[Economic Indicators October, 2004]
[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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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     200.4    132.9      -150.6     -165.8     67.5      -98.4
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    141.3      -158.8     -174.2     77.9      -96.3
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     239.5    152.4      -170.2     -191.0     87.1     -103.9
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     256.3    166.3      -180.5     -198.1     89.9     -108.2
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     263.1    181.3      -229.8     -246.7     81.8     -164.9
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     282.5    199.7      -328.8     -346.0     82.8     -263.3
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     299.0    224.9      -436.1     -452.4     74.1     -378.3
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     287.9    223.4      -411.9     -427.2     64.5     -362.7
2002 ......................................    681.8      693.1     49.6    156.8    290.4    78.9    84.4  1,164.7    1,161.4    49.7    267.7    283.3    203.7    307.8     294.1    232.9      -468.3     -482.9     61.2     -421.7
2003 ......................................    713.1      724.8     55.0    173.0    293.6    80.7    89.9  1,260.7    1,257.1    55.8    313.8    295.8    210.2    333.9     307.4    256.3      -532.4     -547.6     51.0     -496.5
 
 
2003:Aug ..................................     58.2       59.3      4.5     14.1     24.1     6.4     7.5    102.6      102.2     4.6     26.0     24.2     16.3     27.4      25.9     21.7       -42.9      -44.4      4.2      -40.2
      Sept ................................     59.9       61.0      4.7     14.2     24.8     6.8     7.7    105.5      105.2     4.8     26.1     25.1     17.5     27.8      26.1     21.8       -44.2      -45.6      4.3      -41.3
      Oct .................................     61.2       61.9      4.8     14.6     25.5     6.9     7.6    107.3      107.1     4.8     26.0     25.4     18.0     28.9      26.9     22.3       -45.1      -46.2      4.7      -41.5
      Nov .................................     63.1       64.2      5.0     14.6     26.8     6.8     8.0    107.8      107.6     4.9     25.8     25.6     18.1     29.1      27.1     22.3       -43.4      -44.7      4.7      -40.0
      Dec .................................     62.6       63.4      4.9     15.1     26.0     6.9     7.8    111.1      110.9     4.9     28.1     26.7     18.3     28.9      27.5     22.9       -47.5      -48.5      4.5      -44.0
 
2004:Jan ..................................     61.7       62.7      4.6     15.1     25.9     6.7     7.7    111.3      111.0     4.8     28.3     26.7     17.8     29.4      26.9     23.1       -48.4      -49.6      3.8      -45.8
      Feb .................................     64.9       65.9      4.7     16.0     27.2     7.0     8.2    114.7      114.5     5.1     31.2     26.3     18.8     28.9      27.3     23.3       -48.6      -49.8      4.0      -45.8
      Mar .................................     67.3       68.5      4.9     16.7     27.7     7.2     8.6    118.7      118.4     5.1     31.8     27.2     18.9     31.2      27.9     23.6       -49.9      -51.4      4.4      -47.1
      Apr .................................     65.9       66.9      4.7     16.3     27.1     7.2     8.6    118.9      118.7     5.1     30.9     27.8     19.0     31.7      28.4     23.6       -51.8      -53.0      4.8      -48.2
      May .................................     68.7       69.6      4.8     17.3     28.7     7.2     8.5    120.2      119.9     5.3     31.9     28.0     19.4     31.0      28.2     23.8       -50.3      -51.5      4.4      -47.1
      June ................................     64.7       65.7      4.5     16.1     26.4     7.0     8.4    123.8      123.5     5.2     35.1     29.4     18.7     31.0      28.4     24.3       -57.8      -59.1      4.1      -55.0
      July r...............................     67.5       68.2      4.4     17.3     27.8     7.6     8.2    122.2      122.0     5.1     33.9     29.2     19.1     30.5      28.5     24.2       -53.7      -54.8      4.2      -50.5
      Aug p................................     67.4       68.2      4.2     16.9     27.8     7.8     8.6    124.8      124.5     5.1     36.3     29.0     19.3     30.5      28.6     25.2       -56.3      -57.4      3.4      -54.0
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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).