
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1997 TO OCTOBER 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.- Oct.              -164,387      -14,619      -52,100      -97,668

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.- Oct.              -205,337      -13,465      -37,308     -154,564

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                    -21,335         -977       -4,022      -16,335
May                      -22,578       -1,043       -3,973      -17,562
June                     -20,530       -1,253       -3,480      -15,797

July                     -21,029       -1,323       -3,518      -16,188
August                   -22,735       -2,009       -3,497      -17,229
September (R)            -20,802       -1,485       -3,431      -15,885
October                  -20,629       -1,738       -3,841      -15,051
November                                                    
December                                                    
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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.- Oct.               563,507       -8,675        8,614      563,568

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.- Oct.               557,901       -9,027        6,646      560,283

January                   57,902         -636          814       57,724
February                  56,350         -807          681       56,476
March                     57,217         -882          687       57,412
April                     55,335         -655          698       55,292
May                       54,719         -756          671       54,804
June                      54,767         -898          642       55,023

July                      53,825         -965          654       54,136
August                    53,862       -1,314          627       54,548
September (R)             56,005         -940          578       56,367
October                   57,921       -1,175          595       58,501
November                                                    
December                                                    
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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.- Oct.               727,894        5,945       60,714      661,236

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.- Oct.               763,238        4,438       43,954      714,847

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                     76,670          322        4,720       71,627
May                       77,297          288        4,643       72,366
June                      75,297          355        4,122       70,820

July                      74,854          358        4,172       70,324
August                    76,597          695        4,124       71,777
September (R)             76,806          546        4,009       72,252
October                   78,550          563        4,435       73,552
November                                                    
December                                                    

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-98-235), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, October 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.