                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
      EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY
                           GROUPINGS - 2009 AND 2008
                                        
     (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)                               DECEMBER                NOVEMBER
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     98,058     145,994      93,593     143,352

Net Adjustments                    -1,134         358        -948         417

Total Census Basis (2)             99,192     145,636      94,541     142,935

Manufactured goods (3)             68,360     108,545      64,251     109,814
Agricultural commodities (3)       10,008       6,390      10,683       5,899
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,270      27,906       4,991      24,644

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,199      10,054       1,821       9,333
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4)  7,871       1,990       5,916       1,659
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       85         511          95         481
  Aluminum                            373         779         399         738
  Animal feeds                        826          89         871          84
  Artwork and antiques                222         331         187         854
  Basketware, etc.                    659         984         627         985
  Cereal flour                        235         341         258         398
  Chemicals - cosmetics               971         730         987         720
  Chemicals - dyeing                  521         218         492         223
  Chemicals - fertilizers             186         451         213         333
  Chemicals - inorganic               862         833         975       1,091
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,017       6,342       3,341       6,164
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,928         902       1,773         824
  Chemicals - organic               2,711       2,844       2,368       3,074
  Chemicals - plastics              3,069       1,196       2,961       1,207
  Cigarettes                           29          14          33          12
  Clothing                            225       5,392         242       5,249
  Coal                                602         177         581         127
  Coffee                                1         267         (-)         211
  Copper                              202         623         211         598
  Cork, wood, and lumber              306         302         309         298
  Corn                                702           5         671           6
  Cotton, raw and linters             313         (-)         207         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      166         174         167         164
  Crude oil                           218      20,802         163      18,251
  Electrical machinery (4)          5,954       8,380       5,664       8,455
  Fish and preparations               261       1,182         290       1,100
  Footwear                             49       1,355          58       1,266
  Furniture and bedding (4)           356       2,220         373       2,080
  Gem diamonds                        209       1,224         187       1,219
  General industrial machines       3,842       4,260       3,765       4,021
  Glass (4)                           252         186         267         187
  Glassware                            74         168          79         168
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,442         812         983         944
  Hides and skins                     125           4         127           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,051       1,389       1,108       1,276
  Jewelry                             353         802         385         999
  Lighting and plumbing               191         479         194         507
  Liquefied propane and butane        206         292         173         242
  Live animals                        116         188         109         200
  Meat and preparations               994         383         980         347
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,273       1,784       1,240       1,783
  Metal ores and scrap              2,053         501       1,856         385
  Metalworking machines               391         433         349         357
  Mineral fuels, other                504         200         444         142
  Natural gas                         262       1,449         226         996
  Nickel                               78         159          72         168
  Oils and fats of vegetable          221         309         166         298
  Optical goods                       252         406         232         408
  Paper and paperboard              1,141       1,154       1,104       1,201
  Petroleum preparations            3,435       4,824       3,353       4,716
  Photographic equipment              287         179         279         155
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            702       1,152         723       1,142
  Platinum                             46         327          66         356
  Pottery                              11         104          10         110
  Power generating machines (4)     2,548       2,917       2,356       3,021
  Printed materials                   493         351         462         348
  Pulp and waste paper                651         238         613         229
  Records and magnetic media          462         441         396         489
  Rice                                195          58         160          43
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             159         234         145         229
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          300         716         308         681
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,630       3,000       3,242       2,858
  Ships and boats                     174          46         192          31
  Silver and bullion                   98         213         101         230
  Soybeans                          2,597          20       3,241          19
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,321       2,122       2,945       1,897
  Sugar                                 4          76           3          67
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,863      10,713       1,703      12,744
  Textile yarn, fabric                762       1,614         818       1,555
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             131          90         139          82
  Toys, games, and sporting good      358       2,078         396       3,009
  Travel goods                         40         546          38         566
  Vegetables and fruits             1,399       1,692       1,461       1,482
  Vehicles                          6,800      14,547       7,071      13,999
  Watches, clocks, and parts           35         270          31         339
  Wheat                               338          31         419          30
  Wood manufactures                   145         479         144         498
Re-exports                         11,807         (X)       11,146         (X) 

  Agricultural commodities            279         (X)         226          (X)
  Manufactured goods               11,414         (X)      10,791          (X)
  Mineral fuels                        34         (X)          33          (X)
                                        
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                                          2009                    2008
Item (1)                                 Annual                   Annual
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,045,575   1,562,549   1,276,994   2,117,245

Net Adjustments                   -11,320       4,464     -10,448      13,605

Total Census Basis (2)          1,056,895   1,558,085   1,287,442   2,103,641

Manufactured goods (3)            744,417   1,185,591     912,382   1,490,383
Agricultural commodities (3)       98,580      71,871     115,248      80,662
Mineral fuels (3)                  54,358     270,295      76,075     491,885

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   21,282      91,126      28,639      96,526
  Airplanes, engines, and parts (4)78,261      21,815      80,206      25,630
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled    1,007       5,011       1,049       5,478
  Aluminum                          4,291       8,709       6,204      13,429
  Animal feeds                      7,767       1,162       7,610       1,258
  Artwork and antiques              4,589       5,042       5,409       7,513
  Basketware, etc.                  8,074      11,531       7,692      12,196
  Cereal flour                      2,955       4,162       2,870       4,268
  Chemicals - cosmetics            11,119       8,404      11,534       9,577
  Chemicals - dyeing                5,526       2,423       6,238       3,073
  Chemicals - fertilizers           3,495       4,146       6,540       8,377
  Chemicals - inorganic            10,305      10,793      12,846      16,826
  Chemicals - medicinal            41,871      59,910      37,379      59,212
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               20,418       9,561      25,287      12,713
  Chemicals - organic              27,576      42,145      34,256      47,802
  Chemicals - plastics             33,046      13,690      40,281      18,912
  Cigarettes                          414         183         706         180
  Clothing                          2,917      69,335       3,169      78,893
  Coal                              6,139       1,772       8,196       3,958
  Coffee                                7       3,375           3       3,804
  Copper                            2,355       5,604       3,439      10,358
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,493       3,575       4,241       5,704
  Corn                              9,176         283      13,931         350
  Cotton, raw and linters           3,434           1       4,812          12
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,768       1,678       2,428       2,966
  Crude oil                         1,620     194,390       2,270     353,537
  Electrical machinery (4)         63,948      91,703      82,049     112,623
  Fish and preparations             3,762      12,980       4,017      13,994
  Footwear                            620      17,523         673      19,545
  Furniture and bedding (4)         4,014      24,592       5,170      31,371
  Gem diamonds                      2,156      12,736       5,943      19,744
  General industrial machines      45,008      50,300      55,192      66,910
  Glass (4)                         2,823       2,118       3,317       2,653
  Glassware                           863       1,966         990       2,519
  Gold, nonmonetary                13,903       8,725      18,714       6,120
  Hides and skins                   1,301          31       1,801          53
  Iron and steel mill products     12,014      18,235      18,493      38,910
  Jewelry                           4,324       8,676       4,834       9,615
  Lighting and plumbing             2,136       6,122       2,516       7,767
  Liquefied propane and butane      1,418       2,203       1,011       4,755
  Live animals                        785       2,004         826       2,755
  Meat and preparations            11,566       4,599      12,584       5,046
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       14,634      21,425      18,743      30,403
  Metal ores and scrap             20,030       5,451      29,431       9,309
  Metalworking machines             4,292       4,952       6,074       8,548
  Mineral fuels, other              5,077       2,437       7,030       4,452
  Natural gas                       3,066      14,824       4,879      34,423
  Nickel                              933       1,669       1,567       3,430
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,991       3,423       2,693       4,796
  Optical goods                     2,769       4,511       2,860       5,090
  Paper and paperboard             12,879      14,463      14,668      18,073
  Petroleum preparations           36,431      52,590      51,384      87,103
  Photographic equipment            3,208       1,777       3,595       2,489
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          8,217      13,748       9,511      15,793
  Platinum                            844       2,982       1,161       7,115
  Pottery                             100       1,188         120       1,551
  Power generating machines (4)    28,124      36,204      33,658      48,187
  Printed materials                 5,591       4,232       6,355       5,372
  Pulp and waste paper              6,699       2,441       7,744       4,004
  Records and magnetic media        4,415       5,183       5,250       6,735
  Rice                              2,175         588       2,198         545
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,622       2,481       1,915       3,169
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        3,641       8,139       3,981       9,705
  Scientific instruments (4)       38,121      31,982      42,588      37,275
  Ships and boats                   1,907       1,268       3,114       1,675
  Silver and bullion                  889       2,148         965       3,003
  Soybeans                         16,475         210      15,455         182
  Spacecraft (4)                      150         (-)         217          34
  Specialized industrial machine   36,971      24,276      51,928      35,574
  Sugar                                42         783          42         615
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            20,056     119,401      24,379     133,187
  Textile yarn, fabric              9,273      18,241      11,860      21,854
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,160         894       1,238         811
  Toys, games, and sporting good    4,164      27,919       4,697      32,617
  Travel goods                        449       6,448         463       7,986
  Vegetables and fruits            14,012      18,563      14,040      19,145
  Vehicles                         65,227     127,643      98,871     190,799
  Watches, clocks, and parts          356       3,067         416       4,340
  Wheat                             5,379         698      11,294       1,080
  Wood manufactures                 1,725       6,232       2,270       8,446
Re-exports                        120,187         (X)     131,066         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          2,820         (X)       2,994         (X)
  Manufactured goods              116,165         (X)     126,207         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       362         (X)         667         (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-10-20, BEA-10-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2009.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
