[Economic Indicators March, 2002]
[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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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
2001 r.......................................    720.9      730.9     49.0    160.3    322.3    74.6    89.6  1,147.1    1,142.0    46.7    275.8    297.9    189.6    283.5     283.8    205.0     -411.0    -426.3     78.8     -347.5
 
2001:Jan r...................................     65.2       66.0      4.0     14.3     31.1     6.0     7.8    104.3      103.8     3.9     26.5     29.1     15.7     24.4      24.7     19.1      -37.7     -39.2      5.7      -33.5
      Feb r..................................     65.6       66.3      4.2     14.4     31.1     5.9     7.8    100.3       99.7     3.8     24.8     28.4     15.5     23.1      24.6     18.7      -33.3     -34.6      5.9      -28.8
      Mar r..................................     63.8       64.5      4.3     14.4     29.2     6.1     7.8    102.6      102.0     3.7     24.8     28.7     15.4     25.4      24.7     19.0      -37.4     -38.8      5.8      -33.1
      Apr r..................................     62.0       62.8      4.2     14.0     27.8     6.1     7.9     99.7       99.1     3.7     24.9     25.9     16.1     24.3      24.7     18.9      -36.4     -37.7      5.8      -31.9
      May r..................................     62.7       63.6      4.0     13.9     28.2     6.3     8.1     97.2       96.4     3.7     24.6     24.6     15.6     23.6      24.3     18.8      -32.9     -34.5      5.5      -29.0
      June r.................................     60.7       61.6      3.9     13.4     26.9     6.6     7.3     96.3       95.7     3.9     23.8     24.3     16.0     23.7      24.4     18.8      -34.1     -35.6      5.7      -29.9
      July r.................................     58.6       59.6      3.9     12.8     26.2     6.2     7.4     94.4       94.2     4.1     23.1     23.6     15.9     23.5      23.8     18.6      -34.6     -35.9      5.2      -30.7
      Aug r..................................     59.4       60.2      4.2     13.4     25.6     6.7     7.2     93.5       93.2     3.9     22.3     23.4     16.5     23.3      24.4     18.7      -33.1     -34.1      5.7      -28.4
      Sept r.................................     55.5       56.3      3.9     12.3     24.1     6.4     6.9     91.0       90.8     4.0     21.8     22.2     15.6     23.3      21.5      5.3      -34.5     -35.6     16.2      -19.4
      Oct r .................................     56.5       57.4      4.2     12.7     24.2     6.3     7.1     91.5       91.3     4.0     21.2     22.8     15.7     23.5      21.4     16.0      -33.9     -35.1      5.5      -29.6
      Nov r .................................     56.0       56.9      4.2     12.4     24.2     6.2     7.0     90.3       90.1     4.0     19.7     22.8     16.0     23.5      22.1     16.3      -33.2     -34.3      5.8      -28.5
      Dec r .................................     55.0       55.8      4.1     12.4     23.6     5.7     7.2     85.9       85.7     3.8     18.2     22.2     15.4     22.0      23.1     16.8      -29.9     -31.0      6.3      -24.7
 
2002:Jan p...................................     54.8       55.5      4.2     12.2     23.8     5.9     6.8     88.9       88.7     3.9     19.0     23.5     14.9     23.3      23.1     17.6      -33.2     -34.1      5.6      -28.5
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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.
    Note.--Data beginning 2001 
reflect reassignments of commodities 
in the End-Use Classification 
System. See Department of Commerce 
release U.S. International Trade in 
Goods and Services, January 2002.

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