                        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.
                                        

2011

Item (1)                               January
                                Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    111,401     168,504

Net Adjustments                     1,158       2,230

Total Census Basis (2)            110,243     166,274

Manufactured goods (3)             70,773     120,679
Agricultural commodities (3)       12,239       7,745
Mineral fuels (3)                   9,153      34,630

Selected commodities (3)                             

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,718       8,536
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   5,005       1,720
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       71         414
  Aluminum                            480         921
  Animal feeds                        941         125
  Artwork and antiques                247         491
  Basketware, etc.                    683       1,092
  Cereal flour                        241         362
  Chemicals - cosmetics               975         788
  Chemicals - dyeing                  654         245
  Chemicals - fertilizers             348       1,036
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,011       1,200
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,969       4,900
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,998         971
  Chemicals - organic               3,475       3,786
  Chemicals - plastics              3,514       1,491
  Cigarettes                           24          20
  Clothing                            248       6,748
  Coal                              1,100         119
  Coffee                              (-)         484
  Copper                              284         811
  Cork, wood, and lumber              410         357
  Corn                                812          21
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,210         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      184         205
  Crude oil                           116      25,221
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,206      10,553
  Fish and preparations               213       1,332
  Footwear                             54       2,018
  Furniture and bedding (4)           398       2,736
  Gem diamonds                        214       1,645
  General industrial machines       4,258       5,422
  Glass (4)                           274         214
  Glassware                            76         194
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,855         975
  Hides and skins                     172           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,395       2,300
  Jewelry                             353         784
  Lighting and plumbing               202         604
  Liquefied propane and butane        246         327
  Live animals                         71         190
  Meat and preparations             1,076         397
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,494       2,232
  Metal ores and scrap              2,381         652
  Metalworking machines               477         539
  Mineral fuels, other                743         229
  Natural gas                         680       1,318
  Nickel                              110         299
  Oils and fats of vegetable          353         392
  Optical goods                       226         506
  Paper and paperboard              1,267       1,286
  Petroleum preparations            6,225       7,205
  Photographic equipment              257         153
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            766       1,383
  Platinum                             72         419
  Pottery                               6         127
  Power generating machines (4)     2,772       3,844
  Printed materials                   480         358
  Pulp and waste paper                836         337
  Records and magnetic media          309         399
  Rice                                198          53
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             174         277
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          341         971
  Scientific instruments (4)        3,587       3,146
  Ships and boats                     161         113
  Silver and bullion                  203         671
  Soybeans                          2,709          22
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    3,717       3,323
  Sugar                                 5          97
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,852      10,169
  Textile yarn, fabric                969       1,857
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              89          52
  Toys, games, and sporting good      324       2,059
  Travel goods                         32         727
  Vegetables and fruits             1,271       2,326
  Vehicles                          6,911      15,014
  Watches, clocks, and parts           32         291
  Wheat                               970          44
  Wood manufactures                   144         538
Re-exports                         13,684         (-)

  Agricultural commodities            404         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               12,970         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                       191         (X)   
                                         
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                                2010
Item (1)                        December                
                                Exports     Imports     

Total Balance of Payment Basis    118,013     168,544                        

Net Adjustments                       999       2,157                        

Total Census Basis (2)            117,014     166,387                        

Manufactured goods (3)             77,632     124,625                        
Agricultural commodities (3)       12,492       7,325                        
Mineral fuels (3)                   7,964      31,049                        

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,104       9,631                        
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   7,489       2,181                        
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      103         528                        
  Aluminum                            422         809                        
  Animal feeds                        795         134                        
  Artwork and antiques                345         316                        
  Basketware, etc.                    703       1,156                        
  Cereal flour                        247         379                        
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,032         791                        
  Chemicals - dyeing                  654         248                        
  Chemicals - fertilizers             250         865                        
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,074       1,262                        
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,391       5,749                        
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,053       1,010                        
  Chemicals - organic               3,975       3,934                        
  Chemicals - plastics              3,521       1,428                        
  Cigarettes                           14          15                        
  Clothing                            240       5,830                        
  Coal                                944         142                        
  Coffee                                1         445                        
  Copper                              287         853                        
  Cork, wood, and lumber              381         353                        
  Corn                              1,061          21                        
  Cotton, raw and linters             977         (-)                        
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      197         211                        
  Crude oil                            52      23,195                        
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,653      10,592                        
  Fish and preparations               296       1,487                        
  Footwear                             61       1,538                        
  Furniture and bedding (4)           405       2,514                        
  Gem diamonds                        219       1,516                        
  General industrial machines       4,551       5,090                        
  Glass (4)                           259         207                        
  Glassware                            85         195                        
  Gold, nonmonetary                 1,500       2,110                        
  Hides and skins                     187           4                        
  Iron and steel mill products      1,270       2,026                        
  Jewelry                             389         839                        
  Lighting and plumbing               210         564                        
  Liquefied propane and butane        302         360                        
  Live animals                         99         194                        
  Meat and preparations             1,255         402                        
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,451       2,102                        
  Metal ores and scrap              2,696         587                        
  Metalworking machines               476         699                        
  Mineral fuels, other                645         239                        
  Natural gas                         434       1,000                        
  Nickel                              103         218                        
  Oils and fats of vegetable          329         395                        
  Optical goods                       252         491                        
  Paper and paperboard              1,231       1,192                        
  Petroleum preparations            5,528       6,018                        
  Photographic equipment              281         171                        
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            747       1,248                        
  Platinum                             97         303                        
  Pottery                               8         120                        
  Power generating machines (4)     2,947       3,830                        
  Printed materials                   528         373                        
  Pulp and waste paper                790         333                        
  Records and magnetic media          409         462                        
  Rice                                220          57                        
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             167         279                        
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          331       1,008                        
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,188       3,603                        
  Ships and boats                     188          54                        
  Silver and bullion                  262         484                        
  Soybeans                          2,718          21                        
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)                        
  Specialized industrial machine    4,240       3,306                        
  Sugar                                 3          52                        
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             2,019      11,814                        
  Textile yarn, fabric                897       1,744                        
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             109          53                        
  Toys, games, and sporting good      401       2,373                        
  Travel goods                         42         652                        
  Vegetables and fruits             1,619       1,917                        
  Vehicles                          7,547      15,807                        
  Watches, clocks, and parts           39         333                        
  Wheat                               707          38                        
  Wood manufactures                   146         480                        
Re-exports                         14,163         (-)                        

  Agricultural commodities            343         (X)                           
  Manufactured goods               13,555         (X)                           
  Mineral fuels                       166         (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-11-41, BEA-11-09), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
