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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)
2007
Jan.-Dec.        1,803,109       72,717      508,027      447,464      252,954      464,707       61,334       -4,094
January            150,242        6,077       44,087       36,349       20,818       38,089        4,936         -115
February           149,548        6,102       41,508       37,025       20,481       39,608        5,134         -311
March              154,477        6,334       44,462       37,052       21,379       40,310        5,083         -142
April              150,057        6,065       42,695       36,772       21,039       38,791        4,935         -240
May                149,601        6,019       42,711       37,053       20,813       38,114        5,109         -217
June               150,818        6,041       42,079       37,803       21,407       38,821        5,117         -449
July               149,961        6,085       41,584       37,444       22,157       38,143        5,051         -503
August             149,394        6,119       41,585       37,400       21,596       37,978        5,167         -450
September          150,074        5,935       41,804       37,986       21,335       38,377        5,119         -482
October            150,194        5,894       41,855       37,670       21,336       38,720        5,194         -473
November           150,739        6,139       41,814       37,617       21,161       39,149        5,357         -498
December           148,004        5,907       41,842       37,294       19,433       38,607        5,133         -212
2008
Jan.-Dec.        1,743,071       70,935      484,685      450,642      222,586      459,283       61,347       -6,406
January            151,335        6,017       43,894       37,657       20,222       38,172        5,130          244
February           154,056        6,128       43,579       38,496       21,337       39,825        4,935         -243
March              147,234        5,902       40,395       38,428       19,429       38,694        5,226         -840
April              150,295        6,007       41,265       39,160       20,629       38,827        5,261         -854
May                146,885        6,051       38,763       39,409       20,219       39,161        5,118       -1,838
June               146,634        5,820       38,843       38,673       20,304       39,622        5,117       -1,746
July               148,949        5,797       40,948       38,549       19,808       39,024        5,333         -511
August             145,125        5,906       39,130       37,742       18,268       39,995        5,152       -1,067
September          140,679        5,810       37,599       38,059       17,156       38,258        5,095       -1,299
October            144,461        5,939       41,881       36,792       16,283       37,887        5,046          633
November           135,303        5,991       38,474       34,633       15,359       35,328        5,095          424
December           132,116        5,568       39,914       33,044       13,572       34,489        4,838          691
2009
Jan.-Dec.        1,470,395       65,791      408,605      369,461      150,770      409,719       56,043       10,005
January            126,960        5,454       39,823       31,463       10,847       34,158        4,560          656
February           120,501        5,553       36,438       29,842        9,688       33,174        4,966          841
March              121,361        5,601       36,263       29,900       10,143       33,911        4,659          884
April              118,254        5,479       33,866       29,069       10,181       34,240        4,465          954
May                115,099        5,485       31,148       29,304       10,044       33,648        4,535          935
June               116,127        5,492       32,113       29,354       10,975       32,611        4,597          985
July               122,390        5,601       33,083       30,517       13,206       34,084        4,963          936
August             119,493        5,418       30,911       30,323       13,966       33,664        4,535          676
September          125,635        5,378       34,227       31,182       14,940       34,005        4,910          994
October            125,855        5,469       32,710       32,076       15,241       35,069        4,632          658
November           126,978        5,360       32,725       32,643       15,325       35,844        4,531          550
December           131,741        5,501       35,300       33,788       16,215       35,312        4,692          934
(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.
