[Economic Indicators May, 1995]
[Page Number 35]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES

                                                                                         [Billions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]                                                                                        
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                                        Goods: Exports (f.a.s. value)                                              Goods: Imports (customs value)                            Services        Balance of trade (exports minus imports)   
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                                        Census basis (by end-use category) \1\                                       Census basis (by end-use category)                ------------------                         BOP basis             
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                                                                                      Con-                                                                       Con-                                                                   
                                                                                      sumer                                                                     sumer                                                                   
     Period         BOP                 Foods,   Industrial    Capital   Automotive   goods    BOP                Foods    Industrial    Capital   Automotive   goods                      Goods,                                       
                   basis     Total,     feeds,    supplies      goods     vehicles,   (non-   basis    Total,     feeds,    supplies      goods     vehicles,   (non-   Exports  Imports   Census                                       
                             Census      and         and       except     parts and   food)            Census      and         and       except     parts and   food)                       basis     Goods   Services  Goodsandservices
                           basis \2\  beverages   materials  automotive    engines   except          basis \2\  beverages   materials  automotive    engines    except                                                                  
                                                                                      auto-                                                                     auto-                                                                   
                                                                                     motive                                                                     motive                                                                  
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1986............    223.3     227.2       22.3       57.3        75.8        21.7      14.2   368.4     365.4      24.4       101.3        71.8        78.2      79.4      86.1    79.8     -138.3    -145.1      6.3         -138.8    
1987............    250.2     254.1       24.3       66.7        86.2        24.6      17.7   409.8     406.2      24.8       111.0        84.5        85.2      88.7      97.8    90.2     -152.1    -159.6      7.6         -152.0    
1988............    320.2     322.4       32.3       85.1       109.2        29.3      23.1   447.2     441.0      24.8       118.3       101.4        87.7      95.9     110.0    97.9     -118.5    -127.0     12.1         -114.8    
1989............    362.1     363.8       37.2       99.3       138.8        34.8      36.4   477.4     473.2      25.1       132.3       113.3        86.1     102.9     126.8   101.9     -109.4    -115.2     24.9          -90.3    
1990............    389.3     393.6       35.1      104.4       152.7        37.4      43.3   498.3     495.3      26.6       143.2       116.4        87.3     105.7     147.2   117.0     -101.7    -109.0     30.2          -78.8    
1991............    416.9     421.7       35.7      109.7       166.7        40.0      45.9   491.0     488.5      26.5       131.6       120.7        85.7     108.0     163.2   117.6      -66.7     -74.1     45.6          -28.5    
1992 ...........    440.4     448.2       40.3      109.1       175.9        47.0      51.4   536.5     532.7      27.5       138.6       134.3        91.8     122.7     176.6   120.9      -84.5     -96.1     55.7          -40.4    
1993 ...........    456.9     465.1       40.6      111.8       181.7        52.4      54.7   589.4     580.7      27.9       145.6       152.4       102.4     134.0     184.8   128.0     -115.6    -132.6     56.9          -75.7    
1994 ...........    502.6     512.5       41.9      121.3       205.3        57.2      60.0   669.2     663.8      31.0       162.0       184.6       118.7     146.3     195.3   135.3     -151.3    -166.6     60.0         -106.6    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
1994: Mar ......     42.0      42.8        3.4       10.6        17.3         4.7       4.9    53.5      52.4       2.5        12.6        14.5         9.5      11.3      16.3    11.8       -9.6     -11.5      4.6           -6.9    
      Apr ......     40.3      41.0        3.1        9.6        16.7         4.7       4.7    53.7      53.1       2.5        12.8        14.7         9.5      11.8      15.6    10.8      -12.1     -13.4      4.8           -8.6    
      May ......     40.2      41.0        3.3        9.9        16.6         4.5       4.8    54.5      54.0       2.5        13.1        14.9         9.5      12.1      16.0    10.9      -12.9     -14.3      5.1           -9.2    
      June .....     42.0      42.8        3.1        9.8        17.7         4.7       5.1    56.0      55.8       2.6        14.0        15.1        10.2      12.1      16.3    11.1      -13.1     -14.1      5.2           -8.8    
      July .....     40.1      40.9        3.1       10.2        16.3         4.2       4.9    56.1      55.8       2.6        14.4        15.2         9.9      12.0      16.4    11.2      -14.9     -16.0      5.2          -10.7    
      Aug ......     44.1      45.0        3.7       10.7        17.7         5.2       5.3    58.2      57.8       2.7        14.7        15.3        11.1      12.5      16.2    11.2      -12.8     -14.1      5.0           -9.1    
      Sept .....     43.5      44.4        3.7       10.3        17.8         5.0       5.2    58.0      57.8       2.7        14.3        16.5         9.9      12.6      17.0    11.4      -13.4     -14.5      5.6           -8.9    
      Oct ......     43.3      44.3        3.9       10.6        16.9         5.0       5.4    58.4      58.1       2.7        13.9        16.6        10.2      12.8      16.6    11.5      -13.8     -15.1      5.1          -10.0    
      Nov ......     44.8      45.6        4.1       10.7        18.1         4.9       5.5    60.0      59.7       2.6        14.5        17.0        10.7      12.9      17.1    11.6      -14.1     -15.2      5.5           -9.6    
      Dec ......     46.5      47.5        4.2       11.2        18.9         5.6       5.3    59.4      59.1       2.7        14.1        16.8        10.7      12.9      17.1    11.5      -11.6     -12.9      5.6           -7.3    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
1995: Jan ......     44.3      45.0        3.8       11.5        16.9         5.4       5.0    61.2      60.9       2.9        14.5        17.2        11.1      13.4      16.7    11.8      -15.9     -16.9      4.9          -12.0    
      Feb r.....     45.4      46.1        3.9       11.8        17.8         5.2       5.2    59.7      59.5       2.8        14.4        16.9        10.7      13.1      16.8    11.7      -13.4     -14.3      5.2           -9.2    
      Mar p.....     48.2      49.0        4.1       12.7        19.3         5.0       5.4    62.5      61.6       2.9        15.5        17.4        10.8      13.2      17.1    12.0      -12.6     -14.2      5.1           -9.1    
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    \1\ Includes undocumented 
exports to Canada through 1988.
    \2\ Total includes ``other'' 
exports or imports, not shown 
separately.
    Note.--BOP refers to balance of 
payments on international 
transactions basis. BOP data shown 
here are consistent with figures 
shown on pp. 36 and 37.

    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of the Census and Bureau of 
Economic Analysis).