                          Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
          Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY to TALS
                          January 2004 to January 2005
                                        
    (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal to tals due to seasonal
                    adjustments and rounding.  (R) Revised.)

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)          -665,477        -14,665      -163,831      -486,981
Jan.- (R)                -49,688         -1,219       -11,543       -36,925

January (R)              -49,688         -1,219       -11,543       -36,925
February (R)             -49,866         -1,215       -12,522       -36,129
March (R)                -51,501         -1,475       -13,013       -37,013
April (R)                -53,083         -1,172       -11,591       -40,320
May (R)                  -51,569         -1,215       -11,399       -38,956
June (R)                 -59,213         -1,287       -13,790       -44,136

July (R)                 -54,856         -1,041       -12,551       -41,265
August (R)               -57,079         -1,117       -14,335       -41,627
September (R)            -55,080         -1,296       -13,533       -40,250
October (R)              -60,209         -1,244       -15,686       -43,279
November (R)             -63,476         -1,226       -17,972       -44,277
December (R)             -59,858         -1,158       -15,896       -42,804

2005                                                                       

Jan.-                    -62,281         -1,056       -15,200       -46,025

January                  -62,281         -1,056       -15,200       -46,025
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)           807,610        -11,442        16,660       802,392
Jan.- (R)                 61,818           -976           939        61,855

January (R)               61,818           -976           939        61,855
February (R)              65,068           -964         1,193        64,839
March (R)                 67,436         -1,173         1,269        67,340
April (R)                 66,081           -951         1,250        65,783
May (R)                   68,827           -938         1,547        68,218
June (R)                  64,809         -1,040         1,351        64,499

July (R)                  67,596           -770         1,363        67,004
August (R)                68,143           -837         1,623        67,357
September (R)             69,273         -1,042         1,357        68,957
October (R)               69,314           -948         1,607        68,655
November (R)              68,111           -920         1,592        67,439
December (R)              71,132           -884         1,568        70,448

2005                                                                       

Jan.-                     71,253           -766         1,334        70,685

January                   71,253           -766         1,334        70,685
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)         1,473,087          3,223       180,491     1,289,373
Jan.- (R)                111,506            243        12,483        98,780

January (R)              111,506            243        12,483        98,780
February (R)             114,934            251        13,715       100,968
March (R)                118,936            302        14,282       104,353
April (R)                119,164            220        12,841       106,103
May (R)                  120,397            277        12,946       107,174
June (R)                 124,022            247        15,141       108,634

July (R)                 122,453            271        13,913       108,269
August (R)               125,222            281        15,958       108,984
September (R)            124,353            255        14,891       109,208
October (R)              129,523            296        17,293       111,934
November (R)             131,587            306        19,564       111,716
December (R)             130,990            274        17,464       113,252

2005                                                                       

Jan.-                    133,534            290        16,534       116,710

January                  133,534            290        16,534       116,710
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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 this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-05-34, BEA-05-08), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
