[Economic Indicators March, 1998]
[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  (BOP       Balance of trade  (exports minus   
                                                               ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       basis)                       imports)               
                                                                                     Census basis (by end-use category) \1\                                        Census basis (by end-use category)                -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                                       ------------------------------------------------------------------         -------------------------------------------------------------------                                        BOP basis          
                                                                                                                                   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-     Ex-       Im-     Census                                
                                                                          Census      and         and       except     parts and   food)             Census      and         and       except     parts and   food)    ports     ports     basis     Goods   Services  Goods and
                                                                        basis \2\  beverages   materials  automotive    engines   except           basis \2\  beverages   materials  automotive    engines    except                                                    services
                                                                                                                                   auto-                                                                      auto-                                                             
                                                                                                                                  motive                                                                      motive                                                            
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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     111.0    100.0     -118.5    -127.0      11.1     -115.9
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     127.1    104.2     -109.4    -115.2      23.0      -92.3
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     147.8    120.0     -101.7    -109.0      27.8      -81.2
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     164.2    121.2      -66.7     -74.1      43.0      -31.0
1992..........................................................   440.4     448.2       40.3      109.1       175.9        47.0      51.4    536.5      532.7      27.6      138.6       134.3        91.8     122.7     177.2    120.3      -84.5     -96.1      56.9      -39.2
1993..........................................................   456.8     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     186.7    126.4     -115.6    -132.6      60.3      -72.3
1994..........................................................   502.4     512.6       42.0      121.4       205.0        57.8      60.0    668.6      663.3      31.0      162.1       184.4       118.3     146.3     197.2    135.5     -150.6    -166.2      61.8     -104.4
1995..........................................................   575.9     584.7       50.5      146.2       233.0        61.8      64.4    749.4      743.5      33.2      181.8       221.4       123.8     159.9     218.7    147.0     -158.8    -173.6      71.7     -101.9
1996..........................................................   612.1     625.1       55.5      147.7       252.9        65.0      70.1    803.2      795.3      35.7      204.5       229.1       128.9     171.0     236.8    156.6     -170.2    -191.2      80.1     -111.0
1997 r........................................................   678.2     688.7       51.4      158.0       294.0        73.4      77.4    877.1      870.6      39.7      213.5       254.3       140.8     192.9     253.2    167.9     -181.9    -199.0      85.3     -113.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1997:Jan r....................................................    51.6      52.2        4.4       12.1        21.5         5.6       6.1     69.8       69.5       3.1       17.9        19.5        11.7      15.1      20.2     13.6      -17.4     -18.2       6.5      -11.6
      Feb r...................................................    53.6      54.3        4.3       12.7        22.7         5.9       6.3     70.4       70.0       3.1       17.6        19.4        12.1      15.3      20.6     13.7      -15.7     -16.8       6.9       -9.9
      Mar r...................................................    57.1      58.1        4.2       13.7        24.7         6.2       6.5     72.0       70.5       3.3       18.0        20.4        11.6      14.9      21.0     13.9      -12.5     -14.9       7.1       -7.8
      Apr r...................................................    57.1      57.8        4.2       13.5        24.9         6.1       6.3     72.6       71.6       3.4       17.6        20.7        11.3      16.2      21.2     13.8      -13.8     -15.5       7.4       -8.1
      May r...................................................    56.8      57.8        4.1       13.4        24.7         5.9       6.7     73.2       72.3       3.4       17.9        21.0        11.6      16.1      21.1     13.9      -14.5     -16.4       7.2       -9.2
      June r..................................................    57.3      58.2        4.0       13.9        24.5         6.2       6.7     72.6       71.7       3.3       17.6        21.3        11.5      15.7      21.0     14.1      -13.5     -15.3       6.9       -8.3
      July r..................................................    56.7      57.7        3.9       13.1        24.9         6.2       6.4     73.6       73.3       3.4       17.4        21.6        12.2      16.1      21.0     14.1      -15.6     -16.9       6.9       -9.9
      Aug r...................................................    57.3      58.3        4.3       13.3        24.9         6.2       6.4     73.8       73.6       3.4       17.9        22.1        11.8      16.0      21.6     14.0      -15.3     -16.6       7.6       -9.0
      Sept r..................................................    56.3      57.4        4.4       13.1        24.8         5.8       6.4     74.9       74.6       3.4       18.3        22.0        11.8      16.7      21.8     14.2      -17.2     -18.6       7.6      -11.0
      Oct r...................................................    58.4      59.4        4.7       13.2        25.3         6.4       6.7     74.9       74.6       3.3       18.4        22.4        11.2      16.7      21.7     14.2      -15.2     -16.5       7.5       -9.0
      Nov r...................................................    57.5      58.2        4.6       13.1        24.4         6.9       6.6     73.3       73.0       3.2       17.5        21.4        11.8      16.8      21.1     14.3      -14.8     -15.7       6.8       -8.9
      Dec r...................................................    58.4      59.3        4.5       13.0        26.7         5.9       6.4     76.1       75.7       3.5       17.4        22.6        12.2      17.4      20.9     14.1      -16.4     -17.7       6.8      -10.9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1998:Jan p....................................................    56.3      56.9        4.2       13.0        24.2         6.5       6.6     75.1       74.5       3.4       17.2        21.9        11.9      17.3      21.0     14.2      -17.6     -18.8       6.8      -12.0
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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).