                          Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
          Exhibit 8. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                                        
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
                           adjustments and rounding.)

Balance
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -482,297        -14,035       -93,169      -375,093

January                  -34,467           -963        -6,158       -27,347
February                 -36,816           -994        -5,613       -30,209
March                    -36,701         -1,179        -6,293       -29,229
April                    -39,145         -1,130        -8,176       -29,839
May                      -39,676         -1,463        -7,970       -30,243
June                     -40,172         -1,096        -7,455       -31,621

July                     -39,270         -1,202        -7,754       -30,315
August                   -41,843         -1,295        -8,173       -32,375
September                -41,815         -1,089        -8,142       -32,583
October                  -40,102         -1,307        -9,185       -29,610
November                 -44,487         -1,183        -9,095       -34,210
December                 -47,804         -1,134        -9,157       -37,513

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -547,296        -14,946      -120,402      -411,948

January                  -45,639           -982        -9,955       -34,702
February                 -44,676         -1,065       -10,624       -32,987
March                    -47,546         -1,220       -11,441       -34,885
April                    -45,879         -1,438        -9,987       -34,454
May                      -45,148         -1,190        -8,681       -35,276
June                     -44,040         -1,494        -9,352       -33,194

July                     -44,888         -1,237       -10,185       -33,466
August                   -44,371         -1,470        -9,977       -32,924
September                -46,031         -1,395        -9,811       -34,825
October                  -46,082         -1,043        -9,478       -35,561
November                 -44,465         -1,363        -9,885       -33,218
December                 -48,530         -1,049       -11,025       -36,456

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -665,390        -14,460      -163,378      -487,552

January                  -49,938         -1,198       -11,584       -37,157
February                 -49,857         -1,177       -12,216       -36,464
March                    -51,656         -1,322       -12,767       -37,567
April                    -52,817         -1,197       -11,758       -39,862
May                      -52,580         -1,188       -11,877       -39,515
June                     -58,590         -1,308       -13,682       -43,599

July                     -55,045         -1,081       -12,718       -41,246
August                   -57,103         -1,105       -14,416       -41,582
September                -55,627         -1,303       -13,539       -40,785
October                  -59,432         -1,226       -15,589       -42,617
November                 -63,231         -1,213       -17,895       -44,124
December                 -59,514         -1,143       -15,338       -43,033
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               682,422        -10,681        10,338       682,765

January                   55,208           -731           760        55,179
February                  54,945           -772           781        54,936
March                     55,018           -906           750        55,175
April                     57,141           -816           801        57,156
May                       57,018         -1,164           802        57,380
June                      57,971           -801           806        57,965

July                      58,210           -919           846        58,283
August                    58,172         -1,002           933        58,240
September                 57,860           -779           874        57,765
October                   57,079           -987           906        57,160
November                  57,917           -898           977        57,838
December                  55,883           -906         1,101        55,688

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               713,421        -11,350        12,693       712,078

January                   57,306           -748         1,155        56,900
February                  57,792           -849         1,186        57,456
March                     58,068           -971         1,241        57,797
April                     57,402         -1,178         1,064        57,516
May                       57,630           -837         1,045        57,422
June                      59,664         -1,015         1,087        59,592

July                      59,957         -1,028         1,004        59,981
August                    58,283           -996           921        58,357
September                 59,946         -1,085         1,019        60,012
October                   61,166           -765           954        60,976
November                  63,443         -1,094           964        63,573
December                  62,764           -786         1,054        62,496

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               807,536        -11,239        17,082       801,693

January                   62,183           -953         1,003        62,133
February                  64,799           -944         1,159        64,585
March                     66,807         -1,025         1,310        66,521
April                     66,115           -941         1,279        65,777
May                       68,177           -925         1,513        67,589
June                      65,781         -1,042         1,412        65,411

July                      67,752           -771         1,425        67,099
August                    68,058           -839         1,572        67,325
September                 68,990         -1,050         1,459        68,582
October                   69,260           -951         1,627        68,584
November                  68,611           -915         1,622        67,904
December                  71,001           -881         1,700        70,183
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2002                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,164,720          3,354       103,507     1,057,859

January                   89,675            232         6,917        82,526
February                  91,761            222         6,394        85,145
March                     91,719            272         7,042        84,404
April                     96,286            314         8,977        86,995
May                       96,694            299         8,772        87,623
June                      98,143            295         8,262        89,586

July                      97,480            283         8,600        88,597
August                   100,015            293         9,106        90,615
September                 99,674            311         9,016        90,348
October                   97,180            320        10,091        86,769
November                 102,404            285        10,072        92,048
December                 103,688            228        10,258        93,202

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,260,717          3,596       133,095     1,124,026

January                  102,946            234        11,110        91,602
February                 102,469            216        11,810        90,443
March                    105,614            249        12,682        92,682
April                    103,282            261        11,051        91,970
May                      102,778            353         9,726        92,698
June                     103,704            479        10,439        92,786

July                     104,845            209        11,189        93,447
August                   102,654            474        10,898        91,281
September                105,977            310        10,830        94,837
October                  107,248            279        10,432        96,537
November                 107,908            268        10,849        96,791
December                 111,294            263        12,079        98,951

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,472,926          3,221       180,460     1,289,244

January                  112,122            245        12,586        99,290
February                 114,656            233        13,375       101,048
March                    118,463            297        14,077       104,089
April                    118,932            256        13,037       105,639
May                      120,757            263        13,390       107,103
June                     124,370            266        15,095       109,010

July                     122,798            310        14,143       108,345
August                   125,161            266        15,988       108,907
September                124,617            252        14,998       109,367
October                  128,692            275        17,216       111,202
November                 131,843            297        19,517       112,028
December                 130,515            262        17,037       113,216
                                        
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(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 the FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
