[Economic Indicators December, 2007]
[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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1997.......................................    678.4      689.2     51.5    158.2    294.5    74.0    77.4    876.8      869.7    39.7    213.8    253.3    139.8    193.8     256.1    165.9      -180.5     -198.4     90.2     -108.3
1998.......................................    670.4      682.1     46.4    148.3    299.4    72.4    80.3    918.6      911.9    41.2    200.1    269.5    148.7    217.0     262.8    180.7      -229.8     -248.2     82.1     -166.1
1999.......................................    684.0      695.8     46.0    147.5    310.8    75.3    80.9  1,031.8    1,024.6    43.6    221.4    295.7    179.0    241.9     281.9    199.2      -328.8     -347.8     82.7     -265.1
2000.......................................    772.0      781.9     47.9    172.6    356.9    80.4    89.4  1,226.7    1,218.0    46.0    299.0    347.0    195.9    281.8     298.6    223.7      -436.1     -454.7     74.9     -379.8
2001.......................................    718.7      729.1     49.4    160.1    321.7    75.4    88.3  1,148.2    1,141.0    46.6    273.9    298.0    189.8    284.3     286.2    221.8      -411.9     -429.5     64.4     -365.1
2002.......................................    682.4      693.1     49.6    156.8    290.4    78.9    84.4  1,167.4    1,161.4    49.7    267.7    283.3    203.7    307.8     292.3    231.1      -468.3     -485.0     61.2     -423.7
2003.......................................    713.4      724.8     55.0    173.0    293.7    80.6    89.9  1,264.3    1,257.1    55.8    313.8    295.9    210.1    333.9     304.3    250.4      -532.4     -550.9     54.0     -496.9
2004.......................................    807.5      818.8     56.6    203.9    331.4    89.2   103.2  1,477.1    1,469.7    62.1    412.8    343.6    228.2    372.9     349.7    292.2      -650.9     -669.6     57.5     -612.1
2005.......................................    894.6      906.0     59.0    233.0    362.3    98.6   116.1  1,681.8    1,673.5    68.1    523.8    379.3    239.5    407.2     388.4    315.7      -767.5     -787.1     72.8     -714.4
2006.......................................  1,023.1    1,036.6     66.0    276.0    413.9   107.2   130.0  1,861.4    1,853.9    74.9    602.0    418.3    256.7    442.6     422.6    342.8      -817.3     -838.3     79.7     -758.5
 
2006:Oct...................................     88.2       89.5      5.7     24.3     35.5     8.8    11.2    153.7      153.0     6.4     46.8     35.5     21.1     38.1      36.4     29.1       -63.6      -65.5      7.3      -58.2
      Nov..................................     88.8       90.4      5.6     24.0     36.1     9.1    11.3    155.0      154.4     6.4     46.9     35.7     21.4     38.8      37.1     29.3       -64.0      -66.3      7.8      -58.5
      Dec..................................     89.5       91.0      5.9     23.8     36.4     9.5    11.4    158.1      157.5     6.5     48.3     35.7     22.6     39.3      37.6     29.3       -66.6      -68.6      8.3      -60.3
 
2007:Jan...................................     90.5       91.7      6.0     23.8     36.9     8.9    11.9    155.1      154.5     6.6     48.0     36.5     20.4     38.2      37.1     29.5       -62.8      -64.6      7.6      -57.0
      Feb..................................     88.6       89.6      6.3     23.7     34.8     9.1    11.5    154.1      153.5     6.6     44.5     36.7     20.8     39.7      37.1     29.5       -64.0      -65.5      7.6      -57.9
      Mar..................................     91.1       92.4      6.0     24.8     35.3     9.9    11.8    161.8      160.3     6.8     49.7     36.2     22.1     40.4      37.9     29.8       -67.9      -70.7      8.1      -62.7
      Apr .................................     90.9       92.2      6.6     25.1     34.6     9.8    12.0    158.3      157.1     6.6     50.2     35.7     21.1     38.7     r38.5   r 30.1       -64.8      -67.3     r8.5     r-58.9
      May .................................     93.4       94.7      6.6     25.8     36.5     9.8    12.0    161.9      160.7     6.8     52.5     36.6     20.5     39.2    r 39.2   r 30.7       -66.0      -68.5    r 8.6     r-59.9
      June ................................     95.0       96.1      6.6     27.0     36.6     9.9    11.9    163.3      162.7     6.7     52.8     37.2     21.5     39.2     r39.4    r30.7       -66.6      -68.4     r8.8     r-59.6
      July ................................     98.6       99.8      6.9     26.5     38.5    11.3    12.4    166.4      165.3     6.9     53.9     37.2     22.6     39.5     r39.4    r30.8       -65.5      -67.8     r8.7     r-59.1
      Aug .................................     99.0      100.1      7.5     27.3     38.3    10.4    12.5    165.1      164.0     7.0     52.9     37.4     22.1     39.2     r40.3    r31.2       -64.0      -66.1     r9.1     r-57.0
      Sept r...............................    100.4      101.3      8.3     28.0     37.9    10.5    12.9    166.2      165.1     7.0     52.7     38.2     22.3     39.5      40.1     31.3       -63.8      -65.8      8.7      -57.1
      Oct p................................    101.1      102.1      7.8     27.8     39.2    10.5    12.5    167.9      166.9     6.9     54.6     37.7     22.4     39.9      40.6     31.7       -64.8      -66.8      8.9      -57.8
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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).