
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 2000

(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


1999                

Jan.-Dec. (R)           -347,158      -17,080      -59,080     -270,998
Jan.- (R)                -23,409       -1,124       -2,981      -19,304

January (R)              -23,409       -1,124       -2,981      -19,304
February (R)             -25,233       -1,325       -2,879      -21,028
March (R)                -25,741       -1,264       -3,167      -21,309
April (R)                -25,394       -1,265       -4,008      -20,121
May (R)                  -27,959       -1,356       -4,982      -21,622
June (R)                 -31,239       -1,479       -4,924      -24,837

July (R)                 -31,482       -1,229       -5,237      -25,016
August (R)               -30,192       -1,323       -5,927      -22,942
September (R)            -30,271       -2,012       -6,258      -22,001
October (R)              -31,875       -1,414       -6,545      -23,916
November (R)             -32,870       -1,598       -6,234      -25,038
December (R)             -31,494       -1,691       -5,938      -23,865


2000                

Jan.-                    -34,740       -1,696       -6,927      -26,116

January                  -34,740       -1,696       -6,927      -26,116
February                                                    
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                       Exports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


1999                

Jan.-Dec.(R)             683,221      -11,993        8,618      686,595
Jan.- (R)                 55,168         -953          563       55,558

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)                  55,795       -1,032          654       56,174
August (R)                59,044         -855          751       59,148
September (R)             58,839       -1,149          801       59,186
October (R)               58,832         -900          875       58,857
November (R)              59,184         -676          849       59,011
December (R)              61,942         -938        1,012       61,868


2000                

Jan.-                     60,426       -1,013          942       60,497

January                   60,426       -1,013          942       60,497
February                                                    
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                       Imports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum

                     
1999                

Jan.-Dec.(R)           1,030,379        5,087       67,699      957,593
Jan.- (R)                 78,577          171        3,544       74,862

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)                   82,985          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        6,678       82,090
September (R)             89,110          863        7,060       81,188
October (R)               90,708          514        7,420       82,774
November (R)              92,053          922        7,082       84,050
December (R)              93,436          753        6,951       85,732


2000                

Jan.-                     95,166          683        7,870       86,613

January                   95,166          683        7,870       86,613
February                                                    
March                                                       
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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-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, January 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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