                                        
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)                               May                     April
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    125,373     190,730     125,341     180,530

Net Adjustments                     1,510       2,556       1,440       2,309

Total Census Basis (2)            123,864     188,175     123,901     178,221

Manufactured goods (3)             82,076     133,174      81,095     128,156
Agricultural commodities (3)       10,867       8,718      11,783       8,455
Mineral fuels (3)                  10,670      42,582      10,908      37,982

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,762       9,877       1,794       8,895
  Airplanes, engines, and parts     6,680       1,937       6,347       2,001
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      107         507          89         509
  Aluminum                            564       1,155         556         930
  Animal feeds                        717         169         753         164
  Artwork and antiques                280         480         240         546
  Basketware, etc.                    772       1,217         732       1,152
  Cereal flour                        291         400         281         384
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,073         926       1,097         861
  Chemicals - dyeing                  728         324         740         289
  Chemicals - fertilizers             523         760         429         824
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,261       1,450       1,205       1,312
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,352       5,511       3,378       5,961
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,406       1,149       2,459       1,062
  Chemicals - organic               3,489       4,547       3,671       4,760
  Chemicals - plastics              4,129       1,859       4,149       1,806
  Cigarettes                           24          17          44          17
  Clothing                            267       6,669         270       6,132
  Coal                              1,439         207       1,300         151
  Coffee                                1         584           1         615
  Copper                              323         953         313       1,027
  Cork, wood, and lumber              525         366         500         392
  Corn                              1,339          38       1,348         118
  Cotton, raw and linters             887           2       1,154           2
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      187         243         216         238
  Crude oil                           131      30,213         126      26,641
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,451      11,417       6,249      11,099
  Fish and preparations               384       1,418         445       1,163
  Footwear                             67       1,855          67       1,583
  Furniture and bedding (4)           405       2,839         408       2,642
  Gem diamonds                        284       2,594         267       1,750
  General industrial machines       5,315       6,624       5,060       6,311
  Glass (4)                           313         229         311         224
  Glassware                            83         219          90         200
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,314       1,232       2,220       1,293
  Hides and skins                     199           6         190           5
  Iron and steel mill products      1,614       3,297       1,498       2,796
  Jewelry                             372         973         394       1,102
  Lighting and plumbing               227         632         217         595
  Liquefied propane and butane        409         191         359         197
  Live animals                         66         173          59         194
  Meat and preparations             1,358         536       1,302         525
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,680       2,585       1,708       2,407
  Metal ores and scrap              3,054         823       2,839         791
  Metalworking machines               560         698         493         677
  Mineral fuels, other                847         435         877         335
  Natural gas                         510       1,442         633       1,333
  Nickel                              130         335         139         384
  Oils and fats of vegetable          156         507         212         516
  Optical goods                       274         500         262         467
  Paper and paperboard              1,395       1,328       1,369       1,246
  Petroleum preparations            7,293       9,958       7,572       9,174
  Photographic equipment              269         180         273         167
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            886       1,566         879       1,423
  Platinum                             64         440          65         525
  Pottery                              10         115           8         106
  Power generating machines (4)     3,177       4,062       2,999       4,121
  Printed materials                   468         341         453         360
  Pulp and waste paper                831         336         814         396
  Records and magnetic media          318         421         324         399
  Rice                                191          54         187          52
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             192         328         195         311
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          431       1,143         422       1,059
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,023       3,643       4,125       3,512
  Ships and boats                     251          99         237         106
  Silver and bullion                  281         775         280         720
  Soybeans                            492          31         964          25
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,511       3,449       4,837       3,271
  Sugar                                 7         203           6         116
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,749      11,267       1,930      10,809
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,134       2,135       1,115       1,944
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              43          33         152          45
  Toys, games, and sporting good      349       1,851         359       1,753
  Travel goods                         41         823          43         652
  Vegetables and fruits             1,458       2,163       1,386       2,101
  Vehicles                          9,235      14,649       8,991      14,810
  Watches, clocks, and parts           43         387          40         351
  Wheat                             1,228          30       1,382          53
  Wood manufactures                   182         611         186         540
Re-exports                         14,736         (-)      14,661         (-)

  Agricultural commodities            319         (X)         363         (X)   
  Manufactured goods               14,081         (X)      14,041         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                       184         (X)         109         (X)   
                                        

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis    509,305     745,855                        

Net Adjustments                     4,419       8,216                        

Total Census Basis (2)            504,885     737,638                        

Manufactured goods (3)            348,934     542,641                        
Agricultural commodities (3)       45,263      34,133                        
Mineral fuels (3)                  30,875     146,732                        

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    9,068      43,929                        
  Airplanes, engines, and parts    29,511       8,855                        
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      391       2,072                        
  Aluminum                          2,003       4,542                        
  Animal feeds                      4,023         508                        
  Artwork and antiques              1,199       2,626                        
  Basketware, etc.                  3,481       5,328                        
  Cereal flour                      1,233       1,727                        
  Chemicals - cosmetics             5,036       3,766                        
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,907       1,224                        
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,413       3,093                        
  Chemicals - inorganic             4,561       4,781                        
  Chemicals - medicinal            17,470      25,288                        
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                9,859       4,529                        
  Chemicals - organic              14,540      18,660                        
  Chemicals - plastics             17,020       7,038                        
  Cigarettes                          176          80                        
  Clothing                          1,290      27,664                        
  Coal                              3,732         793                        
  Coffee                                3       1,481                        
  Copper                            1,524       3,346                        
  Cork, wood, and lumber            1,858       1,858                        
  Corn                              3,992         195                        
  Cotton, raw and linters           2,350           1                        
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      961         823                        
  Crude oil                           793     105,910                        
  Electrical machinery (4)         30,929      43,684                        
  Fish and preparations             1,435       5,123                        
  Footwear                            275       7,673                        
  Furniture and bedding (4)         1,896      12,274                        
  Gem diamonds                      1,080       7,274                        
  General industrial machines      20,559      23,541                        
  Glass (4)                         1,394       1,037                        
  Glassware                           390         883                        
  Gold, nonmonetary                 7,046       4,540                        
  Hides and skins                     757          23                        
  Iron and steel mill products      6,475       9,280                        
  Jewelry                           1,861       3,754                        
  Lighting and plumbing               940       2,692                        
  Liquefied propane and butane        990       1,187                        
  Live animals                        270       1,026                        
  Meat and preparations             5,027       2,042                        
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        6,907       9,910                        
  Metal ores and scrap             10,432       3,053                        
  Metalworking machines             1,984       1,911                        
  Mineral fuels, other              2,987       1,496                        
  Natural gas                       2,289       8,706                        
  Nickel                              432       1,214                        
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,090       1,526                        
  Optical goods                     1,399       2,118                        
  Paper and paperboard              6,002       5,965                        
  Petroleum preparations           19,829      27,605                        
  Photographic equipment            1,434         794                        
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          3,966       6,276                        
  Platinum                            657       1,511                        
  Pottery                              40         524                        
  Power generating machines (4)    13,334      16,151                        
  Printed materials                 2,273       1,671                        
  Pulp and waste paper              3,331       1,491                        
  Records and magnetic media        1,702       1,854                        
  Rice                              1,117         242                        
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             813       1,265                        
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        1,670       3,871                        
  Scientific instruments (4)       17,547      13,972                        
  Ships and boats                     971         742                        
  Silver and bullion                  494       1,762                        
  Soybeans                          6,744         114                        
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)                        
  Specialized industrial machine   18,568      10,986                        
  Sugar                                29         418                        
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             8,565      48,230                        
  Textile yarn, fabric              4,628       8,514                        
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             705         259                        
  Toys, games, and sporting good    1,657       9,216                        
  Travel goods                        176       2,766                        
  Vegetables and fruits             5,987       9,645                        
  Vehicles                         35,555      68,808                        
  Watches, clocks, and parts          137       1,252                        
  Wheat                             2,175         280                        
  Wood manufactures                   880       2,768                        
Re-exports                         60,046         (-)                        

  Agricultural commodities          1,672         (X)                           
  Manufactured goods               57,675         (X)                           
  Mineral fuels                       239         (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-11-125, BEA-11-35), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, May 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
