                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2006 TO December 2007
                                        
     (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

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

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -815,582        -25,255      -293,532      -496,796

January (R)              -64,905         -1,828       -22,215       -40,862
February (R)             -65,781         -1,548       -18,660       -45,573
March (R)                -71,022         -2,852       -22,413       -45,757
April (R)                -67,625         -2,497       -22,460       -42,669
May (R)                  -68,764         -2,444       -23,873       -42,447
June (R)                 -68,666         -1,773       -23,521       -43,372

July (R)                 -68,049         -2,281       -24,037       -41,732
August (R)               -66,363         -2,096       -24,189       -40,078
September (R)            -66,129         -2,007       -24,228       -39,894
October (R)              -67,222         -1,991       -26,383       -38,848
November (R)             -72,828         -2,075       -30,034       -40,719
December                 -68,227         -1,864       -31,518       -34,845
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

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

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,149,340        -13,975        37,700     1,125,615

January (R)               90,215         -1,248         2,624        88,839
February (R)              88,293         -1,014         2,453        86,854
March (R)                 90,780         -1,372         2,571        89,581
April (R)                 90,658         -1,299         2,569        89,388
May (R)                   93,168         -1,246         2,718        91,697
June (R)                  94,685         -1,097         3,083        92,698

July (R)                  98,335         -1,173         3,250        96,258
August (R)                98,700         -1,078         3,123        96,655
September (R)            100,083           -904         3,138        97,848
October (R)              100,574         -1,046         3,272        98,348
November (R)             100,772         -1,433         4,461        97,745
December                 103,078         -1,065         4,438        99,705

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

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

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,964,922         11,280       331,231     1,622,411

January (R)              155,120            580        24,839       129,701
February (R)             154,074            533        21,113       132,427
March (R)                161,802          1,480        24,984       135,338
April (R)                158,283          1,197        25,029       132,056
May (R)                  161,932          1,198        26,591       134,143
June (R)                 163,351            676        26,604       136,071

July (R)                 166,384          1,108        27,287       137,990
August (R)               165,063          1,019        27,312       136,733
September (R)            166,212          1,103        27,367       137,743
October (R)              167,795            945        29,655       137,195
November (R)             173,600            642        34,495       138,464
December                 171,305            799        35,956       134,550


(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 29 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-27, BEA-08-05), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2007.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
