                                                                                                                                                       
    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)                      May                    April                        Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis                  132,857       200,595(R)    129,133(R)    191,636       647,683       951,093       607,194       887,556
Net Adjustments                                   1,348         1,979(R)      1,722(R)      2,059         7,162        10,429         7,574        10,973
Total Census Basis (2)                          131,508       198,616(R)    127,411(R)    189,577       640,521       940,663       599,620       876,583
Manufactured goods (3)                           87,429       146,994        84,128       137,814       424,019       690,835       393,214       635,424
Agricultural commodities (3)                     11,108         8,979        10,968         8,909        57,080        44,675        60,248        41,468
Mineral fuels (3)                                11,858        38,829        12,057        39,043        56,198       187,349        49,379       183,109
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machines                 1,769        10,298         1,810         9,378         9,056        48,187         8,976        44,188
Airplanes, engines, and parts (4)                 7,212         2,362         7,176         2,032        37,128        10,746        31,133        10,098
Alcoholic beverages, distilled                      124           557            96           535           520         2,485           448         2,323
Aluminum                                            593         1,109           549         1,004         2,795         5,090         2,713         4,865
Animal feeds                                        851           199           730           198         3,858           928         4,114           744
Artwork and antiques                                384           444           314           907         1,518         3,183         1,307         2,731
Basketware, etc.                                    784         1,278           756         1,216         3,852         6,147         3,693         5,832
Cereal flour                                        325           434           299           402         1,497         2,069         1,349         1,911
Chemicals - cosmetics                             1,186         1,027         1,142           897         5,765         4,550         5,311         4,259
Chemicals - dyeing                                  721           348           705           336         3,511         1,585         3,550         1,405
Chemicals - fertilizers                             516           818           456           937         2,257         3,804         2,079         4,340
Chemicals - inorganic                             1,040         1,344           917         1,121         5,076         6,105         5,619         6,273
Chemicals - medicinal                             3,525         6,582         3,474         5,132        17,004        28,332        16,397        28,805
Chemicals - n.e.s.                                2,570         1,300         2,463         1,152        12,277         6,015        11,327         5,387
Chemicals - organic                               3,936         4,550         3,662         4,124        18,353        22,266        17,401        22,276
Chemicals - plastics                              4,030         1,918         3,740         1,935        19,077         9,228        19,587         8,447
Cigarettes                                           30            16            26            14           122            72           157            82
Clothing                                            282         6,250           277         6,195         1,413        32,135         1,364        31,743
Coal                                              1,467           168         1,532           180         6,901           761         6,501           824
Coffee                                                1           536          (-)            472             4         2,770             2         2,820
Copper                                              511           820           552           788         2,141         3,665         1,626         4,558
Cork, wood, and lumber                              473           447           447           401         2,286         1,948         2,392         1,852
Corn                                                968            34         1,041           157         5,091           429         5,792           299
Cotton, raw and linters                             634          (-)            685             2         3,842             5         5,840             6
Crude fertilizers and minerals                      231           229           205           228         1,063         1,246           994         1,099
Crude oil                                           146        29,547           102        29,979           677       141,144           563       132,034
Electrical machinery (4)                          6,732        12,415         6,177        11,591        31,877        58,675        31,919        54,470
Fish and preparations                               315         1,480           446         1,305         1,856         6,649         1,863         6,098
Footwear                                             71         1,842            67         1,762           335         9,226           321         8,825
Furniture and bedding (4)                           489         3,208           465         3,073         2,326        14,812         2,090        13,189
Gem diamonds                                        240         2,662           125         1,458         1,085         9,055         1,366         9,693
General industrial machines                       5,602         7,697         5,301         7,293        26,764        35,323        24,188        30,251
Glass (4)                                           308           245           283           232         1,464         1,131         1,484         1,076
Glassware                                            93           229            80           222           419         1,079           416           997
Gold, nonmonetary                                 2,539         1,502         3,425         1,440        16,258         6,840        12,141         6,589
Hides and skins                                     184             4           188             4           905            21           932            25
Iron and steel mill products                      1,683         3,522         1,588         3,378         8,231        16,446         7,499        13,170
Jewelry                                             382           907           335           842         2,030         4,058         2,049         4,383


    Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 15.  Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodities--continued
                                              2012                                                                                2011
                Item (1)                      May                    April                        Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Lighting and plumbing                               257           778           235           719         1,162         3,427         1,097         2,958
Liquefied propane and butane                        262            84           370           167         1,580         1,025         1,569         1,226
Live animals                                        100           247            57           254           363         1,198           331           977
Meat and preparations                             1,475           604         1,446           559         7,185         2,719         6,313         2,351
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.                        1,953         3,115         1,774         2,893         9,105        13,893         8,143        11,561
Metal ores and scrap                              2,482           842         2,406           729        11,782         4,164        12,721         3,724
Metalworking machines                               526           855           506           900         2,501         4,226         2,532         3,017
Mineral fuels, other                                894           423           800           489         3,837         1,896         4,141         1,698
Natural gas                                         313           682           345           627         1,912         3,802         2,990         6,317
Nickel                                              135           278           137           263           709         1,389           608         1,749
Oils and fats of vegetable                          224           431           185           452           980         2,343         1,307         2,447
Optical goods                                       266           560           282           531         1,376         2,535         1,301         2,399
Paper and paperboard                              1,392         1,338         1,336         1,226         6,677         6,228         6,695         6,323
Petroleum preparations                            8,754         7,781         8,880         7,494        41,158        38,047        33,401        40,198
Photographic equipment                              267           188           244           198         1,245           906         1,403           867
Plastic articles, n.e.s.                            977         1,727           937         1,651         4,634         7,750         4,257         6,951
Platinum                                             77           368            49           338           397         1,855           449         2,330
Pottery                                               9           113             8           107            42           571            38           571
Power generating machines (4)                     3,439         5,215         3,218         4,902        16,258        24,390        14,696        20,240
Printed materials                                   471           354           470           378         2,326         1,784         2,336         1,708
Pulp and waste paper                                746           281           720           272         3,805         1,385         4,060         1,688
Records and magnetic media                          388           461           323           438         1,717         2,255         1,649         2,037
Rice                                                174            52           199            48           897           267           966           253
Rubber articles, n.e.s.                             234           374           216           365         1,104         1,749           954         1,509
Rubber tires and tubes (4)                          471         1,297           483         1,285         2,315         6,228         2,019         5,297
Scientific instruments (4)                        4,288         3,891         3,876         3,736        20,492        18,543        19,951        17,201
Ships and boats                                     232           124           325           117         1,353           609         1,110           519
Silver and bullion                                  268           525           197           516           990         2,955         1,340         3,811
Soybeans                                          1,024            40         1,112            32         8,028           141         8,481           116
Spacecraft (4)                                     (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)              1          (-)
Specialized industrial machines                   4,953         3,909         4,753         4,052        23,608        19,108        21,305        16,782
Sugar                                                 5           132             7           152            28           623            31           703
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)                             2,001        11,420         1,839        10,851         9,566        53,158         9,232        53,592
Textile yarn, fabric                              1,093         2,277         1,042         2,049         5,319        10,159         5,393         9,526
Tobacco, unmanufactured                              60            37            63            78           543           379           533           282
Toys, games, and sporting goods                     356         1,786           325         1,707         1,699         8,863         1,759         9,052
Travel goods                                         45           897            42           811           212         3,805           197         3,409
Vegetables and fruits                             1,611         2,252         1,459         2,181         7,507        11,378         6,879        10,850
Vehicles                                         10,451        19,523        10,267        19,113        49,098        95,266        42,889        77,603
Watches, clocks, and parts                           33           414            28           379           149         1,879           192         1,670
Wheat                                               809            41           811            62         3,466           343         5,707           210
Wood manufactures                                   187           696           175           627           883         2,991           854         2,707
Re-exports                                       16,365          (X)         15,576          (X)         80,027          (X)         72,415          (X)
Agricultural commodities                            361          (X)            354          (X)          1,871          (X)          1,897          (X)
Manufactured goods                               15,716          (X)         15,012          (X)         76,719          (X)         69,136          (X)
Mineral fuels                                       158          (X)             75          (X)            784          (X)            600          (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-12-123, BEA-12-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, May 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
