[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-102.--U.S. international trade in goods on balance of payments (BOP) and Census basis, and trade in services on BOP basis, 1974-95
[Billions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Goods: Exports  (f.a.s. value) \1\ \2\                                   Goods: Imports (customs value, except as  noted) \5\               Services (BOP
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Census basis (by end-use category)                                             Census basis (by end-use category)                 -----------------
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Year or month                        Total,                                                                Consumer   Total,                                                            Consumer
BOP       Total,      Foods,   Industrial    Capital   Automotive  goods (non-   BOP    Total,     Foods,   Industrial    Capital   Automotive  goods (non-
basis      Census      feeds,    supplies      goods     vehicles,     food)     basis   Census     feeds,    supplies      goods     vehicles,     food)    Exports  Imports
\3\     basis \3\      and         and       except    parts, and    except              basis      and         and       except    parts, and    except
\4\      beverages   materials  automotive    engines   automotive             \4\    beverages   materials  automotive    engines   automotive
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(6)F.a.s. value \2\
(6)F.a.s. value \2\

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1974...................................................      98.3       99.4    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   103.8     103.3  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     22.6     21.4
1975...................................................     107.1      108.9    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........    98.2      99.3  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     25.5     22.0
1976...................................................     114.7      116.8    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   124.2     124.6  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     28.0     24.6
1977...................................................     120.8      123.2    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   151.9     151.5  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     31.5     27.6
1978...................................................     142.1      145.8    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   176.0     176.1  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     36.4     32.2
1979...................................................     184.4      186.4    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   212.0     210.3  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     39.7     36.7
1980...................................................     224.3      225.6    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   249.8     245.3  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     47.6     41.5
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(6)Customs value

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1981...................................................     237.0      238.7    .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........   265.1     261.0  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........     57.4     45.5
1982...................................................     211.2      216.4       31.3        61.7        72.7        15.7        14.3     247.6     244.0      17.1      112.0        35.4        33.3        39.7       64.1     51.7
1983...................................................     201.8      205.6       30.9        56.7        67.2        16.8        13.4     268.9     258.0      18.2      107.0        40.9        40.8        44.9       64.3     55.0
1984...................................................     219.9      224.0       31.5        61.7        72.0        20.6        13.3     332.4  \6\ 330.
7      21.0      123.7        59.8        53.5        60.0       71.2     67.7
1985...................................................     215.9  \7\ 218.8       24.0        58.5        73.9        22.9        12.6     338.1  \6\ 336.
5      21.9      113.9        65.1        66.8        68.3       73.2     72.9
1986...................................................     223.3  \7\ 227.2       22.3        57.3        75.8        21.7        14.2     368.4     365.4      24.4      101.3        71.8        78.2        79.4       86.5     81.0
1987...................................................     250.2      254.1       24.3        66.7        86.2        24.6        17.7     409.8     406.2      24.8      111.0        84.5        85.2        88.7       98.5     91.7
1988...................................................     320.2      322.4       32.3        85.1       109.2        29.3        23.1     447.2     441.0      24.8      118.3       101.4        87.7        95.9      111.1     99.5
1989...................................................     362.1      363.8       37.2        99.3       138.8        34.8        36.4     477.4     473.2      25.1      132.3       113.3        86.1       102.9      127.4    103.5

1990...................................................     389.3      393.6       35.1       104.4       152.7        37.4        43.3     498.3     495.3      26.6      143.2       116.4        87.3       105.7      147.8    118.8
1991...................................................     416.9      421.7       35.7       109.7       166.7        40.0        45.9     491.0     488.5      26.5      131.6       120.7        85.7       108.0      164.3    119.6
1992...................................................     440.4      448.2       40.3       109.1       175.9        47.0        51.4     536.5     532.7      27.6      138.6       134.3        91.8       122.7      178.6    122.0
1993...................................................     456.8      465.1       40.6       111.8       181.7        52.4        54.7     589.4     580.7      27.9      145.6       152.4       102.4       134.0      187.8    130.0
1994...................................................     502.5      512.6       41.9       121.4       205.2        57.6        60.0     668.6     663.3      31.0      162.0       184.4       118.3       146.3      198.7    138.8

1994: Jan..............................................      38.9       39.7        3.4         9.0        16.2         4.5         4.6      50.3      49.9       2.4       11.7        14.0         8.5        11.6       15.4     11.0
Feb..............................................      37.4       38.2        3.2         8.7        15.4         4.5         4.5      51.1      50.3       2.3       11.9        14.0         8.9        11.6       15.6     11.6
Mar..............................................      42.1       42.8        3.4        10.6        17.3         4.7         4.9      53.6      52.5       2.6       12.6        14.5         9.4        11.5       16.7     11.7
Apr..............................................      40.4       41.1        3.2         9.6        16.8         4.8         4.8      53.8      53.2       2.5       12.7        14.7         9.4        11.9       16.0     11.4
May..............................................      40.4       41.3        3.3         9.9        16.6         4.6         4.9      54.5      54.0       2.5       13.1        14.9         9.6        12.1       16.4     11.5
June.............................................      41.9       42.8        3.2         9.8        17.6         4.7         5.2      55.9      55.7       2.6       14.0        15.2        10.0        12.1       16.7     11.6

July.............................................      40.4       41.2        3.1        10.2        16.3         4.3         4.9      56.3      56.0       2.6       14.4        15.3         9.9        12.1       16.6     11.6
Aug..............................................      43.7       44.7        3.6        10.7        17.6         5.1         5.2      57.9      57.6       2.7       14.7        15.4        10.7        12.4       16.6     11.7
Sept.............................................      43.3       44.1        3.7        10.3        17.8         5.0         5.1      57.8      57.6       2.7       14.2        16.3        10.0        12.5       17.7     11.8
Oct..............................................      43.3       44.3        3.8        10.7        17.0         4.9         5.2      58.2      58.0       2.7       13.9        16.4        10.3        12.8       16.7     11.6
Nov..............................................      44.4       45.3        4.0        10.7        18.0         5.0         5.4      59.7      59.5       2.6       14.5        16.8        10.7        12.9       17.3     11.7
Dec..............................................      46.2       47.2        4.2        11.3        18.7         5.5         5.3      59.4      59.2       2.7       14.2        16.8        10.8        12.9       17.0     11.6

1995: Jan..............................................      44.9       45.6        3.9        11.6        17.1         5.5         5.1      60.7      60.5       2.8       14.5        17.1        11.0        13.3       17.3     11.8
Feb..............................................      45.6       46.3        3.9        11.7        17.9         5.3         5.3      59.9      59.7       2.8       14.4        16.9        10.8        13.1       16.5     11.7
Mar..............................................      47.9       48.7        4.1        12.6        19.2         5.1         5.4      62.5      61.6       2.9       15.3        17.6        10.7        13.3       17.4     12.1
Apr..............................................      47.2       47.8        4.2        12.3        18.8         5.1         5.3      63.5      62.6       2.7       15.5        18.0        11.0        13.6       17.2     12.1
May..............................................      48.3       49.1        4.0        12.4        19.4         5.1         5.5      64.3      63.1       2.7       15.8        18.1        10.7        13.8       17.3     12.1
June.............................................      47.4       48.2        3.9        12.7        19.5         4.5         5.4      63.9      63.0       2.8       15.7        18.7        10.4        13.4       17.3     12.2

July.............................................      46.4       47.1        4.2        11.8        19.0         4.4         5.2      62.6      62.4       2.7       15.3        18.9        10.0        13.5       17.3     12.1
Aug..............................................      49.1       49.8        4.5        12.1        20.0         5.3         5.5      62.6      62.4       2.8       14.9        18.9        10.4        13.5       17.3     12.1
Sept.............................................      49.8       50.5        4.8        12.4        19.7         5.6         5.5      63.5      63.3       2.8       15.3        19.3        10.4        13.5       17.7     12.2
Oct..............................................      49.0       49.8        4.4        12.6        20.3         4.8         5.5      62.7      62.3       2.8       14.7        19.7         9.5        13.3       17.8     12.2
Nov p............................................      49.4       50.2        4.4        11.8        20.8         4.9         5.5      61.9      61.6       2.7       14.9        19.3         9.6        12.9       17.9     12.5
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\1\ Department of Defense shipments of grant-aid military supplies and equipment under the Military Assistance Program are excluded from total exports through 1985 and included beginning 1986.
\2\ F.a.s. (free alongside ship) value basis at U.S. port of exportation for exports and at foreign port of exportation for imports.
\3\ Includes undocumented exports to Canada through 1988. Beginning 1989, undocumented exports to Canada are included in the appropriate end-use category.
\4\ Total includes ``other'' exports or imports, not shown separately.
\5\ Total arrivals of imported goods other than intransit shipments.
\6\ Total includes revisions not reflected in detail.
\7\ Total exports are on a revised statistical month basis; end-use categories are on a statistical month basis.

Note.--Goods on a Census basis are adjusted to a BOP basis by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in line with concepts and definitions used to prepare international and national accounts. The adjustments are necessary to supplement
coverage of Census data, to eliminate duplication of transactions recorded elsewhere in international accounts, and to value transactions according to a standard definition.
Data include trade of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Source: Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis).