                                        
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 September 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.          -698,493        -125,010        -577,731           4,248
Jan.- Sep.          -528,932         -95,083        -435,315           1,466

January              -61,359         -11,657         -48,934            -768
February             -58,327         -11,606         -45,799            -921
March                -58,517         -10,296         -48,623             402
April                -58,276          -9,755         -49,429             907
May                  -58,576         -10,588         -47,965             -23
June                 -57,552         -10,287         -47,662             398

July                 -59,269         -10,287         -49,408             427
August               -58,937         -10,544         -48,616             223
September            -58,120         -10,063         -48,879             822
October              -55,979          -9,425         -47,921           1,368
November             -55,443         -10,005         -46,283             845
December             -58,139         -10,496         -48,212             570

2007                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.          -654,792        -121,078        -545,171          11,457
Jan.- Sep.          -500,324         -91,513        -417,148           8,337

January              -57,359         -11,502         -45,552            -305
February             -58,284          -9,949         -49,287             951
March                -59,935         -11,040         -49,122             227
April                -56,673         -10,243         -47,152             721
May                  -55,202         -10,150         -45,864             812
June                 -55,457          -9,921         -46,732           1,196

July                 -53,081          -9,575         -45,093           1,587
August               -51,972          -9,487         -44,130           1,645
September            -52,361          -9,647         -44,216           1,502
October              -51,832          -9,744         -43,407           1,319
November             -52,466          -9,911         -43,638           1,083
December             -50,170          -9,911         -40,978             718

2008                                                                        

Jan.- Sep.          -402,376         -81,616        -340,024          19,264

January              -50,138         -11,056         -37,882          -1,200
February             -50,908         -10,245         -41,290             627
March                -47,217          -8,972         -40,157           1,913
April  (R)           -46,990          -9,540         -38,867           1,417
May    (R)           -43,970          -8,131         -39,960           4,121
June   (R)           -40,492          -8,447         -34,998           2,953

July   (R)           -41,194          -9,279         -33,013           1,098
August (R)           -39,411          -7,867         -36,139           4,596
September            -42,057          -8,079         -37,718           3,741
October                                                                     
November                                                                    
December                                                                    
                                        

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

2006                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.           924,341          13,458         911,978          -1,094
Jan.- Sep.           685,632           9,810         676,993          -1,171

January               74,089             951          73,364            -226
February              74,828           1,000          74,019            -191
March                 75,846           1,103          74,847            -105
April                 75,347           1,192          74,154               1
May                   75,948           1,023          75,146            -220
June                  77,603           1,025          76,830            -252

July                  75,809           1,079          74,871            -142
August                77,714             966          77,087            -339
September             78,449           1,472          76,673             303
October               79,219           1,361          77,689             170
November              80,050           1,232          78,782              35
December              79,441           1,055          78,514            -128

2007                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.           998,071          14,884         982,922             264
Jan.- Sep.           739,826          10,743         729,313            -229

January               80,269           1,239          78,995              35
February              78,666           1,142          77,555             -31
March                 80,365           1,119          79,325             -79
April                 80,117           1,082          79,152            -117
May                   81,674           1,150          80,588             -64
June                  82,572           1,236          81,311              24

July                  84,804           1,240          83,575             -11
August                85,545           1,292          84,214              39
September             85,814           1,242          84,598             -26
October               86,074           1,245          84,858             -28
November              86,049           1,415          84,423             211
December              86,122           1,482          84,329             311

2008                                                                        

Jan.- Sep.           814,031          15,134         793,585           5,311

January               87,745           1,481          85,992             272
February              90,007           1,819          87,456             732
March                 85,013           1,462          83,264             286
April  (R)            89,795           1,385          88,394              16
May    (R)            90,051           1,631          87,928             492
June   (R)            93,316           1,950          90,283           1,083

July   (R)            95,141           1,852          92,517             772
August (R)            95,202           2,211          91,389           1,601
September             87,761           1,342          86,362              57
October                                                                     
November                                                                    
December                                                                    
                                        
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Imports
                   Total
                   Census                          Non-            Residual
Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum       (2)

2006                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,622,834         138,468       1,489,708          -5,342
Jan.- Sep.         1,214,564         104,893       1,112,308          -2,637

January              135,448          12,608         122,298             542
February             133,155          12,606         119,818             731
March                134,362          11,399         123,470            -507
April                133,624          10,946         123,583            -906
May                  134,524          11,611         123,110            -197
June                 135,154          11,312         124,493            -650

July                 135,077          11,367         124,279            -569
August               136,651          11,509         125,703            -562
September            136,569          11,535         125,552            -519
October              135,197          10,786         125,610          -1,198
November             135,493          11,237         125,065            -809
December             137,580          11,551         126,726            -697

2007                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,652,863         135,962       1,528,093         -11,193
Jan.- Sep.         1,240,150         102,255       1,146,461          -8,566

January              137,628          12,741         124,547             341
February             136,951          11,091         126,842            -982
March                140,300          12,159         128,447            -306
April                136,789          11,324         126,303            -838
May                  136,876          11,299         126,452            -876
June                 138,029          11,157         128,043          -1,172

July                 137,885          10,816         128,668          -1,599
August               137,518          10,779         128,345          -1,606
September            138,175          10,890         128,813          -1,529
October              137,905          10,988         128,265          -1,347
November             138,515          11,326         128,061            -872
December             136,293          11,393         125,307            -407

2008                                                                        

Jan.- Sep.         1,216,407          96,750       1,133,609         -13,953

January              137,883          12,536         123,874           1,472
February             140,915          12,064         128,746             105
March                132,229          10,434         123,421          -1,627
April  (R)           136,785          10,925         127,260          -1,401
May    (R)           134,022           9,762         127,888          -3,629
June   (R)           133,808          10,397         125,281          -1,870

July   (R)           136,335          11,131         125,530            -326
August (R)           134,613          10,079         127,528          -2,995
September            129,817           9,422         124,080          -3,684
October                                                                     
November                                                                    
December                                                                    
                                                  

(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 A-1 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-08-166, BEA-08-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
