                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 11. REAL EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM
END-USE COMMODITY CATEGORY TOTALS
(2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS): January 2006 to March 2008
(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding.  The values in this Exhibit are subject to 
periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for the
monthly deflators.


Trade Balance

                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2006                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.          -697,624        -125,015        -577,497           4,889
Jan.- Mar.          -177,341         -33,596        -142,358          -1,388

January              -60,589         -11,736         -47,967            -886
February             -57,921         -11,450         -45,649            -822
March                -58,831         -10,409         -48,742             320
April                -57,659          -9,734         -48,794             869
May                  -58,640         -10,776         -47,635            -230
June                 -57,594         -10,305         -47,707             419

July                 -59,279         -10,299         -49,480             499
August               -59,180         -10,496         -49,079             395
September            -57,864          -9,896         -49,061           1,093
October              -55,737          -9,269         -48,089           1,621
November             -56,459         -10,053         -47,396             990
December             -57,871         -10,593         -47,899             621

2007                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.          -649,515        -121,083        -540,932          12,501
Jan.- Mar.          -173,566         -32,588        -141,881             903

January              -56,025         -11,592         -44,058            -375
February             -57,528          -9,842         -48,737           1,051
March                -60,014         -11,155         -49,086             227
April                -55,602         -10,205         -46,140             743
May                  -55,123         -10,293         -45,595             765
June                 -55,300          -9,963         -46,593           1,256

July                 -53,119          -9,584         -45,331           1,796
August               -51,567          -9,398         -44,053           1,884
September            -51,735          -9,373         -44,369           2,007
October (R)          -51,264          -9,612         -43,229           1,577
November (R)         -53,351         -10,006         -44,452           1,107
December (R)         -48,889         -10,061         -39,289             461

2008                                                                        

Jan.- Mar.          -147,883         -30,342        -118,829           1,288

January (R)          -49,765         -11,215         -37,072          -1,479
February (R)         -50,914         -10,111         -41,643             841
March                -47,204          -9,016         -40,114           1,926
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Exports
                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2006                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.           924,486          13,469         912,015            -999
Jan.- Mar.           224,079           3,051         221,522            -494

January               74,121             957          73,379            -215
February              74,383             988          73,583            -189
March                 75,575           1,106          74,559             -90
April                 74,973           1,157          73,840             -24
May                   75,706             994          74,953            -241
June                  77,483           1,023          76,700            -240

July                  76,193           1,085          75,239            -131
August                77,990             956          77,379            -345
September             78,726           1,453          76,988             285
October               79,428           1,381          77,852             195
November              79,872           1,283          78,494              95
December              80,036           1,085          79,049             -98

2007                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.           998,941          14,845         983,715             381
Jan.- Mar.           238,511           3,471         235,104             -64

January               80,261           1,235          78,984              41
February              78,069           1,126          76,972             -29
March                 80,181           1,109          79,148             -76
April                 79,622           1,041          78,724            -143
May                   81,628           1,100          80,637            -109
June                  82,439           1,217          81,205              17

July                  85,540           1,250          84,287               3
August                85,717           1,249          84,471              -2
September             86,299           1,222          85,121             -44
October (R)           86,257           1,258          84,997               1
November (R)          85,880           1,507          84,018             355
December (R)          87,048           1,531          85,151             366

2008                                                                        

Jan.- Mar.           261,278           4,764         255,188           1,326

January (R)           87,456           1,488          85,675             293
February (R)          88,857           1,806          86,318             734
March                 84,964           1,470          83,195             300
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Imports
                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2006                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,622,109         138,484       1,489,512          -5,887
Jan.- Mar.           401,420          36,647         363,879             894

January              134,711          12,693         121,346             672
February             132,304          12,438         119,232             633
March                134,406          11,516         123,301            -411
April                132,632          10,891         122,634            -893
May                  134,346          11,770         122,588             -11
June                 135,077          11,328         124,407            -658

July                 135,472          11,384         124,719            -630
August               137,169          11,452         126,457            -740
September            136,591          11,349         126,049            -808
October              135,164          10,650         125,941          -1,426
November             136,331          11,336         125,891            -896
December             137,907          11,678         126,948            -719

2007                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,648,456         135,928       1,524,647         -12,120
Jan.- Mar.           412,077          36,059         376,986            -967

January              136,286          12,827         123,042             416
February             135,597          10,968         125,709          -1,080
March                140,195          12,264         128,235            -304
April                135,224          11,246         124,865            -886
May                  136,750          11,392         126,232            -874
June                 137,739          11,180         127,798          -1,239

July                 138,659          10,834         129,618          -1,793
August               137,284          10,647         128,524          -1,886
September            138,034          10,596         129,490          -2,052
October (R)          137,520          10,871         128,226          -1,576
November (R)         139,231          11,513         128,471            -752
December (R)         135,937          11,592         124,440             -95

2008                                                                        

Jan.- Mar.           409,161          35,106         374,017              38

January (R)          137,221          12,703         122,747           1,772
February (R)         139,771          11,917         127,961            -107
March                132,168          10,486         123,309          -1,626
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(1) Detailed data presented on a Census Basis.  The information to convert to a
BOP basis is not available.
(2) 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 this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-77, BEA-08-20), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
