                           PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
           EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
                                            
         In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal totals due to rounding
                             This exhibit is not additive.
                            (R) Revised. (X) Not applicable.
         (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
                                            

                                                          2013

Item (1)                                      September               August
                                       Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total, Balance of Payment Basis          129,783     192,688 (R) 133,344 (R) 195,543

  Net Adjustments (2)                      1,111       2,071 (R)   1,018 (R)   2,167

Total, Census Basis (2)                  128,672     190,617 (R) 132,326 (R) 193,376

  Manufactured Goods (3)                  96,959     154,112     101,117     156,252
  Agricultural Commodities (3)            10,705       7,833      10,254       8,206

Food and Live Animals                      8,925       6,751       8,895       7,040

  Live animals other than fish                88         202          57         154
  Meat and preparations                    1,470         494       1,557         515
  Dairy products and birds                   519         139         544         143
  Fish and preparations                      682       1,561         675       1,647
  Cereals and preparations                 2,336         810       2,132         760
  Vegetables and fruits                    1,722       1,734       1,638       1,881
  Sugar, preparations and honey              205         351         231         419
  Coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices             274         886         284         941
  Feeding stuff for animals                  914         219       1,030         228
  Miscellaneous edible products              717         355         747         352

Beverages and Tobacco                        515       1,706         541       1,751

  Beverages                                  428       1,495         448       1,531
  Tobacco and manufactures                    87         211          93         220

Crude Materials Except Fuels               5,989       2,855       5,563       2,820

  Hides, skins, and furskins                 203           5         233           6
  Oil seeds and oleaginuos fruit           1,063         190         434          88
  Crude rubber                               250         327         272         331
  Cork and wood                              529         514         570         494
  Pulp and waste paper                       734         304         749         356
  Textile fibers                             466         105         576         116
  Crude fertilizers                          214         206         216         224
  Metalliferous ores and metal S           2,330         739       2,304         649
  Crude animal and vegetable mat             199         465         210         555

Mineral Fuels and Lubricants              12,493      32,032      12,737      33,250

  Coal, coke, and briquettes                 881          84         927          79
  Petroleum preparations                  10,511      30,758      10,761      31,993
  Gas, natural, and manufactured           1,075       1,043       1,020         969
  Electric current                            25         147          29         209

Animal and Vegetable Oils                    238         454         219         468

  Animal oil and fat                          81          21          69          27
  Fixed vegetable fats and oil,              130         422         115         428
  Animal or vegetable fats, proc              27          11          35          13

Chemicals and Related Products            16,276      15,289      16,837      15,547

  Organic chemicals                        3,517       3,914       3,593       4,263
  Inorganic chemicals                        878       1,118         897       1,251
  Dyeing, tanning and coloring m             636         306         665         312
  Medicinal and pharmaceutical p           3,544       5,254       3,289       5,013
  Essential oil and reinoids               1,222       1,016       1,349       1,129
  Fertilizers                                240         635         383         469
  Plastics in primary forms                2,794       1,122       2,984       1,174
  Plastics in nonprimary forms               971         740       1,084         747
  Chemical materials and product           2,473       1,185       2,593       1,190

Manufactured Goods by Material             9,600      19,135      10,051      19,928

  Leather and leather manufactur             113         112         113         111
  Rubber manufactures (4)                    826       1,751         881       1,850
  Cork and wood manufactures                 176         764         187         848
  Paper and paperboard                     1,330       1,410       1,378       1,441
  Textile yarn, fabris                     1,131       2,158       1,166       2,318
  Nonmetallic mineral manufactur           1,007       3,302       1,034       3,341
  Iron and steel                           1,475       2,998       1,578       3,151
  Nonferrous metals                        1,267       2,907       1,383       2,990
  Manufactures of metals                   2,277       3,733       2,330       3,877

Machinery and Transport Equipmen          42,838      75,208      44,088      74,851

  Power generating machinery (4)           3,416       4,989       3,139       5,125
  Specialized industrial machine           3,547       3,151       3,901       3,656
  Metalworking machinery                     457         821         546         796
  General industrial machinery             5,404       6,535       5,800       7,134
  Office machinery                         1,693       9,561       1,807       9,738
  Telecommunications equipment (4)         1,983      13,350       1,942      11,591
  Electrical machinery (4)                 6,561      13,384       6,792      13,213
  Road vehicles                           10,132      20,588      10,300      21,211
  Transport equipment (4)                  9,645       2,831       9,859       2,388

Miscellaneous Manufactured Artic           9,796      30,360      10,057      30,458

  Prefabricated buildings                    278       1,006         295       1,011
  Furniture                                  547       3,094         569       3,243
  Travel goods                                50         916          52         918
  Apparel and clothing accessori             280       8,238         310       8,833
  Footwear                                    66       2,102          69       2,387
  Scientific and controlling equ           4,042       4,012       4,221       3,951
  Photographic equipment                     541       1,117         580       1,070
  Miscellaneous manufactured art           3,993       9,875       3,961       9,046

Miscellaneous Commodities                  5,350       6,826       6,399       7,296

  Special transactions                       613       4,493         586       4,582
  Coin, including gold coin                   35         129          54         137
  Coin, other than gold                        1           2           6           2
  Gold, nonmonetary                        1,738       1,095       2,454       1,403
  Low value estimate                       2,963       1,107       3,299       1,171

Re-exports                                16,652         (X)      17,049         (X)

  Manufactured goods (3)                  16,031         (X)      16,542         (X)
  Agricultural commodities (3)               279         (X)         288         (X)
                                     

                                                 2013                    2012
Item (1)                                    Year-to-Date            Year-to-Date
                                       Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total, Balance of Payment Basis        1,177,472   1,709,658   1,163,083   1,726,011

  Net Adjustments (2)                      7,906      19,174      11,912      20,711

Total, Census Basis (2)                1,169,567   1,690,485   1,151,170   1,705,300

  Manufactured Goods (3)                 883,102   1,359,600     869,671   1,345,591
  Agricultural Commodities (3)            99,035      78,916      99,368      78,112

Food and Live Animals                     74,920      65,783      71,431      63,200

  Live animals other than fish               628       1,877         693       1,840
  Meat and preparations                   13,219       4,927      12,920       4,793
  Dairy products and birds                 4,288       1,244       3,312       1,219
  Fish and preparations                    3,916      12,716       3,880      12,318
  Cereals and preparations                18,053       7,359      19,455       5,977
  Vegetables and fruits                   14,904      19,968      13,791      18,524
  Sugar, preparations and honey            1,863       3,274       1,880       3,726
  Coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices           2,228       9,031       2,199       9,911
  Feeding stuff for animals                9,452       2,142       7,603       1,903
  Miscellaneous edible products            6,369       3,245       5,698       2,988

Beverages and Tobacco                      4,716      15,235       4,270      14,435

  Beverages                                3,571      13,641       3,217      13,056
  Tobacco and manufactures                 1,145       1,594       1,053       1,379

Crude Materials Except Fuels              57,486      26,712      63,199      28,337

  Hides, skins, and furskins               2,455         256       2,172         201
  Oil seeds and oleaginuos fruit          10,980       1,278      14,516         804
  Crude rubber                             2,477       3,294       3,139       4,314
  Cork and wood                            4,793       4,806       4,110       3,826
  Pulp and waste paper                     6,496       2,726       6,680       2,530
  Textile fibers                           6,647         989       7,120       1,094
  Crude fertilizers                        1,856       1,975       1,964       2,116
  Metalliferous ores and metal S          19,622       6,277      21,378       6,961
  Crude animal and vegetable mat           2,161       5,110       2,120       6,492

Mineral Fuels and Lubricants             105,295     290,529      99,830     326,093

  Coal, coke, and briquettes               8,783         755      12,067       1,179
  Petroleum preparations                  87,265     277,763      81,273     314,819
  Gas, natural, and manufactured           8,999      10,291       6,324       8,761
  Electric current                           248       1,721         166       1,335

Animal and Vegetable Oils                  2,396       4,269       2,794       4,499

  Animal oil and fat                         562         198         688         181
  Fixed vegetable fats and oil,            1,505       3,952       1,726       4,187
  Animal or vegetable fats, proc             329         118         380         131

Chemicals and Related Products           150,289     147,171     150,422     147,928

  Organic chemicals                       32,528      39,742      32,026      40,224
  Inorganic chemicals                      8,329      10,888       9,481      11,421
  Dyeing, tanning and coloring m           5,732       2,903       6,181       2,919
  Medicinal and pharmaceutical p          31,069      49,475      31,954      51,170
  Essential oil and reinoids              11,047       9,317      10,641       8,440
  Fertilizers                              3,240       6,362       3,570       6,481
  Plastics in primary forms               26,199      10,660      25,750      10,188
  Plastics in nonprimary forms             9,033       6,757       8,893       6,406
  Chemical materials and product          23,112      11,067      21,927      10,680

Manufactured Goods by Material            87,322     177,344      89,514     178,504

  Leather and leather manufactur           1,010         905         836         924
  Rubber manufactures (4)                  7,504      15,896       7,781      15,938
  Cork and wood manufactures               1,643       6,866       1,617       5,955
  Paper and paperboard                    12,185      11,969      12,081      11,652
  Textile yarn, fabris                     9,823      19,347       9,603      18,708
  Nonmetallic mineral manufactur           9,474      31,281      10,135      28,494
  Iron and steel                          13,872      27,651      14,767      33,248
  Nonferrous metals                       11,803      29,821      13,162      29,791
  Manufactures of metals                  20,007      33,608      19,532      33,794

Machinery and Transport Equipmen         382,359     650,721     378,212     641,661

  Power generating machinery (4)          28,180      44,762      29,752      47,590
  Specialized industrial machine          36,863      31,419      41,518      34,292
  Metalworking machinery                   4,615       7,339       4,695       7,598
  General industrial machinery            49,948      63,113      48,554      62,823
  Office machinery                        15,905      84,791      16,642      87,174
  Telecommunications equipment (4)          17,425     105,600      17,245     101,516
  Electrical machinery (4)                58,446     111,166      58,215     107,959
  Road vehicles                           88,633     179,254      87,323     173,196
  Transport equipment (4)                 82,344      23,277      74,267      19,513

Miscellaneous Manufactured Artic          90,730     245,616      89,321     236,684

  Prefabricated buildings                  2,305       7,576       2,219       6,900
  Furniture                                4,510      28,248       4,291      26,734
  Travel goods                               423       7,781         395       7,373
  Apparel and clothing accessori           2,564      66,355       2,602      64,200
  Footwear                                   580      19,097         612      18,263
  Scientific and controlling equ          37,400      35,083      37,688      34,037
  Photographic equipment                   4,949       9,938       5,162       9,739
  Miscellaneous manufactured art          38,000      71,539      36,352      69,438

Miscellaneous Commodities                 60,924      66,877      57,617      63,956

  Special transactions                     5,373      42,765       5,056      39,772
  Coin, including gold coin                  336       2,005         202       1,185
  Coin, other than gold                       44          29          59          28
  Gold, nonmonetary                       28,039      12,075      27,323      12,846
  Low value estimate                      27,131      10,003      24,977      10,125

Re-exports                               153,274         (X)     144,561         (X)

  Manufactured goods (3)                 146,828         (X)     138,052         (X)
  Agricultural commodities (3)             3,277         (X)       3,021         (X)
                                                 
(1)  Detailed data are presented for domestic exports unless otherwise noted.  All data are on a Cen
sus basis.
The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Total exports, including re-exports (exports of foreign merchandise)
(3) Manufactured Goods is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Agr
icultural Commodities is based on the Harmonized
System commodities specified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture definition.  All other commodity 
detail is based on the SITC.
(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, at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-13-188, BEA-13-52), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2013.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
