                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2004 TO December 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

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.- Dec.              -782,101        -15,284      -229,174      -537,643

January (R)              -62,478         -1,057       -15,222       -46,200
February (R)             -64,520         -1,076       -15,928       -47,516
March (R)                -58,675         -1,249       -16,627       -40,798
April (R)                -62,097         -1,260       -17,368       -43,470
May (R)                  -60,564         -1,362       -15,819       -43,383
June (R)                 -63,612         -1,289       -17,705       -44,618

July (R)                 -62,321         -1,047       -18,665       -42,610
August (R)               -63,844         -1,499       -20,803       -41,543
September (R)            -71,104         -1,405       -22,316       -47,383
October (R)              -72,938         -1,246       -23,867       -47,825
November (R)             -69,352         -1,319       -23,009       -45,024
December                 -70,595         -1,475       -21,846       -47,274
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               892,512        -11,776        22,442       881,847

January (R)               71,446           -760         1,397        70,808
February (R)              70,572           -781         1,787        69,566
March (R)                 71,386           -926         1,993        70,318
April (R)                 74,408           -950         2,091        73,267
May (R)                   74,328         -1,045         2,313        73,060
June (R)                  74,367         -1,047         2,124        73,290

July (R)                  74,920           -823         2,151        73,591
August (R)                76,558         -1,195         2,003        75,749
September (R)             73,311         -1,117         1,600        72,828
October (R)               75,058           -937         1,505        74,490
November (R)              77,143         -1,006         1,711        76,439
December                  79,017         -1,190         1,766        78,440
                                        
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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

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.- Dec.             1,674,614          3,508       251,616     1,419,490

January (R)              133,923            297        16,619       117,008
February (R)             135,092            295        17,715       117,082
March (R)                130,061            323        18,621       111,117
April (R)                136,506            310        19,459       116,737
May (R)                  134,892            317        18,132       116,443
June (R)                 137,979            243        19,828       117,908

July (R)                 137,241            224        20,816       116,201
August (R)               140,402            304        22,806       117,292
September (R)            144,415            288        23,917       120,211
October (R)              147,996            309        25,372       122,316
November (R)             146,495            313        24,720       121,463
December                 149,611            285        23,612       125,714
                                                  

(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-06-21, BEA-06-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
