PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 1997 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1996 Jan.- Dec. -191,170 -20,956 -63,119 -107,095 Jan.- Sep. -142,979 -16,457 -45,473 -81,050 January -15,508 -970 -4,426 -10,113 February -13,080 -1,178 -3,854 -8,048 March -14,335 -2,117 -3,938 -8,280 April -15,897 -2,456 -5,526 -7,915 May -16,826 -2,377 -5,722 -8,727 June -14,839 -1,756 -5,329 -7,754 July -17,757 -1,865 -5,638 -10,254 August -16,759 -2,123 -5,171 -9,466 September -17,976 -1,616 -5,868 -10,493 October -15,320 -1,380 -5,870 -8,070 November -15,176 -1,567 -5,455 -8,153 December -17,695 -1,551 -6,321 -9,823 1997 Jan.- Sep. -148,470 -13,626 -46,954 -87,890 January -18,149 -799 -5,768 -11,582 February -16,761 -1,100 -5,623 -10,039 March -14,877 -2,444 -5,272 -7,161 April -15,528 -1,716 -4,846 -8,966 May -16,363 -1,892 -5,407 -9,064 June -15,244 -1,748 -5,160 -8,336 July -16,849 -1,258 -4,685 -10,905 August (R) -16,559 -1,285 -4,996 -10,277 September -18,142 -1,385 -5,197 -11,560 October November December ______________________________________________________ Exports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1996 Jan.- Dec. 612,069 -13,006 9,631 615,444 Jan.- Sep. 454,224 -9,346 6,718 456,852 January 48,899 -695 885 48,709 February 50,433 -791 758 50,466 March 50,716 -904 756 50,864 April 50,794 -843 637 51,000 May 51,282 -1,130 674 51,738 June 51,335 -882 626 51,591 July 49,087 -1,440 719 49,808 August 51,254 -1,352 794 51,813 September 50,423 -1,309 869 50,863 October 52,503 -1,065 1,094 52,474 November 53,209 -1,279 851 53,637 December 52,133 -1,316 968 52,481 1997 Jan.- Sep. 504,518 -7,960 7,502 504,976 January 51,686 -551 879 51,358 February 53,687 -671 800 53,558 March 57,155 -988 828 57,315 April 57,162 -697 824 57,035 May 56,871 -995 708 57,158 June 57,378 -857 805 57,431 July 56,745 -1,031 897 56,879 August (R) 57,326 -1,044 915 57,455 September 56,508 -1,127 847 56,788 October November December ______________________________________________________ Imports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1996 Jan.- Dec. 803,239 7,950 72,750 722,539 Jan.- Sep. 597,202 7,111 52,191 537,901 January 64,407 275 5,311 58,821 February 63,514 388 4,613 58,513 March 65,052 1,213 4,695 59,144 April 66,691 1,613 6,163 58,916 May 68,108 1,247 6,395 60,466 June 66,174 874 5,955 59,345 July 66,844 425 6,357 60,062 August 68,013 770 5,965 61,279 September 68,400 307 6,737 61,356 October 67,823 315 6,964 60,544 November 68,385 289 6,307 61,790 December 69,828 235 7,289 62,304 1997 Jan.- Sep. 652,987 5,666 54,456 592,866 January 69,834 247 6,648 62,940 February 70,448 429 6,423 63,596 March 72,032 1,456 6,100 64,476 April 72,689 1,019 5,670 66,001 May 73,234 897 6,115 66,222 June 72,622 891 5,965 65,767 July 73,593 227 5,582 67,784 August (R) 73,885 242 5,911 67,732 September 74,650 258 6,044 68,348 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-97-188), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, SEPTEMBER 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.