                                        
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.)


2010

Item (1)                               September               August
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    108,454     168,418     107,683     172,762

Net Adjustments                       665       2,046         908       2,082

Total Census Basis (2)            107,789     166,372     106,775     170,680

Manufactured goods (3)             73,546     127,769      73,898     129,034
Agricultural commodities (3)        8,701       6,546       8,519       6,674
Mineral fuels (3)                   6,671      28,810       6,712      31,682

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,868       9,631       1,837       9,311
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (R)   6,032       2,409       5,490       1,561
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      130         470          99         416
  Aluminum                            472         866         454         853
  Animal feeds                        639         116         686         123
  Artwork and antiques                257         532         241         416
  Basketware, etc.                    720       1,123         621       1,108
  Cereal flour                        263         423         260         401
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,071         794       1,111         832
  Chemicals - dyeing                  623         266         650         293
  Chemicals - fertilizers             270         433         382         433
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,025       1,406         992       1,176
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,111       5,140       3,259       6,388
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,015         922       2,018         955
  Chemicals - organic               3,045       3,861       3,350       3,419
  Chemicals - plastics              3,520       1,548       3,672       1,639
  Cigarettes                            6          14          29          11
  Clothing                            275       7,887         289       8,254
  Coal                                929         187         865         176
  Coffee                              (-)         337           1         360
  Copper                              294         505         283         541
  Cork, wood, and lumber              412         348         431         363
  Corn                                897          12         921           8
  Cotton, raw and linters             203           2         435         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      195         186         198         182
  Crude oil                            85      21,657          97      23,407
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,588      11,415       6,551      11,208
  Fish and preparations               517       1,289         532       1,379
  Footwear                             68       2,004          63       2,195
  Furniture and bedding (4)           430       2,641         433       2,859
  Gem diamonds                        201       1,482         214       1,366
  General industrial machines       4,311       5,013       4,457       5,379
  Glass (4)                           285         217         293         235
  Glassware                            92         216          90         226
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,435         948       2,104         783
  Hides and skins                     185           4         186           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,327       2,095       1,363       2,333
  Jewelry                             465         904         402         812
  Lighting and plumbing               242         743         227         756
  Liquefied propane and butane        194         120         153         138
  Live animals                         53         189          70         157
  Meat and preparations             1,107         386       1,072         451
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,525       2,258       1,529       2,404
  Metal ores and scrap              2,492         601       2,671         586
  Metalworking machines               467         428         485         529
  Mineral fuels, other                612         297         629         263
  Natural gas                         280       1,100         420       1,205
  Nickel                              105         235          88         243
  Oils and fats of vegetable          155         321         238         363
  Optical goods                       288         451         286         455
  Paper and paperboard              1,303       1,367       1,263       1,420
  Petroleum preparations            4,507       5,278       4,493       6,301
  Photographic equipment              263         190         269         176
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            811       1,397         840       1,476
  Platinum                            104         428          63         319
  Pottery                               8         153           8         155
  Power generating machines (4)     2,676       3,801       2,587       3,954
  Printed materials                   515         451         540         463
  Pulp and waste paper                733         369         753         331
  Records and magnetic media          379         527         371         486
  Rice                                165          43         140          51
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             179         291         186         308
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          382         968         360         994
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,775       3,396       3,677       3,288
  Ships and boats                     159         110         196          68
  Silver and bullion                  155         345         128         372
  Soybeans                            851           8         665           9
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,849       2,725       3,923       2,794
  Sugar                                 5         238           5         153
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,819      12,841       1,863      12,390
  Textile yarn, fabric                976       1,926       1,000       2,086
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              35          70          25          39
  Toys, games, and sporting good      357       3,661         331       3,354
  Travel goods                         36         756          37         784
  Vegetables and fruits             1,198       1,357       1,108       1,467
  Vehicles                          7,620      15,115       7,514      16,035
  Watches, clocks, and parts           36         361          29         311
  Wheat                               908          43         664          36
  Wood manufactures                   176         585         175         683
Re-exports                         14,097         (-)      12,775         (-)

  Agricultural commodities            221         (X)         230         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               13,619         (X)      12,449         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                       164         (X)           9         (X)   
                                         

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                                          2010                    2009
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    938,130   1,423,774     770,867   1,134,250

Net Adjustments                     7,708      17,351       8,808      11,082

Total Census Basis (2)            930,422   1,406,423     762,059   1,123,168

Manufactured goods (3)            643,847   1,050,192     540,804     853,799
Agricultural commodities (3)       78,481      60,907      68,265      53,577
Mineral fuels (3)                  56,557     268,293      38,987     193,916

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   16,439      83,906      15,269      62,541
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (R)  54,427      16,711      57,227      16,555
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      798       3,887         708       3,477
  Aluminum                          3,812       8,267       3,096       6,415
  Animal feeds                      6,636         965       5,386         899
  Artwork and antiques              2,272       4,360       3,777       3,266
  Basketware, etc.                  6,193       9,913       6,035       8,595
  Cereal flour                      2,256       3,266       2,189       2,999
  Chemicals - cosmetics             9,293       7,068       8,095       6,156
  Chemicals - dyeing                5,427       2,326       3,981       1,748
  Chemicals - fertilizers           2,795       4,537       2,719       2,994
  Chemicals - inorganic             8,799       9,982       7,408       7,896
  Chemicals - medicinal            31,108      48,722      31,299      42,112
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               18,051       8,413      14,895       6,988
  Chemicals - organic              27,037      33,811      20,129      32,490
  Chemicals - plastics             31,411      13,382      23,899      10,053
  Cigarettes                          322         143         305         144
  Clothing                          2,400      58,244       2,173      52,036
  Coal                              7,367       1,568       4,316       1,328
  Coffee                                4       2,836           5       2,665
  Copper                            2,534       5,764       1,738       3,892
  Cork, wood, and lumber            3,501       3,420       2,557       2,659
  Corn                              7,447         236       7,117         269
  Cotton, raw and linters           4,108           5       2,633         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,772       1,609       1,267       1,214
  Crude oil                         1,189     197,174       1,083     137,419
  Electrical machinery (4)         56,907      86,306      46,225      65,894
  Fish and preparations             3,133      10,373       2,823       9,519
  Footwear                            521      15,715         453      13,388
  Furniture and bedding (4)         3,557      23,462       2,909      18,134
  Gem diamonds                      2,121      13,609       1,564       8,921
  General industrial machines      37,960      44,717      33,421      37,737
  Glass (4)                         2,527       1,938       2,019       1,553
  Glassware                           749       1,733         625       1,445
  Gold, nonmonetary                13,075       7,955      10,080       6,096
  Hides and skins                   1,500          43         923          20
  Iron and steel mill products     11,794      18,289       8,706      14,094
  Jewelry                           3,502       6,993       3,120       5,835
  Lighting and plumbing             1,859       5,464       1,546       4,546
  Liquefied propane and butane      1,682       1,718         867       1,488
  Live animals                        484       1,713         427       1,441
  Meat and preparations             9,479       3,891       8,615       3,504
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       12,894      19,322      10,817      15,955
  Metal ores and scrap             20,344       5,443      14,166       4,015
  Metalworking machines             3,895       3,799       3,162       3,760
  Mineral fuels, other              5,379       2,688       3,697       1,900
  Natural gas                       2,958      13,059       2,617      11,694
  Nickel                              815       2,248         708       1,161
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,750       2,897       1,400       2,545
  Optical goods                     2,508       3,990       2,021       3,312
  Paper and paperboard             11,126      11,383       9,456      10,830
  Petroleum preparations           37,505      50,340      25,970      38,543
  Photographic equipment            2,511       1,524       2,337       1,277
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          7,284      12,095       6,013      10,243
  Platinum                          1,045       3,098         667       1,847
  Pottery                              73       1,075          72         849
  Power generating machines (4)    24,349      30,905      20,633      26,862
  Printed materials                 4,318       3,388       4,112       3,148
  Pulp and waste paper              6,288       2,887       4,819       1,761
  Records and magnetic media        3,084       3,761       3,072       3,745
  Rice                              1,799         424       1,655         432
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,521       2,451       1,161       1,777
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        3,064       7,701       2,666       6,059
  Scientific instruments (4)       32,460      27,209      27,782      23,180
  Ships and boats                   1,755       1,096       1,417       1,120
  Silver and bullion                1,009       3,075         571       1,462
  Soybeans                          8,967         161       8,436         158
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         150         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   34,404      21,918      27,446      18,350
  Sugar                                48       1,011          31         527
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            15,852      97,339      14,583      83,719
  Textile yarn, fabric              8,520      16,574       6,815      13,447
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             838         515         775         657
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,063      20,542       3,007      19,255
  Travel goods                        329       5,885         326       4,739
  Vegetables and fruits            10,715      15,784       9,807      13,993
  Vehicles                         64,254     130,215      44,559      85,113
  Watches, clocks, and parts          263       2,525         253       2,115
  Wheat                             4,648         450       4,153         594
  Wood manufactures                 1,574       5,336       1,268       4,726
Re-exports                        112,621         (-)      85,767         (-)

  Agricultural commodities          2,635         (X)       2,099         (X)   
  Manufactured goods              108,578         (X)      82,854         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                       540         (X)         218         (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-10-173, BEA-10-52), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2010.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
