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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Frederinck H. Muell, S.crtery

UNITED STATES FOREIGN TRAD

SUaMUlY HE)r,-
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.Al (, 1 h, 1960

EXPORT TRADE BY COMMODITY

The Bureau of the Census, Department of( Comairce, ro.ou.
today that the decrease in United statess exports o doesti
merchandise from :, ". 5 million in July to $1A,'9.7 sllf:'
in August, a decline of about five percent, resulted :i'. creases in exports of finished manufacture-, crude material ,
and crude foodstuffs, which were portly ffsCet by ncrea.e. 'I
exports of senimnufactures and manufactured f August total, however was about 1* percent hlgh1': than the
August 1959 total of $1,383.9 million.

With M.S.P. (military) shipents excx ded, exports o-
mestic merchandise were valued at $ ,532.! million n n uust,
a level about five percent' lower than th i Juy total of $1 3
million, but about 19 percent higher than the Aug-st 1959 total
of l ,.?26.8 million.

Exports o __i '___ ..'o .. fell from ('.( million
in July to $875." -l.lh.'. **p-.: -hifly as rsult of de-
creases in exports of the individual commodities of this
economic class .s follows: aircraft parti id accessories,
from $135.4 to $*'.3 million, power gieerati g machinery,

}1Hevised fr.om h fi.r, f $1,09.5 million reported in th Auguz.t
issue of ltport No. FI 9O-4.

ronm $2.0 to $16.6 million; construction, excavating, 1 ilnlni,
il feld, n:d related machinery from $65.5 to $'9.4 .mllon;
n.d cttn cloth, fro 11.8 to $6.8 million. The drop n -
ports of crude mnalerlal from $196. to0 $13.7 million was
Irg ly du to a subst ntial decree .e in exports of urnnu--
tr. c ton, fran t8. to $1$. million while wa p r7l
offset by Inc: rease n eiports of unmanufactured tobacco fro
$14.7 to $29 6 miliCon: and oilseeds, from $23.6 to $34..
mdllio A decruea:a I exports of wheat from $63.9 to $8.
million-largely offs tt by an increase in exports of corn
from $20.5 to $25.9 clhiton-vns mainly responsible for the
slight decrease in expos of crude foodstuffs from $126.6
.0to $123.7 million.

During the period exports of semisanufactures rose from
$313.5' to $337.0 million, largely ats a result of higher levels
of exports of copper iemiimanufacture', from $32.6 to $40.8
million; aluminum semimanufactures, from $11.7 to $18.4 million;
and crude vegetable oitos and fats, from $6.6 to $12.9 million.
The increase in exports of manufactured foodstuffs from $d3.3
to $94.5 million was due, in part, to a rise in exports of re-
fined vegetable oils, fats and waxes from $7.1 to $14.8 million.

EXPLANATION OF STATISTICS

COVERAGE: Export statistics include government as well as
non-government shipments to foreign countries. The export sta-
tistics, therefore, include Mutual Security Pr,,'ram military
aid, Mutual Security Pr'-.gram economic aid and Department of the
Army Civilian Supply shipments. Separate figures for Mutual
Security Proiramn military aid are shown in the footnotes of this
report. Shipments to United States armed forces and diplomatic
missions abroad for their own use are excluded from export sta-
tistics. United States trade with Puerto Rico and United States
possessions is not included in this report, but the export trade
of Puerto Rico with foreign countries is included as a part of
the United States export trade. Merchandise shipped in transit
through the United States between foreign countries Is not in-
cluded in export statistics.
VALUATION: The valuation definition used in the export
statistics is the value at the seaport, border point, or air-
port of exportation. It is based on the selling price (or cost
if not sold) and includes inland freight, insurance, and other
charges to the port of exportation. Transportation and other
costs beyond the United States port of exportation are excluded.
However, in some instances the valuation may not be reported in
accordance with this definition, particularly where the export
value is difficult to determine or must be estimated. None of
the values have been adjusted for changes in price level.

EFFECT OF SAMPLING: The value of export shipments individ-
ually valued at $100-$499 (about five percent of total export
value) is estimated by sampling. Effective with the statistics
for January 1960, the previous sample ratio of 10 percent has
been increased to a 50 percent sample for countries other than
Canada with the 10 percent sample being retained for Canada.
The estimated values are distributed among the individual com-
modity totals. For the 1960 export figures in this report, the
probable variability due to sampling is less than $50,000 or
less than a trivial percentage which can be ignored. For pe-
riods prior to 1960, the probable variability due to sampling
is less than $50,000 or less than two percent of the individual
totals shown. The largest variation from rounding of figures
is $50,000. For further information regarding sampling pro-
cedures, see the September 1953, February 1954, January and
June 1956, and the October-December 1959 issues of Foreign
Trade Statistics Notes.

Further information r,- .r~rii coverage, valuation, etc.,
is contained in the "General Explanation" in foreword of Report
No. FT 410. For complete statement, see foreword in or-t'in
Commerce and Nonient ior. of the United States.

Prepared in the Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division
For sole by the Bureau of the Census, Washington 25. D. C. Price 104, annual subscription $1.00
for both FT 930-E and FT 930-1

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UNITWl S'kTATES' EXPORTS OF kMSTIC .thLHANjIU-jE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AMND LADIE CCMODITIMS:

(Quantity ia unit. indicated; value lJ millions of dollars. Figures for 1960 are as originally issued and have not been
revised to include published corrections. Figures for 1959 include revisions published with the December 1959 re-
ports, -r earlier, but do not Include revisions published during 1%',. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures,
hence my vary slightly from sum of rounded amounts. See "Explanation of Statistics" for information on sampling
procedures and effect thereof on data shown.)

Economic class and commodity

Total.........................................value..

Crude materials ..................................value..
Hides and skins, raw, except furs...................value..
Animal and fish oils and greases, inedible......1,000 lb..
value..
Oilseeds ............................................ value..
Tobacco, unmanufactured..........................1,000 lb..
value..
Cotton, unmanufactured........................1,000 bales..
value..
Coal.........................................1,000 a.tons..
value..
Crude petroleum.................................1,000 bbl..
value..
All other crude materials...........................value..

Crude foodstuffs.................................value..
Corn.............................................1,000 bu..
value..
Wheat............................................1,000 bu..
value..
Other grains........................................value..
Vegetables, fresh or dried.......................1,000 lb..
value..
Fruits, fresh or frozen..........................1,000 lb..
value..
Crude foodstuffs exported for relief or charity by
individuals and private agencies...................value..
All other crude foodstuffs..........................value..

Manufactured foodstuffs..........................value..
Meat and meat products...........................1,000 lb..
value..
Lard.............................................1,000 lb..
value..
Dairy products...................................1,000 lb..
value..
Fish, canned, prepared, etc......................1,000 lb..
value..
Milled rice.................................. 1,000,000 lb..
value..
Wheat flour.....................................1,000 cwt..
value..
vegetables canned and prepared.....................value..
Fruits, dried and evaporated.....................1,000 lb..
value..
Canned fruits....................................1,000 lb..
value..
Fruit Julces....................................1,000 gal..
value..
V..V' 0 I,SI oils, fat. and waxes, ref n.ed.......... 1,0(00 Ib..
value..
,i;r and related products.......................... value..
Manufactured food tuffs exported for relief or chari ty
by Individuals and private agencies................ value...
All other inufactured f datuffl ....................value..

4,emlanufacturen, excludsv '/" 1' .........................................v. lue. .

Leather .............................................value..
yiithe' i rubber.................................1,(XX) lb..
value..

S.e footrwtea st end of table.

Monthly average

1959 1958

August

6.3
123, 08
8.0
34.9
37,771'
29.6
124.
15.9
4,025
36.8
89
0.2
32.1

19,924
25.5
34,5 13
58.6
19.9
93,561
5.3
127,756
9.5

0.3
4.5

94.5
36,341
10.7
51,186
5.5
33,649
7.3
2,278
1.5
43
2.6
1,724
6.3
3.6
12,334,
2.2
41 ,833
2,7
2,754;
3.4
117,447
14.8

14.4

7.

2.8
6A,417
17.2

July
1960

6.1
147,763
9.7
23.6
20,560
14.7
681
86.5
3,392
31.0
247
0.7
24.4

17, .
15,876
20.5
37,411
63.9
19.4
125,375
6.4
169,178
11.8

0.4
4.2

83.3

26,431
8.3
42,939
4.4
44,399
7.9
2,086
1.0
130
7.8
1 ,548
6.0
3.9
7,876
1 .7

2, '80
3. 5

7.1
2.2

13.1
13.4

2.3
64,4(>7
17.1

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35,067
10.2
39,53/,
3.8
48,763
8.2
4,555
1.6
205
12.7
1 ?.
7.2
2.9
4, 3.9
1.0
06,4 41
9.8
2,720
4.0
8l0,976
12. 3
1 .

9. 1
14.4

2.0
53,152
13.7

August
1959

5.3
117,963
9.2
15.4
38,865
29.3
129
11.6
4,110
39.2
237
0.7
19.9

14,989
19.9
25,634
45.2
31.4
118,068
6.5
149,656
10.3

0.6
3.4

99.4

29,244
8.8
50,347
5.0
40,548
7.9
5,670
1.9
125
8.3
2,236
8.5
3.4
11,654
2.7
29,003
4.4
2,676
3.6
57,600
8.6
1.9

9.0
15.7

"0'. -,

2.2
54,784
14.2

51, -.3

1?8.2
4.6
92,427
8.0
18.0
40,191
29.5
398
55.1
4,381
43.8
362
1.2
17.9

106.b
14,986
19.7
27,520
47.5
19.9
118,444
6.1
110,949
8.9

0.3
4.3

91.8

19,702
6.9
32,404
4.4
40,495
8.4
3,437
1.3
103
8.0
2,259
9.6
3.6
16,305
3.4
30,514
4.7
3,024
3.9
66,807
10.6
2.0

12.6
12.3

2.1
36,716
9.8

159.',
5.2
120,904
9.3
26.4
38,801
28.9
333
37.7
3,251
31.5
210
0.6
20.0

120. 3
18,250
23.8
29,712
51.0
23.1
141,027
7.9
125,300
9.0

0.3
5.2

89.7

UNITED STATES EXPORTS) OF X)MEiTIC MECHAND)I E, BIY COMIC M ClP A K; ANT) LIEAING *Co'rI;:
AUG;U:ST I96O AND MKLKCTD PiE1r O Iv--o t nut

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Economic class and commodity AI 10 A *-
1959 1958

Semimanufactures, exclusive of .=pe,:irl Category Type 16--Continued
Naval Stores, gums and resins .................................value.. 5.7 5.7 4.3 3.7 3.0
Vegetable oils and fats, crude ............................. 1,000 lb.. 121,301 63,943 85,640 72,440 28,801
value.. 12.9 6.6 9.4 8.0 3.5
Cotton semimanufacturesa .................................... 1,000 lb.. 23,847 33,837 30,102 29,090 24,573
value.. 3.3 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.8
Wool semimanufactures...................................... 1,000 lb.. 12,188 12,356 11,548 12,244 9,392
value.. 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile
semimanufactures......................................... 1,000 lb.. 17,352 18,0 9 12,121 12,014 9,105
value.. 12.9 15.3 10.0 9.2 7.1
Sawmill products........................................ 1,000 bd.ft.. 63,912 68,899 70,181 65,606 60,626
value.. 8.1 8.5 8.5 7.5 6.5
Wood pulp..............................................1,000 s.tons.. 99 102 57 54 43
value.. 13.1 13.4 8.0 7.9 6.5
Fuel oil, distillate and residual ......................... 1,000 bbl.. 2,637 1,776 2,598 2,833 3,325
value.. 6.9 5.6 8.3 7.7 9.8
Sulfur................................................. 1,000 l.tons.. 209 107 178 134 131
value.. 4.6 2.6 4.4 3.3 3.3
Steel mill products, semifinished.............................value.. 2.0 1.1 0.2 0.4 1.3
Iron and steel bars, including bar size shapes.............1,000 lb.. 13,110 9,844 10,277 11,182 20,516
value.. 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 2.0
Iron and steel plates, sheets and strips ...................1,000 lb.. 347,347 387,645 28,452 83,486 157,053
value.. 32.2 36.1 4.3 9.9 15.0
Tin mill products, including tin mill black plate..........1,000 lb.. 142,746 152,375 49,590 76,642 82,386
value.. 12.2 13.6 3.6 6.1 6.5
Other iron and steel semimanufactures.........................value.. 30.8 18.8 20.3 15.7 10.3
Aluminum semimanufactures.....................................value.. 18.4 11.7 6.5 6.4 3.6
Copper semimanufactures....................................... value.. 40.8 32.6 10,2 8.4 16.9
Coal-tar and other cyclic chemical products...................value.. 12.8 15.7 8.5 8.7 8.4
Plastics and resin materials............................... 1,000 lb.. 60,231 67,471 58,704 57,839 46,971
value.. 22.1 24.3 21.5 21.5 17.4
Industrial chemicals, exclusive of Special Category Type 16...value.. 26.8 25.2 22.1 21.2 17.9
Pigments................................................... 1,000 lb.. 57,948 50,454 55,457 55,824 52,048
value.. 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.1
Nitrogenous chemical fertilizer materialsa.................. 1,000 lb.. 78,071 94,080 70,440 112, 061 105,897
value.. 1.9 2.3 2.1 3.0 2.9
All other semimanufactures, excl. Special Category Type 16....value.. 740.3 741.1 727.9 727.3 '25.3

Finished manufactures......................................value.. 875.7 962.6 828.6 873.9 910.8
Truck, bus, and automobile tires (casings), new...........thousands.. 104 119 91 92 102
value.. 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.7
Other rubber manufactures.....................................value.. 8.7 8.7 7.8 8.1 7.8
Cigarettes................................................. millions.. 1,449 1,622 2,042 1,631 1,506
value.. 6.2 7.1 8.8 7.0 6.4
Other tobacco manufactures.................................... value.. 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.7
Cotton cloth ............................................1,000 sq.yd.. 823 64 840,914 838 042 839,357 841,744
value.. 6.8 811.8 9.5 810.7 11.3
Other cotton manufactures.....................................value.. 7.1 8.1 7.6 7.9 8.1
Wool manufactures............................................. value.. 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile manufactures..........value.. 12.9 12.4 12.6 12.9 12.4
Other textile manufactures.................................... value.. 4.9 4.9 5.5 5.4 4.8
Wood manufactures, advanced...................................value.. 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.6
Paper and manufactures........................................value.. 23.2 20.6 19.5 19.5 18.3
Motor fuel and gasoline, including jet fuels (all types) ......value.. 6.4 6.2 5.6 8.1 11.0
Lubricating oil...............................................value.. 18.4 18.0 15.1 15.2 15.5
Glass and products............................................value.. 7.3 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.6
Steel mill manufactures....................................... value.. 11.7 10.2 5.7 11.3 19.9
Metal manufactures, n.e.c.....................................value.. 35.1 33.4 35.6 37.1 40.0
Electric household refrigerators and freezers................number.. 25,232 21,983 29,667 28,871 32,383
value.. 4.0 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.9
Radio and television apparatus...............................value.. 24.0 25.2 20.6 21.0 23.3
Other electrical machinery and apparatus..................... value.. 50.5 00.2 52.8 54.0 1 .8
Power generating machinery, n.e.c............................. value.. 16.6 22.9 19.4 21.,. 19.2
Construction, excavatLng, mlinfn, oil field, and related
machinery.....................................................value., 59.4 05.5 59.1 57.5 58.1
Machine tools (Lncluding metal-forming machine tooLa) and
parts, exclusive of Special Category Type 16.................value.. 17.2 19.7 12.1 12.8 14.5
Metalworking machines and parts, except machine
tools and parts............................................value.. 10.7 12.3 12.8 13.2 13.8
Textile, sewing and shoe machinery........................... value.. 12.0 11.0 7.2 9.0 7.9
Other industrial machinery and parts........................ value.. 77.6 89.3 66.5 70.8 75.6
See footnotes at and of table.

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UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:
AUGUST 1.960 AND ELECTED FERIODS--Continued

Monthly average
August July August
Economic class and conmndity 1900 1960 1959

1959 1958

Finished manufactures -Continued
Office, accounting, and computing machines and parts ..........value,. 15.4 16.7 10.5 12.1 11.1
Agricultural machines, implements and parts...................value.. 11.4 11.9 11.7 12.0 10.3
'ractors.....................................................number.. 2,466 3,030 2,731 5,313 4,183
value.. 18.2 18.0 15.4 17.7 15.8
Tractor parts and accessories.................................value.. 11.5 12.1 12.1 11.9 10.1
?otoor trucks and busses, commercial (new)....................number.. 26,870 19,425 11,291 13,495 12,322
value.. 29.7 29.5 25.4 26.7 24.7
,. .ur.. r cars, nonmilitary (new)............................ number.. 3,885 5,679 4,588 8,699 10,203
value.. 7.4 10.6 9.1 18.3 21.6
Automobile parts for assembly and replacement.................value.. 35.5 34.2 38.3 44.4 39.3
Military automobiles, trucks, busses, trailers, parts,
accessories and service equipment; commercial maintenance
and repair trucks (new) ......................................value.. 3.8 6.9 95.4 9.6 '918.1
Aircraft, parts and accessories...............................value.. 97.3 135.4 66.1 64.1 81.0
Merchant ships, nonmilitary, n.e.c...........................number.. 9 9 16 11 11
value.. 2.5 0.7 2.3 7.5 6.3
Railway transportation equipment..............................value.. 8.0 9.4 5.9 8.6 17.4
Antibiotics................................................... value.. 7.2 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.5
Other ,e lcinal and pharmaceutical preparations.............value.. 17.7 18.1 15.1 17.9 17.7
Soap and toilet preparations..................................value.. 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.8
Small arnq, machine guns, parts and accessories, n.e.c........value.. 2.9 2.1 2.8 2.4 6.4
Ainmiinitiori, components and parts..............................value.. 17.9 11.4 2C.3 16.7 15.6
Special 16. .r, lypt 16......................................value.. 24.7 37.1 41.7 46.8 42.2
All other finished manufactures, exclusive of. r.:,.1i'J
Category Type 16.............................................value.. 134.2 135.1 '135.2 127.7 '121.0

c{vie*d from the fire of :!: .5 million published in the August issue of Report No. FT "',-E.
'Includes $62.6 million of Military Mutual Security I r..-r-r shipments ($27.6 million to Western Europe).
S mil lion of Military Mutual Security ru, r:u shipments ($31.0 million to Western Europe). 3Includes
$7.l million of Military Mutual .. .- i., Pro ram shipments ($54.0 million to Western Europe). Includes
million of Milit ary Mutul Security Program shipments (. ..9 million to Western E'.rp,: ). 5Includes million
of Military Mutual Security Program shipments (:, .6 million to Western Europe). 6See the April 1958 issue of
. r. i. Trade Statiutics Notes for explanation of Special Categories and list of commodities included. 7For security
reasons, data on exports of all forms of uranium, thorium and special nuclear material (Schedule B commodity numbers
62510-62590) are excluded from export statistics. 8Includes data for Schedule B commodity numbers 30399 and 30855,
converted to square yards on the basis of four square yards per pound; and B number 30610, converted to square yards on
the basts of three square yards per pound. figures are revised to correct erroneous inclusion of data for Schedule B
commodity number '/9080 (Commercial maintenance and repair trucks, new) in the totals for "All other finished manufac-
tures" rather than 'Military automobiles, trucks, busses, trailers, parts, accessories and service equipment; commercial
maintenance and repair trucks, new" in the issues of Report No. FT 930-E for periods prior to January 1960.

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