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Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 5a.  Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category

 In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and 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         153,740         821     152,919       6,167      50,616      33,896      22,137      35,148       4,955
February        149,289         693     148,596       5,938      48,921      32,904      21,170      34,834       4,829
March           151,590         831     150,759       6,298      47,264      34,714      20,851      36,773       4,859
April           152,002         723     151,278       6,182      48,951      34,419      21,218      35,712       4,797
May             155,735         739     154,996       6,041      52,507      34,548      21,129      35,943       4,828
June            156,060         781     155,279       6,053      51,043      34,550      21,774      36,897       4,962
July            157,031         798     156,232       6,146      52,719      35,123      20,666      36,697       4,881
August          160,703         864     159,838       6,354      54,719      35,525      21,136      37,171       4,934
September       158,627         714     157,913       6,318      52,448      35,414      21,106      37,673       4,954
October         154,187         776     153,411       6,433      47,445      35,497      20,985      37,831       5,220
November        155,149         743     154,406       6,465      46,882      35,840      21,317      38,824       5,077
December        158,960         648     158,312       6,542      48,474      35,829      23,140      39,136       5,190

2007
Jan.- Dec.    1,969,375      12,413   1,956,962      81,683     634,746     444,508     259,239     474,552      62,234
January         157,568         661     156,908       6,583      48,890      36,375      21,254      38,812       4,994
February        155,106         549     154,557       6,576      44,966      36,768      20,870      40,166       5,211
March           162,897       1,535     161,362       6,842      50,449      36,541      21,666      40,815       5,049
April           159,746       1,339     158,407       6,628      50,529      36,007      21,103      39,252       4,889
May             161,260       1,277     159,982       6,680      52,101      36,379      20,717      38,996       5,110
June            162,288         757     161,531       6,697      52,068      37,046      21,300      39,286       5,134
July            163,447       1,212     162,235       6,840      52,485      36,929      22,039      38,738       5,204
August          164,167       1,157     163,009       6,903      52,987      37,054      22,020      38,763       5,282
September       166,461       1,216     165,245       6,948      53,805      37,747      22,286      39,230       5,229
October         169,038         996     168,043       6,901      55,895      37,638      22,525      39,731       5,352
November        173,690         790     172,900       7,137      59,439      37,923      22,343      40,557       5,501
December        173,707         924     172,783       6,949      61,132      38,101      21,116      40,206       5,279

2008
Jan.- Dec.    2,117,245      13,605   2,103,641      88,997     779,481     453,743     233,764     481,643      66,013
January         177,698         946     176,752       7,168      65,367      37,892      21,226      39,763       5,337
February        180,144       1,857     178,287       7,201      63,681      38,570      22,313      41,225       5,297
March           176,640       1,728     174,912       7,178      63,503      38,386      20,159      40,130       5,556
April           183,536       1,743     181,793       7,419      68,007      39,088      21,208      40,450       5,621
May             183,232         888     182,344       7,580      67,977      39,368      20,390      41,513       5,516
June            187,603         921     186,683       7,438      73,220      38,538      20,459      41,438       5,589
July            194,475       1,174     193,301       7,518      79,901      38,743      20,268      40,966       5,905
August          186,840         784     186,057       7,751      73,407      37,999      19,316      41,954       5,630
September       177,687       1,522     176,166       7,561      65,894      38,447      18,564      40,090       5,610
October         175,224         858     174,365       7,648      66,084      37,206      17,918      40,061       5,449
November        151,813         767     151,046       7,371      48,849      35,367      16,714      37,356       5,390
December        142,352         417     141,935       7,165      43,591      34,140      15,230      36,697       5,113

(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.
