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Imports and Exports of Leading Commodities, 2004

by Principal SITC Groupings (in millions of dollars)

Item	2004 Cumulative
Item	Exports	Imports
Total balance of payment basis	$807,536	$1,472,926
Net adjustments	–11,239	3,221
Selected commodities:
ADP equipment; office machines	28,241	93,762
Airplane parts	15,295	4,824
Airplanes	24,493	11,389
Alcoholic bev.,distilled	684	4,022
Aluminum	3,807	9,547
Animal feeds	3,808	778
Artwork/antiques	1,322	5,307
Basketware, etc.	5,084	8,435
Cereal flour	1,802	2,730
Chemicals—cosmetics	7,441	6,948
Chemicals—dyeing	4,569	2,667
Chemicals—fertilizers	2,595	2,536
Chemicals—inorganic	6,196	8,276
Chemicals—medicinal	23,433	34,937
Chemicals—organic	25,852	35,447
Chemicals—plastics	25,202	14,222
Cigarettes	1,294	257
Clothing	4,423	72,316
Coal	2,758	2,416
Coffee	7	1,868
Copper	1,918	4,754
Cork, wood, lumber	3,857	10,605
Corn	6,132	127
Cotton, raw and linters	4,251	18
Crude fertilizers	1,724	1,471
Crude oil	277	136,030
Electrical machinery	73,320	93,290
Fish and preparations	3,517	11,177
Footwear	453	16,506
Furniture and bedding	4,084	27,737
Gem diamonds	939	14,661
General industrial machinery	34,824	45,632
Glass	2,651	2,711
Glassware	811	2,067
Gold, nonmonetary	4,430	3,996
Hides and skins	1,581	80
Iron and steel mill products	8,022	22,400
Jewelry	2,566	8,557
Lighting, plumbing	1,476	6,811
Liquefied propane/butane	426	2,899
Live animals	504	1,438
Meat and preparations	$5,203	$5,707
Metal manufactures, n.e.s.	12,121	21,777
Metal ores; scrap	7,766	4,583
Metalworking machinery	5,983	6,262
Mineral fuels, other	2,701	2,349
Natural gas	2,125	23,908
Nickel	511	1,897
Oils/fats, vegetable	1,043	1,981
Optical goods	2,556	3,534
Paper and paperboard	10,689	16,581
Petroleum preparations	9,726	37,988
Photographic equipment	3,534	4,905
Plastic articles, n.e.s.	7,390	11,776
Platinum	548	3,508
Pottery	107	1,681
Power generating machinery	36,177	35,981
Printed materials	4,910	4,508
Pulp and waste paper	4,488	2,949
Records/magnetic media	4,757	6,799
Rice	1,161	237
Rubber articles, n.e.s.	1,520	2,733
Rubber tires and tubes	2,532	6,305
Scientific instruments	33,049	28,449
Ships, boats	1,649	2,084
Silver and bullion	275	1,013
Soybeans	6,680	53
Spacecraft	467	39
Specialized ind. mach.	28,842	26,417
Sugar	4	516
Television, VCR, etc.	20,072	87,885
Textile yarn, fabric	11,516	19,505
Tobacco, unmanufactured	1,044	690
Toys/games/sporting goods	3,403	22,479
Travel goods	312	5,655
Vegetables and fruits	8,890	12,787
Vehicles	65,217	187,723
Watches/clocks/parts	272	3,790
Wheat	5,148	162
Wood manufactures	1,796	12,309