U.S. foreign trade;

United States

Foreign Trade


ARTMENT OF COMMERCE
uther H. Hodges, Secretary

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Richard M. ScommK, Director


SUMMARY REPORT August 1964
FT 930-E August 1964


FOR RELEASE
October 12, 1964


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 $2,088.1 million in July to $1,941.6 million
in August,1 a drop of about seven percent, resulted from de-
creases in exports of all the economic classes of commodi-
ties except manufactured foodstuffs. The August 1964 domestic
merchandise export total was about three percent higher than
the August 1963 total of $1,879.2 million. These figures
include data on Department of Defense Military Assistance
Program-Grant-Aid shipments.2

Vith Military Assistance Program--Grant-Aid shipments ex-
cluded, the value of August exports of domestic merchandise
was $1,868.5 million, about seven percent less than the July
total of $2,013.4 million but about five percent more than
the August 1963 total of $1,786.7 million.

The drop in exports of finished manufactures, from $1,208.3
million in July to $1,118.2 million In August, was partly due
to decreases in exports of office, accounting, and computing
machines and parts, from $36.6 to $28.1 million; metalworki,*
machines and parts, except machine tools and parts, from
$20.2 to $14.3 million; tractors, from $29.4 to $24.4 million
and power generating machinery, from $27.4 to $23.0 million.

'See the August 1964 issue of Beport No. FT 900-1 for seasonally ad-
juated figears total exports excluding Military Assistance Program-
Grant-Aid shipments. Seasonal ly adjusted data are not available on a
cmnaodity basis.
2See asterisk (*) footnote on page 4 of the tables.


However, exports of automobile parts for assembly and replace-
ment rose from $59.3 to $68.7 million, as did exports of air-
craft, parts and accessories, from $108.4 to $114.5 million.
Exports of crude materials fell from $252.9 million in July
to $190.3 million in August, chiefly due to a substantial
decrease in exports of unmanufactured cotton, from $91.5 to
$16.6 million, which was partly offset by rises in exports of
coal, from $38.6 to $49.5 million, and oilseeds, from $33.9
to $40.6 million. Exports of semimanufactures declined from
$333.1 million in July to $324.6 million in August, primarily
as the result of small negative changes in exports of copper
semimanufactures from $18.3 to $12.2 million; industrial
chemicals from $43.8 to $38.9 million; and wood pulp, from
$18.8 to $15.8 million. Counteracting these losses, however,
was an increase in exports of iron and steel plates, sheets,
and strips, from $19.5 to $24.5 million. Exports of crude
foodstuffs from July to August, decreased slightly from
$177.6 to $172.0 million. The more notable changes in the
level of exports of individual items included in this
economic class occurred in exports of wheat, which fell from
$91.7 to $80.1 million, and corn, which rose from $44.0 to
$56.3 million.


The advance in exports of manufactured foodstuffs from
$116.3 million in July to $136.5 million in August, was
attributed largely to increases in exports of wheat flour,
from $6.4 to $14.5 million; refined vegetable oils, fats,
and waxes, from $12.8 to $18.7 million; and canned fruits,
from $3.5 to $8.5 million.


EXPLANATION OF STATISTICS


COVERAGE: Export statistics include government as well as mongovernment ship.
meas ta foreign countries. The export statistics, therefore, include Department of
Defeses Militay Aoisaece Program-Crant-Aid shipments (for which separate fig-
M- -m shown is the footaotea of this report), MutMa Security Plarnm economic sB-
siatmue ship ts;, and shipments of agricult ral commodities under P.L 480 (The
Trade Developeuat s d Assistance Act of 1954, as amended) and related laws. (The
separate iafamation which is available on exports under P.L. 480 and related laws
may be obtained froa the Economic Research Servie and the Foreign Agricultural
Service of the Departmeat of Agricaultre. Shipmeats to United States armed forces
msa diplomatic uassionm abroad for their own use are excluded from export statistics.
United States trade with Paerto Rico and United State possessions is not included in
this report, but the export trade of Paerto Ricoe with foreign countries is included as a
pat of the United States export trade. Merhandis shipped in transit through the
United States between foreign countries, mot entered an imports, is not included in ex-
poet statistics.
VALUATION: The valuation definition sed is the export statistics is the value at
the seaport, border point, or airport of exprtation. in based on the selling price
(or cout if not sold) and includes inland freight, insurance, and other charges to the
port of exportation. Transportation and other costas beyond the United States port of
exportetiom are excluded. None of the value* have been adjusted for changes in
rice level.


USCUMM-DC


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 resaite 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 S50,000 (the
largest variation from rending of figure) 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 enrou from such sources as the carry-over of data from
month to month, eron, 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 is the totals for "Finished manaufactres* and "All other finished manufac-
ties, exclusive of Special Category Type I" but excluded from other totals), and the
omission of parcel post shipments valued under W50. Although the effect of such
errors on the rounded totals is 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 ofatleport 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 BCON(OIC CLASSES AND LEADING C(OADITIES
AUGUST 1964 AND SELECTED PERIODS
lOuantliy in units indicated, value in millions of dollars. Figures for 1964 are as originally issued and have not been revised to include published
corrections. Figures for 1963 include revisions published with the December 1963 reports, or earlier, but do not include revisions published during
1964. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures, hence may very slightly from sum of rounded amounts. N.e.c. indicates not elsewhere classified)



August July August Monthly
Economic class and comodity1 1964 1964 1963 average
1963


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 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..
Vp'oFgtabli 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
pype 16.......................................... value..
Leather...............................................value..
Synthetic -rubber..................................1,000 lb..
value..


21,941.6


32,088.1


1 .879.2


190.3 252.9 212.2 214.7
8.0 7.9 6.6 6.2
199,269 261,587 135,740 155,156
13.7 17.8 8.8 10.0
40.6 33.9 36.8 42.2
28,522 32,793 40,033 42,124
24.1 26.1 32.3 33.6
131 715 302 393
16.6 91.5 36.7 48.9
5,393 4,196 5.845 4.203
49,5 38.6 53.0 39.5
118 90 186 141
0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
37.3 36.6 37.6 34.0

172.0 177.6 158.8 3189.4
41,928 32,656 26,498 36,492
56.3 44.0 36.7 49.1
44,619 52,750 47,602 53,257
80.1 91.7 87.1 95.1
12.9 16.9 12.9 18.7
67,664 108,180 51,482 155,221
4.3 6.9 3.4 9.0
138,849 135,664 139,059 111,542
12.2 11.2 12.4 9.9

0.3 0.2 0.7 0.7
5.9 6.6 5.6 7.0

136,5 116,3 124.0 124-8
49,144 49,761 44,809 47,019
12.9 13.1 12.6 13.0
46,322 45,809 64,798 44,806
4.6 4.4 5.5 4.0
90,454 123,568 79,003 66,620
14.7 17.0 13.7 10.2
4,523 2,801 1,590 2,873
2.9 1.4 0.9 1.4
79 122 97 219
5.9 8.7 6.7 14.7
3,289 1,540 1,937 2,801
14.5 6.4 9.2 10.8
3.8 4.0 3.8 4.3
13,671 11,248 12,185 17,271
2.7 2.3 2.4 3.5
64,076 22,322 58,764 42,857
8.5 3.5 7.8 5.8
1,738 1,745 1,690 2,446
2.9 3.1 2.6 3.4
158,951 115,885 100,344 71,994
18.7 12.8 13.0 9.2
2.2 1.9 2.4 2.2

12.2 9.1 17.6 16.3
30.0 28.6 25.8 25.9


324.6 333.1 f 300. 2 273.6


2.9
59,402
13.6


2.5
57,345
14.9


4.1
61,094
15.0


3.4
52,865
13.0


See footnotes at end of table.











UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND
AUGUST 1964 AND SELECTED PERIODS--Continued


LEADING CCOMDITIES


Monthly
August July August Monthly
Economic class and commodity1 1964 1964 1963 average
1963


Semimanufactures, exclusive of Special Category Type 16-Continued
Naval Stores, gums and resins.................................value..
Vegetable oils and fats, crude.............................1,000 lb..
value..
Cotton semimanufactures....................................1,000 lb..
value..
Wool semimanufactures......................................1,000 lb..
value..
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile
semimanufactures .......................................... 1,000 lb..
value..
Sawmill products.......................................1,000 bd. ft..
value..
Wood pulp..............................................1,000 s.tons..
value..
Fuel oil, distillate and residual.........................1,000 bbl..
value..
Sulfur..................... ........................... 1,000 1.tons..
value..
Steel mill products, semifinished.............................value..
Iran and steel bars, including bar size shapes.............1,000 lb..
value..
Iron and steel plates, sheets and strips...................1,000 lb..
value..
Tin mill products, including tin mill black plate..........1,000 lb..
value..
Other iron and steel semimanufactures.........................value..
Aluminum semimanufactures....................................value..
Copper semimanufactures.......................................value..
Coal-tar and other cyclic chemical products...................value..
Plastics and resin materials...............................1,000 lb..
value..
Industrial chemicals, exclusive of Special Category Type 16...value..
Pigments...................................................1,000 lb..
value..
Nitrogenous chemical fertilizer materials..................1,000 lb..
value..
All other semimanufactures, excl. Special Category Type 16 .... value..

Finished manufactures......................................value..,
Truck, bus, and automobile tires (casings), new...........thousands..
value..
Other rubber manufactures.....................................value..
Cigarettes.......... ...................................... millions..
value..
Other tobacco manufactures...................................value..
Cotton cloth..................................................value..
Other cotton manufactures.....................................value..!
Wool manufactures.............................................value..
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile manufactures..........value..
Other textile manufactures....................................value..
Wood manufactures, advanced...................................value..
Paper and manufactures........................................value..
Motor fuel and gasoline, including jet fuels (all types)......value..
Lubricating oil...............................................value..
Glass and products............................................value..
Steel mill manufactures...................................... value..
Metal manufactures, n.e.c ..................................... value..
Electric household refrigerators and freezers................number..
value..
Radio and television apparatus............................... value..
Other electrical machinery and apparatus......................value..,
Power generating machinery, n.e.c .............................value..
Construction, excavating, mining, oil field, and related
machinery....................................................value..
Machine toclsa (including metal-forming machine tools) and,
parts, exclusive of Special Category Type 16 ................ value..
Metalworking machines and parts, except machine
tools and parts ..............................................value..
Textile, sewing and shoe machinery............................value..
Other industrial machinery and parts..........................value..

See footnotes at end of table.


4.5
77,104
7.6
30,605
4.1
9,330
1.5

20,496
17.5
82,492
10.4
122
15.8
1,738
3.8
168
3.5
7.8
41,755
3.5
242,088
24.5
76,798
5.7
25.2
14.7
12.2
20.2
100,875
30.1
38.9
42,578
4.0
126,433
3.2
49.5

1 11 2


148
3.3
9.9
1,990
9.1
1.5-
6.0
6.9
1.1
16.8
5.8
3.5
30.1
3.6
19.8
9.7
12.8
41.1
16,270
2.6
35.7
71.5
23.0

82.5

22.8

14.3
10.5
102.3-


4.0
56,248
5.5
33.157
5.0
9,371
1.5

18,598
15.8
94,976
11.7
141
18.8
1,970
4.7
196
3.8
8.8
37,092
3.5
172,191
19.5
75,517
6.4
26.5
11.8
18.3
18.0
100,261
29.6
43.8
36,389
4.3
77,676
2.2
51.9

I 2'ln 3


160
3.3
9.0
2,148
9.9
1.0
7.7
7.4
0.8
15.4
5.6
3.0
31.4
3.9
19.6
9.3
15.1
40.2
16,013
2.7
38.7
75.5
27.4

85.4

25.7

20.2
14.1
114.2


4.1
18,825
1.9
37,965
5.3
17,182
2.2

18,855
12.5
76,128
9.4
130
16.8
2,514
6.8
169
3.3
1.2
16,374
2.3
129,941
15.8
84,495
6.0
22.1
13.1
20.9
18.0
90,776
27.0
40.3
36,744
4.2
119,873
1.9
45.9

1 Cn14 1


81
2.4
9.0
2,448
11.1
1.3
8.6
6.9
0.8
15.1
6.2
3.0
26.7
2.5
18.9
8.5
12.8
41.0
15,718
2.4
34.1
75.2
26.9

75.1

16.7

12.3
10.9
99.9


3.8
59,592
6.0
33,977
4.8
12,617
1.8

18,127
13.1
73,055
9.0
118
15.2
2,674
7.7
134
2.8
2.4
19,696
2.3
124,510
15.5
68,844
4.9
16.8
11.4
16.6
16.5
74,100
24.4
32.2
40,894
4.5
109,612
2.5
43.5

1 107 6


82
2.5
9.3
1,968
8.9
1.1
9.2
7.4
0.7
14.8
5.9
2.6
26.1
2.7
19.1
8.2
13.2
40.2
17,294
2.7
33.4
77.3
26.1

73.5

21.0

16.0
12.6
104.3


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IINTT tr STATES EJKXPOTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING COMMODITIES
AIIUGUJT l'-">- AND "ELECTED PERIODS--Continued

1 August JIuly Auus t 1Month1
Economic class and commodity August uly August average
1 63

Firii r,,'d manufacturer--Continued
L'r: c.,_-, a.-.ounting, anu computing machines and parts.......... value.. 28.1 36.6 33.6 30.1
Agri.-ultural machines, implements and parts................... value.. 1iQ. 20.8 16.6 15.2
Tractor: ..................................................... number.. ,t.25 5,015 3,221 5,895
value.. 2..4/ 29.4 22.0 21.6
Tractor parts and accessories ................................. value.. It..8 18.Q 14.5 13.6
Motor tru.:K:, and busses, commercial (new)....................number.. 10,84n 10,854 9,241 10,061
value.. 24.6 24.1 21.5 22.1
Pas:enpgr cars, nonmilitary (new)............................ number.. 13,056 9,795 2,604 12,041
value.. Io.8 12.7 5.1 22.2
AutomoLji r- parts for assembly and replacement.................value.. 68.7 59.3 56.0 64.0
Military automobiles, trucks, busses, trailers, parts,
aces )ries ard service equipment; commercial maintenance
anrd repair trucks knew.) ......................................value.. 4.1 8.7 24.4 11.6
Aurrrel't, part: and accessories...............................value.. 114.5 108.4 101.8 103.4
Merchant ships, nonmilitary, n.e.c ........................... number.. 14 7 7 6
value.. 1.0 0.5 2.1 0.9
Rasiway transportation equipment.............................. value.. 5.4 8.5 10.7 12.0
An itaibotics.................... .......................... ... value.. ..., 4.5 4.4 4.7
Otherr medicinal and pharmaceuti pc 'al ratlons................. value.. 18.7 19.8 18.1 17.5
Joap and toilet preparations... ..4.. L ................... value.. 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0
Small arms, machine guns, parts b1i aceslories, n.e.c ........ value.. 2.1 4.0 4.7 4.7
Ammunition, components and part. ...value.. 10.2 37.9 15.9 18.3
Special Category Type 1 ......... a j .A nE...value.. 24.7 21.9 30.8 33.4
All otner finished manufactures got sYls oYaft
Category rype i .............. ..l.. f-N -.A._.A J.fpsy1.value.. 18b.4 203.7 171.2 171,4

"II has been learned that incomplete transmitials of Shipper's Export Declarations from an individual Customs port hove resulted in the undercounting
of January July 1964 export data by a total of approximately $55 million and calendar year 1963 data by approximately $65 million. Earlier years are
affected by smaller amounts. Undercounting in the individual months ranges from 56 to $10 million for January-July 1964, and from 53 to 18 million for
1963 Corrective action has been taken ro include shipments on a current basis beginning August 1964 and revisions will be made for the prior periods
or a later date Though the undercounting for individual months of 1063 and 19(4 is relatively minor (less than one-half of one percent) indications ore
that the undercounting for all periods may be concentrated principally in the data shown in this report for "semimanufactures" with a negligible amount
in finished manufactures". Under sem.manufactures. the principal individual commodities affected were coal-tar and other cyclic chemical products,
and industrial chemicals excluding Special Category Type 1 ill has been verified that import documents from the same part were transmitted regularly
on a current basis and no problem of undercounting in the import statistics is involved.)
'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. 'Includes $73 1 million of Military Assistance Program Grant-Aid shipments (S31 6 million to Western Europe). includes
$74 8 million of Military Assistance Program--Grant-Ad shipments ( S20 4 million to Western Europe). 'Includes S92 5 million of Military Assist.
ance Program--Grant-Aid shipments ($31 9 million to Western Europe). 5 Includes $76 7 million of Military Assistance Program--Grant-Aid ship-
menrs ( S26 0 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.


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