                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
January 2005 to August 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.              -782,740        -15,263      -229,191      -538,286
Jan.- Aug.              -499,446         -9,835      -139,196      -350,415

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Aug.              -567,563        -10,962      -189,797      -366,804

January                  -72,224         -1,244       -22,750       -48,231
February                 -68,028         -1,241       -22,808       -43,979
March                    -67,715         -1,298       -19,980       -46,437
April                    -69,568         -1,302       -21,009       -47,258
May                      -71,017         -1,408       -25,835       -43,774
June                     -70,013         -1,335       -24,510       -44,168

July (R)                 -73,450         -1,482       -25,707       -46,261
August                   -75,546         -1,653       -27,197       -46,696
September                                                                  
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November                                                                   
December                                                                   

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               894,631        -11,347        22,664       883,313
Jan.- Aug.               587,838         -7,287        15,723       579,402

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Aug.               670,785         -7,912        19,915       658,782

January                   81,404           -843         2,112        80,135
February                  80,753           -909         2,052        79,610
March                     82,355           -910         2,426        80,838
April                     81,832           -937         2,841        79,927
May                       84,057         -1,052         2,438        82,671
June                      86,954           -954         2,658        85,250

July (R)                  85,457         -1,090         2,903        83,645
August                    87,973         -1,218         2,484        86,707
September                                                                  
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November                                                                   
December                                                                   

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

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,677,371          3,916       251,856     1,421,599
Jan.- Aug.             1,087,284          2,548       154,919       929,817

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Aug.             1,238,348          3,051       209,712     1,025,586

January                  153,629            401        24,862       128,365
February                 148,782            332        24,860       123,589
March                    150,070            388        22,407       127,275
April                    151,400            365        23,850       127,185
May                      155,074            357        28,273       126,445
June                     156,967            381        27,169       129,417

July (R)                 158,907            392        28,610       129,906
August                   163,519            435        29,682       133,402
September                                                                  
October                                                                    
November                                                                   
December                                                                   

(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-06-149, BEA-06-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
