                                          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 May 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.            714,070      48,861     166,685     298,602      79,623      89,310      31,350        -360
Jan.-May.            290,219      20,217      68,860     119,038      33,118      36,063      12,922           2

January               57,585       4,055      13,952      23,342       6,513       7,297       2,419           8
February              58,151       4,038      13,692      24,376       6,522       7,038       2,499         -13
March                 58,669       4,134      13,916      23,966       6,671       7,309       2,665           9
April                 57,809       4,062      13,609      23,470       6,635       7,185       2,835          13
May                   58,004       3,928      13,691      23,884       6,776       7,233       2,505         -14
June                  59,592       4,106      14,049      24,636       6,591       7,562       2,657          -9

July                  60,316       4,210      14,450      24,836       6,653       7,480       2,683           4
August                58,654       4,095      13,628      24,588       6,268       7,418       2,675         -17
September             60,112       4,077      13,610      25,433       6,691       7,636       2,714         -48
October               60,790       4,079      13,974      26,067       6,833       7,506       2,401         -70
November              62,617       4,111      13,882      27,407       6,666       7,882       2,787        -117
December              61,770       3,966      14,232      26,597       6,805       7,762       2,512        -104

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-May.            319,783      18,106      73,332     139,758      34,711      41,191      13,871      -1,186

January               60,776       3,682      13,905      26,611       6,576       7,598       2,573        -169
February              63,574       3,692      14,574      27,924       6,859       8,077       2,665        -217
March                 65,516       3,739      14,965      28,276       7,131       8,568       3,049        -212
April (R)             63,734       3,462      14,552      27,625       7,025       8,495       2,848        -273
May                   66,182       3,530      15,335      29,323       7,119       8,453       2,736        -316
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Imports

2003                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,284,247      55,647     311,690     317,073     208,519     339,941      47,870       3,506
Jan.-May.            526,111      22,717     127,921     128,327      85,774     140,033      19,849       1,492

January              104,815       4,491      25,556      25,902      17,062      27,540       3,997         266
February             103,275       4,413      24,970      25,028      16,953      27,631       4,001         279
March                105,752       4,547      25,979      25,203      17,245      28,547       3,891         340
April                105,947       4,626      25,917      26,056      16,944      28,094       4,017         293
May                  106,323       4,639      25,499      26,139      17,568      28,221       3,944         314
June                 106,018       4,497      25,618      26,202      17,821      27,462       4,107         311

July                 107,070       4,560      26,429      26,174      17,625      27,890       4,070         322
August               104,490       4,587      25,859      25,899      16,141      27,890       3,843         272
September            107,736       4,787      26,176      26,867      17,401      28,290       3,932         282
October              109,933       4,779      26,245      27,325      17,797      29,488       4,014         286
November             109,998       4,848      25,852      27,544      17,880      29,569       4,031         274
December             112,890       4,872      27,591      28,736      18,080      29,319       4,025         269

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-May.            577,075      24,528     138,951     146,301      92,307     153,505      20,411       1,073

January              111,537       4,715      26,694      28,692      17,547      29,691       3,992         207
February             114,409       4,932      29,046      28,258      18,455      29,169       4,122         427
March                117,514       4,958      28,876      29,261      18,600      31,540       3,970         308
April (R)            117,224       4,887      27,363      30,030      18,627      32,012       4,228          78
May                  116,390       5,036      26,972      30,060      19,078      31,092       4,099          54
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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-04-113, BEA-04-35), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, May 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
