                                          Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
                        Exhibit 9A. REAL IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
                                      (2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS BASIS)
                                                        
                      In millions of dollars.  The values in this Exhibit are subject to 
                        periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information
                                             for monthly deflators

                               End-Use Commodity Category

                   Total       Foods,                              Automotive
                   Census      Feeds, &    Industrial  Capital     Vehicles    Consumer    Other       Residual
Period             Basis(1)    Beverages   Supplies(2) Goods       etc.        Goods       Goods       (3)

2002                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,220,881      50,945     300,143     300,133     203,239     313,012      50,304       3,106

January               96,529       3,958      24,997      24,016      15,726      23,726       4,124         -18
February              99,063       4,189      24,897      24,384      16,412      24,906       4,123         152
March                 97,704       4,100      23,684      24,726      16,218      24,261       4,438         277
April                100,786       4,133      25,179      25,035      16,922      25,183       4,112         221
May                  100,885       4,181      24,585      25,032      16,802      25,815       4,200         269
June                 102,572       4,295      24,249      25,311      17,094      26,815       4,474         335

July                 101,668       4,355      24,320      25,263      16,827      26,455       4,147         302
August               103,958       4,400      25,006      25,113      17,661      27,319       4,119         338
September            103,150       4,266      24,597      25,194      17,602      26,932       4,222         337
October              100,203       4,141      25,167      23,916      16,974      25,601       4,097         306
November             106,541       4,437      26,306      26,019      17,475      27,943       4,058         303
December             107,821       4,490      27,156      26,123      17,525      28,055       4,189         283

2003                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,284,658      55,650     311,939     317,050     208,514     339,946      47,863       3,696

January              105,091       4,508      25,725      25,998      17,092      27,473       4,027         267
February             103,083       4,382      24,737      25,067      16,830      27,845       3,964         259
March                105,346       4,536      25,780      25,281      17,147      28,300       3,975         328
April                105,755       4,591      26,105      25,989      16,914      27,854       3,992         310
May                  106,231       4,641      25,752      26,113      17,421      28,068       3,909         327
June                 106,090       4,487      25,523      26,206      17,972      27,503       4,062         337

July                 107,187       4,622      26,521      26,076      17,510      28,047       4,063         349
August               104,550       4,638      25,780      25,745      16,080      28,184       3,822         300
September            108,271       4,859      26,298      26,981      17,352      28,515       3,961         306
October              109,870       4,772      26,248      27,406      17,850      29,268       4,019         307
November             110,127       4,820      25,934      27,585      18,014      29,419       4,053         302
December             113,057       4,794      27,536      28,603      18,332      29,470       4,017         305

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,431,133      59,076     347,940     371,907     223,019     377,106      48,793       3,293

January              112,428       4,793      27,155      28,879      17,687      29,669       3,993         251
February             114,360       4,870      28,661      28,448      18,341      29,544       4,094         402
March                117,342       4,904      28,797      29,450      18,480      31,276       4,116         320
April                117,221       4,843      27,518      30,250      18,602      31,736       4,159         113
May                  117,776       5,081      27,550      30,460      18,858      31,593       4,125         108
June                 121,140       5,027      29,608      31,829      18,562      31,742       4,090         282

July                 119,665       4,990      28,870      31,602      18,582      31,384       4,034         203
August               120,513       4,979      29,780      31,495      18,631      31,113       4,136         379
September            119,533       4,780      28,346      32,228      18,889      31,259       4,020          10
October              121,841       4,851      29,340      32,588      18,958      31,932       4,032         139
November             124,756       4,970      31,386      32,317      18,608      32,932       3,948         595
December             124,556       4,986      30,929      32,360      18,821      32,926       4,043         490
                                        
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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.
(3) 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 the FT-900 release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
