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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
2007
Jan.- Dec.     1,983,558      26,596   1,956,962      81,683     634,746     444,508     256,666     474,552      64,806
January          152,507       1,674     150,833       6,760      47,453      34,894      19,115      37,572       5,040
February         141,257       1,463     139,793       6,086      40,620      32,796      20,228      35,164       4,899
March            163,954       2,591     161,363       7,069      49,901      37,465      23,334      38,222       5,372
April            158,982       2,399     156,583       6,604      51,095      35,740      21,584      36,392       5,167
May              165,552       2,229     163,323       6,884      55,013      36,320      21,146      38,540       5,421
June             166,308       1,846     164,462       6,678      54,456      38,226      21,612      38,140       5,351
July             169,154       2,389     166,765       6,767      56,046      38,226      19,747      40,549       5,431
August           173,082       2,316     170,766       6,829      56,525      38,306      22,010      41,648       5,448
September        165,165       2,393     162,772       6,397      52,495      36,837      20,583      41,098       5,362
October          184,568       2,524     182,044       7,334      56,701      40,292      24,128      47,770       5,819
November         177,935       2,272     175,663       7,278      57,322      38,311      23,250      43,379       6,123
December         165,092       2,499     162,594       6,996      57,119      37,096      19,930      36,078       5,373
2008
Jan.- Dec.     2,139,548      35,907   2,103,641      88,997     779,481     453,743     231,242     481,643      68,536
January          170,936       2,585     168,350       7,320      62,839      35,854      19,060      37,827       5,450
February         168,418       3,349     165,070       6,909      57,358      35,767      22,186      37,712       5,138
March            174,661       3,467     171,194       7,352      61,603      38,661      21,296      36,607       5,676
April            185,721       3,606     182,115       7,510      68,680      39,448      22,161      38,418       5,899
May              185,887       2,930     182,956       7,637      70,580      38,527      20,432      40,042       5,739
June             193,149       3,032     190,117       7,404      76,595      39,676      20,741      39,981       5,720
July             206,061       3,446     202,614       7,534      85,873      40,535      18,667      43,634       6,371
August           192,969       3,094     189,875       7,382      77,380      37,872      18,536      43,028       5,677
September        183,940       3,751     180,189       7,302      65,131      39,423      17,671      44,796       5,865
October          188,582       2,699     185,882       7,933      66,349      39,316      19,014      47,262       6,008
November         149,777       2,262     147,515       7,245      46,077      34,206      16,770      37,472       5,745
December         139,449       1,686     137,763       7,470      41,016      34,457      14,707      34,864       5,249
2009
Jan.- Dec.     1,575,443      15,818   1,559,625      81,604     462,512     369,336     157,629     428,379      60,165
January          123,801       1,386     122,415       6,930      37,232      29,638      10,117      33,702       4,795
February         110,088       1,076     109,012       6,236      30,717      26,801       9,847      30,503       4,908
March            122,490       1,132     121,359       7,090      34,336      30,714      11,240      33,001       4,978
April            120,079       1,183     118,896       6,770      34,180      28,662      10,891      33,588       4,804
May              117,365       1,023     116,341       6,721      33,831      27,825       9,902      33,367       4,697
June             128,319       1,146     127,173       7,025      39,291      30,645      11,295      34,035       4,884
July             136,893       1,197     135,696       6,801      41,556      31,628      12,310      37,814       5,587
August           132,838       1,566     131,272       6,487      39,696      30,163      14,068      36,207       4,651
September        142,377       1,373     141,004       6,418      42,673      31,855      15,566      39,114       5,377
October          148,668       1,641     147,027       7,068      41,391      33,440      17,645      42,256       5,226
November         144,895       1,571     143,324       6,777      41,888      33,017      17,121      39,390       5,132
December         147,630       1,524     146,106       7,280      45,721      34,949      17,626      35,402       5,127
(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.
