                        Part B: Not Seasonally Adjusted
                  Exhibit 15. Exports and Imports of Goods by 
                           Principal SITC Commodities
                                        
      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.
                                        

2010

Item (1)                               January
                                Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     91,842     136,499

Net Adjustments                      -845         423

Total Census Basis (2)             92,688     136,076

Manufactured goods (3)             63,216      99,586
Agricultural commodities (3)        9,730       6,438
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,185      27,504

Selected commodities (3)                             

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,815       8,422
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   5,530       1,895
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       60         364
  Aluminum                            365         887
  Animal feeds                        892          96
  Artwork and antiques                211         544
  Basketware, etc.                    676       1,074
  Cereal flour                        240         326
  Chemicals - cosmetics               929         689
  Chemicals - dyeing                  509         221
  Chemicals - fertilizers             173         665
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,038         856
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,783       5,064
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,792         836
  Chemicals - organic               2,688       3,207
  Chemicals - plastics              3,219       1,231
  Cigarettes                           39          16
  Clothing                            222       5,506
  Coal                                657         137
  Coffee                                1         261
  Copper                              262         761
  Cork, wood, and lumber              295         290
  Corn                                736           5
  Cotton, raw and linters             361         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      177         127
  Crude oil                           101      18,645
  Electrical machinery (4)          5,709       7,928
  Fish and preparations               177       1,070
  Footwear                             50       1,625
  Furniture and bedding (4)           336       2,365
  Gem diamonds                        197       1,314
  General industrial machines       3,640       4,069
  Glass (4)                           261         187
  Glassware                            67         159
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,572         820
  Hides and skins                     116           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,119       1,534
  Jewelry                             362         675
  Lighting and plumbing               151         518
  Liquefied propane and butane        263         351
  Live animals                         78         162
  Meat and preparations               882         359
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,230       1,858
  Metal ores and scrap              1,716         494
  Metalworking machines               335         364
  Mineral fuels, other                610         209
  Natural gas                         372       1,873
  Nickel                               79         144
  Oils and fats of vegetable          270         306
  Optical goods                       238         370
  Paper and paperboard              1,131       1,166
  Petroleum preparations            3,119       6,050
  Photographic equipment              264         137
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            691       1,185
  Platinum                             79         275
  Pottery                               7         110
  Power generating machines (4)     2,054       2,873
  Printed materials                   431         323
  Pulp and waste paper                629         287
  Records and magnetic media          335         336
  Rice                                194          55
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             149         226
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          308         679
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,187       2,429
  Ships and boats                     127          76
  Silver and bullion                  101         256
  Soybeans                          2,540          20
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,068       1,807
  Sugar                                 4          60
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,717       8,585
  Textile yarn, fabric                813       1,604
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             136          57
  Toys, games, and sporting good      308       1,812
  Travel goods                         30         538
  Vegetables and fruits             1,144       1,919
  Vehicles                          5,567      11,627
  Watches, clocks, and parts           29         207
  Wheat                               412          53
  Wood manufactures                   146         481
Re-exports                         11,284         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            331         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               10,825         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                        53         (X)   
                                         
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                                2009
Item (1)                        December (R)            January
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     98,027     146,033      77,663     122,643

Net Adjustments                    -1,133         358        -716         418

Total Census Basis (2)             99,160     145,676      78,379     122,226

Manufactured goods (3)             68,360     108,545      55,798      94,039
Agricultural commodities (3)       10,008       6,390       7,752       6,350
Mineral fuels (3)                   5,270      27,906       3,994      19,192

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,199      10,054       1,703       5,934
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   7,871       1,990       6,368       1,644
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       85         511          56         366
  Aluminum                            373         779         323         851
  Animal feeds                        826          89         550         102
  Artwork and antiques                222         331         370         519
  Basketware, etc.                    659         984         661         948
  Cereal flour                        235         341         253         305
  Chemicals - cosmetics               971         730         810         625
  Chemicals - dyeing                  521         218         342         184
  Chemicals - fertilizers             186         451         175         549
  Chemicals - inorganic               862         833         741         978
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,017       6,342       3,246       3,973
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,928         902       1,494         814
  Chemicals - organic               2,711       2,844       1,795       3,534
  Chemicals - plastics              3,069       1,196       2,140       1,091
  Cigarettes                           29          14          20          20
  Clothing                            225       5,392         226       6,027
  Coal                                602         177         557         184
  Coffee                                1         267           1         275
  Copper                              202         623         146         464
  Cork, wood, and lumber              306         302         262         269
  Corn                                702           5         690          14
  Cotton, raw and linters             313         (-)         204         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      166         174         135         182
  Crude oil                           218      20,802         121      12,517
  Electrical machinery (4)          5,954       8,380       4,877       6,860
  Fish and preparations               261       1,182         168       1,100
  Footwear                             49       1,355          45       1,817
  Furniture and bedding (4)           356       2,220         297       2,294
  Gem diamonds                        209       1,224         174         769
  General industrial machines       3,842       4,260       3,656       4,552
  Glass (4)                           252         186         185         168
  Glassware                            74         168          61         153
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,442         812       1,294         463
  Hides and skins                     125           4         103           3
  Iron and steel mill products      1,051       1,389         978       3,145
  Jewelry                             353         802         314         570
  Lighting and plumbing               191         479         153         553
  Liquefied propane and butane        206         292          83         284
  Live animals                        116         188          47         182
  Meat and preparations               994         383         904         430
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,273       1,784       1,166       2,008
  Metal ores and scrap              2,053         501       1,053         572
  Metalworking machines               391         433         332         546
  Mineral fuels, other                504         200         441         232
  Natural gas                         262       1,449         330       1,949
  Nickel                               78         159         101         146
  Oils and fats of vegetable          221         309         123         376
  Optical goods                       252         406         170         363
  Paper and paperboard              1,141       1,154       1,015       1,265
  Petroleum preparations            3,435       4,824       2,391       3,830
  Photographic equipment              287         179         220         138
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            702       1,152         589       1,150
  Platinum                             46         327          65         190
  Pottery                              11         104           7         107
  Power generating machines (4)     2,548       2,917       2,215       3,088
  Printed materials                   493         351         439         343
  Pulp and waste paper                651         238         476         226
  Records and magnetic media          462         441         314         359
  Rice                                195          58         172          47
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             159         234         120         191
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          300         716         255         623
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,630       3,000       2,947       2,318
  Ships and boats                     174          46         134         133
  Silver and bullion                   98         213          68         185
  Soybeans                          2,597          20       1,581          22
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)          62         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,321       2,122       3,056       2,481
  Sugar                                 4          76           3          49
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,863      10,713       1,525       8,026
  Textile yarn, fabric                762       1,614         711       1,569
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             131          90         135          75
  Toys, games, and sporting good      358       2,078         278       2,206
  Travel goods                         40         546          31         619
  Vegetables and fruits             1,399       1,692         985       1,854
  Vehicles                          6,800      14,547       3,604       8,415
  Watches, clocks, and parts           35         270          23         250
  Wheat                               338          31         428          96
  Wood manufactures                   145         479         126         493
Re-exports                         11,807         (X)       8,536         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            279         (X)         269         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               11,414         (X)       8,194         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                        34         (X)          20         (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-10-33, BEA-10-07), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2010.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
