                                                            
Exhibit 4.  EXPORTS AND IMPORTS BY SITC COMMODITY SECTIONS,
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 2011 AND 2012

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.  (X) - Not applicable.


                                                                    August 2012               July 2012
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports      Exports      Imports

Total                                                            128,497.0    194,942.7    121,558.3    192,365.7

Food and live animals                                              8,369.0      6,785.5      7,702.3      6,752.3
Beverages and tobacco                                                482.3      1,777.2        453.7      1,610.2
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                            6,617.1      3,202.3      6,413.0      3,430.5
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                   10,748.1     35,594.4     10,887.1     34,683.0
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                            350.7        495.5        325.3        547.6
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                            16,870.7     17,211.9     16,624.1     16,560.4
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (1)             10,210.0     19,143.7      9,649.9     20,521.9
Machinery and transport equipment (1)                             43,077.0     73,952.0     39,604.7     71,917.4
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1)                           10,038.4     29,447.3      9,496.7     29,050.3
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC       5,906.8      7,332.9      5,582.3      6,816.3

Reexports                                                         15,826.9         (X)     14,958.2         (X)
Timing adjustment                                                     (X)         (X)       -139.0        476.0
                                                            

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                                                                Year-to-date 2012
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports

Total                                                            1023820.8    1519355.3

Food and live animals                                             63,085.9     56,925.7
Beverages and tobacco                                              3,796.7     12,738.8
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                           56,344.5     25,522.2
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                   88,932.7    293,537.2
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                          2,538.1      4,023.8
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                           134,241.7    131,977.8
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (1)             79,643.3    159,788.1
Machinery and transport equipment (1)                            335,490.0    570,423.0
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1)                           78,913.3    208,068.1
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC      52,390.7     56,373.6

Reexports                                                        128,405.5         (X)
Timing adjustment                                                     38.5        -22.9
 
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                                                                    August 2011            Year-to-date
                                                                                                 2011
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports      Exports      Imports


Total                                                            126,633.4    196,320.9    969,531.5    1451745.6

Food and live animals                                              8,633.6      6,893.4     64,919.3     54,352.9
Beverages and tobacco                                                484.0      1,595.1      3,653.4     11,825.4
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                            7,063.7      3,097.6     60,033.4     23,565.5
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                   11,939.5     40,731.6     82,259.5    306,369.3
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                            356.5        515.0      3,012.3      4,342.6
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                            17,095.3     17,481.6    131,342.2    131,892.6
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (1)              9,948.7     20,377.7     76,398.9    155,346.7
Machinery and transport equipment (1)                             40,209.9     68,690.5    307,468.8    512,210.4
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1)                            9,338.4     29,905.7     75,732.2    200,337.9
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC       6,327.6      7,032.6     45,904.4     51,502.1

Reexports                                                         15,236.2         (X)    118,807.1         (X)
Timing adjustment                                                     (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)
                                                   

(1) Due to non-disclosure requirements, certain 10-digit Schedule B commodity classifications are
subject to supression and require a change in  aggregation. For additional information see
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/notices/aircraft.
                                                  
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.
