
Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 14. U.S. Trade in Goods by Principal Commodities

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. This exhibit is not additive.
(X) Not applicable. (-) Represents zero or less than one-half of measurement shown.


Item (1)                                    2014                    2013                    2012
                                          Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports     Exports     Imports

Total, Balance of Payment Basis (2)        1,632,639   2,374,101   1,592,043   2,294,630   1,562,578   2,303,749

    Net Adjustments (2)                       12,107      26,416      13,604      26,260      16,757      27,482

Total, Census Basis (2)                    1,620,532   2,347,685   1,578,439   2,268,370   1,545,821   2,276,267

    Manufactured Goods (3)                 1,192,583   1,927,026   1,176,883   1,834,001   1,157,124   1,809,135

    Agricultural Commodities (3)             150,006     111,855     144,343     104,380     141,532     103,239

Food and Live Animals                        108,494      97,055     103,201      88,210      96,931      84,580

    Live animals other than fish                 927       3,542         969       2,639       1,174       2,611
    Meat and preparations                     19,332       8,914      17,911       6,507      17,480       6,226
    Dairy products and birds                   6,290       1,989       5,900       1,768       4,338       1,733
    Fish and preparations                      5,369      20,112       5,249      17,828       5,165      16,564
    Cereals and preparations                  26,892       9,235      24,265       9,691      24,454       8,461
    Vegetables and fruits                     22,245      28,193      21,686      26,415      19,905      24,600
    Sugar, preparations and honey              2,229       4,541       2,429       4,307       2,525       4,807
    Coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices             3,147      13,021       3,096      11,798       2,991      12,831
    Feeding stuff for animals                 13,172       3,101      13,158       2,883      11,217       2,655
    Miscellaneous edible products              8,891       4,407       8,539       4,374       7,682       4,091

Beverages and Tobacco                          6,462      21,594       6,450      20,811       5,954      19,659

    Beverages                                  4,949      19,537       4,827      18,635       4,370      17,829
    Tobacco and manufactures                   1,513       2,056       1,623       2,175       1,584       1,829

Crude Materials Except Fuels                  85,535      36,504      85,187      34,856      90,461      36,599

    Hides, skins, and furskins, raw            2,927         307       3,137         288       2,785         228
    Oil seeds and oleaginuos fruits           26,121       2,199      24,101       1,645      26,996       1,101
    Crude rubber                               3,148       3,772       3,257       4,248       3,977       5,458
    Cork and wood                              7,273       7,188       6,520       6,402       5,504       5,172
    Pulp and waste paper                       8,689       3,588       8,659       3,619       8,953       3,354
    Textile fibers including waste             6,916       1,419       8,228       1,294       8,688       1,402
    Crude fertilizers                          2,813       2,934       2,479       2,598       2,584       2,839
    Metalliferous ores and metal Scrap        24,485       8,835      25,806       8,291      28,053       9,105
    Crude animal and vegetable materials       3,164       6,261       3,000       6,469       2,921       7,940

Mineral Fuels and Lubricants                 153,697     347,477     147,539     379,758     136,054     423,860
    Coal, coke, and briquettes                 8,718       1,196      11,459       1,019      15,076       1,508
    Petroleum products and preparations      126,928     326,715     123,217     363,141     111,949     408,509
    Gas, natural, and manufactured            17,487      16,896      12,507      13,169       8,795      11,929
    Electric current                             564       2,670         356       2,429         233       1,914

Animal and Vegetable Oils                      2,793       5,776       3,178       5,667       4,010       5,856
    Animal oil and fat                           725         244         765         260         892         241
    Fixed vegetable fats and oil, crude        1,682       5,379       1,986       5,254       2,594       5,447
    Animal or vegetable fats, processed          385         153         428         153         524         169

Chemicals and Related Products               203,076     207,714     198,800     195,471     198,063     196,187
    Organic chemicals                         39,574      52,169      42,481      52,312      42,372      52,252
    Inorganic chemicals                       11,431      13,137      11,206      14,194      12,293      15,500
    Dyeing, tanning and coloring materia       7,697       3,967       7,551       3,813       7,884       3,757
    Medicinal and pharmaceutical product      46,264      76,166      41,366      66,799      42,558      68,887
    Essential oil and reinoids                15,377      13,337      14,853      12,480      14,213      11,379
    Fertilizers                                3,725       8,104       4,099       7,959       4,497       8,744
    Plastics in primary forms                 35,137      15,754      34,549      13,997      33,770      13,283
    Plastics in nonprimary forms              12,808       9,629      12,090       8,942      11,657       8,436
    Chemical materials and products           31,064      15,450      30,605      14,976      28,818      13,948

Manufactured Goods by Material               117,755     254,193     115,817     234,788     117,137     234,768

    Leather and leather manufactures           1,437       1,398       1,347       1,279       1,109       1,232
    Rubber manufactures (4)                   10,177      21,821       9,947      21,072      10,265      21,018
    Cork and wood manufactures                 2,216       9,569       2,182       9,045       2,127       7,962
    Paper and paperboard                      16,034      16,698      16,139      15,978      15,854      15,621
    Textile yarn, fabris                      13,261      26,996      12,857      25,813      12,527      24,743
    Nonmetallic mineral manufactures (4)      13,050      45,121      12,540      41,912      13,367      37,555
    Iron and steel                            18,427      46,828      18,443      36,624      19,283      42,776
    Nonferrous metals                         15,548      38,538      15,724      38,270      16,795      39,418
    Manufactures of metals                    27,606      47,223      26,639      44,794      25,809      44,444

Machinery and Transport Equipment            534,213     939,287     513,981     886,879     507,042     869,887

    Power generating machinery (4)            40,186      66,378      38,415      60,711      39,629      62,864
    Specialized industrial machinery          48,744      47,298      49,202      42,281      53,731      45,010
    Metalworking machinery                     5,813       9,932       6,046       9,923       6,251      10,325
    General industrial machinery              70,252      92,447      66,628      83,472      64,468      81,670
    Office machinery                          21,849     117,903      21,549     117,472      22,608     118,866
    Telecommunications equipment (4)          23,715     152,582      23,631     146,207      23,081     143,883
    Electrical machinery (4)                  80,905     158,714      78,498     149,914      77,783     144,323
    Road vehicles                            121,548     256,882     118,739     244,463     116,903     235,323
    Transport equipment (4)                  121,200      37,151     111,274      32,436     102,588      27,622

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles          122,935     348,643     121,697     333,225     119,478     318,987

    Prefabricated buildings                    3,245      11,483       3,139      10,404       3,010       9,309
    Furniture (4)                              6,476      41,462       6,130      38,005       5,755      35,612
    Travel goods                                 568      10,995         586      10,586         541       9,998
    Apparel and clothing accessories           3,424      90,157       3,425      87,918       3,454      84,917
    Footwear                                     826      26,014         789      24,811         824      23,887
    Scientific and controlling equipment      50,006      50,480      50,119      47,425      50,212      45,874
    Photographic equipment                     6,462      14,331       6,559      13,512       6,837      13,098
    Miscellaneous manufactured articles       51,928     103,721      50,950     100,563      48,845      96,293

Miscellaneous Commodities                     64,409      89,444      75,219      88,705      77,082      85,885

    Special transactions                       8,033      61,708       7,204      56,803       6,785      53,223
    Coin, including gold coin                    303       1,645         398       2,459         279       1,805
    Coin, other than gold                         32          15          47          35          75          40
    Gold, nonmonetary                         21,260      14,434      32,975      15,965      36,421      17,831
    Low value estimate                        34,781      11,642      34,595      13,443      33,522      12,986

Re-exports                                   221,163         (X)     207,370         (X)     193,610         (X)

    Agricultural commodities (3)               4,607         (X)       4,315         (X)       4,032         (X)
    Manufactured goods (3)                   209,703         (X)     198,215         (X)     184,274         (X)


(1) Detailed data are presented for domestic exports unless otherwise noted. All data are 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) Manufactured Goods is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Agricultural 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) Export statistics for certain commodity classifications related to the aircraft industry are subject to suppression and have been aggregated in a manner
that prevents the disclosure of confidential information. For additional information, see www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/notices/aircraft/.

NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors, definitions, and details concerning what is included in Net Adjustments, see the information
section on page A-1 of the FT-900 release at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.

SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2014 (CB-15-95, BEA-15-24), Bureau of the Census, Economic
Indicators Division.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148)
or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Economic Indicators Division.
