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)                     August                  July                         Year-to-Date                Year-to-Date
                                            Exports       Imports    Exports       Imports          Exports       Imports       Exports       Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis                  129,945       196,998(R)    123,003(R)    194,330     1,034,888     1,535,624       981,517     1,470,102
Net Adjustments                                   1,448         2,055(R)      1,445(R)      1,964        11,067        16,268        11,986        18,356
Total Census Basis (2)                          128,497       194,943(R)    121,558(R)    192,366     1,023,821     1,519,355       969,531     1,451,746
Manufactured goods (3)                           86,103       147,088        80,936       144,866       680,420     1,126,631       636,846     1,051,290
Agricultural commodities (3)                     10,788         8,618        10,246         8,590        88,275        70,330        90,227        65,892
Mineral fuels (3)                                10,748        35,594        10,887        34,683        88,933       293,537        82,260       306,369
Selected commodities (3)
ADP equipment and office machines                 1,829         9,544         1,814         9,868        14,697        78,497        14,364        75,662
Airplanes, engines, and parts (4)                 8,173         2,013         7,693         2,554        60,689        17,864        52,191        15,698
Alcoholic beverages, distilled                      138           523           114           496           890         4,020           783         3,844
Aluminum                                            591           884           556           955         4,501         7,893         4,359         7,983
Animal feeds                                        919           233           809           227         6,405         1,594         6,337         1,245
Artwork and antiques                                172           680           190           438         2,222         4,723         1,950         4,038
Basketware, etc.                                    763         1,218           770         1,255         6,187         9,842         5,850         9,464
Cereal flour                                        339           471           328           442         2,478         3,390         2,201         3,183
Chemicals - cosmetics                             1,247         1,017         1,208         1,004         9,431         7,486         8,708         6,963
Chemicals - dyeing                                  678           338           647           353         5,514         2,619         5,819         2,343
Chemicals - fertilizers                             313           651           330           556         3,220         5,563         3,477         6,100
Chemicals - inorganic                             1,101         1,352         1,108         1,278         8,401        10,009         9,002        10,639
Chemicals - medicinal                             3,494         5,947         3,736         5,669        28,447        45,591        26,449        46,427
Chemicals - n.e.s.                                2,467         1,121         2,294         1,173        19,656         9,583        18,289         8,777
Chemicals - organic                               3,581         4,908         3,499         4,618        28,731        36,302        28,308        36,648
Chemicals - plastics                              3,989         1,877         3,801         1,910        30,842        14,825        31,290        13,995
Cigarettes                                           32            17            32            15           210           121           264           122
Clothing                                            312         8,443           281         8,623         2,291        56,193         2,223        56,628
Coal                                              1,235            84         1,369           113        11,017         1,058        10,684         1,490
Coffee                                                1           489          (-)            499             6         4,260             3         4,487
Copper                                              320           697           288           746         3,089         5,912         2,546         7,176
Cork, wood, and lumber                              460           493           452           504         3,653         3,374         3,815         2,983
Corn                                                671            38           714            24         7,313           520         9,520           336
Cotton, raw and linters                             325          (-)            352          (-)          4,976             8         7,006            10
Crude fertilizers and minerals                      220           212           214           205         1,738         1,872         1,692         1,829
Crude oil                                           179        26,177           221        25,991         1,213       219,996           883       224,812
Electrical machinery (4)                          6,701        12,641         6,259        12,171        51,541        95,597        51,497        89,778
Fish and preparations                               645         1,420           473         1,525         3,310        11,003         3,371        10,480
Footwear                                             70         2,334            65         2,499           535        16,159           537        15,472
Furniture and bedding (4)                           525         2,967           447         3,096         3,775        23,958         3,394        21,581
Gem diamonds                                        260         1,323           259         1,794         2,045        13,846         2,101        15,393
General industrial machines                       5,598         7,018         5,204         7,067        43,185        56,583        39,480        49,504
Glass (4)                                           319           245           295           234         2,394         1,848         2,430         1,795
Glassware                                            95           247            95           249           696         1,804           690         1,695
Gold, nonmonetary                                 2,398         1,666         2,133         1,376        23,958        11,302        20,080        10,590
Hides and skins                                     202             4           192             5         1,482            36         1,526            38
Iron and steel mill products                      1,647         3,003         1,486         3,199        13,002        25,845        12,140        22,384
Jewelry                                             404           913           381           886         3,380         6,609         3,325         7,059
Lighting and plumbing                               274           945           241           839         1,949         5,990         1,825         5,120
Liquefied propane and butane                        239           115           250           204         2,302         1,478         2,470         1,617
Live animals                                         81           141           101           153           625         1,682           555         1,442
Meat and preparations                             1,484           528         1,444           547        11,491         4,357        10,609         3,924
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.                        1,969         2,915         1,819         3,016        14,769        22,800        13,332        19,390
Metal ores and scrap                              2,503           703         2,339           695        19,020         6,297        22,066         6,305
Metalworking machines                               547           908           563           897         4,155         6,846         4,181         5,196
Mineral fuels, other                                569           336           745           399         5,853         2,964         6,773         3,124
Natural gas                                         394           696           349           783         3,001         5,878         4,583         9,725
Nickel                                              124           248           128           258         1,098         2,096           999         2,641
Oils and fats of vegetable                          230           460           219           510         1,573         3,744         1,793         4,106
Optical goods                                       292           504           304           514         2,272         4,078         2,139         3,903
Paper and paperboard                              1,361         1,380         1,324         1,353        10,723        10,276        10,822        10,493
Petroleum preparations                            8,103         8,012         7,938         7,010        65,356        60,958        56,563        64,161
Photographic equipment                              264           198           259           186         2,028         1,470         2,236         1,447
Plastic articles, n.e.s.                            970         1,639           933         1,685         7,521        12,733         6,973        11,618
Platinum                                             72           284            79           393           628         2,924           728         3,742
Pottery                                               8           146             9           129            68           958            61           963
Power generating machines (4)                     3,427         5,086         3,060         4,913        26,116        39,401        23,682        33,984
Printed materials                                   550           436           481           410         3,852         2,988         3,843         2,924
Pulp and waste paper                                716           304           726           314         5,977         2,288         6,500         2,745
Records and magnetic media                          345           532           320           486         2,736         3,741         2,634         3,532
Rice                                                119            53           144            47         1,333           417         1,457           405
Rubber articles, n.e.s.                             233           349           210           345         1,769         2,803         1,536         2,478
Rubber tires and tubes (4)                          496         1,189           451         1,271         3,725         9,939         3,346         8,826
Scientific instruments (4)                        4,237         3,927         4,041         3,942        33,330        30,277        31,840        28,435
Ships and boats                                     302           183           170            87         2,269           994         1,770           805
Silver and bullion                                  215           407           344           508         1,781         4,394         2,195         5,927
Soybeans                                          1,267            22         1,165            32        11,257           230         9,975           164
Spacecraft (4)                                     (-)           (-)           (-)             33             1            33             1            51
Specialized industrial machines                   4,395         3,837         4,434         3,855        37,462        30,635        34,325        27,458
Sugar                                                 3           105             7            74            42           948            51         1,098
TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)                             1,922        11,789         1,830        11,699        15,397        88,103        15,174        87,359
Textile yarn, fabric                              1,094         2,184         1,015         2,177         8,527        16,681         8,742        16,061
Tobacco, unmanufactured                              28           115            39            78           660           638           757           488
Toys, games, and sporting goods                     390         2,947           353         2,329         2,826        15,835         2,806        16,454
Travel goods                                         47           854            45           918           346         6,498           329         5,909
Vegetables and fruits                             1,542         1,770         1,591         1,784        12,276        16,951        11,115        16,141
Vehicles                                          9,930        20,792         8,332        18,640        77,820       154,786        69,056       125,961
Watches, clocks, and parts                           33           417            33           401           249         3,096           308         2,963
Wheat                                               887            93           600            32         5,674           513         8,441           339
Wood manufactures                                   192           724           170           714         1,426         5,105         1,401         4,558
Re-exports                                       15,827          (X)         14,958          (X)        128,406          (X)        118,807          (X)
Agricultural commodities                            287          (X)            309          (X)          2,772          (X)          2,745          (X)
Manufactured goods                               15,375          (X)         14,510          (X)        123,725          (X)        113,828          (X)
Mineral fuels                                        16          (X)             17          (X)            838          (X)          1,051          (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-12-193, BEA-12-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.