[Economic Indicators June, 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     Serv-  Goods and
                                                                         basis \2\  beverages   materials  automotive    engines   except           basis \2\  beverages   materials  automotive    engines    except                                           ices    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   r 111.1    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   r 127.2    104.2     -109.4     -115.2    23.0    r -92.2
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   r 147.9    120.0     -101.7     -109.0  r 27.9    r -81.1
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   r 164.3    121.2      -66.7      -74.1  r 43.1    r -30.9
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   r 177.0  r 119.6      -84.5      -96.1  r 57.4    r -38.7
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   r 186.4  r 125.7     -115.6     -132.6  r 60.7    r -71.9
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   r 201.4  r 136.2     -150.6     -166.2  r 65.3   r -100.9
1995..........................................................  r 575.8     584.7       50.5      146.2       233.0        61.8      64.4  r 749.6      743.5      33.2      181.8       221.4       123.8     159.9   r 219.8  r 146.0     -158.8   r -173.7  r 73.8    r -99.9
1996..........................................................  r 612.0     625.1       55.5      147.7       252.9        65.0      70.1  r 803.3      795.3      35.7      204.5       229.1       128.9     171.0   r 238.8  r 156.0     -170.2   r -191.3  r 82.8   r -108.6
1997 r........................................................    679.3     689.2       51.5      158.2       294.5        74.0      77.4    877.3      870.7      39.7      213.8       254.2       140.8     192.9     258.3    170.5     -181.5     -198.0    87.7     -110.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1997:Apr r....................................................     56.3      57.0        4.3       13.5        24.2         6.1       6.4     72.8       71.8       3.3       17.5        20.9        11.5      16.1      21.4     13.9      -14.8      -16.5     7.6       -9.0
      May r...................................................     56.1      57.1        4.1       13.3        24.3         6.0       6.5     73.1       72.2       3.4       17.9        21.0        11.6      15.9      21.7     14.1      -15.1      -17.0     7.6       -9.4
      Juner...................................................     56.8      57.7        4.1       13.8        24.1         6.3       6.6     72.4       71.5       3.3       17.3        21.0        11.6      15.9      21.7     14.2      -13.9      -15.6     7.5       -8.2
      July r..................................................     57.5      58.5        3.9       13.1        25.7         6.3       6.4     73.3       73.1       3.4       17.5        21.6        11.9      16.2      21.6     14.4      -14.6      -15.9     7.3       -8.6
      Aug r...................................................     57.1      58.1        4.2       13.4        24.9         6.2       6.5     74.0       73.8       3.4       18.1        21.8        11.7      16.2      22.0     14.4      -15.6      -16.9     7.6       -9.3
      Sept r..................................................     57.7      58.5        4.3       13.1        25.4         6.2       6.4     74.3       74.0       3.4       18.0        21.8        11.8      16.6      22.0     14.7      -15.5      -16.5     7.3       -9.2
      Oct r...................................................     58.5      59.5        4.5       13.3        25.6         6.4       6.8     74.7       74.5       3.3       18.2        22.2        11.6      16.5      22.1     14.5      -15.0      -16.3     7.6       -8.7
      Nov r...................................................     57.5      58.2        4.5       13.1        24.9         6.6       6.5     74.1       73.8       3.3       18.1        21.5        11.7      16.8      21.6     14.6      -15.7      -16.6     7.0       -9.6
      Dec r...................................................     58.3      58.8        4.5       13.1        25.8         6.1       6.4     75.3       74.9       3.5       17.2        22.4        11.9      17.3      21.4     14.7      -16.0      -17.0     6.8      -10.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1998:Jan r....................................................     57.9      58.5        4.2       13.0        25.5         6.5       6.6     75.0       74.4       3.4       17.3        21.9        11.8      17.2      21.7     14.5      -15.9      -17.1     7.1       -9.9
      Feb r...................................................     56.4      57.2        4.2       12.6        24.8         6.4       6.4     74.5       74.2       3.5       16.8        22.2        12.2      16.9      21.3     14.9      -17.1      -18.1     6.4      -11.7
      Mar r...................................................     57.2      58.1        4.0       12.9        24.9         6.6       6.6     77.7       77.2       3.5       16.7        23.1        13.0      18.2      21.9     14.6      -19.1      -20.5     7.3      -13.2
      Apr p...................................................     55.3      55.9        3.8       12.5        23.8         6.5       6.6     76.8       76.4       3.4       17.4        22.3        12.2      18.3      21.8     14.8      -20.5      -21.5     7.0      -14.5
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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.

    Data reflect annual revisions.

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