                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9a. REAL IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
Chained (2005) Dollars

In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding.
The values in this exhibit reflecting revisions to the source information for monthly deflators. 
(-)Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown.

                               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)

2009                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,480,092      66,496     407,337     383,941     150,809     408,758      56,726       6,025

January              127,091       5,568      38,770      32,605      10,739      34,207       4,706         496
February             120,674       5,565      35,338      31,101      10,055      32,929       5,072         614
March                121,187       5,595      35,383      31,155       9,976      33,887       4,567         625
April                118,760       5,518      33,255      30,203      10,215      34,298       4,557         714
May                  116,114       5,496      32,183      29,967       9,803      33,279       4,695         692
June                 116,215       5,513      32,460      30,230      10,672      32,153       4,506         680

July                 123,002       5,638      33,382      31,572      12,760      33,952       5,071         627
August               120,825       5,483      32,244      31,268      13,521      33,324       4,469         516
September            126,090       5,467      33,569      32,579      15,055      33,957       4,974         490
October              127,910       5,567      33,263      33,480      15,472      35,068       4,758         303
November             129,810       5,487      33,673      34,106      15,735      36,003       4,564         241
December             132,414       5,601      33,818      35,674      16,805      35,701       4,786          28

2010                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,698,217      69,013     430,337     469,518     214,036     461,807      56,096      -2,589

January              130,319       5,766      33,873      34,988      15,882      34,818       4,713         278
February             133,510       5,665      34,737      35,656      15,900      36,464       4,825         263
March                136,518       5,725      35,530      36,369      16,789      37,087       4,758         259
April                136,719       5,671      36,111      37,765      16,722      35,915       4,240         294
May                  140,453       5,720      36,034      38,783      18,005      37,706       4,294         -89
June                 145,788       5,852      36,519      39,560      18,959      40,428       4,776        -305

July                 143,887       5,829      36,849      39,317      18,246      39,179       4,561         -94
August               147,590       5,825      37,265      40,350      19,013      40,546       4,873        -282
September            146,160       5,852      36,248      41,842      18,460      39,760       4,620        -622
October              146,110       5,673      35,820      40,899      18,768      40,793       4,875        -718
November             144,632       5,715      35,110      42,136      18,539      39,287       4,785        -940
December             146,531       5,719      36,242      41,854      18,752      39,824       4,775        -634

2011                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,802,840      71,094     438,023     531,849     235,413     483,488      56,905     -13,932

January              151,414       5,888      38,121      43,478      20,027      39,828       4,453        -381
February             146,550       5,872      35,292      41,450      19,145      41,493       4,401      -1,104
March                149,944       5,602      37,364      42,839      19,911      40,017       4,791        -580
April                147,526       5,666      35,786      43,460      17,703      41,408       4,775      -1,272
May                  149,624       5,827      37,128      44,382      17,841      40,435       4,739        -726
June                 149,555       6,007      36,573      44,109      17,983      40,666       5,160        -944

July                 150,963       5,780      36,593      44,641      20,515      40,381       4,358      -1,305
August               149,213       5,860      35,766      44,533      19,740      39,715       5,071      -1,471
September            150,498       6,013      36,385      44,684      20,531      39,515       4,616      -1,246
October              151,462       6,248      36,080      45,806      20,009      40,310       4,618      -1,609
November             152,096       6,173      36,435      45,641      20,696      39,582       5,025      -1,457
December             153,994       6,157      36,499      46,827      21,311      40,140       4,896      -1,838
                                                                           

For historical time series (1994 - present), see http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/index.html.
(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.
                                                                          
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2011 (CB-12-103, BEA-12-24), 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.
