                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9A. REAL IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
(2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS BASIS)

In millions of dollars.  The values in this Exhibit are subject to 
periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information
for monthly deflators

                               End-Use Commodity Category

                   Total       Foods,                              Automotive
                   Census      Feeds, &    Industrial  Capital     Vehicles    Consumer    Other       Residual
Period             Basis(1)    Beverages   Supplies(2) Goods       etc.        Goods       Goods       (3)

2003                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,284,627      55,648     312,126     317,043     208,483     339,949      47,881       3,496

January              104,642       4,462      25,712      25,963      17,018      27,214       4,011         261
February             102,525       4,371      24,563      25,080      16,807      27,519       3,941         244
March                105,319       4,556      25,543      25,318      17,255      28,358       3,987         302
April                105,911       4,601      26,119      25,968      17,093      27,877       3,951         302
May                  106,429       4,634      25,988      26,069      17,486      28,051       3,886         316
June                 106,262       4,496      25,752      26,100      18,002      27,519       4,065         328

July                 107,638       4,637      26,716      26,097      17,676      28,107       4,066         339
August               104,355       4,640      25,808      25,708      15,823      28,279       3,821         276
September            108,323       4,842      26,356      26,930      17,418      28,540       3,944         292
October              109,941       4,791      26,236      27,455      17,752      29,388       4,037         283
November             110,234       4,844      25,865      27,640      17,986      29,542       4,076         280
December             113,049       4,772      27,468      28,716      18,168      29,555       4,096         274

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,431,207      59,067     348,230     371,952     222,987     377,097      48,823       3,051

January              111,566       4,718      27,168      28,783      17,534      29,156       3,972         235
February             113,600       4,847      28,431      28,514      18,303      29,077       4,067         361
March                117,727       4,938      28,551      29,622      18,726      31,491       4,132         265
April                117,185       4,858      27,415      30,155      18,830      31,732       4,096          99
May                  117,966       5,070      27,865      30,387      18,905      31,514       4,077         148
June                 121,660       5,042      29,931      31,712      18,715      31,825       4,116         319

July                 120,072       5,017      29,126      31,528      18,734      31,395       4,043         230
August               120,433       4,987      29,851      31,481      18,267      31,338       4,149         360
September            119,775       4,756      28,447      32,209      19,034      31,331       3,998           1
October              121,893       4,884      29,348      32,691      18,804      32,014       4,052         100
November             124,875       4,995      31,277      32,359      18,554      33,197       3,971         520
December             124,455       4,954      30,820      32,512      18,581      33,026       4,149         413

2005                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,529,884      61,168     363,844     413,310     231,690     408,072      52,304        -504

January              126,809       5,056      31,093      33,385      19,052      33,594       4,295         334
February             126,796       4,966      31,220      32,418      18,870      34,731       4,174         418
March                122,336       4,871      29,773      32,437      18,241      32,495       4,286         234
April                125,370       4,934      29,713      34,347      18,493      33,632       4,402        -149
May                  125,999       4,990      29,680      33,884      19,173      34,043       4,379        -150
June                 127,749       5,084      30,184      34,962      19,120      34,202       4,372        -176

July                 126,412       5,124      29,742      34,643      19,182      33,533       4,394        -207
August               126,738       5,186      29,645      34,758      19,632      33,497       4,296        -278
September            127,346       5,319      29,152      35,318      19,489      34,203       4,519        -655
October              129,755       5,191      30,405      35,305      20,006      34,624       4,419        -195
November             130,755       5,250      31,165      35,559      20,026      34,162       4,465         129
December             133,818       5,197      32,073      36,293      20,408      35,356       4,301         190                                                                           

(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to
convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Includes petroleum and petroleum products.
(3) The "residual" represents the difference between total exports or imports,
and the sum of the components in the table.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, 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.
