                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
January 2007 to March 2008

(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

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -815,369        -25,255      -293,379      -496,735
Jan.- Mar.              -201,712         -6,228       -63,292      -132,192

January                  -64,906         -1,828       -22,216       -40,862
February                 -65,782         -1,548       -18,662       -45,573
March                    -71,024         -2,852       -22,414       -45,757
April                    -67,627         -2,497       -22,462       -42,669
May                      -68,765         -2,444       -23,874       -42,447
June                     -68,667         -1,773       -23,522       -43,372

July                     -68,051         -2,281       -24,038       -41,732
August                   -66,365         -2,096       -24,190       -40,078
September                -66,131         -2,007       -24,229       -39,894
October                  -67,223         -1,991       -26,384       -38,848
November                 -72,829         -2,075       -30,035       -40,719
December                 -67,999         -1,864       -31,352       -34,783

2008                                                                       

Jan.- Mar.              -210,139         -6,264       -97,922      -105,952

January                  -69,444         -1,600       -35,318       -32,525
February (R)             -72,091         -2,574       -32,223       -37,295
March                    -68,604         -2,091       -30,381       -36,132
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,149,208        -13,976        37,641     1,125,542
Jan.- Mar.               269,289         -3,634         7,648       265,275

January                   90,215         -1,248         2,624        88,839
February                  88,293         -1,014         2,453        86,854
March                     90,780         -1,372         2,571        89,581
April                     90,658         -1,299         2,569        89,388
May                       93,168         -1,246         2,718        91,697
June                      94,685         -1,097         3,083        92,699

July                      98,335         -1,173         3,250        96,258
August                    98,700         -1,078         3,123        96,655
September                100,083           -904         3,138        97,849
October                  100,574         -1,046         3,272        98,348
November                 100,772         -1,433         4,461        97,745
December                 102,943         -1,066         4,380        99,629

2008                                                                       

Jan.- Mar.               316,747         -2,214        14,482       304,478

January                  104,736           -796         4,466       101,066
February (R)             107,277           -906         5,197       102,986
March                    104,734           -512         4,819       100,427
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,964,577         11,280       331,020     1,622,277
Jan.- Mar.               471,001          2,594        70,940       397,467

January                  155,122            580        24,841       129,702
February                 154,075            533        21,115       132,428
March                    161,804          1,480        24,985       135,338
April                    158,285          1,197        25,031       132,057
May                      161,934          1,198        26,592       134,144
June                     163,352            676        26,605       136,071

July                     166,386          1,108        27,288       137,990
August                   165,065          1,019        27,313       136,733
September                166,214          1,103        27,368       137,743
October                  167,797            945        29,656       137,196
November                 173,602            642        34,496       138,464
December                 170,942            798        35,732       134,413

2008                                                                       

Jan.- Mar.               526,885          4,050       112,405       410,430

January                  174,180            804        39,785       133,591
February (R)             179,369          1,667        37,421       140,281
March                    173,337          1,579        35,199       136,559
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(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-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.
