                                                            
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.


                                                                    October 2012              September 2012
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports      Exports      Imports

Total                                                            133,816.8    198,451.0    128,237.5    186,050.0

Food and live animals                                              8,733.6      6,888.5      8,285.9      6,283.0
Beverages and tobacco                                                567.3      1,802.8        473.5      1,691.9
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                            9,760.5      2,797.8      6,879.4      2,829.1
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                   11,639.1     35,197.8     11,263.1     33,497.2
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                            396.1        481.4        267.7        478.4
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                            16,725.0     15,796.1     16,314.2     15,923.3
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (1)              9,863.1     19,470.1      9,604.7     18,792.0
Machinery and transport equipment (1)                             43,340.3     78,388.9     42,114.8     70,819.1
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1)                            9,999.1     30,206.6     10,518.7     28,653.2
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC       6,020.2      7,421.0      6,695.0      7,286.0

Reexports                                                         16,772.6          (X)     15,874.7          (X)
Timing adjustment                                                      (X)          (X)        -54.3       -203.2
                                                            

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                                                                Year-to-date 2012
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports

Total                                                            1286009.6    1903569.4

Food and live animals                                             80,105.3     70,097.2
Beverages and tobacco                                              4,837.5     16,233.5
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                           72,984.3     31,149.1
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                  111,834.9    362,232.2
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                          3,201.9      4,983.6
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                           167,280.9    163,697.1
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (1)             99,111.1    198,050.2
Machinery and transport equipment (1)                            420,945.2    719,631.0
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1)                           99,431.1    266,927.9
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC      65,219.3     71,080.7

Reexports                                                        161,052.8          (X)
Timing adjustment                                                      5.3       -513.1
                                                            

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                                                                    October 2011           Year-to-date
                                                                                                 2011
SITC
Section Description                                             Exports      Imports      Exports      Imports


Total                                                            131,057.7    191,810.6    1227695.9    1833117.8

Food and live animals                                              8,289.3      7,119.0     81,223.2     68,072.8
Beverages and tobacco                                                489.6      1,754.9      4,569.4     15,107.4
Crude matterials, inedible except fuels                            8,239.8      2,957.9     74,756.7     29,426.7
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials                   11,409.6     34,857.4    104,810.3    378,967.6
Animal and vagetable oils, fats and waxes                            354.0        611.2      3,774.4      5,419.3
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.                            16,913.7     16,973.3    165,174.6    165,549.4
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (1)              9,812.8     19,232.2     96,208.7    194,586.5
Machinery and transport equipment (1)                             42,090.4     73,083.9    389,706.7    652,925.7
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (1)                           10,358.8     28,665.5     95,566.8    258,169.3
Commodities and trasactions not classified elsewhere in SITC       7,092.9      6,555.3     61,010.3     64,893.1

Reexports                                                         16,006.8          (X)    150,894.5          (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-12-232, 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.
