PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1998 TO DECEMBER 1999 (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 1998 Jan.- Dec. -246,932 -17,173 -42,828 -186,931 -17,141 -1,218 -4,051 -11,873 January -17,141 -1,218 -4,051 -11,873 February -17,506 -1,036 -3,736 -12,734 March -20,229 -1,398 -3,488 -15,343 April -20,860 -985 -3,834 -16,041 May -22,236 -1,045 -3,985 -17,206 June -20,404 -1,263 -3,483 -15,659 July -21,066 -1,334 -3,534 -16,198 August -22,291 -2,019 -3,596 -16,676 September -21,611 -1,495 -3,404 -16,712 October -20,990 -1,799 -3,621 -15,570 November -21,539 -2,129 -3,442 -15,967 December -21,059 -1,453 -2,653 -16,953 1999 Jan.- Dec. -347,130 -17,108 -59,144 -270,879 January (R) -23,409 -1,124 -2,981 -19,303 February (R) -25,232 -1,325 -2,880 -21,027 March (R) -25,740 -1,264 -3,167 -21,308 April (R) -25,393 -1,265 -4,008 -20,120 May (R) -27,958 -1,356 -4,982 -21,621 June (R) -31,239 -1,479 -4,924 -24,836 July (R) -31,481 -1,229 -5,237 -25,015 August (R) -30,191 -1,323 -5,927 -22,941 September (R) -30,271 -2,012 -6,259 -22,000 October (R) -31,875 -1,414 -6,545 -23,915 November (R) -32,869 -1,598 -6,234 -25,038 December -31,472 -1,719 -6,000 -23,753 ___________________________________ Exports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 8,076 674,062 57,748 -637 860 57,525 January 57,748 -637 860 57,525 February 56,512 -808 753 56,567 March 56,406 -887 712 56,580 April 55,330 -660 738 55,252 May 54,853 -754 695 54,913 June 55,015 -905 657 55,263 July 54,164 -973 635 54,502 August 54,624 -1,320 659 55,284 September 55,472 -946 630 55,789 October 57,193 -1,208 585 57,816 November 56,926 -1,608 542 57,992 December 56,005 -1,186 611 56,580 1999 Jan.- Dec. 683,021 -11,988 8,626 686,383 January (R) 55,168 -953 563 55,558 February (R) 54,609 -1,113 509 55,212 March (R) 54,231 -1,038 547 54,722 April (R) 55,174 -994 669 55,499 May (R) 55,026 -1,143 694 55,475 June (R) 55,377 -1,202 694 55,884 July (R) 55,796 -1,032 654 56,174 August (R) 59,045 -855 751 59,149 September (R) 58,839 -1,149 801 59,187 October (R) 58,833 -900 875 58,858 November (R) 59,184 -676 849 59,012 December 61,739 -934 1,020 61,653 ____________________________________ Imports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 50,903 860,993 74,889 580 4,911 69,398 January 74,889 580 4,911 69,398 February 74,018 228 4,489 69,301 March 76,634 511 4,201 71,923 April 76,190 325 4,573 71,292 May 77,089 291 4,680 72,119 June 75,419 358 4,139 70,922 July 75,230 361 4,168 70,700 August 76,914 699 4,255 71,960 September 77,084 549 4,034 72,501 October 78,183 592 4,205 73,386 November 78,464 522 3,984 73,959 December 77,064 267 3,264 73,533 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,030,152 5,120 67,770 957,262 January (R) 78,577 171 3,544 74,862 February (R) 79,841 213 3,389 76,240 March (R) 79,971 226 3,714 76,031 April (R) 80,568 271 4,677 75,620 May (R) 82,984 213 5,676 77,096 June (R) 86,616 277 5,618 80,721 July (R) 87,277 197 5,891 81,189 August (R) 89,236 468 6,679 82,089 September (R) 89,110 863 7,060 81,187 October (R) 90,707 514 7,420 82,773 November (R) 92,053 922 7,083 84,049 December 93,212 786 7,020 85,406 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-00-28), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, December 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.