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

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -665,390        -14,460      -163,378      -487,552
Jan.- Nov.              -605,876        -13,317      -148,040      -444,518

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Nov.              -713,217        -13,811      -207,052      -492,354

January                  -62,696         -1,057       -15,207       -46,433
February                 -64,739         -1,076       -15,913       -47,749
March                    -58,894         -1,249       -16,613       -41,032
April                    -62,316         -1,260       -17,353       -43,703
May                      -60,782         -1,362       -15,804       -43,616
June                     -63,831         -1,289       -17,690       -44,852

July                     -62,540         -1,047       -18,650       -42,843
August                   -64,063         -1,499       -20,788       -41,776
September                -71,323         -1,405       -22,301       -47,617
October (R)              -73,157         -1,246       -23,852       -48,059
November                 -68,878         -1,321       -22,883       -44,674
December                                                                   
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               807,536        -11,239        17,082       801,693
Jan.- Nov.               736,535        -10,358        15,382       731,510

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Nov.               815,170        -10,586        20,736       805,020

January                   71,591           -760         1,403        70,948
February                  70,718           -781         1,793        69,705
March                     71,531           -926         2,000        70,458
April                     74,554           -950         2,098        73,406
May                       74,474         -1,045         2,320        73,199
June                      74,512         -1,047         2,130        73,429

July                      75,065           -823         2,158        73,730
August                    76,704         -1,195         2,010        75,889
September                 73,457         -1,117         1,607        72,967
October (R)               75,204           -937         1,511        74,630
November                  77,360         -1,005         1,706        76,659
December                                                                   
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,472,926          3,221       180,460     1,289,244
Jan.- Nov.             1,342,410          2,960       163,423     1,176,028

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Nov.             1,528,387          3,225       227,788     1,297,374

January                  134,288            297        16,610       117,381
February                 135,457            295        17,706       117,455
March                    130,425            323        18,612       111,489
April                    136,870            310        19,451       117,109
May                      135,256            317        18,123       116,815
June                     138,343            243        19,820       118,281

July                     137,605            224        20,808       116,574
August                   140,766            304        22,798       117,665
September                144,780            288        23,908       120,584
October (R)              148,360            309        25,363       122,688
November                 146,238            316        24,589       121,333
December                                                                   
                                                  

(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-06-03, BEA-06-01), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, November 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
