                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
January 2005 to March 2006

(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.              -781,642        -15,275      -229,155      -537,213
Jan.- Mar.              -185,672         -3,382       -47,776      -134,514

January                  -62,477         -1,057       -15,221       -46,200
February                 -64,520         -1,076       -15,928       -47,516
March                    -58,675         -1,249       -16,627       -40,798
April                    -62,097         -1,260       -17,367       -43,470
May                      -60,563         -1,362       -15,818       -43,383
June                     -63,612         -1,289       -17,704       -44,618

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Mar.              -210,081         -3,668       -65,157      -141,256

January                  -73,545         -1,224       -22,495       -49,825
February (R)             -69,817         -1,207       -22,573       -46,037
March                    -66,720         -1,237       -20,089       -45,393
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               892,619        -11,765        22,465       881,918
Jan.- Mar.               213,407         -2,467         5,178       210,696

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

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Mar.               244,084         -2,719         6,494       240,309

January                   81,599           -900         2,051        80,448
February (R)              80,378           -910         2,005        79,283
March                     82,107           -909         2,438        80,579
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,674,261          3,510       251,619     1,419,131
Jan.- Mar.               399,079            916        52,953       345,210

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

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Mar.               454,165            949        71,651       381,564

January                  155,143            325        24,546       130,273
February (R)             150,194            297        24,578       125,320
March                    148,827            328        22,527       125,972
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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-06-74, BEA-06-19), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
