
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 2000 TO FEBRUARY 2001

(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


2000                

Jan.- Dec.              -449,853      -15,139     -108,077     -326,638
Jan.- Feb.               -68,824       -3,670      -15,620      -49,534

January                  -34,116       -1,702       -6,989      -25,425
February                 -34,708       -1,968       -8,631      -24,109
March                    -37,215       -1,251       -8,715      -27,249
April                    -36,962         -794       -8,149      -28,019
May                      -36,541         -962       -8,625      -26,954
June                     -36,929       -1,293       -9,923      -25,714

July                     -38,590         -714       -9,793      -28,084
August                   -36,751       -1,086       -9,279      -26,385
September                -39,395       -1,200       -9,680      -28,515
October                  -39,954       -1,430       -9,602      -28,922
November                 -39,124       -1,459       -9,294      -28,371
December                 -39,569       -1,281       -9,397      -28,890


2001                

Jan.- Feb.               -72,844       -2,717      -18,408      -51,720

January (R)              -39,490       -1,367       -9,613      -28,511
February                 -33,354       -1,350       -8,795      -23,209
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                       Exports

                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


2000                

Jan.- Dec.               772,514       -9,136       12,004      769,646
Jan.- Feb.               121,173       -2,117        1,722      121,568

January                   60,300       -1,009          946       60,363
February                  60,873       -1,108          776       61,205
March                     62,492         -576        1,009       62,059
April                     62,544         -542          957       62,129
May                       62,728         -697          869       62,557
June                      66,446         -889          798       66,537

July                      65,075         -541          875       64,741
August                    67,952         -761        1,043       67,669
September                 67,815         -582        1,143       67,254
October                   66,325         -823        1,418       65,730
November                  65,850         -836        1,082       65,603
December                  64,114         -772        1,087       63,799


2001                

Jan.- Feb.               129,822       -1,638        1,805      129,654

January (R)               64,578         -843          959       64,462
February                  65,243         -795          846       65,192
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                       Imports

                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum

                     
2000                

Jan.- Dec.             1,222,367        6,003      120,081    1,096,283
Jan.- Feb.               189,996        1,553       17,342      171,102

January                   94,415          693        7,935       85,787
February                  95,581          860        9,407       85,314
March                     99,706          674        9,724       89,308
April                     99,506          251        9,106       90,149
May                       99,269          265        9,493       89,511
June                     103,375          403       10,721       92,251

July                     103,665          173       10,668       92,825
August                   104,702          325       10,323       94,054
September                107,210          618       10,823       95,769
October                  106,279          607       11,020       94,651
November                 104,974          623       10,376       93,975
December                 103,683          510       10,484       92,689


2001                

Jan.- Feb.               202,666        1,079       20,213      181,374

January (R)              104,068          524       10,572       92,973
February                  98,597          556        9,641       88,401
March                                                       
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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-01-72), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, February  2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         



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