
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1998 TO MARCH 1999

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



                       Balance

                                               
                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum(1)   Petroleum

1998                

Jan.- Dec.              -248,159      -17,059      -43,275     -187,825
Jan.- Mar.               -56,034       -3,637      -11,530      -40,867

January                  -17,187       -1,214       -4,112      -11,861
February                 -18,231       -1,033       -3,842      -13,357
March                    -20,615       -1,390       -3,576      -15,649
April                    -21,446         -977       -4,017      -16,453
May                      -22,690       -1,043       -3,967      -17,679
June                     -20,642       -1,253       -3,474      -15,915

July                     -21,141       -1,323       -3,512      -16,305
August                   -22,847       -2,009       -3,491      -17,346
September                -20,913       -1,485       -3,425      -16,003
October                  -20,279       -1,758       -3,763      -14,758
November                 -21,669       -2,116       -3,410      -16,142
December                 -20,499       -1,458       -2,685      -16,356


1999                

Jan.- Mar.               -75,649       -3,711       -8,840      -63,099

January                  -23,260       -1,124       -2,914      -19,221
February (R)             -25,934       -1,325       -2,892      -21,717
March                    -26,456       -1,261       -3,034      -22,161
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                       Exports

                                                            
                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum(1)   Petroleum

1998                

Jan.- Dec.               670,641      -11,856        7,841      674,656
Jan.- Mar.               171,192       -2,325        2,185      171,333

January                   57,809         -636          815       57,631
February                  56,258         -807          682       56,383
March                     57,125         -882          688       57,319
April                     55,243         -655          699       55,199
May                       54,626         -756          672       54,710
June                      54,674         -898          643       54,930

July                      53,733         -965          655       54,043
August                    53,769       -1,314          628       54,455
September                 55,912         -940          579       56,273
October                   58,246       -1,202          603       58,846
November                  57,110       -1,602          556       58,157
December                  56,133       -1,199          621       56,711


1999                

Jan.- Mar.               164,406       -3,103        1,607      165,901

January                   55,168         -953          579       55,542
February (R)              54,357       -1,113          480       54,990
March                     54,881       -1,037          549       55,369
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                       Imports

                                               
                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum(1)   Petroleum
                     
1998                

Jan.- Dec.               918,800        5,204       51,115      862,481
Jan.- Mar.               227,226        1,311       13,714      212,200

January                   74,997          578        4,926       69,492
February                  74,489          226        4,524       69,739
March                     77,740          508        4,264       72,968
April                     76,689          322        4,716       71,651
May                       77,316          288        4,639       72,390
June                      75,316          355        4,117       70,844

July                      74,874          358        4,168       70,349
August                    76,616          695        4,119       71,802
September                 76,826          546        4,004       72,276
October                   78,526          556        4,366       73,604
November                  78,779          514        3,966       74,299
December                  76,632          259        3,306       73,067


1999                

Jan.- Mar.               240,055          608       10,447      229,000

January                   78,427          171        3,493       74,763
February (R)              80,291          213        3,371       76,707
March                     81,337          224        3,583       77,530
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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-99-89), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, March 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.