                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2002 TO December 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.              -482,872        -14,609       -93,169      -375,093

January                  -33,495           -964        -5,577       -26,954
February                 -35,876         -1,100        -5,189       -29,588
March                    -36,661         -1,342        -6,151       -29,168
April                    -39,773         -1,135        -8,268       -30,369
May                      -40,830         -1,556        -8,506       -30,769
June                     -40,683         -1,173        -7,909       -31,600

July                     -39,304         -1,207        -8,201       -29,895
August                   -42,070         -1,304        -8,623       -32,143
September                -41,938         -1,169        -8,426       -32,343
October                  -40,647         -1,311        -9,666       -29,671
November                 -44,147         -1,213        -8,568       -34,366
December                 -47,447         -1,135        -8,084       -38,227

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -549,410        -13,711      -120,636      -415,063

January (R)              -44,833           -942        -9,265       -34,627
February (R)             -43,628         -1,064        -9,948       -32,616
March (R)                -47,482         -1,221       -11,256       -35,004
April (R)                -46,334         -1,291       -10,198       -34,844
May (R)                  -46,628         -1,237        -9,262       -36,128
June (R)                 -45,050         -1,353       -10,025       -33,673

July (R)                 -45,006         -1,059       -10,634       -33,313
August (R)               -44,695         -1,381       -10,514       -32,800
September (R)            -46,548         -1,081       -10,160       -35,307
October (R)              -47,088         -1,051       -10,006       -36,030
November (R)             -43,944         -1,007        -9,428       -33,508
December                 -48,174         -1,022        -9,940       -37,212
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               681,874        -11,229        10,338       682,765

January                   55,228           -732           755        55,205
February                  54,988           -877           737        55,128
March                     55,083         -1,064           731        55,415
April                     56,871           -818           832        56,858
May                       56,848         -1,253           787        57,314
June                      57,702           -877           750        57,829

July                      58,638           -923           830        58,731
August                    57,870         -1,007           958        57,918
September                 57,807           -856           880        57,783
October                   57,301           -989           948        57,341
November                  57,765           -927           942        57,749
December                  55,774           -907         1,187        55,494

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               713,761        -10,246        12,696       711,311

January (R)               57,156           -747         1,134        56,769
February (R)              57,920           -857         1,131        57,646
March (R)                 58,309           -973         1,252        58,029
April (R)                 57,243         -1,026         1,075        57,193
May (R)                   57,774           -888         1,019        57,643
June (R)                  59,269           -885         1,035        59,119

July (R)                  60,366           -855           989        60,233
August (R)                57,691           -916           947        57,660
September (R)             59,719           -774         1,023        59,469
October (R)               61,655           -782         1,022        61,416
November (R)              63,722           -750           929        63,543
December                  62,935           -794         1,140        62,589
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,164,746          3,380       103,507     1,057,859

January                   88,723            232         6,332        82,159
February                  90,864            223         5,926        84,715
March                     91,744            278         6,883        84,583
April                     96,644            317         9,100        87,227
May                       97,678            302         9,293        88,083
June                      98,385            296         8,659        89,430

July                      97,942            284         9,032        88,626
August                    99,940            297         9,581        90,062
September                 99,745            313         9,306        90,126
October                   97,949            322        10,614        87,012
November                 101,911            286         9,510        92,115
December                 103,220            228         9,271        93,721

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,263,170          3,465       133,331     1,126,374

January (R)              101,989            195        10,398        91,396
February (R)             101,548            207        11,079        90,262
March (R)                105,791            249        12,508        93,034
April (R)                103,577            266        11,273        92,038
May (R)                  104,402            350        10,281        93,772
June (R)                 104,319            468        11,059        92,792

July (R)                 105,372            203        11,623        93,546
August (R)               102,386            466        11,461        90,460
September (R)            106,267            307        11,183        94,776
October (R)              108,743            269        11,028        97,446
November (R)             107,666            257        10,358        97,051
December                 111,109            228        11,079        99,801
                                                  

(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-04-25, BEA-04-07), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
