
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1999 TO DECEMBER 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

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.- Dec.              -449,468      -15,154     -108,284     -326,030

January (R)              -34,117       -1,702       -6,989      -25,425
February (R)             -34,709       -1,968       -8,631      -24,110
March (R)                -37,215       -1,251       -8,715      -27,250
April (R)                -36,962         -794       -8,149      -28,020
May (R)                  -36,542         -962       -8,625      -26,955
June (R)                 -36,930       -1,293       -9,923      -25,714

July (R)                 -38,591         -714       -9,793      -28,084
August (R)               -36,751       -1,086       -9,279      -26,386
September (R)            -39,396       -1,200       -9,680      -28,516
October (R)              -39,955       -1,430       -9,603      -28,922
November (R)             -39,125       -1,459       -9,294      -28,372
December                 -39,176       -1,296       -9,602      -28,277
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                       Exports

                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


1999                

Jan.- Dec.               684,358      -11,439        8,620      687,177

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.- Dec.               773,304       -9,125       11,992      770,437

January (R)               60,298       -1,009          946       60,361
February (R)              60,871       -1,108          776       61,203
March (R)                 62,490         -576        1,009       62,057
April (R)                 62,542         -542          957       62,128
May (R)                   62,726         -697          869       62,555
June (R)                  66,445         -889          799       66,535

July (R)                  65,073         -541          875       64,739
August (R)                67,950         -761        1,044       67,667
September (R)             67,813         -582        1,143       67,252
October (R)               66,323         -823        1,418       65,728
November (R)              65,848         -836        1,082       65,602
December                  64,925         -760        1,074       64,611
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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

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.- Dec.             1,222,772        6,029      120,276    1,096,467

January (R)               94,414          693        7,936       85,786
February (R)              95,580          860        9,407       85,313
March (R)                 99,705          674        9,724       89,306
April (R)                 99,505          251        9,106       90,147
May (R)                   99,268          265        9,494       89,509
June (R)                 103,374          403       10,721       92,250

July (R)                 103,664          173       10,668       92,823
August (R)               104,701          325       10,323       94,053
September (R)            107,209          618       10,823       95,768
October (R)              106,278          607       11,021       94,650
November (R)             104,973          623       10,377       93,973
December                 104,101          536       10,677       92,889

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-01-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, December 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         



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