                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         January 2008 TO December 2009
                                        
     (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

2008                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -840,252        -24,053      -386,099      -430,099

January                  -73,922         -1,839       -35,160       -36,924
February                 -73,349         -3,003       -31,598       -38,748
March                    -71,574         -2,457       -31,242       -37,876
April                    -74,567         -2,533       -35,045       -36,989
May                      -73,709         -1,500       -33,731       -38,478
June                     -73,220         -1,673       -36,741       -34,805

July                     -77,248         -2,107       -41,835       -33,307
August                   -72,179         -1,999       -35,549       -34,631
September                -71,662         -2,132       -32,689       -36,841
October                  -71,393         -1,788       -33,777       -35,828
November                 -54,269         -1,745       -19,820       -32,704
December                 -53,159         -1,277       -18,913       -32,969

2009                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -516,974        -15,784      -204,306      -296,884

January (R)              -47,590         -1,134       -14,940       -31,516
February (R)             -37,200         -1,186       -13,193       -22,822
March (R)                -39,210         -1,491       -14,551       -23,169
April (R)                -39,910         -1,174       -14,941       -23,796
May (R)                  -37,219         -1,296       -13,316       -22,607
June (R)                 -38,322         -1,220       -17,285       -19,817

July (R)                 -42,742         -1,304       -17,818       -23,620
August(R)                -41,988         -1,163       -16,571       -24,254
September (R)            -47,371         -1,138       -20,531       -25,702
October (R)              -45,165         -1,822       -17,795       -25,548
November (R)             -48,421         -1,365       -19,906       -27,150
December                 -51,835         -1,492       -23,460       -26,883
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2008                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,276,994        -10,448        67,181     1,220,261

January                  103,776           -893         4,393       100,276
February                 106,795         -1,146         5,303       102,639
March                    105,066           -729         4,868       100,926
April                    108,969           -790         4,969       104,790
May                      109,523           -612         5,963       104,173
June                     114,384           -753         7,972       107,165

July                     117,227           -932         7,874       110,284
August                   114,661         -1,216         8,125       107,752
September                106,025           -610         4,776       101,860
October                  103,831           -929         4,909        99,851
November                  97,545           -978         4,370        94,152
December                  89,193           -860         3,660        86,393

2009                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,045,575        -11,320        49,234     1,007,661

January (R)               82,356           -716         3,401        79,671
February (R)              84,268           -832         3,058        82,042
March (R)                 82,485         -1,060         3,119        80,427
April (R)                 79,914           -766         3,049        77,631
May (R)                   81,992           -985         4,069        78,908
June (R)                  83,963           -972         4,324        80,611

July (R)                  86,677         -1,053         4,498        83,232
August (R)                86,758           -728         4,538        82,948
September (R)             90,211           -773         4,953        86,031
October (R)               93,382         -1,353         4,996        89,739
November (R)              94,461           -948         4,579        90,830
December                  99,107         -1,134         4,650        95,591
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2008                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             2,117,245         13,605       453,280     1,650,360

January                  177,698            946        39,553       137,199
February                 180,144          1,857        36,901       141,387
March                    176,640          1,728        36,110       138,802
April                    183,536          1,743        40,014       141,779
May                      183,232            888        39,694       142,650
June                     187,603            921        44,713       141,970

July                     194,475          1,174        49,710       143,591
August                   186,840            784        43,674       142,383
September                177,687          1,522        37,464       138,701
October                  175,224            858        38,686       135,680
November                 151,813            767        24,190       126,856
December                 142,352            417        22,572       119,363

2009                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,562,549          4,464       253,539     1,304,546

January (R)              129,946            418        18,341       111,187
February (R)             121,468            354        16,251       104,864
March (R)                121,695            430        17,670       103,595
April (R)                119,824            408        17,990       101,426
May (R)                  119,211            311        17,384       101,515
June (R)                 122,285            248        21,609       100,428

July (R)                 129,419            251        22,316       106,852
August (R)               128,746            434        21,109       107,203
September (R)            137,582            366        25,484       111,733
October (R)              138,548            469        22,791       115,287
November (R)             142,882            417        24,485       117,980
December                 150,942            358        28,110       122,475
                                                  

(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" in the SITC.

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-10-20, BEA-10-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2009.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
