[Economic Indicators June, 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   r 126.2  r 102.5     -109.4     -115.2  r 23.7    r -91.5
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 146.8  r 117.7     -101.7     -109.0  r 29.1    r -79.9
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 163.0  r 118.5      -66.7      -74.1  r 44.6    r -29.5
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 175.6  r 116.5      -84.5      -96.1  r 59.1    r -37.0
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 185.0  r 122.3     -115.6     -132.6  r 62.7    r -69.9
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 199.7  r 131.9     -150.6     -166.2  r 67.8    r -98.4
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   r 217.6  r 141.4     -158.8     -173.7  r 76.2    r -97.5
1996 r.....................................     612.1      625.1     55.5    147.7    253.0    65.0    70.1     803.3      795.3    35.7    204.5    228.1    128.9    172.0     237.7    150.8     -170.2     -191.3    87.0     -104.3
1997 r.....................................     679.7      689.2     51.5    158.2    294.5    74.0    77.4     876.4      869.7    39.7    213.8    253.3    139.8    193.8     258.8    166.9     -180.5     -196.7    91.9     -104.7
1998 r.....................................     670.2      682.1     46.4    148.3    299.6    73.2    79.3     917.2      911.9    41.2    200.1    269.6    149.1    216.5     263.7    181.0     -229.8     -246.9    82.7     -164.3
 
1998:Apr r.................................      55.3       56.0      3.8     12.4     24.1     6.3     6.6      76.2       75.9     3.4     17.3     22.1     12.1     18.1      22.7     15.1      -19.9      -20.9     7.6      -13.2
      May r................................      54.9       55.6      3.8     12.5     24.0     6.0     6.5      77.1       76.8     3.4     17.5     22.9     12.4     18.0      22.3     14.9      -21.2      -22.2     7.3      -14.9
      June r...............................      55.0       55.9      3.9     12.0     24.7     5.8     6.7      75.4       75.1     3.5     16.7     22.3     11.8     18.1      21.7     15.1      -19.1      -20.4     6.6      -13.8
      July r...............................      54.2       55.1      3.7     11.9     24.9     5.1     6.7      75.2       74.9     3.5     16.6     22.3     11.0     18.3      21.7     15.3      -19.7      -21.1     6.4      -14.7
      Aug r................................      54.6       55.9      3.7     12.1     24.3     5.9     6.7      76.9       76.2     3.4     16.9     22.3     12.3     18.1      21.6     15.2      -20.3      -22.3     6.4      -15.9
      Sept r...............................      55.5       56.4      3.3     12.0     25.5     6.1     6.7      77.1       76.5     3.4     16.5     22.4     12.8     18.3      21.8     15.3      -20.1      -21.6     6.4      -15.2
      Oct r................................      57.2       58.4      4.0     12.4     26.1     6.2     6.6      78.2       77.6     3.4     16.5     22.9     13.0     18.4      22.4     15.8      -19.2      -21.0     6.6      -14.4
      Nov r................................      56.9       58.5      3.9     12.5     25.7     6.3     6.6      78.5       77.9     3.4     16.2     23.1     13.4     18.5      22.2     15.3      -19.4      -21.5     6.9      -14.7
      Dec r................................      56.0       57.2      4.0     11.8     25.5     6.2     6.5      77.1       76.8     3.5     15.3     22.5     13.9     18.4      22.2     15.3      -19.6      -21.1     6.8      -14.2
 
1999:Jan r.................................      55.3       56.2      3.6     11.3     25.6     6.0     6.6      78.6       78.4     3.5     15.5     23.1     14.0     18.9      22.6     15.6      -22.2      -23.4     7.1      -16.3
      Feb r................................      54.7       55.8      3.6     11.4     24.9     6.0     6.8      79.9       79.7     3.5     15.4     23.6     14.3     19.4      22.4     15.8      -23.8      -25.2     6.6      -18.5
      Mar r................................      54.3       55.4      3.6     11.4     24.9     5.8     6.5      80.0       79.8     3.4     16.0     23.0     14.6     18.9      22.7     16.0      -24.4      -25.7     6.7      -18.9
      Apr p................................      55.1       56.1      3.7     11.6     25.2     6.2     6.7      80.7       80.4     3.5     17.0     23.3     13.7     19.3      22.9     16.3      -24.3      -25.5     6.6      -18.9
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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.

    Data reflect annual and seasonal 
adjustment revisions. See Note, p. 
37.

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