
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1999 TO MARCH 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.              -347,158      -17,080      -59,080     -270,998
Jan.- Mar.               -74,383       -3,714       -9,028      -61,641

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

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


2000                

Jan.- Mar.              -106,597       -4,921      -24,469      -77,206

January                  -34,155       -1,701       -7,059      -25,394
February (R)             -35,393       -1,969       -8,739      -24,686
March                    -37,049       -1,251       -8,671      -27,126
April                                                       
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                       Exports

                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


1999                

Jan.- Dec.               683,221      -11,993        8,618      686,595
Jan.- Mar.               164,007       -3,104        1,619      165,493

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

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


2000                

Jan.- Mar.               184,202       -2,692        2,758      184,135

January                   60,714       -1,008          940       60,782
February (R)              60,818       -1,108          786       61,140
March                     62,669         -576        1,032       62,213
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                       Imports

                                      Net        Petro-        Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments   leum (1)     petroleum

                     
1999                

Jan.- Dec.             1,030,379        5,087       67,699      957,593
Jan.- Mar.               238,390          610       10,646      227,133

January                   78,577          171        3,544       74,862
February                  79,841          213        3,389       76,240
March                     79,971          226        3,714       76,031
April                     80,568          271        4,677       75,620
May                       82,985          213        5,676       77,096
June                      86,616          277        5,618       80,721

July                      87,277          197        5,891       81,189
August                    89,236          468        6,678       82,090
September                 89,110          863        7,060       81,188
October                   90,708          514        7,420       82,774
November                  92,053          922        7,082       84,050
December                  93,436          753        6,951       85,732


2000                

Jan.- Mar.               290,798        2,229       27,227      261,342

January                   94,868          693        7,999       86,176
February (R)              96,212          860        9,525       85,826
March                     99,718          676        9,703       89,339
April                                                       
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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-00-83), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, March 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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