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Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 15.  Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodities
In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.   This exhibit is not additive.
(R) - Revised.  (X) - Not applicable.  (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown.
                                                     2012                                                                                      2011
                    Item (1)                       February                 January                            Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                                   Exports       Imports    Exports          Imports             Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis                         124,778       173,981(R)       119,585(R)       185,759       244,363       359,740       222,734       327,347
Net Adjustments                                          1,287         1,954(R)         1,376(R)         2,348         2,663         4,302         2,940         4,115
Total Census Basis (2)                                 123,491       172,027(R)       118,209(R)       183,411       241,700       355,438       219,794       323,232
Manufactured goods (3)                                  81,640       128,069           77,154          132,599       158,794       260,668       142,328       237,452
Agricultural commodities (3)                            11,560         8,331           11,491            9,055        23,051        17,386        24,237        15,324
Mineral fuels (3)                                       10,124        32,250           10,606           38,290        20,730        70,540        17,557        64,228
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machines                        1,702         8,537            1,740            8,952         3,442        17,489         3,309        15,748
Airplanes, engines, and parts (4)                        7,517         1,968            6,661            1,825        14,178         3,793        11,115         3,533
Alcoholic beverages, distilled                             104           395               77              460           181           856           163           775
Aluminum                                                   535           904              524              984         1,059         1,888           941         1,784
Animal feeds                                               729           172              751              179         1,480           351         1,764           264
Artwork and antiques                                       314           595              261              582           575         1,177           453         1,027
Basketware, etc.                                           770         1,233              667            1,201         1,437         2,433         1,378         2,229
Cereal flour                                               286           384              267              424           553           808           478           711
Chemicals - cosmetics                                    1,128           797            1,051              870         2,179         1,666         2,001         1,525
Chemicals - dyeing                                         671           288              606              283         1,277           570         1,319           489
Chemicals - fertilizers                                    344           623              448              650           792         1,273           655         1,820
Chemicals - inorganic                                      998         1,225              983            1,207         1,981         2,432         2,025         2,264
Chemicals - medicinal                                    3,032         5,282            3,221            5,269         6,253        10,551         5,925        10,864
Chemicals - n.e.s.                                       2,421         1,141            2,136            1,148         4,557         2,289         3,984         1,996
Chemicals - organic                                      3,361         4,238            3,430            4,431         6,791         8,669         6,433         8,134
Chemicals - plastics                                     3,657         1,730            3,568            1,688         7,224         3,418         7,088         2,988
Cigarettes                                                  21            10               17               15            38            25            54            33
Clothing                                                   290         6,289              260            7,407           550        13,696           515        12,985
Coal                                                     1,137           107            1,337              151         2,474           258         2,272           243
Coffee                                                       2           514             (-)               661             2         1,175          (-)            971
Copper                                                     355           719              312              599           668         1,318           591         1,563
Cork, wood, and lumber                                     437           360              428              340           865           700           841           691
Corn                                                     1,002            29            1,044               18         2,045            47         1,791            49
Cotton, raw and linters                                    869             1              755             (-)          1,623             1         2,394             1
Crude fertilizers and minerals                             189           252              193              279           382           532           377           371
Crude oil                                                  151        23,738              157           28,484           307        52,223           194        46,770
Electrical machinery (4)                                 6,139        11,077            5,921           11,375        12,060        22,452        12,165        20,506
Fish and preparations                                      391         1,195              228            1,515           619         2,710           549         2,436
Footwear                                                    65         1,759               59            2,230           124         3,989           115         3,842
Furniture and bedding (4)                                  447         2,594              426            3,143           872         5,738           795         5,283
Gem diamonds                                               295         1,525              219            1,553           514         3,079           501         3,351
General industrial machines                              5,258         6,404            4,767            6,568        10,025        12,972         8,530        10,881
Glass (4)                                                  283           206              272              222           555           428           540           408
Glassware                                                   80           198               77              221           157           419           153           383
Gold, nonmonetary                                        3,345         1,340            3,552            1,326         6,897         2,666         4,110         2,153
Hides and skins                                            168             4              176                4           343             8           340             8
Iron and steel mill products                             1,646         2,978            1,628            3,125         3,274         6,103         2,746         4,334
Jewelry                                                    486           682              382              779           868         1,461           792         1,445
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        Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 15.  Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodities--continued
                                                     2012                                                                                      2011
                    Item (1)                       February                 January                            Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                                   Exports       Imports    Exports          Imports             Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Lighting and plumbing                                      215           605              208              699           424         1,304           408         1,174
Liquefied propane and butane                               290           221              325              325           614           547           449           638
Live animals                                                82           213               61              207           144           419           117           379
Meat and preparations                                    1,413           463            1,366              502         2,779           965         2,231           772
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.                               1,766         2,470            1,649            2,700         3,415         5,170         2,959         4,320
Metal ores and scrap                                     2,275           915            2,011              733         4,286         1,648         5,000         1,284
Metalworking machines                                      470           768              444              788           914         1,556           906         1,016
Mineral fuels, other                                       713           297              738              315         1,451           612         1,506           474
Natural gas                                                353           838              511              920           864         1,758         1,173         2,758
Nickel                                                     144           306              146              270           290           576           214           610
Oils and fats of vegetable                                 202           437              226              492           428           929           610           866
Optical goods                                              254           476              259              479           512           955           474           957
Paper and paperboard                                     1,291         1,151            1,257            1,259         2,549         2,410         2,487         2,449
Petroleum preparations                                   7,451         6,915            7,510            7,920        14,961        14,834        11,863        12,958
Photographic equipment                                     241           163              222              153           463           316           538           318
Plastic articles, n.e.s.                                   903         1,352              833            1,550         1,736         2,902         1,546         2,664
Platinum                                                    90           343               51              299           141           642           172           839
Pottery                                                      8           112                7              140            15           252            12           255
Power generating machines (4)                            2,984         4,597            3,015            4,310         5,998         8,907         5,362         7,629
Printed materials                                          451           304              445              356           895           660           917           689
Pulp and waste paper                                       753           265              802              266         1,554           530         1,587           641
Records and magnetic media                                 317           441              279              427           596           868           609           777
Rice                                                       193            50              145               66           338           116           376            92
Rubber articles, n.e.s.                                    214           319              195              333           409           652           351           552
Rubber tires and tubes (4)                                 442         1,133              413            1,230           855         2,363           709         1,919
Scientific instruments (4)                               3,868         3,506            3,821            3,377         7,689         6,883         7,215         6,264
Ships and boats                                            207           130              161               99           368           229           342           225
Silver and bullion                                         159           614              168              711           327         1,325           399         1,273
Soybeans                                                 2,044            19            2,210               17         4,254            36         5,234            42
Spacecraft (4)                                            (-)           (-)              (-)              (-)           (-)           (-)              1          (-)
Specialized industrial machines                          4,427         3,458            4,087            3,654         8,515         7,112         7,322         6,539
Sugar                                                        4            88                6              158            10           246            12           220
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)                                    1,793         9,471            1,768            9,688         3,561        19,159         3,551        20,099
Textile yarn, fabric                                     1,043         1,803            1,004            2,055         2,047         3,858         1,987         3,595
Tobacco, unmanufactured                                    154           104              117               62           270           167           197           123
Toys, games, and sporting goods                            318         1,609              307            2,201           626         3,810           636         3,712
Travel goods                                                41           678               38              808            80         1,486            70         1,422
Vegetables and fruits                                    1,429         2,205            1,389            2,443         2,817         4,648         2,571         4,371
Vehicles                                                 9,296        18,438            8,168           17,405        17,463        35,843        14,668        29,781
Watches, clocks, and parts                                  32           335               22              373            54           708            65           591
Wheat                                                      551            70              580               75         1,131           145         1,931            90
Wood manufactures                                          170           525              162              588           332         1,113           298         1,049
Re-exports                                              15,669          (X)            14,922             (X)         30,591          (X)         26,772          (X)
Agricultural commodities                                   365          (X)               397             (X)            763          (X)            775          (X)
Manufactured goods                                      14,912          (X)            14,357             (X)         29,269          (X)         25,461          (X)
Mineral fuels                                              269          (X)                53             (X)            321          (X)            235          (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/foreign-trade/statistics/notices/aircraft.
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-12-59, BEA-12-13), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, February 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
