[Economic Indicators October, 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-            Auto-     Con-
                   Period                                          Foods,   trial   Capital   tive    goods                       Foods,   trial   Capital   motive    sumer
                                                BOP      Total,    feeds,    sup-     goods   vehi-   (non-     BOP      Total,             sup-     goods   vehi-     goods     Ex-       Im-     Goods,
                                               basis     Census     and     plies    except   cles,   food)    basis     Census   feeds,   plies    except   cles,     (non-    ports     ports    Census               Serv-  Goods and
                                                       basis \2\    bev-     and     auto-    parts  except            basis \2\    and     and     auto-    parts     food)                        basis     Goods     ices    services
                                                                   erages   mate-    motive    and    auto-                        bev-    mate-    motive  and en-   except
                                                                            rials              en-     mo-                        erages   rials              gines    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: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      21.8     14.6      -15.9      -17.1     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      21.5     15.0      -17.1      -18.1     6.5      -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      21.8     14.8      -19.1      -20.5     7.0      -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      22.2     15.0      -20.4      -21.3     7.2      -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      21.7     14.9      -21.5      -22.6     6.8      -15.8
      June.................................      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 r ..............................      53.8       54.8      3.7     11.9     24.8     4.7     6.7      74.9       74.5     3.4     16.6     22.3     10.7     18.3      21.3     14.8      -19.7      -21.0     6.5      -14.5
      Aug p ...............................      53.7       55.0      3.6     12.1     23.9     5.6     6.7      76.9       76.2     3.3     16.9     22.3     12.3     18.0      21.1     14.7      -21.2      -23.2     6.4      -16.8
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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).