
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1998 TO AUGUST 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.- Aug.              -161,733      -10,297      -29,707     -121,729

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.- Aug.              -220,620      -10,491      -33,962     -176,167

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                      -27,899       -1,356       -4,966      -21,578
June                     -31,179       -1,479       -4,908      -24,793

July (R)                 -31,422       -1,229       -5,221      -24,972
August                   -30,584       -1,449       -5,896      -23,239
September                                                   
October                                                     
November                                                    
December                                                    
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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.- Aug.               444,650       -6,944        5,709      445,886

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.- Aug.               444,826       -8,330        5,079      448,077

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                       55,121       -1,143          693       55,571
June                      55,472       -1,202          693       55,980

July (R)                  55,890       -1,032          652       56,270
August                    58,782         -856          759       58,879
September                                                   
October                                                     
November                                                    
December                                                    
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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.- Aug.               606,383        3,353       35,416      567,615

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.- Aug.               665,446        2,161       39,041      624,244

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                       83,020          213        5,658       77,148
June                      86,651          277        5,600       80,773

July (R)                  87,312          197        5,873       81,242
August                    89,366          593        6,656       82,118
September                                                   
October                                                     
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-99-202), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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