
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1999 TO OCTOBER 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.              -345,559      -16,738      -59,187     -269,634
Jan.- Oct.              -280,903      -13,909      -46,758     -220,236

January                  -22,897       -1,123       -2,854      -18,920
February                 -25,104       -1,318       -2,825      -20,961
March                    -25,023       -1,250       -3,234      -20,540
April                    -25,851       -1,256       -4,118      -20,478
May                      -27,753       -1,349       -4,911      -21,493
June                     -30,381       -1,474       -4,861      -24,046

July                     -31,227       -1,230       -5,445      -24,552
August                   -30,518       -1,446       -5,977      -23,094
September                -30,573       -2,100       -6,284      -22,190
October                  -31,576       -1,365       -6,249      -23,962
November                 -32,401       -1,185       -6,258      -24,958
December                 -32,255       -1,644       -6,171      -24,440


2000                

Jan.- Oct.              -370,093      -12,407      -89,146     -268,540

January                  -34,049       -1,702       -6,969      -25,378
February                 -34,641       -1,968       -8,610      -24,063
March                    -37,148       -1,251       -8,695      -27,203
April                    -36,895         -794       -8,129      -27,973
May                      -36,474         -962       -8,604      -26,908
June                     -36,862       -1,293       -9,902      -25,667

July                     -38,523         -714       -9,773      -28,037
August                   -36,684       -1,086       -9,259      -26,339
September (R)            -39,328       -1,200       -9,660      -28,469
October                  -39,488       -1,438       -9,546      -28,503
November                                                    
December                                                    
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                       Exports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


1999                

Jan.- Dec.               684,358      -11,439        8,620      687,177
Jan.- Oct.               563,466      -10,285        6,767      566,984

January                   54,966         -952          576       55,343
February                  54,296       -1,105          484       54,918
March                     54,687       -1,023          560       55,150
April                     55,403         -985          660       55,728
May                       55,343       -1,136          694       55,785
June                      55,696       -1,197          695       56,198

July                      56,385       -1,033          663       56,755
August                    58,402         -857          771       58,488
September                 59,094       -1,147          763       59,478
October                   59,193         -850          901       59,142
November                  59,682         -263          856       59,089
December                  61,211         -891          997       61,105


2000                

Jan.- Oct.               642,847       -7,533        9,869      640,511

January                   60,321       -1,009          948       60,382
February                  60,894       -1,108          778       61,225
March                     62,513         -576        1,011       62,078
April                     62,566         -542          959       62,149
May                       62,749         -697          870       62,576
June                      66,468         -889          800       66,557

July                      65,096         -541          877       64,760
August                    67,973         -761        1,045       67,689
September (R)             67,836         -582        1,145       67,273
October                   66,431         -827        1,437       65,821
November                                                    
December                                                    
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                       Imports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum

                     
1999                

Jan.- Dec.             1,029,917        5,299       67,807      956,811
Jan.- Oct.               844,369        3,624       53,525      787,220

January                   77,863          171        3,429       74,263
February                  79,400          213        3,309       75,878
March                     79,710          226        3,794       75,690
April                     81,255          271        4,778       76,205
May                       83,096          213        5,605       77,278
June                      86,077          277        5,556       80,244

July                      87,612          197        6,108       81,307
August                    88,920          589        6,748       81,583
September                 89,667          953        7,047       81,667
October                   90,769          514        7,150       83,105
November                  92,082          922        7,114       84,047
December                  93,466          753        7,168       85,545


2000                

Jan.- Oct.             1,012,940        4,874       99,015      909,051

January                   94,370          693        7,917       85,760
February                  95,535          860        9,388       85,287
March                     99,661          674        9,706       89,281
April                     99,460          251        9,088       90,122
May                       99,224          265        9,475       89,484
June                     103,330          403       10,702       92,224

July                     103,620          173       10,649       92,798
August                   104,657          325       10,304       94,027
September (R)            107,165          618       10,804       95,742
October                  105,919          611       10,983       94,325
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-00-213), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, October 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
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