[Economic Indicators March, 2005]
[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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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
2004 r.....................................    807.6      819.1     56.4    203.6    331.1    88.2   102.8  1,473.1    1,469.9    62.2    412.2    343.7    228.2    373.0     339.6    291.2      -650.8     -665.5     48.4     -617.1
 
2003: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 ..................................     61.8       62.8      4.6     15.2     25.9     6.7     7.7    111.5      111.3     4.8     28.2     26.8     17.8     29.5    r 27.0     23.1       -48.5      -49.7      3.8    r -45.8
      Feb .................................     65.1       66.0      4.7     16.0     27.3     7.0     8.2    114.9      114.7     5.1     31.2     26.4     18.8     29.0    r 27.4   r 23.4       -48.7      -49.9      4.0      -45.9
      Mar .................................     67.4       68.6      4.9     16.7     27.8     7.2     8.7    118.9      118.6     5.2     31.8     27.3     19.0     31.3    r 28.0     23.6       -50.0      -51.5      4.4      -47.1
      Apr .................................     66.1       67.0      4.7     16.4     27.1     7.1     8.6    119.2      118.9     5.1   r 30.9     27.9     19.0     31.8    r 28.4     23.8       -51.9      -53.1      4.6      -48.5
      May .................................     68.8       69.8      4.8     17.4     28.8     7.2     8.5    120.4      120.1     5.3     31.9     28.1     19.4     31.2    r 28.2     24.0       -50.4      -51.6      4.2      -47.4
      June ................................     64.8       65.8      4.5     16.1     26.4     7.0     8.5    124.0      123.8     5.3     35.0     29.4     18.7     31.1      28.3     24.5       -57.9      -59.2      3.8      -55.4
      July ................................     67.6       68.4      4.5     17.3     27.8     7.6     8.3    122.5      122.2     5.1     33.9     29.3     19.1     30.6    r 28.5   r 24.3       -53.8      -54.9    r 4.1      -50.7
      Aug .................................     68.1       69.0      4.3     17.0     27.8     7.8     8.6    125.2      124.9     5.1     36.6     29.1     19.2     30.5    r 28.3   r 25.2       -56.0      -57.1      3.1      -54.0
      Sept ................................     69.3       70.3      4.9     17.5     28.1     7.7     8.8    124.4      124.1     5.0     35.5     29.6     19.5     30.4    r 28.3   r 24.4       -53.8      -55.1    r 3.9    r -51.2
      Oct .................................     69.3       70.3      4.8     18.0     28.1     7.6     8.8    129.5      129.2     5.2     38.4     29.9     19.4     32.1    r 28.8     24.5       -59.0      -60.2    r 4.3    r -55.9
      Nov .................................     68.1       69.0      4.8     17.6     27.2     7.5     8.8    131.6      131.3     5.4     40.0     29.7     19.0     32.8    r 29.2   r 25.2     r -62.2      -63.5      4.1    r -59.4
      Dec r................................     71.1       72.0      4.8     18.4     28.7     7.8     9.4    131.0      130.7     5.6     38.8     30.2     19.2     32.6      29.3     25.2       -58.7      -59.9      4.1      -55.7
 
2005:Jan p.................................     71.3       72.0      4.7     18.4     28.5     8.1     9.2    133.5      133.2     5.6     38.1     30.7     19.7     34.6      29.6     25.6       -61.2      -62.3      4.0      -58.3
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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).