                                                       Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
                                        Exhibit 5A. IMPORTS OF GOOD BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
                                                                     
                                  (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
                                                        adjustments and 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        89,675         232       89,443        3,878       19,553       22,839       15,718       23,446        4,010
February       91,761         222       91,539        3,969       19,469       23,131       16,437       24,541        3,991
March          91,719         272       91,447        3,951       19,715       23,414       16,217       23,847        4,302
April          96,286         314       95,972        4,019       22,524       23,731       16,944       24,745        4,010
May            96,694         299       96,395        4,097       22,370       23,679       16,794       25,362        4,093
June           98,143         295       97,848        4,143       21,912       23,958       17,128       26,346        4,362

July           97,480         283       97,197        4,228       22,169       23,846       16,871       26,034        4,049
August        100,015         293       99,721        4,255       23,095       23,732       17,714       26,901        4,025
September      99,674         311       99,364        4,204       23,151       23,759       17,654       26,465        4,131
October        97,180         320       96,860        4,095       24,097       22,392       17,091       25,169        4,017
November      102,404         285      102,120        4,382       24,416       24,374       17,555       27,417        3,976
December      103,688         228      103,460        4,466       25,223       24,469       17,621       27,569        4,112

2003                                                                                                                        

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

January       102,946         234      102,712        4,530       25,697       24,348       17,161       26,999        3,977
February      102,469         216      102,253        4,396       26,257       23,448       16,927       27,294        3,930
March         105,614         249      105,364        4,588       28,168       23,611       17,247       27,764        3,985
April         103,282         261      103,021        4,631       25,791       24,287       17,018       27,335        3,958
May           102,778         353      102,424        4,631       24,499       24,361       17,534       27,530        3,869
June          103,704         479      103,224        4,459       25,057       24,514       18,101       27,052        4,040

July          104,845         209      104,636        4,619       26,379       24,372       17,635       27,591        4,040
August        102,654         474      102,180        4,614       25,865       24,042       16,193       27,678        3,788
September     105,977         310      105,667        4,860       26,245       25,166       17,461       27,996        3,939
October       107,248         279      106,969        4,778       25,981       25,442       18,063       28,710        3,996
November      107,908         268      107,640        4,855       25,897       25,680       18,239       28,927        4,042
December      111,294         263      111,030        4,870       27,982       26,563       18,593       29,002        4,021

2004                                                                                                                        

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

January       112,122         245      111,876        4,884       28,735       26,886       17,965       29,369        4,037
February      114,656         233      114,423        5,038       30,864       26,474       18,651       29,240        4,156
March         118,463         297      118,166        5,086       31,710       27,406       18,811       30,970        4,183
April         118,932         256      118,676        5,069       31,007       27,988       18,961       31,405        4,246
May           120,757         263      120,494        5,281       32,378       28,176       19,238       31,197        4,223
June          124,370         266      124,105        5,234       35,055       29,317       18,967       31,338        4,194

July          122,798         310      122,488        5,211       34,024       29,108       19,019       30,985        4,140
August        125,161         266      124,895        5,187       36,606       29,017       19,100       30,720        4,265
September     124,617         252      124,365        5,074       35,239       29,645       19,395       30,862        4,149
October       128,692         275      128,418        5,243       38,049       29,897       19,514       31,553        4,161
November      131,843         297      131,545        5,387       40,550       29,700       19,187       32,603        4,118
December      130,515         262      130,254        5,449       38,610       29,833       19,426       32,700        4,235
                                        
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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.
