U.S. foreign trade;

United States


Foreign Trade


U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Luther M. Hodges, Secretary

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Richard M. Common, Director


SUMMARY REPORT September 1963 FOR RELEASE
FT 930-E pem er November 12, 1963


EXPORT TRADE BY COMMODITY


The Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, announced
today that the decrease in United States exports of domestic
merchandise from $1,884.6 million in August to $1,801.4 million
in September1, a decrease of about four percent, resulted from
decreases in exports of finished manufactures, semimanufactures,
and manufactured foodstuffs, which were partly offset by in-
creases in exports of crude foodstuffs and crude materials.
However, the September 1963 domestic merchandise export total
was about four percent higher than the September 1962 total of
$1,741.3 million. These totals include data on Department of
Defense Millitary Assistance Program--Grant-Aid shipments.

With Military Assistance Program--Grant-Aid shipments excluded,
the September domestic merchandise export total amounted to
$1,765.1 million, about three percent below the August total of
$1,816.0 million but about three percent above the September
1962 total of $1,710.0 million.

The drop in exports of finished manufactures from $1,084.1
million in August to $1,020.4 million in September was primarily


ISee the September 1963 issue of Report No.- FT 900-E for seasonally-
adjusted figures on total exports, excluding Military Assistance Program-
Grant-Aid shipments. Seasonally-adjusted data are not available on a
coamodity basis.


due to lower levels of exports of aircraft, parts and accesso-
ries, from $101.8 to $76.1 million; construction, excavating,
mining, oil field and related machinery, from $75.1 to $65.1
million; power generating machinery, from $26.9 to $20.9 million;
agricultural machines, implements and parts, from $16.6 to $10.6
million; and office, accounting, and computing machines and
parts, from $33.6 to $27.8 million. However, during the period,
exports of automobile parts for assembly and replacement rose
from $56.0 to $64.3 million. Exports of kemimanufactures fell
from $300.2 to $270.0 million owing chiefly to decreases in
exports of plastics and resin materials from $27.0 to $21.8
million; copper semimanufactures, from $20.9 to $16.3 million;
industrial chemicals, excluding Special Category Type 1, from
$40.3 to $35.8 million; and synthetic rubber, from $15.0 to
$11.7 million. Exports of manufactured foodstuffs decreased
slightly from $123.7 to $122.2 million.


Small increases in exports of most of the individual items in-
cluded under crude foodstuffs accounted for the rise in exports
of this economic class from $158.8 to $165.9 million. Exports
of crude materials advanced from $217.7 to $222.9 million. This
change reflected increases in exports -of unmanufactured t
from $32.3 to $55.5 million, and unmanufacturea cot
$36.7 to $41.9 million, which were partly off et a
in exports of oilseeds, from $36.8 to-$24.5 miAlf 6%


EXPLANATION OF STATISTICS


COVERAGE: Export statistics include government as well as nongovernment ship-
meats to foreign countries. The export statistics, therefore, include Department of
Defense Military Assistance Program-Grant-Aid shipments (for which separate fig-
ures are shown in the footnotes of this report), Mutual Security Program economic as-
sistance shipments; and shipments of agricultural commodities under P.L. 480 (The
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended) and related laws. (The
separate information which is available on exports under P.L. 480 and related laws
may be obtained from the Economic Research Service and the Foreign Agricultural
Service of the Department of Agriculture. Shipments to United States armed forces
and diplomatic 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 included as a
part of the United States export trade. Merchandise shipped in transit through the
United States between foreign countries, not entered as imports, is not included in ex-
port statistics.
VALUATION: 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 pice
(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. 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 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 ig-
nored since the probable variability due to sampling is either less than $50,000 (the
largest variation from rounding of figures) or less than a trivial percentage of the in-
dividual 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 manufac-
tlrea, exclusive of Special Category Type 1" but excluded from other totals), and the
omission of parcel post shipments valued under 350. Although the effect of such
errors on the rounded totals in this report is probably small, the possibility of inac-
curacy should be taken into account, particularly in using figures of relatively small
magnitude.

Further information regarding coverage, valuation, compilation procedures and preci-
sion of export data is contained in the foreword of Report No. FT 410. For complete
statement, see foreword in Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.


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UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING CGM DITIES:
SEPTEBGER 1963 AND SELECTED PERIODS
(Quantity in units indicated; value in millions of dollars. Figures for 1963 are as originally issued and have not been revised to include published
corrections. Figures for 1962 include revisions published with the December 1962 reports, or earlier, but do not include revisions published during
1963. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures, hence may vory slightly from sum of rounded amounts. N.e.c. indicates not elsewhere classified




Economic class and commodity% September August September mmttly
y1963 1963 1962 averae


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 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 ewt..
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..


21,801.4


31,884.6


41,741.3


51.779.9


222.9 217.7 185.6 186.2
5.9 6.6 6.7 6.9
157,624 135,740 129,396 132,378
10.5 8.8 7.8 8.6
24.5 36.8 20.5 35.7
64,827 40,033 77,051 39,073
55.5 32.3 64.4 31.1
383 302 192 342
41.9 36.7 23.2 44.8
5,673 5,745 4,122 3,357
52.7 53.0 38.0 31.4
100 186 91 149
0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4
31.6 43.2 24.8 27.2

165.9 158.8 152.9 167.3
27,886 26,498 22,817 35,383
39.4 36.7 27.7 43.9
51,497 47,602 44,550 43,014
88.8 87.1 81.9 77.8
15.0 12.9 24.4 23.3
90,030 51,482 63,819 117,706
5.8 3.4 4.1 7.0
112,975 139,059 X05,252 120,946
9.9 12.4 8.7 9.4

0.2 0.7 1.6 1.2
7.0 5.6 4.5 4.7

122.2 123.7 111,7 113U.
4,925 44,809 41,774 43,065
13.7 12.6 12.3 12.7
53,199 64,798 33,565 35,174
4.5 5.5 3.0 3.4
69,836 78,214 35,220 40,045
11.7 13.3 6.6 6.8
2,852 1,590 2,503 2,976
2.1 0.9 1.1 1.3
87 97 133 192
5.9 6.7 8.8 12.7
2,570 1,937 2,017 2,687
9.5 9.2 8.2 10.4
3.5 3.8 4.4 4.0
18,226 12,185 17,050 18,868
3.8 2.4 3.9 3.9
82,785 58,764 100,749 50,224
10.5 7.8 12.4 6.6
1,644 1,690 2,304 3,111
1.9 2.6 2.7 3.5
119,433 100,344 44,072 73,132
15.0 13.0 5.1 9.9
2.0 2.4 2.3 1.6

13.2 17.6 17.7 15.3
24.8 25.8 23.1 21.7


270.0 300.2 279.0 253.7


3.0
47,777
11.7


4.1
61,094
15.0


2.7
73,263
19.1


2.8
56,690
14.1


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UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:.
SEP 1963 AND SELECTED PERIODS-Continued


Monthly
Economic class and commodity September August September average
1963 1963 1962 1962


Seunimnufactures, exclusive of Special Category Type 16-Continued
Naval Stores, gums and resins.................................value.. 3.5 4.1 4.9 4.0
Vegetable oils and fats, crude............................ 1,000 lb.. 50,152 18,825 77,637 65,082
value.. 5.0 1.9 6.8 6.9
Cotton semiainufactures....................................1,000 lb.. 29,293 37,965 32,349 30,434
value.. 4.0 5.3 4.9 4.5
Wool seminanufactures......................................1,000 lb.. 11,564 17,182 14,023 11,411
value.. 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.7
Rayan, mylon and other man-made textile
siiaalnufactures..........................................1,000 lb.. 17,387 18,855 20,275 18,097
value.. 12.1 12.5 15.4 14.0
Sawill products.......................................1,000 bd. ft.. 77,351 76,128 58,841 63,164
value.. 8.9 9.4 7.5 7.6
Wood pulp ..............................................1,000 s.tons.. 128 130 100 99
value.. 16.3 16.8 12.8 13.1
Feel oil, distillate and residual ........................1,000 bbl.. 3,331 2,519 1,700 1,814
value.. 8.8 6.8 4.7 5.2
Sulfur................................................ 1,000 1.tons.. 139 169 131 128
value.. 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.0
Steel mill products, semifinished.............................value.. 2.3 1.2 2.6 2.1
Irna and steel bars, including bar size shapes.............1,000 lb.. 28,317 16,374 27,249 17,103
value.. 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.1
Iron and steel plates, sheets and strips...................1,000 lb.. 107,737 129,941 138,148 120,054
value.. 14.8 15.8 15.5 14.2
Tin mill products, including tin mill black plate.......... 1,000" lb.. 60,057. 84,495 66,935 65,682
value.. 4.4 6.0 5.2 5.0
Other iron and steel semimanufactures........................value.. 19.7 22.1 20.6 14.9
Aluminum semimanufactures.....................................value.. 10.4 13.1 12.0 10.5
Copper semimanufactures.......................................value.. 16.3 20.9 18.0 17.8
Coal-tar and other cyclic chemical products...................value.. 16.2 18.0 18.5 15.3
Plastics and resin materials.............................. 1,000 lb.. 69,273 90,776 83,356 72,498
value.. 21.8 27.0 26.3 23.5
Industrial chemicals, exclusive of Special Category Type 16...value 35.8 40.3 27.3 26.5
Pigment...................................................1,00' lb.. 40,303 36,744 57,856 48,118
value.. 4.6 4.2 6.1 5.0
Nitrogenous chemical fertilizer materials.................. 1,000 lb.. 85,845 119,873 102,462 133,423
value.. 2.3 1.9 1.6 3.0
All other semimanufactures, excl. Special Category Type 16... .value.. 40.9 45.9 38.6 36.8

Finished amnufactures......................................value.. 1,020.4 1,084.1 1.012.2 1,058.8
Truck, bus, and automobile tires (casings), new...........thousands.. 78 81 111 89
value.. 2.7 2.4 3.3 2.9
Other rubber manufactures.................................... value.. 8.7 9.0 9.3 9.3
Cigarettes................................................ millions.. 1,656 2,448 2,188 2,007
value.. 7.6 11.1 9.7 8.9
Other tobacco manufactures....................................value.. 1.1 1.3 1.6 0.9
Cotton cloth.................................................value.. 8.3 8.6 79.0 710.4
Other cotton manufactures.....................................value.. 7.0 76.9 77.6 '77.0
Wool manufactures............................................. value.. 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile manufactures..........value.. 15.3 15.1 13.6 13.3
Other textile manufactures....................................value.. 5.7 6.2 5.7 5.7
Wood manufactures, advanced...................................value.. 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.7
Paper and manufactures........................................value.. 26.9 26.7 25.2 24.0
Motor fuel and gasoline, including jet fuels (all types)...... value.. 3.1 2.5 3.9 2.4
lubricating oil...............................................value.. 18.1 18.9 23.0 18.8
Glass and products... ...................................... value.. 8.8 8.5 8.2 7.8
Steel mill manufactures.......................................value.. 10.7 12.8 12.5 10.5
Metal manufactures, n.e.c................................... value. 38.4 4! ,0 38,7 37.9
Electric household refrigerator I and freezers................number.. 12,954 15,718 19,127 20,429
value.. 1.9 2.4 2.7 3.0
Radio and television apparatus..............................value.. 31.3 34.1 27.3 28.8
Other electrical machinery and apparatus......................value.. 76.0 75.2 69.6 73.2
Power generating machinery, n.e.c.............................value.. 20.9 26.9 24.4 27.5
Construction, excavating, mining, oil field, and related
machinery.................................................... value.. 65.1 75.1 64.8 69.0
Machine tools (including metal-forming machine tools) and
parts, exclusive of Special Category Type 16 ................. value.. 20.8 16.7 26.0 28.2
Metalworking machines and parts, except machine
tools and parts..............................................value.. 13.9 12.3 16.5 15.7
Textile, sewing and shoe machinery............................value.. 11.7 10.9 17.0 14.1
Other industrial machinery and parts..........................value.. 94.7 99.9 90.5 97.1

See footnotes at end of table.




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UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF ECOESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES:
SEPTEMBER 1963 AND SELECTED PERIODS--Continued


Monthly
Economic class and commodity1 September August September average
1963 1963 1962 1962


PFirished manufacture. -Contiinued
Office, accounting, and ompcruting machines and parts.......... value.. 27.8 33.6 25.3 27.4
Agricultural machine-, implements and parts................... value.. 10.6 16.6 9.9 13.2
rractors.....................................................number.. 3,388 3,221 2,506 4,883
value.. 18.9 22.0 14.1 17.2
Tractor parts and accessorie...................................value.. 12.3 14.5 12.3 13.1
Motor trucks and busses, commercial (new).................... number.. 8,408 9,241 6,374 8,585
value.. 20.3 21.5 15.8 20.0
Passenger cars, nonmilitary (new)............................number.. 7,531 2,604 11,256 10,581
value.. 15.1 5.1 19.4 20.4
Automobile parts for assemtDly and replacement... :. ............ value.. 64.3 56.0 57.1 56.3
Military automobiles, trucks, busses, trailers, parts,
accessories and service equipment; commercial maintenance
and repair trucks (new)......................................value.. 9.6 24.4 16.1 11.9
Aircraft, parts and accessories...............................value.. 76.1 101.8 89.7 120.0
Merchant ships, nonmilitary, n.e.c...........................number.. 7 7 7 10
value.. 4.0 2.1 0.4 1.0
Railway transportation equipment..............................value.. 14.9 10.7 14.0 13.1
Antibiotics..................... .... .................... value.. 5.8 4.4 4.1 5.3
Other medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations............... value.. 17.2 18.1 17.7 17.2
Soap arid toilet preparations.................................. value.. 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.0
Small arms, machine guns, parts arid accessories, n.e.c ........ value.. 4.4 4.7 1.3 3.2
Ammunition, components and parts..............................value.. 15.1 15.9 14.8 16.3
Special Category Type 16 ......................................value.. 35.8 30.8 23.7 25.6
All other finished manufactures, exclusive of Special
Category Type 1i6 .............................................value.. 164.1 171.3 160.7 156.3

'Based on commodity classifications in Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United
States. A Supplement to Report No. FT 930-E showing the Schedule B numbers included in the individual economic class and commodity totals is
available on request. 2Includes $58.0 million of Military Assistance Program Grant-Aid shipments ($24.3 million to Western Europe). -'Includes
$92.5 million of Military Assistance Program--Grant-Aid shipments ($31.9 million to Western Europe). 4Includes $50.2 million of Military Assist-
ance Program--Grant-Aid shipments ($4.8 million to Western Europe). 5 Includes $60.6 million of Military Assistance Program--Grant-Aid ship-
ments ($22.5 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. "Figures are revised to correct erroneous inclusion of data for Schedule B commodity numbers 30825 and 30835 in the:
totals for "Other cotton manufactures rather than "Cotton cloth" in the issues of this report for periods prior to September 1963.

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