
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1997 TO FEBRUARY 1998

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding.  (R) Revised.)



                             Balance

                                 Net        Petroleum        Non-
    Period        Total      Adjustments       (1)        Petroleum

1997                

Jan.- Dec.         -198,975       -17,104       -61,587      -120,285
Jan.- Feb.          -34,947        -1,898       -11,378       -21,671

January             -18,167          -799        -5,762       -11,607
February            -16,780        -1,100        -5,616       -10,064
March               -14,896        -2,444        -5,265        -7,186
April               -15,546        -1,716        -4,840        -8,991
May                 -16,381        -1,892        -5,400        -9,089
June                -15,262        -1,748        -5,153        -8,361

July                -16,867        -1,258        -4,678       -10,930
August              -16,577        -1,285        -4,989       -10,303
September           -18,557        -1,391        -5,256       -11,909
October             -16,498        -1,282        -5,475        -9,741
November            -15,741          -897        -4,819       -10,025
December            -17,702        -1,293        -4,332       -12,078

1998                

Jan.- Feb.          -36,893        -2,224        -7,993       -26,676

January (R)         -18,328        -1,197        -4,147       -12,985
February            -18,565        -1,027        -3,846       -13,691
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                             Exports

                                 Net        Petroleum        Non-
    Period        Total      Adjustments       (1)        Petroleum

1997                

Jan.- Dec.          678,150       -10,547        10,145       678,552
Jan.- Feb.          105,249        -1,222         1,680       104,791

January              51,624          -551           879        51,296
February             53,625          -671           800        53,496
March                57,093          -988           828        57,253
April                57,100          -697           824        56,973
May                  56,809          -995           708        57,096
June                 57,317          -857           805        57,368

July                 56,683        -1,031           897        56,817
August               57,264        -1,044           915        57,393
September            56,308        -1,133           843        56,597
October              58,388        -1,040           870        58,559
November             57,524          -663           836        57,351
December             58,414          -878           939        58,354

1998                

Jan.- Feb.          112,295        -1,439         1,509       112,226

January (R)          56,686          -629           813        56,502
February             55,609          -810           695        55,724
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                             Imports

                                 Net        Petroleum        Non-
    Period        Total      Adjustments       (1)        Petroleum
               
1997                

Jan.- Dec.          877,125         6,556        71,732       798,837
Jan.- Feb.          140,196           676        13,058       126,462

January              69,791           247         6,641        62,903
February             70,405           429         6,416        63,560
March                71,989         1,456         6,093        64,439
April                72,646         1,019         5,663        65,964
May                  73,191           897         6,109        66,185
June                 72,579           891         5,958        65,730

July                 73,550           227         5,576        67,747
August               73,842           242         5,904        67,695
September            74,865           259         6,099        68,507
October              74,886           242         6,345        68,299
November             73,265           234         5,655        67,376
December             76,117           414         5,270        70,432

1998                

Jan.- Feb.          149,188           785         9,502       138,902

January (R)          75,014           567         4,960        69,487
February             74,174           217         4,542        69,415
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NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what 
      is included in the Net Adjustments.

(1) The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity 
    classification system include virtually the same energy related 
    petroleum products as those aggregated in the SITC. The end-use 
    petroleum products, however, include some products such as ethane, 
    butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in "Manufactured Goods".

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-60), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FEBRUARY 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.