[Economic Indicators December, 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     256.1    165.9      -180.5     -198.1     90.2     -107.9
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     262.8    180.7      -229.8     -246.7     82.1     -164.6
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     281.9    199.2      -328.8     -346.0     82.7     -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     298.6    223.7      -436.1     -452.4     74.9     -377.6
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     286.2    221.8      -411.9     -427.2     64.4     -362.8
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     292.3    231.1      -468.3     -482.3     61.2     -421.1
2003 ......................................    713.4      724.8     55.0    173.0    293.7    80.6    89.9  1,260.7    1,257.1    55.8    313.8    295.9    210.1    333.9     302.7    250.3      -532.4     -547.3     52.4     -494.9
2004 ......................................    807.5      818.8     56.6    204.0    331.6    89.2   103.1  1,472.9    1,469.7    62.1    412.8    343.5    228.2    372.9     344.4    290.3      -650.9     -665.4     54.1     -611.3
2005 ......................................    894.6      906.0     59.0    233.1    362.7    98.6   115.7  1,677.4    1,673.5    68.1    523.9    379.2    239.5    407.2     380.6    314.6      -767.5     -782.7     66.0     -716.7
 
2005:Oct ..................................     76.0       76.9      5.0     19.3     31.2     8.5     9.5    148.5      148.2     5.8     50.2     32.2     20.7     34.5      32.6     26.7       -71.3      -72.6      6.0      -66.6
      Nov .................................     77.5       78.5      4.9     19.5     32.2     8.7    10.0    147.2      146.9     5.9     49.1     32.3     20.7     34.0      32.5     26.8       -68.4      -69.7      5.7      -64.0
      Dec .................................     79.4       80.6      5.0     20.1     32.7     8.9    10.5    149.6      149.3     6.0     49.3     33.0     21.1     35.2      33.1     27.1       -68.7      -70.2      6.0      -64.2
 
2006:Jan ..................................     81.4       82.2      5.3     21.1     33.3     8.8    10.4    153.6      153.2     6.2     50.2     34.1     22.3     35.2      33.3     27.4       -71.0      -72.2      5.9      -66.3
      Feb .................................     80.8       81.7      5.0     20.7     33.4     9.0    10.3    148.8      148.4     6.0     49.6     32.5     21.3     34.4      33.0     27.7       -66.8      -68.0      5.3      -62.7
      Mar .................................     82.4       83.3      5.2     22.2     33.4     8.6    10.5    150.1      149.7     6.4     46.4     34.4     21.0     36.6      33.6     27.9       -66.4      -67.7      5.6      -62.1
      Apr .................................     81.8       82.8      5.2     22.2     33.3     8.7    10.1    151.4      151.0     6.2     48.9     34.5     21.4     35.4      34.2   r 28.1       -68.3      -69.6    r 6.1    r -63.4
      May .................................     84.1       85.1      5.5     23.0     34.1     8.5    10.6    155.1      154.7     6.1     52.7     34.7     20.9     35.6      34.5   r 28.7       -69.6      -71.0    r 5.8    r -65.2
      June ................................     87.0       87.9      5.7     23.7     35.0     9.0    10.8    157.0      156.6     6.0     52.1     34.7     22.2     36.7      34.3   r 28.9       -68.7      -70.0    r 5.5    r -64.5
      July ................................     85.5       86.5      5.7     23.1     33.7     9.6    10.9    158.9      158.5     6.3     54.2     35.4     20.9     36.8    r 34.5   r 28.6       -72.0      -73.5    r 5.9    r -67.5
      Aug .................................     88.0       89.2      6.0     23.6     34.9     9.5    11.2    162.9      162.5     6.5     55.9     36.3     21.4     37.4    r 34.7   r 28.4       -73.2      -74.9    r 6.3    r -68.5
      Sept r...............................     88.6       89.9      5.8     24.6     35.6     8.8    10.8    158.9      158.5     6.4     52.3     35.8     21.1     38.0      34.8     28.7       -68.7      -70.3      6.0      -64.3
      Oct p................................     88.5       89.8      5.8     24.1     35.7     8.7    11.2    153.6      153.2     6.5     47.1     35.4     20.7     38.3      35.2     28.9       -63.4      -65.1      6.2      -58.9
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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).