
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)                  May        April      Monthly
                                       2002        2002 (R)   Change
 
Total, Balance of Payments Basis        98,788      96,998       1,790
Net Adjustments                            324         320           4
Total, Census Basis                     98,464      96,678       1,786
 
Foods, feeds, and beverages              4,141       4,075          66
 
Fruits, frozen juices                      427         389          38
Fish and shellfish                         852         828          24
Green coffee                               125         105          20
Cocoa beans                                 40          21          19
Food oils, oilseeds                        100          88          12
Vegetables                                 352         344           9
Bakery products                            296         294           2
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 28          27           1
Other foods                                300         300          (-)
Meat products                              505         507          -2
Wine and related products                  452         455          -2
Dairy products and eggs                     99         102          -3
Nuts                                        53          59          -5
Cane and beet sugar                         42          49          -7
Feedstuff and foodgrains                   113         121          -8
Alcoholic bevs, excluding wine             286         296         -10
Tea, spices, etc.                           70          90         -20
 
Industrial supplies and materials       22,795      22,781          14
 
Nuclear fuel materials                     268          86         182
Petroleum products, other                1,335       1,202         133
Lumber                                     763         672          91
Bauxite and aluminum                       529         479          50
Gas-natural                              1,005         960          46
Nonmonetary gold                           256         212          44
Pulpwood and woodpulp                      196         178          18
Natural rubber                              63          48          16
Nonferrous metals, other                   129         115          15
Industrial supplies, other               1,189       1,178          12
Coal and related fuels                      76          64          11
Nickel                                      63          52          11
Cotton cloth, fabrics                      191         181          10
Nontextile floor tiles                     177         167           9
Plywood and veneers                        147         140           7
Finished textile supplies                  201         196           5
Shingles, wallboard                        617         613           4
Chemicals-inorganic                        322         318           4
Finished metal shapes                      585         582           3
Synthetic cloth                            354         351           3
Synthetic rubber--primary                   99          97           2
Hair, waste materials                       42          39           2
Paper and paper products                   518         516           2
Cotton, natural fibers                       7           6           1
Blank tapes, audio & visual                207         206           1
Hides and skins                             10           9           1
Wool, silk, etc.                            51          51          (-)
Plastic materials                          597         597          (-)
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                44          45          -1
Leather and furs                            77          78          -1
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                  305         306          -1
Materials, excluding chemicals             132         134          -2
Tin                                         11          14          -2
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    71          73          -3
Iron and steel mill products               525         529          -4
Farming materials, livestock                73          77          -4
Iron and steel, advanced                   366         371          -4
Copper                                     180         188          -8
Liquefied petroleum gases                  288         296          -8
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                    453         464         -11
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.            340         352         -12
Tobacco, waxes, etc                        283         297         -14
Newsprint                                  242         258         -16
Electric energy                             85         117         -32
Steelmaking materials                      166         202         -35
Chemicals-fertilizers                      318         359         -41
Zinc                                        79         122         -43
Crude oil                                6,737       6,781         -44
Fuel oil                                   739         825         -86
Other precious metals                      259         406        -147
Chemicals-organic                        1,023       1,174        -151
 
Capital goods, except automotive        23,993      23,836         156
Telecommunications equipment             2,001       1,841         160
Semiconductors                           2,338       2,196         142
Generators, accessories                  1,060         923         137
Electric apparatus                       1,979       1,857         122
Commercial vessels, other                   85           4          81
Business machines and equipment            388         330          58
Computer accessories                     5,121       5,090          31
Parts-civilian aircraft                    394         376          18
Laboratory testing instruments             173         158          15
Materials handling equipment               543         530          13
Engines-civilian aircraft                  759         746          13
Railway transportation equipment            96          85          12
Industrial machines, other               1,511       1,504           7
Metalworking machine tools                 462         454           7
Nonfarm tractors and parts                  65          58           7
Textile, sewing machines                    81          78           3
Spacecraft, excluding military               3           1           2
Wood, glass, plastic                       326         326          (-)
Vessels, except scrap                       (-)         (-)         (-)
Pulp and paper machinery                   265         267          -2
Marine engines, parts                       42          45          -3
Food, tobacco machinery                    121         124          -3
Excavating machinery                       351         355          -4
Agricultural machinery, equipment          327         335          -8
Drilling & oilfield equipment              103         116         -14
Medicinal equipment                      1,141       1,158         -17
Specialized mining                          36          57         -21
Measuring, testing, control instrum        753         776         -22
Industrial engines                         735         774         -39
Computers                                1,269       1,322         -54
Photo, service industry machinery          748         802         -55
Civilian aircraft                          717       1,149        -432
 
Automotive vehicles, parts, and eng     17,857      17,007         850
 
Consumer goods                          25,592      25,007         585
 
Pharmaceutical preparations              3,258       3,030         227
TV's, VCR's, etc                         2,044       1,901         143
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto      2,064       1,980          83
Writing and art supplies                   864         781          82
Furniture, household goods, etc.         1,379       1,321          58
Camping apparel and gear                   537         480          57
Household appliances                       928         873          55
Apparel, household goods - cotton        2,885       2,832          53
Cookware, cutlery, tools                   394         348          46
Stereo equipment, etc                      724         689          35
Apparel, household goods - wool            238         218          20
Footwear                                   942         924          17
Apparel,household goods-nontextile         506         489          16
Gem diamonds                             1,124       1,108          16
Toiletries and cosmetics                   330         314          16
Books, printed matter                      277         262          15
Nursery stock, etc.                         93          83          10
Musical instruments                        124         119           5
Records, tapes, and disks                  105         102           3
Rugs                                       133         130           3
Numismatic coins                             8           8          (-)
Jewelry                                    766         768          -2
Photo equipment                            147         152          -5
Glassware, chinaware                       177         183          -5
Gem stones, other                          128         150         -22
Motorcycles and parts                      233         259         -26
Pleasure boats and motors                  192         219         -27
Toys/games/sporting goods                1,882       1,931         -49
Other household goods                    2,591       2,650         -59
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.            523         704        -181
 
Other goods                              4,087       3,971         115
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              Item(1)              Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date
                                       2002        2001       Change
 
Total, Balance of Payments Basis       466,859     502,563     -35,705
Net Adjustments                          1,382       3,082      -1,699
Total, Census Basis                    465,476     499,482     -34,005
 
Foods, feeds, and beverages             20,090      19,025       1,065
 
Fruits, frozen juices                    2,068       1,836         233
Fish and shellfish                       4,156       4,022         134
Green coffee                               472         556         -84
Cocoa beans                                177         150          27
Food oils, oilseeds                        457         485         -28
Vegetables                               1,714       1,705           9
Bakery products                          1,428       1,293         135
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                138         155         -17
Other foods                              1,471       1,280         191
Meat products                            2,493       2,451          42
Wine and related products                2,193       1,965         228
Dairy products and eggs                    465         396          69
Nuts                                       290         294          -5
Cane and beet sugar                        207         185          21
Feedstuff and foodgrains                   609         610          -1
Alcoholic bevs, excluding wine           1,387       1,296          91
Tea, spices, etc.                          365         346          19
 
Industrial supplies and materials      103,439     125,497     -22,058
 
Nuclear fuel materials                     809         758          51
Petroleum products, other                5,092       7,261      -2,169
Lumber                                   3,426       2,825         601
Bauxite and aluminum                     2,561       2,646         -85
Gas-natural                              4,456       9,090      -4,634
Nonmonetary gold                           969         780         189
Pulpwood and woodpulp                      910       1,288        -378
Natural rubber                             245         266         -21
Nonferrous metals, other                   564         744        -180
Industrial supplies, other               5,677       5,706         -29
Coal and related fuels                     372         377          -5
Nickel                                     328         482        -154
Cotton cloth, fabrics                      882         941         -58
Nontextile floor tiles                     840         775          65
Plywood and veneers                        644         567          76
Finished textile supplies                  959         885          74
Shingles, wallboard                      2,997       2,647         350
Chemicals-inorganic                      1,571       1,794        -223
Finished metal shapes                    2,776       2,972        -196
Synthetic cloth                          1,708       1,691          17
Synthetic rubber--primary                  463         506         -43
Hair, waste materials                      185         175          10
Paper and paper products                 2,448       2,595        -147
Cotton, natural fibers                      37          55         -18
Blank tapes, audio & visual                983         923          59
Hides and skins                             55          70         -15
Wool, silk, etc.                           248         312         -64
Plastic materials                        2,857       3,155        -298
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals               225         252         -27
Leather and furs                           375         432         -57
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                1,509       1,443          67
Materials, excluding chemicals             647         692         -45
Tin                                         63         130         -66
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                   335         329           6
Iron and steel mill products             3,319       3,459        -140
Farming materials, livestock               363         358           6
Iron and steel, advanced                 1,787       1,802         -15
Copper                                   1,009       1,163        -153
Liquefied petroleum gases                1,383       2,363        -980
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                  2,192       2,314        -122
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.          1,770       1,814         -44
Tobacco, waxes, etc                      1,427       1,443         -15
Newsprint                                1,282       1,604        -322
Electric energy                            582       2,245      -1,663
Steelmaking materials                      843         992        -148
Chemicals-fertilizers                    1,441       2,151        -710
Zinc                                       440         439           1
Crude oil                               27,758      33,055      -5,297
Fuel oil                                 3,135       5,731      -2,595
Other precious metals                    1,414       3,512      -2,098
Chemicals-organic                        5,078       5,491        -413
 
Capital goods, except automotive       117,167     135,287     -18,121
Telecommunications equipment             9,127      11,934      -2,806
Semiconductors                          10,846      15,720      -4,874
Generators, accessories                  4,740       5,010        -269
Electric apparatus                       9,127      10,681      -1,554
Commercial vessels, other                  103          48          55
Business machines and equipment          1,710       2,252        -542
Computer accessories                    25,340      28,169      -2,830
Parts-civilian aircraft                  2,043       2,422        -379
Laboratory testing instruments             834       1,328        -494
Materials handling equipment             2,439       2,785        -346
Engines-civilian aircraft                3,775       4,360        -584
Railway transportation equipment           417         749        -332
Industrial machines, other               7,354       7,810        -456
Metalworking machine tools               2,256       3,476      -1,219
Nonfarm tractors and parts                 281         272          10
Textile, sewing machines                   374         569        -194
Spacecraft, excluding military              11           8           3
Wood, glass, plastic                     1,607       1,897        -291
Vessels, except scrap                       (-)          1          (-)
Pulp and paper machinery                 1,343       1,891        -548
Marine engines, parts                      223         247         -24
Food, tobacco machinery                    608         614          -6
Excavating machinery                     1,690       1,887        -197
Agricultural machinery, equipment        1,607       1,671         -63
Drilling & oilfield equipment              542         656        -114
Medicinal equipment                      5,616       5,162         454
Specialized mining                         185         121          64
Measuring, testing, control instrum      3,607       4,063        -456
Industrial engines                       3,790       4,150        -360
Computers                                6,373       5,457         916
Photo, service industry machinery        3,630       3,775        -144
Civilian aircraft                        5,568       6,106        -537
 
Automotive vehicles, parts, and eng     82,474      78,835       3,639
 
Consumer goods                         121,929     120,467       1,462
 
Pharmaceutical preparations             15,556      13,483       2,073
TV's, VCR's, etc                         9,289       9,031         258
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto      9,831      11,143      -1,312
Writing and art supplies                 4,011       3,957          54
Furniture, household goods, etc.         6,427       5,823         603
Camping apparel and gear                 2,443       2,616        -173
Household appliances                     4,242       3,589         654
Apparel, household goods - cotton       13,983      14,520        -537
Cookware, cutlery, tools                 1,782       1,735          47
Stereo equipment, etc                    3,277       3,229          49
Apparel, household goods - wool          1,175       1,439        -264
Footwear                                 4,599       5,098        -499
Apparel,household goods-nontextile       2,428       2,583        -155
Gem diamonds                             5,171       4,458         713
Toiletries and cosmetics                 1,572       1,485          87
Books, printed matter                    1,323       1,375         -52
Nursery stock, etc.                        474         493         -19
Musical instruments                        568         619         -51
Records, tapes, and disks                  504         523         -19
Rugs                                       637         602          35
Numismatic coins                            44          55         -11
Jewelry                                  3,688       3,579         109
Photo equipment                            732         968        -235
Glassware, chinaware                       844         998        -154
Gem stones, other                          665         659           6
Motorcycles and parts                    1,241       1,254         -13
Pleasure boats and motors                  871         886         -15
Toys/games/sporting goods                9,123       9,185         -62
Other household goods                   12,553      11,617         936
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.          2,875       3,465        -591
 
Other goods                             20,378      20,370           7
 
(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed 
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
 
NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, 
see the information section on page 26 of this release, or at www.census.gov/
foreign-trade/www/press.html or www.bea.gov/bea/rels.htm.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-02-96), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, May 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
                                 


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