                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9A. REAL IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
(2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS BASIS)

In millions of dollars.  The values in this Exhibit are subject to 
periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information
for monthly deflators

                               End-Use Commodity Category

                   Total       Foods,                              Automotive
                   Census      Feeds, &    Industrial  Capital     Vehicles    Consumer    Other       Residual
Period             Basis(1)    Beverages   Supplies(2) Goods       etc.        Goods       Goods       (3)

2004                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,434,660      59,080     351,349     372,054     222,948     377,039      48,967       3,223

January              111,690       4,723      27,462      28,789      17,465      29,093       3,913         245
February             114,174       4,858      28,745      28,642      18,206      29,274       4,094         356
March                118,119       4,932      29,004      29,667      18,693      31,408       4,126         289
April                117,379       4,864      27,618      30,095      18,768      31,756       4,162         115
May                  118,243       5,061      28,082      30,351      18,905      31,560       4,124         160
June                 121,674       5,063      30,005      31,702      18,572      31,898       4,138         296

July                 120,426       4,997      29,186      31,543      18,884      31,548       4,065         203
August               120,163       4,984      29,771      31,278      18,184      31,433       4,183         330
September            119,864       4,755      28,596      32,179      19,066      31,242       4,010          15
October              122,532       4,857      29,727      32,767      19,022      31,978       4,043         137
November             125,424       5,003      31,816      32,370      18,624      33,033       3,979         599
December             124,969       4,982      31,335      32,671      18,559      32,815       4,130         477

2005                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,534,482      61,205     367,720     413,443     231,654     407,771      52,465         223

January              126,405       5,060      31,419      33,268      18,646      33,412       4,201         400
February             127,931       4,995      31,678      32,703      18,859      35,033       4,227         436
March                122,863       4,840      30,366      32,439      18,220      32,396       4,261         340
April                125,858       4,927      30,083      34,245      18,510      33,680       4,503         -89
May                  126,346       5,010      29,905      33,802      19,162      34,167       4,431        -131
June                 127,720       5,132      30,282      35,032      18,845      34,210       4,413        -193

July                 126,667       5,100      29,764      34,592      19,288      33,779       4,407        -262
August               126,392       5,190      29,564      34,442      19,579      33,574       4,341        -298
September            127,503       5,347      29,277      35,359      19,550      34,085       4,523        -638
October              130,505       5,138      30,848      35,392      20,312      34,487       4,408         -80
November             131,655       5,253      31,868      35,556      20,240      33,888       4,468         382
December             134,635       5,215      32,666      36,612      20,444      35,060       4,283         355

2006                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,622,109      64,782     366,924     459,931     247,148     440,514      54,688     -11,877

January              134,711       5,333      32,005      37,249      20,795      34,857       4,494         -23
February             132,304       5,280      31,446      36,104      20,490      34,462       4,479          43
March                134,406       5,564      30,506      37,870      20,314      36,477       4,524        -848
April                132,632       5,462      29,965      37,704      20,532      35,493       4,414        -939
May                  134,346       5,304      30,809      38,116      20,307      36,075       4,428        -692
June                 135,077       5,324      30,328      38,187      21,073      36,745       4,532      -1,113

July                 135,472       5,423      30,823      38,662      20,252      36,680       4,513        -880
August               137,169       5,462      31,144      39,301      20,495      37,149       4,576        -958
September            136,591       5,396      30,570      39,330      20,377      37,627       4,589      -1,297
October              135,164       5,432      29,605      39,006      20,244      37,754       4,779      -1,656
November             136,331       5,393      29,784      39,214      20,564      38,416       4,684      -1,723
December             137,907       5,408      29,939      39,187      21,707      38,779       4,676      -1,790

(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to
convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Includes petroleum and petroleum products.
(3) The "residual" represents the difference between total exports or imports,
and the sum of the components in the table.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, 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.
