Part A: Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 8. IMPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustments and rounding. The Commodities in this Exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. Item(1) September August Monthly 2011 2011 (R) Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 188,174 187,596 578 Net Adjustments 2,567 2,358 210 Total, Census Basis 185,607 185,238 369 Foods, feeds, and beverages 9,161 8,926 236 Green coffee 600 497 103 Other foods 910 823 87 Fish and shellfish 1,450 1,375 75 Wine, beer, and related products 703 661 42 Feedstuff and foodgrains 401 372 30 Nuts 182 160 22 Vegetables 857 835 21 Food oils, oilseeds 457 444 13 Cane and beet sugar 264 255 10 Tea, spices, etc. 160 151 9 Fruits, frozen juices 1,069 1,065 4 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 55 51 4 Dairy products and eggs 126 139 -12 Bakery products 700 714 -14 Meat products 632 676 -44 Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine 530 577 -47 Cocoa beans 64 131 -67 Industrial supplies and materials 64,425 63,546 879 Nuclear fuel materials 752 364 389 Nonmonetary gold 1,660 1,283 378 Copper 675 409 266 Chemicals-fertilizers 1,633 1,508 126 Petroleum products, other 3,722 3,609 113 Fuel oil 3,791 3,686 105 Other precious metals 1,333 1,291 42 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 171 129 42 Chemicals-inorganic 823 783 39 Paper and paper products 605 570 36 Liquefied petroleum gases 694 667 27 Lumber 294 267 27 Industrial supplies, other 2,228 2,201 27 Tin 74 49 25 Iron and steel, advanced 725 700 25 Electric energy 206 183 23 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 320 305 16 Pulpwood and woodpulp 353 337 16 Synthetic cloth 488 473 15 Finished textile supplies 356 343 13 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 742 731 11 Steelmaking materials 791 780 11 Bauxite and aluminum 1,083 1,073 10 Nontextile floor tiles 208 201 7 Plastic materials 1,208 1,202 6 Hides and skins 15 10 5 Cotton cloth, fabrics 116 112 4 Plywood and veneers 173 170 3 Zinc 165 161 3 Farming materials, livestock 125 122 3 Wool, silk, etc. 57 54 3 Nickel 291 288 3 Leather and furs 51 50 1 Hair, waste materials 70 68 1 Blank tapes, audio & visual 107 106 1 Cotton, natural fibers 7 6 1 Tobacco, waxes, etc. 682 686 -4 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 104 108 -4 Newsprint 124 129 -5 Materials, excluding chemicals 116 122 -6 Shingles, wallboard 558 566 -9 Finished metal shapes 1,503 1,518 -16 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 963 983 -19 Synthetic rubber--primary 268 288 -21 Nonferrous metals, other 342 391 -49 Coal and related fuels 300 367 -67 Natural rubber 325 415 -90 Gas-natural 1,332 1,442 -110 Crude oil 28,183 28,306 -123 Iron and steel mill products 1,503 1,671 -168 Chemicals-organic 2,009 2,262 -253 Capital goods, except automotive 42,433 42,864 -432 Computers 5,459 5,881 -422 Generators, accessories 1,529 1,763 -233 Computer accessories 4,362 4,476 -113 Telecommunications equipment 3,982 4,084 -102 Measuring, testing, control instruments 1,470 1,566 -95 Industrial engines 1,827 1,912 -84 Drilling & oilfield equipment 810 887 -76 Medicinal equipment 2,542 2,585 -42 Laboratory testing instruments 455 482 -27 Industrial machines, other 3,751 3,776 -26 Excavating machinery 857 882 -25 Food, tobacco machinery 255 278 -23 Spacecraft, excluding military 1 21 -20 Specialized mining 52 68 -15 Marine engines, parts 88 90 -2 Vessels, except scrap (-) (-) (-) Nonfarm tractors and parts 189 188 1 Business machines and equipment 388 381 6 Commercial vessels, other 13 5 8 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,038 1,030 8 Pulp and paper machinery 371 362 9 Railway transportation equipment 127 116 11 Wood, glass, plastic 476 464 12 Agricultural machinery, equipment 746 730 16 Electric apparatus 3,300 3,278 22 Photo, service industry machinery 1,290 1,245 45 Semiconductors 3,054 2,997 57 Metalworking machine tools 863 796 67 Textile, sewing machines 207 129 78 Engines-civilian aircraft 1,219 1,086 133 Materials handling equipment 1,044 906 138 Civilian aircraft 665 401 264 Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines 22,127 21,666 461 Consumer goods 42,181 42,385 -204 Pharmaceutical preparations 7,403 7,626 -223 Toys, games, and sporting goods 2,644 2,833 -189 Footwear 1,566 1,652 -86 Jewelry 1,031 1,109 -78 Gem diamonds 1,902 1,952 -50 Numismatic coins 211 257 -45 Pleasure boats and motors 144 182 -38 Records, tapes, and disks 244 276 -32 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton 3,096 3,123 -28 Cookware, cutlery, tools 611 634 -23 Motorcycles and parts 211 223 -11 Camping apparel and gear 706 716 -10 Glassware, chinaware 167 174 -7 Books, printed matter 290 297 -7 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,928 1,932 -4 Stereo equipment, etc 485 488 -3 Rugs 168 168 (-) Nursery stock, etc. 125 125 1 Apparel, household goods - wool 276 275 1 Musical instruments 130 127 4 Photo equipment 499 492 8 Gem stones, other 264 252 12 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 663 651 13 Toiletries and cosmetics 681 648 33 Writing and art supplies 1,134 1,099 35 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 865 824 41 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,674 2,624 50 Household appliances 1,822 1,726 96 Apparel, household goods - cotton 4,237 4,117 120 Other household goods 6,003 5,786 217 Other goods 5,280 5,852 -572 _________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 2011 2010 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 1,671,127 1,432,652 238,476 Net Adjustments 21,236 15,636 5,600 Total, Census Basis 1,649,891 1,417,015 232,876 Foods, feeds, and beverages 79,862 67,985 11,876 Green coffee 4,959 2,766 2,193 Other foods 7,816 6,992 823 Fish and shellfish 12,336 10,729 1,606 Wine, beer, and related products 6,405 5,914 491 Feedstuff and foodgrains 3,261 2,692 569 Nuts 1,418 1,074 344 Vegetables 7,270 6,562 709 Food oils, oilseeds 4,545 3,129 1,417 Cane and beet sugar 2,077 1,526 551 Tea, spices, etc. 1,305 1,061 245 Fruits, frozen juices 8,676 7,664 1,013 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 543 523 20 Dairy products and eggs 1,185 1,050 134 Bakery products 6,352 5,694 658 Meat products 5,820 5,475 346 Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine 4,695 4,159 536 Cocoa beans 1,197 975 222 Industrial supplies and materials 567,945 448,395 119,550 Nuclear fuel materials 3,995 4,222 -226 Nonmonetary gold 11,504 7,945 3,559 Copper 5,499 3,757 1,742 Chemicals-fertilizers 11,903 7,833 4,070 Petroleum products, other 38,684 28,167 10,517 Fuel oil 35,432 24,714 10,718 Other precious metals 11,948 6,952 4,996 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 1,133 766 367 Chemicals-inorganic 6,420 4,573 1,848 Paper and paper products 5,224 4,998 226 Liquefied petroleum gases 7,858 9,235 -1,377 Lumber 2,606 2,618 -12 Industrial supplies, other 19,924 17,575 2,349 Tin 785 506 278 Iron and steel, advanced 6,320 5,236 1,085 Electric energy 1,554 1,694 -141 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 2,840 2,785 55 Pulpwood and woodpulp 3,111 2,889 222 Synthetic cloth 4,424 3,797 627 Finished textile supplies 3,039 2,724 315 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 6,455 4,916 1,539 Steelmaking materials 6,937 5,479 1,458 Bauxite and aluminum 8,600 7,790 810 Nontextile floor tiles 1,802 1,622 180 Plastic materials 10,642 9,025 1,617 Hides and skins 155 141 14 Cotton cloth, fabrics 1,026 891 135 Plywood and veneers 1,479 1,530 -51 Zinc 1,418 1,183 236 Farming materials, livestock 993 851 142 Wool, silk, etc. 505 422 83 Nickel 2,872 2,242 630 Leather and furs 428 418 10 Hair, waste materials 638 564 74 Blank tapes, audio & visual 931 976 -45 Cotton, natural fibers 67 50 17 Tobacco, waxes, etc. 5,770 4,536 1,235 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 845 822 23 Newsprint 1,117 992 125 Materials, excluding chemicals 1,068 962 106 Shingles, wallboard 5,138 5,177 -39 Finished metal shapes 12,664 10,546 2,118 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 8,214 6,894 1,320 Synthetic rubber--primary 2,375 1,747 628 Nonferrous metals, other 3,268 2,588 680 Coal and related fuels 2,037 1,665 372 Natural rubber 3,619 2,024 1,595 Gas-natural 12,065 14,048 -1,983 Crude oil 246,274 189,195 57,079 Iron and steel mill products 15,194 10,857 4,337 Chemicals-organic 19,147 15,257 3,889 Capital goods, except automotive 379,517 329,615 49,903 Computers 47,421 40,761 6,659 Generators, accessories 15,304 13,533 1,771 Computer accessories 42,006 47,725 -5,720 Telecommunications equipment 36,943 34,906 2,037 Measuring, testing, control instruments 13,149 10,750 2,399 Industrial engines 15,803 12,131 3,671 Drilling & oilfield equipment 6,709 5,352 1,358 Medicinal equipment 22,834 20,131 2,703 Laboratory testing instruments 4,003 3,304 699 Industrial machines, other 33,725 25,702 8,023 Excavating machinery 6,929 3,955 2,974 Food, tobacco machinery 2,294 1,835 460 Spacecraft, excluding military 95 53 42 Specialized mining 619 414 205 Marine engines, parts 745 652 93 Vessels, except scrap 1 2 -1 Nonfarm tractors and parts 1,654 1,099 555 Business machines and equipment 3,419 3,351 68 Commercial vessels, other 104 88 17 Parts-civilian aircraft 8,423 7,397 1,026 Pulp and paper machinery 3,043 2,389 654 Railway transportation equipment 980 855 125 Wood, glass, plastic 3,949 3,521 428 Agricultural machinery, equipment 5,896 4,631 1,265 Electric apparatus 30,659 26,945 3,714 Photo, service industry machinery 11,390 10,362 1,027 Semiconductors 28,444 20,524 7,920 Metalworking machine tools 6,801 4,473 2,328 Textile, sewing machines 1,339 1,215 125 Engines-civilian aircraft 10,369 9,255 1,114 Materials handling equipment 8,166 5,891 2,275 Civilian aircraft 6,301 6,412 -111 Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines 188,426 166,619 21,807 Consumer goods 386,261 359,073 27,188 Pharmaceutical preparations 68,524 63,790 4,734 Toys, games, and sporting goods 24,857 25,699 -842 Footwear 13,816 12,353 1,463 Jewelry 9,588 7,704 1,884 Gem diamonds 17,348 13,715 3,633 Numismatic coins 1,905 1,235 670 Pleasure boats and motors 1,544 1,398 146 Records, tapes, and disks 2,165 1,887 278 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton 27,710 23,383 4,327 Cookware, cutlery, tools 5,583 5,278 305 Motorcycles and parts 1,914 1,324 590 Camping apparel and gear 6,490 5,673 817 Glassware, chinaware 1,582 1,518 64 Books, printed matter 2,745 2,798 -53 Furniture, household goods, etc. 17,620 17,283 338 Stereo equipment, etc 4,440 4,449 -9 Rugs 1,426 1,323 102 Nursery stock, etc. 1,137 1,103 34 Apparel, household goods - wool 2,542 2,248 294 Musical instruments 1,206 1,115 90 Photo equipment 4,420 4,526 -106 Gem stones, other 2,343 2,107 236 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 6,037 5,185 852 Toiletries and cosmetics 5,954 5,237 717 Writing and art supplies 9,966 9,399 567 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 6,615 6,064 552 TV's, VCR's, etc. 25,554 28,296 -2,742 Household appliances 15,578 14,911 668 Apparel, household goods - cotton 38,691 36,598 2,093 Other household goods 56,960 51,475 5,485 Other goods 47,881 45,329 2,552 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of this release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-11-188, BEA-11-54), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, September 2011. For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.