      28,131
  Jewelry                           3,112       5,835       3,594       6,839
  Lighting and plumbing             1,541       4,546       1,851       5,821
  Liquefied propane and butane        877       1,489         807       3,946
  Live animals                        428       1,441         488       2,067
  Meat and preparations             8,554       3,505       9,451       3,738
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       10,780      15,959      14,232      23,236
  Metal ores and scrap             14,158       4,012      24,437       7,600
  Metalworking machines             3,160       3,747       4,567       6,481
  Mineral fuels, other              3,637       1,899       5,299       3,484
  Natural gas                       2,416      11,275       4,055      28,518
  Nickel                              710       1,165       1,177       2,895
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,401       2,545       2,195       3,608
  Optical goods                     2,020       3,312       2,246       3,913
  Paper and paperboard              9,447      10,830      11,179      13,619
  Petroleum preparations           26,081      38,542      42,005      72,206
  Photographic equipment            2,334       1,280       2,753       1,920
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          6,012      10,250       7,323      12,009
  Platinum                            667       1,847         972       6,191
  Pottery                              71         850          86       1,147
  Power generating machines (4)    20,697      26,862      24,957      36,800
  Printed materials                 4,104       3,149       4,778       4,073
  Pulp and waste paper              4,823       1,761       6,112       3,154
  Records and magnetic media        3,077       3,746       3,930       5,046
  Rice                              1,663         432       1,613         436
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,158       1,778       1,464       2,459
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        2,666       6,061       3,033       7,375
  Scientific instruments (4)       27,797      23,176      32,121      28,036
  Ships and boats                   1,403       1,121       2,536       1,471
  Silver and bullion                  572       1,471         765       2,373
  Soybeans                          8,526         158      10,060         136
  Spacecraft (4)                      150         (-)         217         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   27,457      18,365      39,380      27,453
  Sugar                                31         534          33         432
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            14,638      83,720      18,368      99,622
  Textile yarn, fabric              6,803      13,454       9,237      16,733
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             775         663         814         624
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,002      19,254       3,553      22,577
  Travel goods                        325       4,742         346       5,974
  Vegetables and fruits             9,806      13,986      10,126      14,617
  Vehicles                         44,507      85,062      76,091     148,555
  Watches, clocks, and parts          253       2,117         319       3,255
  Wheat                             4,152         594       9,445         887
  Wood manufactures                 1,268       4,728       1,796       6,648
Re-exports                         85,594         (X)      98,646         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          2,097         (X)       2,239         (X)
  Manufactured goods               82,690         (X)      94,915         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       222         (X)         520         (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, 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-09-171, BEA-09-09), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2009.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
