                                                                           
Part A: 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
            Total
            Balance of               Total        Foods,                                 Automotive
            Payments    Net          Census       Feeds,       Industrial   Capital      Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
Period      Basis       Adjustments  Basis (1)    Beverages    Supplies (2) Goods        etc.         Goods        Goods

2008                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  2,137,608      33,967    2,103,641       88,997      779,481      453,743      231,242      481,643       68,536

January       170,805       2,455      168,350        7,320       62,839       35,854       19,060       37,827        5,450
February      168,295       3,225      165,070        6,909       57,358       35,767       22,186       37,712        5,138
March         174,482       3,287      171,194        7,352       61,603       38,661       21,296       36,607        5,676
April         185,565       3,450      182,115        7,510       68,680       39,448       22,161       38,418        5,899
May           185,719       2,763      182,956        7,637       70,580       38,527       20,432       40,042        5,739
June          192,957       2,840      190,117        7,404       76,595       39,676       20,741       39,981        5,720

July          205,859       3,245      202,614        7,534       85,873       40,535       18,667       43,634        6,371
August        192,794       2,919      189,875        7,382       77,380       37,872       18,536       43,028        5,677
September     183,779       3,590      180,189        7,302       65,131       39,423       17,671       44,796        5,865
October       188,411       2,529      185,882        7,933       66,349       39,316       19,014       47,262        6,008
November      149,620       2,105      147,515        7,245       46,077       34,206       16,770       37,472        5,745
December      139,321       1,558      137,763        7,470       41,016       34,457       14,707       34,864        5,249

2009                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  1,575,400      15,776    1,559,625       81,604      462,512      369,336      157,629      428,379       60,165

January       123,803       1,388      122,415        6,930       37,232       29,638       10,117       33,702        4,795
February      110,112       1,100      109,012        6,236       30,717       26,801        9,847       30,503        4,908
March         122,474       1,116      121,359        7,090       34,336       30,714       11,240       33,001        4,978
April         120,096       1,200      118,896        6,770       34,180       28,662       10,891       33,588        4,804
May           117,371       1,029      116,341        6,721       33,831       27,825        9,902       33,367        4,697
June          128,341       1,168      127,173        7,025       39,291       30,645       11,295       34,035        4,884

July          136,895       1,199      135,696        6,801       41,556       31,628       12,310       37,814        5,587
August        132,836       1,565      131,272        6,487       39,696       30,163       14,068       36,207        4,651
September     142,389       1,385      141,004        6,418       42,673       31,855       15,566       39,114        5,377
October       148,631       1,604      147,027        7,068       41,391       33,440       17,645       42,256        5,226
November      144,857       1,533      143,324        6,777       41,888       33,017       17,121       39,390        5,132
December      147,596       1,490      146,106        7,280       45,721       34,949       17,626       35,402        5,127

2010                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  1,934,555      21,395    1,913,160       91,730      602,663      449,178      225,049      483,268       61,272

January       138,399       1,674      136,725        7,088       45,804       30,598       14,928       33,502        4,805
February      135,477       1,579      133,898        6,620       43,216       30,004       15,717       33,481        4,859
March         159,403       1,675      157,728        8,026       51,544       36,149       19,395       37,191        5,424
April         154,757       1,593      153,163        7,463       52,390       35,451       17,988       35,207        4,665
May           157,819       1,695      156,124        7,708       51,442       35,936       18,368       38,176        4,494
June          170,186       1,864      168,321        7,912       52,458       39,813       20,171       42,663        5,304

July          165,616       1,755      163,861        7,501       52,701       38,487       17,366       42,717        5,088
August        172,852       1,886      170,966        7,679       53,030       39,492       20,294       45,292        5,179
September     168,900       1,823      167,078        7,482       49,811       40,316       19,306       44,960        5,202
October       172,221       1,982      170,239        7,789       48,220       40,149       21,156       47,486        5,439
November      170,643       1,879      168,765        8,083       48,969       41,889       20,606       43,854        5,364
December      168,283       1,990      166,293        8,378       53,078       40,894       19,754       38,740        5,449
                                                                           

(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 FT900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900
or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                                           
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2010 (CB-11-97, BEA-11-27), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148)
or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
