                                        
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.


2011

Item (1)                               December                November
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    128,252     186,230  (R)127,604  (R)192,488

Net Adjustments                     1,385       2,159  (R)  1,412  (R)  2,235

Total Census Basis (2)            126,867     184,071  (R)126,192  (R)190,254

Manufactured goods (3)             82,980     134,043      81,914     141,636
Agricultural commodities (3)       11,768       8,444      12,550       8,642
Mineral fuels (3)                  12,400      37,825      11,297      37,018

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,991       9,976       1,724      10,745
  Airplanes,engines,& parts (4)     8,239       2,707       7,588       2,365
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      113         590         116         608
  Aluminum                            467         914         509         904
  Animal feeds                        748         175         754         178
  Artwork and antiques                414         414         435         988
  Basketware, etc.                    685       1,335         686       1,301
  Cereal flour                        273         419         304         485
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,086         876       1,095         903
  Chemicals - dyeing                  613         259         592         276
  Chemicals - fertilizers             359         651         509         760
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,163       1,437       1,021       1,538
  Chemicals - medicinal             2,839       6,163       3,978       5,878
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,207       1,140       2,048       1,183
  Chemicals - organic               4,029       4,579       3,708       4,083
  Chemicals - plastics              3,604       1,593       3,544       1,641
  Cigarettes                           25          15          33          13
  Clothing                            269       5,845         267       6,553
  Coal                              1,375         164       1,412         159
  Coffee                              (-)         659         (-)         632
  Copper                              242         635         259         684
  Cork, wood, and lumber              365         358         438         355
  Corn                              1,307          16       1,251          26
  Cotton, raw and linters             566           5         457         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      198         220         223         238
  Crude oil                           160      29,268         173      27,605
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,377      11,595       6,542      12,304
  Fish and preparations               352       1,573         461       1,472
  Footwear                             69       1,546          76       1,650
  Furniture and bedding (4)           445       2,741         463       2,741
  Gem diamonds                        283       1,591         245       1,612
  General industrial machines       5,114       6,181       5,075       6,149
  Glass (4)                           268         206         300         213
  Glassware                            87         200          80         220
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,777       1,423       2,603       1,449
  Hides and skins                     189           4         190           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,539       2,515       1,599       2,590
  Jewelry                             384         834         538       1,059
  Lighting and plumbing               239         642         241         683
  Liquefied propane and butane        256         355         253         212
  Live animals                        132         222         118         262
  Meat and preparations             1,493         454       1,516         439
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,712       2,436       1,682       2,573
  Metal ores and scrap              2,247         777       2,562         783
  Metalworking machines               534         950         462         823
  Mineral fuels, other                902         231         752         293
  Natural gas                         487         918         421         864
  Nickel                              152         216         119         244
  Oils and fats of vegetable          112         460         167         522
  Optical goods                       276         479         265         493
  Paper and paperboard              1,225       1,168       1,254       1,330
  Petroleum preparations            9,182       6,720       8,260       7,737
  Photographic equipment              251         192         255         186
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            822       1,385         870       1,468
  Platinum                             70         511          66         396
  Pottery                               9         112          11         132
  Power generating machines (4)     3,258       4,393       3,106       4,690
  Printed materials                   485         367         497         408
  Pulp and waste paper                790         301         727         317
  Records and magnetic media          411         502         440         575
  Rice                                204          70         160          58
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             191         317         193         326
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          424       1,169         429       1,150
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,387       3,747       3,876       3,722
  Ships and boats                     205          57         173          98
  Silver and bullion                  137         714         171         559
  Soybeans                          1,863          14       2,404          14
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,709       3,770       4,128       3,460
  Sugar                                 4          93           6         126
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             2,106      11,404       1,989      13,357
  Textile yarn, fabric                906       1,849       1,014       2,046
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             132          48         141          87
  Toys, games, and sporting good      351       1,870         400       3,245
  Travel goods                         48         719          50         770
  Vegetables and fruits             1,692       2,108       2,063       1,937
  Vehicles                          9,027      18,039       9,141      18,942
  Watches, clocks, and parts           40         396          39         490
  Wheat                               616          77         533          76
  Wood manufactures                   157         512         162         557
Re-exports                         15,337         (X)      15,852         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            352         (X)         327         (X)
  Manufactured goods               14,826         (X)      15,290         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        32         (X)          99         (X)
                                       

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,498,226   2,235,283   1,288,699   1,934,555

Net Adjustments                    17,561      28,327      10,436      21,395

Total Census Basis (2)          1,480,665   2,206,956   1,278,263   1,913,160

Manufactured goods (3)            972,276   1,609,058     873,246   1,438,617
Agricultural commodities (3)      136,318      99,121     115,786      82,015
Mineral fuels (3)                 127,919     455,373      80,460     354,968

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   21,926     116,493      22,238     113,476
  Airplanes, engines,& parts(4)    82,501      25,344      74,741      22,417
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled    1,285       6,248       1,126       5,608
  Aluminum                          6,439      11,901       5,171      10,815
  Animal feeds                      9,298       1,929       8,996       1,349
  Artwork and antiques              3,248       6,884       3,034       6,268
  Basketware, etc.                  8,701      14,457       8,360      13,316
  Cereal flour                      3,373       5,056       3,037       4,519
  Chemicals - cosmetics            13,241      10,613      12,488       9,564
  Chemicals - dyeing                8,522       3,459       7,407       3,105
  Chemicals - fertilizers           5,054       9,160       3,731       6,647
  Chemicals - inorganic            13,367      17,014      11,806      13,833
  Chemicals - medicinal            40,539      69,561      41,960      65,170
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               27,117      13,309      24,136      11,379
  Chemicals - organic              43,544      54,265      37,494      45,792
  Chemicals - plastics             46,170      20,748      42,019      17,825
  Cigarettes                          383         180         371         182
  Clothing                          3,332      85,549       3,197      78,518
  Coal                             16,184       2,133      10,100       2,018
  Coffee                                4       6,905           6       4,055
  Copper                            3,601      10,152       3,496       7,821
  Cork, wood, and lumber            5,484       4,452       4,732       4,479
  Corn                             14,068         399      10,181         300
  Cotton, raw and linters           8,504          17       5,896           8
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    2,614       2,837       2,367       2,257
  Crude oil                         1,460     336,795       1,368     260,105
  Electrical machinery (4)         77,640     137,927      77,019     119,634
  Fish and preparations             5,268      16,522       4,223      14,576
  Footwear                            832      22,652         728      20,902
  Furniture and bedding (4)         5,246      32,356       4,821      31,124
  Gem diamonds                      3,075      22,323       2,862      18,599
  General industrial machines      60,008      74,138      51,793      60,426
  Glass (4)                         3,656       2,664       3,380       2,588
  Glassware                         1,026       2,568       1,015       2,339
  Gold, nonmonetary                32,833      15,592      17,458      12,491
  Hides and skins                   2,302          55       2,039          56
  Iron and steel mill products     18,458      32,882      15,720      24,440
  Jewelry                           5,209      11,092       4,848      10,085
  Lighting and plumbing             2,840       8,013       2,509       7,397
  Liquefied propane and butane      3,458       2,638       2,448       2,541
  Live animals                      1,020       2,298         797       2,355
  Meat and preparations            16,631       5,736      13,216       5,071
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       20,208      29,599      17,491      25,913
  Metal ores and scrap             33,701       9,419      28,366       7,293
  Metalworking machines             6,243       8,621       5,330       5,565
  Mineral fuels, other             10,136       4,542       7,434       3,410
  Natural gas                       6,289      14,851       4,921      17,402
  Nickel                            1,582       3,717       1,130       2,976
  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,532       6,099       2,650       3,940
  Optical goods                     3,259       5,895       3,278       5,507
  Paper and paperboard             15,977      15,797      14,920      15,285
  Petroleum preparations           89,946      92,306      53,528      67,409
  Photographic equipment            3,254       2,183       3,345       2,048
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.         10,419      17,400       9,710      16,042
  Platinum                          1,059       5,557       1,370       4,146
  Pottery                              99       1,505          98       1,501
  Power generating machines (4)    36,194      51,966      33,013      42,465
  Printed materials                 5,866       4,511       5,879       4,585
  Pulp and waste paper              9,735       4,035       8,640       3,887
  Records and magnetic media        4,346       5,716       4,424       5,296
  Rice                              2,074         631       2,328         574
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           2,315       3,762       2,049       3,310
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        5,158      13,362       4,159      10,673
  Scientific instruments (4)       48,199      43,520      44,276      37,795
  Ships and boats                   2,393       1,167       2,498       1,588
  Silver and bullion                2,954       8,474       1,672       4,383
  Soybeans                         17,560         219      18,589         220
  Spacecraft (4)                        1          51         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine   51,639      41,224      46,754      30,912
  Sugar                                72       1,637          65       1,236
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            23,403     137,914      21,511     137,305
  Textile yarn, fabric             12,871      24,135      11,384      22,120
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,149         753       1,167         701
  Toys, games, and sporting good    4,331      28,653       4,245      30,630
  Travel goods                        524       9,031         463       8,012
  Vegetables and fruits            17,983      23,601      15,712      20,915
  Vehicles                        106,141     198,493      88,119     178,946
  Watches, clocks, and parts          453       4,831         379       3,747
  Wheat                            11,130         644       6,769         563
  Wood manufactures                 2,091       6,783       2,053       6,920
Re-exports                        181,376         (X)     155,847         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          3,990         (X)       3,529         (X)
  Manufactured goods              174,331         (X)     150,277         (X)
  Mineral fuels                     1,314         (X)         825         (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-12-27, BEA-12-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
