                          Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
          Exhibit 9. 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.  (R) - Revised.

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)          -781,642        -15,275      -229,155      -537,213
Jan.- (R)                -62,477         -1,057       -15,221       -46,200

January (R)              -62,477         -1,057       -15,221       -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       -17,367       -43,470
May (R)                  -60,563         -1,362       -15,818       -43,383
June (R)                 -63,612         -1,289       -17,704       -44,618

July (R)                 -62,321         -1,047       -18,664       -42,610
August (R)               -63,844         -1,499       -20,802       -41,543
September (R)            -71,104         -1,405       -22,316       -47,383
October (R)              -72,938         -1,246       -23,866       -47,825
November (R)             -69,351         -1,319       -23,008       -45,024
December (R)             -70,141         -1,465       -21,833       -46,843

2006                                                                       

Jan.-                    -73,387         -1,248       -22,553       -49,586

January                  -73,387         -1,248       -22,553       -49,586
February                                                                   
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)           892,619        -11,765        22,465       881,918
Jan.- (R)                 71,447           -760         1,397        70,809

January (R)               71,447           -760         1,397        70,809
February (R)              70,573           -781         1,787        69,567
March (R)                 71,387           -926         1,994        70,319
April (R)                 74,409           -950         2,091        73,268
May (R)                   74,329         -1,045         2,314        73,061
June (R)                  74,368         -1,047         2,124        73,291

July (R)                  74,921           -823         2,151        73,592
August (R)                76,559         -1,195         2,004        75,750
September (R)             73,312         -1,117         1,601        72,829
October (R)               75,059           -937         1,505        74,491
November (R)              77,145         -1,006         1,711        76,440
December (R)              79,109         -1,178         1,786        78,501

2006                                                                       

Jan.-                     81,716           -916         2,072        80,559

January                   81,716           -916         2,072        80,559
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec. (R)         1,674,261          3,510       251,619     1,419,131
Jan.- (R)                133,924            297        16,618       117,009

January (R)              133,924            297        16,618       117,009
February (R)             135,093            295        17,715       117,083
March (R)                130,061            323        18,620       111,118
April (R)                136,506            310        19,459       116,738
May (R)                  134,893            317        18,132       116,444
June (R)                 137,979            243        19,828       117,909

July (R)                 137,242            224        20,816       116,202
August (R)               140,403            304        22,806       117,293
September (R)            144,416            288        23,916       120,212
October (R)              147,997            309        25,371       122,317
November (R)             146,496            313        24,719       121,464
December (R)             149,250            287        23,619       125,344

2006                                                                       

Jan.-                    155,103            332        24,626       130,145

January                  155,103            332        24,626       130,145
February                                                                   
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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 27 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-06-32, BEA-06-07), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
