                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
January 2007 to May 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.              -819,373        -24,890      -293,221      -501,261
Jan.- May               -340,589        -10,948      -109,130      -220,511

January                  -66,208         -1,790       -22,039       -42,379
February                 -66,443         -1,489       -18,859       -46,094
March                    -70,712         -2,790       -22,173       -45,749
April                    -68,754         -2,510       -22,532       -43,713
May                      -68,472         -2,369       -23,527       -42,576
June                     -68,661         -1,738       -23,412       -43,511

July                     -67,794         -2,248       -24,009       -41,537
August                   -66,672         -2,111       -24,413       -40,148
September                -66,738         -1,994       -24,930       -39,814
October                  -67,713         -1,919       -26,732       -39,062
November                 -71,697         -2,065       -29,732       -39,900
December                 -69,509         -1,868       -30,862       -36,778

2008                                                                       

Jan.- May               -356,460         -9,918      -165,563      -180,978

January                  -70,147         -1,590       -34,803       -33,754
February                 -72,483         -2,564       -32,624       -37,295
March                    -68,403         -2,096       -30,207       -36,099
April (R)                -72,950         -2,366       -34,774       -35,809
May                      -72,478         -1,303       -33,154       -38,021
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,148,481        -13,999        37,758     1,124,722
Jan.- May                454,939         -6,218        13,246       447,910

January                   90,257         -1,247         2,634        88,870
February                  89,007         -1,014         2,492        87,529
March                     91,054         -1,373         2,598        89,829
April                     91,210         -1,336         2,674        89,873
May                       93,411         -1,248         2,848        91,811
June                      94,867         -1,097         3,139        92,826

July                      97,502         -1,167         3,232        95,437
August                    98,524         -1,076         3,238        96,361
September                 99,468           -900         3,197        97,171
October                  100,371         -1,043         3,245        98,169
November                 100,968         -1,433         4,205        98,196
December                 101,842         -1,065         4,255        98,651

2008                                                                       

Jan.- May                538,706         -3,537        25,042       517,200

January                  104,686           -796         4,459       101,023
February                 108,098           -906         5,259       103,745
March                    105,029           -512         4,820       100,721
April (R)                110,059           -776         4,771       106,064
May                      110,834           -547         5,733       105,647
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2007                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,967,853         10,892       330,979     1,625,983
Jan.- May                795,528          4,730       122,377       668,422

January                  156,465            543        24,673       131,249
February                 155,450            475        21,352       133,623
March                    161,766          1,417        24,772       135,578
April                    159,964          1,173        25,205       133,586
May                      161,883          1,122        26,375       134,386
June                     163,528            641        26,551       136,336

July                     165,296          1,081        27,241       136,974
August                   165,196          1,035        27,651       136,509
September                166,207          1,094        28,127       136,985
October                  168,084            876        29,977       137,232
November                 172,664            632        33,937       138,096
December                 171,350            804        35,117       135,429

2008                                                                       

Jan.- May                895,166          6,382       190,605       698,178

January                  174,833            794        39,263       134,776
February                 180,580          1,657        37,883       141,040
March                    173,432          1,584        35,027       136,821
April (R)                183,009          1,590        39,545       141,873
May                      183,312            756        38,887       143,668
June                                                                       

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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 A-1 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-104, BEA-08-33), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, May 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
