                            Part B: Not Seasonally Adjusted
                     Exhibit 15. Exports and Imports of Goods by 
                              Principal SITC Commodities
                                            
         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.  (R) - Revised.
                                            

                                               2013                    2012
Item (1)                                      January                December
                                       Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis           124,738     186,970  (R)132,060  (R)179,064

  Net Adjustments                          1,426       1,822  (R)  1,364  (R)  1,903

Total Census Basis (2)                   123,311     185,148  (R)130,696  (R)177,161

  Manufactured Goods (3)                  91,770     146,746      98,366     143,222
  ALL Agricultural Commodities (3)        13,024       8,885      13,037       8,336

Food and Live Animals                      7,761       7,499       8,169       7,303

  Live animals other than fish                73         221         140         237
  Meat and preparations                    1,381         552       1,444         492
  Dairy products and birds                   350         136         347         196
  Fish and preparations                      224       1,371         338       1,514
  Cereals and preparations                 1,799         795       1,761         787
  Vegetables and fruits                    1,538       2,443       1,893       2,143
  Sugar, preparations and honey              198         334         195         348
  Coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices             248       1,035         234         991
  Feeding stuff for animals                1,278         249       1,184         241
  Miscellaneous edible products              673         361         634         354

Beverages and Tobacco                        438       1,485         530       1,632

  Beverages                                  303       1,345         343       1,510
  Tobacco and manufactures                   135         140         187         123

Crude Materials Except Fuels               8,392       2,858       8,305       2,643

  Hides, skins, and furskins                 261          71         205          15
  Oil seeds and oleaginuos fruit           3,396         110       3,217         103
  Crude rubber                               247         386         278         374
  Cork and wood                              447         497         446         424
  Pulp and waste paper                       745         274         794         248
  Textile fibers                             815         100         654          89
  Crude fertilizers                          189         225         203         232
  Metalliferous ores and metal S           2,029         688       2,220         719
  Crude animal and vegetable mat             261         507         288         439

Mineral Fuels and Lubricants              10,825      33,967      12,834      29,717

  Coal, coke, and briquettes               1,013          80       1,066         100
  Petroleum preparations                   8,881      32,361      10,892      28,244
  Gas, natural, and manufactured             907       1,297         855       1,144
  Electric current                            25         230          21         230

Animal and Vegetable Oils                    382         463         448         449

  Animal oil and fat                          69          20          61          18
  Fixed vegetable fats and oil,              269         431         338         421
  Animal or vegetable fats, proc              43          12          48          10

Chemicals and Related Products            15,818      16,970      15,450      15,231

  Organic chemicals                        3,460       4,683       3,440       3,767
  Inorganic chemicals                        870       1,271         956       1,221
  Dyeing, tanning and coloring m             572         304         555         269
  Medicinial and pharmaceutical            3,408       5,810       2,949       5,566
  Essential oil and reinoids               1,131       1,005       1,166         923
  Fertilizers                                276         946         337         752
  Plastics in primary forms                2,807       1,114       2,690       1,006
  Plastics in nonprimary forms               927         698         881         632
  Chemical materials and product           2,366       1,139       2,476       1,096

Manufactured Goods by Material             9,427      19,828       8,463      17,710

  Leather and leather manufactur             109          93          95          96
  Rubber manufactures (5)                    793       1,736         738       1,584
  Cork and wood manufactures                 171         718         152         656
  Paper and paperboard                     1,342       1,293       1,226       1,156
  Textile yarn, fabris                       977       2,130         902       1,897
  Nonmetallic mineral manufactur           1,109       3,242       1,011       2,747
  Iron and steel                           1,585       3,152       1,393       2,919
  Nonferrous metals                        1,245       3,752       1,048       3,369
  Manufactures of metals                   2,097       3,712       1,897       3,286

Machinery and Transport Equipmen          38,574      67,298      43,055      70,962

  Power generating machinery (5)           2,891       4,609       3,250       4,647
  Specialized industrial machine           3,794       3,483       4,100       3,591
  Metalworking machinery                     464         841         506         956
  General industrial machinery             5,225       6,597       5,061       5,988
  Office machinery                         1,828       9,123       2,012      10,118
  Telecommunications equipment             1,838      11,234       2,009      12,371
  Electrical machinery                     6,340      11,657       6,183      11,347
  Road vehicles                            7,907      17,281       9,358      19,414
  Transport equipment                      8,286       2,473      10,576       2,529

Miscellaneous Manufactured Artic           9,291      27,145      10,042      24,736

  Prefabricated buildings                    210         808         227         745
  Furniture                                  451       3,283         455       2,968
  Travel goods                                41         858          45         785
  Apparel and clothing accessori             272       7,347         269       6,223
  Footwear                                    58       2,453          62       1,871
  Scientific and controlling equ           3,750       3,675       4,416       3,828
  Photographic equipment                     514       1,041         549       1,037
  Miscellaneous manufactured art           3,995       7,679       4,020       7,280

Miscellaneous Commodities                  6,688       7,636       7,610       6,669

  Special transactions                       597       4,499         618       4,053
  Coin, including gold coin                   35         385          31         251
  Coin, other than gold                       11           4           4           5
  Gold, nonmonetary                        3,437       1,689       4,012       1,589
  Low value estimate                       2,609       1,059       2,945         772

Re-exports                                15,715         (X)      15,645         (X)

  Manufactured goods                      14,897         (X)      14,772         (X)
  Agricultural commodities                   423         (X)         396         (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.g
ov/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-13-44, BEA-13-08), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
