[Economic Indicators September, 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.........................................    414.1      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     -76.9     45.8      -31.1
1992.........................................    439.6      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     -96.9     60.4      -36.5
1993.........................................    456.9      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    -132.5     63.7      -68.8
1994.........................................    502.9      512.6     42.0    121.4    205.0    57.8    60.0    668.7      663.3    31.0    162.1    184.4    118.3    146.3     201.0    131.9     -150.6    -165.8     69.2      -96.7
1995.........................................    575.2      584.7     50.5    146.2    233.0    61.8    64.4    749.4      743.5    33.2    181.8    221.4    123.8    159.9     219.2    141.4     -158.8    -174.2     77.8      -96.4
1996 ........................................    612.1      625.1     55.5    147.7    253.0    65.0    70.1    803.1      795.3    35.7    204.5    228.1    128.9    172.0     240.0    150.9     -170.2    -191.0     89.2     -101.8
1997 ........................................    678.4      689.2     51.5    158.2    294.5    74.0    77.4    876.5      869.7    39.7    213.8    253.3    139.8    193.8     256.6    166.3     -180.5    -198.1     90.4     -107.8
1998 ........................................    670.4      682.1     46.4    148.3    299.4    72.4    80.3    917.1      911.9    41.2    200.1    269.5    148.7    217.0     262.3    182.4     -229.8    -246.7     79.9     -166.8
1999 ........................................    684.6      695.8     45.5    147.0    310.9    75.1    82.0  1,030.0    1,024.6    43.6    222.0    295.3    179.0    241.7     272.8    189.2     -328.8    -345.4     83.6     -261.8
2000 ........................................    772.2      781.9     47.5    171.9    357.0    80.2    90.6  1,224.4    1,218.0    46.0    299.8    346.7    195.9    281.4     293.5    217.0     -436.1    -452.2     76.5     -375.7
 
2000:July ...................................     65.1       65.8      4.1     14.0     30.9     6.5     7.6    103.2      103.0     3.9     25.9     29.1     16.5     23.5      24.4     18.3      -37.2     -38.1      6.1      -32.0
      Aug ...................................     67.4       68.1      4.2     14.7     31.6     7.0     7.8    104.2      103.9     3.9     25.4     29.8     16.7     23.8      24.4     18.4      -35.7     -36.8      6.0      -30.8
      Sept ..................................     66.8       67.5      4.0     15.1     31.2     6.6     7.7    106.5      105.8     3.9     26.5     30.7     16.5     24.2      24.4     19.2      -38.3     -39.7      5.2      -34.5
      Oct ...................................     65.8       66.6      4.0     15.0     30.6     6.6     7.5    106.0      105.4     3.8     26.3     30.0     16.6     24.5      24.6     18.4      -38.8     -40.2      6.2      -34.0
      Nov ...................................     65.9       66.7      3.9     15.1     30.7     6.4     7.6    104.8      104.2     3.9     25.5     29.5     16.3     24.7      24.6     18.6      -37.5     -39.0      6.0      -33.0
      Dec ...................................     64.6       65.4      3.9     14.3     30.2     6.3     7.6    103.9      103.4     3.8     26.4     29.8     15.4     23.9      24.7     18.6      -38.0     -39.4      6.1      -33.3
 
2001:Jan ....................................     65.3       66.2      4.0     14.3     31.2     6.0     7.8    104.4      103.9     3.9     26.6     29.2     15.7     24.3      24.8     19.0      -37.7     -39.1    r 5.7    r -33.4
      Feb ...................................     65.7       66.5      4.1     14.5     31.3     5.9     7.9    100.4       99.8     3.8     24.8     28.5     15.6     23.1    r 24.6     18.7      -33.3     -34.6    r 5.9    r -28.7
      Mar ...................................     63.9       64.7      4.2     14.4     29.4     6.1     7.9    102.7      102.1     3.7     24.9     28.7     15.5     25.4      24.8   r 18.9      -37.4     -38.8    r 5.8    r -33.0
      Apr ...................................     62.2       62.9      4.1     14.0     27.9     6.1     7.9     99.8       99.2     3.7     24.9     25.9     16.1     24.3    r 24.9   r 18.8      -36.3     -37.7    r 6.1    r -31.5
      May ...................................     62.8       63.7      4.0     13.9     28.3     6.3     8.1     97.3       96.5     3.7     24.6     24.6     15.7     23.6    r 24.7   r 18.5      -32.8     -34.4    r 6.2    r -28.2
      June r.................................     60.8       61.7      3.9     13.5     27.0     6.6     7.4     96.4       95.8     3.9     23.8     24.4     16.1     23.7      25.1     18.6      -34.1     -35.6      6.5      -29.1
      July p.................................     58.8       59.8      3.9     12.8     26.4     6.2     7.4     94.2       94.0     4.1     23.1     23.6     15.7     23.4      24.9     18.3      -34.2     -35.4      6.6      -28.8
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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).