                                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
                  EXHIBIT 10. REAL EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
                       (2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS BASIS): JANUARY 2003 TO February 2004
                                                        
                       In millions of dollars.  The values in this exhibit are subject to
                        periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information
                                             for monthly deflators

                               End-Use Commodity Category

                   Total       Foods,                              Automotive
                   Census      Feeds, &    Industrial  Capital     Vehicles    Consumer    Other       Residual
Period             Basis(1)    Beverages   Supplies(2) Goods       etc.        Goods       Goods       (3)

Exports

2003                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.            714,298      48,802     167,027     298,728      79,058      89,271      31,765        -353
Jan.-Feb.            115,956       8,217      27,621      47,686      13,132      14,283       5,017           0

January               57,730       4,099      14,017      23,261       6,563       7,321       2,458          11
February              58,226       4,118      13,604      24,426       6,569       6,962       2,559         -12
March                 58,568       4,096      13,844      23,968       6,588       7,271       2,795           6
April                 57,659       4,044      13,750      23,335       6,558       7,143       2,811          18
May                   57,977       3,873      13,869      23,627       6,675       7,144       2,791          -2
June                  59,380       4,045      13,979      24,526       6,474       7,628       2,742         -12

July                  60,492       4,184      14,413      25,105       6,718       7,480       2,601          -9
August                58,050       4,004      13,551      24,443       6,029       7,395       2,652         -25
September             59,606       3,986      13,540      25,232       6,654       7,656       2,592         -56
October               61,361       4,105      14,095      26,225       6,823       7,463       2,707         -59
November              63,034       4,239      13,942      27,893       6,569       7,988       2,523        -120
December              62,216       4,009      14,422      26,689       6,836       7,819       2,534         -94

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Feb.            124,750       7,521      28,574      54,413      13,603      15,675       5,311        -348

January (R)           60,984       3,747      14,031      26,438       6,675       7,669       2,569        -145
February              63,765       3,774      14,543      27,975       6,928       8,007       2,741        -203
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Imports

2003                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,286,863      55,648     314,149     316,644     208,580     339,678      47,987       4,177
Jan.-Feb.            206,441       8,913      49,557      50,900      33,631      54,931       7,956         553

January              104,196       4,511      25,053      26,097      16,901      27,447       3,926         260
February             102,245       4,402      24,504      24,803      16,730      27,483       4,030         293
March                105,455       4,578      25,907      24,831      17,231      28,596       3,917         395
April                106,004       4,630      26,332      25,697      16,769      28,255       3,950         369
May                  107,908       4,622      26,841      26,184      17,671      28,299       3,905         386
June                 106,672       4,490      26,301      26,056      18,097      27,163       4,169         396

July                 107,675       4,589      26,797      26,150      17,837      27,783       4,121         398
August               104,229       4,560      26,612      25,723      15,461      27,717       3,823         333
September            108,498       4,786      26,899      27,076      17,292      28,118       3,982         346
October              111,406       4,780      27,015      27,471      18,116      29,611       4,042         370
November             109,869       4,829      25,604      27,594      17,982      29,436       4,092         331
December             112,706       4,871      26,283      28,962      18,492      29,769       4,029         300

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Feb.            223,067       9,653      53,443      57,091      35,438      58,714       8,042         685

January (R)          110,853       4,751      25,963      28,957      17,364      29,675       3,896         247
February             112,214       4,902      27,479      28,134      18,074      29,039       4,147         438
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(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to
convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Includes petroleum and petroleum products.
(3) The "residual" represents the difference between total exports or imports,
and the sum of the components in the table.

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-04-59, BEA-04-15), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, February 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
