[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-106.--U.S. international trade in goods on balance of payments (BOP) and Census basis, and trade in services on BOP basis, 1974-97
[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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Consumer                                                                Consumer
Year or month                             Total,                Foods,                                        goods   Total,            Foods,                                        goods
BOP       Total,    feeds,  Industrial    Capital   Automotive    (non-     BOP    Total,   feeds,  Industrial    Capital   Automotive    (non-     Ex-
basis      Census      and    supplies      goods     vehicles,    food)    basis   Census     and    supplies      goods     vehicles,  food) ex-  ports   Imports
\3\     basis \3\    bev-       and       except    parts, and   except             basis    bev-       and       except    parts, and     cept
\4\        er-    materials  automotive    engines   auto- mo-            \4\      er-    materials  automotive    engines   auto- mo-
ages                                          tive                      ages                                          tive
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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      86.3     81.8
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      98.6     92.3
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     111.0    100.0
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     127.1    104.2

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    120.0
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     164.2    121.2
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     177.2    120.3
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     186.7    126.4
1994.............................................................     502.4      512.6      42.0     121.4       205.0        57.8       60.0    668.6     663.3    31.0     162.1       184.4       118.3      146.3     197.2    135.5
1995.............................................................     575.9      584.7      50.5     146.2       233.0        61.8       64.4    749.4     743.5    33.2     181.8       221.4       123.8      159.9     218.7    147.0
1996.............................................................     612.1      625.1      55.5     147.7       252.9        65.0       70.1    803.2     795.3    35.7     204.5       229.1       128.9      171.0     236.8    156.6

1996: Jan........................................................      48.9       49.6       4.7      11.9        20.0         5.3        5.6     64.4      64.1     2.8      15.9        19.3        10.4       13.6      18.7     12.7
Feb........................................................      50.4       51.2       4.5      12.1        21.1         5.3        5.8     63.5      63.1     2.8      15.0        19.0        10.5       13.8      18.4     13.0
Mar........................................................      50.7       51.6       4.9      12.6        20.8         5.1        5.7     65.1      63.8     3.0      15.6        19.5        10.1       13.6      19.9     13.0
Apr........................................................      50.8       51.6       4.6      12.7        21.1         5.1        5.7     66.7      65.1     3.1      16.9        18.7        10.5       13.7      19.2     13.0
May........................................................      51.3       52.4       4.7      12.5        21.1         5.4        5.9     68.1      66.9     3.0      17.4        19.0        11.0       14.3      20.0     13.1
June.......................................................      51.3       52.2       4.5      12.3        20.9         5.6        5.9     66.2      65.3     2.9      16.7        18.8        10.8       13.9      19.6     12.8

July.......................................................      49.1       50.5       4.7      11.6        20.1         5.3        5.6     66.8      66.4     2.9      17.3        18.7        11.0       14.1      19.4     13.3
Aug........................................................      51.3       52.6       4.7      12.3        21.2         5.5        5.9     68.0      67.2     3.0      17.4        19.0        11.2       14.4      19.9     13.1
Sept.......................................................      50.4       51.7       4.4      12.2        20.4         5.7        5.9     68.4      68.1     3.0      17.8        19.1        11.2       14.8      20.0     12.9
Oct........................................................      52.5       53.6       4.5      12.7        22.0         5.4        6.1     67.8      67.5     3.0      18.3        18.9        10.2       15.0      20.6     13.2
Nov........................................................      53.2       54.5       5.0      12.3        22.2         5.9        6.1     68.4      68.1     3.0      17.6        19.3        11.2       14.7      20.8     13.2
Dec........................................................      52.1       53.4       4.4      12.5        22.1         5.5        6.0     69.8      69.6     3.2      18.7        19.6        10.8       15.1      20.3     13.2

1997: Jan........................................................      51.7       52.2       4.3      12.1        21.6         5.6        6.1     69.8      69.6     3.1      17.9        19.5        11.8       15.1      20.2     13.6
Feb........................................................      53.7       54.4       4.3      12.7        22.7         5.9        6.3     70.4      70.0     3.1      17.6        19.4        12.1       15.3      20.6     13.7
Mar........................................................      57.2       58.1       4.2      13.7        24.7         6.2        6.5     72.0      70.6     3.3      18.0        20.4        11.7       14.9      21.0     13.9
Apr........................................................      57.2       57.9       4.2      13.5        25.0         6.2        6.3     72.7      71.7     3.4      17.6        20.7        11.4       16.2      21.2     13.8
May........................................................      56.9       57.9       4.1      13.4        24.8         5.9        6.7     73.2      72.3     3.4      17.9        21.0        11.6       16.1      21.1     13.9
June.......................................................      57.4       58.2       3.9      13.9        24.5         6.3        6.7     72.6      71.7     3.3      17.6        21.3        11.6       15.7      21.0     14.1

July.......................................................      56.7       57.8       3.8      13.2        24.9         6.3        6.4     73.6      73.4     3.4      17.5        21.6        12.3       16.1      21.1     14.0
Aug........................................................      57.3       58.4       4.2      13.4        24.9         6.2        6.4     73.9      73.6     3.3      17.9        22.1        11.8       16.0      21.6     14.1
Sept.......................................................      56.4       57.5       4.3      13.1        24.8         5.8        6.4     74.9      74.6     3.4      18.3        22.0        11.8       16.7      21.7     14.4
Oct........................................................      58.5       59.5       4.7      13.2        25.4         6.5        6.8     74.9      74.7     3.3      18.4        22.4        11.3       16.6      21.8     14.4
Nov p......................................................      57.8       58.4       4.6      13.1        24.6         6.9        6.6     72.9      72.6     3.2      17.1        21.4        11.8       16.8      21.4     14.4
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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).