
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1998 TO DECEMBER 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
                         -17,141       -1,218       -4,051      -11,873

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.- Dec.              -347,130      -17,108      -59,144     -270,879

January (R)              -23,409       -1,124       -2,981      -19,303
February (R)             -25,232       -1,325       -2,880      -21,027
March (R)                -25,740       -1,264       -3,167      -21,308
April (R)                -25,393       -1,265       -4,008      -20,120
May (R)                  -27,958       -1,356       -4,982      -21,621
June (R)                 -31,239       -1,479       -4,924      -24,836

July (R)                 -31,481       -1,229       -5,237      -25,015
August (R)               -30,191       -1,323       -5,927      -22,941
September (R)            -30,271       -2,012       -6,259      -22,000
October (R)              -31,875       -1,414       -6,545      -23,915
November (R)             -32,869       -1,598       -6,234      -25,038
December                 -31,472       -1,719       -6,000      -23,753
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                       Exports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


1998                

Jan.- Dec.               670,246      -11,892        8,076      674,062
                          57,748         -637          860       57,525

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.- Dec.               683,021      -11,988        8,626      686,383

January (R)               55,168         -953          563       55,558
February (R)              54,609       -1,113          509       55,212
March (R)                 54,231       -1,038          547       54,722
April (R)                 55,174         -994          669       55,499
May (R)                   55,026       -1,143          694       55,475
June (R)                  55,377       -1,202          694       55,884

July (R)                  55,796       -1,032          654       56,174
August (R)                59,045         -855          751       59,149
September (R)             58,839       -1,149          801       59,187
October (R)               58,833         -900          875       58,858
November (R)              59,184         -676          849       59,012
December                  61,739         -934        1,020       61,653
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                       Imports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum

                     
1998                

Jan.- Dec.               917,178        5,282       50,903      860,993
                          74,889          580        4,911       69,398

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.- Dec.             1,030,152        5,120       67,770      957,262

January (R)               78,577          171        3,544       74,862
February (R)              79,841          213        3,389       76,240
March (R)                 79,971          226        3,714       76,031
April (R)                 80,568          271        4,677       75,620
May (R)                   82,984          213        5,676       77,096
June (R)                  86,616          277        5,618       80,721

July (R)                  87,277          197        5,891       81,189
August (R)                89,236          468        6,679       82,089
September (R)             89,110          863        7,060       81,187
October (R)               90,707          514        7,420       82,773
November (R)              92,053          922        7,083       84,049
December                  93,212          786        7,020       85,406

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-00-28), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, December 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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