                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                          JANUARY 2003 TO August 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.              -547,552        -15,201      -120,402      -411,948
Jan.- Aug.              -362,546        -10,364       -80,068      -272,114

January                  -45,610           -988        -9,925       -34,696
February                 -44,794         -1,122       -10,905       -32,768
March                    -47,539         -1,225       -11,677       -34,636
April                    -46,179         -1,447        -9,846       -34,887
May                      -45,099         -1,310        -8,393       -35,396
June                     -44,255         -1,500        -9,375       -33,380

July                     -44,677         -1,245       -10,038       -33,395
August                   -44,393         -1,528        -9,909       -32,957
September                -45,565         -1,401        -9,719       -34,445
October                  -46,176         -1,048        -9,509       -35,619
November                 -44,742         -1,367        -9,842       -33,534
December                 -48,523         -1,022       -11,265       -36,236

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Aug.              -426,552         -9,741      -100,754      -316,057

January                  -49,592         -1,219       -11,583       -36,790
February                 -49,771         -1,215       -12,561       -35,994
March                    -51,405         -1,475       -13,053       -36,878
April                    -52,988         -1,172       -11,631       -40,186
May                      -51,474         -1,215       -11,439       -38,821
June                     -59,118         -1,287       -13,830       -44,001

July (R)                 -54,761         -1,041       -12,590       -41,130
August                   -57,442         -1,118       -14,067       -42,257
September                                                                  
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November                                                                   
December                                                                   
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               713,122        -11,649        12,693       712,078
Jan.- Aug.               466,339         -7,889         8,704       465,524

January                   57,078           -754         1,124        56,708
February                  57,887           -906         1,198        57,594
March                     58,495           -976         1,210        58,260
April                     57,317         -1,186         1,053        57,450
May                       57,816           -957         1,053        57,720
June                      59,420         -1,021         1,087        59,354

July                      60,092         -1,035         1,009        60,119
August                    58,234         -1,053           969        58,318
September                 59,926         -1,091         1,003        60,013
October                   61,170           -771           954        60,987
November                  63,075         -1,103           986        63,193
December                  62,613           -796         1,047        62,361

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Aug.               528,086         -7,647        10,491       525,242

January                   61,684           -976           939        61,721
February                  64,934           -964         1,193        64,705
March                     67,302         -1,173         1,268        67,206
April                     65,947           -951         1,249        65,649
May                       68,693           -938         1,547        68,084
June                      64,675         -1,040         1,350        64,365

July (R)                  67,462           -770         1,362        66,870
August                    67,390           -835         1,582        66,642
September                                                                  
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,260,674          3,553       133,095     1,124,026
Jan.- Aug.               828,885          2,476        88,772       737,638

January                  102,688            234        11,049        91,404
February                 102,681            216        12,103        90,362
March                    106,033            249        12,887        92,897
April                    103,496            261        10,899        92,337
May                      102,915            353         9,446        93,116
June                     103,676            479        10,462        92,734

July                     104,769            209        11,047        93,513
August                   102,627            474        10,878        91,274
September                105,490            310        10,721        94,458
October                  107,345            277        10,463        96,606
November                 107,818            264        10,827        96,727
December                 111,135            226        12,312        98,597

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Aug.               954,638          2,095       111,245       841,299

January                  111,276            243        12,522        98,511
February                 114,705            251        13,754       100,699
March                    118,707            302        14,321       104,084
April                    118,935            220        12,880       105,834
May                      120,167            277        12,986       106,905
June                     123,793            247        15,181       108,366

July (R)                 122,224            271        13,953       108,000
August                   124,832            284        15,649       108,900
September                                                                  
October                                                                    
November                                                                   
December                                                                   
                                                  

(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/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/rels.htm.
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-181, BEA-04-47), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
