                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
   EXHIBIT 11. REAL EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM
                       END-USE COMMODITY CATEGORY TOTALS
         (2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS): JANUARY 2002 TO September 2004
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
      adjustment and rounding.  The values in this exhibit are subject to
    periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for the
                               monthly deflators.
                                        

Trade Balance

                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2002                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.          -521,700        -111,893        -408,386          -1,421
Jan.- Sep.          -380,759         -82,072        -297,831            -856

January              -39,501         -10,299         -29,550             347
February             -42,249          -9,509         -32,728             -13
March                -41,051          -8,913         -31,966            -173
April                -42,238          -9,685         -32,463             -90
May                  -41,809          -8,785         -32,850            -174
June                 -43,293          -8,655         -34,439            -200

July                 -42,059          -8,739         -33,138            -181
August               -44,436          -8,936         -35,320            -180
September            -44,123          -8,552         -35,377            -194
October              -42,102          -9,402         -32,505            -194
November             -47,917         -10,064         -37,656            -197
December             -50,922         -10,354         -40,394            -175

2003                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.          -570,177        -118,594        -448,725          -2,858
Jan.- Sep.          -422,533         -87,963        -332,474          -2,095

January              -47,229          -9,624         -37,431            -175
February             -45,124          -9,462         -35,487            -175
March                -47,083         -10,187         -36,622            -274
April                -48,137         -10,003         -37,888            -246
May                  -48,320          -9,332         -38,732            -256
June                 -46,426          -9,848         -36,337            -241

July                 -46,755         -10,100         -36,401            -254
August               -45,836          -9,597         -36,001            -238
September            -47,624          -9,812         -37,575            -237
October              -49,143          -9,698         -39,206            -239
November             -47,381          -9,870         -37,269            -243
December             -51,120         -11,063         -39,776            -281

2004                                                                        

Jan.- Sep.          -478,799         -92,271        -386,087            -441

January              -50,918         -10,834         -39,804            -280
February             -50,895         -11,523         -39,054            -318
March                -51,984         -11,413         -40,302            -270
April (R)            -53,489	      -9,889	     -43,598	  	  -2			
May (R)              -51,037	      -9,070	     -42,150		 184			
June (R)      	     -57,915	     -10,786	     -46,928		-202			
July (R)             -54,297	      -9,933	     -44,355		  -9			
August (R)     	     -54,853	     -10,467	     -44,238		-148			
September      	     -52,755	      -9,827	     -42,998	 	  70			

October                                                                     
November                                                                    
December                                                                    
                                        
                               _________________

Exports
                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2002                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.           699,037          10,352         688,684               2
Jan.- Sep.           525,701           7,521         518,193             -12

January               56,836             802          56,036              -2
February              56,941             871          56,076              -6
March                 57,087             778          56,309               0
April                 58,646             782          57,865               0
May                   59,213             825          58,389               0
June                  59,276             832          58,444               0

July                  59,495             852          58,644               0
August                59,470             955          58,514               0
September             58,737             824          57,917              -4
October               58,089             829          57,262              -3
November              58,476             929          57,543               4
December              56,771           1,073          55,686              12

2003                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.           714,070          11,041         703,201            -171
Jan.- Sep.           528,893           8,362         520,635            -104

January               57,585             997          56,583               5
February              58,151             957          57,200              -5
March                 58,669             917          57,771             -18
April                 57,809             941          56,877              -8
May                   58,004             971          57,038              -6
June                  59,592             965          58,636              -9

July                  60,316             891          59,443             -19
August                58,654             827          57,852             -24
September             60,112             895          59,236             -19
October               60,790             851          59,963             -24
November              62,617             899          61,741             -23
December              61,770             929          60,861             -19

2004                                                                        

Jan.- Sep.           594,823          10,410         584,372              40

January               60,637             773          59,902             -38
February              63,462             979          62,492             -10
March                 65,538           1,007          64,542             -11
April (R)             63,713		 983	      62,740		 -10
May (R)               66,115	       1,105	      64,997		  13
June (R)              62,657		 997	      61,663		  -3

July (R)              64,768		 978	      63,811		 -20
August (R)            65,461	       1,154	      64,271		  36
September             66,550		 965	      65,622		 -36
October                                                                     
November                                                                    
December                                                                    
                                        
                               _________________

Imports
                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2002                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,220,737         122,245       1,097,070           1,423
Jan.- Sep.           906,460          89,593         816,024             844

January               96,337          11,100          85,586            -349
February              99,190          10,380          88,803               7
March                 98,138           9,691          88,275             173
April                100,884          10,467          90,328              89
May                  101,022           9,609          91,239             174
June                 102,569           9,487          92,882             200

July                 101,554           9,591          91,782             181
August               103,906           9,892          93,834             180
September            102,860           9,376          93,294             190
October              100,191          10,232          89,767             191
November             106,393          10,993          95,199             201
December             107,693          11,427          96,080             187

2003                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,284,247         129,634       1,151,926           2,686
Jan.- Sep.           951,425          96,325         853,110           1,991

January              104,815          10,621          94,014             179
February             103,275          10,418          92,686             171
March                105,752          11,104          94,393             255
April                105,947          10,944          94,765             237
May                  106,323          10,303          95,770             250
June                 106,018          10,813          94,973             232

July                 107,070          10,991          95,844             235
August               104,490          10,424          93,853             214
September            107,736          10,707          96,811             218
October              109,933          10,550          99,169             214
November             109,998          10,768          99,011             219
December             112,890          11,991         100,637             261

2004                                                                        

Jan.- Sep.         1,073,621         102,681         970,459             481

January              111,554          11,606          99,707             241
February             114,357          12,502         101,547             308
March                117,522          12,419         104,844             259
April (R)            117,202	      10,872	     106,338		  -8
May (R)              117,152	      10,175	     107,147	        -170
June (R)             120,573	      11,783	     108,591		 198

July (R)             119,065	      10,910	     108,166		 -11
August (R)           120,314	      11,621	     108,509		 184
September            119,305	      10,791	     108,621		-107
October                                                                     
November                                                                    
December                                                                    
                                                  

(1) Detailed data presented on a Census Basis.  The information to convert to a
BOP basis is not available.
(2) 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/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-202, BEA-04-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
