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Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
 Exhibit 9a.  Real Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category 2005 Chain-weighted Dollars

In millions of dollars.  The values in this exhibit are subject to periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source
information for monthly deflators.  (-)  Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown.

                          End-Use Commodity Category
   Period    Total Census Foods, Feeds,Industrial SuCapital GoodsAutomotive VeConsumer Good Other Goods Residual (3)
2006
Jan.-Dec.        1,769,764       72,077      523,056      422,073      255,471      439,952       57,925         -790
January            148,323        5,913       45,958       34,223       22,142       35,094        4,847          145
February           144,646        5,853       44,764       33,215       21,156       34,763        4,752          142
March              147,343        6,188       43,734       35,056       20,845       36,751        4,793          -24
April              145,538        6,121       43,047       34,792       21,179       35,713        4,727          -43
May                146,201        5,864       43,711       34,935       21,072       35,874        4,715           30
June               146,306        5,895       42,478       34,864       21,673       36,780        4,832         -216
July               145,950        5,985       42,958       35,423       20,532       36,409        4,747         -103
August             148,583        6,020       44,130       35,829       20,997       36,847        4,776          -16
September          148,817        5,972       44,063       35,740       20,967       37,330        4,788          -43
October            147,934        6,085       42,873       35,802       20,812       37,445        5,078         -161
November           148,822        6,083       42,441       36,128       21,149       38,366        4,892         -237
December           151,301        6,098       42,899       36,065       22,946       38,579        4,978         -264

2007
Jan.-Dec.        1,802,819       72,791      507,766      447,412      255,469      464,724       58,912       -4,255
January            151,088        6,059       44,505       36,588       21,068       38,184        4,791         -108
February           148,999        6,057       41,005       37,112       20,661       39,515        4,996         -347
March              154,031        6,316       44,488       36,941       21,448       40,137        4,826         -124
April              148,857        6,020       42,442       36,472       20,882       38,612        4,658         -229
May                148,579        6,013       42,350       36,785       20,488       38,333        4,842         -232
June               149,304        6,033       41,798       37,394       21,050       38,589        4,854         -414
July               148,604        6,090       41,175       37,202       21,761       37,962        4,921         -507
August             148,963        6,115       41,487       37,228       21,722       37,859        5,001         -449
September          150,852        6,045       42,176       37,895       21,943       38,281        4,952         -440
October            151,160        5,928       42,095       37,753       22,119       38,727        5,033         -495
November           151,800        6,143       41,900       37,951       21,809       39,461        5,129         -594
December           150,581        5,971       42,347       38,092       20,517       39,063        4,909         -317

2008
Jan.-Dec.        1,742,526       70,850      484,153      450,683      225,022      459,288       59,059       -6,529
January            152,689        5,987       44,495       37,964       20,558       38,441        4,918          327
February           153,083        6,046       42,778       38,600       21,592       39,698        4,842         -474
March              146,850        5,871       40,449       38,355       19,465       38,436        5,017         -742
April              148,898        5,961       40,948       38,806       20,427       38,536        5,014         -794
May                145,530        6,034       38,347       38,975       19,641       39,487        4,886       -1,839
June               145,177        5,802       38,722       38,196       19,690       39,364        4,908       -1,504
July               147,587        5,799       40,547       38,296       19,479       38,852        5,140         -525
August             144,541        5,901       38,959       37,554       18,522       39,761        4,932       -1,087
September          141,103        5,826       37,719       38,051       17,824       38,034        4,963       -1,315
October            145,445        5,968       42,059       36,819       17,153       38,021        4,859          566
November           136,558        6,002       38,585       35,129       16,042       35,615        4,898          288
December           135,064        5,653       40,546       33,938       14,630       35,044        4,683          571

(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.
(3) The "residual" represents the difference between total Census Basis exports or imports, and the sum of the components. For additional information,
see www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/priceadj.html.
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.
