                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 5A. IMPORTS OF GOOD BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY

(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustments and 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       177,993       2,581      175,412        7,157       64,207       37,703       21,162       39,656        5,528
February      182,938       3,442      179,496        7,246       64,456       38,649       22,406       41,345        5,394
March         178,511       3,385      175,126        7,172       62,791       38,580       20,414       40,397        5,772
April         186,249       3,473      182,776        7,447       67,627       39,461       21,388       40,918        5,934
May           186,556       2,789      183,767        7,538       68,767       39,555       20,810       41,279        5,818
June          189,761       2,797      186,963        7,440       73,155       38,755       20,415       41,377        5,821

July          197,445       3,110      194,334        7,521       80,669       38,895       20,115       41,012        6,124
August        189,049       2,788      186,261        7,756       73,990       37,999       18,790       41,874        5,852
September     179,356       3,523      175,833        7,593       65,723       38,495       17,890       40,395        5,736
October       176,485       2,417      174,067        7,634       66,559       37,252       17,085       39,888        5,649
November      152,438       2,067      150,372        7,411       48,973       34,897       16,316       37,130        5,646
December      140,829       1,595      139,234        7,082       42,566       33,502       14,453       36,371        5,260

2009                                                                                                                        

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

January       130,631       1,465      129,166        6,894       38,047       31,811       11,467       36,048        4,898
February      122,771       1,226      121,545        6,755       34,373       30,083       10,276       34,740        5,318
March         123,325       1,168      122,158        6,755       34,352       29,951       10,715       35,440        4,946
April         121,945       1,217      120,728        6,752       33,544       29,040       10,613       35,980        4,798
May           120,185       1,060      119,124        6,712       33,112       29,016       10,277       35,115        4,891
June          123,673       1,156      122,517        6,808       37,087       29,040       10,972       33,707        4,904

July          131,469       1,153      130,316        6,837       38,939       30,384       13,402       35,454        5,299
August        130,043       1,488      128,555        6,725       37,793       30,141       14,315       34,761        4,820
September     138,303       1,329      136,974        6,738       42,797       31,086       15,631       35,478        5,244
October       140,006       1,499      138,508        6,892       41,781       32,117       16,073       36,673        4,972
November      143,820       1,491      142,329        6,793       43,755       32,666       16,440       37,693        4,982
December      149,228       1,523      147,706        6,944       46,931       33,999       17,447       37,291        5,093

2010                                                                                                                        

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

January       148,537       1,713      146,825        7,204       47,162       33,644       17,089       36,690        5,037
February      151,738       1,716      150,022        7,195       48,916       33,978       16,408       38,398        5,127
March         157,129       1,706      155,423        7,443       51,173       34,625       18,104       38,953        5,124
April         156,627       1,611      155,016        7,455       51,447       36,071       17,499       37,847        4,697
May           160,995       1,738      159,257        7,612       50,314       37,468       19,133       40,009        4,721
June          164,290       1,855      162,435        7,695       49,585       37,837       19,472       42,570        5,277

July          161,966       1,698      160,268        7,665       49,532       37,608       19,412       41,092        4,959
August        166,137       1,815      164,322        7,817       50,206       38,618       20,185       42,167        5,330
September     165,233       1,786      163,447        7,899       50,059       39,765       19,320       41,347        5,057
October       164,901       1,893      163,008        7,751       49,085       39,220       19,480       42,183        5,288
November      166,289       1,850      164,439        7,939       50,703       40,329       19,383       40,839        5,245
December      170,713       2,016      168,698        8,055       54,481       40,013       19,566       41,173        5,410
                                                                           

(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.
