                                                                                                                                                     
    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.
   (X) - Not applicable.  (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown.

                                              2012                                                                                2011
                Item (1)                     April                   March                        Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis                  129,103       191,264       141,256       199,491       514,796       750,126       481,591       696,165
Net Adjustments                                   1,688         1,984         1,291         2,167         5,780         8,376         6,078         8,535
Total Census Basis (2)                          127,415       189,280       139,965       197,324       509,016       741,751       475,513       687,630
Manufactured goods (3)                           84,128       137,814        93,668       145,359       336,590       543,841       311,093       501,380
Agricultural commodities (3)                     10,968         8,909        11,954         9,401        45,972        35,696        49,343        32,723
Mineral fuels (3)                                12,057        39,043        11,552        38,937        44,339       148,520        38,584       140,638
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machines                 1,810         9,378         2,035        11,022         7,287        37,889         7,215        34,310
Airplanes, engines, and parts (4)                 7,176         2,032         8,561         2,558        29,915         8,383        24,439         8,013
Alcoholic beverages, distilled                       96           535           118           537           396         1,927           342         1,814
Aluminum                                            549         1,004           594         1,090         2,202         3,981         2,147         3,710
Animal feeds                                        730           198           797           180         3,007           729         3,397           575
Artwork and antiques                                314           907           246           655         1,134         2,739         1,026         2,249
Basketware, etc.                                    756         1,216           875         1,220         3,069         4,869         2,922         4,614
Cereal flour                                        299           402           320           424         1,173         1,635         1,058         1,511
Chemicals - cosmetics                             1,142           897         1,258           960         4,579         3,523         4,237         3,321
Chemicals - dyeing                                  705           336           809           331         2,791         1,237         2,819         1,081
Chemicals - fertilizers                             456           937           494           776         1,741         2,985         1,512         3,569
Chemicals - inorganic                               917         1,121         1,138         1,209         4,036         4,762         4,354         4,820
Chemicals - medicinal                             3,474         5,132         3,752         6,068        13,480        21,750        13,042        23,122
Chemicals - n.e.s.                                2,463         1,152         2,687         1,274         9,707         4,715         8,934         4,237
Chemicals - organic                               3,662         4,124         3,964         4,923        14,417        17,716        13,868        17,715
Chemicals - plastics                              3,740         1,935         4,083         1,956        15,047         7,310        15,486         6,586
Cigarettes                                           26            14            28            17            92            56           133            65
Clothing                                            277         6,195           304         5,994         1,131        25,885         1,096        25,066
Coal                                              1,532           180         1,428           155         5,434           593         5,062           608
Coffee                                             (-)            472          (-)            587             3         2,234             2         2,235
Copper                                              552           788           411           740         1,630         2,845         1,298         3,603
Cork, wood, and lumber                              447           401           502           400         1,814         1,501         1,866         1,486
Corn                                              1,041           157         1,037           190         4,123           395         4,443           262
Cotton, raw and linters                             685             2           899             1         3,208             5         4,958             4
Crude fertilizers and minerals                      205           228           245           257           832         1,016           806           855
Crude oil                                           102        29,979           121        29,396           531       111,597           432       101,617
Electrical machinery (4)                          6,177        11,591         6,908        12,216        25,146        46,259        25,448        43,064
Fish and preparations                               446         1,305           476         1,154         1,541         5,169         1,478         4,678
Footwear                                             67         1,762            73         1,632           264         7,384           254         6,970
Furniture and bedding (4)                           465         3,073           499         2,793         1,837        11,604         1,684        10,351
Gem diamonds                                        125         1,458           206         1,856           845         6,393         1,076         7,057
General industrial machines                       5,301         7,293         5,836         7,360        21,162        27,626        18,859        23,626
Glass (4)                                           283           232           318           226         1,156           886         1,170           847
Glassware                                            80           222            89           209           325           850           333           778
Gold, nonmonetary                                 3,425         1,440         3,397         1,232        13,720         5,338         9,829         5,159
Hides and skins                                     188             4           189             5           721            17           733            19
Iron and steel mill products                      1,588         3,378         1,686         3,444         6,548        12,924         5,881         9,881
Jewelry                                             335           842           446           848         1,648         3,151         1,676         3,404


    Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 15.  Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodities--continued
                                              2012                                                                                2011
                Item (1)                     April                   March                        Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Lighting and plumbing                               235           719           246           626           905         2,649           869         2,326
Liquefied propane and butane                        370           167           333           228         1,317           941         1,149         1,035
Live animals                                         57           254            62           278           263           951           263           804
Meat and preparations                             1,446           559         1,485           592         5,710         2,115         4,956         1,813
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.                        1,774         2,893         1,963         2,715         7,152        10,778         6,456         8,978
Metal ores and scrap                              2,406           729         2,607           946         9,300         3,322         9,682         2,899
Metalworking machines                               506           900           555           915         1,975         3,372         1,971         2,318
Mineral fuels, other                                800           489           692           372         2,943         1,472         3,277         1,255
Natural gas                                         345           627           391           736         1,600         3,121         2,431         5,230
Nickel                                              137           263           146           273           574         1,111           478         1,412
Oils and fats of vegetable                          185           452           143           531           756         1,911         1,151         1,940
Optical goods                                       282           531           316           489         1,110         1,975         1,027         1,898
Paper and paperboard                              1,336         1,226         1,401         1,255         5,286         4,891         5,300         4,994
Petroleum preparations                            8,880         7,494         8,563         7,937        32,404        30,266        26,051        30,247
Photographic equipment                              244           198           271           204           978           717         1,134           686
Plastic articles, n.e.s.                            937         1,651           983         1,471         3,657         6,023         3,367         5,385
Platinum                                             49           338           130           507           320         1,487           385         1,890
Pottery                                               8           107            10            99            33           459            28           456
Power generating machines (4)                     3,218         4,902         3,602         5,366        12,819        19,175        11,522        16,177
Printed materials                                   470           378           490           392         1,855         1,430         1,867         1,367
Pulp and waste paper                                720           272           785           303         3,060         1,105         3,230         1,353
Records and magnetic media                          323           438           410           488         1,329         1,794         1,325         1,616
Rice                                                199            48           185            50           723           214           776           199
Rubber articles, n.e.s.                             216           365           245           358           870         1,375           759         1,181
Rubber tires and tubes (4)                          483         1,285           504         1,282         1,843         4,931         1,587         4,146
Scientific instruments (4)                        3,876         3,736         4,639         4,033        16,204        14,652        15,926        13,556
Ships and boats                                     325           117           428           139         1,121           485           858           420
Silver and bullion                                  197           516           198           589           722         2,430         1,025         3,011
Soybeans                                          1,112            32         1,638            32         7,004           100         7,985            85
Spacecraft (4)                                     (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)              1          (-)
Specialized industrial machines                   4,753         4,052         5,388         4,035        18,655        15,199        16,810        13,348
Sugar                                                 7           152             6            93            23           491            24           500
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)                             1,839        10,851         2,164        11,728         7,564        41,738         7,484        42,314
Textile yarn, fabric                              1,042         2,049         1,138         1,974         4,226         7,882         4,257         7,388
Tobacco, unmanufactured                              63            78           149            98           483           342           490           249
Toys, games, and sporting goods                     325         1,707           391         1,560         1,342         7,077         1,410         7,200
Travel goods                                         42           811            46           611           167         2,908           155         2,586
Vegetables and fruits                             1,459         2,181         1,619         2,297         5,896         9,126         5,422         8,685
Vehicles                                         10,267        19,113        10,917        20,787        38,647        75,742        33,629        62,937
Watches, clocks, and parts                           28           379            34           377           116         1,465           149         1,274
Wheat                                               811            62           714            95         2,657           302         4,453           180
Wood manufactures                                   175           627           189           555           696         2,295           671         2,097
Re-exports                                       15,576          (X)         17,495          (X)         63,662          (X)         57,631          (X)
Agricultural commodities                            354          (X)            393          (X)          1,510          (X)          1,573          (X)
Manufactured goods                               15,012          (X)         16,722          (X)         61,003          (X)         55,011          (X)
Mineral fuels                                        75          (X)            229          (X)            626          (X)            417          (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-12-102, BEA-12-23), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, April 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
