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SUMMARY REPORT
FT 930-E


EXPORT TRADE BY COMMODITY


The Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce,
announced today that the increase in United States
exports of domestic merchandise from $1,731.4 million
in February to $1,794.4 million in March,1 a gain of
about four percent, reflected sizable increases in
exports of finished manufactures and manufactured
foodstuffs and small, less noticeable increases in
exports of the remaining economic classes of com-
motities, crude materials, semimanufactures, and
crude foodstuffs. The March 1962 total is about six
percent lower than the March 1961 total of $1,902.4
million. These totals include data on Department of
Defense Military Assistance Program-Grant-Aid
shipments.2

With Military Assistance Program-Grant-Aid shipments
excluded, the March domestic merchandise export
total amounted to $1,732.7 million, about four per-
cent more than the February total of $1,669.2
million, but about seven percent less than the March
1961 total of $1,857.3 million.

Exports of finished manufactures increased from
$1,026.9 million in February to $1,069.3 million in
March. This change was largely due to small increases
in exports of most of the individual items included
in this economic class, the more noticeable of which
were as follows: Textile, sewing, and shoe machinery,
from $12.6 to $20.8 million; automobile parts for
assembly and replacement, from $50.5 to $58.3 million;

1ee the March 1962 issue of Report No. FT 900-E for
seassnally-adjusted figures on total exports, excluding
)Mlitary Assistance Program,-Grant Aid shipments. Season-
alll adjusted data are not available on a camxndity basis.
Formerly referred to in this report as M.S.P. (military),
MIatal security Program militey shipments.


railway transportation equipment, from $6.9 to $13.6
million; metalworking machines and parts, except
machine tools and parts, from $14.5 to $18.4 million;
construction, excavating, mining, oilfield and re-
lated machinery, from $64.1 to $67.8 million; pas-
senger cars, from $19.2 to $22.8 million; and motor
trucks and busses, from $18.2 to $21.7 million.
However, sizable decreases were reported in exports
of aircraft, parts and accessories, from $155.3 to
$118.6 million; and military automobiles, trucks and
busses, etc., from $16.1 to $4.7 million. Exports of
maanufactured foodstuffs advanced from $108.2 to
$122.3 million as increases in exports of manufactured
foodstuffs, exported for relief or charity, from
$14.4 to $20.3 million; milled rice, from $12.3 to
$15.5 million; canned fruits from $4.6 to $7.7 mil-
lion and dairy products, from $6.3 to $8.7 million
which were partly offset by a decrease in exports of
wheat flour, from $17.6 to $13.8 million. Exports
of semimanufactures increased slightly from $252.9
to $255.5 million reflecting counterbalancing
changes in exports of individual items included in
this economic class as follows: industrial chemicals,
excluding Special Category type 1, from $21.4 to
$26.6 million; nitrogenous chemical fertilizer
materials, from $6.7 to $2.8 million; and copper
semimanufactures, from $21.8 to $18.0 million. Exports
of crude materials rose from $167.5 to $171.2 million.
Although March exports of crude foodstuffs, valued
at $176.0 million, were about the same as the
February total of $175.8 million, counterbalancing
changes were noted in exports of individual com-
modities included in this economic class. The more
noticeable of these were, wheat, from $81.0 to $86.5
million; fresh or dried vegetables, from $4.9 to
$6.9 million and corn, from $54.9 to $46.8 million.


EXPLANATION OF STATISTICS


WiOAGE: BIport statistics include government as well as
noagovexrment shipments to foreign countries. The export
statistics, therefore, include Department of Defense Mili-
tary Assistance Program-Grant-Aid shipments for which
separate figures are shown in the footnotes of this report.
Shipments to thited States axmed forces and diplcatic
missions abroad for their own use are excluded from export
statistics. 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 in-
cluded as a part of the UTited States export trade. Mer-
chandise shipped in transit through the Uhited States between
foreign countries, not entered as imports, is not included
in export statistics.
VAIUATI(N: The valuation definition used in the export
statistics is the value at the seaport, border point, or
airport 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.
Transportat ion and other costs beyond the United States
port of exportat ion are excluded. None of the values have
been adjusted for changes in price level.
RELIABILITY: The statistics presented in this report are
based partly on sample data and therefore are subject to


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sampling variation that may cause them to differ somewhat
from the results which would have been obtained from
processing all export documents. For the figures shown
in this report the sampling variability can be ignored
since the probable variability due to sampling is either
less than $50,000 (the largest variation front rounding
of figures) or less than a trivial percentage of the
individual totals shown. In addition to the effects of
sampling variation, the data in this report are subject
to errors from such sources as the carry-over of data
from month to month, errors in reporting or processing,
the estimation of shipments valued under $100 (estimated
data for such shipments are included in the over-all
export total and in the totals for "Finished manufactures"
and "All other finished manufactures, exclusive of Special
Category Type 1" but excluded from other totals), and the
omission of parcel post shipments valued under $50.
Although the effect of such errors on the rounded totals
in this report is probably ansmall, the possibility of inac-
curacy should be taken into account, particularly in using
figures of relatively asmll magnitude.

Further information regarding coverage, valuation, com-
pilation procedures and precision of export data is
contained in the foreword of Report No. FIT 410. Fo-
complete statement, see foreword in Foreign Commerce and
Navigation of the United States.


United States

Foreign


FMENT OF COMMERCE
er H. Hodges, Secretary

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Richard M. Scammon, Director


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UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:
MARCH 1962 AND SELECTED PERIODS

(Quantity in units indicated; value in millions of dollars. Figures for 1962 are as originally issued and have not been
revised to include published corrections. Figures for 1961 include revisions published with the December 1961 re-
ports, or earlier, but do not include revisions published during 1962. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures,
hence may vary slightly from.sum of rounded amounts)



Monthly
Economic class and commodity1 March Februaryj March average
1962 1962 1961 1961


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 s.tons..
value..
Crude petroleumn.............................. 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 juices................................... 1,000 gal..
value..
Vegetable oils, fats and waxes, refined..........1,000 lb..
value..
Sugar and related products..........................value..
Manufactured foodstuffs exported for relief or charity
by individuals and private agencies.................value..
All other manufactured foodstuffs................ value..

Semimanufactures, exclusive of Special Category
Type 16 ......................................... value..
Leather............................................. value..
Synthetic rubber..............................1,000 lb..
value..


21,794.4


31,731.4


41,902.4


'1,719.0


171.2 167.5 224.6 212.2
6.3 5.5 9.3 7.2
117,752 156,965 154,626 149,670
8.2 10.3 11.1 10.9
29.1 27.8 22.5 30.5
28,491 23,716 28,595 41,741
21.6 17.7 21.7 32.6
416 416 869 560
55.0 53.5 113.4 73.7
2,604 2,519 2,066 3,043
25.4 24.6 19.3 28.5
215 137 339 269
0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7
24.9 27.8 26.5 28.1

176.0 175.8 177.0 158.1
37,062 43,197 29,980 24,413
46.8 54.9 37.9 30.3
49,156 46,335 61,177 52,388
86.5 81.0 105.8 92.9
22.5 22.1 13.5 13.8
99,511 83,901 119,572 108,582
6.9 4.9 6.1 5.7
98,969 98,788 99,994 126,876
7.4 7.9 7.6 9.9

1.1 0.6 0.2 0.6
4.8 4.4 5.8 5.0

122.3 108.2 105.6 96.4
39,482 33,346 35,068 41,833
11.6 10.1 10.8 12.3
33,560 37,979 33,899 34,886
3.3 3.8 4.6 3.9
53,720 37,405 27,833 37,629
8.7 6.3 6.9 7.3
3,678 2,934 1,679 2,381
1.3 1.3 1.0 1.1
236 186 225 147
15.5 12.3 12.5 8.7
3,647 7,003 3,918 2,511
13.8 17.6 14.8 9.5
3.5 3.8 3.4 3.4
22,180 22,342 20,402 17,191
4.4 3.9 3.8 3.4
56,375 33,461 36,753 37,190
7.7 4.6 5.3 5.1
3,129 3,108 3,490 2,877
3.4 3.9 4.1 3.8
46,126 46,233 19,912 44,497
6.7 5.7 3.1 6.7
1.4 1.1 1.8 1.6

20.3 14.4 17.0 13.3
20.6 19.2 16.6 16.2


255.5 252.9 300.2 273.9


2.8
62,699
15.6


2.6
54,718
13.0


4.8
62,681
16.6


3.9
55,437
14.3


See footnotes at end of table.











UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC 'lERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:
MARCH 1962 AND SELECTED PERIODS-Continued


Economic class and commodity March February March Monthlyag
comdit1962 1962 1961 average



Semimanufactures, exclusive of Special Category Type 16-Continued
Naval Stores, gums and resins.................................value.. 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4
Vegetable oils and fats, crude............................ 1,000 lb.. 34,137 54,904 27,420 44,921
value.. 4.3 6.6 3.8 5.8
Cotton semimanuractures................................... 1,000 lb.. 31,097 27,852 32,620 27,916
value.. 4.8 4.1 4.8 4.0
Wool semimanufactures..................................... 1,000 lb.. 11,352 8,454 14,747 11,901
value.. 2.0 1.3 2.3 1.8
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile
semimanufactures..........................................1,000 lb.. 17,139 17,133 16,414 15,663
value.. 14.9 14.3 12.0 12.0
Sawmill products....................................... 1,000 bd.ft.. 69,582 53,576 62,080 64,358
value.. 8.3 6.5 7.6 7.2
Wood pulp..............................................1,000 s.tons.. 83 99 109 98
value.. 11.0 13.7 14.8 13.3
Fuel oil, distillate and residual......................... 1,000 bbl.. 2,251 2,324 1,767 1,738
value.. 6.6 6.8 5.1 4.8
Sulfur..................................................1,000 l.tons.. 139 128 90 132
value.. 3.2 2.9 2.0 2.9
Steel mill products, semifinished.............................value.. 1.1 3.0 1.2 1.7
Iron and steel bars, including bar size shapes.............1,000 lb.. 11,846 12,688 14,132 15,219
value.. 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.9
Iron and steel plates, sheets and strips................... 1,000 lb.. 112,942 101,350 128,893 110,625
value.. 14.0 13.7 15.4 12.9
Tin mill products, including tin mill black plate.......... 1,000 lb.. 74,906 62,783 73,925 80,085
value.. 5.5 5.0 5.6 6.3
Other iron and steel semimanufactures.........................value.. 14.4 15.1 28.1 32.9
Aluminum semimanufactures.....................................value.. 10.9 9.5 10.6 9.4
Copper semimanufactures.......................................value.. 18.0 21.8 38.2 23.0
Coal-tar and other cyclic chemical products...................value.. 13.5 16.2 16.4 15.5
Plastics and resin materials.............................. 1,000 lb.. 78,496 67,311 76,071 69,744
value.. 25.1 21.8 26.0 22.8
Industrial chemicals, exclusive of Special Category Type 16...value.. 26.6 21.4 26.4 24.9
Pigments...................................................1,000 lb.. 55,085 58,329 63,099 55,870
value.. 5.7 5.6 6.2 5.6
Nitrogenous chemical fertilizer materials7................. 1,000 lb.. 103,239 227,229 80,038 62,553
value.. 2.8 6.7 2.2 2.0
All other semimanufactures, excl. Special Category Type 16,7..value.. 38.7 35.8 43.8 40.6

Finished manufactures......................................value.. 1,069.3 1,026.9 1,095.0 978.4
Truck, bus, and automobile tires (casings), new...........thousands.. 86 64 96 81
value.. 2.9 1.9 3.2 2.8
Other rubber manufactures.....................................value.. 9.9 8.6 9.6 8.7
Cigarettes................................................ millions.. 2,097 1,982 1,921 1,861
value.. 9.3 8.7 8.4 8.1
Other. tobacco manufactures....................................value.. 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.9
Cotton cloth..................................................value.. 12.0 10.9 12.3 10.5
Other cotton manufactures.....................................value.. 8.2 6.9 10.6 8.1
Wool manufactures.............................................value.. 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile manufactures..........value.. 14.4 12.3 16.2 13.2
Other textile manufactures....................................value.. 6.1 4.9 7.7 6.3
Wood manufactures, advanced...................................value.. 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.0
Paper and manufactures........................................value.. 24.0 23.5 25.5 23.4
Motor fuel and gasoline, including Jet fuels (all types)......value.. 0.6 1.9 2.9 3.9
Lubricating oil...............................................value.. 16.0 13.1 20.8 18.2
Glass and products............................................value.. 8.0 6.4 8.2 7.0
Steel mill manufactures...................................... value.. 9.6 10.7 11.5 11.0
Metal manufactures, n.e.c..................................... value.. 39.2 33.5 37.4 35.6
Electric household refrigerators and freezers................number.. 22,519 19,425 38,302 22,428
value.. 3.2 3.0 5.9 3.5
Radio and television apparatus............................... value.. 26.5 25.0 29.9 28.1
Other electrical machinery and apparatus......................value.. 69.3 62.4 68.9 61.9
Power generating machinery, n.e.c............................ value.. 27.5 26.8 22.5 20.1
Construction, excavating, mining, oil field, and related
machinery....................................................value.. 67.8 64.1 70.8 64.6
Machine tools (including metal-forming machine tools) and
parts, exclusive of Special Category Type 16.................value.. 29.7 33.2 27.1 24.8
Metalworking machines and parts, except machine
tools and parts..............................................value.. 18.4 14.5 15.0 15.2
Textile, sewing and shoe machinery............................value.. 20.8 12.6 18.5 15.0
Other industrial machinery and parts..........................value.. 101.2 91.1 98.2 88.8

See footnotes at end of table.




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UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC i-ERCHALDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND
MARCH 1962 AND SELECTED PERIODS-Continued


LEADING COMMODITIES:


Economic lass and comoditI larch Februarj March Monthly
Economic class and commodity1 1962 1962 1961 average
1961

Finished manufactures-Continued
Office, accounting, and computing machines and parts..........value.. 25.6 23.4 32.1 25.9
Agricultural machines, implements and parts...................value.. 14.3 12.0 17.1 12.0
Tractors.....................................................number.. 11,213 9,454 11,639 5,536
value.. 17.3 15.4 21.1 17.3
Tractor parts and accessories.................................value.. 12.9 13.1 14.1 12.6
Motor trucks and busses, commercial (new) .................... number.. 9,432 7,142 13,560 12,651
value.. 21.7 18.2 27.1 24.3
Passenger cars, nonmilitary (new)............................ number.. 11,591 9,677 12,619 8,704
value.. 22.8 19.2 25.0 17.9
Automobile parts for assembly and replacement.................value.. 58.3 50.5 53.2 46.1
Military automobiles, trucks, busses, trailers, parts,
accessories and service equipment; commercial maintenance
and repair trucks (new).....................................value.. 4.7 16.1 4.2 5.5
Aircraft, parts and accessories.............................value.. 118.6 155.3 113.4 102.8
Merchant ships, nonmilitary, n.e.c........................... number.. 5 8 6 10
value.. 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.2
Railway transportation equipment..............................value.. 13.6 6.9 20.3 13.6
Antibiotics...............................................value.. 5.2 5.2 6.5 5.8
Other medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations...............value.. 16.6 17.3 19.0 17.1
Soap and toilet preparations .................................value.. 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.0
Small arms, machine guns, parts and accessories, n.e.c........value.. 2.4 2.3 3.7 3.4
Ammunition, components and parts..............................value.. 12.4 12.1 15.3 16.7
Special Category Type 16 ..................................... value.. 29.2 30.0 21.5 25.2
All other finished manufactures, exclusive of Special
Category Type 16 ..........................................value.. 162.2 147.7 162.3 144.5

IBased on commodity classifications in Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Ex-
ported from the United States. A Supplement to Report No. FT 930-E showing the Schedule B numbers included in the indi-
vidual economic class and commodity totals is available on request. 2Includes $61.7 million of Military Assistance
Program Grant-Aid shipments ($28.7 million to Western Europe). 31ncludes $62.2 million of Military Assistance Program
Grant-Aid shipments ($28.6 million to Western Europe). "Includes $45.1 million of Military Assistance Program Grant-
Aid shipments ($18.5 million to Western Europe). 5Includes $67.5 million of Military Assistance Program Grant-Aid
shipments ($27.5 million to Western Europe). 6See the January 1961 issue of Report No. FT 410 for explanation of
Special Category Commodities and list of commodities included. '71n issues of this report prior to January 1962, in-
formation on exports of merchandise reported under Schedule B commodity number 82721 (Vulcanized fiber sheets, rolls,
strips, rods, tubes, and other shapes solely made therefrom) was erroneously included in "Nitrogenous chemical fertiliz-
er materials" instead of "All other semimanufactures." The 1961 figures shown in this report have been revised to
correct this error.


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