[Economic Indicators March, 2006]
[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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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
2005 r.....................................    892.6      904.4     58.9    231.8    361.8    97.8   115.5  1,674.3    1,670.8    68.1    520.7    379.5    240.0    407.0     379.6    321.6      -766.4     -781.6     58.0     -723.6
 
2005:Jan r.................................     71.4       72.2      4.7     18.5     28.6     8.2     9.4    133.9      133.6     5.6     38.3     31.1     19.9     34.2      30.7     26.5       -61.4      -62.5      4.2      -58.3
      Feb r................................     70.6       71.4      4.6     18.6     28.0     7.8     9.5    135.1      134.8     5.5     39.8     29.9     19.8     35.4      30.7     26.3       -63.4      -64.5      4.4      -60.1
      Mar r................................     71.4       72.3      4.8     18.6     28.9     7.7     9.4    130.1      129.7     5.5     39.8     29.6     18.4     32.0      31.3     26.4       -57.4      -58.7      4.9      -53.7
      Apr r................................     74.4       75.4      5.0     19.5     30.5     7.9     9.3    136.5      136.2     5.5     41.6     31.9     18.8     33.6      31.2     26.7       -60.8      -62.1      4.5      -57.6
      May r................................     74.3       75.4      5.4     19.8     29.6     7.7     9.7    134.9      134.6     5.6     39.3     31.3     19.7     34.0      31.3     26.7       -59.2      -60.6      4.6      -56.0
      June r...............................     74.4       75.4      5.1     19.6     30.1     7.8     9.5    138.0      137.7     5.6     41.4     32.6     19.6     34.1      31.4     26.9       -62.3      -63.6      4.5      -59.1
      July r...............................     74.9       75.7      4.9     19.9     30.3     8.0     9.5    137.2      137.0     5.6     41.9     31.8     19.7     33.4      31.8     26.8       -61.3      -62.3      5.0      -57.4
      Aug r................................     76.6       77.8      5.0     20.1     31.4     8.3     9.5    140.4      140.1     5.7     44.0     31.9     20.8     33.2      31.8     26.5       -62.3      -63.8      5.4      -58.5
      Sept r...............................     73.3       74.4      4.8     18.9     29.1     8.3     9.9    144.4      144.1     5.9     46.9     32.3     20.1     34.1      32.6     27.1       -69.7      -71.1      5.5      -65.6
      Oct r................................     75.1       76.0      5.0     19.0     30.9     8.5     9.4    148.0      147.7     5.7     49.9     32.1     20.8     34.4      32.3     27.2       -71.7      -72.9      5.1      -67.8
      Nov r................................     77.1       78.2      4.8     19.4     32.1     8.6     9.9    146.5      146.2     5.9     48.9     32.2     21.0     33.5      32.0     27.2       -68.0      -69.4      4.9      -64.5
      Dec r................................     79.1       80.3      4.9     20.0     32.3     9.0    10.6    149.3      149.0     6.0     48.9     32.9     21.5     35.1      32.5     27.4       -68.7      -70.1      5.1      -65.1
 
2006:Jan p.................................     81.7       82.6      5.4     21.1     33.2     9.1    10.4    155.1      154.8     6.4     50.3     34.1     22.7     36.2      32.7     27.8       -72.1      -73.4      4.9      -68.5
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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).