PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1997 TO DECEMBER 1998 (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 1997 Jan.- Dec. -197,955 -16,467 -61,352 -120,136 -17,495 -818 -5,756 -10,921 January -17,495 -818 -5,756 -10,921 February -16,469 -1,116 -5,662 -9,692 March -15,759 -2,457 -5,426 -7,877 April -16,505 -1,725 -5,025 -9,755 May -16,982 -1,900 -5,374 -9,708 June -15,610 -1,734 -4,805 -9,071 July -15,864 -1,269 -4,713 -9,881 August -16,909 -1,292 -5,138 -10,479 September -16,524 -1,005 -5,009 -10,510 October -16,270 -1,305 -5,191 -9,774 November -16,605 -911 -5,161 -10,533 December -16,962 -936 -4,092 -11,934 1998 Jan.- Dec. -247,985 -17,133 -43,348 -187,504 January -17,187 -1,214 -4,112 -11,861 February -18,231 -1,033 -3,842 -13,357 March -20,615 -1,390 -3,576 -15,649 April -21,446 -977 -4,017 -16,452 May -22,690 -1,043 -3,967 -17,679 June -20,642 -1,253 -3,474 -15,914 July -21,141 -1,323 -3,512 -16,305 August -22,846 -2,009 -3,491 -17,346 September -20,913 -1,485 -3,425 -16,002 October -20,279 -1,758 -3,763 -14,758 November (R) -21,668 -2,116 -3,410 -16,142 December -20,328 -1,532 -2,758 -16,039 __________________________________________________________________________ Exports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1997 Jan.- Dec. 679,325 -9,858 10,419 678,763 52,655 -566 886 52,335 January 52,655 -566 886 52,335 February 54,337 -685 800 54,222 March 56,507 -999 827 56,678 April 56,326 -703 851 56,178 May 56,103 -1,003 778 56,327 June 56,811 -842 847 56,805 July 57,455 -1,041 921 57,574 August 57,100 -1,047 933 57,214 September 57,747 -739 861 57,625 October 58,467 -1,050 908 58,609 November 57,482 -670 830 57,321 December 58,336 -513 975 57,874 1998 Jan.- Dec. 671,055 -11,921 7,826 675,151 January 57,809 -636 815 57,631 February 56,257 -807 682 56,382 March 57,124 -882 688 57,319 April 55,243 -655 699 55,198 May 54,626 -756 672 54,710 June 54,674 -898 643 54,929 July 53,733 -965 655 54,043 August 53,769 -1,314 628 54,455 September 55,912 -940 579 56,273 October 58,246 -1,202 603 58,845 November (R) 57,110 -1,602 556 58,157 December 56,552 -1,264 607 57,209 __________________________________________________________________________ Imports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1997 Jan.- Dec. 877,279 6,609 71,771 798,900 70,150 252 6,641 63,257 January 70,150 252 6,641 63,257 February 70,807 430 6,463 63,914 March 72,266 1,458 6,253 64,555 April 72,831 1,021 5,877 65,933 May 73,085 897 6,153 66,035 June 72,420 892 5,652 65,876 July 73,318 228 5,634 67,455 August 74,009 245 6,072 67,692 September 74,271 266 5,870 68,135 October 74,738 255 6,099 68,384 November 74,087 242 5,991 67,855 December 75,298 423 5,067 69,809 1998 Jan.- Dec. 919,040 5,212 51,174 862,654 January 74,996 578 4,926 69,492 February 74,488 226 4,524 69,739 March 77,739 508 4,264 72,968 April 76,689 322 4,716 71,651 May 77,316 288 4,639 72,389 June 75,316 355 4,117 70,843 July 74,873 358 4,168 70,348 August 76,615 695 4,119 71,801 September 76,825 546 4,004 72,275 October 78,525 556 4,366 73,603 November (R) 78,778 514 3,966 74,298 December 76,880 268 3,364 73,248 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-99-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, December 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.