[Economic Indicators March, 1999]
[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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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
1998 r.....................................     670.6      682.5     46.3    147.9    299.2    72.7    79.4     918.8      913.6    41.2    200.3    270.3    150.6    215.5     260.4    181.5     -231.1     -248.2    78.9     -169.3
 
1998:Jan...................................      57.8       58.4      4.3     13.0     25.3     6.5     6.6      75.0       74.4     3.4     17.3     21.9     11.9     17.2    r 21.7     14.6      -16.0      -17.2     7.2      -10.0
      Feb..................................      56.3       57.1      4.2     12.6     24.7     6.4     6.4      74.5       74.3     3.5     16.8     22.2     12.2     16.9    r 21.4     14.9      -17.2      -18.2     6.5      -11.7
      Mar..................................      57.1       58.0      4.0     12.9     24.8     6.6     6.5      77.7       77.2     3.5     16.7     23.1     13.0     18.2      21.8     14.8      -19.2      -20.6     7.0      -13.6
      Apr..................................      55.2       55.9      3.8     12.5     23.7     6.5     6.6      76.7       76.4     3.4     17.3     22.3     12.2     18.3      22.4   r 15.0      -20.5      -21.4     7.3      -14.1
      May..................................      54.6       55.4      3.7     12.6     23.7     6.0     6.5      77.3       77.0     3.5     17.4     23.1     12.6     17.9      21.9     15.0      -21.6      -22.7     6.9      -15.8
      June.................................      54.7       55.6      3.8     12.0     24.3     5.6     6.8      75.3       75.0     3.6     16.6     22.2     11.8     18.2    r 21.4     15.1      -19.4      -20.6     6.3      -14.3
      July.................................      53.7       54.7      3.7     11.9     24.7     4.8     6.6      74.9       74.5     3.4     16.6     22.3     10.7     18.3      21.2   r 15.2      -19.8      -21.1   r 6.0    r -15.2
      Aug..................................      53.8       55.1      3.6     12.0     23.7     5.6     6.7      76.6       75.9     3.4     16.8     22.2     12.3     18.0    r 21.2     15.1      -20.8      -22.8     6.1    r -16.7
      Sept.................................      55.9       56.9      3.3     11.9     26.0     6.0     6.7      76.8       76.3     3.3     16.5     22.2     13.0     18.0      21.5   r 15.2      -19.4      -20.9   r 6.3    r -14.6
      Oct..................................      58.2       59.4      4.0     12.5     26.7     6.0     6.8      78.5       78.0     3.3     16.8     23.0     13.4     18.2    r 22.2   r 15.9      -18.5      -20.3   r 6.3    r -14.0
      Nov..................................      57.1       58.7      3.9     12.4     25.8     6.4     6.6      78.8       78.3     3.4     16.3     23.4     13.8     18.2      21.8   r 15.3      -19.6      -21.7   r 6.5    r -15.2
      Dec r ...............................      56.1       57.3      4.1     11.6     25.9     6.2     6.5      76.6       76.4     3.6     15.2     22.4     13.8     18.1      21.7     15.3      -19.0      -20.5     6.4      -14.1
 
1999:Jan p.................................      54.8       55.8      3.7     11.1     25.7     5.9     6.5      78.3       78.1     3.6     15.3     23.1     14.0     18.6      21.9     15.5      -22.3      -23.4     6.4      -17.0
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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).