                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2001 TO November 2002
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
                    adjustments and rounding.  (R) Revised.)

Balance
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2001                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -427,165        -15,266       -92,950      -318,949
Jan.- Nov.              -395,631        -14,219       -88,208      -293,204

January                  -39,820         -1,427        -9,504       -28,890
February                 -34,770         -1,307        -8,725       -24,738
March                    -38,441         -1,348        -8,281       -28,813
April                    -37,270         -1,283        -8,656       -27,331
May                      -34,690         -1,803        -8,712       -24,174
June                     -35,760         -1,478        -8,419       -25,863

July                     -35,633         -1,241        -7,727       -26,665
August                   -34,458         -1,006        -7,587       -25,864
September                -35,660         -1,096        -7,711       -26,852
October                  -35,034         -1,147        -7,099       -26,788
November                 -34,095         -1,084        -5,786       -27,224
December                 -31,534         -1,047        -4,742       -25,745

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Nov.              -435,442        -13,117       -85,088      -337,237

January                  -33,467           -967        -5,626       -26,874
February                 -36,353         -1,111        -5,165       -30,078
March                    -36,604         -1,322        -6,142       -29,140
April                    -40,149         -1,170        -8,256       -30,723
May                      -41,698         -1,257        -8,492       -31,948
June                     -40,619         -1,155        -7,899       -31,565

July                     -39,037         -1,218        -8,179       -29,641
August                   -42,337         -1,288        -8,562       -32,487
September                -41,299         -1,145        -8,258       -31,896
October (R)              -39,555         -1,279        -9,655       -28,621
November                 -44,324         -1,205        -8,855       -34,264
December                                                                   
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2001                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               718,762        -10,339        10,637       718,463
Jan.- Nov.               663,771         -9,461         9,624       663,608

January                   64,845           -844           956        64,733
February                  64,937           -744           818        64,863
March                     63,502           -766           880        63,387
April                     61,943           -687           948        61,683
May                       62,344         -1,045           930        62,459
June                      60,558           -901           880        60,579

July                      58,610         -1,029           829        58,810
August                    58,939           -763           992        58,710
September                 55,725           -871           788        55,809
October                   56,360           -934           824        56,470
November                  56,007           -878           780        56,106
December                  54,991           -878         1,014        54,855

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Nov.               628,059        -10,012         9,142       628,929

January                   55,014           -732           754        54,993
February                  54,656           -881           746        54,791
March                     54,978         -1,048           733        55,293
April                     56,848           -850           848        56,851
May                       57,329           -936           787        57,478
June                      58,249           -875           747        58,378

July                      59,105           -943           833        59,216
August                    58,278         -1,010           964        58,324
September                 58,265           -849           887        58,227
October (R)               57,368           -970           935        57,404
November                  57,967           -917           910        57,974
December                                                                   
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2001                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,145,927          4,928       103,587     1,037,412
Jan.- Nov.             1,059,402          4,758        97,831       956,812

January                  104,666            583        10,460        93,623
February                  99,708            563         9,543        89,601
March                    101,943            582         9,161        92,201
April                     99,213            596         9,604        89,014
May                       97,034            758         9,642        86,633
June                      96,318            577         9,299        86,442

July                      94,243            212         8,556        85,475
August                    93,396            243         8,579        84,574
September                 91,385            225         8,499        82,661
October                   91,394            213         7,922        83,258
November                  90,102            206         6,566        83,330
December                  86,525            169         5,756        80,600

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Nov.             1,063,501          3,105        94,229       966,166

January                   88,481            235         6,380        81,867
February                  91,009            229         5,911        84,869
March                     91,583            274         6,875        84,434
April                     96,998            320         9,104        87,574
May                       99,027            321         9,279        89,427
June                      98,868            280         8,646        89,943

July                      98,143            275         9,011        88,857
August                   100,615            278         9,526        90,811
September                 99,564            296         9,144        90,124
October (R)               96,923            309        10,589        86,025
November                 102,291            288         9,765        92,238
December                                                                   
                                                  

(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".

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors, definitions and
details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments, 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-03-15), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, November 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
