Table 23

                                                                U.S. TOTAL EXPORTS, 1992-98
                                                             by Two-digit SITC Product Groups
                                         (Census Basis; Foreign and Domestic Exports, F.a.s; Millions of Dollars)

                                                                                                                                         1998/97   Change
SITC                 PRODUCT                                 1992        1993        1994        1995        1996        1997       1998        $        %

0-9 Total                                                 447,471     464,858     512,416     583,031     622,827     687,598    680,474   -7,124     -1.0
5-9 Manufactures                                          368,165     388,538     430,845     484,971     522,660     591,233    595,219    3,986      0.7
0-4 Non-Manufactures                                       79,306      76,321      81,571      98,060     100,167      96,365     85,256  -11,109    -11.5
  0 LIVE ANIMALS OTHER THAN ANIMALS OF DIVISION 03            638         522         591         544         535         694        683      -11     -1.6
  1 MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS                              4,228       4,373       5,208       6,478       7,005       6,943      6,431     -513     -7.4
  2 DAIRY PRODUCTS AND BIRDS' EGGS                            724         788         732         796         713         836        808      -28     -3.3
  3 FISH (EXCPT MARINE MAMMAL) CRUSTACEANS, ETC, PREPS      3,486       3,099       3,153       3,298       3,059       2,739      2,272     -467    -17.1
  4 CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS                        12,206      11,826      11,281      16,054      18,152      12,648     11,491   -1,157     -9.1
  5 VEGETABLES AND FRUIT                                    6,265       6,562       7,295       7,697       7,947       8,105      7,942     -163     -2.0
  6 SUGARS, SUGAR PREPARATIONS & HONEY                        478         463         538         597         630         679        668      -11     -1.6
  7 COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES & MANUFACTURES THEREOF         601         756         944         891         918       1,045      1,047        2      0.2
  8 FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS NOT INCL UNMILLED CEREAL      3,635       3,583       3,458       3,798       4,387       4,867      4,305     -562    -11.5
  9 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS & PREPARATIONS            1,532       1,833       2,218       2,018       2,443       2,720      2,671      -49     -1.8
 11 BEVERAGES                                                 965       1,013       1,275       1,418       1,361       1,475      1,524       48      3.3
 12 TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES                        6,177       5,584       6,741       6,668       6,664       6,587      6,309     -278     -4.2
 21 HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS, RAW                          1,373       1,310       1,551       1,777       1,711       1,687      1,279     -408    -24.2
 22 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS                         4,804       4,980       4,725       5,921       7,855       7,984      5,441   -2,543    -31.9
 23 CRUDE RUBBER (INCLUDING SYNTHETIC & RECLAIMED)          1,016         937       1,082       1,262       1,364       1,305      1,173     -132    -10.1
 24 CORK AND WOOD                                           5,331       5,799       5,581       5,666       5,543       5,179      4,133   -1,046    -20.2
 25 PULP AND WASTE PAPER                                    3,874       3,006       3,839       6,279       4,079       3,899      3,485     -415    -10.6
 26 TEXTILE FIBERS & THEIR WASTES (EXC WOOL TOPS ETC)       3,114       2,684       3,989       5,403       4,403       4,279      3,942     -337     -7.9
 27 CRUDE FERTILIZERS (NOT OF DIV 56) & CRUDE MINERALS      1,431       1,409       1,553       1,577       1,581       1,697      1,676      -21     -1.2
 28 METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP                      3,603       3,343       3,773       5,595       4,382       4,740      3,627   -1,113    -23.5
 29 CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, N.E.S.            1,183       1,169       1,201       1,325       1,366       1,433      1,504       71      5.0
 32 COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES                               4,326       3,201       2,964       3,714       3,853       3,567      3,192     -375    -10.5
 33 PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS & RELATED MATERIALS       6,066       5,957       5,432       5,946       7,546       8,137      6,138   -1,999    -24.6
 34 GAS, NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED                             743         597         548         747         757         794        555     -239    -30.1
 35 ELECTRIC CURRENT                                           64          61          30          47          69         124        185       61     48.9
 41 ANIMAL OILS AND FATS                                      522         503         606         835         613         571        686      115     20.1
 42 FIXED VEG. FATS & OILS CRUDE, REFINED, FRACTIONATE        831         836       1,120       1,525       1,032       1,402      1,830      427     30.5
 43 ANML/VEG FATS/OILS PROCESS/WAXES/INEDIBLE PREP NES         93         128         144         184         199         227        259       32     14.1
 51 ORGANIC CHEMICALS                                      11,149      11,238      13,064      16,395      15,012      16,766     15,181   -1,585     -9.5
 52 INORGANIC CHEMICALS                                     4,258       3,887       4,153       4,581       4,749       5,429      4,842     -587    -10.8
 53 DYEING, TANNING AND COLORING MATERIALS                  1,889       2,033       2,353       2,621       2,771       3,351      3,528      177      5.3
 54 MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS                   5,446       5,842       6,184       6,554       7,330       8,231      9,661    1,430     17.4
 55 ESSENTIAL OILS, ETC; TOILET, POLISHING ETC PREP         2,710       3,142       3,644       3,943       4,438       5,020      4,888     -132     -2.6
 56 FERTILIZERS (EXCEPT CRUDE OF GROUP 272)                 2,390       1,823       2,706       3,226       3,076       3,074      3,282      208      6.8
 57 PLASTICS IN PRIMARY FORMS                               7,203       7,407       8,721      10,756      10,988      12,166     11,560     -606     -5.0
 58 PLASTICS IN NONPRIMARY FORMS                            3,125       3,419       3,864       4,337       4,693       5,412      5,315      -98     -1.8
 59 CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS, N.E.S.                 6,559       7,077       7,763       9,288       9,873      11,378     11,014     -363     -3.2
 61 LEATHER, LEATHER MFR, NES, AND DRESSED FURSKINS           850         910         850         836         862       1,006      1,026       20      2.0
 62 RUBBER MANUFACTURES, N.E.S.                             2,546       2,726       3,096       3,554       3,850       4,705      4,902      197      4.2
 63 CORK AND WOOD MANUFACTURES OTHER THAN FURNITURE         1,436       1,528       1,609       1,718       1,786       2,055      1,801     -254    -12.4
 64 PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF                  6,393       6,527       7,522       9,675       9,992      10,439     10,082     -357     -3.4
 65 TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES, N.E.S.         5,889       6,025       6,592       7,372       8,008       9,187      9,205       17      0.2
 66 NONMETALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES, N.E.S.                4,864       5,266       5,975       6,708       7,217       8,056      7,968      -88     -1.1
 67 IRON AND STEEL                                          3,856       3,602       3,903       5,803       5,251       6,197      6,026     -170     -2.8
 68 NONFERROUS METALS                                       5,075       4,703       5,382       7,514       7,174       7,767      7,575     -192     -2.5
 69 MANUFACTURES OF METALS, N.E.S.                          7,264       7,874       9,066      10,282      11,623      12,865     13,221      355      2.8
 71 POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT               18,454      19,676      20,870      22,430      23,169      28,135     29,963    1,827      6.5
 72 MACHINERY SPECIALIZED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES        17,245      18,338      20,669      24,286      26,628      30,375     28,688   -1,687     -5.6
 73 METALWORKING MACHINERY                                  3,149       3,405       4,112       4,865       5,503       6,051      5,717     -334     -5.5
 74 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHRY & EQUIPMT, N.E.S. & PTS      18,876      20,126      22,563      25,048      27,370      31,440     30,999     -441     -1.4
 75 OFFICE MACHS AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHS       30,983      31,348      35,396      41,947      45,751      51,641     47,759   -3,882     -7.5
 76 TELECOMMUN & SOUND RECORD & REPRODUCE APP & EQUIP      12,327      14,237      17,129      20,332      21,414      26,056     25,978      -78     -0.3
 77 ELECTRICAL MACHRY, APPARATUS & APPLIANCES, N.E.S.      37,424      43,178      52,921      65,638      70,286      78,302     76,872   -1,430     -1.8
 78 ROAD VEHICLES (INC AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES)               37,946      41,178      46,305      49,222      51,703      57,429     56,469     -960     -1.7
 79 TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, N.E.S.                            38,613      33,394      32,377      27,720      34,356      43,212     55,724   12,513     29.0
 81 PREFAB BUILDINGS; SANITARY, PLUMB ETC FIX NES             997       1,120       1,281       1,323       1,402       1,583      1,462     -121     -7.7
 82 FURNITURE & PTS; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, ETC.              2,596       2,855       3,275       3,306       3,530       4,219      4,675      456     10.8
 83 TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS             214         223         263         286         339         369        343      -26     -6.9
 84 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES            4,211       4,952       5,616       6,651       7,511       8,672      8,793      122      1.4
 85 FOOTWEAR                                                  693         703         758         791         879         920        851      -70     -7.6
 87 PROFESSIONAL SCIENT & CONTROL INST & APPARATUS NES     14,944      15,844      17,207      19,372      21,441      25,042     25,386      344      1.4
 88 PHOTO APPT, EQUIP & OPTICAL GOODS NES; WATCH & CLK      4,338       4,398       4,681       5,200       5,916       6,501      6,381     -121     -1.9
 89 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NES               23,283      24,282      26,539      28,515      30,694      31,781     31,798       17      0.1
 93 SPECIAL TRANSACTIONS & COMMOD NOT CLASSIF BY KIND       4,159       4,433       4,975       4,695       5,132       5,685      5,287     -399     -7.0
 95 COIN INCLUDING GOLD; PROOF AND PRESENTATION SETS          141         101          79          66          43          65         40      -26    -39.5
 96 COIN (OTHER THAN GOLD COIN) NOT BEING LEGAL TENDER          9           4           4           8          16          12          6       -6    -48.2
 97 GOLD, NONMONETARY (EXCLUDING ORES & CONCENTRATES)       4,092       9,063       5,677       5,098       6,671       5,694      5,407     -287     -5.0
 98 Estimate of low values import transactions                 na          na          na          na          na          na         na       na n     na
 99 LOW VALUE SHIPMENTS; VARIOUS SHIPMENTS NIK             10,568      10,651      11,700      13,005      14,211      14,945     15,547      602      4.0

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Note:  Unrevised data.  Revised Total and Manufactures values are shown in Table 3.  Last updated 2/22/99. Next update Spring 2000.