                                        
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
January 2007 to July 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.- July              -477,044        -14,933      -156,552      -305,559

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.- July              -502,235        -13,237      -245,975      -243,023

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                    -72,950         -2,366       -34,774       -35,809
May                      -72,111         -1,300       -32,837       -37,974
June (R)                 -71,267         -1,465       -37,336       -32,467

July                     -74,874         -1,856       -43,392       -29,626
August                                                                     
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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.- July               647,308         -8,482        19,617       636,173

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.- July               775,901         -5,121        41,244       739,779

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                    110,059           -776         4,771       106,064
May                      110,998           -546         6,005       105,538
June (R)                 116,255           -758         7,895       109,118

July                     120,776           -827         8,034       113,569
August                                                                     
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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.- July             1,124,352          6,451       176,169       941,732

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.- July             1,278,136          8,116       287,219       982,802

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                    183,009          1,590        39,545       141,873
May                      183,109            754        38,843       143,512
June (R)                 187,523            707        45,231       141,585

July                     195,651          1,029        51,426       143,195
August                                                                     
September                                                                  
October                                                                    
November                                                                   
December                                                                   
                                                   

(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-08-137, BEA-08-40), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, July 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
