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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
2007
Jan.- Dec.    1,983,558      26,596   1,956,962      81,683     634,746     444,508     256,666     474,552      64,806
January         157,674       1,674     156,000       6,602      48,405      36,132      21,001      38,715       5,146
February        156,560       1,463     155,097       6,625      45,492      36,677      20,688      40,260       5,355
March           164,398       2,591     161,806       6,860      50,396      36,646      21,596      40,991       5,318
April           162,054       2,399     159,655       6,678      50,803      36,299      21,261      39,434       5,179
May             163,279       2,229     161,050       6,686      52,513      36,641      21,046      38,773       5,391
June            164,983       1,846     163,137       6,706      52,386      37,448      21,661      39,523       5,412
July            166,068       2,389     163,679       6,835      52,973      37,166      22,440      38,923       5,341
August          165,760       2,316     163,444       6,907      53,079      37,222      21,893      38,885       5,457
September       167,276       2,393     164,883       6,937      53,659      37,841      21,668      39,349       5,428
October         169,392       2,524     166,868       6,854      55,491      37,551      21,729      39,725       5,520
November        173,874       2,272     171,602       7,125      59,231      37,586      21,681      40,236       5,743
December        172,240       2,499     169,741       6,868      60,318      37,299      20,002      39,737       5,517
2008
Jan.- Dec.    2,139,548      35,907   2,103,641      88,997     779,481     453,743     231,242     481,643      68,536
January         177,679       2,585     175,094       7,195      64,386      37,584      20,881      39,485       5,564
February        182,670       3,349     179,322       7,290      64,764      38,464      22,051      41,358       5,396
March           178,758       3,467     175,291       7,208      63,318      38,456      20,124      40,400       5,783
April           187,001       3,606     183,395       7,467      68,414      39,444      21,419      40,756       5,894
May             186,854       2,930     183,924       7,593      68,586      39,806      20,992      41,171       5,775
June            191,448       3,032     188,416       7,452      73,310      39,019      21,099      41,710       5,826
July            198,368       3,446     194,921       7,508      80,530      39,000      20,613      41,147       6,124
August          189,751       3,094     186,657       7,749      73,587      38,191      19,053      42,200       5,878
September       179,269       3,751     175,518       7,532      65,550      38,484      17,869      40,326       5,757
October         175,731       2,699     173,032       7,603      65,664      37,180      17,010      39,920       5,655
November        151,723       2,262     149,461       7,350      48,583      34,869      16,002      37,055       5,604
December        140,295       1,686     138,609       7,050      42,789      33,247      14,128      36,116       5,280
2009
Jan.- Dec.    1,575,443      15,818   1,559,625      81,604     462,512     369,336     157,629     428,379      60,165
January         130,197       1,386     128,811       6,929      38,115      31,696      11,316      35,808       4,946
February        122,610       1,076     121,533       6,795      34,584      29,960      10,098      34,752       5,343
March           123,435       1,132     122,303       6,808      34,739      29,834      10,558      35,396       4,969
April           122,050       1,183     120,867       6,774      33,944      29,057      10,583      35,758       4,751
May             120,656       1,023     119,633       6,791      33,110      29,277      10,458      35,163       4,835
June            124,821       1,146     123,675       6,818      37,127      29,292      11,442      34,087       4,911
July            131,979       1,197     130,782       6,825      38,841      30,456      13,786      35,591       5,282
August          130,716       1,566     129,150       6,698      37,561      30,274      14,617      35,155       4,844
September       138,282       1,373     136,909       6,679      42,671      31,139      15,650      35,514       5,256
October         139,193       1,641     137,552       6,843      41,020      32,023      15,998      36,679       4,989
November        142,792       1,571     141,221       6,725      43,353      32,609      16,098      37,520       4,917
December        148,713       1,524     147,189       6,919      47,446      33,718      17,026      36,958       5,122
(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.
