                                        
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.)


2011

Item (1)                               March                   February
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    132,370     188,230     111,048     158,712

Net Adjustments                     1,319       2,296       1,408       2,225

Total Census Basis (2)            131,051     185,934     109,640     156,487

Manufactured goods (3)             86,987     135,028      71,555     116,773
Agricultural commodities (3)       13,322       8,849      11,998       7,579
Mineral fuels (3)                   9,803      38,682       8,404      29,597

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,105       9,672       1,591       7,212
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   6,982       2,347       6,110       1,813
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       90         531          92         361
  Aluminum                            642         996         461         863
  Animal feeds                        883         148         823         139
  Artwork and antiques                335         659         207         536
  Basketware, etc.                    814       1,232         695       1,137
  Cereal flour                        301         418         237         349
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,138         900       1,025         737
  Chemicals - dyeing                  753         303         665         244
  Chemicals - fertilizers             400         932         307         783
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,133       1,247       1,014       1,064
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,763       6,282       2,956       5,964
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,478       1,187       1,987       1,025
  Chemicals - organic               3,753       4,832       2,959       4,348
  Chemicals - plastics              4,239       1,790       3,574       1,496
  Cigarettes                           35          15          30          13
  Clothing                            308       5,947         267       6,237
  Coal                              1,484         213       1,172         124
  Coffee                                1         650         (-)         487
  Copper                              375       1,013         307         752
  Cork, wood, and lumber              520         403         431         334
  Corn                              1,295          94         979          28
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,434         (-)       1,183           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      211         249         193         166
  Crude oil                           107      28,421          78      21,549
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,964      11,451       5,959       9,953
  Fish and preparations               481       1,085         336       1,104
  Footwear                             71       1,544          62       1,825
  Furniture and bedding (4)           477       2,425         397       2,547
  Gem diamonds                        293       1,981         287       1,706
  General industrial machines       5,247       6,431       4,272       5,459
  Glass (4)                           321         215         266         194
  Glassware                            89         198          77         188
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,656       1,505       2,255       1,179
  Hides and skins                     204           5         168           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,622       2,735       1,351       2,034
  Jewelry                             487         857         439         661
  Lighting and plumbing               242         554         206         569
  Liquefied propane and butane        351         209         203         311
  Live animals                         84         231          46         189
  Meat and preparations             1,425         518       1,155         375
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,764       2,247       1,465       2,088
  Metal ores and scrap              2,673         815       2,618         632
  Metalworking machines               561         628         430         478
  Mineral fuels, other                908         444         763         244
  Natural gas                         552       1,236         493       1,440
  Nickel                              125         416         104         311
  Oils and fats of vegetable          329         558         257         474
  Optical goods                       290         474         247         451
  Paper and paperboard              1,438       1,301       1,220       1,163
  Petroleum preparations            6,351       8,002       5,638       5,752
  Photographic equipment              319         201         281         165
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            934       1,296         780       1,281
  Platinum                            171         527         100         421
  Pottery                               8          95           6         128
  Power generating machines (4)     3,058       4,394       2,591       3,786
  Printed materials                   506         319         438         331
  Pulp and waste paper                834         330         751         304
  Records and magnetic media          389         438         300         378
  Rice                                192          55         178          39
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             209         317         177         276
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          464       1,150         368         949
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,575       3,770       3,627       3,118
  Ships and boats                     207          88         182         112
  Silver and bullion                  249         962         196         602
  Soybeans                          1,796          19       2,525          19
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)           1         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,627       3,500       3,605       3,216
  Sugar                                 6         164           7         123
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             2,024      11,393       1,699       9,930
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,149       1,853       1,018       1,738
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             141          83         108          71
  Toys, games, and sporting good      414       1,740         313       1,653
  Travel goods                         42         511          37         695
  Vegetables and fruits             1,475       2,221       1,300       2,045
  Vehicles                         10,053      18,305       7,757      14,767
  Watches, clocks, and parts           43         338          34         300
  Wheat                             1,128          37         962          46
  Wood manufactures                   187         507         154         511
Re-exports                         15,740         (-)      13,089         (-)

  Agricultural commodities            429         (X)         371         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               15,047         (X)      12,491         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                        79         (X)          44         (X)   
                                         

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                                          2011                    2010
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    299,404     433,087                        

Net Adjustments                     2,543       5,466                        

Total Census Basis (2)            296,861     427,621                        

Manufactured goods (3)            204,914     315,623                        
Agricultural commodities (3)       28,828      20,103                        
Mineral fuels (3)                  16,747      84,192                        

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    5,452      25,496                        
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)  17,576       5,545                        
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      212       1,152                        
  Aluminum                          1,150       2,574                        
  Animal feeds                      2,665         299                        
  Artwork and antiques                765       1,708                        
  Basketware, etc.                  2,092       3,257                        
  Cereal flour                        728       1,027                        
  Chemicals - cosmetics             2,951       2,206                        
  Chemicals - dyeing                1,635         713                        
  Chemicals - fertilizers             801       1,966                        
  Chemicals - inorganic             2,692       2,750                        
  Chemicals - medicinal            11,052      15,229                        
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                5,669       2,654                        
  Chemicals - organic               8,591      11,453                        
  Chemicals - plastics             10,001       4,013                        
  Cigarettes                          122          48                        
  Clothing                            761      16,708                        
  Coal                              1,955         455                        
  Coffee                                2         833                        
  Copper                              887       2,070                        
  Cork, wood, and lumber            1,039       1,002                        
  Corn                              2,348          69                        
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,356         (-)                        
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      538         457                        
  Crude oil                           461      60,046                        
  Electrical machinery (4)         18,176      25,278                        
  Fish and preparations               835       3,006                        
  Footwear                            162       4,662                        
  Furniture and bedding (4)         1,113       7,009                        
  Gem diamonds                        663       4,200                        
  General industrial machines      11,925      13,400                        
  Glass (4)                           825         593                        
  Glassware                           220         516                        
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,526       2,398                        
  Hides and skins                     399          13                        
  Iron and steel mill products      3,644       4,970                        
  Jewelry                           1,186       2,142                        
  Lighting and plumbing               504       1,562                        
  Liquefied propane and butane        620         913                        
  Live animals                        175         602                        
  Meat and preparations             2,859       1,147                        
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        3,972       5,717                        
  Metal ores and scrap              5,656       1,732                        
  Metalworking machines             1,136       1,114                        
  Mineral fuels, other              1,637         782                        
  Natural gas                       1,226       5,462                        
  Nickel                              244         633                        
  Oils and fats of vegetable          795         845                        
  Optical goods                       793       1,215                        
  Paper and paperboard              3,535       3,522                        
  Petroleum preparations           10,683      15,828                        
  Photographic equipment              840         473                        
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          2,296       3,565                        
  Platinum                            327         928                        
  Pottery                              22         323                        
  Power generating machines (4)     7,675       9,226                        
  Printed materials                 1,329         988                        
  Pulp and waste paper              1,895         851                        
  Records and magnetic media        1,021       1,090                        
  Rice                                682         147                        
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             478         731                        
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          969       2,172                        
  Scientific instruments (4)       10,401       8,196                        
  Ships and boats                     477         237                        
  Silver and bullion                  276       1,062                        
  Soybeans                          5,801          65                        
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)                        
  Specialized industrial machine   10,535       6,089                        
  Sugar                                19         242                        
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             5,122      27,301                        
  Textile yarn, fabric              2,656       4,884                        
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             458         179                        
  Toys, games, and sporting good    1,009       5,394                        
  Travel goods                        100       1,568                        
  Vegetables and fruits             3,587       5,871                        
  Vehicles                         20,310      39,515                        
  Watches, clocks, and parts           86         706                        
  Wheat                             1,324         165                        
  Wood manufactures                   508       1,515                        
Re-exports                         35,231         (-)                        

  Agricultural commodities          1,055         (X)                           
  Manufactured goods               33,768         (X)                           
  Mineral fuels                       143         (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-11-84, BEA-11-22), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
