[Economic Indicators October, 2008]
[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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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     353.1    291.2      -650.9     -669.6     61.8     -607.7
2005.......................................    894.6      906.0     59.0    233.0    363.3    98.4   115.3  1,681.8    1,673.5    68.1    523.8    379.3    239.4    407.2     389.1    313.5      -767.5     -787.1     75.6     -711.6
2006.......................................  1,023.1    1,036.6     66.0    276.0    415.0   107.0   129.1  1,861.4    1,853.9    74.9    602.0    418.3    256.6    442.6     433.9    348.9      -817.3     -838.3     85.0     -753.3
2007.......................................  1,148.5    1,162.5     84.3    316.3    447.4   121.0   146.1  1,967.9    1,957.0    81.7    634.7    444.5    258.9    474.9     497.2    378.1      -794.5     -819.4    119.1     -700.3
 
2007:Aug...................................     98.5       99.6      7.5     27.4     38.1    10.3    12.4    165.2      164.2     7.0     53.5     37.3     21.9     39.2      43.6     32.3       -64.6      -66.7     11.3      -55.3
      Sept.................................     99.5      100.4      8.1     27.6     38.1    10.4    12.6    166.2      165.1     7.0     53.5     37.9     22.1     39.4      43.3     32.0       -64.7      -66.7     11.3      -55.5
      Oct..................................    100.4      101.4      7.7     27.6     39.0    10.5    12.5    168.1      167.2     6.9     55.1     37.7     22.2     40.0      43.7     32.4       -65.8      -67.7     11.4      -56.3
      Nov..................................    101.0      102.4      8.0     28.0     38.8    10.8    12.3    172.7      172.0     7.1     59.2     37.9     22.1     40.3      44.2     32.4       -69.6      -71.7     11.8      -59.9
      Dec..................................    101.8      102.9      8.0     28.7     39.4    10.1    12.8    171.4      170.5     6.9     60.3     37.7     20.7     39.7      44.3     32.4       -67.6      -69.5     11.9      -57.6
 
2008:Jan ..................................    104.7      105.5      8.6     29.7     39.4    10.3    13.3    174.8      174.0     7.1     64.0     37.4     21.2     39.1      44.7     33.3       -68.6      -70.1     11.4      -58.7
      Feb .................................    108.1      109.0      9.1     31.8     39.3    10.8    13.4    180.6      178.9     7.2     64.5     38.3     22.8     41.0      44.5     33.4       -69.9      -72.5     11.0      -61.4
      Mar .................................    105.0      105.5      9.6     31.5     37.8     9.4    12.6    173.4      171.8     7.1     61.5     37.9     20.3     39.5      44.7     33.2       -66.3      -68.4     11.4      -57.0
      Apr .................................    110.1      110.8      9.9     32.7     40.1    10.0    13.4    183.0      181.4     7.4     67.5     39.1     21.5     40.2      45.0     33.6       -70.6      -73.0     11.4      -61.5
      May .................................    111.0      111.5      9.7     34.2     39.4    10.2    13.4    183.1      182.4     7.6     67.1     39.8     20.5     41.8      45.9     34.0       -70.8      -72.1     11.9      -60.2
      June ................................    116.3      117.0     10.4     36.7     40.6    10.8    14.1    187.5      186.8     7.5     73.4     38.4     20.5     41.3      46.5     34.1       -69.8      -71.3     12.4      -58.8
      July r...............................    120.8      121.7     10.4     38.3     41.5    12.2    14.9    194.9      193.9     7.5     79.9     39.0     20.4     41.1      47.3     34.4       -72.3      -74.1     12.8      -61.3
      Aug p................................    117.6      118.7     10.1     37.0     42.3    10.5    14.0    188.5      187.9     7.8     73.7     38.2     19.2     43.4      47.1     35.3       -69.2      -70.9     11.8      -59.1
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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).