
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 8. IMPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on 
the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. 
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(R) Revised.)


              Item(1)                November    October (R)    Monthly
                                       2000         2000        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis        104,671      106,233       -1,562
Net Adjustments                             620          607           13
Total, Census Basis                     104,051      105,626       -1,575

Foods, feeds, and beverages               3,980        3,824          156

Fruits, frozen juices                       453          370           83
Meat products                               474          423           51
Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine                   285          254           30
Wine and related products                   365          350           16
Other foods                                 248          234           13
Bakery products                             246          233           13
Cane and beet sugar                          52           39           12
Dairy products and eggs                      77           73            4
Feedstuff and foodgrains                    134          130            4
Nuts                                         69           69          (-)
Tea, spices, etc.                            62           64           -1
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  43           48           -5
Green coffee                                151          160           -9
Vegetables                                  338          349          -10
Fish and shellfish                          868          879          -11
Cocoa beans                                  13           24          -11
Food oils, oilseeds                         101          125          -24

Industrial supplies and materials        24,925       26,069       -1,144

Crude oil                                 7,326        8,307         -981
Other precious metals                       625          729         -104
Iron and steel mill products                696          799         -103
Chemicals-organic                         1,138        1,213          -74
Paper and paper products                    536          577          -41
Farming materials, livestock                 62          102          -40
Pulpwood and woodpulp                       275          308          -33
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                     433          464          -31
Plywood and veneers                         101          126          -25
Blank tapes, audio & visual                 176          199          -23
Iron and steel, advanced                    385          405          -19
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                   300          319          -19
Zinc                                         87          104          -17
Fuel oil                                  1,086        1,103          -16
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.             375          391          -16
Coal and related fuels                       63           79          -16
Gas-natural                                 985        1,001          -16
Materials, exc. chemicals                   139          154          -15
Newsprint                                   325          339          -14
Tobacco, waxes, etc                         298          311          -13
Plastic materials                           642          653          -11
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     67           71           -4
Synthetic cloth                             355          359           -4
Cotton, natural fibers                        8           11           -3
Finished textile supplies                   170          173           -2
Tin                                          22           23           -1
Hides and skins                              12           13           -1
Hair, waste materials                        35           34            1
Steelmaking materials                       220          219            1
Natural rubber                               64           63            1
Nontextile floor tiles                      160          158            2
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                 41           38            3
Synthetic rubber--primary                   125          122            3
Shingles, wallboard                         566          563            3
Liquified petroleum gases                   365          361            4
Lumber                                      560          555            5
Wool, silk, etc.                             69           64            6
Leather and furs                             93           87            6
Nickel                                       95           89            6
Industrial supplies, other                1,194        1,188            7
Finished metal shapes                       626          619            7
Chemicals-inorganic                         362          354            8
Copper                                      285          276            9
Cotton cloth, fabrics                       198          189            9
Bauxite and aluminum                        569          558           11
Nonferrous metals, other                    152          134           17
Nonmonetary gold                            211          187           24
Chemicals-fertilizers                       329          280           49
Nuclear fuel materials                      206          152           54
Electric energy                             317          217          100
Petroleum products, other                 1,394        1,231          163
 
Capital goods, except automotive         30,293       31,078         -785

Telecommunications equipment              3,326        3,626         -300
Computers                                 1,198        1,435         -238
Computer accessories                      6,405        6,508         -103
Industrial machines, other                1,527        1,624          -97
Engines-civilian aircraft                   754          838          -84
Civilian aircraft                         1,122        1,172          -51
Wood, glass, plastic                        404          438          -34
Photo, service industry                     810          840          -30
Business machines and equipment             473          498          -24
Laboratory testing instruments              298          321          -23
Excavating machinery                        381          402          -21
Textile, sewing machines                    124          135          -11
Railway transpor. equipment                 129          139           -9
Marine engines, parts                       108          115           -7
Generators, accessories                     977          982           -6
Pulp and paper machinery                    355          357           -2
Commercial vessels, other                     2            3           -1
Electric apparatus                        2,456        2,456          (-)
Vessels, except scrap                       (-)          (-)          (-)
Materials handling equipment                753          748            5
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   64           58            5
Food, tobacco machinery                     125          113           12
Measuring, testing, control instru          841          825           16
Specialized mining                           36           18           18
Agricultural machinery, equipment           309          291           18
Spacecraft, exc. military                    23            5           19
Semiconductors                            4,132        4,112           19
Metalworking machine tools                  774          747           27
Drilling & oilfield equipment               121           94           27
Industrial engines                          859          831           28
Medicinal equipment                         934          906           28
Parts-civilian aircraft                     476          442           35

Auto. vehicles, parts and engines        16,592       16,771         -179

Consumer goods                           23,976       23,814          162

TV's, VCR's, etc                          2,201        1,830          371
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.             677          575          102
Stereo equipment, etc                       833          779           54
Apparel, household goods - cotton         2,930        2,888           41
Camping apparel and gear                    506          464           41
Footwear                                    920          896           25
Gem diamonds                              1,009          986           23
Apparel, household goods - wool             327          307           19
Jewelry                                     762          744           18
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto       2,166        2,151           15
Furniture, household goods, etc.          1,186        1,172           14
Nursery stock, etc.                         101           87           14
Cookware, cutlery, tools                    357          344           13
Writing and art supplies                    782          772           10
Household appliances                        677          669            8
Gem stones, other                           140          133            7
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          620          614            6
Records, tapes, and disks                   113          109            3
Pleasure boats and motors                   181          179            3
Glassware, chinaware                        200          199            1
Numismatic coins                              7            7           -1
Books, printed matter                       280          281           -1
Musical instruments                         132          136           -4
Rugs                                        130          134           -4
Toiletries and cosmetics                    267          275           -8
Photo equipment                             214          232          -18
Motorcycles and parts                       233          265          -32
Other household goods                     1,651        1,696          -45
Pharmaceutical prep                       2,711        2,923         -212
Toys/games/sporting goods                 1,665        1,966         -301

Other Goods                               4,285        4,070          215
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              Item(1)              Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date
                                       2000         1999        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis      1,117,925      936,451      181,474
Net Adjustments                           5,490        4,546          944
Total, Census Basis                   1,112,436      931,905      180,530

Foods, feeds, and beverages              42,178       39,811        2,367

Fruits, frozen juices                     4,204        4,331         -127
Meat products                             4,834        4,092          742
Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine                 2,657        2,356          301
Wine and related products                 4,122        3,816          307
Other foods                               2,592        2,487          105
Bakery products                           2,617        2,393          225
Cane and beet sugar                         473          560          -86
Dairy products and eggs                     910          910          (-)
Feedstuff and foodgrains                  1,346        1,363          -16
Nuts                                        783          728           55
Tea, spices, etc.                           746          707           39
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 496          520          -24
Green coffee                              2,215        2,331         -116
Vegetables                                3,472        3,314          158
Fish and shellfish                        9,046        8,126          921
Cocoa beans                                 369          518         -149
Food oils, oilseeds                       1,296        1,261           34

Industrial supplies and materials       271,112      200,750       70,362

Crude oil                                82,036       45,311       36,725
Other precious metals                     5,975        3,923        2,052
Iron and steel mill products             10,812        9,128        1,684
Chemicals-organic                        12,633       10,544        2,089
Paper and paper products                  6,024        4,969        1,056
Farming materials, livestock                817          769           47
Pulpwood and woodpulp                     3,111        2,333          778
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                   5,053        4,812          241
Plywood and veneers                       1,308        1,309           -1
Blank tapes, audio & visual               2,186        1,963          223
Iron and steel, advanced                  4,296        3,722          574
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                 3,159        2,784          375
Zinc                                      1,137        1,101           37
Fuel oil                                 10,486        5,851        4,635
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.           4,233        3,599          634
Coal and related fuels                      772          638          134
Gas-natural                               8,772        6,131        2,641
Materials, exc. chemicals                 1,630        1,528          103
Newsprint                                 3,481        3,238          243
Tobacco, waxes, etc                       3,146        3,150           -4
Plastic materials                         6,781        5,710        1,071
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    726          566          161
Synthetic cloth                           4,088        3,796          292
Cotton, natural fibers                      120          240         -120
Finished textile supplies                 1,884        1,633          252
Tin                                         261          249           12
Hides and skins                             148          135           13
Hair, waste materials                       408          356           52
Steelmaking materials                     2,947        2,466          481
Natural rubber                              771          642          128
Nontextile floor tiles                    1,823        1,670          154
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                410          398           12
Synthetic rubber--primary                 1,311        1,145          166
Shingles, wallboard                       6,304        6,303            1
Liquified petroleum gases                 3,787        2,454        1,333
Lumber                                    6,807        7,305         -498
Wool, silk, etc.                            764          727           37
Leather and furs                            988          889          100
Nickel                                    1,315          748          567
Industrial supplies, other               12,570       10,884        1,686
Finished metal shapes                     6,570        5,378        1,192
Chemicals-inorganic                       4,042        3,583          459
Copper                                    2,375        2,041          334
Cotton cloth, fabrics                     2,208        1,996          212
Bauxite and aluminum                      6,536        5,851          685
Nonferrous metals, other                  1,510        1,486           24
Nonmonetary gold                          2,456        2,808         -352
Chemicals-fertilizers                     3,160        2,781          379
Nuclear fuel materials                    1,856        1,505          351
Electric energy                           2,222        1,180        1,042
Petroleum products, other                12,897        7,023        5,874
 
Capital goods, except automotive        321,416      270,520       50,896

Telecommunications equipment             34,157       21,470       12,687
Computers                                13,401        9,748        3,653
Computer accessories                     69,335       64,779        4,555
Industrial machines, other               16,551       14,103        2,447
Engines-civilian aircraft                 8,095        8,465         -370
Civilian aircraft                        10,732        8,323        2,409
Wood, glass, plastic                      4,743        4,626          117
Photo, service industry                   8,502        7,342        1,161
Business machines and equipment           5,654        5,863         -210
Laboratory testing instruments            3,342        2,003        1,339
Excavating machinery                      4,471        4,751         -280
Textile, sewing machines                  1,528        1,721         -193
Railway transpor. equipment               1,641        2,039         -398
Marine engines, parts                     1,034          718          317
Generators, accessories                  10,244        9,090        1,154
Pulp and paper machinery                  3,997        3,957           40
Commercial vessels, other                    35           35          (-)
Electric apparatus                       26,044       20,737        5,307
Vessels, except scrap                         9            6            3
Materials handling equipment              6,468        5,381        1,087
Nonfarm tractors and parts                  751          705           47
Food, tobacco machinery                   1,391        1,377           14
Measuring, testing, control instru        8,653        7,124        1,529
Specialized mining                          308          308          (-)
Agricultural machinery, equipment         3,712        3,335          377
Spacecraft, exc. military                   150           52           98
Semiconductors                           44,014       33,947       10,067
Metalworking machine tools                7,850        7,031          819
Drilling & oilfield equipment             1,120          707          413
Industrial engines                        9,210        7,487        1,723
Medicinal equipment                       9,578        8,321        1,257
Parts-civilian aircraft                   4,695        4,969         -275

Auto. vehicles, parts and engines       181,200      163,273       17,927

Consumer goods                          252,044      218,264       33,780

TV's, VCR's, etc                         19,050       14,792        4,258
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.           6,929        5,862        1,067
Stereo equipment, etc                     8,869        7,668        1,201
Apparel, household goods - cotton        31,307       27,842        3,465
Camping apparel and gear                  5,420        4,913          507
Footwear                                 10,509        9,860          649
Gem diamonds                             11,035        8,885        2,150
Apparel, household goods - wool           3,090        2,868          222
Jewelry                                   8,157        7,339          818
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto      23,500       20,297        3,203
Furniture, household goods, etc.         12,654       10,727        1,926
Nursery stock, etc.                       1,064        1,006           58
Cookware, cutlery, tools                  3,965        3,586          379
Writing and art supplies                  8,722        7,882          840
Household appliances                      7,748        6,707        1,040
Gem stones, other                         1,466        1,299          167
Apparel,household goods-nontextile        6,223        5,090        1,133
Records, tapes, and disks                 1,293        1,145          148
Pleasure boats and motors                 1,894        1,661          233
Glassware, chinaware                      2,181        2,044          137
Numismatic coins                            743          371          372
Books, printed matter                     2,994        2,678          316
Musical instruments                       1,378        1,194          184
Rugs                                      1,344        1,147          197
Toiletries and cosmetics                  2,955        2,558          396
Photo equipment                           2,381        2,117          264
Motorcycles and parts                     2,444        1,671          773
Other household goods                    18,130       16,139        1,991
Pharmaceutical prep                      25,582       20,752        4,830
Toys/games/sporting goods                19,018       18,161          857

Other Goods                              44,486       39,288        5,198

(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-12), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, November 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
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