                                        
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY

In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(X) Not applicable.  (R) Revised.
Note: This Exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.


2012

Item (1)                               September               August
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    129,732     188,316  (R)130,081  (R)196,667

Net Adjustments                     1,394       2,063  (R)  1,450  (R)  2,011

Total Census Basis (2)            128,338     186,253  (R)128,632  (R)194,656

Manufactured goods (3)             85,294     141,474      86,103     147,088
Agricultural commodities (3)       11,073       7,798      10,788       8,618
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,263      33,497      10,748      35,594

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    1,942       8,691       1,829       9,544
  Airplanes, engines, and parts (4) 8,398       2,693       8,173       2,013
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      147         577         138         523
  Aluminum                            537         813         591         884
  Animal feeds                        966         210         919         233
  Artwork and antiques                261         692         172         680
  Basketware, etc.                    731       1,220         763       1,218
  Cereal flour                        332         490         339         471
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,205         956       1,247       1,017
  Chemicals - dyeing                  657         292         678         338
  Chemicals - fertilizers             340         933         313         651
  Chemicals - inorganic             1,090       1,411       1,101       1,352
  Chemicals - medicinal             3,425       5,452       3,494       5,947
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,425       1,099       2,467       1,121
  Chemicals - organic               3,433       4,010       3,581       4,908
  Chemicals - plastics              3,741       1,770       3,989       1,877
  Cigarettes                           31          15          32          17
  Clothing                            296       8,005         312       8,443
  Coal                              1,079         120       1,235          84
  Coffee                              (-)         424           1         489
  Copper                              263         660         320         697
  Cork, wood, and lumber              444         452         460         493
  Corn                                826          17         671          38
  Cotton, raw and linters             324         (-)         325         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      223         247         220         212
  Crude oil                           167      24,517         179      26,177
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,565      12,369       6,701      12,641
  Fish and preparations               566       1,315         645       1,420
  Footwear                             76       2,102          70       2,334
  Furniture and bedding (4)           498       2,781         525       2,967
  Gem diamonds                        274       1,507         260       1,323
  General industrial machines       5,293       6,159       5,598       7,018
  Glass (4)                           306         220         319         245
  Glassware                            88         222          95         247
  Gold, nonmonetary                 3,137       1,578       2,398       1,666
  Hides and skins                     183           4         202           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,475       2,803       1,647       3,003
  Jewelry                             512         927         404         913
  Lighting and plumbing               264         911         274         945
  Liquefied propane and butane        212         114         239         115
  Live animals                         68         161          81         141
  Meat and preparations             1,434         436       1,484         528
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,786       2,676       1,969       2,915
  Metal ores and scrap              2,381         674       2,503         703
  Metalworking machines               544         751         547         908
  Mineral fuels, other                756         244         569         336
  Natural gas                         382         669         394         696
  Nickel                              121         224         124         248
  Oils and fats of vegetable          159         443         230         460
  Optical goods                       296         483         292         504
  Paper and paperboard              1,342       1,377       1,361       1,380
  Petroleum preparations            8,637       7,687       8,103       8,012
  Photographic equipment              256         181         264         198
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            892       1,562         970       1,639
  Platinum                             78         409          72         284
  Pottery                               9         153           8         146
  Power generating machines (4)     3,462       4,452       3,427       5,086
  Printed materials                   491         424         550         436
  Pulp and waste paper                735         241         716         304
  Records and magnetic media          461         522         345         532
  Rice                                123          63         119          53
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             209         319         233         349
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          483       1,170         496       1,189
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,439       3,751       4,237       3,927
  Ships and boats                     379          93         302         183
  Silver and bullion                  184         581         215         407
  Soybeans                          1,660          27       1,267          22
  Spacecraft (4)                        1          54         (-)         (-)
  Specialized industrial machine    4,017       3,524       4,395       3,837
  Sugar                                 4         137           3         105
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,807      13,400       1,922      11,789
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,057       2,028       1,094       2,184
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              31         105          28         115
  Toys, games, and sporting good      396       3,385         390       2,947
  Travel goods                         47         873          47         854
  Vegetables and fruits             1,517       1,572       1,542       1,770
  Vehicles                          9,408      18,514       9,930      20,792
  Watches, clocks, and parts           36         411          33         417
  Wheat                               895          76         887          93
  Wood manufactures                   172         662         192         724
Re-exports                         15,875         (X)      15,827         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            246         (X)         287         (X)
  Manufactured goods               15,414         (X)      15,375         (X)
  Mineral fuels                        68         (X)          16         (X)
                                        

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                                          2012                    2011
Item (1)                             Year-to-Date            Year-to-Date
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,164,756   1,723,609   1,110,169   1,662,250

Net Adjustments                    12,463      18,287      13,531      20,943

Total Census Basis (2)          1,152,293   1,705,322   1,096,638   1,641,307

Manufactured goods (3)            765,714   1,268,104     721,399   1,191,614
Agricultural commodities (3)       99,348      78,128      99,942      73,551
Mineral fuels (3)                 100,196     327,034      93,401     344,110

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   16,639      87,188      16,277      85,353
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4) 69,087      20,557      59,300      17,799
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled    1,036       4,597         921       4,392
  Aluminum                          5,039       8,706       4,916       9,057
  Animal feeds                      7,371       1,803       7,040       1,401
  Artwork and antiques              2,483       5,415       2,152       4,781
  Basketware, etc.                  6,918      11,062       6,579      10,655
  Cereal flour                      2,809       3,881       2,494       3,653
  Chemicals - cosmetics            10,636       8,442       9,881       7,890
  Chemicals - dyeing                6,171       2,911       6,586       2,630
  Chemicals - fertilizers           3,559       6,496       3,874       6,956
  Chemicals - inorganic             9,491      11,420      10,017      12,429
  Chemicals - medicinal            31,872      51,043      30,028      51,898
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               22,081      10,683      20,635       9,887
  Chemicals - organic              32,163      40,311      32,031      41,119
  Chemicals - plastics             34,583      16,595      35,209      15,767
  Cigarettes                          241         136         295         136
  Clothing                          2,587      64,198       2,510      65,205
  Coal                             12,095       1,179      12,059       1,662
  Coffee                                6       4,684           3       5,008
  Copper                            3,352       6,572       2,851       8,140
  Cork, wood, and lumber            4,097       3,826       4,244       3,362
  Corn                              8,139         537      10,524         342
  Cotton, raw and linters           5,300           8       7,197          10
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    1,961       2,119       1,947       2,104
  Crude oil                         1,380     244,513         984     253,609
  Electrical machinery (4)         58,106     107,966      58,118     101,797
  Fish and preparations             3,876      12,318       3,945      11,962
  Footwear                            611      18,261         611      17,520
  Furniture and bedding (4)         4,273      26,739       3,864      24,216
  Gem diamonds                      2,318      15,353       2,364      17,273
  General industrial machines      48,478      62,742      44,537      55,615
  Glass (4)                         2,700       2,068       2,763       2,023
  Glassware                           785       2,026         774       1,928
  Gold, nonmonetary                27,094      12,880      24,780      12,151
  Hides and skins                   1,665          40       1,722          43
  Iron and steel mill products     14,477      28,648      13,760      25,012
  Jewelry                           3,892       7,536       3,803       8,129
  Lighting and plumbing             2,213       6,901       2,084       5,940
  Liquefied propane and butane      2,513       1,592       2,781       1,839
  Live animals                        693       1,842         647       1,613
  Meat and preparations            12,925       4,793      12,085       4,382
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       16,555      25,476      15,054      21,963
  Metal ores and scrap             21,401       6,971      25,056       7,104
  Metalworking machines             4,698       7,597       4,712       5,923
  Mineral fuels, other              6,609       3,209       7,585       3,605
  Natural gas                       3,383       6,548       5,114      10,677
  Nickel                            1,218       2,321       1,133       2,948
  Oils and fats of vegetable        1,732       4,187       2,047       4,539
  Optical goods                     2,568       4,561       2,424       4,397
  Paper and paperboard             12,064      11,652      12,189      11,931
  Petroleum preparations           73,993      68,645      64,541      71,128
  Photographic equipment            2,284       1,651       2,489       1,635
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          8,413      14,295       7,853      13,095
  Platinum                            706       3,334         832       4,275
  Pottery                              77       1,111          69       1,114
  Power generating machines (4)    29,578      43,853      26,767      38,370
  Printed materials                 4,343       3,413       4,345       3,342
  Pulp and waste paper              6,712       2,530       7,350       3,105
  Records and magnetic media        3,198       4,263       3,025       4,061
  Rice                              1,455         480       1,578         452
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,978       3,122       1,741       2,794
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        4,207      11,109       3,828       9,945
  Scientific instruments (4)       37,770      34,028      35,778      32,252
  Ships and boats                   2,648       1,087       1,924         886
  Silver and bullion                1,965       4,975       2,498       6,672
  Soybeans                         12,917         257      10,670         175
  Spacecraft (4)                        1          87           1          51
  Specialized industrial machine   41,479      34,159      38,503      30,707
  Sugar                                46       1,085          55       1,263
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            17,204     101,502      17,203      99,206
  Textile yarn, fabric              9,583      18,709       9,845      18,158
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             690         743         788         548
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,223      19,220       3,177      19,866
  Travel goods                        393       7,371         376       6,747
  Vegetables and fruits            13,794      18,523      12,467      17,774
  Vehicles                         87,228     173,300      78,264     143,266
  Watches, clocks, and parts          285       3,506         344       3,451
  Wheat                             6,569         589       9,363         398
  Wood manufactures                 1,598       5,767       1,588       5,144
Re-exports                        144,280         (X)     134,888         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          3,018         (X)       3,010         (X)
  Manufactured goods              139,139         (X)     129,418         (X)
  Mineral fuels                       907         (X)       1,129         (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-12-211, BEA-12-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
