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Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted

Exhibit 12a.  Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category
 In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.

                                                End-Use Commodity Category
   Period   Total BalancNet AdjustmeTotal CensusFoods, FeedsIndustrial SCapital GoodAutomotive VConsumer GooOther Goods

2006
Jan.- Dec.     1,863,072       9,133   1,853,938      74,938     601,988     418,259     256,627     442,639      59,487
January          145,382         821     144,562       6,209      48,766      31,948      19,712      33,168       4,759
February         135,395         693     134,702       5,483      44,088      29,505      20,706      30,527       4,392
March            154,871         831     154,040       6,593      47,551      36,352      23,094      35,428       5,022
April            147,642         723     146,919       6,008      48,943      33,422      21,571      32,200       4,774
May              159,903         739     159,164       6,289      55,354      34,797      21,955      35,917       4,852
June             161,268         781     160,487       6,137      53,615      36,254      22,609      36,796       5,075
July             158,567         798     157,768       5,997      55,655      35,415      18,489      37,351       4,861
August           168,422         864     167,558       6,322      58,306      36,716      21,335      39,961       4,918
September        159,184         714     158,470       5,960      51,505      35,387      19,988      40,680       4,951
October          164,804         776     164,028       6,704      47,929      37,302      22,391      44,261       5,441
November         158,032         743     157,288       6,673      45,251      36,180      22,533      41,249       5,403
December         149,600         648     148,952       6,563      45,025      34,980      22,244      35,101       5,039

2007
Jan.- Dec.     1,969,375      12,413   1,956,962      81,683     634,746     444,508     259,239     474,552      62,234
January          151,494         661     150,833       6,760      47,453      34,894      19,288      37,572       4,867
February         140,342         549     139,793       6,086      40,620      32,796      20,418      35,164       4,709
March            162,898       1,535     161,363       7,069      49,901      37,465      23,546      38,222       5,160
April            157,922       1,339     156,583       6,604      51,095      35,740      21,835      36,392       4,917
May              164,601       1,277     163,323       6,884      55,013      36,320      21,391      38,540       5,176
June             165,219         757     164,462       6,678      54,456      38,226      21,858      38,140       5,105
July             167,977       1,212     166,765       6,767      56,046      38,226      19,952      40,549       5,225
August           171,923       1,157     170,766       6,829      56,525      38,306      22,181      41,648       5,278
September        163,988       1,216     162,772       6,397      52,495      36,837      20,791      41,098       5,154
October          183,040         996     182,044       7,334      56,701      40,292      24,316      47,770       5,631
November         176,453         790     175,663       7,278      57,322      38,311      23,494      43,379       5,878
December         163,517         924     162,594       6,996      57,119      37,096      20,169      36,078       5,135

2008
Jan.- Dec.     2,117,245      13,605   2,103,641      88,997     779,481     453,743     233,764     481,643      66,013
January          169,296         946     168,350       7,320      62,839      35,854      19,259      37,827       5,251
February         166,927       1,857     165,070       6,909      57,358      35,767      22,377      37,712       4,947
March            172,922       1,728     171,194       7,352      61,603      38,661      21,489      36,607       5,483
April            183,858       1,743     182,115       7,510      68,680      39,448      22,381      38,418       5,678
May              183,844         888     182,956       7,637      70,580      38,527      20,621      40,042       5,549
June             191,038         921     190,117       7,404      76,595      39,676      20,941      39,981       5,520
July             203,789       1,174     202,614       7,534      85,873      40,535      18,942      43,634       6,096
August           190,658         784     189,875       7,382      77,380      37,872      18,776      43,028       5,437
September        181,711       1,522     180,189       7,302      65,131      39,423      17,861      44,796       5,675
October          186,740         858     185,882       7,933      66,349      39,316      19,232      47,262       5,789
November         148,282         767     147,515       7,245      46,077      34,206      16,972      37,472       5,544
December         138,180         417     137,763       7,470      41,016      34,457      14,913      34,864       5,043

(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2)  Includes petroleum and petroleum products.
NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of the
 FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
