                                                                           
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 9a. Real Imports of Goods By Principal End-Use Category
Chained (2009) Dollars

In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding.
The values in this exhibit are subject to periodic change, 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)

2010                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,790,737      84,714     488,948     453,764     223,753     482,774      59,525      -2,742

January              137,268       6,992      38,635      33,912      16,527      36,177       4,946          78
February             141,035       6,956      39,603      34,433      16,555      38,297       5,135          56
March                143,626       7,056      40,430      34,935      17,447      38,697       4,984          76
April                143,258       6,959      40,788      36,241      17,430      37,183       4,504         153
May                  147,973       7,015      41,117      37,142      18,777      39,474       4,536         -89
June                 153,857       7,209      41,656      38,073      19,857      42,352       5,014        -303

July                 151,566       7,182      41,841      37,957      18,950      40,923       4,871        -157
August               155,454       7,163      42,067      39,057      19,693      42,638       5,169        -334
September            154,488       7,186      41,226      40,589      19,367      41,722       4,866        -468
October              154,662       6,980      40,684      39,898      19,832      42,692       5,177        -601
November             152,293       7,007      39,610      40,778      19,453      41,052       5,094        -701
December             155,257       7,008      41,289      40,748      19,866      41,568       5,229        -451

2011                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,900,870      87,264     497,228     514,629     246,099     505,466      60,392     -10,208

January              159,609       7,143      43,507      42,206      20,809      41,399       4,665        -119
February             154,955       7,203      40,266      40,099      19,914      43,649       4,687        -864
March                157,171       6,893      42,416      40,976      20,645      41,485       4,997        -241
April                154,832       6,963      40,522      41,774      18,487      42,877       5,074        -864
May                  157,588       7,130      42,316      42,484      18,618      42,339       5,014        -312
June                 157,885       7,412      41,726      42,546      18,705      42,679       5,402        -587

July                 159,042       7,098      41,542      43,266      21,190      42,214       4,663        -931
August               157,733       7,214      40,488      43,237      20,506      42,105       5,405      -1,223
September            158,713       7,365      41,111      43,469      21,672      41,287       4,842      -1,034
October              160,565       7,738      40,943      44,736      21,220      42,350       4,925      -1,347
November             159,963       7,554      40,940      44,218      21,722      41,427       5,353      -1,252
December             162,815       7,550      41,451      45,618      22,609      41,655       5,365      -1,435

2012                                                                                                            

Jan.-Dec.          1,947,629      90,093     479,284     554,947     282,533     500,296      66,458     -25,980

January              162,260       7,583      41,175      45,223      23,033      41,395       5,325      -1,475
February             158,502       7,409      39,387      45,196      23,407      39,524       5,476      -1,897
March                164,172       7,400      40,412      47,487      23,324      41,990       5,814      -2,255
April                162,254       7,436      40,565      46,152      22,898      41,614       5,445      -1,856
May                  163,123       7,421      39,663      47,345      23,372      42,053       5,734      -2,465
June                 162,920       7,342      40,136      46,548      24,069      41,290       5,722      -2,188

July                 163,479       7,508      40,183      46,175      24,613      41,699       5,486      -2,185
August               162,190       7,618      40,195      45,738      23,884      41,159       5,602      -2,006
September            163,204       7,523      40,167      46,166      23,075      42,873       5,599      -2,199
October              158,839       7,311      39,088      46,178      23,190      39,735       5,511      -2,174
November             165,263       7,778      40,235      46,261      24,158      43,633       5,561      -2,363
December             161,425       7,763      38,079      46,477      23,508      43,331       5,183      -2,916
                                                                           

(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 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.
