                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 5A. Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category

In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustments and 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       148,319       1,511      146,808        7,146       48,076       33,691       16,582       36,261        5,052
February      152,565       2,045      150,520        7,205       48,912       34,179       16,615       38,351        5,257
March         156,040       2,058      153,982        7,466       50,535       34,557       17,479       38,840        5,105
April         155,845       2,139      153,706        7,387       50,960       35,859       17,487       37,383        4,631
May           160,141       2,013      158,128        7,586       50,550       36,778       18,834       39,700        4,679
June          164,456       2,253      162,202        7,712       49,260       37,648       19,914       42,519        5,149

July          161,613       1,949      159,664        7,691       49,462       37,500       19,042       40,972        4,996
August        166,459       1,931      164,528        7,825       50,346       38,621       19,823       42,604        5,310
September     165,935       2,100      163,835        7,895       49,504       40,181       19,527       41,716        5,013
October       167,399       2,098      165,302        7,779       50,171       39,548       20,035       42,422        5,346
November      167,024       2,131      164,893        7,962       50,567       40,417       19,686       40,965        5,297
December      173,155       2,865      170,290        8,092       54,762       40,409       20,072       41,493        5,462

2011                                                                                                                        

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

January       181,242       2,475      178,767        8,348       61,086       41,852       21,083       41,482        4,916
February      177,575       2,503      175,072        8,581       57,484       39,913       20,212       43,904        4,978
March         182,971       2,542      180,429        8,609       62,966       40,822       21,065       41,630        5,338
April         182,895       2,603      180,291        8,873       62,038       41,565       19,066       43,285        5,465
May           187,890       2,801      185,088        8,995       66,234       42,280       19,330       42,825        5,423
June          188,202       2,835      185,367        9,147       65,208       42,331       19,509       43,331        5,841

July          188,457       2,712      185,746        8,879       63,760       42,984       22,051       43,011        5,060
August        188,048       2,660      185,388        8,928       63,235       42,950       21,361       43,025        5,889
September     188,966       2,859      186,107        9,117       63,673       43,129       22,598       42,303        5,288
October       190,073       2,899      187,174        9,488       62,438       44,179       22,121       43,596        5,351
November      189,688       2,542      187,146        9,285       63,007       43,674       22,678       42,695        5,807
December      193,984       2,504      191,480        9,228       64,695       45,172       23,539       43,037        5,809

2012                                                                                                                        

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

January       194,445       2,522      191,923        9,475       65,047       44,874       24,057       42,712        5,759
February      189,349       2,279      187,070        9,003       62,050       44,823       24,485       40,793        5,916
March         197,369       2,407      194,962        9,207       64,459       47,158       24,453       43,380        6,305
April         193,935       2,260      191,675        9,213       63,755       45,625       24,144       43,031        5,908
May           193,562       2,264      191,298        9,111       61,130       46,783       24,626       43,439        6,209
June          190,858       2,286      188,572        9,033       59,319       46,020       25,370       42,638        6,192

July          189,741       2,229      187,512        9,146       57,908       45,583       25,966       42,998        5,912
August        189,064       2,257      186,807        9,178       58,948       45,105       25,199       42,345        6,032
September     191,649       2,290      189,359        9,247       59,888       45,658       24,398       44,117        6,051
October       188,346       2,280      186,067        8,942       59,883       45,585       24,584       41,094        5,979
November      194,529       2,165      192,364        9,379       60,664       45,608       25,612       45,071        6,030
December      189,866       2,156      187,711        9,326       57,325       45,791       24,919       44,724        5,626                                                                           

(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 this 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.
