                                                                                                                                                       
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)                      June                   May                          Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis                  134,314       193,855(R)    133,086(R)    200,251       782,226     1,144,603       731,715     1,081,643
Net Adjustments                                   1,443         2,027(R)      1,351(R)      1,955         8,607        12,432         9,056        13,482
Total Census Basis (2)                          132,871       191,828(R)    131,735(R)    198,296       773,619     1,132,171       722,659     1,068,161
Manufactured goods (3)                           89,362       143,842        87,429       146,994       513,381       834,677       474,655       772,453
Agricultural commodities (3)                     10,161         8,447        11,108         8,979        67,241        53,121        70,357        49,944
Mineral fuels (3)                                11,100        35,910        11,858        38,829        67,297       223,260        59,418       225,413
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machines                 1,999        10,897         1,769        10,298        11,055        59,084        10,798        55,046
Airplanes, engines, and parts (4)                 7,696         2,552         7,212         2,362        44,823        13,297        38,359        11,990
Alcoholic beverages, distilled                      118           517           124           557           638         3,001           544         2,867
Aluminum                                            560           964           593         1,109         3,354         6,054         3,276         5,845
Animal feeds                                        818           206           851           199         4,676         1,134         4,816           919
Artwork and antiques                                342           422           384           444         1,860         3,605         1,623         3,115
Basketware, etc.                                    803         1,222           784         1,278         4,655         7,369         4,454         7,048
Cereal flour                                        313           409           325           434         1,811         2,478         1,618         2,324
Chemicals - cosmetics                             1,211           915         1,186         1,027         6,976         5,465         6,390         5,218
Chemicals - dyeing                                  677           344           721           348         4,189         1,928         4,267         1,726
Chemicals - fertilizers                             319           552           516           818         2,576         4,355         2,543         4,919
Chemicals - inorganic                             1,115         1,274         1,040         1,344         6,192         7,379         6,796         7,872
Chemicals - medicinal                             4,212         5,643         3,525         6,582        21,217        33,975        19,972        34,777
Chemicals - n.e.s.                                2,618         1,274         2,570         1,300        14,895         7,289        13,685         6,517
Chemicals - organic                               3,298         4,509         3,936         4,550        21,651        26,776        20,802        27,057
Chemicals - plastics                              3,974         1,810         4,030         1,918        23,052        11,038        23,371        10,297
Cigarettes                                           25            17            30            16           147            89           190            96
Clothing                                            285         6,993           282         6,250         1,698        39,127         1,636        39,125
Coal                                              1,512           100         1,467           168         8,413           861         7,946         1,024
Coffee                                                1           502             1           536             5         3,272             3         3,427
Copper                                              340           804           511           820         2,481         4,469         1,928         5,390
Cork, wood, and lumber                              455           428           473           447         2,741         2,377         2,876         2,226
Corn                                                837            28           968            34         5,928           458         6,997           320
Cotton, raw and linters                             457             3           634          (-)          4,299             7         6,388            10
Crude fertilizers and minerals                      241           209           231           229         1,304         1,455         1,229         1,364
Crude oil                                           136        26,685           146        29,547           813       167,829           681       163,586
Electrical machinery (4)                          6,703        12,111         6,732        12,415        38,580        70,786        38,392        66,202
Fish and preparations                               336         1,409           315         1,480         2,192         8,058         2,132         7,506
Footwear                                             65         2,100            71         1,842           400        11,326           390        10,810
Furniture and bedding (4)                           477         3,083           489         3,208         2,802        17,895         2,504        16,026
Gem diamonds                                        441         1,675           240         2,662         1,526        10,729         1,827        11,610
General industrial machines                       5,618         7,174         5,602         7,697        32,382        42,498        29,170        36,736
Glass (4)                                           316           237           308           245         1,780         1,368         1,791         1,304
Glassware                                            88           229            93           229           506         1,308           503         1,224
Gold, nonmonetary                                 3,168         1,419         2,539         1,502        19,427         8,259        14,408         7,835
Hides and skins                                     183             5           184             4         1,088            26         1,111            30
Iron and steel mill products                      1,638         3,197         1,683         3,522         9,869        19,643         9,026        16,326
Jewelry                                             565           752           382           907         2,595         4,810         2,503         5,189
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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)                      June                   May                          Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Lighting and plumbing                               273           778           257           778         1,434         4,206         1,339         3,607
Liquefied propane and butane                        233           135           262            84         1,813         1,160         1,873         1,343
Live animals                                         80           189           100           247           443         1,387           415         1,139
Meat and preparations                             1,378           564         1,475           604         8,563         3,283         7,612         2,898
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.                        1,877         2,976         1,953         3,115        10,982        16,870         9,824        14,163
Metal ores and scrap                              2,396           735         2,482           842        14,179         4,899        15,668         4,558
Metalworking machines                               544           815           526           855         3,045         5,041         3,057         3,691
Mineral fuels, other                                702           334           894           423         4,539         2,230         4,954         2,181
Natural gas                                         346           598           313           682         2,258         4,400         3,524         7,386
Nickel                                              136           201           135           278           845         1,591           734         2,053
Oils and fats of vegetable                          144           431           224           431         1,124         2,774         1,461         2,996
Optical goods                                       300           525           266           560         1,676         3,060         1,574         2,918
Paper and paperboard                              1,361         1,315         1,392         1,338         8,038         7,543         8,067         7,705
Petroleum preparations                            8,157         7,889         8,754         7,781        49,315        45,936        40,198        48,917
Photographic equipment                              260           180           267           188         1,505         1,086         1,684         1,054
Plastic articles, n.e.s.                            985         1,659           977         1,727         5,618         9,409         5,156         8,514
Platinum                                             80           392            77           368           477         2,247           516         2,844
Pottery                                               9           112             9           113            51           683            46           686
Power generating machines (4)                     3,370         5,011         3,439         5,215        19,629        29,401        17,673        24,695
Printed materials                                   495           359           471           354         2,821         2,143         2,814         2,085
Pulp and waste paper                                730           284           746           281         4,535         1,670         4,879         2,027
Records and magnetic media                          355           468           388           461         2,071         2,723         1,974         2,503
Rice                                                173            50           174            52         1,070           317         1,137           307
Rubber articles, n.e.s.                             223           360           234           374         1,326         2,109         1,147         1,827
Rubber tires and tubes (4)                          463         1,250           471         1,297         2,778         7,479         2,435         6,472
Scientific instruments (4)                        4,560         3,865         4,288         3,891        25,052        22,408        23,968        20,979
Ships and boats                                     444           115           232           124         1,797           724         1,350           649
Silver and bullion                                  231           524           268           525         1,221         3,479         1,649         4,482
Soybeans                                            797            35         1,024            40         8,825           175         8,938           134
Spacecraft (4)                                     (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)           (-)              1          (-)
Specialized industrial machines                   5,025         3,835         4,953         3,909        28,633        22,943        25,725        20,403
Sugar                                                 3           145             5           132            31           768            37           833
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)                             2,080        11,456         2,001        11,420        11,646        64,614        11,253        64,983
Textile yarn, fabric                              1,099         2,160         1,093         2,277         6,418        12,320         6,511        11,693
Tobacco, unmanufactured                              50            65            60            37           593           445           646           343
Toys, games, and sporting goods                     384         1,696           356         1,786         2,083        10,558         2,137        10,789
Travel goods                                         42           921            45           897           254         4,726           242         4,274
Vegetables and fruits                             1,637         2,019         1,611         2,252         9,144        13,397         8,349        12,786
Vehicles                                         10,459        20,089        10,451        19,523        59,558       115,354        51,864        93,077
Watches, clocks, and parts                           33           399            33           414           182         2,277           232         2,086
Wheat                                               722            44           809            41         4,187           388         6,738           268
Wood manufactures                                   182           676           187           696         1,065         3,667         1,036         3,303
Re-exports                                       17,594          (X)         16,365          (X)         97,620          (X)         88,590          (X)
Agricultural commodities                            306          (X)            361          (X)          2,177          (X)          2,194          (X)
Manufactured goods                               17,121          (X)         15,716          (X)         93,840          (X)         84,764          (X)
Mineral fuels                                        22          (X)            158          (X)            806          (X)            719          (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-12-144, BEA-12-34), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, June 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.

