                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 8. 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.)

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -669,578        -18,649      -163,378      -487,552

January                  -49,501         -1,454       -11,817       -36,231
February                 -49,328         -1,458       -12,211       -35,659
March                    -52,237         -1,633       -12,663       -37,941
April                    -52,778         -1,500       -11,716       -39,562
May                      -53,078         -1,433       -12,118       -39,527
June                     -59,266         -1,582       -13,719       -43,965

July                     -56,391         -1,422       -12,652       -42,317
August                   -57,144         -1,437       -13,984       -41,722
September                -56,129         -1,704       -13,398       -41,027
October                  -59,913         -1,729       -15,539       -42,645
November                 -63,887         -1,713       -18,059       -44,116
December                 -59,927         -1,585       -15,502       -42,840

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -787,149        -19,672      -229,191      -538,286

January                  -61,148         -1,440       -15,645       -44,063
February                 -63,410         -1,354       -15,986       -46,069
March                    -59,832         -1,648       -16,570       -41,614
April                    -62,187         -1,680       -17,380       -43,127
May                      -62,323         -1,710       -16,188       -44,424
June                     -64,013         -1,637       -17,788       -44,588

July                     -63,944         -1,450       -18,526       -43,968
August                   -64,109         -1,778       -20,179       -42,152
September                -71,265         -1,750       -22,033       -47,483
October                  -73,403         -1,662       -23,585       -48,156
November                 -70,720         -1,674       -23,210       -45,836
December                 -70,793         -1,887       -22,100       -46,805

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -838,271        -20,967      -270,862      -546,442

January                  -71,564         -1,529       -23,319       -46,715
February                 -67,900         -1,466       -22,981       -43,453
March                    -68,293         -1,579       -20,490       -46,224
April                    -68,598         -1,492       -21,195       -45,911
May                      -72,035         -1,614       -25,453       -44,968
June                     -70,643         -1,540       -24,182       -44,922

July                     -73,733         -1,732       -25,357       -46,645
August                   -74,272         -1,913       -25,999       -46,360
September                -70,894         -1,889       -22,527       -46,478
October                  -65,492         -1,941       -18,809       -44,743
November                 -66,256         -2,237       -19,382       -44,637
December                 -68,590         -2,036       -21,169       -45,386

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               807,516        -11,259        17,082       801,693

January                   61,893           -950         1,020        61,822
February                  65,166           -941         1,184        64,924
March                     67,051         -1,022         1,302        66,772
April                     66,320           -943         1,266        65,998
May                       68,098           -928         1,458        67,568
June                      65,627         -1,045         1,358        65,314

July                      67,236           -774         1,400        66,610
August                    67,677           -841         1,562        66,956
September                 68,922         -1,053         1,484        68,492
October                   69,670           -956         1,684        68,942
November                  68,776           -917         1,656        68,037
December                  71,080           -888         1,709        70,259

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.               894,631        -11,347        22,664       883,313

January                   71,143           -762         1,450        70,455
February                  71,265           -780         1,873        70,172
March                     71,982           -926         2,017        70,892
April                     74,789           -941         2,090        73,640
May                       74,110         -1,044         2,255        72,899
June                      74,169         -1,040         2,021        73,188

July                      74,736           -711         2,010        73,437
August                    76,043         -1,084         2,013        75,114
September                 73,540         -1,001         1,658        72,883
October                   75,907           -922         1,637        75,191
November                  77,366           -973         1,775        76,564
December                  79,579         -1,164         1,865        78,878

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,023,109        -13,525        31,568     1,005,066

January                   80,598           -831         2,054        79,375
February                  80,913           -898         2,089        79,723
March                     82,369           -906         2,429        80,846
April                     82,317           -930         2,749        80,499
May                       83,882         -1,025         2,521        82,386
June                      86,259           -973         2,614        84,618

July                      85,061         -1,102         2,800        83,363
August                    87,375         -1,213         2,563        86,025
September                 87,849         -1,284         3,523        85,610
October                   88,203         -1,283         3,044        86,442
November                  88,788         -1,610         2,763        87,635
December                  89,495         -1,470         2,420        88,544

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

2004                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,477,094          7,390       180,460     1,289,244

January                  111,394            505        12,837        98,052
February                 114,494            517        13,395       100,583
March                    119,288            610        13,965       104,713
April                    119,099            557        12,982       105,560
May                      121,176            505        13,577       107,095
June                     124,893            537        15,077       109,279

July                     123,627            648        14,052       108,927
August                   124,820            596        15,547       108,678
September                125,051            651        14,882       109,518
October                  129,583            773        17,223       111,587
November                 132,663            796        19,715       112,153
December                 131,006            696        17,211       113,099

2005                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,681,780          8,325       251,856     1,421,599

January                  132,291            678        17,095       114,518
February                 134,675            574        17,859       116,241
March                    131,815            722        18,587       112,505
April                    136,976            739        19,470       116,767
May                      136,433            666        18,443       117,323
June                     138,183            597        19,809       117,777

July                     138,680            739        20,536       117,405
August                   140,152            695        22,191       117,266
September                144,806            749        23,691       120,366
October                  149,310            740        25,222       123,347
November                 148,087            701        24,985       122,400
December                 150,372            723        23,966       125,683

2006                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,861,380          7,442       302,430     1,551,509

January                  152,162            698        25,374       126,090
February                 148,813            568        25,070       123,176
March                    150,662            673        22,919       127,071
April                    150,915            562        23,943       126,410
May                      155,917            589        27,974       127,354
June                     156,902            567        26,796       129,539

July                     158,794            629        28,157       130,008
August                   161,647            700        28,562       132,385
September                158,743            605        26,049       132,088
October                  153,696            658        21,853       131,185
November                 155,044            627        22,144       132,273
December                 158,085            566        23,589       133,930

(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 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 2006 (CB-07-82, BEA-07-26), 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.
