                        PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
                        EXHIBIT 12. U. S. TRADE IN GOODS
                                        
          In millions of dollars.  Detail may not equal totals due to
                            rounding.  (R) Revised.
                                        

Trade Balance

                                  Total
                                  Balance        Total
                                  of Payments    Census
Period                            Basis          Basis

2010                                                      

Jan.- Dec.                         -645,124       -634,897

January                             -44,306        -44,124
February                            -40,676        -40,044
March                               -48,228        -47,217
April                               -51,544        -50,721
May                                 -51,265        -50,647
June                                -62,075        -61,120

July                                -60,503        -59,804
August                              -64,844        -64,120
September                           -60,577        -59,434
October                             -54,408        -53,135
November                            -56,431        -55,719
December                            -50,268        -48,813

2011                                                      

Jan.- Dec.                         -738,413       -727,392

January                             -57,569        -56,869
February                            -47,118        -46,668
March                               -54,764        -54,247
April                               -55,122        -54,333
May                                 -65,789        -64,846
June                                -69,566        -68,540

July                                -67,909        -67,024
August                              -70,747        -69,688
September                           -63,497        -62,455
October                             -62,152        -60,753
November                            -65,478        -64,364
December                            -58,702        -57,606

2012                                                      

Jan.- Dec.                         -735,702       -727,905

January                             -66,056        -65,203
February                            -48,781        -48,307
March                               -58,175        -57,359
April                               -62,579        -62,165
May                                 -67,344        -66,561
June                                -59,367        -58,686

July                                -71,207        -70,807
August                              -66,575        -66,024
September                           -58,467        -57,813
October                             -65,440        -64,616
November (R)                        -64,598        -63,861
December                            -47,114        -46,502

November data as published last month:		
				    -64,789	   -64,031
                                       
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Exports

                   Total
                   Balance                         Total
                   of Payments     Net             Census
Period             Basis           Adjustments     Basis

2010                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,288,882          10,619       1,278,263

January               93,511             911          92,601
February              94,771             917          93,854
March                111,212             701         110,511
April                103,380             938         102,443
May                  106,498           1,021         105,477
June                 108,120             918         107,202

July                 104,942             885         104,057
August               107,819             973         106,846
September            108,307             663         107,644
October              117,696             592         117,104
November             114,101           1,055         113,046
December             118,525           1,046         117,480

2011                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,497,406          16,974       1,480,432

January              111,550           1,371         110,179
February             111,260           1,613         109,647
March                133,351           1,623         131,728
April                125,430           1,471         123,959
May                  125,603           1,496         124,107
June                 124,521           1,482         123,039

July                 121,792           1,553         120,239
August               128,010           1,377         126,633
September            128,652           1,545         127,107
October              132,296           1,238         131,058
November             127,028           1,129         125,899
December             127,913           1,076         126,837

2012                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,563,578          16,441       1,547,137

January              119,566           1,358         118,209
February             124,862           1,434         123,428
March                141,294           1,329         139,965
April                128,989           1,578         127,411
May                  132,905           1,170         131,735
June                 134,327           1,309         133,018

July                 123,057           1,498         121,558
August               130,153           1,521         128,632
September            129,667           1,430         128,237
October              135,399           1,379         134,020
November (R)         131,555           1,181         130,374
December             131,805           1,254         130,551

November data as published last month:
 		     131,406	       1,180	     130,226
                                      
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Imports

                   Total
                   Balance                         Total
                   of Payments     Net             Census
Period             Basis           Adjustments     Basis

2010                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         1,934,006          20,846       1,913,160

January              137,818           1,093         136,725
February             135,447           1,549         133,898
March                159,441           1,712         157,728
April                154,924           1,761         153,163
May                  157,762           1,639         156,124
June                 170,194           1,873         168,321

July                 165,445           1,584         163,861
August               172,663           1,697         170,966
September            168,883           1,806         167,078
October              172,105           1,866         170,239
November             170,532           1,767         168,765
December             168,793           2,500         166,293

2011                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         2,235,819          27,995       2,207,824

January              169,119           2,072         167,048
February             158,378           2,063         156,315
March                188,115           2,140         185,975
April                180,553           2,260         178,293
May                  191,391           2,438         188,953
June                 194,087           2,509         191,579

July                 189,701           2,438         187,263
August               198,757           2,436         196,321
September            192,149           2,587         189,562
October              194,448           2,638         191,811
November             192,506           2,243         190,263
December             186,615           2,171         184,443

2012                                                        

Jan.- Dec.         2,299,281          24,238       2,275,043

January              185,622           2,211         183,411
February             173,643           1,908         171,735
March                199,469           2,145         197,324
April                191,568           1,991         189,577
May                  200,249           1,953         198,296
June                 193,694           1,990         191,704

July                 194,264           1,898         192,366
August               196,728           2,072         194,656
September            188,134           2,084         186,050
October              200,839           2,203         198,636
November (R)         196,152           1,917         194,235
December             178,918           1,865         177,053

November data as published last month:
                     196,195	      1,938	     194,257
                             
NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors, definitions and
details concerning what is included in Net Adjustments, see the information
section on page A-1 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                   
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-13-25, BEA-13-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
