                                        
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.      Revised.
Note: This Exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)


2011

Item (1)                               April                   March
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    125,231     180,371     132,817     187,767

Net Adjustments                     1,444       2,296       1,502       2,149

Total Census Basis (2)            123,787     178,075     131,315     185,618

Manufactured goods (3)             81,095     128,156      86,987     135,028
Agricultural commodities (3)       11,783       8,455      13,322       8,849
Mineral fuels (3)                  10,908      37,982       9,803      38,682

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,794       8,895       2,105       9,672
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)   6,347       2,001       6,982       2,347
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled       89         509          90         531
  Aluminum                            556         930         642         996
  Animal feeds                        753         164         883         148
  Artwork and antiques                240         546         335         659
  Basketware, etc.                    732       1,152         814       1,232
  Cereal flour                        281         384         301         418
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,097         861       1,138         900
  Chemicals - dyeing                  740         289         753         303
  Chemicals - fertilizers             429         824         400         932
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,205       1,312       1,133       1,247
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,378       5,961       3,763       6,282
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,459       1,062       2,478       1,187
  Chemicals - organic               3,671       4,760       3,753       4,832
  Chemicals - plastics              4,149       1,806       4,239       1,790
  Cigarettes                           44          17          35          15
  Clothing                            270       6,132         308       5,947
  Coal                              1,300         151       1,484         213
  Coffee                                1         615           1         650
  Copper                              313       1,027         375       1,013
  Cork, wood, and lumber              500         392         520         403
  Corn                              1,348         118       1,295          94
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,154           2       1,434         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      216         238         211         249
  Crude oil                           126      26,641         107      28,421
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,249      11,099       6,964      11,451
  Fish and preparations               445       1,163         481       1,085
  Footwear                             67       1,583          71       1,544
  Furniture and bedding (4)           408       2,642         477       2,425
  Gem diamonds                        267       1,750         293       1,981
  General industrial machines       5,060       6,311       5,247       6,431
  Glass (4)                           311         224         321         215
  Glassware                            90         200          89         198
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,220       1,293       2,656       1,505
  Hides and skins                     190           5         204           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,498       2,796       1,622       2,735
  Jewelry                             394       1,102         487         857
  Lighting and plumbing               217         595         242         554
  Liquefied propane and butane        359         197         351         209
  Live animals                         59         194          84         231
  Meat and preparations             1,302         525       1,425         518
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,708       2,407       1,764       2,247
  Metal ores and scrap              2,839         791       2,673         815
  Metalworking machines               493         677         561         628
  Mineral fuels, other                877         335         908         444
  Natural gas                         633       1,333         552       1,236
  Nickel                              139         384         125         416
  Oils and fats of vegetable          212         516         329         558
  Optical goods                       262         467         290         474
  Paper and paperboard              1,369       1,246       1,438       1,301
  Petroleum preparations            7,572       9,174       6,351       8,002
  Photographic equipment              273         167         319         201
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            879       1,423         934       1,296
  Platinum                             65         525         171         527
  Pottery                               8         106           8          95
  Power generating machines (4)     2,999       4,121       3,058       4,394
  Printed materials                   453         360         506         319
  Pulp and waste paper                814         396         834         330
  Records and magnetic media          324         399         389         438
  Rice                                187          52         192          55
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             195         311         209         317
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          422       1,059         464       1,150
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,125       3,512       4,575       3,770
  Ships and boats                     237         106         207          88
  Silver and bullion                  280         720         249         962
  Soybeans                            964          25       1,796          19
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,837       3,271       4,627       3,500
  Sugar                                 6         116           6         164
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,930      10,809       2,024      11,393
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,115       1,944       1,149       1,853
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             152          45         141          83
  Toys, games, and sporting good      359       1,753         414       1,740
  Travel goods                         43         652          42         511
  Vegetables and fruits             1,386       2,101       1,475       2,221
  Vehicles                          8,991      14,810      10,053      18,305
  Watches, clocks, and parts           40         351          43         338
  Wheat                             1,382          53       1,128          37
  Wood manufactures                   186         540         187         507
Re-exports                         14,661         (-)      15,740         (-)

  Agricultural commodities            363         (X)         429         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               14,041         (X)      15,047         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                       109         (X)          79         (X)   
                                         

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    402,825     588,036                        

Net Adjustments                     3,417       6,521                        

Total Census Basis (2)            399,408     581,514                        

Manufactured goods (3)            275,852     427,005                        
Agricultural commodities (3)       37,020      27,182                        
Mineral fuels (3)                  23,988     116,363                        

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    7,301      34,495                        
  Airplanes,engines,and parts (4)  23,551       7,407                        
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      295       1,588                        
  Aluminum                          1,565       3,574                        
  Animal feeds                      3,376         406                        
  Artwork and antiques                962       2,247                        
  Basketware, etc.                  2,780       4,287                        
  Cereal flour                        971       1,371                        
  Chemicals - cosmetics             3,992       2,977                        
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,253         961                        
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,049       2,617                        
  Chemicals - inorganic             3,568       3,842                        
  Chemicals - medicinal            14,235      19,941                        
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                7,754       3,608                        
  Chemicals - organic              11,562      14,962                        
  Chemicals - plastics             13,360       5,489                        
  Cigarettes                          154          63                        
  Clothing                          1,015      22,070                        
  Coal                              2,811         615                        
  Coffee                                2       1,156                        
  Copper                            1,249       2,730                        
  Cork, wood, and lumber            1,457       1,431                        
  Corn                              3,104         168                        
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,817         (-)                        
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      742         635                        
  Crude oil                           635      83,470                        
  Electrical machinery (4)         24,552      34,446                        
  Fish and preparations             1,169       3,965                        
  Footwear                            216       6,094                        
  Furniture and bedding (4)         1,489       9,524                        
  Gem diamonds                        854       5,600                        
  General industrial machines      16,159      18,356                        
  Glass (4)                         1,105         818                        
  Glassware                           307         697                        
  Gold, nonmonetary                 5,937       3,598                        
  Hides and skins                     567          18                        
  Iron and steel mill products      5,036       7,011                        
  Jewelry                           1,501       2,939                        
  Lighting and plumbing               710       2,099                        
  Liquefied propane and butane        792       1,051                        
  Live animals                        222         825                        
  Meat and preparations             3,912       1,568                        
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        5,400       7,736                        
  Metal ores and scrap              7,910       2,451                        
  Metalworking machines             1,535       1,529                        
  Mineral fuels, other              2,289       1,149                        
  Natural gas                       1,865       7,397                        
  Nickel                              335         932                        
  Oils and fats of vegetable          944       1,178                        
  Optical goods                     1,090       1,661                        
  Paper and paperboard              4,746       4,707                        
  Petroleum preparations           15,399      21,795                        
  Photographic equipment            1,133         628                        
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,123       4,856                        
  Platinum                            541       1,152                        
  Pottery                              32         417                        
  Power generating machines (4)    10,280      12,712                        
  Printed materials                 1,789       1,323                        
  Pulp and waste paper              2,653       1,177                        
  Records and magnetic media        1,357       1,457                        
  Rice                                927         195                        
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             645         995                        
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        1,305       3,048                        
  Scientific instruments (4)       13,894      11,087                        
  Ships and boats                     724         334                        
  Silver and bullion                  376       1,395                        
  Soybeans                          6,392          81                        
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)                        
  Specialized industrial machine   14,519       8,438                        
  Sugar                                25         344                        
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             6,803      37,397                        
  Textile yarn, fabric              3,606       6,627                        
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             617         204                        
  Toys, games, and sporting good    1,304       7,164                        
  Travel goods                        140       2,104                        
  Vegetables and fruits             4,730       7,833                        
  Vehicles                         27,905      54,142                        
  Watches, clocks, and parts          112         964                        
  Wheat                             1,777         214                        
  Wood manufactures                   693       2,093                        
Re-exports                         47,249         (-)                        

  Agricultural commodities          1,380         (X)                           
  Manufactured goods               45,358         (X)                           
  Mineral fuels                       155         (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-11-98, BEA-11-26), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, April 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
