
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted (by Commodity/Service)
Exhibit 5a. U.S. Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category

 In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding.


                                                    End-Use Commodity Category

                Total                     Total       Foods,                               Automotives
             Balance of       Net        Census       Feeds,     Industrial     Capital     Vehicles     Consumer       Other
Period        Payments    Adjustments   Basis (1)    Beverages   Supplies (2)    Goods        etc.         Goods        Goods

2012

Jan. - Dec.    2,303,749       27,482    2,276,267      110,271      730,639      548,708      297,780      516,918       71,953

January          194,081        2,530      191,551        9,554       63,807       44,782       24,678       42,942        5,787
February         188,995        2,269      186,727        9,096       61,201       45,076       24,390       41,004        5,961
March            198,986        2,371      196,615        9,159       64,691       47,609       24,864       43,827        6,464
April            194,615        2,286      192,329        9,190       64,480       45,773       24,162       42,878        5,846
May              193,313        2,286      191,027        9,040       60,974       46,725       24,790       43,338        6,158
June             191,132        2,302      188,830        9,014       59,968       45,872       25,081       42,736        6,158

July             189,868        2,223      187,645        9,095       57,980       45,963       25,470       43,196        5,940
August           189,461        2,252      187,209        9,082       59,003       45,236       25,128       42,740        6,020
September        190,996        2,248      188,748        9,244       59,921       45,520       24,219       43,906        5,936
October          188,161        2,338      185,822        8,890       59,367       45,430       24,531       41,617        5,987
November         194,364        2,216      192,148        9,428       61,236       45,281       25,531       44,592        6,081
December         189,778        2,161      187,617        9,477       58,009       45,439       24,936       44,141        5,615

2013

Jan. - Dec.    2,294,630       26,260    2,268,370      115,126      681,552      554,573      308,803      532,755       75,562
January          191,745        2,129      189,616        9,271       59,832       45,855       24,251       44,340        6,067
February         193,731        2,338      191,393        9,739       58,207       46,682       24,993       45,898        5,874
March            186,326        2,117      184,208        9,495       56,667       44,765       24,626       41,852        6,804
April            189,507        2,156      187,351        9,567       56,481       45,465       25,165       44,074        6,600
May              192,810        2,046      190,763        9,790       57,109       45,523       25,912       45,215        7,215
June             188,546        2,059      186,487        9,537       55,471       45,828       25,545       43,953        6,153

July             190,556        2,166      188,390        9,537       56,416       45,642       25,845       44,593        6,357
August           191,204        2,221      188,983        9,578       56,615       46,567       26,123       43,949        6,150
September        193,711        2,102      191,609        9,565       57,249       47,045       26,947       44,712        6,091
October          194,078        2,213      191,865        9,720       57,440       46,735       26,115       45,409        6,447
November         191,307        2,290      189,017        9,675       54,860       47,328       27,078       44,335        5,742
December         191,111        2,423      188,687        9,651       55,205       47,140       26,204       44,425        6,062

2014

Jan. - Dec.    2,374,101       26,416    2,347,685      125,757      666,751      591,115      327,651      557,783       78,629

January          193,706        2,306      191,400        9,725       57,534       47,538       25,668       45,019        5,915
February         193,060        2,409      190,651        9,693       57,445       46,942       25,915       44,682        5,974
March            198,973        2,423      196,550       10,558       58,167       47,738       26,398       46,459        7,230
April            199,877        2,216      197,662       10,664       57,281       48,569       26,991       47,088        7,069
May              199,405        2,151      197,254       10,596       55,491       49,593       28,292       46,779        6,502
June             197,982        2,210      195,772       10,776       55,525       49,459       27,461       46,011        6,539

July             198,584        2,140      196,444       10,729       55,675       49,303       28,543       45,494        6,700
August           198,979        2,111      196,869       10,500       55,672       50,729       27,481       46,026        6,460
September        198,446        2,127      196,319       10,637       54,620       50,063       27,195       47,183        6,621
October          200,024        2,097      197,927       10,821       54,756       50,557       28,000       47,298        6,495
November         195,805        2,116      193,689       10,474       51,035       50,404       27,522       47,932        6,323
December         199,260        2,111      197,149       10,585       53,549       50,219       28,186       47,810        6,800


(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, definitions, and details concerning what is included in Net Adjustments, see the information section on
page A-1 of the FT-900 release 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 2014 (CB-15-95, BEA-15-24), Bureau of the Census, Economic
Indicators Division.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148)
or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Economic Indicators Division.
