[Economic Indicators November, 2000]
[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)                               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 \1\    bev-     and     auto-    parts  except            basis \1\    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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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     147.8    117.7     -101.7    -109.0     30.2      -78.9
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     164.3    118.5      -66.7     -74.1     45.8      -28.3
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     176.9    116.5      -84.5     -96.1     60.4      -35.7
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     185.9    122.3     -115.6    -132.6     63.7      -68.9
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     201.0    131.9     -150.6    -166.2     69.2      -97.0
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     219.2    141.4     -158.8    -173.7     77.8      -95.9
1996 ......................................     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     240.0    150.9     -170.2    -191.3     89.2     -102.1
1997 ......................................     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     257.2    166.5     -180.5    -196.7     90.7     -105.9
1998 ......................................     670.3      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     262.7    182.7     -229.8    -246.9     80.0     -166.9
1999 ......................................     684.4      695.8     45.5    147.0    311.4    75.8    80.8   1,029.9    1,024.6    43.6    222.0    297.1    179.4    239.5     271.9    191.3     -328.8    -345.6     80.6     -265.0
 
1999:Sept .................................      59.1       60.2      4.1     13.1     26.7     6.4     6.9      89.7       88.7     3.7     20.3     25.1     15.5     20.3      22.8     16.2      -28.5     -30.6      6.5      -24.0
      Oct .................................      59.2       60.0      4.0     13.2     26.8     6.4     6.8      90.8       90.3     3.6     20.7     25.9     15.4     20.9      23.2     16.5      -30.2     -31.6      6.7      -24.9
      Nov .................................      59.7       59.9      3.7     13.7     26.4     6.4     6.9      92.1       91.2     3.7     20.8     26.2     15.5     21.1      23.5     16.8      -31.2     -32.4      6.7      -25.7
      Dec .................................      61.2       62.1      3.8     13.6     27.8     6.6     7.2      93.5       92.7     3.8     21.3     26.6     16.1     21.2      22.9     16.3      -30.6     -32.3      6.6      -25.7
 
2000:Jan...................................      60.3       61.3      4.0     13.3     27.4     6.6     7.0      94.4       93.7     3.6     21.8     26.5     16.4     21.4      23.4     16.6      -32.3     -34.0      6.8      -27.3
      Feb..................................      60.9       62.0      3.9     13.9     27.0     6.5     7.4      95.5       94.7     3.7     23.6     26.8     15.6     21.2      24.4     17.3      -32.7     -34.6      7.2      -27.5
      Mar .................................      62.5       63.1      4.0     14.6     27.2     6.9     7.4      99.7       99.0     3.8     24.6     27.7     16.4     22.5      24.5     17.7      -35.9     -37.1      6.8      -30.4
      Apr .................................      62.6       63.1      3.9     13.7     29.1     6.4     7.2      99.5       99.2     3.8     23.4     28.7     16.5     22.9      24.7     17.4      -36.1     -36.9      7.3      -29.6
      May..................................      62.7       63.4      4.0     13.7     29.1     6.6     7.2      99.2       99.0     3.8     23.9     28.8     15.6     23.0      24.1     17.4      -35.5     -36.5      6.7      -29.8
      June.................................      66.5       67.4      4.0     14.3     31.1     7.0     7.8     103.3      102.9     3.8     25.4     29.6     16.7     23.1      24.5     17.5      -35.6     -36.9      7.0      -29.8
      July.................................      65.1       65.6      4.1     14.0     30.7     6.5     7.6     103.6      103.4     3.9     25.8     29.6     17.0     23.1      24.7     17.9      -37.8     -38.5      6.8      -31.7
      Aug r................................      68.0       68.7      4.3     14.8     31.8     7.1     7.7     104.7      104.3     4.0     25.1     30.8     16.9     23.3      25.0     18.1      -35.6     -36.7      6.9      -29.8
      Sept p...............................      67.3       67.9      4.2     15.2     31.5     6.6     7.6     107.5      106.9     3.9     26.5     31.6     16.9     23.8      25.0     19.1      -39.0     -40.2      5.9      -34.3
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    \1\ 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).