                                        
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.


2012

Item (1)                               March                   February
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    140,945     199,472  (R)124,713  (R)173,664

Net Adjustments                     1,110       2,187  (R)  1,285  (R)  1,928

Total Census Basis (2)            139,835     197,285  (R)123,428  (R)171,735

Manufactured goods (3)             93,668     145,359      81,640     128,069
Agricultural commodities (3)       11,954       9,401      11,560       8,331
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,552      38,937      10,124      32,250

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,035      11,022       1,702       8,537
  Airplanes, engines, and parts     8,561       2,558       7,517       1,968
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      118         537         104         395
  Aluminum                            594       1,090         535         904
  Animal feeds                        797         180         729         172
  Artwork and antiques                246         655         314         595
  Basketware, etc.                    875       1,220         770       1,233
  Cereal flour                        320         424         286         384
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,258         960       1,128         797
  Chemicals - dyeing                  809         331         671         288
  Chemicals - fertilizers             494         776         344         623
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,138       1,209         998       1,225
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,752       6,068       3,032       5,282
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,687       1,274       2,421       1,141
  Chemicals - organic               3,964       4,923       3,361       4,238
  Chemicals - plastics              4,083       1,956       3,657       1,730
  Cigarettes                           28          17          21          10
  Clothing                            304       5,994         290       6,289
  Coal                              1,428         155       1,137         107
  Coffee                              (-)         587           2         514
  Copper                              411         740         355         719
  Cork, wood, and lumber              502         400         437         360
  Corn                              1,037         190       1,002          29
  Cotton, raw and linters             899           1         869           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      245         257         189         252
  Crude oil                           121      29,396         151      23,738
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,908      12,216       6,139      11,077
  Fish and preparations               476       1,154         391       1,195
  Footwear                             73       1,632          65       1,759
  Furniture and bedding (4)           499       2,793         447       2,594
  Gem diamonds                        206       1,856         295       1,525
  General industrial machines       5,836       7,360       5,258       6,404
  Glass (4)                           318         226         283         206
  Glassware                            89         209          80         198
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,397       1,232       3,345       1,340
  Hides and skins                     189           5         168           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,686       3,444       1,646       2,978
  Jewelry                             446         848         486         682
  Lighting and plumbing               246         626         215         605
  Liquefied propane and butane        333         228         290         221
  Live animals                         62         278          82         213
  Meat and preparations             1,485         592       1,413         463
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,963       2,715       1,766       2,470
  Metal ores and scrap              2,607         946       2,275         915
  Metalworking machines               555         915         470         768
  Mineral fuels, other                692         372         713         297
  Natural gas                         391         736         353         838
  Nickel                              146         273         144         306
  Oils and fats of vegetable          143         531         202         437
  Optical goods                       316         489         254         476
  Paper and paperboard              1,401       1,255       1,291       1,151
  Petroleum preparations            8,563       7,937       7,451       6,915
  Photographic equipment              271         204         241         163
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            983       1,471         903       1,352
  Platinum                            130         507          90         343
  Pottery                              10          99           8         112
  Power generating machines (4)     3,602       5,366       2,984       4,597
  Printed materials                   490         392         451         304
  Pulp and waste paper                785         303         753         265
  Records and magnetic media          410         488         317         441
  Rice                                185          50         193          50
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             245         358         214         319
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          504       1,282         442       1,133
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,639       4,033       3,868       3,506
  Ships and boats                     428         139         207         130
  Silver and bullion                  198         589         159         614
  Soybeans                          1,638          32       2,044          19
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    5,388       4,035       4,427       3,458
  Sugar                                 6          93           4          88
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             2,164      11,728       1,793       9,471
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,138       1,974       1,043       1,803
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             149          98         154         104
  Toys, games, and sporting good      391       1,560         318       1,609
  Travel goods                         46         611          41         678
  Vegetables and fruits             1,619       2,297       1,429       2,205
  Vehicles                         10,917      20,787       9,296      18,438
  Watches, clocks, and parts           34         377          32         335
  Wheat                               714          95         551          70
  Wood manufactures                   189         555         170         525
Re-exports                         17,495         (X)      15,669         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            393         (X)         365         (X)
  Manufactured goods               16,722         (X)      14,912         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       229         (X)         269         (X)
                                      

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                                          2012                    2011
Item (1)                             Cumulative              Cumulative
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    140,945     199,472     124,713     173,664

Net Adjustments                     1,110       2,187       1,285       1,928

Total Census Basis (2)            139,835     197,285     123,428     171,735

Manufactured goods (3)             93,668     145,359      81,640     128,069
Agricultural commodities (3)       11,954       9,401      11,560       8,331
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,552      38,937      10,124      32,250

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,035      11,022       1,702       8,537
  Airplanes, engines, and parts     8,561       2,558       7,517       1,968
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      118         537         104         395
  Aluminum                            594       1,090         535         904
  Animal feeds                        797         180         729         172
  Artwork and antiques                246         655         314         595
  Basketware, etc.                    875       1,220         770       1,233
  Cereal flour                        320         424         286         384
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,258         960       1,128         797
  Chemicals - dyeing                  809         331         671         288
  Chemicals - fertilizers             494         776         344         623
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,138       1,209         998       1,225
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,752       6,068       3,032       5,282
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,687       1,274       2,421       1,141
  Chemicals - organic               3,964       4,923       3,361       4,238
  Chemicals - plastics              4,083       1,956       3,657       1,730
  Cigarettes                           28          17          21          10
  Clothing                            304       5,994         290       6,289
  Coal                              1,428         155       1,137         107
  Coffee                              (-)         587           2         514
  Copper                              411         740         355         719
  Cork, wood, and lumber              502         400         437         360
  Corn                              1,037         190       1,002          29
  Cotton, raw and linters             899           1         869           1
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      245         257         189         252
  Crude oil                           121      29,396         151      23,738
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,908      12,216       6,139      11,077
  Fish and preparations               476       1,154         391       1,195
  Footwear                             73       1,632          65       1,759
  Furniture and bedding (4)           499       2,793         447       2,594
  Gem diamonds                        206       1,856         295       1,525
  General industrial machines       5,836       7,360       5,258       6,404
  Glass (4)                           318         226         283         206
  Glassware                            89         209          80         198
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,397       1,232       3,345       1,340
  Hides and skins                     189           5         168           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,686       3,444       1,646       2,978
  Jewelry                             446         848         486         682
  Lighting and plumbing               246         626         215         605
  Liquefied propane and butane        333         228         290         221
  Live animals                         62         278          82         213
  Meat and preparations             1,485         592       1,413         463
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,963       2,715       1,766       2,470
  Metal ores and scrap              2,607         946       2,275         915
  Metalworking machines               555         915         470         768
  Mineral fuels, other                692         372         713         297
  Natural gas                         391         736         353         838
  Nickel                              146         273         144         306
  Oils and fats of vegetable          143         531         202         437
  Optical goods                       316         489         254         476
  Paper and paperboard              1,401       1,255       1,291       1,151
  Petroleum preparations            8,563       7,937       7,451       6,915
  Photographic equipment              271         204         241         163
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            983       1,471         903       1,352
  Platinum                            130         507          90         343
  Pottery                              10          99           8         112
  Power generating machines (4)     3,602       5,366       2,984       4,597
  Printed materials                   490         392         451         304
  Pulp and waste paper                785         303         753         265
  Records and magnetic media          410         488         317         441
  Rice                                185          50         193          50
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             245         358         214         319
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          504       1,282         442       1,133
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,639       4,033       3,868       3,506
  Ships and boats                     428         139         207         130
  Silver and bullion                  198         589         159         614
  Soybeans                          1,638          32       2,044          19
  Spacecraft (4)                      (-)         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    5,388       4,035       4,427       3,458
  Sugar                                 6          93           4          88
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             2,164      11,728       1,793       9,471
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,138       1,974       1,043       1,803
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             149          98         154         104
  Toys, games, and sporting good      391       1,560         318       1,609
  Travel goods                         46         611          41         678
  Vegetables and fruits             1,619       2,297       1,429       2,205
  Vehicles                         10,917      20,787       9,296      18,438
  Watches, clocks, and parts           34         377          32         335
  Wheat                               714          95         551          70
  Wood manufactures                   189         555         170         525
Re-exports                         17,495         (X)      15,669         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            393         (X)         365         (X)
  Manufactured goods               16,722         (X)      14,912         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       229         (X)         269         (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-12-82, BEA-12-19), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
