[Economic Indicators December, 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    141.4      -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     239.5    152.6      -170.2     -191.0     86.9     -104.1
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    166.5      -180.5     -198.1     89.8     -108.3
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    181.4      -229.8     -246.7     81.7     -165.0
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    199.9      -328.8     -346.0     82.6     -263.4
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     299.5    225.3      -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     288.4    224.0      -411.9     -427.2     64.5     -362.7
2002 ......................................    682.4      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     294.9    233.7      -468.3     -482.3     61.1     -421.2
2003 ......................................    713.4      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     309.1    256.7      -532.4     -547.3     52.5     -494.8
2004 ......................................    807.5      818.8     56.6    204.0    331.5    89.3   103.1  1,472.9    1,469.7    62.1    412.8    343.5    228.2    372.9     343.9    296.1      -650.9     -665.4     47.8     -617.6
 
2004:Oct ..................................     69.3       70.2      4.8     17.9     28.1     7.8     8.9    128.7      128.4     5.2     38.0     29.9     19.5     31.6      29.3     25.4       -58.2      -59.4      3.9      -55.6
      Nov .................................     68.6       69.5      4.8     17.8     27.6     7.6     8.9    131.8      131.5     5.4     40.6     29.7     19.2     32.6      30.0     25.8       -62.0      -63.2      4.3      -59.0
      Dec .................................     71.0       71.9      4.8     18.4     28.6     8.0     9.3    130.5      130.3     5.4     38.6     29.8     19.4     32.7      30.7     25.9       -58.4      -59.5      4.8      -54.7
 
2005:Jan ..................................     71.6       72.4      4.7     18.5     28.5     8.2     9.4    134.3      134.0     5.6     38.4     31.1     19.9     34.4      30.6     26.5       -61.6      -62.7      4.1      -58.6
      Feb .................................     70.7       71.5      4.6     18.7     28.0     7.8     9.5    135.5      135.2     5.5     40.0     30.0     19.8     35.5      30.7     26.4       -63.7      -64.7      4.3      -60.4
      Mar .................................     71.5       72.5      4.8     18.7     28.9     7.7     9.4    130.4      130.1     5.5     39.9     29.6     18.5     32.1      31.3     26.5       -57.6      -58.9      4.8      -54.1
      Apr .................................     74.6       75.5      5.0     19.5     30.5     7.9     9.3    136.9      136.6     5.5     41.8     31.9     18.8     33.8      31.2   r 26.8       -61.1      -62.3    r 4.4    r -57.9
      May..................................     74.5       75.5      5.5     19.8     29.6     7.7     9.7    135.3      134.9     5.7     39.4     31.3     19.7     34.1    r 31.2   r 26.7       -59.4      -60.8    r 4.5    r -56.3
      June ................................     74.5       75.6      5.1     19.6     30.1     7.8     9.5    138.3      138.1     5.6     41.5     32.6     19.6     34.2      31.3   r 26.9       -62.5      -63.8    r 4.4    r -59.4
      July ................................     75.1       75.9      5.0     19.9     30.3     8.0     9.6    137.6      137.4     5.6     42.1     31.8     19.7     33.5    r 31.6   r 26.9       -61.5      -62.5    r 4.7    r -57.8
      Aug .................................     76.7       77.9      5.1     20.1     31.4     8.3     9.5    140.8      140.5     5.7     44.1     32.0     20.8     33.3    r 31.6   r 26.5       -62.6      -64.1    r 5.1    r -59.0
      Sept r...............................     73.5       74.6      4.9     19.0     29.1     8.3     9.9    144.8      144.5     5.9     47.1     32.3     20.1     34.2      32.3     27.0       -69.9      -71.3      5.3      -66.0
      Oct p................................     75.2       76.3      5.1     19.0     30.9     8.5     9.4    149.1      148.8     5.8     50.6     32.2     20.9     34.6      32.3     27.3       -72.5      -73.9      5.0      -68.9
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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).