[Economic Indicators September, 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
                                                                                                  Auto-   Con-                                                                                               ---------------------------
                                                                                Indus-             mo-    sumer                             Indus-                         Con-
                       Period                                           Foods,   trial  Capital   tive    goods                     Foods,   trial  Capital                sumer
                                                       BOP     Total,             sup-    goods   vehi-   (non-    BOP     Total,             sup-    goods  Automotive    goods     Ex-     Im-     Goods,
                                                      basis    Census   feeds,   plies   except   cles,   food)   basis    Census   feeds,   plies   except   vehicles,    (non-    ports   ports    Census              Serv-    Goods
                                                             basis \2\    and     and    auto-    parts  except          basis \2\    and     and    auto-   parts  and    food)                      basis     Goods    ices      and
                                                                         bev-    mate-   motive    and    auto-                      bev-    mate-   motive  en-  gines   except                                                services
                                                                        erages   rials             en-     mo-                      erages   rials                         auto-
                                                                                                  gines   tive                                                            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: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   r 21.8  r 14.6      -15.9     -17.1   r 7.2      -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   r 21.5  r 15.0      -17.1     -18.1   r 6.5   r -11.6
      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   r 21.8  r 14.8      -19.1     -20.5   r 7.0   r -13.5
      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   r 22.2  r 15.0      -20.4     -21.3   r 7.2   r -14.1
      May..........................................    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   r 21.7  r 14.9      -21.5     -22.6   r 6.8   r -15.8
      June r.......................................    54.8      55.7      3.8    12.1     24.4     5.6     6.9    75.3      74.9      3.6    16.6     22.2       11.8      18.2     21.6    14.7      -19.3     -20.5     6.9     -13.6
      July p.......................................    53.6      54.6      3.8    11.8     24.7     4.7     6.7    74.5      74.2      3.4    16.5     22.2       10.6      18.2     21.8    14.8      -19.6     -20.9     7.0     -13.9
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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).