[Economic Indicators December, 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-                                                            Con-                                 ------------------------------
                                                                          Indus-             mo-    sumer                                 Indus-            Auto-    sumer
                  Period                                         Foods,   trial   Capital   tive    goods                        Foods,   trial   Capital  motive    goods
                                              BOP      Total,    feeds,    sup-     goods   vehi-   (non-     BOP      Total,    feeds,    sup-     goods   vehi-    (non-     Ex-       Im-      Goods,
                                             basis     Census     and     plies    except   cles,   food)    basis     Census     and     plies    except   cles,    food)    ports     ports     Census               Serv-   Goods and
                                                     basis \1\    bev-     and     auto-    parts   except           basis \1\    bev-     and     auto-    parts   except                        basis      Goods      ices    services
                                                                 erages   mate-    motive    and    auto-                        erages   mate-    motive    and     auto-
                                                                          rials              en-     mo-                                  rials              en-      mo-
                                                                                            gines    tive                                                   gines    tive
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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  1,148.6    1,141.0     46.6    273.9    298.0   189.8    284.3     286.2    221.8      -411.9     -429.9     64.4     -365.5
2002 .....................................    685.2      693.1     49.6    156.8    290.4    78.9     84.4  1,168.0    1,161.4     49.7    267.7    283.3   203.7    307.8     292.3    231.1      -468.3     -482.8     61.2     -421.6
2003 .....................................    715.8      724.8     55.0    173.0    293.7    80.6     89.9  1,264.9    1,257.1     55.8    313.8    295.9   210.1    333.9     304.3    250.4      -532.4     -549.0     54.0     -495.0
2004 .....................................    806.2      818.8     56.6    203.9    331.4    89.2    103.2  1,478.0    1,469.7     62.1    412.8    343.6   228.2    372.9     353.1    291.2      -650.9     -671.8     61.8     -610.0
2005 .....................................    892.3      906.0     59.0    233.0    363.3    98.4    115.3  1,683.2    1,673.5     68.1    523.8    379.3   239.4    407.2     389.1    313.5      -767.5     -790.9     75.6     -715.3
2006 .....................................  1,015.8    1,026.0     66.0    276.0    404.0   107.3    129.1  1,863.1    1,853.9     74.9    602.0    418.3   256.6    442.6     435.9    349.0      -828.0     -847.3     86.9     -760.4
2007 .....................................  1,138.4    1,148.2     84.3    316.4    433.0   121.3    146.0  1,969.4    1,957.0     81.7    634.7    444.5   259.2    474.6     504.8    375.2      -808.8     -831.0    129.6     -701.4
2008 .....................................  1,277.0    1,287.4    108.3    388.0    457.7   121.5    161.3  2,117.2    2,103.6     89.0    779.5    453.7   233.8    481.6     549.6    405.3      -816.2     -840.3    144.3     -695.9
 
2008:Oct .................................    103.8      104.8      8.3     31.4     37.5    10.0     13.3    175.2      174.4      7.6     66.1     37.2    17.9     40.1      45.9     33.9       -69.6      -71.4     12.0      -59.4
      Nov ................................     97.5       98.5      7.9     27.6     36.4     9.2     13.2    151.8      151.0      7.4     48.8     35.4    16.7     37.4      44.0     33.0       -52.5      -54.3     11.0      -43.2
      Dec ................................     89.2       90.1      7.1     23.2     35.1     8.1     12.6    142.4      141.9      7.2     43.6     34.1    15.2     36.7      43.7     32.4       -51.9      -53.2     11.3      -41.9
 
2009:Jan .................................     82.4       83.2      7.1     22.2     33.2     5.6     11.4    130.0      129.6      6.9     38.5     31.9    11.5     36.1      41.6     30.9       -46.5      -47.6     10.6      -37.0
      Feb ................................     84.4       85.2      7.1     22.2     33.3     6.0     12.8    121.6      121.2      6.7     34.3     30.1    10.2     34.6      40.9     30.3       -36.0      -37.2     10.6      -26.6
      Mar ................................     82.6       83.6      7.3     22.4     31.9     6.0     12.4    121.8      121.4      6.8     34.5     29.6    10.6     35.2      40.3     30.0       -37.7      -39.2     10.3      -28.9
      Apr r...............................     80.0       80.8      7.6     21.1     30.9     5.8     11.9    119.9      119.5      6.7     33.7     28.6    10.5     35.5      41.7     30.3       -38.7      -39.9     11.4      -28.5
      May r...............................     82.1       83.1      7.9     23.2     31.0     5.4     12.1    119.3      119.0      6.8     33.1     28.9    10.2     35.5      41.4     30.0       -35.9      -37.2     11.4      -25.8
      June r..............................     84.1       85.0      8.1     24.4     31.4     5.5     12.1    122.4      122.1      6.9     37.0     28.9    11.1     33.7      42.1     30.7       -37.1      -38.3     11.4      -26.9
      July r..............................     86.8       87.8      7.8     24.8     32.2     6.8     12.4    129.5      129.3      6.8     38.3     30.1    13.4     35.4      42.6     31.3       -41.5      -42.8     11.3      -31.4
      Aug r...............................     86.8       87.6      7.9     25.7     30.9     7.3     12.3    128.8      128.4      6.7     37.5     30.1    14.7     34.8      42.9     31.2       -40.8      -42.0     11.7      -30.3
      Sept r..............................     90.3       91.1      7.5     27.1     32.5     7.5     12.8    137.7      137.3      6.7     42.9     30.9    16.3     35.4      43.1     31.4       -46.2      -47.4     11.7      -35.7
      Oct p...............................     93.5       94.9      7.7     27.6     33.7     7.9     13.7    138.4      137.9      6.9     41.1     32.0    16.8     36.4      43.3     31.4       -43.0      -44.8     11.9      -32.9
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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).