                          Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
          Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY to TALS
                         January 2004 to February 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.              -665,477        -14,665      -163,831      -486,981
Jan.- Feb.               -99,553         -2,434       -24,065       -73,054

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

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Feb.              -127,204         -2,137       -31,598       -93,469

January (R)              -62,467         -1,059       -15,189       -46,218
February                 -64,737         -1,077       -16,409       -47,251
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               807,610        -11,442        16,660       802,392
Jan.- Feb.               126,886         -1,940         2,133       126,693

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

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Feb.               142,278         -1,560         3,168       140,670

January (R)               71,105           -768         1,345        70,529
February                  71,173           -791         1,823        70,141
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,473,087          3,223       180,491     1,289,373
Jan.- Feb.               226,440            495        26,198       199,747

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

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Feb.               269,482            577        34,767       234,139

January (R)              133,572            291        16,534       116,747
February                 135,910            286        18,232       117,392
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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-05-50, BEA-05-14), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, February 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
