                                        
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)                               October                 September
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    135,196     200,678  (R)129,667  (R)188,134

Net Adjustments                     1,379       2,227  (R)  1,430  (R)  2,084

Total Census Basis (2)            133,817     198,451  (R)128,237  (R)186,050

Manufactured goods (3)             85,948     151,283      85,294     141,474
Agricultural commodities (3)       14,650       8,262      11,073       7,798
Mineral fuels (3)                  11,639      35,198      11,263      33,497

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi    2,009      10,478       1,942       8,691
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4)  8,219       2,875       8,398       2,693
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled      141         669         147         577
  Aluminum                            549         845         537         813
  Animal feeds                      1,062         246         966         210
  Artwork and antiques                215         729         261         692
  Basketware, etc.                    787       1,244         731       1,220
  Cereal flour                        338         526         332         490
  Chemicals - cosmetics             1,256       1,035       1,205         956
  Chemicals - dyeing                  603         292         657         292
  Chemicals - fertilizers             318         764         340         933
  Chemicals - inorganic               948       1,436       1,090       1,411
  Chemicals - medicinal             4,205       5,596       3,425       5,452
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                2,279       1,088       2,425       1,099
  Chemicals - organic               3,407       3,779       3,433       4,010
  Chemicals - plastics              3,708       1,807       3,741       1,770
  Cigarettes                           19          17          31          15
  Clothing                            298       8,018         296       8,005
  Coal                              1,024         118       1,079         120
  Coffee                              (-)         377         (-)         424
  Copper                              286         755         263         660
  Cork, wood, and lumber              497         484         444         452
  Corn                                606          92         826          17
  Cotton, raw and linters             215         (-)         324         (-)
  Crude fertilizers and minerals      231         228         223         247
  Crude oil                           214      26,005         167      24,517
  Electrical machinery (4)          6,851      12,910       6,565      12,369
  Fish and preparations               531       1,345         566       1,315
  Footwear                             78       2,110          76       2,102
  Furniture and bedding (4)           505       2,980         498       2,781
  Gem diamonds                        222       1,468         274       1,507
  General industrial machines       5,520       6,558       5,293       6,159
  Glass (4)                           320         245         306         220
  Glassware                            85         234          88         222
  Gold, nonmonetary                 2,270       1,490       3,137       1,578
  Hides and skins                     190           4         183           4
  Iron and steel mill products      1,638       2,874       1,475       2,803
  Jewelry                             485       1,131         512         927
  Lighting and plumbing               300         875         264         911
  Liquefied propane and butane        277         135         212         114
  Live animals                        146         261          68         161
  Meat and preparations             1,611         457       1,434         436
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,928       2,887       1,786       2,676
  Metal ores and scrap              2,380         724       2,381         674
  Metalworking machines               532         881         544         751
  Mineral fuels, other                605         240         756         244
  Natural gas                         480         793         382         669
  Nickel                              126         204         121         224
  Oils and fats of vegetable          274         448         159         443
  Optical goods                       293         540         296         483
  Paper and paperboard              1,295       1,468       1,342       1,377
  Petroleum preparations            9,010       7,751       8,637       7,687
  Photographic equipment              248         179         256         181
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            957       1,641         892       1,562
  Platinum                             94         360          78         409
  Pottery                              10         151           9         153
  Power generating machines (4)     3,411       4,931       3,462       4,452
  Printed materials                   530         418         491         424
  Pulp and waste paper                742         276         735         241
  Records and magnetic media          422         598         461         522
  Rice                                165          53         123          63
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             221         355         209         319
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)          538       1,262         483       1,170
  Scientific instruments (4)        4,043       4,087       4,439       3,751
  Ships and boats                     234         659         379          93
  Silver and bullion                  133         544         184         581
  Soybeans                          4,593          28       1,660          27
  Spacecraft (4)                      115         (-)           1          54
  Specialized industrial machine    4,340       3,794       4,017       3,524
  Sugar                                 6          49           4         137
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)             1,913      14,271       1,807      13,400
  Textile yarn, fabric              1,052       2,109       1,057       2,028
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             117          69          31         105
  Toys, games, and sporting good      404       3,670         396       3,385
  Travel goods                         52         984          47         873
  Vegetables and fruits             2,065       1,918       1,517       1,572
  Vehicles                          9,963      20,895       9,408      18,514
  Watches, clocks, and parts           40         498          36         411
  Wheat                               509          85         895          76
  Wood manufactures                   186         682         172         662
Re-exports                         16,773         (X)      15,875         (X)

  Agricultural commodities            309         (X)         246         (X)
  Manufactured goods               16,279         (X)      15,414         (X)   
  Mineral fuels                        46         (X)          68         (X)   
                                        

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

Total Balance of Payment Basis  1,300,016   1,924,049   1,242,465   1,856,698

Net Adjustments                    14,006      20,479      14,769      23,581

Total Census Basis (2)          1,286,010   1,903,569   1,227,696   1,833,118

Manufactured goods (3)            851,662   1,419,387     807,667   1,336,124
Agricultural commodities (3)      113,997      86,390     112,013      82,109
Mineral fuels (3)                 111,835     362,232     104,810     378,968

Selected commodities (3)                                                     

  ADP equipment and office machi   18,647      97,666      18,191      95,772
  Airplanes, engines, and parts(4) 77,306      23,433      66,923      20,362
  Alcoholic beverages, distilled    1,178       5,266       1,057       5,056
  Aluminum                          5,587       9,551       5,455      10,077
  Animal feeds                      8,432       2,050       7,788       1,576
  Artwork and antiques              2,698       6,143       2,401       5,502
  Basketware, etc.                  7,705      12,306       7,328      11,822
  Cereal flour                      3,147       4,407       2,801       4,152
  Chemicals - cosmetics            11,892       9,477      11,062       8,840
  Chemicals - dyeing                6,774       3,203       7,335       2,923
  Chemicals - fertilizers           3,878       7,259       4,259       7,755
  Chemicals - inorganic            10,439      12,856      11,162      14,048
  Chemicals - medicinal            36,078      56,638      33,643      57,663
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               24,360      11,771      22,860      10,979
  Chemicals - organic              35,571      44,090      35,810      45,830
  Chemicals - plastics             38,290      18,402      39,044      17,511
  Cigarettes                          260         153         325         152
  Clothing                          2,886      72,216       2,801      73,175
  Coal                             13,119       1,297      13,417       1,810
  Coffee                                7       5,061           4       5,613
  Copper                            3,639       7,327       3,144       8,833
  Cork, wood, and lumber            4,594       4,310       4,690       3,739
  Corn                              8,745         629      11,508         356
  Cotton, raw and linters           5,515           8       7,447          12
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    2,192       2,346       2,199       2,380
  Crude oil                         1,594     270,518       1,130     279,751
  Electrical machinery (4)         64,957     120,875      64,854     114,050
  Fish and preparations             4,407      13,663       4,467      13,479
  Footwear                            690      20,371         687      19,458
  Furniture and bedding (4)         4,778      29,719       4,348      26,880
  Gem diamonds                      2,540      16,821       2,563      19,121
  General industrial machines      53,998      69,300      49,889      61,841
  Glass (4)                         3,020       2,312       3,089       2,245
  Glassware                           869       2,260         863       2,146
  Gold, nonmonetary                29,365      14,370      28,295      13,563
  Hides and skins                   1,855          44       1,923          47
  Iron and steel mill products     16,115      31,522      15,328      27,799
  Jewelry                           4,377       8,667       4,300       9,201
  Lighting and plumbing             2,513       7,776       2,368       6,693
  Liquefied propane and butane      2,791       1,727       2,950       2,062
  Live animals                        839       2,103         776       1,814
  Meat and preparations            14,536       5,250      13,619       4,842
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       18,483      28,364      16,858      24,609
  Metal ores and scrap             23,781       7,695      27,775       7,865
  Metalworking machines             5,230       8,478       5,246       6,857
  Mineral fuels, other              7,214       3,448       8,427       4,037
  Natural gas                       3,863       7,340       5,564      11,785
  Nickel                            1,344       2,525       1,311       3,257
  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,006       4,635       2,252       5,117
  Optical goods                     2,861       5,101       2,720       4,925
  Paper and paperboard             13,359      13,120      13,507      13,298
  Petroleum preparations           83,004      76,396      72,958      77,798
  Photographic equipment            2,532       1,830       2,753       1,805
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          9,370      15,936       8,745      14,551
  Platinum                            800       3,694         899       4,662
  Pottery                              87       1,262          79       1,260
  Power generating machines (4)    32,989      48,784      29,976      43,050
  Printed materials                 4,873       3,831       4,876       3,738
  Pulp and waste paper              7,455       2,805       8,202       3,403
  Records and magnetic media        3,620       4,861       3,516       4,638
  Rice                              1,620         533       1,740         503
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           2,199       3,477       1,947       3,121
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        4,746      12,370       4,301      11,060
  Scientific instruments (4)       41,812      38,115      39,975      36,062
  Ships and boats                   2,882       1,746       2,088       1,049
  Silver and bullion                2,098       5,519       2,766       7,323
  Soybeans                         17,510         285      13,277         192
  Spacecraft (4)                      116          87           1          51
  Specialized industrial machine   45,819      37,953      42,828      34,167
  Sugar                                52       1,134          62       1,417
  TV's, VCR's, etc. (4)            19,117     115,773      19,296     113,198
  Textile yarn, fabric             10,635      20,818      10,956      20,242
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             808         812         876         617
  Toys, games, and sporting good    3,627      22,890       3,582      23,536
  Travel goods                        445       8,355         428       7,547
  Vegetables and fruits            15,858      20,442      14,210      19,560
  Vehicles                         97,191     194,195      88,011     161,544
  Watches, clocks, and parts          324       4,004         381       3,951
  Wheat                             7,078         674      10,010         490
  Wood manufactures                 1,784       6,449       1,772       5,715
Re-exports                        161,053         (X)     150,895         (X)

  Agricultural commodities          3,327         (X)       3,316         (X)   
  Manufactured goods              155,418         (X)     144,925         (X)  
  Mineral fuels                       953         (X)       1,176         (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
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-12-232, BEA-12-55), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
