[Economic Indicators November, 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    182.5     -229.8    -246.7     79.8     -166.9
1999 ........................................    684.0      695.8     46.0    147.5    310.8    75.3    80.9  1,030.0    1,024.6    43.6    221.4    295.7    179.0    241.9     273.2    189.4     -328.8    -346.0     83.8     -262.2
2000 ........................................    772.0      781.9     47.9    172.6    356.9    80.4    89.4  1,224.4    1,218.0    46.0    299.0    347.0    195.9    281.8     292.2    218.5     -436.1    -452.4     73.7     -378.7
2001 ........................................    718.8      729.1     49.4    160.1    321.7    75.4    88.3  1,145.9    1,141.0    46.6    273.9    298.0    189.8    284.3     279.3    210.4     -411.9    -427.2     68.9     -358.3
 
2001:Sept ...................................     55.7       56.6      4.0     12.2     24.3     6.4     7.0     91.4       91.2     4.0     21.7     22.5     15.7     23.4      21.3      5.1      -34.6     -35.7     16.2      -19.5
      Oct  ..................................     56.4       57.3      4.1     12.6     24.4     6.3     7.1     91.4       91.2     4.0     21.0     22.8     15.6     23.8      21.2     17.0      -33.9     -35.0      4.2      -30.8
      Nov  ..................................     56.0       56.9      4.2     12.5     24.3     6.3     6.9     90.1       89.9     4.0     19.6     22.8     15.8     23.6      21.9     17.7      -33.0     -34.1      4.2      -29.9
      Dec  ..................................     55.0       55.9      4.1     12.4     23.5     6.0     7.1     86.5       86.4     3.8     18.3     22.5     15.5     22.2      22.5     18.2      -30.5     -31.5      4.3      -27.3
 
2002:Jan ....................................     55.0       55.7      4.2     12.3     23.7     6.0     7.0     88.5       88.2     3.9     18.9     22.9     15.3     23.2      22.5     18.9      -32.5     -33.5      3.6      -29.8
      Feb ...................................     54.7       55.5      4.3     12.2     23.3     6.2     6.9     91.0       90.8     4.0     19.0     23.1     16.4     24.4      22.7     19.4      -35.2     -36.4      3.2      -33.1
      Mar ...................................     55.0       56.0      3.9     12.3     24.1     6.2     6.7     91.6       91.3     4.0     19.9     23.4     16.0     23.7      23.4     19.4      -35.3     -36.6      4.1      -32.6
      Apr....................................     56.8       57.7      3.9     13.1     24.1     6.7     7.1     97.0       96.7     4.1     22.8     23.8     17.0     25.0      23.5     19.3      -39.0     -40.1      4.2      -36.0
      May ...................................     57.3       58.3      4.0     13.3     24.3     6.8     6.9     99.0       98.7     4.1     23.1     24.1     17.7     25.6      23.7     19.7      -40.4     -41.7      4.0      -37.7
      June ..................................     58.2       59.1      4.3     13.3     25.1     6.7     7.1     98.9       98.6     4.1     22.5     24.2     17.2     26.1      23.9     20.0      -39.5     -40.6      3.9      -36.8
      July ..................................     59.1       60.0      4.3     13.2     25.3     7.1     7.3     98.1       97.9     4.2     22.8     24.0     17.2     25.6      23.8     19.8      -37.8     -39.0      4.0      -35.1
      Aug r..................................     58.3       59.3      4.0     13.4     25.0     6.8     7.1    100.6      100.3     4.2     23.8     23.8     17.6     26.9      24.2     20.2      -41.0     -42.3      4.1      -38.3
      Sept p.................................     58.3       59.2      4.1     13.4     25.2     6.7     7.1    100.1       99.8     4.1     23.4     23.7     17.9     26.5      23.8     20.0      -40.6     -41.8      3.8      -38.0
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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).