                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 8. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS

(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustments and rounding.)

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

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -547,302        -14,952      -120,402      -411,948

January                  -45,198           -982       -10,033       -34,184
February                 -43,938         -1,065       -10,670       -32,203
March                    -47,483         -1,220       -11,219       -35,044
April                    -46,041         -1,439        -9,957       -34,645
May                      -45,489         -1,190        -8,892       -35,407
June                     -44,310         -1,494        -9,508       -33,307

July                     -45,625         -1,239       -10,237       -34,150
August                   -44,290         -1,470        -9,871       -32,948
September                -46,075         -1,395        -9,754       -34,926
October                  -45,881         -1,044        -9,425       -35,412
November                 -44,440         -1,363        -9,795       -33,281
December                 -48,531         -1,050       -11,041       -36,441

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -665,410        -14,480      -163,378      -487,552

January                  -49,175         -1,195       -11,730       -36,251
February                 -48,826         -1,174       -12,278       -35,374
March                    -51,952         -1,319       -12,536       -38,097
April                    -52,866         -1,199       -11,710       -39,957
May                      -52,972         -1,192       -12,231       -39,549
June                     -59,254         -1,311       -13,947       -43,997

July                     -55,868         -1,084       -12,805       -41,979
August                   -57,231         -1,107       -14,227       -41,897
September                -55,705         -1,305       -13,411       -40,989
October                  -59,008         -1,231       -15,457       -42,320
November                 -63,176         -1,215       -17,687       -44,274
December                 -59,377         -1,150       -15,359       -42,869

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -782,740        -15,263      -229,191      -538,286

January                  -61,315         -1,054       -15,455       -44,806
February                 -62,533         -1,067       -16,022       -45,443
March                    -59,419         -1,204       -16,356       -41,859
April                    -62,255         -1,353       -17,335       -43,566
May                      -62,074         -1,358       -16,421       -44,295
June                     -63,892         -1,312       -18,135       -44,445

July                     -63,597         -1,093       -18,808       -43,696
August                   -64,361         -1,394       -20,663       -42,304
September                -70,788         -1,348       -22,091       -47,349
October                  -72,573         -1,260       -23,404       -47,909
November                 -69,714         -1,297       -22,619       -45,798
December                 -70,219         -1,524       -21,881       -46,814                                                                           

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

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               713,415        -11,356        12,693       712,078

January                   57,320           -748         1,169        56,899
February                  57,997           -849         1,198        57,647
March                     58,106           -971         1,245        57,832
April                     57,394         -1,178         1,058        57,514
May                       57,477           -837           998        57,316
June                      59,567         -1,015         1,072        59,510

July                      59,666         -1,029           994        59,702
August                    58,174           -996           914        58,256
September                 59,956         -1,085         1,033        60,008
October                   61,438           -765           971        61,232
November                  63,570         -1,095           986        63,680
December                  62,749           -786         1,055        62,481

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               807,516        -11,259        17,082       801,693

January                   62,085           -950         1,026        62,009
February                  65,070           -941         1,184        64,828
March                     66,900         -1,022         1,295        66,627
April                     66,010           -943         1,273        65,679
May                       67,963           -928         1,429        67,463
June                      65,644         -1,045         1,370        65,319

July                      67,343           -774         1,407        66,709
August                    67,839           -841         1,546        67,134
September                 69,158         -1,053         1,509        68,702
October                   69,718           -956         1,679        68,995
November                  68,765           -917         1,660        68,022
December                  71,020           -888         1,702        70,206

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               894,631        -11,347        22,664       883,313

January                   71,390           -762         1,479        70,673
February                  71,043           -780         1,850        69,973
March                     71,756           -926         1,994        70,688
April                     74,230           -941         2,123        73,047
May                       73,990         -1,044         2,195        72,838
June                      74,371         -1,040         2,051        73,361

July                      74,846           -711         2,050        73,506
August                    76,213         -1,084         1,980        75,317
September                 73,888         -1,001         1,692        73,197
October                   75,964           -922         1,622        75,263
November                  77,511           -973         1,791        76,693
December                  79,429         -1,164         1,836        78,758                                                                           

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

2003                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,260,717          3,596       133,095     1,124,026

January                  102,518            234        11,202        91,083
February                 101,935            216        11,868        89,851
March                    105,589            249        12,464        92,876
April                    103,436            261        11,016        92,159
May                      102,966            353         9,890        92,723
June                     103,877            479        10,580        92,818

July                     105,291            209        11,231        93,851
August                   102,464            474        10,785        91,205
September                106,031            310        10,787        94,934
October                  107,319            279        10,396        96,644
November                 108,010            268        10,781        96,961
December                 111,281            263        12,095        98,922

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,472,926          3,221       180,460     1,289,244

January                  111,261            245        12,756        98,259
February                 113,897            233        13,462       100,202
March                    118,852            297        13,831       104,724
April                    118,876            256        12,984       105,636
May                      120,935            263        13,660       107,012
June                     124,898            266        15,317       109,316

July                     123,210            310        14,213       108,688
August                   125,070            266        15,774       109,031
September                124,862            252        14,920       109,691
October                  128,726            275        17,137       111,315
November                 131,941            297        19,347       112,297
December                 130,397            262        17,061       113,074

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,677,371          3,916       251,856     1,421,599

January                  132,705            292        16,933       115,479
February                 133,576            287        17,873       115,416
March                    131,176            278        18,351       112,547
April                    136,484            413        19,459       116,613
May                      136,063            314        18,617       117,133
June                     138,263            272        20,186       117,806

July                     138,443            382        20,858       117,202
August                   140,574            310        22,643       117,621
September                144,676            347        23,783       120,546
October                  148,537            338        25,027       123,172
November                 147,225            324        24,410       122,491
December                 149,648            360        23,717       125,572                                                                           

(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 the FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                                           
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2005 (CB-06-87, BEA-06-02), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959)
or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
