                                        
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)                               November                October
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     93,674     143,390 (R)  98,932     147,263

Net Adjustments                      -948         411 (R)  -1,353         469

Total Census Basis (2)             94,621     142,979 (R) 100,285     146,793

Manufactured goods (3)             64,251     109,814      70,219     113,429
Agricultural commodities (3)       10,683       5,899       9,410       5,987
Mineral fuels (3)                   4,991      24,644       5,229      24,236

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,821       9,333       1,982       9,176
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   5,916       1,659       7,316       1,815
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       95         481         119         539
  Aluminum                            399         738         423         747
  Animal feeds                        871          84         682          90
  Artwork and antiques                187         854         420         580
  Basketware, etc.                    627         985         748         967
  Cereal flour                        258         398         274         424
  Chemicals - cosmetics               987         720       1,066         794
  Chemicals - dyeing                  492         223         551         234
  Chemicals - fertilizers             213         333         361         369
  Chemicals - inorganic               975       1,091         958         977
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,341       6,164       4,151       5,322
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,773         824       1,840         862
  Chemicals - organic               2,368       3,074       2,522       3,719
  Chemicals - plastics              2,961       1,207       3,147       1,238
  Cigarettes                           33          12          46          13
  Clothing                            242       5,249         282       6,655
  Coal                                581         127         651         133
  Coffee                              (-)         211         (-)         233
  Copper                              211         598         203         483
  Cork, wood, and lumber              309         298         322         314
  Corn                                671           6         654           3
  Cotton, raw and linters             207         (-)         213         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      167         164         163         133
  Crude oil                           163      18,251         156      17,973
  Electrical machinery (4)          5,664       8,455       6,128       8,970
  Fish and preparations               290       1,100         390       1,178
  Footwear                             58       1,266          60       1,511
  Furniture and bedding (4)           373       2,080         382       2,153
  Gem diamonds                        187       1,219         201       1,376
  General industrial machines       3,765       4,021       3,983       4,167
  Glass (4)                           267         187         289         191
  Glassware                            79         168          86         185
  Gold, nonmonetary                   983         944       1,393         872
  Hides and skins                     127           4         123           3
  Iron and steel mill products      1,108       1,276       1,159       1,478
  Jewelry                             385         999         473       1,039
  Lighting and plumbing               194         507         210         589
  Liquefied propane and butane        173         242         162         181
  Live animals                        109         200         133         176
  Meat and preparations               980         347       1,038         363
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,240       1,783       1,341       1,898
  Metal ores and scrap              1,856         385       1,963         553
  Metalworking machines               349         357         391         415
  Mineral fuels, other                444         142         492         195
  Natural gas                         226         996         162       1,104
  Nickel                               72         168          74         177
  Oils and fats of vegetable          166         298         202         271
  Optical goods                       232         408         266         386
  Paper and paperboard              1,104       1,201       1,187       1,278
  Petroleum preparations            3,353       4,716       3,562       4,508
  Photographic equipment              279         155         308         163
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            723       1,142         780       1,204
  Platinum                             66         356          65         452
  Pottery                              10         110           8         125
  Power generating machines (4)     2,356       3,021       2,523       3,404
  Printed materials                   462         348         532         384
  Pulp and waste paper                613         229         612         212
  Records and magnetic media          396         489         481         506
  Rice                                160          43         157          56
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             145         229         160         240
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          308         681         367         680
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,242       2,858       3,452       2,948
  Ships and boats                     192          31         139          70
  Silver and bullion                  101         230         118         234
  Soybeans                          3,241          19       2,111          14
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    2,945       1,897       3,247       1,892
  Sugar                                 3          67           4         105
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,703      12,744       1,853      12,223
  Textile yarn, fabric                818       1,555         889       1,618
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             139          82         115          59
  Toys, games, and sporting good      396       3,009         408       3,578
  Travel goods                         38         566          46         594
  Vegetables and fruits             1,461       1,482       1,346       1,404
  Vehicles                          7,071      13,999       6,849      14,036
  Watches, clocks, and parts           31         339          38         342
  Wheat                               419          30         470          44
  Wood manufactures                   144         498         168         527
Re-exports                         11,146         (X)      11,640         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            226         (X)         217         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               10,791         (X)      11,270         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        33         (X)          73         (X)
                                         

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    947,597   1,416,593   1,189,368   1,979,066

Net Adjustments                   -10,186       4,100      -9,588      13,188

Total Census Basis (2)            957,783   1,412,493   1,198,956   1,965,878

Manufactured goods (3)            676,058   1,077,046     849,141   1,384,676
Agricultural commodities (3)       88,572      65,481     107,080      74,034
Mineral fuels (3)                  49,089     242,389      71,680     469,188

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   19,082      81,072      26,392      89,596
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)  70,390      19,825      73,329      23,453
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      923       4,500         974       4,977
  Aluminum                          3,918       7,930       5,825      12,555
  Animal feeds                      6,941       1,073       7,123       1,157
  Artwork and antiques              4,367       4,711       5,180       7,165
  Basketware, etc.                  7,415      10,547       7,074      11,166
  Cereal flour                      2,720       3,821       2,639       3,933
  Chemicals - cosmetics            10,148       7,675      10,666       8,747
  Chemicals - dyeing                5,006       2,206       5,893       2,881
  Chemicals - fertilizers           3,308       3,696       6,377       7,857
  Chemicals - inorganic             9,443       9,960      11,988      15,715
  Chemicals - medicinal            38,854      53,568      34,304      54,480
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               18,490       8,659      23,646      11,702
  Chemicals - organic              24,865      39,301      32,623      44,067
  Chemicals - plastics             29,977      12,495      38,125      17,681
  Cigarettes                          385         169         650         162
  Clothing                          2,692      63,943       2,957      73,267
  Coal                              5,537       1,594       7,600       3,746
  Coffee                                5       3,108           3       3,508
  Copper                            2,153       4,981       3,302       9,904
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,187       3,272       3,969       5,410
  Corn                              8,474         279      13,173         338
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,120           1       4,562          12
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,602       1,503       2,275       2,780
  Crude oil                         1,401     173,588       2,147     337,189
  Electrical machinery (4)         57,994      83,323      76,681     104,831
  Fish and preparations             3,501      11,799       3,799      12,746
  Footwear                            571      16,168         617      18,166
  Furniture and bedding (4)         3,657      22,372       4,819      29,120
  Gem diamonds                      1,948      11,512       5,710      18,784
  General industrial machines      41,166      46,040      51,243      61,958
  Glass (4)                         2,571       1,931       3,134       2,480
  Glassware                           788       1,798         928       2,324
  Gold, nonmonetary                12,461       7,913      17,664       5,730
  Hides and skins                   1,176          27       1,711          51
  Iron and steel mill products     10,963      16,847      17,390      35,925
  Jewelry                           3,971       7,874       4,486       8,908
  Lighting and plumbing             1,945       5,643       2,348       7,204
  Liquefied propane and butane      1,212       1,912         971       4,424
  Live animals                        669       1,816         724       2,543
  Meat and preparations            10,572       4,216      11,714       4,563
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       13,361      19,641      17,471      28,275
  Metal ores and scrap             17,977       4,950      28,197       8,868
  Metalworking machines             3,901       4,519       5,639       7,836
  Mineral fuels, other              4,573       2,237       6,526       4,281
  Natural gas                       2,804      13,375       4,592      32,616
  Nickel                              855       1,510       1,439       3,274
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,769       3,114       2,535       4,501
  Optical goods                     2,518       4,106       2,691       4,720
  Paper and paperboard             11,738      13,309      13,652      16,750
  Petroleum preparations           32,996      47,765      48,612      83,457
  Photographic equipment            2,921       1,598       3,348       2,318
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,515      12,596       8,907      14,636
  Platinum                            798       2,655       1,098       6,937
  Pottery                              89       1,085         110       1,434
  Power generating machines (4)    25,576      33,287      30,842      44,716
  Printed materials                 5,097       3,881       5,871       4,999
  Pulp and waste paper              6,048       2,203       7,256       3,767
  Records and magnetic media        3,953       4,742       4,849       6,261
  Rice                              1,979         531       2,007         506
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,464       2,247       1,793       2,957
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        3,341       7,423       3,745       8,979
  Scientific instruments (4)       34,491      28,982      39,140      34,258
  Ships and boats                   1,734       1,222       2,961       1,602
  Silver and bullion                  791       1,935         920       2,845
  Soybeans                         13,878         191      13,786         170
  Spacecraft (4)                      150         (-)         217           7
  Specialized industrial machine   33,650      22,154      48,162      32,844
  Sugar                                37         707          40         543
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            18,193     108,687      22,358     123,943
  Textile yarn, fabric              8,511      16,627      11,184      20,323
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,029         805       1,081         728
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,806      25,840       4,349      30,150
  Travel goods                        409       5,902         429       7,408
  Vegetables and fruits            12,613      16,871      12,904      17,493
  Vehicles                         58,427     113,096      92,757     178,273
  Watches, clocks, and parts          322       2,797         386       4,039
  Wheat                             5,041         668      10,881       1,022
  Wood manufactures                 1,580       5,753       2,138       7,950
Re-exports                        108,380         (X)     121,035         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          2,540         (X)       2,756         (X)
  Manufactured goods              104,751         (X)     116,511         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       328         (X)         638         (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-10-03, BEA-10-01), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division,November 2009.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
