                                                                           
Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 14. Exports and Imports of Goods By Principal SITC Commodity Groupings

In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(X) Not applicable.


Item (1)                               2012                    2011                    2010
                                Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Balance of Payments Basis       1,561,239   2,302,714   1,495,853   2,239,991   1,288,795   1,938,950

Net Adjustments                    15,530      27,394      15,562      31,936      10,300      25,094

Total Census Basis (2)          1,545,709   2,275,320   1,480,290   2,208,055   1,278,495   1,913,857

Manufactured goods (3)          1,019,084   1,705,052     971,134   1,611,668     873,236   1,439,293

Agricultural commodities (3)      141,252     103,230     136,346      99,135     115,790      82,018

Mineral fuels (3)                 136,023     423,591     128,873     453,872      80,625     354,982

Selected commodities (3)                                                                             

  ADP equipment and office machi   22,620     118,853      21,905     116,497      22,234     113,477
  Airplanes, engines, and parts    95,899      29,147      82,551      25,402      74,646      22,431
  Alcoholic beverage, distilled     1,418       6,504       1,285       6,257       1,125       5,609
  Aluminum                          6,588      11,310       6,426      11,896       5,183      10,815
  Animal feeds                     10,764       2,522       9,302       1,929       8,993       1,349
  Artwork and antiques              3,132       7,825       3,113       6,903       3,034       6,268

  Basketware, etc.                  9,104      14,808       8,700      14,458       8,362      13,317

  Cereal flour                      3,785       5,333       3,378       5,055       3,037       4,519
  Chemicals - cosmetics            14,213      11,379      13,241      10,614      12,489       9,564
  Chemicals - dyeing                7,882       3,763       8,544       3,458       7,407       3,105
  Chemicals - fertilizers           4,497       8,759       5,133       9,165       3,725       6,647
  Chemicals - inorganic            12,282      15,501      13,346      17,020      11,809      13,841
  Chemicals - medicinal            42,662      68,325      40,025      69,709      41,977      65,171
  Chemicals - n.e.s.               28,813      13,950      27,100      13,304      24,054      11,301
  Chemicals - organic              42,363      52,241      43,559      54,368      37,469      45,792
  Chemicals - plastics             45,426      21,719      46,198      20,745      42,043      17,828
  Cigarettes                          317         188         383         181         371         182
  Clothing                          3,455      84,916       3,338      85,567       3,197      78,522
  Coal                             15,048       1,508      16,170       2,133      10,096       2,024
  Coffee                                8       5,808           4       6,906           6       4,055
  Copper                            4,217       8,945       3,645      10,154       3,497       7,822
  Cork, wood, and lumber            5,504       5,172       5,499       4,452       4,737       4,480
  Corn                              9,816         948      14,035         399      10,166         300
  Cotton, raw and linters           6,255           8       8,466          17       5,890           8
  Crude fertilizers and minerals    2,584       2,839       2,619       2,848       2,374       2,258
  Crude oil                         2,420     315,445       1,847     336,687       1,337     260,105

  Electrical machinery (4)         77,783     144,305      77,787     137,944      77,048     119,638

  Fish and preparations             5,165      16,564       5,278      16,522       4,224      14,577
  Footwear                            825      23,886         832      22,654         729      20,903
  Furniture and bedding (4)         5,755      35,610       5,263      32,366       4,821      31,124

  Gem diamonds                      3,122      20,196       3,092      22,299       2,863      18,599
  General industrial mach          64,451      81,640      60,064      74,185      51,787      60,433
  Glass (4)                         3,623       2,731       3,651       2,665       3,379       2,588
  Glassware                         1,027       2,704       1,026       2,566       1,015       2,339
  Gold, nonmonetary                36,421      17,830      33,515      16,405      17,474      13,047

  Hides and skins                   2,249          52       2,301          55       2,040          56

  Iron and steel mill prod         18,934      36,756      18,468      32,911      15,735      24,443

  Jewelry                           5,293      10,496       5,221      11,092       4,848      10,085

  Lighting, plumbing                3,011       9,309       2,847       8,019       2,512       7,397
  Liquified propane and butane      3,390       2,072       3,458       2,629       2,448       2,541
  Live animals                      1,174       2,611       1,023       2,300         796       2,355

  Meat and preparations            17,482       6,226      16,625       5,736      13,212       5,072
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.       21,938      33,464      20,253      29,616      17,499      25,924
  Metal ores; scrap                28,063       9,103      32,840       9,423      28,347       7,294
  Metalworking machinery            6,250      10,325       6,245       8,620       5,332       5,566
  Mineral fuels, other              8,351       3,942      10,113       4,548       7,442       3,410

  Natural gas                       4,827       8,742       6,429      13,567       5,111      17,402
  Nickel                            1,572       2,943       1,583       3,718       1,131       2,976

  Oils and fats of vegetable        2,598       5,447       2,532       6,099       2,651       3,940
  Optical goods                     3,404       6,082       3,262       5,896       3,278       5,508

  Paper and paperboard             15,854      15,621      15,993      15,795      14,921      15,285
  Petroleum preparations          101,687      89,950      90,426      92,281      53,526      67,416
  Photographic equipment            3,011       2,164       3,259       2,183       3,346       2,050
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.         11,130      18,979      10,427      17,403       9,712      16,043
  Platinum                            924       4,376       1,036       5,555       1,370       4,146
  Pottery                             107       1,519          99       1,504          98       1,501
  Power generating machines (4)    39,162      57,819      36,314      52,101      33,015      42,503
  Printed materials                 5,853       4,521       5,859       4,514       5,881       4,586
  Pulp and waste paper              8,951       3,354       9,711       4,020       8,641       3,887

  Records and magnetic media        4,517       5,870       4,368       5,716       4,425       5,297
  Rice                              2,050         659       2,099         631       2,323         574
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           2,613       4,127       2,331       3,763       2,049       3,310
  Rubber tires and tubes (4)        5,595      14,654       5,147      13,377       4,159      10,673

  Scientific instruments (4)       50,214      45,870      48,255      43,532      44,287      37,796
  Ships, boats                      3,359       1,865       2,459       1,189       2,499       1,588
  Silver and bullion                2,500       6,628       3,093       8,577       1,673       4,415
  Soybeans                         24,639         328      17,607         219      18,636         220
  Spacecraft (4)                      613         120           1          51         (-)          0
  Specialized industrial machine   53,753      44,989      51,659      41,417      46,749      30,940
  Sugar                                58       1,339          72       1,637          65       1,236

  Television, VCR, etc. (4)        23,080     143,845      23,373     137,953      21,524     137,307
  Textile yearn, fabric            12,532      24,750      12,880      24,138      11,386      22,122
  Tobacco, unmanufactured           1,101         958       1,149         752       1,168         701
  Toys, games and sporting goods    4,469      28,038       4,336      28,650       4,246      30,630
  Travel goods                        541       9,996         525       9,034         463       8,013

  Vegetables and fruits            19,897      24,594      17,964      23,596      15,709      20,917
  Vehicles                        116,883     235,338     105,943     198,712      88,141     178,949

  Watches, clocks, and parts          397       4,836         460       4,832         379       3,747
  Wheat                             8,161         832      11,144         644       6,771         563
  Wood manufactures                 2,106       7,724       2,091       6,783       2,053       6,920

Re-exports                        193,507         (-)    182,102         (-)    155,927           (-)

  Agricultural commodities          4,073                   3,993                   3,531            

  Manufactured goods              186,761                 175,052                 150,357            

  Mineral fuels                     1,058                   1,314                     824            
                                                                           

(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 the FT900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900
or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
*For monthly detail, go to: www.census.gov/foreign-trade/
                                                                           
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2012 (CB-13-98, BEA-13-24), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148)
or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
