[Economic Indicators August, 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     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     127.2    104.2     -109.4     -115.2    23.0      -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     147.9    120.0     -101.7     -109.0    27.9      -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     164.3    121.2      -66.7      -74.1    43.1      -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     177.0    119.6      -84.5      -96.1    57.4      -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     186.4    125.7     -115.6     -132.6    60.7      -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     201.4    136.2     -150.6     -166.2    65.3     -100.9
1995.......................................................     575.8      584.7      50.5       146.2       233.0       61.8      64.4     749.6      743.5      33.2       181.8       221.4       123.8     159.9     219.8    146.0     -158.8     -173.7    73.8      -99.9
1996.......................................................     612.0      625.1      55.5       147.7       252.9       65.0      70.1     803.3      795.3      35.7       204.5       229.1       128.9     171.0     238.8    156.0     -170.2     -191.3    82.8     -108.6
1997.......................................................     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:June..................................................      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.................................................      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..................................................      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.................................................      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..................................................      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..................................................      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..................................................      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...................................................      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..................................................      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..................................................      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..................................................      55.3       56.0       3.8        12.5        23.8        6.5       6.6      76.7       76.3       3.4        17.3        22.3        12.2      18.3      21.9     14.8      -20.4      -21.3     7.1      -14.3
      May r................................................      54.7       55.5       3.7        12.6        23.8        6.0       6.6      77.3       77.0       3.5        17.4        23.1        12.5      17.9      21.9     14.8      -21.5      -22.6     7.0      -15.5
      June p...............................................      54.6       55.5       3.8        12.1        24.4        5.6       6.9      75.5       75.2       3.6        16.7        22.2        11.8      18.2      21.6     14.8      -19.7      -20.9     6.8      -14.2
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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).