PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1997 TO OCTOBER 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 Jan.- Oct. -164,387 -14,619 -52,100 -97,668 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.- Oct. -205,337 -13,465 -37,308 -154,564 January -17,076 -1,214 -4,117 -11,744 February -18,120 -1,033 -3,848 -13,240 March -20,504 -1,390 -3,582 -15,532 April -21,335 -977 -4,022 -16,335 May -22,578 -1,043 -3,973 -17,562 June -20,530 -1,253 -3,480 -15,797 July -21,029 -1,323 -3,518 -16,188 August -22,735 -2,009 -3,497 -17,229 September (R) -20,802 -1,485 -3,431 -15,885 October -20,629 -1,738 -3,841 -15,051 November December _______________________________________________________________________ Exports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1997 Jan.- Dec. 679,325 -9,858 10,419 678,763 Jan.- Oct. 563,507 -8,675 8,614 563,568 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.- Oct. 557,901 -9,027 6,646 560,283 January 57,902 -636 814 57,724 February 56,350 -807 681 56,476 March 57,217 -882 687 57,412 April 55,335 -655 698 55,292 May 54,719 -756 671 54,804 June 54,767 -898 642 55,023 July 53,825 -965 654 54,136 August 53,862 -1,314 627 54,548 September (R) 56,005 -940 578 56,367 October 57,921 -1,175 595 58,501 November December _________________________________________________________________________ Imports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1997 Jan.- Dec. 877,279 6,609 71,771 798,900 Jan.- Oct. 727,894 5,945 60,714 661,236 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.- Oct. 763,238 4,438 43,954 714,847 January 74,977 578 4,931 69,468 February 74,470 226 4,529 69,715 March 77,720 508 4,268 72,944 April 76,670 322 4,720 71,627 May 77,297 288 4,643 72,366 June 75,297 355 4,122 70,820 July 74,854 358 4,172 70,324 August 76,597 695 4,124 71,777 September (R) 76,806 546 4,009 72,252 October 78,550 563 4,435 73,552 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-98-235), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.