                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2005 TO December 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

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.- Dec.              -836,077        -17,973      -270,918      -547,185

January                  -72,316         -1,244       -22,831       -48,241
February                 -68,120         -1,241       -22,889       -43,990
March                    -67,806         -1,298       -20,061       -46,447
April                    -69,660         -1,302       -21,090       -47,269
May                      -71,109         -1,408       -25,916       -43,784
June                     -70,105         -1,335       -24,592       -44,178

July                     -73,542         -1,482       -25,788       -46,272
August                   -74,959         -1,653       -26,903       -46,402
September                -70,385         -1,632       -22,713       -46,040
October                  -65,118         -1,685       -18,645       -44,788
November (R)             -64,770         -1,909       -18,759       -44,102
December                 -68,188         -1,784       -20,731       -45,672
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

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

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,023,728        -13,592        31,626     1,005,694

January                   81,142           -843         2,100        79,885
February                  80,491           -909         2,040        79,360
March                     82,093           -910         2,414        80,588
April                     81,570           -937         2,829        79,677
May                       83,795         -1,052         2,426        82,421
June                      86,692           -954         2,646        85,000

July                      85,195         -1,090         2,890        83,395
August                    87,761         -1,217         2,501        86,477
September                 88,327         -1,296         3,588        86,034
October                   88,239         -1,303         2,991        86,552
November (R)              89,009         -1,609         2,764        87,854
December                  89,415         -1,473         2,437        88,450
                                        
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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

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.- Dec.             1,859,804          4,381       302,544     1,552,879

January                  153,458            401        24,930       128,126
February                 148,611            332        24,929       123,349
March                    149,899            388        22,475       127,036
April                    151,229            365        23,919       126,946
May                      154,904            357        28,342       126,205
June                     156,797            381        27,238       129,178

July                     158,737            392        28,679       129,666
August                   162,720            437        29,404       132,880
September                158,712            336        26,301       132,074
October                  153,357            382        21,636       131,340
November (R)             153,779            299        21,523       131,957
December                 157,602            311        23,168       134,123
                                                  

(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-07-26, BEA-07-05), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
