[Economic Indicators April, 2001]
[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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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
2000 ........................................    772.5      781.7     47.7    171.9    356.6    79.9    89.1  1,222.4    1,216.4    46.0    297.9    352.2    196.3    275.5     296.2    215.2     -434.7    -449.9     81.0     -368.9
 
2000:Feb ....................................     60.9       62.0      3.8     13.9     27.0     6.6     7.4     95.6       94.7     3.7     23.6     26.8     15.6     21.2      24.4     17.2      -32.7     -34.7      7.2      -27.5
      Mar ...................................     62.5       63.1      3.9     14.6     27.2     6.9     7.4     99.7       99.0     3.8     24.6     27.8     16.4     22.6      24.5     17.7      -36.0     -37.2      6.8      -30.4
      Apr ...................................     62.5       63.1      3.8     13.7     29.1     6.4     7.2     99.5       99.3     3.8   c 23.4     28.7     16.5     23.0      25.1     17.3      -36.2     -37.0      7.7      -29.2
      May ...................................     62.7       63.4      4.0     13.7     29.1     6.6     7.2     99.3       99.0     3.8     23.9     28.8     15.6     23.0      24.3     17.4      -35.6     -36.5      6.9      -29.7
      June ..................................     66.4       67.3      4.0     14.3     31.1     7.0     7.8    103.4      103.0     3.8     25.4     29.7     16.7     23.1      24.8     17.8      -35.6     -36.9      7.1      -29.9
      July ..................................     65.1       65.6      4.1     14.0     30.7     6.5     7.6    103.7      103.5     3.9     25.8     29.6     17.0     23.1      24.7     18.2      -37.9     -38.6      6.5      -32.1
      Aug ...................................     68.0       68.7      4.3     14.8     31.8     7.1     7.7    104.7      104.4     4.0     25.1     30.8     16.9     23.3      24.9     18.1      -35.7     -36.8      6.8      -30.0
      Sept ..................................     67.8       68.4      4.1     15.3     31.7     6.6     7.7    107.2      106.6     3.9     26.5     31.5     16.7     23.7      25.0     19.1      -38.2     -39.4      5.8      -33.5
      Oct ...................................     66.3       67.1      4.0     15.0     31.1     6.7     7.3    106.3      105.7     3.8     26.1     31.1     16.8     23.8      25.1     18.3      -38.5     -40.0      6.8      -33.2
      Nov ...................................     65.9       66.7      3.9     15.1     30.7     6.5     7.4    105.0      104.4     4.0     25.1     30.4     16.5     24.1      25.0     18.7      -37.7     -39.1      6.2      -32.9
      Dec ...................................     64.1       64.9      3.9     14.2     29.9     6.4     7.5    103.7      103.2     3.8     26.5     30.5     15.2     23.2      25.1     18.7      -38.3     -39.6      6.4      -33.2
 
2001:Jan r...................................     64.6       65.4      3.9     14.1     30.8     5.8     7.8    104.1      103.5     4.0     26.6     29.1     15.3     24.5      25.0     18.8      -38.1     -39.5      6.2      -33.3
      Feb p..................................     65.2       66.0      4.1     14.5     30.9     5.7     8.0     98.6       98.0     3.8     24.8     27.8     15.2     22.6      25.2     18.8      -32.0     -33.4      6.4      -27.0
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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).