                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2003 TO February 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.              -549,156        -13,701      -120,527      -414,928
Jan.- Feb.               -88,461         -2,006       -19,213       -67,243

January                  -44,833           -942        -9,264       -34,627
February                 -43,628         -1,064        -9,948       -32,616
March                    -47,482         -1,221       -11,256       -35,004
April                    -46,334         -1,291       -10,198       -34,844
May                      -46,628         -1,237        -9,262       -36,129
June                     -45,050         -1,353       -10,025       -33,673

July                     -45,006         -1,059       -10,634       -33,313
August                   -44,695         -1,381       -10,513       -32,800
September                -46,548         -1,081       -10,160       -35,307
October                  -47,088         -1,051       -10,006       -36,030
November                 -43,944         -1,007        -9,428       -33,509
December                 -47,921         -1,013        -9,832       -37,075

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Feb.               -95,753         -2,431       -21,921       -71,401

January (R)              -48,516         -1,222       -10,823       -36,471
February                 -47,237         -1,209       -11,098       -34,930
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               713,788        -10,241        12,712       711,318
Jan.- Feb.               115,077         -1,604         2,265       114,415

January                   57,156           -747         1,134        56,769
February                  57,920           -857         1,131        57,646
March                     58,309           -973         1,252        58,029
April                     57,243         -1,026         1,075        57,194
May                       57,774           -888         1,019        57,644
June                      59,269           -885         1,035        59,119

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Feb.               126,940         -1,948         2,079       126,809

January (R)               61,881           -979           955        61,904
February                  65,060           -969         1,123        64,905
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,262,945          3,460       133,239     1,126,246
Jan.- Feb.               203,538            402        21,478       181,658

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

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Feb.               222,693            484        23,999       198,210

January (R)              110,396            243        11,778        98,375
February                 112,297            240        12,221        99,835
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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-04-59, 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.
