PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1998 TO NOVEMBER 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 Jan.- Nov. -225,873 -15,720 -40,174 -169,978 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.- Nov. -314,639 -15,398 -53,004 -246,237 January -23,350 -1,124 -2,965 -19,260 February -25,173 -1,325 -2,863 -20,984 March -25,681 -1,264 -3,151 -21,265 April -25,334 -1,265 -3,992 -20,077 May -27,899 -1,356 -4,966 -21,578 June -31,179 -1,479 -4,908 -24,793 July -31,422 -1,229 -5,221 -24,972 August -30,132 -1,323 -5,911 -22,898 September -30,211 -2,012 -6,242 -21,957 October (R) -31,815 -1,414 -6,529 -23,872 November -32,444 -1,607 -6,256 -24,582 December ____________________________________ Exports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 8,076 674,062 Jan.- Nov. 614,241 -10,706 7,465 617,482 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.- Nov. 622,587 -11,065 7,586 626,067 January 55,263 -953 562 55,654 February 54,704 -1,113 508 55,308 March 54,326 -1,038 545 54,819 April 55,269 -994 668 55,595 May 55,121 -1,143 693 55,571 June 55,472 -1,202 693 55,980 July 55,890 -1,032 652 56,270 August 59,139 -855 750 59,245 September 58,934 -1,149 800 59,283 October (R) 58,927 -900 873 58,954 November 59,543 -687 843 59,388 December ___________________________________ Imports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 50,903 860,993 Jan.- Nov. 840,114 5,015 47,639 787,460 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.- Nov. 937,226 4,332 60,590 872,304 January 78,612 171 3,527 74,915 February 79,876 213 3,371 76,293 March 80,006 226 3,696 76,084 April 80,603 271 4,659 75,673 May 83,020 213 5,658 77,148 June 86,651 277 5,600 80,773 July 87,312 197 5,873 81,242 August 89,271 468 6,661 82,142 September 89,145 863 7,042 81,240 October (R) 90,743 514 7,402 82,826 November 91,988 920 7,098 83,969 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-00-13), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, November 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.