PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1998 TO FEBRUARY 1999 (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 1998 Jan.- Dec. -248,159 -17,059 -43,275 -187,825 Jan.- Feb. -35,419 -2,247 -7,954 -25,218 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 -16,453 May -22,690 -1,043 -3,967 -17,679 June -20,642 -1,253 -3,474 -15,915 July -21,141 -1,323 -3,512 -16,305 August -22,847 -2,009 -3,491 -17,346 September -20,913 -1,485 -3,425 -16,003 October -20,279 -1,758 -3,763 -14,758 November -21,669 -2,116 -3,410 -16,142 December -20,499 -1,458 -2,685 -16,356 1999 Jan.- Feb. -49,410 -2,439 -5,927 -41,044 January (R) -23,260 -1,124 -2,914 -19,221 February -26,150 -1,315 -3,012 -21,823 March April May June July August September October November December __________________________________________________________________________ Exports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,641 -11,856 7,841 674,656 Jan.- Feb. 114,067 -1,443 1,497 114,014 January 57,809 -636 815 57,631 February 56,258 -807 682 56,383 March 57,125 -882 688 57,319 April 55,243 -655 699 55,199 May 54,626 -756 672 54,710 June 54,674 -898 643 54,930 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 58,846 November 57,110 -1,602 556 58,157 December 56,133 -1,199 621 56,711 1999 Jan.- Feb. 109,506 -2,053 1,056 110,503 January (R) 55,168 -953 579 55,542 February 54,339 -1,100 478 54,961 March April May June July August September October November December __________________________________________________________________________ Imports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 918,800 5,204 51,115 862,481 Jan.- Feb. 149,486 804 9,450 139,232 January 74,997 578 4,926 69,492 February 74,489 226 4,524 69,739 March 77,740 508 4,264 72,968 April 76,689 322 4,716 71,651 May 77,316 288 4,639 72,390 June 75,316 355 4,117 70,844 July 74,874 358 4,168 70,349 August 76,616 695 4,119 71,802 September 76,826 546 4,004 72,276 October 78,526 556 4,366 73,604 November 78,779 514 3,966 74,299 December 76,632 259 3,306 73,067 1999 Jan.- Feb. 158,916 386 6,983 151,547 January (R) 78,427 171 3,493 74,763 February 80,489 215 3,490 76,784 March April May June July August September 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-99-73), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, February 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.