[Economic Indicators February, 2009]
[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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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
2008p......................................  1,291.3    1,300.5    108.4    387.3    469.5   120.9   161.2  2,112.5    2,100.4    89.0    775.5    453.8    233.6    482.5     551.6    407.6      -799.9     -821.2    144.1     -677.1
 
2007: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 r.................................    104.6      105.4      8.5     29.8     39.4    10.3    13.3    175.3      174.5     7.1     64.2     37.5     21.2     39.2      44.7     33.3       -69.1      -70.7     11.4      -59.2
      Feb r................................    108.0      108.9      9.0     31.8     39.4    10.8    13.4    181.0      179.4     7.2     64.8     38.3     22.8     41.1      44.5     33.4       -70.4      -73.0     11.0      -62.0
      Mar r................................    104.9      105.5      9.5     31.6     37.9     9.4    12.6    173.9      172.3     7.1     61.8     38.0     20.3     39.6      44.7     33.2       -66.8      -68.9     11.4      -57.5
      Apr r................................    110.0      110.7      9.8     32.8     40.1    10.0    13.4    183.4      181.8     7.4     67.8     39.2     21.4     40.3      45.2     33.6       -71.1      -73.5     11.6      -61.9
      May r................................    110.9      111.5      9.6     34.2     39.5    10.2    13.4    183.5      182.8     7.7     67.3     39.9     20.4     41.9      46.2     34.1       -71.3      -72.6     12.1      -60.5
      June r...............................    116.2      116.9     10.3     36.8     40.6    10.8    14.1    188.0      187.2     7.5     73.6     38.5     20.5     41.4      46.8     34.2       -70.3      -71.8     12.6      -59.2
      July r...............................    120.7      121.6     10.3     38.3     41.5    12.1    14.9    195.4      194.4     7.6     80.1     39.1     20.4     41.2      47.5     34.5       -72.8      -74.6     13.0      -61.6
      Aug r................................    117.8      118.9     10.1     37.4     42.4    10.4    14.0    189.4      188.7     7.8     74.0     38.3     19.3     43.7      47.7     35.5       -69.9      -71.6     12.2      -59.4
      Sept r...............................    107.7      108.2      8.9     33.0     38.2    10.3    13.5    177.8      176.3     7.6     65.5     38.8     18.4     40.3      47.3     34.3       -68.1      -70.1     13.0      -57.1
      Oct r................................    104.7      105.4      8.1     31.6     38.0    10.1    13.3    174.3      173.5     7.7     65.0     37.4     17.6     40.4      46.7     34.4       -68.1      -69.6     12.4      -57.2
      Nov r................................     97.0       98.0      7.6     27.3     36.6     9.0    13.1    150.3      149.6     7.3     48.5     35.1     16.4     36.9      45.3     33.6       -51.6      -53.3     11.7      -41.6
      Dec p................................     88.7       89.6      6.9     22.7     36.0     7.7    12.3    140.3      140.0     7.1     42.9     33.6     14.9     36.4      45.1     33.4       -50.4      -51.6     11.6      -39.9
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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).