                          PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
          EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM
                   AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS
                         JANUARY 2011 TO December 2012
                                        
     (In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
                    adjustments and rounding.  (R) Revised.)

Balance
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2011                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -738,413        -11,021      -326,100      -401,292

January                  -61,946           -705       -27,634       -33,606
February                 -59,361           -503       -25,094       -33,764
March                    -60,051           -498       -29,393       -30,161
April                    -58,557           -819       -26,753       -30,985
May                      -63,038           -990       -29,878       -32,170
June                     -65,588         -1,049       -29,131       -35,408

July                     -60,889           -881       -26,273       -33,735
August                   -60,205           -999       -25,610       -33,597
September                -59,522           -986       -26,255       -32,281
October                  -60,526         -1,337       -25,451       -33,738
November                 -63,293         -1,114       -27,135       -35,045
December                 -65,436         -1,141       -27,494       -36,801

2012                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.              -735,702         -7,797      -291,316      -436,589

January (R)              -66,911           -868       -29,852       -36,190
February (R)             -60,099           -529       -25,903       -33,667
March (R)                -67,549           -795       -28,478       -38,276
April (R)                -65,330           -438       -27,938       -36,955
May (R)                  -63,203           -811       -24,656       -37,737
June (R)                 -57,465           -706       -22,353       -34,405

July (R)                 -57,802           -411       -20,889       -36,502
August (R)               -58,947           -491       -23,339       -35,116
September (R)            -57,412           -598       -21,429       -35,385
October (R)              -59,178           -765       -24,409       -34,004
November (R)             -65,606           -733       -23,373       -41,500
December                 -56,201           -651       -18,698       -36,852
                                        
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Exports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2011                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,497,406         16,974       113,241     1,367,190

January                  119,050          1,437         8,277       109,335
February                 117,651          1,714         7,752       108,185
March                    124,217          1,669         7,969       114,579
April                    125,586          1,438         9,701       114,446
May                      124,910          1,452         9,274       114,185
June                     121,664          1,431         8,701       111,532

July                     126,585          1,491         9,886       115,207
August                   126,523          1,340        10,265       114,918
September                129,053          1,547         9,974       117,532
October                  127,920          1,224        10,266       116,431
November                 126,385          1,149        10,349       114,887
December                 127,862          1,083        10,826       115,953

2012                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             1,563,578         16,441       123,791     1,423,347

January (R)              127,757          1,422         9,370       116,965
February (R)             128,217          1,529         9,800       116,888
March (R)                131,964          1,368        10,367       120,229
April (R)                130,361          1,543        10,503       118,315
May (R)                  130,576          1,127        10,401       119,047
June (R)                 132,592          1,264        10,396       120,932

July                     130,526          1,447         9,883       119,196
August (R)               128,531          1,487         9,050       117,994
September (R)            133,753          1,432        11,164       121,157
October (R)              127,479          1,364        10,534       115,582
November (R)             129,259          1,199        10,699       117,361
December                 132,563          1,259        11,625       119,679
                                        
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Imports
                                      Net                         Non-
Period                 Total          Adjustments   Petroleum (1) petroleum

2011                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             2,235,819         27,995       439,342     1,768,482

January                  180,995          2,142        35,912       142,941
February                 177,012          2,216        32,846       141,950
March                    184,268          2,166        37,362       144,740
April                    184,143          2,257        36,454       145,431
May                      187,948          2,442        39,151       146,355
June                     187,253          2,480        37,833       146,940

July                     187,474          2,372        36,159       148,943
August                   186,728          2,339        35,875       148,515
September                188,575          2,533        36,229       149,813
October                  188,446          2,561        35,717       150,168
November                 189,678          2,262        37,484       149,932
December                 193,297          2,224        38,320       152,753

2012                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.             2,299,281         24,238       415,107     1,859,936

January (R)              194,668          2,291        39,222       153,155
February (R)             188,316          2,058        35,702       150,555
March (R)                199,513          2,163        38,844       158,506
April (R)                195,692          1,981        38,441       155,270
May (R)                  193,779          1,938        35,057       156,784
June (R)                 190,056          1,971        32,749       155,337

July (R)                 188,328          1,858        30,772       155,698
August (R)               187,478          1,978        32,389       153,111
September (R)            191,164          2,031        32,592       156,541
October (R)              186,657          2,128        34,943       149,586
November (R)             194,864          1,931        34,071       158,862
December                 188,765          1,910        30,324       156,531
                                                 

(1)  The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity classification
system include virtually the same energy related petroleum products as those
aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products, however, include some
products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in
"Manufactured Goods" in the SITC.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors, definitions and
details concerning what is included in the 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.
