[Economic Indicators November, 2003]
[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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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     185.4    122.1      -115.6     -132.5     63.3      -69.2
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     199.8    131.1      -150.6     -165.8     68.6      -97.2
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     218.5    139.4      -158.8     -174.2     79.1      -95.1
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     238.8    150.6      -170.2     -191.0     88.1     -102.9
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     255.5    164.4      -180.5     -198.1     91.1     -107.0
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     262.1    178.6      -229.8     -246.7     83.5     -163.2
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     281.5    196.7      -328.8     -346.0     84.8     -261.2
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     298.1    221.0      -436.1     -452.4     77.0     -375.4
2001 ......................................    718.7      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     288.9    219.5      -411.9     -427.2     69.4     -357.8
2002 ......................................    681.9      693.1     49.6    156.8    290.5    78.9    84.4  1,164.7    1,161.4    49.7    267.7    283.3    203.7    307.9     292.2    227.4      -468.3     -482.9     64.8     -418.0
 
2002:Sept .................................     57.8       58.7      4.1     13.3     24.8     6.7     7.1     99.7       99.4     4.2     23.5     23.8     17.7     26.2      24.5     19.2       -40.8      -41.9      5.3      -36.7
      Oct .................................     57.3       58.3      3.9     13.2     24.5     6.7     7.1     97.9       97.6     4.1     24.5     22.3     17.1     25.5      24.9     19.4       -39.3      -40.6      5.5      -35.2
      Nov .................................     57.8       58.7      4.3     13.5     24.4     6.5     7.2    101.9      101.6     4.4     23.8     24.4     17.6     27.5      25.2     19.6       -42.9      -44.1      5.5      -38.6
      Dec .................................     55.8       56.7      4.4     13.6     22.5     6.5     7.0    103.2      103.0     4.5     24.3     24.7     17.7     27.7      25.3     20.2       -46.3      -47.4      5.1      -42.3
 
2003:Jan ..................................     57.1       57.9      4.4     14.1     23.0     6.6     7.3    102.0      101.8     4.5     25.0     24.5     17.0     26.9      24.9     20.1       -43.9      -44.9      4.8      -40.0
      Feb .................................     57.9       58.8      4.4     14.0     24.1     6.7     7.0    101.6      101.4     4.4     26.0     23.2     16.8     26.9      24.8     19.7       -42.6      -43.7      5.0      -38.6
      Mar .................................     58.3       59.3      4.3     14.4     23.7     6.7     7.3    105.8      105.6     4.6     28.4     23.2     17.3     28.0      24.3     19.8       -46.3      -47.5      4.5      -43.0
      Apr .................................     57.2       58.3      4.3     14.2     23.0     6.6     7.2    103.6      103.3     4.7     26.1     24.1     16.9     27.7      24.1     19.6       -45.1      -46.4      4.5      -41.9
      May .................................     57.8       58.6      4.2     14.3     23.3     6.8     7.2    104.4      104.1     4.6     25.6     24.5     17.8     27.7      24.7     19.7       -45.4      -46.7      5.0      -41.6
      June ................................     59.3       60.1      4.4     14.5     24.2     6.6     7.7    104.3      103.9     4.5     25.9     24.4     18.2     26.7      25.2     20.2       -43.7      -45.1      5.0      -40.0
      July ................................     60.4       61.2      4.6     14.8     24.8     6.8     7.5    105.4      105.2     4.6     26.8     24.5     18.0     27.3      25.7     20.7       -44.0      -45.0      5.0      -40.0
      Aug r................................     57.7       58.6      4.3     14.0     23.9     6.1     7.5    102.4      101.9     4.5     26.8     24.0     15.6     27.2      26.1     20.9       -43.3      -44.7      5.2      -39.5
      Septp................................     59.8       60.6      4.6     14.1     24.7     6.7     7.7    106.3      106.0     4.8     27.0     25.5     17.2     27.6      26.3     21.1       -45.4      -46.5      5.2      -41.3
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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).