                                        
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)                               October                 September
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    132,462     194,218  (R)128,755  (R)192,366

Net Adjustments                     1,429       2,656  (R)  1,536  (R)  2,622

Total Census Basis (2)            131,033     191,562  (R)127,219  (R)189,744

Manufactured goods (3)             86,155     144,079      84,618     139,926
Agricultural commodities (3)       12,068       8,502       9,708       7,658
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,470      35,097      11,165      37,754

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,911      10,420       1,912       9,687
  Airplanes, engines, and parts (4) 7,400       2,548       7,097       2,041
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      135         654         138         544
  Aluminum                            541       1,021         556       1,078
  Animal feeds                        747         175         704         155
  Artwork and antiques                246         722         201         739
  Basketware, etc.                    749       1,167         729       1,193
  Cereal flour                        306         498         293         469
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,181         942       1,174         927
  Chemicals - dyeing                  747         293         766         286
  Chemicals - fertilizers             389         822         397         836
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,144       1,610       1,030       1,806
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,627       5,648       3,583       5,500
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,259       1,085       2,353       1,108
  Chemicals - organic               3,816       4,676       3,715       4,378
  Chemicals - plastics              3,826       1,745       3,909       1,769
  Cigarettes                           30          16          31          14
  Clothing                            290       7,964         285       8,570
  Coal                              1,360         149       1,369         172
  Coffee                              (-)         606         (-)         521
  Copper                              293         694         300         964
  Cork, wood, and lumber              445         377         429         379
  Corn                                984          14       1,004           6
  Cotton, raw and linters             250           2         191         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      250         275         255         269
  Crude oil                           146      26,265         101      28,543
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,722      12,266       6,613      11,994
  Fish and preparations               520       1,513         575       1,481
  Footwear                             75       1,936          74       2,048
  Furniture and bedding (4)           482       2,664         469       2,633
  Gem diamonds                        198       1,853         263       1,847
  General industrial machines       5,348       6,207       5,049       6,110
  Glass (4)                           326         221         332         228
  Glassware                            88         217          84         233
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,515       1,288       4,700       1,654
  Hides and skins                     201           4         195           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,565       2,808       1,627       2,595
  Jewelry                             496       1,072         477       1,067
  Lighting and plumbing               282         753         255         819
  Liquefied propane and butane        158         223         311         222
  Live animals                        129         200          92         171
  Meat and preparations             1,534         459       1,477         457
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,801       2,639       1,717       2,570
  Metal ores and scrap              2,767         763       3,008         796
  Metalworking machines               536         919         532         730
  Mineral fuels, other                797         448         843         485
  Natural gas                         448       1,141         516       1,143
  Nickel                              179         309         133         309
  Oils and fats of vegetable          205         577         254         433
  Optical goods                       296         526         284         494
  Paper and paperboard              1,315       1,367       1,367       1,437
  Petroleum preparations            8,529       6,695       7,995       7,002
  Photographic equipment              263         171         254         187
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            890       1,455         876       1,475
  Platinum                             68         373         104         534
  Pottery                              10         146           8         151
  Power generating machines (4)     3,221       4,634       3,083       4,373
  Printed materials                   530         396         501         417
  Pulp and waste paper                854         298         853         360
  Records and magnetic media          482         582         391         528
  Rice                                160          51         122          47
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             205         326         204         315
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          474       1,115         481       1,119
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,196       3,810       3,935       3,820
  Ships and boats                     163         129         154          78
  Silver and bullion                  243         656         284         732
  Soybeans                          2,608          17         698          12
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,328       3,292       4,178       3,234
  Sugar                                 7         154           4         166
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             2,080      14,000       2,025      11,851
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,122       2,083       1,100       2,093
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              89          69          30          60
  Toys, games, and sporting good      405       3,670         373       3,411
  Travel goods                         52         804          46         831
  Vegetables and fruits             1,746       1,782       1,356       1,634
  Vehicles                          9,758      18,463       9,178      17,188
  Watches, clocks, and parts           36         495          36         484
  Wheat                               635          93         922          58
  Wood manufactures                   184         572         187         584
Re-exports                         16,005         (X)      16,085         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            306         (X)         266         (X)
  Manufactured goods               15,506         (X)      15,595         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        48         (X)          77         (X)
                                       

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,242,081   1,856,502   1,056,141   1,595,629

Net Adjustments                    14,764      23,926       8,404      17,527

Total Census Basis (2)          1,227,318   1,832,576   1,047,738   1,578,102

Manufactured goods (3)            807,382   1,333,380     721,800   1,183,239
Agricultural commodities (3)      112,000      82,034      90,363      67,579
Mineral fuels (3)                 104,221     380,531      64,668     296,498

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   18,211      95,772      18,376      93,343
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4) 66,675      20,272      60,947      18,430
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled    1,056       5,050         917       4,498
  Aluminum                          5,462      10,082       4,278       9,138
  Animal feeds                      7,795       1,577       7,373       1,092
  Artwork and antiques              2,399       5,482       2,510       5,207
  Basketware, etc.                  7,330      11,821       6,981      11,009
  Cereal flour                      2,796       4,151       2,534       3,707
  Chemicals - cosmetics            11,061       8,833      10,423       7,948
  Chemicals - dyeing                7,317       2,924       6,138       2,602
  Chemicals - fertilizers           4,186       7,749       3,152       5,087
  Chemicals - inorganic            11,183      14,039       9,790      11,191
  Chemicals - medicinal            33,722      57,520      34,400      54,089
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               22,862      10,987      20,168       9,380
  Chemicals - organic              35,808      45,604      30,295      38,261
  Chemicals - plastics             39,022      17,513      35,031      14,917
  Cigarettes                          325         152         333         155
  Clothing                          2,795      73,151       2,690      66,171
  Coal                             13,397       1,810       8,253       1,745
  Coffee                                4       5,614           5       3,182
  Copper                            3,100       8,833       2,927       6,375
  Cork, wood, and lumber            4,681       3,739       3,931       3,771
  Corn                             11,510         356       8,195         251
  Cotton, raw and linters           7,481          12       4,308           6
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    2,193       2,378       1,987       1,837
  Crude oil                         1,127     279,923       1,236     216,664
  Electrical machinery (4)         64,721     114,028      63,903      97,643
  Fish and preparations             4,456      13,477       3,550      11,750
  Footwear                            686      19,455         596      17,641
  Furniture and bedding (4)         4,337      26,874       3,999      26,048
  Gem diamonds                      2,546      19,120       2,401      15,568
  General industrial machines      49,820      61,808      42,807      50,123
  Glass (4)                         3,089       2,245       2,835       2,159
  Glassware                           859       2,147         844       1,938
  Gold, nonmonetary                27,454      12,719      14,731       8,991
  Hides and skins                   1,923          47       1,685          47
  Iron and steel mill products     15,320      27,777      13,121      20,389
  Jewelry                           4,287       9,199       3,975       8,148
  Lighting and plumbing             2,361       6,688       2,087       6,217
  Liquefied propane and butane      2,949       2,071       1,926       1,906
  Live animals                        771       1,814         565       1,926
  Meat and preparations            13,623       4,842      10,681       4,295
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       16,814      24,589      14,525      21,642
  Metal ores and scrap             28,891       7,859      23,220       6,121
  Metalworking machines             5,247       6,848       4,394       4,323
  Mineral fuels, other              8,482       4,018       6,098       2,909
  Natural gas                       5,381      13,068       4,043      15,276
  Nickel                            1,311       3,257         930       2,539
  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,253       5,117       2,024       3,197
  Optical goods                     2,718       4,923       2,778       4,474
  Paper and paperboard             13,498      13,299      12,467      12,762
  Petroleum preparations           72,503      77,849      42,553      56,111
  Photographic equipment            2,748       1,805       2,800       1,699
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          8,727      14,547       8,159      13,488
  Platinum                            922       4,649       1,156       3,454
  Pottery                              79       1,261          82       1,236
  Power generating machines (4)    29,830      42,883      27,438      34,754
  Printed materials                 4,883       3,737       4,853       3,812
  Pulp and waste paper              8,218       3,417       7,091       3,177
  Records and magnetic media        3,495       4,639       3,572       4,295
  Rice                              1,711         503       1,931         468
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,931       3,119       1,711       2,743
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        4,306      11,043       3,470       8,662
  Scientific instruments (4)       39,935      36,050      36,365      30,625
  Ships and boats                   2,015       1,011       2,120       1,186
  Silver and bullion                2,647       7,201       1,158       3,423
  Soybeans                         13,294         192      12,475         176
  Spacecraft (4)                        1          51         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   42,802      33,994      38,733      24,708
  Sugar                                62       1,417          54       1,087
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            19,307     113,153      17,699     111,149
  Textile yarn, fabric             10,950      20,240       9,539      18,515
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             876         618         919         579
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,580      23,538       3,448      24,720
  Travel goods                        426       7,543         376       6,647
  Vegetables and fruits            14,228      19,556      12,328      17,287
  Vehicles                         87,973     161,512      72,787     146,823
  Watches, clocks, and parts          374       3,945         302       2,970
  Wheat                             9,982         490       5,314         489
  Wood manufactures                 1,772       5,714       1,751       5,887
Re-exports                        150,187         (X)     127,301         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          3,312         (X)       2,894         (X)
  Manufactured goods              144,215         (X)     122,850         (X)
  Mineral fuels                     1,183         (X)         573         (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-11-210, BEA-11-57), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
