                                                     Part A: Not Seasonally Adjusted
                                        Exhibit 12A. IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
                                                                     
                                 (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

                                                  End-Use Commodity Category
            Total
            Balance of               Total        Foods,                                 Automotive
            Payments    Net          Census       Feeds,       Industrial   Capital      Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
Period      Basis       Adjustments  Basis (1)    Beverages    Supplies (2) Goods        etc.         Goods        Goods

2002                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  1,164,720       3,354    1,161,366       49,687      267,693      283,323      203,743      307,842       49,078

January        85,343         232       85,111        3,831       19,020       21,680       14,364       22,302        3,914
February       83,695         222       83,473        3,592       17,582       21,135       16,040       21,511        3,614
March          91,687         272       91,415        3,972       19,833       24,038       17,439       21,868        4,265
April          97,204         314       96,891        4,082       23,133       23,951       17,926       23,667        4,132
May            97,948         299       97,649        4,187       23,683       23,485       17,364       24,754        4,175
June           96,710         295       96,415        4,103       22,194       23,923       16,782       25,105        4,308

July          100,755         283      100,472        4,308       23,561       24,645       15,217       28,630        4,110
August        102,571         293      102,277        4,150       23,869       23,582       17,690       28,936        4,050
September      99,739         311       99,429        4,001       22,828       23,567       16,577       28,467        3,989
October       106,571         320      106,251        4,387       25,193       23,931       18,764       29,678        4,299
November      102,849         285      102,564        4,482       23,227       24,406       18,373       27,964        4,112
December       99,646         228       99,418        4,592       23,571       24,979       17,207       24,961        4,109

2003                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  1,260,717       3,596    1,257,121       55,831      313,818      295,833      210,173      333,878       47,587

January        97,725         234       97,491        4,480       25,097       23,014       15,578       25,454        3,867
February       93,370         216       93,154        3,976       23,790       21,341       16,472       24,013        3,562
March         106,092         249      105,842        4,673       28,586       24,358       18,578       25,670        3,978
April         104,130         261      103,869        4,657       26,495       24,398       18,163       26,122        4,034
May           102,422         353      102,068        4,641       25,616       23,646       17,960       26,287        3,918
June          104,437         479      103,958        4,537       25,758       25,095       17,938       26,558        4,072

July          107,840         209      107,631        4,624       27,791       25,030       16,025       30,038        4,123
August        102,781         474      102,307        4,391       26,385       23,450       15,665       28,773        3,641
September     108,632         310      108,322        4,710       26,129       25,574       16,881       31,162        3,866
October       117,436         279      117,158        5,099       27,046       27,139       19,818       33,759        4,297
November      106,335         268      106,066        4,888       24,452       25,131       18,668       28,846        4,082
December      109,518         263      109,255        5,155       26,674       27,657       18,428       27,195        4,146

2004                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  1,472,926       3,221    1,469,704       62,143      412,827      343,451      228,235      372,943       50,106

January       104,238         245      103,993        4,703       27,903       24,814       15,938       26,777        3,858
February      105,097         233      104,864        4,618       28,201       24,380       18,084       25,786        3,794
March         123,718         297      123,421        5,388       32,762       29,470       21,053       30,492        4,255
April         119,141         256      118,885        5,076       31,562       27,915       20,047       29,874        4,412
May           118,534         263      118,271        5,239       33,585       26,874       19,386       29,046        4,141
June          127,922         266      127,657        5,399       36,325       30,488       19,532       31,650        4,262

July          123,534         310      123,224        5,086       35,217       29,240       16,987       32,487        4,208
August        127,482         266      127,216        5,055       37,808       28,974       18,448       32,806        4,126
September     126,274         252      126,022        4,829       35,028       29,583       18,859       33,616        4,106
October       135,090         275      134,816        5,325       38,668       30,639       20,575       35,361        4,248
November      135,017         297      134,719        5,706       39,231       30,444       20,183       34,869        4,287
December      126,879         262      126,617        5,720       36,537       30,629       19,143       30,180        4,408
                                                  
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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.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see
the information section on page 26 of the FT-900 release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
