                                                                           
Part A: NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 12A. Imports of Goods By Principal End-Use Category

In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to 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

2010                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  1,938,950      25,094    1,913,857       91,748      603,104      449,387      225,097      483,225       61,296

January       138,145       1,420      136,725        7,088       45,795       30,623       14,930       33,485        4,805
February      135,814       1,915      133,899        6,620       43,205       30,042       15,719       33,452        4,859
March         159,770       2,041      157,729        8,027       51,535       36,246       19,397       37,101        5,424
April         155,304       2,139      153,165        7,464       52,386       35,513       17,990       35,148        4,665
May           158,152       1,999      156,153        7,709       51,464       36,010       18,370       38,106        4,494
June          170,586       2,263      168,324        7,915       52,446       39,903       20,174       42,581        5,304

July          165,876       1,966      163,910        7,503       52,732       38,585       17,369       42,633        5,088
August        173,010       2,006      171,004        7,681       53,051       39,549       20,298       45,245        5,180
September     169,276       2,156      167,120        7,484       49,829       40,304       19,311       44,983        5,209
October       172,515       2,195      170,320        7,791       48,279       40,113       21,162       47,535        5,441
November      171,148       2,159      168,989        8,085       49,154       41,745       20,615       44,025        5,366
December      169,355       2,836      166,518        8,381       53,227       40,756       19,763       38,930        5,461

2011                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  2,239,991      31,936    2,208,055      107,477      755,823      510,850      254,615      514,124       65,166

January       169,464       2,416      167,048        8,438       57,859       38,305       19,157       38,586        4,703
February      158,678       2,363      156,315        7,934       50,658       35,395       19,098       38,603        4,627
March         188,498       2,520      185,978        9,173       65,065       42,903       23,365       39,785        5,686
April         180,883       2,590      178,294        8,863       63,676       40,785       19,355       40,216        5,399
May           191,739       2,785      188,954        9,367       69,614       42,616       19,253       42,800        5,304
June          194,429       2,847      191,582        9,303       68,451       44,610       20,010       43,121        6,088

July          190,007       2,742      187,265        8,535       66,206       43,545       19,866       44,100        5,013
August        199,107       2,760      196,347        8,940       67,482       44,819       22,369       46,872        5,865
September     192,467       2,897      189,570        8,609       63,933       43,185       22,201       46,138        5,503
October       194,870       3,009      191,861        9,499       59,884       44,969       23,360       48,712        5,437
November      192,872       2,549      190,323        9,363       60,999       44,853       23,778       45,476        5,854
December      186,978       2,458      184,519        9,454       61,996       44,866       22,802       39,715        5,686

2012                                                                                                                        

Jan.- Dec.  2,302,714      27,394    2,275,320      110,258      730,374      548,614      297,813      516,342       71,920

January       185,972       2,450      183,522        9,727       62,948       41,938       22,176       41,128        5,605
February      174,015       2,148      171,866        8,583       56,002       40,979       23,591       37,043        5,669
March         199,693       2,383      197,310        9,567       65,668       48,612       26,633       40,229        6,601
April         191,679       2,263      189,417        9,200       65,406       44,729       24,469       39,777        5,836
May           200,641       2,271      198,370        9,595       65,849       47,834       24,749       44,135        6,207
June          194,130       2,279      191,851        9,052       61,541       47,748       25,479       41,682        6,349

July          194,960       2,252      192,707        8,992       61,259       47,237       23,964       45,334        5,921
August        197,123       2,354      194,769        9,013       61,846       46,414       26,263       45,235        5,997
September     187,799       2,311      185,488        8,475       58,264       43,946       23,233       45,578        5,991
October       201,012       2,398      198,614        9,257       59,957       48,115       26,582       48,381        6,323
November      196,609       2,179      194,431        9,377       57,944       46,437       26,876       47,739        6,057
December      179,081       2,106      176,975        9,421       53,690       44,624       23,796       40,081        5,363
                                                                           

(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 2012 (CB-13-98, BEA-13-24), 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.
