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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
John T. Connor, Secretary
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS


SUMMARY REPORT December FOR RELEASE
FT 930-E December 1964 February 23, 1965


EXPORT TRADE BY COMMODITY


The Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, announced
today that the increase in United States exports of domestic
mr.e rrsr.c, from $2,242.4 million in November to $2,577.6 mil-
lion in December,1'2'3 an increase of about 15 percent, resulted
primarily from increases in exports of finished manufactures,
semimanufactures, crude materials, and manufactured foodstuffs.
The December domestic merchandise export total was about 18 per-
cent higher than the December 1963 total of $2,186.2 million.
These totals include data on Department of Defense Military
Assistance Program--Grant-Aid shipments. With Military Assist-
ance Pr.ogr'r:--'.ri,--Aid rhpmren+se excluded, exports of domestic
merchandise were valued a'. 2. .. .5 million in December, a level
about 17 percent higher than the November total of $2,158.3
rm il io-,.
The Bureau also stated that annual exports of domestic
merchandise, i: -ir Department of Defense 11i'. r7 Assistance
PFrog ra--'rw.'.-Aid shipments, were valued at $26,086 million
during calendar year 1964, representing an increase of about 13
percent or $3,026 million over the comparable calendar year 1963
total of $23,060 million. This change reflected increases in
annual exports of all of the economic classes of commodities
as follows: finished manufactures, from $13,372.8 to $14,893.8
million; semimanufactures, from $3 341.3 to $4.. .2 million;
crude mi'.-i-i., arom '.,: .7 to $2,897.5 million; crude food-
stuffs, :1n ,2,273.3 to ;, -'...' million and manufactured
foodstuffs, from $1,495.8 to $1,687.4 million. Military Assist-
ance i ocra-,--,ri] T.-Aid shipments, which are included in
'See the December 1964 issue of ra: rt No. IT 900-E for seasonally
adjusted fie-ur. r, total exports, cr .at3ir.' militaryy Assistance Program--
Grra.L-AiJ 5si-Ei.t.. Seasonally -]Ju.t. .!- L si are not available on a
It ap;e.f-rs that the December 1964 export total may reflect export
ahilments made during that month in anticipation of the strike at east and
gulf coast ports which eventually began January 11, 1965. However, the
Bureau does not have information as the the extent of the effect of the
atr-it- on the December export activity.
3Th. December 19 4 exr.-rt. figure also contains about $80 million in
shipments w rich r I.nr .y -could have been carried over for inclusion in
the data for January 1965. These are export shipments inadequately
reported each month and requiring investigation and verification for
statistical purposes. Because of the introduction of the 1965 Schedule B
cxmnodity classifications (beginning in January 1965), and the large amount
of time required to convert the 1964 Schedule B commodity codes for these
shipments to the new 1965 codes, an extraordinary effort was made to
verify these items in time to include them with the lDecember 1964 data.


these totals, were valued at $818.2 million
to $920.0 million in 1963.


in 1964 as compared


The rise in exports of I : i '.-J r -.. :-E from $1,237.6
million in November to $1,44'.-. r.,11,:.- L-.-ri et was due in
part to increases in exports of machine tools and parts (ex-
cluding Special Category, Type 1), from $27.1 to $40.8 million;
passenger cars, from $27.9 to $41.3 million; construction,
excavating, mining, oil field, and related machinery, from
$81.9 to $94.2 million; office, I : i "., and computing
machines and parts, from $34.2 to $44.4 million; power genera-
ting machinery, from $30.7 to $39.8 million; railway trans-
portation equipment, from $12.2 to $21.0 million; commercial
motor trucks and busses, from $24.3 to $33.0 million; textile,
sewing, and shoe machinery, from $14.6 to $22.4 million; paper
and manufactures, from $30.0 to $37.4 million; steel mill manu-
factures, from $12.8 to $19.3 million; and tractors, from $23.9
to $30.4 million. Exports of aircraft, parts and accessories,
also included in this economic class, decreased from $95.3 to
$87.0 million. The rise in exports of -T : i t r r from
$334.5 to $410.3 million reflected increases in exports of mos
of the individual items included in this economic class. The
more noticeable of these increases were in exports of copper
semimanufactures, from $24.5 to $34.0 million; plastics and
resin materials, from $30.5 to $37.6 million; coal-tar and other
cyclic chemical products, from $18.9 to $25.2 million; wood
pulp, from $14.5 to $20.4 million; and crude vegetable oils and
fats, from $9.7 t.: ti-. rill;-..,.

The increase .: 8,i .t '..: mil-
lion in November '. -. i -.:ir.' : in-
creases in export .n : r., t r .. ...:* .97.9
million, and unma: : .- "c. 1-
lion. Exports of ... r ..;r. J .J .:.r ..8
to $172.1 million p' Ir, .T re ,' rEc it, -.:ports
of refined vegeta 1. :.1 c*r Ii.. .22.9
million, and mill- I r .' 1 ; li r ,i.:u-
ever, exports of 7 .. .. ;T -IT : L rL li-f or
charity, also inc --"J. -. ..r.- it'. l17.2
to $10.7 million. '

During the p F-r ..., -,...:,r' : 'd---1 :d
from $235.7 to $2. "-... -
crease in exports of corn, from $76.3 to $61.0 million.


EXPLANATION OF STATISTICS


COVERAGE: Export statistics include government as well as nongovernment ship-
ments to foreign countries. The export statistics, therefore, include Department of
Defense Military Assistance Program-Granm. td 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 price
(or cost if not sold) sad 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-
tures, 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 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 C()MODITIS'
DECKhTIER 19- 4 AND SELECTED PERIODS

OQuani.r, in units indicated; value in millions of dollars. Data revised to reflect all corrections published with statistics through those for December
1963. Totals represent sum of unrounded figures, hence may vary slightly from sum of rounded amounts. N.e.c. indicates not elsewhere classified)





Deceml er November December Monthly
Economic class and commodity- 19i 1964 1963 average
1963


T tal ...... ................................. value .

Crude materials................................... value..
Hides and skins, raw, except furs.................... value..
Animal and fish oils and greases, inedible........1,000 lb..
value..
Oilseeas.............................................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..
.'-'v 1: oils, fats and waxes, refined...........1,000 lb..
value..
. -ar 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 1 .......................................... value..
Leather .............................................. value..
Synthetic -rubber..................................1,000 lb..
value..


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2,2-2.-.


2, 1 r.2


I1,921.-


'* '; C.''.'f 28:- 21'. '
*:.2
S ....- I ... i ._* 1-5,1 6
i-. a i'- 10.0
.- 1. 42.2
65,854 56,081 56,370 42,124
56.9 47.4 45.6 33.6
79 405 642 394
97.9 50.9 86.1 48.9
3,8 2 3,796 3,845 -,203
37.1 34.8 37.3 39.5
123 165 141
0.4 0.5 0.4
41.9 43.3 37.4 34.C

226.6 235.7 232.6 189.4
44,66 57 .0 2 54,431 36,492
61.0 76.3 73.4 49.1
64,841 61,944 C.,:' ) *3,2
115.0 111.2 107.0 1
20.2 18.3 23.8 18.7
13',375 122,996 154,835 1.' ,221
9.9 .7 11.1 .9.0
125,762 92,721 107,019 111,542
11.6 8.6 9.6 9.9

1.2 4.1 0.3 0.7
7.7 8.6 7.4 7.0

2.1 1 :.-' 131. 124.7
66,348 57,497 49,699 47,019
19.0 1 .4 14.3 13.C
42,644 : 63,516 32,740 44,806
5.1 6.7 3.3 4.0
93,095 l-, 1. C 378 '",620
20.4 19.7 12.1 10.2
5,876 6,747 4,319 2,8 3
3.0 3.3 2.1 1.4
2 3 151 356 219
19.6 11.5 24.7 14.7
2,956 2,347 3.4 2,801
12.2 10.4 15.7 10.8
4.7 4.3 3.4 4.3
15,666 24,399 25,809 17,2'1
3.1 4.6 5.1 3.5
33,875 35,931 28,982 -2,'57
4.4 5.2 4.0 5.8
1,857 2, 1,763 2,446
2.7 2.3 2.8 3.4
157,873 6,715 45,101 1,994
22.9 10.9 5.5 9.2
2.2 1.9 1.8 2.2

10.7 17.2 10.6 16.2
41.9 40.5 26.5 25.9


410.3 334.5 302.6 2__S.


3.3
65,279
16.1


2.7

16.8


4.3
55,678
14.5


3.4
52,865
13.C


See footnotes at end of table.













UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, BY ECONOMIC CLASSES AND LEADING CCMMDDITIES:
DECEMBER 1964 AND SELECTED PERIODS-Continued


Monthly
Economic class and caanodity1 December November December average
1964 1964 1963 1963


Semimanufactures, exclusive of Special Category Type 17-Continued
Naval Stores, gums and resins.................................value.. 5.3 5.1 4.4 3.8
Vegetable oils and fats, crude.............................1,000 lb.. 118,231 84,892 62,873 59,592
value.. 14.9 9.7 6.7 6.0
Cotton semimanufactures.................................... 1,000 lb.. 37,426 35,248 36,295 33,977
value.. 5.2 5.0 5.3 4.8
Wool semimanufactures...................................... 1,000 lb.. 20,379 12,495 11,203 12,617
value.. 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.8
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile
semimanufactures.......................................... 1,000 1b.. 27,453 21,841 18,980 18,127
value.. 22.2 17.9 15.4 13.1
Sawmill products....................................... 1,000 bd. ft.. 71,957 75,706 84,415 73,055
value.. 9.5 9.0 10.5 9.0
Wood pulp.............................................. 1,000 s.tons.. 152 112 142 118
value.. 20.4 14.5 18.1 15.2
Fuel oil, distillate and residual......................... 1,000 bbl.. 2,275 1,929 1,896 2,685
value.. 5.9 4.8 4.6 7.7
Sulfur.................................................1,000 l.tons.. 237 152 114 134
value.. 5.1 3.6 2.3 2.8
Steel mill products, semifinished.............................value.. 10.1 6.3 5.1 2.4
Iron and steel bars, including bar size shapes.............1,000 lb.. 36,254 34,529 17,537 19,696
value.. 3.8 3.3 2.3 2.3
Iron and steel plates, sheets and strips................... 1,000 lb.. 158,542 172,507 158,317 124,510
value.. 19.7 20.1 19.5 15.5
Tin mill products, including tin mill black plate..........1,000 lb.. 65,717 56,366 65,585 68,844
value.. 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.9
Other iron and steel semimanufactures.........................value.. 25.0 20.6 17.9 16.8
Aluminum semimanufactures.....................................value.. 16.7 12.8 11.1 11.3
Copper semimanufactures........................................value.. 34.0 24.5 21.4 16.6
Coal-tar.and other cyclic chemical products...................value.. 25.2 18.9 20.3 18.4
Plastics and resin materials...............................1,000 lb.. 120,384 93,847 80,821 75,868
value.. 37.6 30.5 26.4 24.4
Industrial chemicals, exclusive of Special Category Type 17...value.. 45.8 42.6 30.8 34.2
Pigments................................................... 1,000 lb.. 43,660 35,253 33,880 40,894
value.. 5.0 4.2 4.1 4.5
Nitrogenous chemical fertilizer materials.................. 1,000 lb.. 269,480 88,837 131,021 109,612
value.. 6.5 2.9 3.5 2.5
All other semimanufactures, excl. Special Category Type l7 ....value.. 67.3 53.0 48.6 44.1

Finished manufactures......................................value.. 1,440.7 1,237.6 1,234.3 1,114.4
Truck, bus, and automobile tires (casings), new...........thousands.. 165 167 73 82
value.. 3.4 3.3 2.2 2.5
Other rubber manufactures.....................................value.. 12.3 10.6 9.4 9.3
Cigarettes................................................. millions.. 2,843 2,042 1,964 1,968
value.. 13.0 9.3 9.0 8.9
Other tobacco manufactures.................................... value.. 3.5 1.5 0.7 1.1
Cotton cloth..................................................value.. 9.7 8.3 9.8 9.2
Other cotton manufactures.....................................value.. 8.8 7.8 7.5 7.4
Wool manufactures.............................................value.. 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7
Rayon, nylon and other man-made textile manufactures.......... value.. 22.0 19.7 16.1 14.8
Other textile manufactures.................................... value.. 7.5 6.3 6.0 5.9
Wood manufactures, advanced...................................value.. 4.5 3.6 3.0 2.6
Paper and manufactures........................................value.. 37.4 30.0 28.0 26.1
Motor fuel and gasoline, including jet fuels (all types)......value.. 3.9 3.0 4.4 2.7
Lubricating oil...............................................value.. 19.7 16.2 21.8 19.1
Glass and products............................................value.. 11.6 10.4 9.1 8.1
Steel mill manufactures....................................... value.. 19.3 12.8 13.8 13.2
Metal manufactures, n.e.c.....................................value.. 51.6 45.4 40.0 40.3
Electric household refrigerators and freezers................number.. 16,698 13,655 17,358 17,294
value.. 2.7 2.3 2.9 2.7
Radio and television apparatus................................value.. 41.0 39.8 35.2 33.5
Other electrical machinery and apparatus......................value.. 112.7 95.6 108.7 80.1
Power generating machinery, n.e.c.............................value.. 39.8 30.7 26.5 26.3
Construction, excavating, mining, oil field, and related
machinery....................................................value.. 94.2 81.9 85.2 73.7
Machine tools (including metal-forming machine tools) and
parts, exclusive of Special Category Type 17 .................value.. 40.8 27.1 24.0 21.0
Metalworking machines and parts, except machine
tools and parts..............................................value.. 17.8 15.3 18.3 16.0
Textile, sewing and shoe machinery............................value.. 22.4 14.6 15.4 12.6
Other industrial machinery and parts..........................value.. 142.8 114.9 113.5 104.6

See footnotes at end of table.




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r.j .. I, i -*'npuJtig :ai -: in an.-, part:.......... value.. .-.- 3-.' 31.0 30.1
A-r _i.*' _. .- ",a.:h.-.'.. ;i mpii 6,r.?. ar.m part ................... v. ue.. 1'.1 1 12.7 It,.2
Irs. "- ... ........................................... n.ariber.. .* '.33 4,t.03 5,89'
value.. 0.4 23. 25.1 21.6
.7ra : r cF :'- an.J -si, ori.e ........ ...... ................ 'alue.. 1 .1 1 .1 14. 13.6
.t.r tr'.: w ari L. -i :e coamnerciai newt .................... numbEr.. 14 -. .J 10,132 13,4' 10,280
value.. 3 '.0 2. 3 32.3 23.5
a.--.:r r ar ', ri.:.n.- lit : ,ary newl .............................. nu fiber. l ,'i' l?, 12 1'..0J 13,363
.,alue.. -1.3 2 .' 4.-5, 23.8
Au':,r -t:.. i par-t. fl'.r a::emrmiy aria replacement ......... ....... a ue.. d.1 90. 64.1
.'.. '- a m. .il-. 'tri.:-.., ,SeZS ,. trailer- parts,
-:r. ,:-;s ar.. :.-r'.:e -quipmert; c.nn.'mercial maiLntr, narice
c.. rEpa r Tr .'. .. (.ew.i ................. ................... value.. 13.. t 11.6
A r :- aart: ar, ad .:,3 riec ...............................value.. ? 3, 103.8
.- r rr r, rorralitar,', ri.-. .............. n.um.ber.. 1 3 Eb
.,alue.. 1. i U.2 O.'
i ha;, Trarporta.tein equipmrre.t. .............. .. .... ale. '1. 12.2 1 .- 12.0
Ar. : t. ic C.. ......................... ...................... value.. .3 -.3 4."
':.. rnsi a,, phtr aceutical preparations. .................. alue.. --. 1 1 .1 17.5
r 3 ,. l t r. t pr 4 parat. :ri .............. ............. value.. 2. 2.1 2.0 2.0
-naaL arri:,, maLr.:iino. gj.na,, part: and accessories, n.e.c........'.alie.. 1. ..1 4.
/w .a ,_ ...r., c:,r porrir-rnt- ajrn parts ......... ...................... v lue.. 1, 1 21.5 18.3
-p, .. r -g r-., Tyr.e i ...................................... value.. .. ., 30.8 33.2
.i -*.he-r finis-hed rrejufa.t.mt.re_, ex:.lusi.'e of' Sp.-.ial
3- f'.r. Type- 1 ............................................. value.. 232. 1' .. 183.0 71.7

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