                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                          JANUARY 2003 TO January 2004
                                        
     (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

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)          -549,156        -13,701      -120,527      -414,928
Jan.- (R)                -44,833           -942        -9,264       -34,627

January (R)              -44,833           -942        -9,264       -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       -36,129
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       -10,513       -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       -33,509
December (R)             -47,921         -1,013        -9,832       -37,075

2004                                                                       

Jan.-                    -48,392         -1,223       -10,792       -36,377

January                  -48,392         -1,223       -10,792       -36,377
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)           713,788        -10,241        12,712       711,318
Jan.- (R)                 57,156           -747         1,134        56,769

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        57,194
May (R)                   57,774           -888         1,019        57,644
June (R)                  59,269           -885         1,035        59,119

July (R)                  60,367           -855           989        60,233
August (R)                57,691           -916           947        57,660
September (R)             59,719           -774         1,023        59,470
October (R)               61,655           -782         1,022        61,416
November (R)              63,722           -750           929        63,543
December (R)              62,962           -790         1,156        62,596

2004                                                                       

Jan.-                     61,907           -975           964        61,918

January                   61,907           -975           964        61,918
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)         1,262,945          3,460       133,239     1,126,246
Jan.- (R)                101,989            195        10,398        91,396

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)                 105,373            203        11,623        93,546
August (R)               102,386            466        11,460        90,460
September (R)            106,267            307        11,183        94,777
October (R)              108,743            269        11,028        97,446
November (R)             107,666            257        10,357        97,052
December (R)             110,883            223        10,988        99,671

2004                                                                       

Jan.-                    110,299            248        11,756        98,295

January                  110,299            248        11,756        98,295
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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-04-38, BEA-04-10), Bureau of the Census, Foreign 
Trade Division, January 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign 
Trade Division. 