                                          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 March 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.            714,320      48,804     167,010     298,739      79,061      89,293      31,767        -354
Jan.-Mar.            174,524      12,313      41,465      71,654      19,720      21,554       7,812           6

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 (R)           61,369       4,103      14,098      26,231       6,823       7,466       2,708         -59
November (R)          63,043       4,238      13,930      27,901       6,572       8,000       2,523        -122
December (R)          62,220       4,014      14,416      26,686       6,835       7,827       2,534         -93

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Mar.            190,070      11,107      43,721      82,889      20,729      24,200       8,035        -611

January (R)           60,993       3,708      14,006      26,532       6,675       7,667       2,565        -160
February (R)          63,573       3,714      14,526      27,970       6,923       7,994       2,666        -221
March                 65,504       3,684      15,188      28,388       7,130       8,539       2,804        -229
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Imports

2003                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,286,876      55,652     314,152     316,673     208,553     339,685      47,987       4,174
Jan.-Mar.            311,896      13,491      75,464      75,731      50,862      83,527      11,873         948

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 (R)          111,412       4,783      27,018      27,470      18,118      29,610       4,042         370
November (R)         109,897       4,835      25,609      27,585      17,984      29,459       4,094         332
December (R)         112,685       4,865      26,278      29,001      18,462      29,754       4,028         296

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Mar.            340,289      14,729      82,149      85,842      54,160      90,258      11,997       1,154

January (R)          110,760       4,752      25,955      28,941      17,365      29,607       3,892         248
February (R)         112,206       4,931      27,574      27,978      18,128      29,023       4,116         454
March                117,323       5,046      28,620      28,922      18,666      31,628       3,988         452
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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-04-73, BEA-04-20), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
