                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                          JANUARY 2002 TO January 2003
                                        
     (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

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -484,487        -14,228       -93,136      -377,124
Jan.-                    -33,526           -967        -5,638       -26,920

January                  -33,526           -967        -5,638       -26,920
February                 -36,412         -1,111        -5,177       -30,124
March                    -36,663         -1,322        -6,155       -29,187
April                    -40,208         -1,170        -8,269       -30,770
May                      -41,757         -1,257        -8,505       -31,994
June                     -40,678         -1,155        -7,912       -31,611

July                     -39,096         -1,218        -8,191       -29,687
August                   -42,396         -1,288        -8,574       -32,533
September                -41,358         -1,145        -8,271       -31,943
October                  -39,614         -1,279        -9,667       -28,667
November                 -44,271         -1,197        -8,697       -34,377
December (R)             -48,507         -1,119        -8,078       -39,310

2003                                                                       

Jan.-                    -44,814           -917        -9,156       -34,741

January                  -44,814           -917        -9,156       -34,741
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               682,387        -10,915        10,338       682,964
Jan.-                     54,922           -732           750        54,904

January                   54,922           -732           750        54,904
February                  54,564           -881           742        54,703
March                     54,886         -1,048           729        55,205
April                     56,756           -850           844        56,762
May                       57,237           -936           783        57,390
June                      58,157           -875           743        58,289

July                      59,013           -943           829        59,127
August                    58,186         -1,010           960        58,235
September                 58,173           -849           883        58,139
October                   57,276           -970           931        57,315
November                  57,841           -914           944        57,811
December (R)              55,377           -906         1,199        55,085

2003                                                                       

Jan.-                     56,770           -726         1,146        56,350

January                   56,770           -726         1,146        56,350
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,166,874          3,313       103,474     1,060,088
Jan.-                     88,448            235         6,389        81,824

January                   88,448            235         6,389        81,824
February                  90,976            229         5,920        84,827
March                     91,549            274         6,884        84,391
April                     96,964            320         9,113        87,531
May                       98,994            321         9,288        89,384
June                      98,835            280         8,655        89,900

July                      98,109            275         9,020        88,814
August                   100,581            278         9,535        90,769
September                 99,531            296         9,154        90,081
October                   96,890            309        10,598        85,982
November                 102,113            283         9,641        92,188
December (R)             103,884            213         9,277        94,394

2003                                                                       

Jan.-                    101,584            191        10,302        91,091

January                  101,584            191        10,302        91,091
February                                                                   
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(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-03-45), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, January 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
