
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1998 TO JUNE 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.     -246,932     -17,173     -42,828    -186,931
Jan.- June     -118,376      -6,944     -22,577     -88,855

January         -17,141      -1,218      -4,051     -11,873
February        -17,506      -1,036      -3,736     -12,734
March           -20,229      -1,398      -3,488     -15,343
April           -20,860        -985      -3,834     -16,041
May             -22,236      -1,045      -3,985     -17,206
June            -20,404      -1,263      -3,483     -15,659

July            -21,066      -1,334      -3,534     -16,198
August          -22,291      -2,019      -3,596     -16,676
September       -21,611      -1,495      -3,404     -16,712
October         -20,990      -1,799      -3,621     -15,570
November        -21,539      -2,129      -3,442     -15,967
December        -21,059      -1,453      -2,653     -16,953


1999                

Jan.- June     -158,849      -7,847     -23,057    -127,945

January         -23,350      -1,124      -2,965     -19,260
February        -25,173      -1,325      -2,863     -20,984
March           -25,681      -1,264      -3,151     -21,265
April           -25,334      -1,265      -3,992     -20,077
May (R)         -27,899      -1,356      -4,966     -21,578
June            -31,413      -1,512      -5,120     -24,781

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              Exports

                            Net                     Non
   Period      Total    Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum


1998                

Jan.- Dec.      670,246     -11,892       8,076     674,062
Jan.- June      335,863      -4,651       4,415     336,099

January          57,748        -637         860      57,525
February         56,512        -808         753      56,567
March            56,406        -887         712      56,580
April            55,330        -660         738      55,252
May              54,853        -754         695      54,913
June             55,015        -905         657      55,263

July             54,164        -973         635      54,502
August           54,624      -1,320         659      55,284
September        55,472        -946         630      55,789
October          57,193      -1,208         585      57,816
November         56,926      -1,608         542      57,992
December         56,005      -1,186         611      56,580


1999                

Jan.- June      329,965      -6,474       3,670     332,769

January          55,263        -953         562      55,654
February         54,704      -1,113         508      55,308
March            54,326      -1,038         545      54,819
April            55,269        -994         668      55,595
May (R)          55,121      -1,143         693      55,571
June             55,284      -1,233         695      55,822

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              Imports

                            Net                     Non
   Period      Total    Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum

             
1998                

Jan.- Dec.      917,178       5,282      50,903     860,993
Jan.- June      454,239       2,293      26,992     424,954

January          74,889         580       4,911      69,398
February         74,018         228       4,489      69,301
March            76,634         511       4,201      71,923
April            76,190         325       4,573      71,292
May              77,089         291       4,680      72,119
June             75,419         358       4,139      70,922

July             75,230         361       4,168      70,700
August           76,914         699       4,255      71,960
September        77,084         549       4,034      72,501
October          78,183         592       4,205      73,386
November         78,464         522       3,984      73,959
December         77,064         267       3,264      73,533


1999                

Jan.- June      488,814       1,373      26,727     460,714

January          78,612         171       3,527      74,915
February         79,876         213       3,371      76,293
March            80,006         226       3,696      76,084
April            80,603         271       4,659      75,673
May (R)          83,020         213       5,658      77,148
June             86,697         279       5,815      80,603

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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-99-155), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, June 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.