
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1997 TO MAY 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.         -197,955       -16,467       -61,352      -120,136
Jan.- May           -83,210        -8,014       -27,243       -47,953

January             -17,495          -818        -5,756       -10,921
February            -16,469        -1,116        -5,662        -9,692
March               -15,759        -2,457        -5,426        -7,877
April               -16,505        -1,725        -5,025        -9,755
May                 -16,982        -1,900        -5,374        -9,708
June                -15,610        -1,734        -4,805        -9,071

July                -15,864        -1,269        -4,713        -9,881
August              -16,909        -1,292        -5,138       -10,479
September           -16,524        -1,005        -5,009       -10,510
October             -16,270        -1,305        -5,191        -9,774
November            -16,605          -911        -5,161       -10,533
December            -16,962          -936        -4,092       -11,934

1998                

Jan.- May           -99,836        -5,642       -19,455       -74,739

January             -17,076        -1,214        -4,117       -11,744
February            -18,120        -1,033        -3,848       -13,240
March               -20,504        -1,390        -3,582       -15,532
April (R)           -21,335          -977        -4,022       -16,335
May                 -22,803        -1,028        -3,886       -17,888
June                                                     

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                               Exports

                                 Net        Petroleum        Non-
    Period        Total      Adjustments       (1)        Petroleum

1997                

Jan.- Dec.          679,325        -9,858        10,419       678,763
Jan.- May           275,928        -3,955         4,143       275,741

January              52,655          -566           886        52,335
February             54,337          -685           800        54,222
March                56,507          -999           827        56,678
April                56,326          -703           851        56,178
May                  56,103        -1,003           778        56,327
June                 56,811          -842           847        56,805

July                 57,455        -1,041           921        57,574
August               57,100        -1,047           933        57,214
September            57,747          -739           861        57,625
October              58,467        -1,050           908        58,609
November             57,482          -670           830        57,321
December             58,336          -513           975        57,874

1998                

Jan.- May           281,161        -3,722         3,565       281,318

January              57,902          -636           814        57,724
February             56,350          -807           681        56,476
March                57,217          -882           687        57,412
April (R)            55,335          -655           698        55,292
May                  54,357          -742           685        54,414
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                               Imports

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

Jan.- Dec.          877,279         6,609        71,771       798,900
Jan.- May           359,138         4,059        31,386       323,693

January              70,150           252         6,641        63,257
February             70,807           430         6,463        63,914
March                72,266         1,458         6,253        64,555
April                72,831         1,021         5,877        65,933
May                  73,085           897         6,153        66,035
June                 72,420           892         5,652        65,876

July                 73,318           228         5,634        67,455
August               74,009           245         6,072        67,692
September            74,271           266         5,870        68,135
October              74,738           255         6,099        68,384
November             74,087           242         5,991        67,855
December             75,298           423         5,067        69,809

1998                

Jan.- May           380,997         1,919        23,020       356,058

January              74,977           578         4,931        69,468
February             74,470           226         4,529        69,715
March                77,720           508         4,268        72,944
April (R)            76,670           322         4,720        71,627
May                  77,160           286         4,571        72,303
June                                                     

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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-98-120), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MAY 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.