PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1999 TO AUGUST 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1999 Jan.- Dec. -345,559 -16,738 -59,187 -269,634 Jan.- Aug. -218,754 -10,445 -34,225 -174,084 January -22,897 -1,123 -2,854 -18,920 February -25,104 -1,318 -2,825 -20,961 March -25,023 -1,250 -3,234 -20,540 April -25,851 -1,256 -4,118 -20,478 May -27,753 -1,349 -4,911 -21,493 June -30,381 -1,474 -4,861 -24,046 July -31,227 -1,230 -5,445 -24,552 August -30,518 -1,446 -5,977 -23,094 September -30,573 -2,100 -6,284 -22,190 October -31,576 -1,365 -6,249 -23,962 November -32,401 -1,185 -6,258 -24,958 December -32,255 -1,644 -6,171 -24,440 2000 Jan.- Aug. -291,001 -9,791 -69,997 -211,213 January -34,049 -1,702 -6,969 -25,378 February -34,641 -1,968 -8,610 -24,063 March -37,148 -1,251 -8,695 -27,203 April -36,895 -794 -8,129 -27,973 May -36,474 -962 -8,604 -26,908 June -36,862 -1,293 -9,902 -25,667 July (R) -38,523 -714 -9,773 -28,037 August -36,409 -1,108 -9,316 -25,985 September October November December ____________________________________ Exports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1999 Jan.- Dec. 684,358 -11,439 8,620 687,177 Jan.- Aug. 445,179 -8,288 5,103 448,364 January 54,966 -952 576 55,343 February 54,296 -1,105 484 54,918 March 54,687 -1,023 560 55,150 April 55,403 -985 660 55,728 May 55,343 -1,136 694 55,785 June 55,696 -1,197 695 56,198 July 56,385 -1,033 663 56,755 August 58,402 -857 771 58,488 September 59,094 -1,147 763 59,478 October 59,193 -850 901 59,142 November 59,682 -263 856 59,089 December 61,211 -891 997 61,105 2000 Jan.- Aug. 508,570 -6,124 7,288 507,406 January 60,321 -1,009 948 60,382 February 60,894 -1,108 778 61,225 March 62,513 -576 1,011 62,078 April 62,566 -542 959 62,149 May 62,749 -697 870 62,576 June 66,468 -889 800 66,557 July (R) 65,096 -541 877 64,760 August 67,963 -761 1,045 67,679 September October November December ___________________________________ Imports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,029,917 5,299 67,807 956,811 Jan.- Aug. 663,932 2,157 39,328 622,448 January 77,863 171 3,429 74,263 February 79,400 213 3,309 75,878 March 79,710 226 3,794 75,690 April 81,255 271 4,778 76,205 May 83,096 213 5,605 77,278 June 86,077 277 5,556 80,244 July 87,612 197 6,108 81,307 August 88,920 589 6,748 81,583 September 89,667 953 7,047 81,667 October 90,769 514 7,150 83,105 November 92,082 922 7,114 84,047 December 93,466 753 7,168 85,545 2000 Jan.- Aug. 799,571 3,666 77,285 718,619 January 94,370 693 7,917 85,760 February 95,535 860 9,388 85,287 March 99,661 674 9,706 89,281 April 99,460 251 9,088 90,122 May 99,224 265 9,475 89,484 June 103,330 403 10,702 92,224 July (R) 103,620 173 10,649 92,798 August 104,371 347 10,361 93,664 September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. (1) The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity classification system include virtually the same energy related petroleum products as those aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products, however, include some products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in "Manufactured Goods". SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-173), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, August 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.