                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9A. REAL IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
(2005 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS BASIS)

In millions of dollars.  The values in this Exhibit are subject to 
periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information
for monthly deflators

                               End-Use Commodity Category

                   Total       Foods,                              Automotive
                   Census      Feeds, &    Industrial  Capital     Vehicles    Consumer    Other       Residual
Period             Basis(1)    Beverages   Supplies(2) Goods       etc.        Goods       Goods       (3)

2008                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,744,243      71,095     484,643     450,670     222,608     459,318      61,361      -5,451

January              151,616       5,985      43,772      37,778      20,494      38,339       5,097         151
February             154,217       6,090      43,372      38,683      21,681      39,815       4,934        -359
March                147,129       5,871      40,061      38,555      19,710      38,694       5,216        -979
April                149,853       5,990      40,799      39,181      20,601      38,984       5,298        -999
May                  146,826       6,006      38,873      39,163      20,045      39,264       5,156      -1,681
June                 145,549       5,810      38,765      38,412      19,647      39,309       5,114      -1,507

July                 148,525       5,807      41,016      38,445      19,331      38,899       5,334        -306
August               144,876       5,932      39,339      37,552      18,017      39,689       5,131        -785
September            141,012       5,886      37,691      38,073      17,177      38,326       5,079      -1,219
October              145,454       5,994      42,456      36,866      16,355      37,860       5,043         879
November             136,321       6,074      38,804      34,663      15,662      35,402       5,136         580
December             132,865       5,652      39,693      33,298      13,886      34,737       4,824         775

2009                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,471,248      66,503     407,895     369,513     150,787     409,740      56,084      10,727

January              127,399       5,484      39,708      31,579      10,993      34,390       4,520         725
February             120,589       5,580      36,171      29,966       9,860      33,165       4,946         902
March                121,302       5,617      35,820      30,020      10,295      33,956       4,641         953
April                118,234       5,520      33,446      29,056      10,212      34,456       4,512       1,032
May                  114,727       5,479      31,129      29,047       9,873      33,606       4,591       1,003
June                 115,122       5,543      32,040      29,105      10,525      32,250       4,594       1,064

July                 122,034       5,672      33,123      30,449      12,840      33,953       4,983       1,014
August               119,007       5,499      31,058      30,195      13,680      33,287       4,515         774
September            125,752       5,485      34,275      31,135      14,924      33,970       4,901       1,062
October              126,791       5,568      33,269      32,177      15,314      35,064       4,618         779
November             128,024       5,473      32,982      32,707      15,653      36,010       4,594         604
December             132,267       5,582      34,873      34,076      16,619      35,630       4,669         817

2010                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,685,851      69,000     430,987     450,859     214,000     461,823      55,357       3,825

January              130,230       5,687      34,164      33,713      16,301      35,002       4,582         782
February             133,469       5,682      35,721      34,078      15,652      36,663       4,661       1,012
March                137,629       5,742      36,938      34,824      17,302      37,111       4,654       1,057
April                135,826       5,676      36,118      36,275      16,684      36,013       4,246         813
May                  139,354       5,706      35,316      37,637      18,241      38,046       4,253         155
June                 144,108       5,874      36,166      38,059      18,566      40,563       4,776         104

July                 142,481       5,870      36,275      37,848      18,472      39,264       4,499         253
August               145,593       5,841      36,518      38,806      19,173      40,372       4,829          55
September            144,948       5,873      36,647      39,890      18,321      39,561       4,572          83
October              143,501       5,669      35,069      39,283      18,436      40,605       4,770        -330
November (R)         143,233       5,695      35,254      40,395      18,320      39,156       4,694        -281
December             145,479       5,685      36,802      40,051      18,531      39,467       4,821         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.
(3) The "residual" represents the difference between total 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 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.
