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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2000

   

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CB-00-196 Press Copy 
FT-900 (00-09) For information on goods contact:
Bureau of the Census:
Haydn R. Mearkle  (301) 457-2246 
Nick Orsini       (301) 457-2311
For information on services contact:
Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Technical:  Christopher Bach (202) 606-9545
Media:      Larry Moran      (202) 606-2649
          U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
                          September 2000
Goods and Services
The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the
Department of Commerce, announced today that total September  exports of
$92.4 billion and imports of $126.6 billion resulted in a goods and services
deficit of $34.3 billion, $4.5 billion more than the $29.8 billion in August,
revised.  September exports were $0.6 billion less than August exports of
$93.0 billion.  September imports were $3.8 billion more than August imports
of $122.8 billion.
In September, the goods deficit increased $3.5 billion from August to $40.2
billion, and the services surplus decreased $0.9 billion to $5.9 billion.
Exports of goods decreased to $67.3 billion from $68.0 billion, and imports
of goods increased to $107.5 billion from $104.7 billion.  Exports of
services were virtually unchanged at $25.0 billion, and imports of services
increased to $19.1 billion from $18.1 billion.
Goods
     
The August to September change in exports of goods reflected decreases in
automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.5 billion); capital goods
($0.3 billion); other goods ($0.2 billion); foods, feeds, and beverages
($0.1 billion); and consumer goods ($0.1 billion).  An increase occurred in
industrial supplies and materials ($0.4 billion).
 
The August to September change in imports of goods reflected increases in
industrial supplies and materials ($1.4 billion); capital goods ($0.8
billion); and consumer goods ($0.5 billion).  A decrease occurred in other
goods ($0.1 billion).  Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines and  foods,
feeds, and beverages were virtually unchanged.
             
Services
     
Services exports in September were virtually the same as in August.  Changes
in all categories of services exports were small and nearly offsetting. 
Services imports increased $1.0 billion from August to September.  Royalties
and license fees increased $0.7 billion, reflecting payments for the rights
to broadcast the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.  Other transportation, travel,
and other private services each increased $0.1 billion.  Changes in the other
categories of services imports were small.
Goods and Services Moving Average 
For the three months ending in September, exports of goods and services
averaged $91.7 billion, while imports of goods and services averaged $123.6
billion, resulting in an average trade deficit of $31.9 billion.  For the
three months ending in August, the average trade deficit was $30.4 billion,
reflecting average exports of $91.3 billion and average imports of $121.7
billion.
Selected Not Seasonally Adjusted Goods Details 
The September figures showed surpluses, in billions of dollars, with
Australia $0.4 (for August $0.5), Brazil $0.3 ($0.0), Egypt $0.2 ($0.2),
Argentina $0.1 ($0.1), and Hong Kong $0.1 ($0.2).  Deficits were recorded,
in billions of dollars, with China -$8.7 (-$8.6), Japan -$6.1 (-$6.8),
Canada -$4.7 (-$4.3), Western Europe -$4.4 (-$5.2), OPEC -$4.2 (-$4.4),
Mexico -$2.7 (-$1.9), Taiwan -$1.7 (-$1.4), Korea -$1.2 (-$1.2), and
Singapore -$0.0 (-$0.2).
Advanced technology products (ATP) exports were $20.1 billion in September
and imports were $21.2 billion, resulting in a deficit of $1.1 billion. 
September exports were $0.4 billion more than the $19.7 billion in August,
while imports were $1.1 billion more than the $20.1 billion in August.
Revisions
     
Goods carry-over in September was $0.5 billion (0.7 percent) for exports
and $1.1 billion (1.0 percent) for imports.  For August, revised export
carry-over was $0.2 billion (0.3 percent), revised down from $0.6 billion
(1.0 percent).  For August, revised import carry-over was $0.2 billion
(0.2 percent), revised down from $0.7 billion (0.7 percent).
Services exports for August were revised down $0.1 billion to $25.0 billion;
the revision was mainly accounted for by a small downward revision in other
private services.  Services imports for August were virtually unrevised at
$18.1 billion.
Scheduled Release Dates In 2001 are Located on Page 29
                        Table of Contents
                         September  1995
Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 1 International Trade in Goods and Services. . . . . . ..........4
Exhibit 2 Goods and Services Centered Three - Month Moving Averages......5
Exhibit 3 U.S. Services by Major Category--Exports . . . . . ............6
Exhibit 4 U.S. Services by Major Category--Imports . . . . . ............7
Exhibit 5 U.S. Trade in Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............8
Exhibit 6 Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category.....9
Exhibit 7 Exports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity ...........10
Exhibit 8 Imports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity ...........12
Exhibit 9 Petroleum and Non-Petroleum End-Use Category Totals ..........14
Exhibit 10 Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use
           Category (Constant Dollars) . . . . . . . ...................15
Exhibit 11 Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods, Petroleum and Non-
           Petroleum End-Use Commodity Category Totals
           (Constant Dollars)...........................................16
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 12  U.S. Trade in Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 17
Exhibit 13  Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal
            End-Use Category............................................18
Exhibit 14  Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods by Selected  
            Countries and Areas   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 19
Exhibit 15  Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal SITC Commodity
            Groupings...................................................21
Exhibit 16  Exports, Imports, and Balance of Advanced Technology
            Products....................................................23
Exhibit 17  Imports of Energy - Related Petroleum Products, 
            Including Crude Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........24
Exhibit 18  Exports and Imports of Motor Vehicles and Parts By
            Selected Countries..........................................25
Information on Goods and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........26
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 1. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
           JANUARY 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding.  (R) Revised.)
 
                                           Balance
        Period            Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 

1998           
Jan.- Dec.                   -166,897          -246,853            79,956
Jan.- Sep.                   -121,554          -181,830            60,276
January                       -10,290           -17,446             7,156
February                      -10,765           -17,394             6,629
March                         -12,558           -19,806             7,248
April                         -13,902           -21,287             7,385
May                           -14,444           -21,551             7,107
June                          -13,260           -19,781             6,521
July                          -14,535           -20,623             6,088
August                        -16,600           -22,716             6,116
September                     -15,198           -21,224             6,026
October                       -15,223           -21,670             6,447
November                      -15,496           -21,904             6,408
December                      -14,628           -21,448             6,820
1999           
Jan.- Dec.                   -264,971          -345,559            80,588
Jan.- Sep.                   -188,695          -249,327            60,632
January                       -15,946           -22,897             6,951
February                      -18,358           -25,104             6,746
March                         -18,372           -25,023             6,651
April                         -18,956           -25,851             6,895
May                           -21,003           -27,753             6,750
June                          -23,342           -30,381             7,039
July                          -24,740           -31,227             6,487
August                        -23,931           -30,518             6,587
September                     -24,047           -30,573             6,526
October                       -24,910           -31,576             6,666
November                      -25,712           -32,401             6,689
December                      -25,657           -32,255             6,598
2000           
Jan.- Sep.                   -270,155          -331,484            61,329
January                       -27,266           -34,049             6,783
February                      -27,481           -34,641             7,160
March                         -30,370           -37,148             6,778
April                         -29,638           -36,895             7,257
May                           -29,793           -36,474             6,681
June                          -29,846           -36,862             7,016
July                          -31,692           -38,523             6,831
August (R)                    -29,806           -36,684             6,878
September                     -34,263           -40,208             5,945
October                                
November                               
December                               
August data as published last month:
                              -29,441           -36,409             6,968
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                                           Exports
        Period            Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 

1998           
Jan.- Dec.                    932,977           670,324           262,653
Jan.- Sep.                    696,960           501,042           195,918
January                        79,167            57,480            21,687
February                       77,874            56,416            21,458
March                          78,695            56,713            21,982
April                          77,769            55,298            22,471
May                            77,313            55,205            22,108
June                           77,269            55,551            21,718
July                           76,058            54,611            21,447
August                         75,566            54,083            21,483
September                      77,248            55,684            21,564
October                        79,406            57,013            22,393
November                       78,760            56,720            22,040
December                       77,849            55,550            22,299
1999           
Jan.- Dec.                    956,242           684,358           271,884
Jan.- Sep.                    706,587           504,273           202,314
January                        77,035            54,966            22,069
February                       76,240            54,296            21,944
March                          77,046            54,687            22,359
April                          77,864            55,403            22,461
May                            77,753            55,343            22,410
June                           78,679            55,696            22,983
July                           79,004            56,385            22,619
August                         81,108            58,402            22,706
September                      81,857            59,094            22,763
October                        82,349            59,193            23,156
November                       83,198            59,682            23,516
December                       84,107            61,211            22,896
2000           
Jan.- Sep.                    796,210           575,896           220,314
January                        83,691            60,321            23,370
February                       85,312            60,894            24,418
March                          86,975            62,513            24,462
April                          87,268            62,566            24,702
May                            86,846            62,749            24,097
June                           90,991            66,468            24,523
July                           89,799            65,096            24,703
August (R)                     92,968            67,973            24,995
September                      92,360            67,316            25,044
October                                
November                               
December                               
August data as published last month:
                               93,022            67,963            25,059
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                                            Imports
        Period            Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 

1998           
Jan.- Dec.                  1,099,875           917,178           182,697
Jan.- Sep.                    818,514           682,872           135,642
January                        89,457            74,926            14,531
February                       88,640            73,811            14,829
March                          91,253            76,519            14,734
April                          91,672            76,586            15,086
May                            91,758            76,757            15,001
June                           90,529            75,332            15,197
July                           90,594            75,235            15,359
August                         92,166            76,799            15,367
September                      92,446            76,908            15,538
October                        94,630            78,684            15,946
November                       94,256            78,624            15,632
December                       92,477            76,998            15,479
1999           
Jan.- Dec.                  1,221,213         1,029,917           191,296
Jan.- Sep.                    895,282           753,600           141,682
January                        92,981            77,863            15,118
February                       94,598            79,400            15,198
March                          95,418            79,710            15,708
April                          96,821            81,255            15,566
May                            98,756            83,096            15,660
June                          102,021            86,077            15,944
July                          103,744            87,612            16,132
August                        105,039            88,920            16,119
September                     105,904            89,667            16,237
October                       107,259            90,769            16,490
November                      108,909            92,082            16,827
December                      109,764            93,466            16,298
2000           
Jan.- Sep.                  1,066,365           907,380           158,985
January                       110,957            94,370            16,587
February                      112,793            95,535            17,258
March                         117,345            99,661            17,684
April                         116,905            99,460            17,445
May                           116,640            99,224            17,416
June                          120,837           103,330            17,507
July                          121,492           103,620            17,872
August (R)                    122,774           104,657            18,117
September                     126,623           107,524            19,099
October                                
November                               
December                               
August data as published last month:
                              122,462           104,371            18,091
(1) Data presented on a Balance of Payments (BOP) basis.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 2. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES 
           THREE-MONTH MOVING AVERAGES -- JANUARY 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.)
                         

                                           Balance
       Center                          
      Month of
       Moving
      Average             Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 

1998           
January                           ---               ---               ---
February                      -11,204           -18,215             7,011
March                         -12,409           -19,496             7,087
April                         -13,635           -20,882             7,247
May                           -13,869           -20,873             7,004
June                          -14,080           -20,652             6,572
July                          -14,799           -21,040             6,242
August                        -15,445           -21,521             6,077
September                     -15,674           -21,870             6,196
October                       -15,306           -21,600             6,294
November                      -15,116           -21,674             6,558
December                      -15,357           -22,083             6,726
1999           
January                       -16,311           -23,150             6,839
February                      -17,559           -24,341             6,783
March                         -18,562           -25,326             6,764
April                         -19,444           -26,209             6,765
May                           -21,100           -27,995             6,895
June                          -23,028           -29,787             6,759
July                          -24,004           -30,709             6,704
August                        -24,240           -30,773             6,533
September                     -24,296           -30,889             6,593
October                       -24,890           -31,517             6,627
November                      -25,426           -32,077             6,651
December                      -26,211           -32,901             6,690
2000           
January                       -26,801           -33,648             6,847
February                      -28,372           -35,279             6,907
March                         -29,163           -36,228             7,065
April                         -29,934           -36,839             6,905
May                           -29,759           -36,744             6,985
June                          -30,444           -37,287             6,843
                                       
July (R)                      -30,448           -37,356             6,908
August                        -31,920           -38,472             6,551
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
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                                           Exports
       Center
      Month of
       Moving
      Average             Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 

1998           
January                           ---               ---              ---
February                       78,579            56,870            21,709
March                          78,113            56,142            21,970
April                          77,926            55,739            22,187
May                            77,450            55,351            22,099
June                           76,880            55,122            21,758
July                           76,298            54,748            21,549
August                         76,291            54,793            21,498
September                      77,407            55,593            21,813
October                        78,471            56,472            21,999
November                       78,672            56,428            22,244
December                       77,881            55,745            22,136
1999           
January                        77,041            54,937            22,104
February                       76,774            54,650            22,124
March                          77,050            54,795            22,255
April                          77,555            55,145            22,410
May                            78,099            55,481            22,618
June                           78,479            55,808            22,671
July                           79,597            56,828            22,769
August                         80,656            57,960            22,696
September                      81,771            58,896            22,875
October                        82,468            59,323            23,145
November                       83,218            60,029            23,189
December                       83,665            60,404            23,261
2000           
January                        84,370            60,809            23,561
February                       85,326            61,243            24,083
March                          86,518            61,991            24,527
April                          87,030            62,609            24,420
May                            88,368            63,927            24,441
June                           89,212            64,771            24,441
                                       
July (R)                       91,253            66,512            24,740
August                         91,709            66,795            24,914
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
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                                            Imports
       Center
      Month of
       Moving
      Average             Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 

1998           
January                           ---               ---               ---
February                       89,783            75,085            14,698
March                          90,522            75,639            14,883
April                          91,561            76,620            14,940
May                            91,320            76,225            15,095
June                           90,960            75,775            15,186
July                           91,096            75,789            15,308
August                         91,735            76,314            15,421
September                      93,081            77,464            15,617
October                        93,777            78,072            15,705
November                       93,788            78,102            15,686
December                       93,238            77,828            15,410
1999           
January                        93,352            78,087            15,265
February                       94,332            78,991            15,341
March                          95,612            80,121            15,491
April                          96,998            81,353            15,645
May                            99,199            83,476            15,723
June                          101,507            85,595            15,912
July                          103,601            87,536            16,065
August                        104,896            88,733            16,163
September                     106,067            89,785            16,282
October                       107,358            90,840            16,518
November                      108,644            92,106            16,538
December                      109,877            93,306            16,571
2000           
January                       111,171            94,457            16,714
February                      113,698            96,522            17,176
March                         115,681            98,219            17,462
April                         116,963            99,448            17,515
May                           118,127           100,671            17,456
June                          119,656           102,058            17,598
                                                         
July (R)                      121,701           103,869            17,832
August                        123,630           105,267            18,363
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
(1) Data presented on a Balance of Payments (BOP) basis.
Note:  The three-month moving averages shown in this exhibit are computed
by summing the subject month, the two prior months, dividing by three and
showing the average at the center month of the period.  Using this method,
an average is not available for the current month.  A centered moving
average is useful in smoothing the volatile trade data so that trends can
better be discerned.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 3. U.S. SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY -- EXPORTS 
           JANUARY 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.)
                     Total                     Passenger       Other
     Period         Services       Travel        Fares     Transportation

      1998
Jan. - Dec.            262,653        71,286        20,098        25,604
Jan. -  Sep.           195,918        53,361        15,217        19,006
January                 21,687         6,138         1,702         2,205
February                21,458         5,985         1,658         2,094
March                   21,982         5,775         1,600         2,086
April                   22,471         6,307         1,788         2,143
May                     22,108         6,041         1,720         2,121
June                    21,718         5,831         1,671         2,029
July                    21,447         5,728         1,689         2,092
August                  21,483         5,780         1,696         2,134
September               21,564         5,776         1,693         2,102
October                 22,393         5,907         1,607         2,261
November                22,040         5,869         1,626         2,204
December                22,299         6,149         1,648         2,134
      1999
Jan. - Dec.            271,884        74,881        19,776        27,033
Jan. -  Sep.           202,314        55,399        14,821        19,935
January                 22,069         5,947         1,562         2,135
February                21,944         6,061         1,604         2,133
March                   22,359         6,132         1,648         2,247
April                   22,461         6,149         1,621         2,220
May                     22,410         6,166         1,628         2,201
June                    22,983         6,249         1,653         2,271
July                    22,619         6,181         1,672         2,189
August                  22,706         6,167         1,681         2,299
September               22,763         6,347         1,752         2,240
October                 23,156         6,577         1,672         2,355
November                23,516         6,731         1,693         2,398
December                22,896         6,174         1,590         2,344
      2000
Jan. -  Sep.           220,314        62,631        15,408        22,184
January                 23,370         6,616         1,456         2,334
February                24,418         6,998         1,851         2,384
March                   24,462         6,817         1,755         2,534
April                   24,702         7,133         1,714         2,434
May                     24,097         6,714         1,655         2,463
June                    24,523         6,902         1,719         2,500
July                    24,703         7,042         1,736         2,459
August (R)              24,995         7,158         1,734         2,516
September               25,044         7,251         1,788         2,560
October 
November 
December
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Exports Continued
                   Royalties                   Transfers       U. S. 
                      and          Other      Under U. S.    Government
                    License       Private    Military Sales    Misc.
     Period           Fees        Services     Contracts     Services 

 
      1998
Jan. - Dec.             36,197        90,914        17,628           926
Jan. -  Sep.            26,564        67,975        13,138           657
January                  2,913         7,325         1,338            66
February                 2,945         7,363         1,347            66
March                    2,967         7,509         1,977            68
April                    2,988         7,670         1,492            83
May                      2,988         7,584         1,570            84
June                     2,976         7,719         1,409            83
July                     2,903         7,608         1,359            68
August                   2,916         7,566         1,323            68
September                2,968         7,631         1,323            71
October                  3,189         7,697         1,643            89
November                 3,227         7,588         1,435            91
December                 3,215         7,652         1,412            89
      1999
Jan. - Dec.             36,467        96,508        16,334           885
Jan. -  Sep.            27,360        71,389        12,745           665
January                  3,073         7,664         1,615            73
February                 3,032         7,800         1,247            67
March                    3,009         7,882         1,378            63
April                    3,053         7,867         1,490            61
May                      3,047         7,892         1,415            61
June                     3,040         8,013         1,656           101
July                     3,044         8,106         1,350            77
August                   3,035         8,057         1,386            81
September                3,027         8,108         1,208            81
October                  3,035         8,228         1,213            76
November                 3,034         8,412         1,175            73
December                 3,038         8,478         1,201            71
      2000
Jan. -  Sep.            28,864        79,714        10,876           637
January                  3,092         8,612         1,191            69
February                 3,117         8,820         1,180            68
March                    3,144         8,942         1,203            67
April                    3,207         8,900         1,244            70
May                      3,231         8,751         1,212            71
June                     3,247         8,817         1,266            72
July                     3,269         8,883         1,241            73
August (R)               3,275         9,035         1,204            73
September                3,282         8,954         1,135            74
October 
November 
December
NOTE:  See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is
included in each service category.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 4. U.S. SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY -- IMPORTS 
           JANUARY 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.)
                     Total                     Passenger       Other
     Period         Services       Travel        Fares     Transportation

      1998
Jan. - Dec.            182,697        56,509        19,971        30,363
Jan. -  Sep.           135,642        42,030        14,770        22,427
January                 14,531         4,604         1,556         2,472
February                14,829         4,576         1,551         2,407
March                   14,734         4,590         1,543         2,525
April                   15,086         4,734         1,679         2,490
May                     15,001         4,631         1,646         2,482
June                    15,197         4,731         1,656         2,484
July                    15,359         4,695         1,728         2,498
August                  15,367         4,694         1,698         2,542
September               15,538         4,775         1,713         2,527
October                 15,946         4,949         1,739         2,718
November                15,632         4,769         1,735         2,640
December                15,479         4,761         1,727         2,579
      1999
 
Jan. - Dec.            191,296        59,351        21,405        34,137
Jan. -  Sep.           141,682        44,077        15,837        24,924
January                 15,118         4,710         1,671         2,524
February                15,198         4,772         1,708         2,591
March                   15,708         5,078         1,836         2,669
April                   15,566         4,910         1,754         2,637
May                     15,660         4,876         1,746         2,692
June                    15,944         4,932         1,774         2,858
July                    16,132         4,973         1,792         2,876
August                  16,119         4,906         1,768         3,030
September               16,237         4,920         1,788         3,047
October                 16,490         5,175         1,874         2,990
November                16,827         5,236         1,898         3,142
December                16,298         4,863         1,796         3,082
      2000
Jan. -  Sep.           158,985        48,594        17,971        29,676
January                 16,587         5,004         1,779         3,076
February                17,258         5,302         1,947         3,217
March                   17,684         5,531         2,051         3,289
April                   17,445         5,431         2,017         3,212
May                     17,416         5,307         1,935         3,320
June                    17,507         5,369         2,012         3,259
July                    17,872         5,478         2,036         3,360
August (R)              18,117         5,534         2,086         3,415
September               19,099         5,638         2,108         3,528
October 
November 
December
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Imports Continued
                   Royalties                                   U. S. 
                      and          Other         Direct      Government
                    License       Private       Defense        Misc.
     Period           Fees        Services    Expenditures   Services 

 
      1998
Jan. - Dec.             11,713        49,051        12,241         2,849
Jan. -  Sep.             8,585        36,707         9,019         2,104
January                    846         3,836           992           225
February                 1,230         3,865           976           224
March                      864         4,023           966           223
April                      896         4,111           958           218
May                        907         4,149           965           221
June                       932         4,182           984           228
July                       957         4,191         1,041           249
August                     966         4,148         1,062           257
September                  987         4,202         1,075           259
October                  1,033         4,187         1,067           253
November                 1,047         4,118         1,074           249
December                 1,049         4,039         1,081           243
      1999
 
Jan. - Dec.             13,275        46,657        13,650         2,821
Jan. -  Sep.             9,619        34,802        10,292         2,131
January                  1,026         3,864         1,089           234
February                 1,025         3,774         1,098           230
March                    1,030         3,763         1,106           226
April                    1,066         3,871         1,107           221
May                      1,075         3,925         1,122           224
June                     1,083         3,923         1,144           230
July                     1,086         3,945         1,206           254
August                   1,101         3,842         1,215           257
September                1,127         3,895         1,205           255
October                  1,194         3,890         1,134           233
November                 1,221         3,986         1,115           229
December                 1,241         3,979         1,109           228
      2000
Jan. -  Sep.            11,786        38,743        10,063         2,152
January                  1,198         4,185         1,108           237
February                 1,194         4,253         1,107           238
March                    1,198         4,269         1,107           239
April                    1,222         4,213         1,113           237
May                      1,234         4,266         1,116           238
June                     1,246         4,261         1,121           239
July                     1,262         4,365         1,131           240
August (R)               1,276         4,433         1,131           242
September                1,956         4,498         1,129           242
October 
November 
December
NOTE:  See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is
included in each service category.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
Part A:     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 5.  U. S. TRADE IN GOODS 
(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to 
seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.)
                         Balance
                          Total
                         Balance            Total
                       of Payments          Census
       Period             Basis             Basis
1998                                   
                                       
Jan.- Dec.                   -246,853          -229,758
Jan.- Sep.                   -181,830          -170,090
January                       -17,446           -16,230
February                      -17,394           -16,360
March                         -19,806           -18,415
April                         -21,287           -20,314
May                           -21,551           -20,514
June                          -19,781           -18,526
July                          -20,623           -19,297
August                        -22,716           -20,703
September                     -21,224           -19,733
October                       -21,670           -19,879
November                      -21,904           -19,785
December                      -21,448           -20,004
1999           
                                       
Jan.- Dec.                   -345,559          -328,821
Jan.- Sep.                   -249,327          -236,783
January                       -22,897           -21,774
February                      -25,104           -23,786
March                         -25,023           -23,773
April                         -25,851           -24,596
May                           -27,753           -26,404
June                          -30,381           -28,907
July                          -31,227           -29,998
August                        -30,518           -29,072
September                     -30,573           -28,474
October                       -31,576           -30,211
November                      -32,401           -31,216
December                      -32,255           -30,611
2000           
 
Jan.- Sep.                   -331,484          -320,550
January                       -34,049           -32,347
February                      -34,641           -32,673
March                         -37,148           -35,897
April                         -36,895           -36,101
May                           -36,474           -35,512
June                          -36,862           -35,569
July                          -38,523           -37,810
August (R)                    -36,684           -35,598
September                     -40,208           -39,043
October                                
November                               
December                               
August data as published last month.
                              -36,409           -35,300
____________________________________
                         Exports
                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis           Adjustments         Basis
1998                                                     
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                    670,324           -11,813           682,138
Jan.- Sep.                    501,042            -7,838           508,880
January                        57,480              -635            58,115
February                       56,416              -806            57,223
March                          56,713              -881            57,593
April                          55,298              -649            55,948
May                            55,205              -747            55,952
June                           55,551              -897            56,448
July                           54,611              -966            55,577
August                         54,083            -1,314            55,397
September                      55,684              -943            56,627
October                        57,013            -1,200            58,213
November                       56,720            -1,598            58,318
December                       55,550            -1,177            56,727
1999           
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                    684,358           -11,439           695,797
Jan.- Sep.                    504,273            -9,435           513,707
January                        54,966              -952            55,918
February                       54,296            -1,105            55,401
March                          54,687            -1,023            55,710
April                          55,403              -985            56,388
May                            55,343            -1,136            56,479
June                           55,696            -1,197            56,893
July                           56,385            -1,033            57,418
August                         58,402              -857            59,259
September                      59,094            -1,147            60,241
October                        59,193              -850            60,043
November                       59,682              -263            59,945
December                       61,211              -891            62,102
2000           
                                                         
Jan.- Sep.                    575,896            -6,696           582,592
January                        60,321            -1,009            61,330
February                       60,894            -1,108            62,002
March                          62,513              -576            63,089
April                          62,566              -542            63,108
May                            62,749              -697            63,447
June                           66,468              -889            67,357
July                           65,096              -541            65,637
August (R)                     67,973              -761            68,734
September                      67,316              -572            67,888
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
August data as published last month.
                               67,963              -761            68,724
___________________________________
                         Imports
                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis           Adjustments         Basis
1998                                                     
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                    917,178             5,281           911,896
Jan.- Sep.                    682,872             3,902           678,970
January                        74,926               581            74,345
February                       73,811               228            73,583
March                          76,519               511            76,008
April                          76,586               325            76,261
May                            76,757               291            76,466
June                           75,332               358            74,974
July                           75,235               361            74,874
August                         76,799               699            76,100
September                      76,908               549            76,359
October                        78,684               592            78,092
November                       78,624               522            78,103
December                       76,998               267            76,731
1999           
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                  1,029,917             5,299         1,024,618
Jan.- Sep.                    753,600             3,110           750,490
January                        77,863               171            77,692
February                       79,400               213            79,187
March                          79,710               226            79,484
April                          81,255               271            80,984
May                            83,096               213            82,883
June                           86,077               277            85,800
July                           87,612               197            87,415
August                         88,920               589            88,330
September                      89,667               953            88,715
October                        90,769               514            90,255
November                       92,082               922            91,161
December                       93,466               753            92,713
2000           
                                                         
Jan.- Sep.                    907,380             4,238           903,143
January                        94,370               693            93,677
February                       95,535               860            94,675
March                          99,661               674            98,986
April                          99,460               251            99,209
May                            99,224               265            98,959
June                          103,330               403           102,927
July                          103,620               173           103,447
August (R)                    104,657               325           104,331
September                     107,524               593           106,931
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
August data as published last month.
                              104,371               347           104,024
NOTE:    See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what
is included in the Net Adjustments.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 6. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
           JANUARY 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.)

              Exports
 
               Total                            End-Use Commodity Category 
             Balance of                Total       Foods,    
              Payments      Net        Census      Feeds,    Industrial
   Period      Basis    Adjustments   Basis(1)   Beverages  Supplies(2)
             
1999           
Jan.- Dec.      684,358     -11,439     695,797      45,532     147,000
Jan.- Sep.      504,273      -9,435     513,707      33,945     106,540
January          54,966        -952      55,918       3,640      11,217
February         54,296      -1,105      55,401       3,531      11,330
March            54,687      -1,023      55,710       3,555      11,523
April            55,403        -985      56,388       3,730      11,622
May              55,343      -1,136      56,479       3,714      11,723
June             55,696      -1,197      56,893       3,820      11,850
July             56,385      -1,033      57,418       3,878      11,644
August           58,402        -857      59,259       3,947      12,532
September        59,094      -1,147      60,241       4,130      13,099
October          59,193        -850      60,043       3,992      13,183
November         59,682        -263      59,945       3,748      13,717
December         61,211        -891      62,102       3,846      13,559
2000           
Jan.- Sep.      575,896      -6,696     582,592      36,114     127,622
January          60,321      -1,009      61,330       3,951      13,283
February         60,894      -1,108      62,002       3,865      13,862
March            62,513        -576      63,089       3,953      14,649
April            62,566        -542      63,108       3,851      13,728
May              62,749        -697      63,447       3,977      13,749
June             66,468        -889      67,357       3,999      14,278
July             65,096        -541      65,637       4,084      13,987
August (R)       67,973        -761      68,734       4,279      14,843
September        67,316        -572      67,888       4,155      15,243
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Exports Continued
                        End-Use Commodity Category 
               Total                 Automotive              
               Census     Capital    Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
   Period     Basis(1)     Goods        etc.       Goods       Goods
1999           
Jan.- Dec.      695,797     311,406      75,756      80,768      35,336
Jan.- Sep.      513,707     230,450      56,372      59,870      26,530
January          55,918      25,439       6,124       6,584       2,914
February         55,401      24,744       6,098       6,671       3,026
March            55,710      25,101       6,019       6,580       2,932
April            56,388      25,274       6,279       6,709       2,775
May              56,479      25,242       6,169       6,543       3,088
June             56,893      25,214       6,328       6,615       3,065
July             57,418      25,950       6,286       6,716       2,944
August           59,259      26,785       6,700       6,566       2,729
September        60,241      26,702       6,369       6,885       3,056
October          60,043      26,793       6,391       6,790       2,894
November         59,945      26,379       6,397       6,915       2,789
December         62,102      27,784       6,596       7,193       3,124
2000           
Jan.- Sep.      582,592     264,812      60,307      66,820      26,918
January          61,330      27,428       6,636       7,029       3,003
February         62,002      26,972       6,549       7,374       3,380
March            63,089      27,176       6,901       7,422       2,989
April            63,108      29,056       6,417       7,214       2,842
May              63,447      29,055       6,568       7,165       2,932
June             67,357      31,124       7,033       7,753       3,170
July             65,637      30,661       6,455       7,556       2,895
August (R)       68,734      31,813       7,134       7,691       2,974
September        67,888      31,528       6,615       7,616       2,732
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
              Imports
               Total                            End-Use Commodity Category 
             Balance of                Total       Foods,    
              Payments      Net        Census      Feeds,    Industrial
   Period      Basis    Adjustments   Basis(1)   Beverages  Supplies(2)
1999           
Jan.- Dec.    1,029,917       5,299   1,024,618      43,579     222,024
Jan.- Sep.      753,600       3,110     750,490      32,436     159,283
January          77,863         171      77,692       3,559      15,398
February         79,400         213      79,187       3,523      15,319
March            79,710         226      79,484       3,435      16,067
April            81,255         271      80,984       3,564      17,060
May              83,096         213      82,883       3,626      17,976
June             86,077         277      85,800       3,719      18,220
July             87,612         197      87,415       3,655      18,904
August           88,920         589      88,330       3,663      19,991
September        89,667         953      88,715       3,692      20,349
October          90,769         514      90,255       3,628      20,651
November         92,082         922      91,161       3,747      20,816
December         93,466         753      92,713       3,768      21,274
2000           
Jan.- Sep.      907,380       4,238     903,143      34,374     220,100
January          94,370         693      93,677       3,648      21,831
February         95,535         860      94,675       3,668      23,560
March            99,661         674      98,986       3,827      24,579
April            99,460         251      99,209       3,769      23,382
May              99,224         265      98,959       3,802      23,925
June            103,330         403     102,927       3,836      25,430
July            103,620         173     103,447       3,930      25,801
August (R)      104,657         325     104,331       3,966      25,095
September       107,524         593     106,931       3,927      26,498
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Imports Continued
                        End-Use Commodity Category 
               Total                 Automotive              
               Census     Capital    Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
   Period     Basis(1)     Goods        etc.       Goods       Goods
1999           
Jan.- Dec.    1,024,618     297,112     179,393     239,466      43,046
Jan.- Sep.      750,490     218,430     132,394     176,241      31,706
January          77,692      23,008      13,601      18,809       3,316
February         79,187      23,540      14,178      19,347       3,281
March            79,484      23,267      14,260      18,922       3,533
April            80,984      23,555      13,871      19,425       3,508
May              82,883      24,112      14,558      19,103       3,509
June             85,800      25,307      15,232      19,751       3,571
July             87,415      25,468      15,582      20,302       3,504
August           88,330      25,069      15,568      20,271       3,769
September        88,715      25,104      15,543      20,312       3,715
October          90,255      25,860      15,357      20,893       3,865
November         91,161      26,230      15,523      21,130       3,717
December         92,713      26,592      16,119      21,202       3,758
2000           
Jan.- Sep.      903,143     260,126     148,050     204,326      36,168
January          93,677      26,547      16,364      21,405       3,882
February         94,675      26,772      15,595      21,179       3,901
March            98,986      27,749      16,372      22,536       3,924
April            99,209      28,669      16,501      22,937       3,951
May              98,959      28,812      15,620      23,030       3,769
June            102,927      29,644      16,741      23,129       4,147
July            103,447      29,553      17,000      23,067       4,096
August (R)      104,331      30,769      16,918      23,283       4,300
September       106,931      31,611      16,939      23,757       4,198
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2)  Includes petroleum products.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on 
the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping.  
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(R) Revised.)
                                                                                                
              Item(1)                September   August (R)     Monthly
                                       2000         2000        Change
Total, Balance of Payments Basis         67,316       67,973         -657
Net Adjustments                            -572         -761          189
Total, Census Basis                      67,888       68,734         -845
Foods, feeds, and beverages               4,155        4,279         -124
Soybeans                                    452          540          -88
Fish and shellfish                          241          298          -57
Rice                                         55           73          -18
Other foods                                 304          320          -16
Fruits,  frozen juices                      330          345          -15
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  51           63          -13
Meat, poultry, etc.                         657          665           -7
Wine and related products                    61           62           -1
Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine               54           55           -1
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                        354          354          (-)
Dairy products and eggs                      60           60          (-)
Vegetables                                  266          266          (-)
Oilseeds, food oils                          80           79            1
Bakery products                             178          176            2
Sorghum, barley, oats                        70           62            8
Corn                                        483          469           14
Nuts                                        140          119           21
Wheat                                       318          273           46
Industrial supplies and materials        15,243       14,843          400
Chemicals-organic                         1,899        1,362          538
Nonmonetary gold                            510          324          186
Fuel oil                                    344          274           69
Finished metal shapes                       929          889           40
Cotton, raw                                 215          179           36
Petroleum products, other                   699          668           32
Gas-natural                                  48           29           18
Agric. farming-unmanufactured               137          123           14
Newsprint                                   791          777           14
Manmade cloth                               432          420           11
Mineral supplies-manufactured               324          317            7
Hair, waste materials                        47           40            7
Finished textile supplies                   175          169            6
Hides and skins                             156          150            5
Cotton fiber cloth                          212          208            4
Electric energy                              28           24            4
Steelmaking materials                       140          137            4
Wood supplies, manufactured                  84           81            3
Industrial rubber products                  208          206            2
Nuclear fuel materials                       96           95            1
Synthetic rubber-primary                    147          147          (-)
Nontextile floor tiles                       33           33          (-)
Chemicals-fertilizers                       337          340           -3
Metallurgical grade coal                    126          130           -4
Nonmetallic minerals                         32           37           -4
Iron and steel products, other              280          285           -5
Crude oil                                    15           20           -5
Nonferrous metals, other                    226          232           -7
Agriculture-manufactured, other             121          129           -8
Natural gas liquids                          72           83          -12
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     95          106          -12
Leather and furs                             78           91          -13
Copper                                      117          136          -19
Shingles, molding, wallboard                163          189          -26
Agric. industry-unmanufactured              117          144          -27
Tapes, audio and visual                     102          131          -29
Tobacco, unmanufactured                     100          130          -30
Chemicals-inorganic                         336          367          -31
Pulpwood and woodpulp                       417          449          -32
Iron and steel mill products                294          326          -32
Plastic materials                         1,221        1,255          -34
Aluminum and alumina                        289          325          -36
Logs and lumber                             348          384          -36
Coal and fuels, other                        70          117          -47
Other industrial supplies                 1,287        1,335          -48
Precious metals, other                      185          234          -49
Chemicals-other                           1,161        1,211          -50
                                                              
Capital goods, except automotive         31,528       31,813         -285
Drilling & oilfield equipment               425          559         -134
Computer accessories                      3,835        3,955         -120
Telecommunications equipment              2,857        2,954          -97
Electric apparatus                        2,532        2,625          -93
Industrial machines, other                2,272        2,355          -83
Computers                                 1,015        1,063          -48
Laboratory testing instruments              466          511          -45
Materials handling equipment                403          441          -38
Measuring, testing, control instru.       1,468        1,504          -37
Parts-civilian aircraft                   1,144        1,179          -35
Wood, glass, plastic                        262          288          -27
Agricultural machinery, equipment           284          310          -26
Business machines and equipment             266          287          -21
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   91           99           -8
Marine engines, parts                        60           65           -4
Excavating machinery                        483          483          (-)
Vessels, exc. scrap                           2            3          (-)
Railway transportation equipment            102          102          (-)
Spacraft, exc. military                       3          (-)            3
Engines-civilian aircraft                 1,005          998            6
Specialized mining                           51           44            7
Generators, accessories                     659          651            8
Photo, service industry machinery           549          540            9
Textile, sewing machines                    116          106           10
Commercial vessels, other                    22            9           13
Pulp and paper machinery                    293          269           24
Civilian aircraft                         2,041        2,012           29
Food, tobacco machinery                     207          176           31
Medicinal equipment                       1,178        1,144           34
Metalworking machine tools                  655          615           40
Industrial engines                        1,151        1,100           52
Semiconductors                            5,635        5,366          269
Auto, vehicles, parts and engines         6,615        7,134         -519
Consumer goods                            7,616        7,691          -75
Jewelry, etc                                176          253          -77
Pharmaceutical preparations               1,202        1,238          -36
Apparel, household goods - textile          726          758          -32
Writing and art supplies                    426          451          -25
Books, printed matter                       344          368          -24
Musical instruments                         102          115          -13
Tobacco, manufactured                       360          372          -13
Sports apparel and gear                      46           58          -12
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          125          136          -11
Stereo equipment, etc.                      156          166          -11
Numismatic coins                              5           14           -9
Glassware, chinaware                         31           39           -8
Rugs                                        129          136           -7
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.             275          276           -1
Nursery stock, etc.                          24           25          (-)
Records, tapes, and disks                   362          362          (-)
TV's, VCR's, etc.                           373          371            2
Cookware, cutlery, tools                     70           65            5
Furniture, household goods, etc.            233          221           12
Toiletries and cosmetics                    342          329           13
Pleasure boats and motors                   129          115           13
Household appliances                        455          433           23
Toys/games/sporting goods                   485          462           23
Gem diamonds                                440          390           50
Other household goods                       599          539           60
Other goods                               2,732        2,974         -242
____________________________________
              Item(1)              Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date
                                       2000         1999        Change
Total, Balance of Payments Basis        575,896      504,273       71,624
Net Adjustments                          -6,696       -9,435        2,738
Total, Census Basis                     582,592      513,707       68,885
Foods, feeds, and beverages              36,114       33,945        2,168
Soybeans                                  4,295        3,541          754
Fish and shellfish                        2,280        2,177          102
Rice                                        663          730          -67
Other foods                               2,790        2,693           97
Fruits,  frozen juices                    2,939        2,861           79
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 441          365           76
Meat, poultry, etc.                       5,948        4,865        1,084
Wine and related products                   544          568          -24
Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine              399          378           21
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                      2,765        2,376          390
Dairy products and eggs                     543          492           51
Vegetables                                2,210        2,130           80
Oilseeds, food oils                         771        1,005         -234
Bakery products                           1,414        1,319           95
Sorghum, barley, oats                       546          466           80
Corn                                      3,869        4,131         -262
Nuts                                      1,079        1,012           68
Wheat                                     2,617        2,837         -220
Industrial supplies and materials       127,622      106,540       21,082
Chemicals-organic                        12,348        9,775        2,573
Nonmonetary gold                          4,387        3,045        1,342
Fuel oil                                  2,086        1,202          885
Finished metal shapes                     7,850        6,186        1,665
Cotton, raw                               1,682          687          995
Petroleum products, other                 5,229        3,722        1,508
Gas-natural                                 275          157          118
Agric. farming-unmanufactured             1,074        1,022           52
Newsprint                                 7,092        6,184          908
Manmade cloth                             3,708        3,138          570
Mineral supplies-manufactured             2,627        2,174          453
Hair, waste materials                       389          350           40
Finished textile supplies                 1,443        1,250          193
Hides and skins                           1,192          835          358
Cotton fiber cloth                        1,696        1,432          264
Electric energy                             183          209          -26
Steelmaking materials                     1,280        1,008          271
Wood supplies, manufactured                 748          702           46
Industrial rubber products                1,830        1,578          253
Nuclear fuel materials                      816          652          163
Synthetic rubber-primary                  1,251        1,012          239
Nontextile floor tiles                      281          264           17
Chemicals-fertilizers                     3,129        3,718         -590
Metallurgical grade coal                  1,039        1,135          -96
Nonmetallic minerals                        319          287           32
Iron and steel products, other            2,383        2,103          280
Crude oil                                   455          559         -103
Nonferrous metals, other                  1,751        1,472          278
Agriculture-manufactured, other             968        1,056          -89
Natural gas liquids                         646          384          262
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    712          600          112
Leather and furs                            674          660           14
Copper                                    1,189          745          444
Shingles, molding, wallboard              1,505        1,408           97
Agric. industry-unmanufactured            1,201        1,264          -63
Tapes, audio and visual                   1,257        1,449         -192
Tobacco, unmanufactured                     950        1,012          -62
Chemicals-inorganic                       3,083        2,714          369
Pulpwood and woodpulp                     3,670        2,627        1,044
Iron and steel mill products              2,744        2,088          655
Plastic materials                        10,393        8,575        1,818
Aluminum and alumina                      2,753        2,487          266
Logs and lumber                           3,297        3,119          178
Coal and fuels, other                       909          961          -52
Other industrial supplies                11,333        9,473        1,860
Precious metals, other                    1,824        1,350          474
Chemicals-other                           9,971        8,711        1,260
                                                              
Capital goods, except automotive        264,812      230,450       34,362
Drilling & oilfield equipment             3,544        3,970         -426
Computer accessories                     32,605       27,336        5,268
Telecommunications equipment             24,410       19,899        4,510
Electric apparatus                       21,154       16,759        4,395
Industrial machines, other               19,843       15,270        4,573
Computers                                 8,663        7,451        1,212
Laboratory testing instruments            3,871        3,187          684
Materials handling equipment              3,480        3,391           89
Measuring, testing, control instru.      11,846        9,651        2,195
Parts-civilian aircraft                  10,222        9,844          379
Wood, glass, plastic                      2,463        2,025          438
Agricultural machinery, equipment         2,558        2,381          177
Business machines and equipment           2,440        2,204          236
Nonfarm tractors and parts                  878          835           43
Marine engines, parts                       512          477           36
Excavating machinery                      4,432        3,832          600
Vessels, exc. scrap                          23           71          -48
Railway transportation equipment          1,053        1,226         -172
Spacraft, exc. military                      18           24           -6
Engines-civilian aircraft                 8,692        8,055          638
Specialized mining                          376          277           99
Generators, accessories                   5,185        4,799          386
Photo, service industry machinery         4,718        4,286          431
Textile, sewing machines                    913          898           15
Commercial vessels, other                   181          187           -6
Pulp and paper machinery                  2,406        2,095          311
Civilian aircraft                        17,712       21,771       -4,059
Food, tobacco machinery                   1,577        1,355          222
Medicinal equipment                       9,999        9,246          753
Metalworking machine tools                5,469        4,602          867
Industrial engines                        9,325        8,917          408
Semiconductors                           44,246       34,131       10,116
Auto, vehicles, parts and engines        60,307       56,372        3,935
Consumer goods                           66,820       59,870        6,950
Jewelry, etc                              1,838        1,715          123
Pharmaceutical preparations              10,551        9,151        1,400
Apparel, household goods - textile        6,694        6,575          119
Writing and art supplies                  4,035        3,626          409
Books, printed matter                     3,192        2,996          196
Musical instruments                         896          757          139
Tobacco, manufactured                     3,024        3,020            4
Sports apparel and gear                     401          324           77
Apparel,household goods-nontextile        1,127        1,077           50
Stereo equipment, etc.                    1,494        1,250          245
Numismatic coins                             75           41           35
Glassware, chinaware                        421          342           79
Rugs                                      1,134        1,037           97
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.           3,027        1,954        1,073
Nursery stock, etc.                         214          224          -10
Records, tapes, and disks                 2,884        2,964          -81
TV's, VCR's, etc.                         3,191        2,480          710
Cookware, cutlery, tools                    591          513           77
Furniture, household goods, etc.          1,935        1,619          316
Toiletries and cosmetics                  2,740        2,521          218
Pleasure boats and motors                   984          946           38
Household appliances                      3,753        3,680           73
Toys/games/sporting goods                 4,422        4,271          151
Gem diamonds                              3,289        2,517          772
Other household goods                     4,908        4,268          640
Other goods                              26,918       26,530          388
(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:    SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 8. IMPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on 
the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. 
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(R) Revised.)
              Item(1)                September   August (R)     Monthly
                                       2000         2000        Change
Total, Balance of Payments Basis        107,524      104,657        2,867
Net Adjustments                             593          325          268
Total, Census Basis                     106,931      104,331        2,600
Foods, feeds, and beverages               3,927        3,966          -39
Meat products                               427          469          -42
Green coffee                                166          205          -39
Wine and related products                   378          391          -13
Food oils, oilseeds                          97          110          -12
Fish and shellfish                          911          921          -10
Dairy products and eggs                      73           82          -10
Cane and beet sugar                          64           72           -7
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  43           44           -1
Vegetables                                  339          339          (-)
Other foods                                 239          237            2
Tea, spices, etc.                            80           77            3
Bakery products                             245          239            5
Nuts                                         68           60            8
Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine                   242          232           10
Feedstuff and foodgrains                    118          106           12
Cocoa beans                                  40           26           14
Fruits, frozen juices                       395          354           41
Industrial supplies and materials        26,498       25,095        1,403
Chemicals-organic                         1,468        1,149          319
Gas-natural                               1,121          895          226
Other precious metals                       707          484          223
Fuel oil                                  1,031          809          222
Petroleum products, other                 1,304        1,120          184
Liquified petroleum gases                   409          331           78
Industrial supplies, other                1,205        1,137           68
Steelmaking materials                       293          225           68
Lumber                                      571          524           47
Nonmonetary gold                            228          187           41
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                   303          278           25
Nonferrous metals, other                    138          116           22
Materials, exc. chemicals                   155          136           19
Copper                                      223          206           17
Bauxite and aluminum                        626          611           15
Cotton cloth, fabrics                       204          190           15
Plywood and veneers                         130          117           13
Synthetic cloth                             371          359           13
Nontextile floor tiles                      173          161           12
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     82           70           11
Iron and steel, advanced                    405          395           11
Paper and paper products                    554          545           10
Nuclear fuel materials                      242          233            8
Chemicals-inorganic                         362          357            5
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.             393          389            5
Leather and furs                             92           88            4
Finished textile supplies                   174          171            3
Blank tapes, audio & visual                 175          173            3
Nickel                                      107          106            1
Synthetic rubber--primary                   123          122            1
Wool, silk, etc.                             72           71            1
Cotton, natural fibers                       10            9            1
Hides and skins                              13           13          (-)
Tobacco, waxes, etc                         280          280          (-)
Shingles, wallboard                         522          522          (-)
Newsprint                                   349          349          (-)
Tin                                          18           19           -1
Finished metal shapes                       638          639           -1
Hair, waste materials                        37           39           -2
Zinc                                         89           90           -2
Natural rubber                               61           64           -2
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                 31           36           -4
Pulpwood and woodpulp                       285          293           -8
Farming materials, livestock                 63           71           -8
Plastic materials                           623          631           -9
Coal and related fuels                       67           81          -14
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                     480          495          -15
Electric energy                             277          299          -22
Chemicals-fertilizers                       304          326          -22
Crude oil                                 7,991        8,044          -53
Iron and steel mill products                920        1,044         -124
Capital goods, except automotive         31,611       30,769          842
Semiconductors                            4,845        4,361          483
Civilian aircraft                         1,241          987          254
Telecommunications equipment              3,401        3,224          177
Materials handling equipment                686          564          122
Engines-civilian aircraft                   774          696           78
Spacecraft, exc. military                    71            1           71
Photo, service industry                     830          770           60
Industrial engines                          879          827           52
Medicinal equipment                         947          901           47
Generators, accessories                     980          935           45
Industrial machines, other                1,597        1,564           33
Electric apparatus                        2,502        2,480           22
Measuring, testing, control instru          850          829           21
Food, tobacco machinery                     140          122           19
Railway transpor. equipment                 136          128            7
Drilling & oilfield equipment               103          100            3
Specialized mining                           25           23            2
Vessels, except scrap                         2          (-)            2
Commercial vessels, other                     4            4          (-)
Marine engines, parts                        94           94          (-)
Excavating machinery                        426          430           -4
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   64           68           -4
Textile, sewing machines                    149          157           -9
Wood, glass, plastic                        440          456          -17
Agricultural machinery, equipment           315          341          -26
Pulp and paper machinery                    360          395          -35
Metalworking machine tools                  694          730          -36
Business machines and equipment             482          529          -47
Parts-civilian aircraft                     417          481          -64
Laboratory testing instruments              315          409          -95
Computer accessories                      6,634        6,772         -138
Computers                                 1,208        1,390         -182
Auto. vehicles, parts and engines        16,939       16,918           21
Consumer goods                           23,757       23,283          474
Pharmaceutical prep                       2,785        2,560          226
Apparel, household goods - cotton         2,853        2,726          128
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.             649          599           51
Gem diamonds                              1,029          979           50
Footwear                                    977          947           30
Apparel, household goods - wool             316          288           28
TV's, VCR's, etc                          1,757        1,729           28
Jewelry                                     790          767           24
Toiletries and cosmetics                    307          284           23
Furniture, household goods, etc.          1,218        1,196           22
Camping apparel and gear                    521          500           21
Motorcycles and parts                       229          210           19
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto       2,243        2,229           14
Records, tapes, and disks                   116          109            7
Cookware, cutlery, tools                    380          376            4
Gem stones, other                           147          144            3
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          593          591            2
Glassware, chinaware                        211          209            2
Rugs                                        135          133            2
Books, printed matter                       274          276           -2
Nursery stock, etc.                          89           92           -2
Musical instruments                         119          130          -11
Toys/games/sporting goods                 1,706        1,719          -13
Photo equipment                             212          227          -15
Numismatic coins                              7           25          -18
Household appliances                        682          701          -19
Stereo equipment, etc                       779          801          -22
Writing and art supplies                    803          829          -25
Other household goods                     1,657        1,688          -31
Pleasure boats and motors                   169          223          -54
Other Goods                               4,198        4,300         -101
___________________________________              
              Item(1)              Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date
                                       2000         1999        Change
Total, Balance of Payments Basis        907,380      753,600      153,781
Net Adjustments                           4,238        3,110        1,128
Total, Census Basis                     903,143      750,490      152,653
Foods, feeds, and beverages              34,374       32,436        1,938
Meat products                             3,939        3,273          666
Green coffee                              1,905        1,915          -11
Wine and related products                 3,407        3,116          291
Food oils, oilseeds                       1,070        1,029           41
Fish and shellfish                        7,299        6,539          761
Dairy products and eggs                     761          753            7
Cane and beet sugar                         382          512         -129
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 405          421          -16
Vegetables                                2,785        2,704           81
Other foods                               2,110        2,014           96
Tea, spices, etc.                           620          578           42
Bakery products                           2,138        1,937          201
Nuts                                        644          592           53
Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine                 2,118        1,900          218
Feedstuff and foodgrains                  1,083        1,125          -42
Cocoa beans                                 331          448         -117
Fruits, frozen juices                     3,377        3,580         -203
Industrial supplies and materials       220,100      159,283       60,817
Chemicals-organic                        10,288        8,559        1,729
Gas-natural                               6,798        4,876        1,923
Other precious metals                     4,626        3,216        1,410
Fuel oil                                  8,301        4,477        3,824
Petroleum products, other                10,278        5,665        4,613
Liquified petroleum gases                 3,060        1,838        1,223
Industrial supplies, other               10,193        8,775        1,418
Steelmaking materials                     2,509        1,933          576
Lumber                                    5,693        5,929         -236
Nonmonetary gold                          2,057        2,256         -199
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                 2,542        2,255          287
Nonferrous metals, other                  1,223        1,206           17
Materials, exc. chemicals                 1,337        1,236          101
Copper                                    1,814        1,541          273
Bauxite and aluminum                      5,408        4,766          641
Cotton cloth, fabrics                     1,821        1,600          221
Plywood and veneers                       1,081        1,073            8
Synthetic cloth                           3,374        3,088          286
Nontextile floor tiles                    1,506        1,351          154
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    588          443          146
Iron and steel, advanced                  3,509        3,025          483
Paper and paper products                  4,914        3,964          950
Nuclear fuel materials                    1,499        1,145          354
Chemicals-inorganic                       3,329        2,895          435
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.           3,468        2,917          551
Leather and furs                            809          716           93
Finished textile supplies                 1,542        1,324          219
Blank tapes, audio & visual               1,808        1,556          252
Nickel                                    1,130          599          531
Synthetic rubber--primary                 1,064          937          127
Wool, silk, etc.                            632          601           32
Cotton, natural fibers                      100          220         -120
Hides and skins                             123          109           13
Tobacco, waxes, etc                       2,536        2,538           -2
Shingles, wallboard                       5,175        5,107           69
Newsprint                                 2,818        2,662          156
Tin                                         216          199           17
Finished metal shapes                     5,326        4,316        1,010
Hair, waste materials                       339          284           55
Zinc                                        947          893           54
Natural rubber                              644          512          132
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                329          320            9
Pulpwood and woodpulp                     2,528        1,780          748
Farming materials, livestock                653          614           39
Plastic materials                         5,488        4,584          905
Coal and related fuels                      630          505          125
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                   4,156        3,868          288
Electric energy                           1,689          941          748
Chemicals-fertilizers                     2,551        2,216          334
Crude oil                                66,324       34,395       31,929
Iron and steel mill products              9,327        7,461        1,866
Capital goods, except automotive        260,126      218,430       41,695
Semiconductors                           35,768       27,197        8,571
Civilian aircraft                         8,457        6,701        1,755
Telecommunications equipment             27,186       16,888       10,298
Materials handling equipment              4,965        4,364          600
Engines-civilian aircraft                 6,512        6,918         -406
Spacecraft, exc. military                   122           49           73
Photo, service industry                   6,862        5,902          960
Industrial engines                        7,524        5,964        1,560
Medicinal equipment                       7,738        6,749          989
Generators, accessories                   8,285        7,327          958
Industrial machines, other               13,395       11,308        2,087
Electric apparatus                       21,153       16,676        4,477
Measuring, testing, control instru        7,000        5,764        1,236
Food, tobacco machinery                   1,153        1,127           26
Railway transpor. equipment               1,373        1,613         -240
Drilling & oilfield equipment               912          536          376
Specialized mining                          254          260           -6
Vessels, except scrap                         9            4            5
Commercial vessels, other                    32           28            3
Marine engines, parts                       814          574          240
Excavating machinery                      3,689        3,974         -285
Nonfarm tractors and parts                  630          569           60
Textile, sewing machines                  1,283        1,413         -130
Wood, glass, plastic                      3,904        3,788          116
Agricultural machinery, equipment         3,113        2,748          365
Pulp and paper machinery                  3,286        3,227           59
Metalworking machine tools                6,329        5,749          580
Business machines and equipment           4,683        4,790         -107
Parts-civilian aircraft                   3,778        4,132         -354
Laboratory testing instruments            2,723        1,583        1,141
Computer accessories                     56,425       52,835        3,590
Computers                                10,769        7,672        3,097
Auto. vehicles, parts and engines       148,050      132,394       15,656
Consumer goods                          204,326      176,241       28,085
Pharmaceutical prep                      19,981       16,192        3,789
Apparel, household goods - cotton        25,491       22,657        2,834
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.           5,679        4,786          894
Gem diamonds                              9,040        7,034        2,007
Footwear                                  8,693        8,095          599
Apparel, household goods - wool           2,457        2,331          125
TV's, VCR's, etc                         15,019       11,930        3,089
Jewelry                                   6,652        5,946          706
Toiletries and cosmetics                  2,414        2,060          355
Furniture, household goods, etc.         10,310        8,651        1,660
Camping apparel and gear                  4,450        4,005          446
Motorcycles and parts                     1,947        1,315          631
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto      19,186       16,425        2,762
Records, tapes, and disks                 1,073          917          156
Cookware, cutlery, tools                  3,266        2,889          376
Gem stones, other                         1,193        1,045          148
Apparel,household goods-nontextile        4,991        4,132          859
Glassware, chinaware                      1,782        1,679          103
Rugs                                      1,080          932          148
Books, printed matter                     2,432        2,173          260
Nursery stock, etc.                         876          813           63
Musical instruments                       1,109          949          160
Toys/games/sporting goods                15,388       14,866          523
Photo equipment                           1,935        1,695          239
Numismatic coins                            730          306          423
Household appliances                      6,402        5,431          971
Stereo equipment, etc                     7,257        6,176        1,081
Writing and art supplies                  7,169        6,393          777
Other household goods                    14,785       13,077        1,707
Pleasure boats and motors                 1,535        1,342          193
Other Goods                              36,168       31,706        4,462
(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:      SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 9.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM 
            AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, 
            JANUARY 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding.  (R) Revised.)

                       Balance                                                                                                              Imports
                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum                                                            Period     Total
1999                                                                                                                             1999                
Jan.- Dec.              -345,559      -16,738      -59,187     -269,634                                                          Jan.- Dec  1,029,917
Jan.- Sep.              -249,327      -12,545      -40,509     -196,274                                                          Jan.- Sep    753,600
January                  -22,897       -1,123       -2,854      -18,920                                                          January       77,863
February                 -25,104       -1,318       -2,825      -20,961                                                          February      79,400
March                    -25,023       -1,250       -3,234      -20,540                                                          March         79,710
April                    -25,851       -1,256       -4,118      -20,478                                                          April         81,255
May                      -27,753       -1,349       -4,911      -21,493                                                          May           83,096
June                     -30,381       -1,474       -4,861      -24,046                                                          June          86,077
July                     -31,227       -1,230       -5,445      -24,552                                                          July          87,612
August                   -30,518       -1,446       -5,977      -23,094                                                          August        88,920
September                -30,573       -2,100       -6,284      -22,190                                                          September     89,667
October                  -31,576       -1,365       -6,249      -23,962                                                          October       90,769
November                 -32,401       -1,185       -6,258      -24,958                                                          November      92,082
December                 -32,255       -1,644       -6,171      -24,440                                                          December      93,466
2000                                                                                                                             2000                
Jan.- Sep.              -331,484      -10,934      -79,546     -241,004                                                          Jan.- Sep    907,380
January                  -34,049       -1,702       -6,969      -25,378                                                          January       94,370
February                 -34,641       -1,968       -8,610      -24,063                                                          February      95,535
March                    -37,148       -1,251       -8,695      -27,203                                                          March         99,661
April                    -36,895         -794       -8,129      -27,973                                                          April         99,460
May                      -36,474         -962       -8,604      -26,908                                                          May           99,224
June                     -36,862       -1,293       -9,902      -25,667                                                          June         103,330
July                     -38,523         -714       -9,773      -28,037                                                          July         103,620
August (R)               -36,684       -1,086       -9,259      -26,339                                                          August (R    104,657
September                -40,208       -1,165       -9,606      -29,437                                                          September    107,524
October                                                                                                                          October  
November                                                                                                                         November 
December                                                                                                                         December 
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                       Exports
                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum
1999                
Jan.- Dec.               684,358      -11,439        8,620      687,177
Jan.- Sep.               504,273       -9,435        5,866      507,841
January                   54,966         -952          576       55,343
February                  54,296       -1,105          484       54,918
March                     54,687       -1,023          560       55,150
April                     55,403         -985          660       55,728
May                       55,343       -1,136          694       55,785
June                      55,696       -1,197          695       56,198
July                      56,385       -1,033          663       56,755
August                    58,402         -857          771       58,488
September                 59,094       -1,147          763       59,478
October                   59,193         -850          901       59,142
November                  59,682         -263          856       59,089
December                  61,211         -891          997       61,105
2000                
Jan.- Sep.               575,896       -6,696        8,417      574,175
January                   60,321       -1,009          948       60,382
February                  60,894       -1,108          778       61,225
March                     62,513         -576        1,011       62,078
April                     62,566         -542          959       62,149
May                       62,749         -697          870       62,576
June                      66,468         -889          800       66,557
July                      65,096         -541          877       64,760
August (R)                67,973         -761        1,045       67,689
September                 67,316         -572        1,129       66,759
October                                                     
November                                                    
December                                                    
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                       Imports
                                      Net                       Non
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum
                     
1999                
Jan.- Dec.             1,029,917        5,299       67,807      956,811
Jan.- Sep.               753,600        3,110       46,375      704,115
January                   77,863          171        3,429       74,263
February                  79,400          213        3,309       75,878
March                     79,710          226        3,794       75,690
April                     81,255          271        4,778       76,205
May                       83,096          213        5,605       77,278
June                      86,077          277        5,556       80,244
July                      87,612          197        6,108       81,307
August                    88,920          589        6,748       81,583
September                 89,667          953        7,047       81,667
October                   90,769          514        7,150       83,105
November                  92,082          922        7,114       84,047
December                  93,466          753        7,168       85,545
2000                
Jan.- Sep.               907,380        4,238       87,963      815,179
January                   94,370          693        7,917       85,760
February                  95,535          860        9,388       85,287
March                     99,661          674        9,706       89,281
April                     99,460          251        9,088       90,122
May                       99,224          265        9,475       89,484
June                     103,330          403       10,702       92,224
July                     103,620          173       10,649       92,798
August (R)               104,657          325       10,304       94,027
September                107,524          593       10,735       96,196
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-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 10. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
            (CONSTANT DOLLARS BASIS): JANUARY 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
            1996 CONSTANT DOLLAR BASIS
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal 
adjustment and rounding. The values in this exhibit are subject to 
periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for the 
monthly deflators. (R) Revised)
                   Exports
 
                              End-Use Commodity Category 
                    Total         Foods,
                   Census        Feeds, &      Industrial       Capital
    Period        Basis(1)       Beverages     Supplies(2)       Goods
        
                                                             
1999                
Jan.- Dec.            761,523         58,584        160,697        350,498
Jan.- Sep.            562,817         43,649        117,496        258,779
January                60,737          4,433         12,438         28,224
February               60,333          4,431         12,539         27,543
March                  60,872          4,560         12,815         27,932
April                  61,757          4,804         12,893         28,272
May                    61,926          4,772         12,925         28,400
June                   62,520          4,930         13,085         28,496
July                   63,206          5,179         12,704         29,393
August                 65,108          5,145         13,663         30,312
September              66,359          5,396         14,435         30,207
October                65,473          5,174         14,008         30,299
November               65,497          4,796         14,755         29,922
December               67,735          4,964         14,438         31,498
2000                
Jan.- Sep.            637,528         46,905        132,207        306,017
January                66,969          5,116         14,115         31,196
February               67,799          4,925         14,638         31,083
March                  69,008          5,031         15,279         31,566
April                  68,988          4,878         14,152         33,673
May                    69,155          5,029         14,143         33,524
June                   73,595          5,101         14,696         36,035
July                   71,939          5,454         14,343         35,432
August (R)             75,575          5,861         15,244         36,884
September              74,500          5,510         15,598         36,625
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
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Exports Continued

                    Total     End-Use Commodity Category 
                   Census       Automotive      Consumer         Other
    Period        Basis(1)    Vehicles, etc.      Goods          Goods
        
                                                             
1999                
Jan.- Dec.            761,523         74,678         80,492         36,574
Jan.- Sep.            562,817         55,638         59,732         27,524
January                60,737          6,062          6,571          3,010
February               60,333          6,023          6,663          3,133
March                  60,872          5,946          6,573          3,046
April                  61,757          6,203          6,704          2,883
May                    61,926          6,090          6,535          3,205
June                   62,520          6,238          6,588          3,182
July                   63,206          6,193          6,682          3,056
August                 65,108          6,606          6,554          2,828
September              66,359          6,276          6,861          3,182
October                65,473          6,271          6,748          2,973
November               65,497          6,280          6,874          2,870
December               67,735          6,489          7,138          3,207
2000                
Jan.- Sep.            637,528         58,884         66,165         27,349
January                66,969          6,497          6,966          3,079
February               67,799          6,414          7,288          3,451
March                  69,008          6,733          7,355          3,045
April                  68,988          6,264          7,143          2,878
May                    69,155          6,409          7,086          2,963
June                   73,595          6,864          7,696          3,204
July                   71,939          6,304          7,469          2,937
August (R)             75,575          6,953          7,609          3,025
September              74,500          6,446          7,553          2,767
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
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                   Imports
                              End-Use Commodity Category 
                    Total         Foods,
                   Census        Feeds, &      Industrial       Capital
    Period        Basis(1)       Beverages     Supplies(2)       Goods
                                                             
1999                
Jan.- Dec.          1,148,499         45,296        246,801        387,309
Jan.- Sep.            847,004         33,689        184,720        282,970
January                88,696          3,573         19,986         28,917
February               90,287          3,684         19,586         29,736
March                  90,667          3,586         20,182         29,651
April                  91,931          3,687         20,357         30,450
May                    93,476          3,708         20,650         31,352
June                   97,051          3,881         20,957         33,027
July                   98,329          3,825         20,846         33,619
August                 98,573          3,850         21,256         33,196
September              97,994          3,895         20,899         33,023
October                99,556          3,857         20,790         34,149
November              100,533          3,932         20,794         34,832
December              101,406          3,818         20,498         35,358
2000                
Jan.- Sep.            975,411         35,912        196,019        347,935
January               102,314          3,743         21,001         35,214
February              102,114          3,804         21,461         35,471
March                 106,217          4,002         21,912         36,701
April                 107,504          3,889         21,467         37,981
May                   107,413          4,014         21,821         38,363
June                  110,968          4,058         22,180         39,853
July                  111,095          4,128         22,193         39,869
August (R)            112,844          4,157         21,726         41,663
September             114,942          4,117         22,258         42,821
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Imports Continued

                   Imports
                    Total
                   Census       Automotive      Consumer         Other
    Period        Basis(1)    Vehicles, etc.      Goods          Goods
                                                             
1999                
Jan.- Dec.          1,148,499        177,167        247,457         44,468
Jan.- Sep.            847,004        130,840        181,998         32,787
January                88,696         13,489         19,308          3,423
February               90,287         14,034         19,861          3,386
March                  90,667         14,121         19,470          3,657
April                  91,931         13,734         20,068          3,634
May                    93,476         14,362         19,774          3,629
June                   97,051         15,033         20,453          3,700
July                   98,329         15,373         21,044          3,622
August                 98,573         15,348         21,023          3,900
September              97,994         15,345         20,998          3,834
October                99,556         15,139         21,631          3,991
November              100,533         15,298         21,850          3,827
December              101,406         15,890         21,979          3,864
2000                
Jan.- Sep.            975,411        145,368        213,148         37,028
January               102,314         16,111         22,247          3,998
February              102,114         15,350         22,023          4,005
March                 106,217         16,100         23,480          4,022
April                 107,504         16,230         23,888          4,049
May                   107,413         15,320         24,031          3,865
June                  110,968         16,409         24,222          4,246
July                  111,095         16,649         24,080          4,177
August (R)            112,844         16,586         24,325          4,387
September             114,942         16,614         24,852          4,281
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
(1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Includes petroleum products.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART A:     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 11. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM
            END-USE COMMODITY CATEGORY TOTALS 
            (CONSTANT DOLLARS BASIS): JANUARY 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 
            1996 CONSTANT DOLLAR BASIS
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal 
adjustment and rounding. The values in this exhibit are subject to 
periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for the 
monthly deflators. (R) Revised)
 
                          Trade Balance
                                                          
                              Total
                             Census                            Non
         Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum        petroleum
1998                
Jan.- Dec.                      -291,451         -72,553        -218,898
Jan.- Sep.                      -215,710         -54,637        -161,073
January                          -19,806          -5,628         -14,177
February                         -20,617          -5,542         -15,075
March                            -23,323          -5,711         -17,612
April                            -25,489          -6,417         -19,072
May                              -25,826          -6,223         -19,603
June                             -23,787          -6,203         -17,584
July                             -25,228          -6,498         -18,729
August                           -26,537          -6,515         -20,023
September                        -25,097          -5,900         -19,198
October                          -24,706          -6,089         -18,617
November                         -25,316          -6,165         -19,151
December                         -25,719          -5,662         -20,057
1999                
Jan.- Dec.                      -386,976         -71,975        -315,001
Jan.- Sep.                      -284,186         -55,936        -228,250
January                          -27,959          -6,156         -21,803
February                         -29,954          -5,942         -24,012
March                            -29,795          -6,041         -23,754
April                            -30,174          -6,206         -23,968
May                              -31,550          -6,441         -25,109
June                             -34,531          -6,461         -28,070
July                             -35,123          -6,443         -28,680
August                           -33,466          -6,272         -27,193
September                        -31,635          -5,973         -25,662
October                          -34,083          -5,624         -28,459
November                         -35,035          -5,572         -29,463
December                         -33,671          -4,842         -28,828
2000                
Jan.- Sep.                      -337,883         -56,923        -280,960
January                          -35,344          -5,600         -29,744
February                         -34,316          -6,287         -28,028
March                            -37,209          -6,129         -31,080
April                            -38,516          -6,163         -32,353
May                              -38,259          -6,549         -31,710
June                             -37,372          -6,931         -30,442
July                             -39,156          -6,596         -32,559
August (R)                       -37,269          -6,491         -30,778
September                        -40,442          -6,176         -34,266
October                                                   
November                                                  
December                                                  
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                             Exports
                                                          
                              Total
                             Census                            Non
         Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum        petroleum
1998                
Jan.- Dec.                       730,042           9,395         720,647
Jan.- Sep.                       541,945           7,195         534,750
January                           61,175             899          60,275
February                          60,431             750          59,681
March                             60,880             807          60,073
April                             59,292             782          58,510
May                               59,376             793          58,583
June                              60,265             751          59,514
July                              59,331             766          58,565
August                            59,878             840          59,037
September                         61,317             806          60,511
October                           63,337             746          62,592
November                          63,189             673          62,516
December                          61,572             782          60,789
1999                
Jan.- Dec.                       761,523           9,764         751,759
Jan.- Sep.                       562,817           6,906         555,912
January                           60,737             738          59,999
February                          60,333             622          59,711
March                             60,872             725          60,147
April                             61,757             775          60,982
May                               61,926             824          61,102
June                              62,520             798          61,721
July                              63,206             743          62,463
August                            65,108             844          64,264
September                         66,359             836          65,522
October                           65,473             951          64,523
November                          65,497             911          64,586
December                          67,735             996          66,739
2000                
Jan.- Sep.                       637,528           7,225         630,303
January                           66,969             908          66,062
February                          67,799             735          67,064
March                             69,008             816          68,192
April                             68,988             878          68,110
May                               69,155             777          68,377
June                              73,595             700          72,895
July                              71,939             737          71,202
August (R)                        75,575             850          74,725
September                         74,500             824          73,676
October                                                   
November                                                  
December                                                  
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                             Imports
                                                          
                              Total                         
                             Census                            Non
         Period             Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum
1998                
Jan.- Dec.                     1,021,493          81,948         939,545
Jan.- Sep.                       757,655          61,832         695,823
January                           80,980           6,528          74,453
February                          81,048           6,292          74,756
March                             84,203           6,518          77,685
April                             84,781           7,199          77,582
May                               85,202           7,016          78,186
June                              84,053           6,954          77,098
July                              84,559           7,265          77,294
August                            86,415           7,355          79,060
September                         86,414           6,705          79,709
October                           88,044           6,835          81,209
November                          88,504           6,837          81,667
December                          87,291           6,444          80,846
1999                
Jan.- Dec.                     1,148,499          81,739       1,066,760
Jan.- Sep.                       847,004          62,842         784,162
January                           88,696           6,895          81,801
February                          90,287           6,564          83,723
March                             90,667           6,766          83,901
April                             91,931           6,982          84,950
May                               93,476           7,265          86,211
June                              97,051           7,259          89,792
July                              98,329           7,186          91,143
August                            98,573           7,116          91,457
September                         97,994           6,810          91,184
October                           99,556           6,575          92,981
November                         100,533           6,483          94,049
December                         101,406           5,839          95,568
2000                
Jan.- Sep.                       975,411          64,148         911,262
January                          102,314           6,508          95,805
February                         102,114           7,022          95,092
March                            106,217           6,945          99,271
April                            107,504           7,041         100,463
May                              107,413           7,326         100,087
June                             110,968           7,630         103,337
July                             111,095           7,334         103,761
August (R)                       112,844           7,341         105,503
September                        114,942           7,000         107,942
October                                                   
November                                                  
December                                                  
(1) Detailed data presented on a Census Basis.  The information to convert
to a BOP basis is not available.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
Part B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 12.  U. S. TRADE IN GOODS
(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to 
rounding.  (R) Revised.)
                         Balance
                          Total
                         Balance            Total
                        of Payments         Census
       Period             Basis             Basis
1998                
Jan.- Dec.                   -246,853          -229,758
Jan.- Sep.                   -182,230          -170,490
January                       -16,268           -15,052
February                      -14,194           -13,160
March                         -17,190           -15,799
April                         -20,043           -19,069
May                           -18,363           -17,326
June                          -21,179           -19,924
July                          -26,087           -24,760
August                        -24,607           -22,594
September                     -24,298           -22,807
October                       -24,190           -22,399
November                      -21,744           -19,625
December                      -18,689           -17,245
1999                
Jan.- Dec.                   -345,559          -328,821
Jan.- Sep.                   -249,757          -237,213
January                       -20,453           -19,330
February                      -21,888           -20,570
March                         -24,433           -23,183
April                         -23,953           -22,697
May                           -25,826           -24,477
June                          -31,529           -30,055
July                          -35,007           -33,778
August                        -33,756           -32,310
September                     -32,913           -30,813
October                       -32,852           -31,487
November                      -33,817           -32,633
December                      -29,132           -27,489
2000                
Jan.- Sep.                   -331,936          -321,002
January                       -31,849           -30,147
February                      -32,465           -30,497
March                         -35,578           -34,327
April                         -32,822           -32,028
May                           -37,426           -36,464
June                          -37,185           -35,892
July                          -42,790           -42,077
August (R)                    -41,063           -39,976
September                     -40,759           -39,593
October                                
November                               
December                               
 August data as published last month :
                              -40,790           -39,682
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                         Exports
                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis          Adjustments          Basis
1998                
Jan.- Dec.                    670,324           -11,813           682,138
Jan.- Sep.                    495,830            -7,838           503,668
January                        54,537              -635            55,172
February                       54,427              -806            55,234
March                          61,416              -881            62,297
April                          56,026              -649            56,675
May                            55,925              -747            56,672
June                           56,097              -897            56,994
July                           50,612              -966            51,577
August                         52,106            -1,314            53,420
September                      54,685              -943            55,627
October                        60,113            -1,200            61,313
November                       56,797            -1,598            58,395
December                       57,585            -1,177            58,762
1999                
Jan.- Dec.                    684,358           -11,439           695,797
Jan.- Sep.                    498,634            -9,435           508,069
January                        51,484              -952            52,436
February                       52,174            -1,105            53,279
March                          59,866            -1,023            60,889
April                          56,298              -985            57,283
May                            55,353            -1,136            56,489
June                           56,628            -1,197            57,825
July                           51,965            -1,033            52,998
August                         56,582              -857            57,439
September                      58,284            -1,147            59,431
October                        62,123              -850            62,973
November                       60,685              -263            60,948
December                       62,917              -891            63,808
2000                
Jan.- Sep.                    570,697            -6,696           577,393
January                        56,212            -1,009            57,221
February                       60,217            -1,108            61,325
March                          68,164              -576            68,740
April                          62,244              -542            62,786
May                            63,565              -697            64,262
June                           67,382              -889            68,271
July                           59,167              -541            59,707
August (R)                     67,204              -761            67,965
September                      66,542              -572            67,115
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
 August data as published last month :
                               67,196              -761            67,958
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                         Imports
                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis          Adjustments          Basis
1998                
Jan.- Dec.                    917,178             5,281           911,896
Jan.- Sep.                    678,059             3,902           674,158
January                        70,805               581            70,224
February                       68,621               228            68,394
March                          78,606               511            78,096
April                          76,068               325            75,744
May                            74,289               291            73,998
June                           77,276               358            76,918
July                           76,698               361            76,337
August                         76,712               699            76,014
September                      78,983               549            78,434
October                        84,303               592            83,712
November                       78,541               522            78,020
December                       76,274               267            76,007
1999                
Jan.- Dec.                  1,029,917             5,299         1,024,618
Jan.- Sep.                    748,391             3,110           745,281
January                        71,937               171            71,766
February                       74,062               213            73,849
March                          84,299               226            84,072
April                          80,251               271            79,980
May                            81,178               213            80,965
June                           88,157               277            87,880
July                           86,972               197            86,775
August                         90,338               589            89,749
September                      91,197               953            90,244
October                        94,974               514            94,460
November                       94,502               922            93,581
December                       92,049               753            91,296
2000                
Jan.- Sep.                    902,633             4,238           898,396
January                        88,061               693            87,368
February                       92,682               860            91,822
March                         103,742               674           103,067
April                          95,066               251            94,815
May                           100,991               265           100,726
June                          104,567               403           104,164
July                          101,957               173           101,784
August (R)                    108,266               325           107,941
September                     107,301               593           106,708
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
 August data as published last month :
                              107,986               347           107,639
NOTE:  See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is
included in the Net Adjustments.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 13. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY
            JANUARY 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to
rounding.  (R) Revised.)
             Exports
              Total                              End-Use Commodity Category
           Balance of                   Total       Foods,
            Payments        Net        Census       Feeds ,    Industrial
  Period      Basis     Adjustments   Basis(1)     Beverages   Supplies(2)
1999                
Jan.- Dec.     684,358      -11,439      695,797       45,532      147,000
Jan.- Sep.     498,634       -9,435      508,069       32,732      106,504
January         51,484         -952       52,436        3,525       10,805
February        52,174       -1,105       53,279        3,539       10,918
March           59,866       -1,023       60,889        3,896       12,222
April           56,298         -985       57,283        3,584       11,910
May             55,353       -1,136       56,489        3,401       11,863
June            56,628       -1,197       57,825        3,567       12,030
July            51,965       -1,033       52,998        3,683       11,283
August          56,582         -857       57,439        3,692       12,496
September       58,284       -1,147       59,431        3,844       12,977
October         62,123         -850       62,973        4,532       13,416
November        60,685         -263       60,948        4,182       13,659
December        62,917         -891       63,808        4,086       13,421
2000                
Jan.- Sep.     570,697       -6,696      577,393       34,684      127,640
January         56,212       -1,009       57,221        3,776       12,804
February        60,217       -1,108       61,325        3,959       13,777
March           68,164         -576       68,740        4,321       15,613
April           62,244         -542       62,786        3,580       13,649
May             63,565         -697       64,262        3,678       14,101
June            67,382         -889       68,271        3,689       14,559
July            59,167         -541       59,707        3,718       13,263
August (R)      67,204         -761       67,965        4,048       15,026
September       66,542         -572       67,115        3,914       14,849
October                                                        
November                                                       
December                                                       
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Exports Continued
                       End-Use Commodity Category
              Total                  Automotive
             Census       Capital     Vehicles,    Consumer       Other
  Period    Basis(1)       Goods        etc.         Goods        Goods
                                                  
1999                
Jan.- Dec.     695,797      311,406       75,756       80,768       35,336
Jan.- Sep.     508,069      227,141       55,952       59,293       26,446
January         52,436       23,708        5,573        5,968        2,856
February        53,279       23,112        6,420        6,355        2,935
March           60,889       27,824        6,943        7,051        2,953
April           57,283       25,327        6,864        6,748        2,850
May             56,489       24,793        6,726        6,559        3,146
June            57,825       25,698        6,620        6,821        3,089
July            52,998       24,482        4,309        6,323        2,918
August          57,439       25,848        6,238        6,489        2,675
September       59,431       26,350        6,257        6,978        3,025
October         62,973       27,975        6,671        7,464        2,915
November        60,948       26,120        6,980        7,137        2,870
December        63,808       30,170        6,153        6,874        3,105
2000                
Jan.- Sep.     577,393      261,911       59,962       66,380       26,817
January         57,221       25,338        6,015        6,346        2,942
February        61,325       26,005        7,070        7,231        3,284
March           68,740       30,034        7,824        7,939        3,010
April           62,786       28,704        6,876        7,056        2,922
May             64,262       28,843        7,362        7,289        2,988
June            68,271       31,537        7,203        8,088        3,194
July            59,707       28,455        4,482        6,925        2,864
August (R)      67,965       31,479        6,700        7,795        2,917
September       67,115       31,514        6,431        7,711        2,695
October                                                        
November                                                       
December                                                       
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             Imports
              Total                              End-Use Commodity Category
           Balance of                   Total       Foods,
            Payments        Net        Census       Feeds ,    Industrial
  Period      Basis     Adjustments   Basis(1)     Beverages   Supplies(2)
1999                
Jan.- Dec.   1,029,917        5,299    1,024,618       43,579      222,024
Jan.- Sep.     748,391        3,110      745,281       32,119      159,930
January         71,937          171       71,766        3,442       14,932
February        74,062          213       73,849        3,276       14,312
March           84,299          226       84,072        3,692       16,962
April           80,251          271       79,980        3,580       17,360
May             81,178          213       80,965        3,700       18,240
June            88,157          277       87,880        3,802       18,587
July            86,972          197       86,775        3,510       19,205
August          90,338          589       89,749        3,571       20,317
September       91,197          953       90,244        3,546       20,015
October         94,974          514       94,460        3,773       20,651
November        94,502          922       93,581        3,815       20,685
December        92,049          753       91,296        3,871       20,757
2000                
Jan.- Sep.     902,633        4,238      898,396       34,047      220,892
January         88,061          693       87,368        3,546       21,467
February        92,682          860       91,822        3,509       22,791
March          103,742          674      103,067        4,020       25,511
April           95,066          251       94,815        3,682       23,107
May            100,991          265      100,726        3,978       24,953
June           104,567          403      104,164        3,874       25,647
July           101,957          173      101,784        3,782       25,927
August (R)     108,266          325      107,941        3,943       25,834
September      107,301          593      106,708        3,713       25,654
October                                                        
November                                                       
December                                                       
___________________________________
Imports Continued
                       End-Use Commodity Category
              Total                  Automotive
             Census       Capital     Vehicles,    Consumer       Other
  Period    Basis(1)       Goods        etc.         Goods        Goods
1999                
Jan.- Dec.   1,024,618      297,112      179,393      239,466       43,046
Jan.- Sep.     745,281      216,255      130,748      174,834       31,395
January         71,766       20,810       12,656       16,790        3,137
February        73,849       21,532       14,332       17,310        3,086
March           84,072       25,145       16,294       18,268        3,711
April           79,980       23,305       14,424       17,697        3,613
May             80,965       23,336       14,679       17,621        3,389
June            87,880       26,094       15,503       20,318        3,576
July            86,775       25,412       13,227       21,832        3,589
August          89,749       25,081       14,800       22,328        3,652
September       90,244       25,538       14,832       22,671        3,642
October         94,460       26,458       16,097       23,530        3,951
November        93,581       27,039       16,256       21,902        3,883
December        91,296       27,360       16,292       19,200        3,817
2000                
Jan.- Sep.     898,396      258,099      146,330      203,034       35,994
January         87,368       24,293       15,188       19,193        3,681
February        91,822       25,465       16,287       19,966        3,804
March          103,067       29,513       18,520       21,375        4,128
April           94,815       27,364       16,750       20,041        3,871
May            100,726       28,946       16,409       22,638        3,802
June           104,164       30,533       16,569       23,348        4,193
July           101,784       29,418       14,180       24,449        4,030
August (R)     107,941       31,039       16,643       26,178        4,304
September      106,708       31,529       15,784       25,846        4,181
October                                                        
November                                                       
December                                                       
(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2)  Includes petroleum products.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 14.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
             COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS -- 2000
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(X) Not applicable. (R) Revised.
Note: This exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)
                  
                                      Balance
              Item(1)                September     August     Cumulative
                                       2000         2000        to-date
Total Balance of Payments Basis         -40,759   (R)-41,063     -331,936
Net Adjustments                          -1,165   (R) -1,086      -10,934
Total Census Basis                      -39,593   (R)-39,976     -321,002
North America                            -7,358   (R) -6,203      -54,527
        Canada                           -4,696   (R) -4,321      -35,885
        Mexico                           -2,661       -1,882      -18,642
Western Europe                           -4,445       -5,191      -44,499
    Euro Area (2)                        -3,703       -4,114      -35,601
    European Union                       -3,916       -4,692      -41,384
        Austria                             -15          -58         -491
        Belgium                             356          523        3,009
        Finland                            -113         -109       -1,292
        France                             -709         -626       -6,902
        Germany                          -2,391       -2,722      -22,176
        Italy                              -950       -1,279      -10,557
        Netherlands                       1,060        1,082        8,606
        Spain                               101           10          393
        Sweden                             -305         -142       -3,338
        United Kingdom                      193         -362       -1,835
        Other EU                         -1,141       -1,009       -6,800
    European Free Trade         
    Association                            -457         -515       -3,513
        Norway                             -353         -390       -3,282
        Switzerland                         -78          -97          -40
        Other EFTA                          -26          -27         -191
    Other Western Europe                    -72           16          398
Eastern Europe/FSR                       -1,244         -860       -7,828
        Hungary                            -323         -127       -1,579
        Poland                               -8           -4         -211
        Former Soviet Republics            -825         -637       -5,427
            Russia                         -670         -475       -4,224
            Other FSR                      -155         -162       -1,203
        Other EE                            -87          -92         -611
Pacific Rim Countries                   -20,148      -20,226     -157,000
        Australia                           410          504        4,645
        China                            -8,722       -8,601      -61,074
        Japan                            -6,094       -6,764      -60,096
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                  -2,839       -2,588      -19,069
            Hong Kong                        76          186        1,862
            Korea                        -1,211       -1,168       -8,216
            Singapore                       -47         -172       -1,075
            Taiwan                       -1,658       -1,434      -11,640
        Other Pacific Rim(3)             -2,904       -2,777      -21,407
South/Central America                    -1,050       -1,170      -11,083
        Argentina                           119          144        1,171
        Brazil                              253           15          492
        Colombia                           -339         -297       -2,625
        Other S/C A (3)                  -1,084       -1,032      -10,121
OPEC                                     -4,195       -4,430      -35,401
        Indonesia(3)                       -748         -803       -5,744
        Nigeria                            -922       -1,016       -7,420
        Saudia Arabia                      -699         -761       -6,228
        Venezuela(3)                     -1,065       -1,061       -9,502
        Other OPEC                         -760         -788       -6,506
Other Countries                          -2,991       -3,313      -26,034
        Egypt                               196          213        1,869
        South Africa                        -31         -106         -884
        Other                            -3,156       -3,420      -27,019
Uniden. ctys (4)                             24           30          124
Timing Adjustments                          (X)         -479          (X)
____________________________________
                                      Exports
              Item(1)                September     August     Cumulative
                                       2000         2000        to-date
Total Balance of Payments Basis          66,542   (R) 67,204      570,697
Net Adjustments                            -572   (R)   -761       -6,696
Total Census Basis                       67,115   (R) 67,965      577,393
North America                            24,367   (R) 25,701      216,840
        Canada                           14,640   (R) 15,312      134,376
        Mexico                            9,727       10,390       82,463
Western Europe                           15,388       14,685      132,697
    Euro Area (2)                        10,042        9,567       84,640
    European Union                       14,189       13,494      120,317
        Austria                             241          201        1,876
        Belgium                           1,174        1,207       10,219
        Finland                             143          137        1,114
        France                            1,615        1,649       14,540
        Germany                           2,441        2,413       21,559
        Italy                             1,368          870        8,211
        Netherlands                       1,839        1,865       15,791
        Spain                               474          523        4,706
        Sweden                              444          410        3,495
        United Kingdom                    3,510        3,315       30,177
        Other EU                            940          904        8,628
    European Free Trade         
    Association                             899          819        8,790
        Norway                              125          108        1,123
        Switzerland                         762          697        7,440
        Other EFTA                           12           14          227
    Other Western Europe                    300          372        3,589
Eastern Europe/FSR                          528          489        4,447
        Hungary                              60           53          422
        Poland                               71           82          535
        Former Soviet Republics             308          266        2,611
            Russia                          153          176        1,707
            Other FSR                       155           89          904
        Other EE                             89           89          879
Pacific Rim Countries                    17,589       18,307      150,271
        Australia                           988        1,083        9,403
        China                             1,351        1,446       11,699
        Japan                             5,527        5,706       47,902
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                   7,499        7,710       63,113
            Hong Kong                     1,306        1,337       10,569
            Korea                         2,394        2,450       20,990
            Singapore                     1,739        1,665       13,026
            Taiwan                        2,059        2,258       18,527
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              2,224        2,361       18,155
South/Central America                     5,144        5,295       43,363
        Argentina                           398          413        3,446
        Brazil                            1,426        1,442       11,091
        Colombia                            291          303        2,673
        Other S/C A (3)                   3,030        3,138       26,153
OPEC                                      1,915        1,748       13,874
        Indonesia(3)                        214          206        1,933
        Nigeria                              44           52          515
        Saudia Arabia                       561          525        4,331
        Venezuela(3)                        498          494        4,060
        Other OPEC                          597          472        3,036
Other Countries                           2,871        2,586       22,142
        Egypt                               274          285        2,523
        South Africa                        371          222        2,251
        Other                             2,227        2,079       17,368
Uniden. ctys (4)                             24           30          124
Timing Adjustments                          (X)         -177         -371
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                                      Imports
              Item(1)                September     August     Cumulative
                                       2000         2000        to-date
Total Balance of Payments Basis         107,301   (R)108,266      902,633
Net Adjustments                             593   (R)    325        4,238
Total Census Basis                      106,708   (R)107,941      898,396
North America                            31,725       31,904      271,367
        Canada                           19,337       19,633      170,262
        Mexico                           12,388       12,271      101,105
Western Europe                           19,833       19,876      177,196
    Euro Area (2)                        13,745       13,682      120,241
    European Union                       18,104       18,186      161,701
        Austria                             256          259        2,367
        Belgium                             818          683        7,210
        Finland                             256          246        2,406
        France                            2,325        2,275       21,442
        Germany                           4,832        5,135       43,735
        Italy                             2,318        2,149       18,768
        Netherlands                         779          783        7,184
        Spain                               373          513        4,314
        Sweden                              749          552        6,833
        United Kingdom                    3,317        3,677       32,013
        Other EU                          2,081        1,913       15,428
    European Free Trade         
    Association                           1,356        1,334       12,303
        Norway                              478          499        4,405
        Switzerland                         840          794        7,480
        Other EFTA                           38           41          418
    Other Western Europe                    372          356        3,191
Eastern Europe/FSR                        1,772        1,348       12,274
        Hungary                             383          180        2,001
        Poland                               80           85          746
        Former Soviet Republics           1,134          902        8,037
            Russia                          823          651        5,931
            Other FSR                       311          251        2,107
        Other EE                            175          181        1,490
Pacific Rim Countries                    37,738       38,533      307,271
        Australia                           578          579        4,758
        China                            10,073       10,047       72,773
        Japan                            11,621       12,471      107,997
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                  10,338       10,297       82,181
            Hong Kong                     1,230        1,151        8,707
            Korea                         3,605        3,618       29,206
            Singapore                     1,786        1,837       14,102
            Taiwan                        3,717        3,692       30,167
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              5,129        5,138       39,561
South/Central America                     6,194        6,465       54,446
        Argentina                           278          269        2,275
        Brazil                            1,172        1,427       10,599
        Colombia                            629          600        5,299
        Other S/C A (3)                   4,114        4,170       36,273
OPEC                                      6,110        6,178       49,275
        Indonesia(3)                        962        1,009        7,677
        Nigeria                             967        1,068        7,935
        Saudia Arabia                     1,261        1,286       10,559
        Venezuela(3)                      1,563        1,555       13,562
        Other OPEC                        1,357        1,260        9,543
Other Countries                           5,863        5,899       48,176
        Egypt                                78           71          654
        South Africa                        401          329        3,134
        Other                             5,383        5,499       44,388
Uniden. ctys (4)                            (X)          (X)          (X)
Timing Adjustments                          (X)          302         -371
 (1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
 to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
 (2)  Countries included in Euro Area are also included in European Union.
 See Page 27 for a list of countries.
 (3)  This exhibit is not additive.  Selected countries are included in more
 than one area grouping. Indonesia is included in both OPEC and Other Pacific
 Rim; Venezuela is included in both OPEC and Other South/Central America.
 (4)  The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and
 satellites that are not included in the country/area totals.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:       NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 14-A. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
              COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS -- 1999
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.
(X) Not applicable. (R) Revised.
Note: This exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)
                                      Balance
              Item(1)                September     August     Cumulative
                                       1999         1999        to-date
Total Balance of Payments Basis         -32,913      -33,756     -249,757
Net Adjustments                          -2,100       -1,446      -12,545
Total Census Basis                      -30,813      -32,310     -237,213
North America                            -4,940       -5,619      -41,519
        Canada                           -2,902       -3,422      -22,967
        Mexico                           -2,038       -2,197      -18,551
Western Europe                           -3,476       -4,414      -32,815
    Euro Area (2)                        -2,725       -3,974      -27,221
    European Union                       -3,474       -4,136      -29,972
        Austria                             -73           43         -260
        Belgium                             254          342        2,381
        Finland                            -109         -113         -842
        France                             -574       -1,040       -4,926
        Germany                          -2,306       -2,406      -20,402
        Italy                              -887       -1,292       -9,269
        Netherlands                         978        1,024        8,311
        Spain                               102          -70          416
        Sweden                             -295         -167       -2,572
        United Kingdom                     -405           81          229
        Other EU                           -159         -539       -3,036
    European Free Trade         
    Association                              -2         -302       -3,277
        Norway                             -270         -205       -1,681
        Switzerland                         302          -89       -1,397
        Other EFTA                          -34           -8         -200
    Other Western Europe                      0           24          434
Eastern Europe/FSR                          -56         -527       -3,998
        Hungary                            -126         -126         -957
        Poland                              -12           -3           -8
        Former Soviet Republics             132         -319       -2,733
            Russia                          139         -285       -2,670
            Other FSR                        -7          -34          -63
        Other EE                            -50          -78         -299
Pacific Rim Countries                   -17,533      -16,905     -134,373
        Australia                           648          442        4,442
        China                            -6,873       -6,871      -49,424
        Japan                            -6,621       -6,105      -52,839
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                  -2,157       -1,737      -17,068
            Hong Kong                       122            8        1,615
            Korea                          -777         -436       -5,205
            Singapore                       -23          127       -1,345
            Taiwan                       -1,480       -1,437      -12,132
        Other Pacific Rim(3)             -2,529       -2,634      -19,483
South/Central America                      -938         -923       -1,667
        Argentina                           302          171        1,738
        Brazil                               92           68        1,250
        Colombia                           -295         -346       -1,837
        Other S/C A (3)                  -1,037         -817       -2,818
OPEC                                     -2,878       -2,885      -15,173
        Indonesia(3)                       -727         -704       -5,592
        Nigeria                            -376         -481       -2,723
        Saudia Arabia                      -472         -327         -116
        Venezuela(3)                       -831         -749       -3,741
        Other OPEC                         -473         -624       -3,001
Other Countries                          -2,591       -2,509      -17,139
        Egypt                               180          130        1,752
        South Africa                        -61          -71         -410
        Other                            -2,710       -2,568      -18,481
Uniden. ctys (4)                             42           19          137
____________________________________________________________
                                      Exports
              Item(1)                September     August     Cumulative
                                       1999         1999        to-date
Total Balance of Payments Basis          58,284       56,582      498,634
Net Adjustments                          -1,147         -857       -9,435
Total Census Basis                       59,431       57,439      508,069
North America                            22,228       21,290      184,491
        Canada                           14,423       13,815      122,768
        Mexico                            7,805        7,475       61,723
Western Europe                           13,633       13,104      121,933
    Euro Area (2)                         8,631        8,255       77,952
    European Union                       12,185       12,014      112,137
        Austria                             184          295        1,915
        Belgium                             994          939        9,209
        Finland                             103          127        1,287
        France                            1,457        1,298       13,934
        Germany                           2,009        2,163       19,699
        Italy                               771          691        7,227
        Netherlands                       1,651        1,687       14,215
        Spain                               449          396        4,156
        Sweden                              351          327        3,164
        United Kingdom                    2,999        3,270       28,899
        Other EU                          1,216          821        8,432
    European Free Trade         
    Association                           1,174          802        6,830
        Norway                               93          135        1,089
        Switzerland                       1,060          634        5,511
        Other EFTA                           21           32          230
    Other Western Europe                    275          289        2,967
Eastern Europe/FSR                          842          464        4,366
        Hungary                              43           37          374
        Poland                               65           56          590
        Former Soviet Republics             654          308        2,566
            Russia                          487          197        1,460
            Other FSR                       167          111        1,106
        Other EE                             79           63          836
Pacific Rim Countries                    15,160       15,124      127,221
        Australia                         1,143          951        8,354
        China                             1,325        1,151        9,923
        Japan                             4,650        4,696       42,135
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                   6,218        6,594       51,912
            Hong Kong                     1,176        1,050        9,298
            Korea                         2,021        2,251       16,875
            Singapore                     1,495        1,639       12,086
            Taiwan                        1,527        1,654       13,653
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              1,823        1,732       14,897
South/Central America                     4,470        4,460       40,619
        Argentina                           512          414        3,621
        Brazil                            1,134        1,134        9,585
        Colombia                            283          255        2,565
        Other S/C A (3)                   2,541        2,657       24,848
OPEC                                      1,306        1,328       14,148
        Indonesia(3)                        172          175        1,455
        Nigeria                              57           48          500
        Saudia Arabia                       385          475        5,481
        Venezuela(3)                        356          384        4,116
        Other OPEC                          335          246        2,596
Other Countries                           2,279        2,209       20,723
        Egypt                               236          181        2,208
        South Africa                        224          225        1,883
        Other                             1,818        1,803       16,632
Uniden. ctys (4)                             42           19          137
____________________________________________________________
                                      Imports
              Item(1)                September     August     Cumulative
                                       1999         1999        to-date
Total Balance of Payments Basis          91,197       90,338      748,391
Net Adjustments                             953          589        3,110
Total Census Basis                       90,244       89,749      745,281
North America                            27,168       26,909      226,010
        Canada                           17,325       17,237      145,735
        Mexico                            9,843        9,672       80,275
Western Europe                           17,109       17,518      154,748
    Euro Area (2)                        11,356       12,229      105,173
    European Union                       15,658       16,150      142,108
        Austria                             257          252        2,175
        Belgium                             739          597        6,828
        Finland                             211          239        2,129
        France                            2,031        2,338       18,859
        Germany                           4,315        4,569       40,101
        Italy                             1,658        1,983       16,496
        Netherlands                         673          664        5,904
        Spain                               347          466        3,741
        Sweden                              647          494        5,737
        United Kingdom                    3,404        3,188       28,670
        Other EU                          1,375        1,360       11,469
    European Free Trade         
    Association                           1,176        1,104       10,107
        Norway                              363          340        2,770
        Switzerland                         758          723        6,907
        Other EFTA                           55           40          430
    Other Western Europe                    275          264        2,533
Eastern Europe/FSR                          898          990        8,364
        Hungary                             169          163        1,332
        Poland                               77           60          598
        Former Soviet Republics             522          627        5,299
            Russia                          348          482        4,130
            Other FSR                       174          144        1,169
        Other EE                            130          141        1,135
Pacific Rim Countries                    32,693       32,029      261,594
        Australia                           495          509        3,912
        China                             8,198        8,022       59,346
        Japan                            11,271       10,801       94,974
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                   8,376        8,332       68,980
            Hong Kong                     1,054        1,042        7,683
            Korea                         2,797        2,687       22,080
            Singapore                     1,517        1,512       13,432
            Taiwan                        3,007        3,091       25,785
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              4,353        4,366       34,380
South/Central America                     5,407        5,384       42,286
        Argentina                           210          242        1,883
        Brazil                            1,042        1,066        8,335
        Colombia                            578          602        4,403
        Other S/C A (3)                   3,577        3,473       27,666
OPEC                                      4,184        4,213       29,321
        Indonesia(3)                        898          878        7,047
        Nigeria                             433          529        3,223
        Saudia Arabia                       857          802        5,597
        Venezuela(3)                      1,188        1,134        7,858
        Other OPEC                          808          870        5,597
Other Countries                           4,870        4,719       37,862
        Egypt                                56           52          456
        South Africa                        285          296        2,293
        Other                             4,529        4,371       35,113
Uniden. ctys (4)                            (X)          (X)          (X)
 (1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
 to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
 (2)  Countries included in Euro Area are also included in European Union.
 See Page 27 for a list of countries.
 (3)  This exhibit is not additive.  Selected countries are included in more
 than one area grouping. Indonesia is included in both OPEC and Other Pacific
 Rim; Venezuela is included in both OPEC and Other South/Central America.
 (4)  The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and
 satellites that are not included in the country/area totals.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY 
            GROUPINGS - 2000 AND 1999 DATA
(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. 
(R) Revised. (X) Not applicable. 
Note: This exhibit is not additive.  See footnotes.)
                              
                                  2000
            Item(1)             September              August
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis     66,542    107,301  (R)67,204 (R)108,266
Net Adjustments                      -572        593  (R)  -761 (R)    325
Total Census Basis (2)             67,115    106,708  (R)67,965 (R)107,941
Manufactured goods (3)             53,068     89,264     54,241     90,012
Agricultural commodities (3)        3,969      2,817      4,135      3,040
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,207     11,869      1,210     11,754
Selected commodities (3)        
  ADP equipment; office machine     4,252      8,516      3,981      8,502
  Airplane parts                    1,245        434      1,270        494
  Airplanes                         1,665      1,242      1,817      1,003
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             42        280         42        244
  Aluminum                            287        571        345        608
  Animal feeds                        313         48        325         47
  Artwork/antiques                     94        484         66        432
  Basketware, etc.                    275        395        267        428
  Cereal flour                        112        172        116        159
  Chemicals - cosmetics               479        306        504        347
  Chemicals - dyeing                  354        220        373        262
  Chemicals - fertilizers             165        136        202        128
  Chemicals - inorganic               450        580        475        577
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,144      1,515      1,135      1,293
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                  990        440      1,098        485
  Chemicals - organic               1,533      2,684      1,507      2,564
  Chemicals - plastics              1,670        871      1,775        919
  Cigarettes                          299         28        312         39
  Clothing                            694      6,267        752      6,879
  Coal                                168         65        228         80
  Coffee                                1        134          1        175
  Copper                              113        368        123        391
  Cork, wood, lumber                  350        636        377        646
  Corn                                443          1        414          2
  Cotton, raw and linters             100        (-)        126          1
  Crude fertilizers                   144        125        154        117
  Crude oil                            15      7,876         20      8,242
  Electrical machinery              8,290     10,291      8,424      9,842
  Fish and preparations               258        939        324        992
  Footwear                             54      1,194         67      1,380
  Furniture and bedding               426      1,552        442      1,668
  Gem diamonds                        142      1,129        128        845
  General industrial mach           2,731      2,655      2,894      2,915
  Glass                               219        204        252        201
  Glassware                            77        174         82        185
  Gold, nonmonetary                   502        227        322        187
  Hides and skins                     124          8        138          9
  Iron and steel mill prod            472      1,240        531      1,481
  Jewelry                             120        633        153        475
  Lighting, plumbing                  133        507        136        554
  Liquified propane/butane             36         99         54         99
  Live animals                         52        138         55        129
  Meat and preparations               554        302        626        353
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        1,162      1,339      1,185      1,418
  Metal ores; scrap                   390        286        447        305
  Metalworking machinery              543        540        507        690
  Mineral fuels, other                323        236        287        198
  Natural gas                          48        994         29        837
  Nickel                               34        114         34        110
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 53         83         57         93
  Optical goods                       266        322        344        326
  Paper and paperboard                895      1,304        917      1,386
  Petroleum preparations              588      2,291        568      1,902
  Photographic equipment              333        589        393        579
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            607        681        685        704
  Platinum                             51        643         73        417
  Pottery                               9        179          9        194
  Power generating mach.            2,804      2,799      2,875      2,738
  Printed materials                   411        342        440        360
  Pulp and waste paper                390        284        447        292
  Records/magnetic media              451        438        441        447
  Rice                                 48         13         64         13
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             136        161        145        172
  Rubber tires and tubes              200        363        220        410
  Scientific instruments            2,626      1,939      2,713      2,012
  Ships, boats                         78         79         59         84
  Silver and bullion                   24         52         20         49
  Soybeans                            280          1        307          2
  Spacecraft                            2         66        (-)        (-)
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,603      1,663      2,661      1,931
  Sugar                               (-)         60        (-)         67
  Television, VCR, etc.             2,558      6,792      2,490      6,251
  Textile yearn, fabric               923      1,237        943      1,362
  Tobacco, unmanufactured              60         57         84         62
  Toys/games/sporting goods           291      2,183        302      2,121
  Travel goods                         33        384         30        411
  Vegetables and fruits               625        591        615        603
  Vehicles                          4,459     12,918      4,613     13,401
  Watches/clocks/parts                 28        338         32        306
  Wheat                               355         15        332          9
  Wood manufactures                   144        603        166        640
Re-exports                          6,700        (X)      5,964        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            124        (X)        124        (X)
  Manufactured goods                6,503        (X)      5,775        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        11        (X)          6        (X)
___________________________________
                                     2000                  1999
            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports
Total Balance of Payment Basis    570,697    902,633    498,634    748,391
Net Adjustments                    -6,696      4,238     -9,435      3,110
Total Census Basis (2)            577,393    898,396    508,069    745,281
Manufactured goods (3)            461,604    750,197    414,611    644,166
Agricultural commodities (3)       36,476     28,319     33,672     27,336
Mineral fuels (3)                   9,153     96,223      6,879     51,965
Selected commodities (3)        
  ADP equipment; office machine    33,895     67,863     29,789     61,468
  Airplane parts                   11,136      4,103     11,473      4,439
  Airplanes                        18,282      8,453     23,962      6,707
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            297      2,023        296      1,822
  Aluminum                          2,849      5,465      2,628      4,755
  Animal feeds                      2,759        439      2,388        421
  Artwork/antiques                  1,122      4,337        835      3,612
  Basketware, etc.                  2,466      3,614      2,088      3,179
  Cereal flour                        953      1,246        966      1,124
  Chemicals - cosmetics             3,879      2,620      3,588      2,296
  Chemicals - dyeing                3,026      2,042      2,678      1,971
  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,766      1,203      2,252      1,095
  Chemicals - inorganic             3,949      4,531      3,357      3,714
  Chemicals - medicinal             9,506     10,852      8,133      9,797
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                9,050      4,302      8,307      3,770
  Chemicals - organic              13,335     20,920     11,023     15,982
  Chemicals - plastics             14,581      8,006     12,284      6,835
  Cigarettes                        2,459        196      2,442        105
  Clothing                          6,251     48,559      6,178     42,355
  Coal                              1,634        609      1,716        485
  Coffee                                6      1,987          6      1,975
  Copper                            1,116      3,153        782      2,399
  Cork, wood, lumber                3,277      6,449      3,205      6,695
  Corn                              3,608        154      3,898        143
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,489         23        625        143
  Crude fertilizers                 1,269      1,052      1,129        944
  Crude oil                           417     66,463        545     34,295
  Electrical machinery             65,921     80,113     54,872     63,961
  Fish and preparations             2,108      7,116      2,054      6,318
  Footwear                            497     11,499        531     10,738
  Furniture and bedding             3,526     14,026      3,233     11,808
  Gem diamonds                        848      9,160        166      7,125
  General industrial mach          24,438     26,360     22,156     23,472
  Glass                             1,807      1,684      1,576      1,494
  Glassware                           627      1,445        523      1,337
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,277      2,052      3,038      2,251
  Hides and skins                   1,072         83        749         74
  Iron and steel mill prod          4,288     12,488      3,649      9,855
  Jewelry                           1,099      4,444        710      3,884
  Lighting, plumbing                1,035      3,829        956      3,220
  Liquified propane/butane            460        974        183        512
  Live animals                        424      1,237        333      1,058
  Meat and preparations             5,515      2,905      4,605      2,391
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        9,975     12,182      8,288     10,738
  Metal ores; scrap                 3,203      3,031      2,539      2,631
  Metalworking machinery            4,485      5,676      3,823      5,031
  Mineral fuels, other              2,327      1,720      1,864        888
  Natural gas                         275      6,516        157      4,696
  Nickel                              292      1,129        242        615
  Oils/fats, vegetable                615        900        857        892
  Optical goods                     2,416      2,931      1,593      2,273
  Paper and paperboard              8,227     11,359      7,282      9,866
  Petroleum preparations            3,858     18,144      2,205     10,140
  Photographic equipment            3,272      5,049      2,613      4,299
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          5,553      6,052      4,643      5,186
  Platinum                            692      3,957        326      2,553
  Pottery                              78      1,346         79      1,252
  Power generating mach.           24,359     25,358     22,755     23,123
  Printed materials                 3,564      2,738      3,355      2,416
  Pulp and waste paper              3,467      2,526      2,486      1,779
  Records/magnetic media            3,998      3,858      4,278      3,320
  Rice                                617        127        655        136
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,209      1,471      1,025      1,325
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,832      3,721      1,787      3,408
  Scientific instruments           22,228     16,022     18,768     12,835
  Ships, boats                        764        851      1,277        791
  Silver and bullion                  165        613        177        477
  Soybeans                          3,378         27      2,840         22
  Spacecraft                          105        217        639        244
  Specialized ind. mach.           22,830     17,168     18,271     16,444
  Sugar                                 3        353          2        475
  Television, VCR, etc.            20,576     49,922     17,569     35,456
  Textile yearn, fabric             7,880     11,561      6,876     10,169
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             926        429        992        552
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,728     13,730      2,405     13,549
  Travel goods                        268      3,313        247      3,060
  Vegetables and fruits             5,357      7,008      5,233      7,125
  Vehicles                         42,614    119,365     39,955    106,063
  Watches/clocks/parts                260      2,477        244      2,296
  Wheat                             2,494        160      2,666        227
  Wood manufactures                 1,420      5,540      1,277      5,414
Re-exports                         50,201        (X)     36,403        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,247        (X)      1,000        (X)
  Manufactured goods               48,236        (X)     34,992        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       164        (X)         87        (X)
(1)  Detailed data are presented on a Census basis.  The information needed
to convert to a BOP basis is not available.
(2) Total exports (Domestic and Foreign)
(3) Domestic exports
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 
(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)
 
          Period              Balance         Exports         Imports

1998                            
                                           
Jan.- Dec.                         29,694         186,444         156,750
Jan.- Sep.                         18,810         133,823         115,013
January                             2,764          14,177          11,413
February                            2,942          14,083          11,141
March                               3,136          16,971          13,835
April                               2,088          14,426          12,338
May                                 2,317          14,752          12,435
June                                2,055          15,448          13,393
July                                  710          14,047          13,337
August                              1,009          14,006          12,997
September                           1,790          15,913          14,123
October                             2,902          17,177          14,275
November                            2,761          16,616          13,855
December                            5,221          18,828          13,607
1999                            
Jan.- Dec.                         19,098         200,277         181,179
Jan.- Sep.                         15,662         146,170         130,508
January                             3,448          15,594          12,147
February                            2,384          14,975          12,591
March                               3,485          18,082          14,597
April                               2,236          16,050          13,814
May                                 1,774          15,740          13,965
June                                  852          16,680          15,828
July                                 -550          15,429          15,978
August                              1,093          16,571          15,478
September                             939          17,049          16,110
October                             1,120          17,824          16,704
November                             -923          16,000          16,923
December                            3,238          20,283          17,044
2000                            
Jan.- Sep.                          5,137         166,062         160,924
January                             1,696          16,386          14,691
February                              881          16,394          15,512
March                               1,174          18,745          17,571
April                               1,490          18,014          16,524
May                                   469          18,289          17,820
June                                1,236          20,285          19,049
July                                 -374          18,141          18,514
August                               -373          19,696          20,069
September                          -1,062          20,112          21,174
October                                    
November                                   
December                                   
Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1999 - SEPTEMBER 2000 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)
         Total energy-related
         petroleum products (1) Crude petroleum
          Quantity     Value    Quantity    1,000's     Value    Unit
          (1,000's   (1,000's   (1,000's  of barrels  (1,000's   price
 Period   of BBL's)    of $)    of BBL's) per day avg   of $)     ($)
1999                                                             
                                                                 
Jan-Dec   4,081,181 65,931,249  3,228,092      8,844 50,889,621  15.76
Jan-Sep   3,118,892 44,946,367  2,456,682      8,999 34,294,949  13.96
January     349,000  3,362,436    280,356      9,044  2,581,125   9.21
February    302,085  2,956,909    234,298      8,368  2,221,070   9.48
March       339,876  3,714,882    271,574      8,760  2,850,722  10.50
April       341,124  4,587,395    262,378      8,746  3,378,898  12.88
May         367,964  5,520,574    289,457      9,337  4,225,641  14.60
June        357,634  5,319,719    278,274      9,276  4,040,329  14.52
July        364,520  6,029,371    288,932      9,320  4,653,736  16.11
August      361,349  6,668,471    283,813      9,155  5,073,475  17.88
September   335,339  6,786,611    267,600      8,920  5,269,952  19.69
October     335,459  7,061,683    267,574      8,631  5,555,979  20.76
November    318,537  6,827,215    254,862      8,495  5,365,458  21.05
December    308,292  7,095,984    248,974      8,031  5,673,236  22.79
2000                            
                                                                 
Jan-Sep   3,216,016 85,581,024  2,561,322      9,348 66,462,768  25.95
January     324,531  7,660,406    252,342      8,140  5,849,073  23.18
February    340,100  8,823,527    258,020      8,897  6,453,738  25.01
March       360,692  9,778,668    288,289      9,300  7,604,736  26.38
April       347,216  8,694,102    281,594      9,386  6,877,891  24.42
May         369,453  9,271,045    297,032      9,582  7,174,992  24.16
June        379,447 10,324,987    300,902     10,030  8,018,252  26.65
July        373,484 10,520,884    301,375      9,722  8,366,474  27.76
August      376,083 10,241,863    309,975      9,999  8,241,718  26.59
September   345,011 10,265,542    271,793      9,060  7,875,893  28.98
October                                                          
November                                                         
December                                                         
(1)  Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not
available on a Balance of Payments basis.  These products include the
following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations,
and liquified propane and butane gas.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
            COUNTRIES DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may 
            not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero or less 
            than one half unit of measurement shown.)
                   
                         Exports
                          Total
      Country 
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                           6,413             6,669            59,713
                                                                          
Australia                          73                87               766
Austria                           110               109               853
Belgium                            36                34               388
Brazil                             42                46               319
Canada                          3,528             3,723            34,237
Germany                           195               194             1,696
Japan                             217               248             2,191
Korea                              30                39               328
Mexico                          1,380             1,432            12,163
Saudia Arabia                      93                64               639
Sweden                             24                19               152
Taiwan                             17                32               229
United Kingdom                    134               138             1,198
                                                                         
Other                             536               503             4,554
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                           Cars
      Country 
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                           1,231             1,095            12,493
                                                                          
Australia                          10                 8               130
Austria                             2                 1                17
Belgium                             4                 3                47
Brazil                              1                 2                16
Canada                            677               556             7,037
Germany                           102               101               918
Japan                              33                62               549
Korea                               1                 1                23
Mexico                            198               164             1,899
Saudia Arabia                      35                23               236
Sweden                              3                 1                41
Taiwan                             10                26               160
United Kingdom                     26                22               229
                                                                         
Other                             128               122             1,192
____________________________________
                          Trucks
      Country 
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                             757               766             7,147
                                                                          
Australia                           4                15                82
Austria                             1               (-)                 3
Belgium                             6                 4                70
Brazil                              2               (-)                 5
Canada                            448               520             4,850
Germany                             4                 5                45
Japan                               8                 4                77
Korea                               1               (-)                 5
Mexico                            102                99               811
Saudia Arabia                      42                23               280
Sweden                              5                 4                16
Taiwan                            (-)               (-)                17
United Kingdom                      3                 2                39
                                                                         
Other                             130                89               846
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                          Parts
      Country                        
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                           4,425             4,808            40,072
                                                                          
Australia                          59                64               554
Austria                           107               108               833
Belgium                            26                27               271
Brazil                             39                45               298
Canada                          2,403             2,647            22,350
Germany                            89                88               733
Japan                             175               182             1,565
Korea                              27                38               300
Mexico                          1,080             1,169             9,453
Saudia Arabia                      16                17               123
Sweden                             15                14                95
Taiwan                              6                 6                51
United Kingdom                    105               113               931
                                                                         
Other                             278               292             2,515

                         Imports
                          Total
      Country 
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                          15,860            16,551           147,047
                                                                          
Australia                          57                21               358
Austria                            25                10               212
Belgium                            44                24               792
Brazil                            140               136             1,089
Canada                          5,201             5,516            48,541
Germany                         1,437             1,431            13,925
Japan                           3,393             4,273            35,351
Korea                             499               413             3,992
Mexico                          3,771             3,526            30,380
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                            196                89             1,700
Taiwan                             99               106               916
United Kingdom                    301               272             3,173
                                                                          
Other                             695               733             6,616
____________________________________
                           Cars
      Country 
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                           8,605             9,052            79,583
                                                                          
Australia                          39               (-)               168
Austria                           (-)               (-)                 3
Belgium                            21                14               613
Brazil                             28                31               105
Canada                          2,724             2,907            25,226
Germany                         1,107             1,158            10,917
Japan                           2,210             2,902            23,561
Korea                             409               322             3,159
Mexico                          1,620             1,404            11,362
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                            166                70             1,443
Taiwan                              4                 5                36
United Kingdom                    188               129             1,916
                                                                          
Other                              89               108             1,073
___________________________________
                          Trucks
      Country 
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                           1,524             1,504            14,638
                                                                          
Australia                         (-)               (-)               (-)
Austria                           (-)               (-)               (-)
Belgium                            15                 2               115
Brazil                            (-)               (-)                 2
Canada                            949             1,006             9,152
Germany                             1                 5                54
Japan                              47                57               503
Korea                               2                 1                28
Mexico                            480               391             4,403
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                              3                 3                28
Taiwan                              4                 4                24
United Kingdom                     14                20               203
                                                                          
Other                               9                13               124
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                          Parts
      Country                        
                                                            Cumulative
                        September           August           to-date
TOTAL                           5,731             5,995            52,826
                                                                          
Australia                          18                21               190
Austria                            25                10               209
Belgium                             8                 7                63
Brazil                            112               105               982
Canada                          1,527             1,602            14,162
Germany                           329               267             2,955
Japan                           1,136             1,314            11,288
Korea                              89                89               805
Mexico                          1,671             1,731            14,615
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                             28                16               229
Taiwan                             91                98               857
United Kingdom                     99               123             1,054
                                                                          
Other                             597               612             5,419
Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           

 
 ***  INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICE  *** 
 
               INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES
                                
GOODS
CENSUS BASIS
The Census basis goods data are compiled from the documents
collected by the U.S. Customs Service and reflect the movement
of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and
U.S. Foreign Trade Zones.  They include government and
non-government shipments of goods, and exclude shipments between
the United States and its territories and possessions,
transactions with U.S. military, diplomatic and consular
installations abroad, U.S. goods returned to the United States
by its Armed Forces, personal and household effects of
travelers, and in-transit shipments.  The General imports value
reflects the total arrival of merchandise from foreign countries
that immediately enters consumption channels, warehouses, or
Foreign Trade Zones.
For imports, the value reported is the U. S. Customs Service
appraised value of merchandise;  generally, the price paid for
merchandise for export to the United States.  Import duties,
freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in bringing
merchandise to the United States are excluded.
Exports are valued at the f.a.s.- free alongside ship value of
merchandise at the U.S. port of export, based on the transaction
price including inland freight, insurance and other charges
incurred in placing the merchandise alongside the carrier at the
U.S. port of exportation.
Monthly data include actual month's transactions as well as a
small number of transactions for previous months.  Each month we
revise the aggregate seasonally adjusted (current and constant
dollar) and unadjusted export, import and trade balance figures,
as well as the end-use totals for the prior month.  SITC and
country detail data are not revised monthly.  The timing
adjustment shown in Exhibit 14 is the difference between monthly
data as originally reported and as recompiled.
Annual revisions for the months are made in June to reflect
corrections received subsequent to the monthly revision.  These
revisions are reflected in totals, end-use, SITC and country
summary data.
The monthly end-use, commodity, and country and area data
presented in this release are on a Census basis.  This refers to
Exhibits 6 - 18.
U.S./CANADA DATA EXCHANGE
AND SUBSTITUTION
The data for U.S. exports to Canada are derived from import data
compiled by Canada.  The use of Canada's import data to produce
U.S. export data requires several alignments in order to compare
the two series.
1.   Coverage -- Canadian imports are based on country of origin. 
     U.S. goods shipped from a third country are included.  U.S.
     exports exclude these foreign shipments.  For September  
     2000, these shipments totaled $ 46.4 million. U.S. export
     coverage also excludes certain Canadian postal shipments. 
     For September 2000, these shipments totaled $7.9 million.
   
2.   Valuation -- Canadian imports are valued at point of origin
     in the United States.  However, U.S. exports are valued at
     the port of exit in the United States and include inland
     freight charges, making the U.S. export value slightly
     larger.  Canada requires inland freight to be reported.
     Inland freight charges for September 2000 account for 1.6 
     percent of the value of U.S. exports to Canada.
3.   Reexports -- U.S. exports include reexports of foreign
     goods. Again, the aggregate U.S. export figure is slightly
     larger. For September 2000, reexports to Canada were 
     $1,858 million.
   
4.   Exchange Rate -- Average monthly exchange rates are applied
     to convert the published data to U.S. currency. For September
     2000, the average exchange rate was 1.4864 Canadian dollars
     per U.S. dollar.
5.   Other -- There are other minor differences which are
     statistically insignificant, such as rounding error.
AREA GROUPINGS (See Exhibits 14 and 14A)
North America - Canada, Mexico
Western Europe - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France,
Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Gozo, Macedonia, Monaco,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain,
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United
Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia.European Union - Austria, 
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, 
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United 
Kingdom.
Euro Area - Austria,  Belgium, Finland, France, Germany,
Ireland,  Italy, Luxembourg,  Netherlands, Portugal, Spain.
 
European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway, Switzerland.
Eastern Europe - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Pacific Rim - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan.
South/Central America -  Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia,
Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique,
Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos
Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.
OPEC - Algeria,  Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela.
Adjustments for Seasonal and Working-Day Variations
Goods are initially classified under the Harmonized System (HS)
which describes and measures the characteristics of goods
traded.  Combining trade into approximately 140 export and 140
import end-use categories makes it possible to examine goods
according to their principal uses (See Exhibits 7 and 8).  These
categories are used as the basis for computing the seasonal and
working-day adjusted data.  These adjusted data are then summed
to the six end-use aggregates for publication (Exhibit 6).  These
data are provided to the Bureau of Economic Analysis for use in
the Balance of Payments and the National Income and Product
Accounts.
The seasonal adjustment procedure is based on a model, which
estimates the monthly movements as percentages above or below
the general level of each end-use commodity series (unlike other
methods that redistribute the actual series values over the
calendar year).   Imports of petroleum and petroleum products are
adjusted for the length of the month.  Because of the extremely
variable movements of the data series for aircraft, users
studying data trends may wish to analyze aircraft separately
from other trade.  
Adjustments for Price Change
Data adjusted for seasonal variation on a constant dollar basis
(1992=100 ) are presented in Exhibits 10 and 11.  This adjustment
for price change is done at the lowest end-use level possible,
then summed to the six published end-use aggregates.  The
deflators are primarily based upon the monthly price indexes
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics using techniques
developed for the National Income and Product Accounts by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
SITC Data
Goods data appearing in Exhibit 15 are classified in terms of the
Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Revision 3. 
Agricultural goods consist of non-marine food products and other
products of agriculture which have not passed through complex
processes of manufacture, such as raw hides and skins, fats and
oils, and wine.  A few goods such as essential oils, starches,
casein, and albumin, considered to be agricultural by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, have been excluded from agricultural
goods and are included in manufactured goods where they are
classified in the SITC.
Manufactured goods conform to the SITC sections that include
chemicals and related products, N.S.P.F.; manufactured goods
classified chiefly by material; machinery and transport
equipment; miscellaneous manufactured articles, N.S.P.F.; and
goods and transactions not classified elsewhere.
Reexports are foreign merchandise entering the country as
imports, and  at the time of exportation are in substantially the
same condition as when imported.  Reexports, included in overall
export totals, appear as separate line items in Exhibit 15.
Advanced Technology Products (ATP)
About 500 of some 22,000 commodity classification codes used in
reporting U.S. merchandise trade are identified as "advanced
technology" codes and they meet the following criteria:
1.   The code contains products whose technology is from a
     recognized high technology field (e.g., biotechnology).
2.   These products represent leading edge technology in that
     field.
3.   Such products constitute a significant part of all items
     covered in the selected classification code.
The aggregation of the goods results in a measure of advanced
technology trade which appears in Exhibit 16.  This product and
commodity-based measure of advanced technology differs from
broader SIC industry-based measures which include all goods
produced by a particular industry group, regardless of the level
of technology embodied in the goods.
Nonsampling error
The goods data are a complete enumeration of documents collected
by the U.S. Customs Service and are not subject to sampling
errors; but they are subject to several types of nonsampling
errors.  The most significant of these include reporting errors,
undocumented shipments, timeliness and data capture errors,  
and errors in the estimation of low-valued transactions.  For a
detailed discussion of errors affecting the goods data, see
"U.S. Merchandise Trade Statistics: A Quality Profile" available
on the INTERNET at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ or
from the Foreign Trade Division.
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (BOP) BASIS 
Goods on a Census basis are adjusted by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis to goods on a BOP basis to bring the data in line with
the concepts and definitions used to prepare the international
and national accounts.  Broadly, the adjustments include changes
in ownership that occur without goods passing into or out of the
customs territory of the United States.  These adjustments are
necessary to supplement coverage of the Census basis data, to
eliminate duplication of transactions recorded elsewhere in the
international accounts, and to value transactions according to
a standard definition.  
The export adjustments include:
     U.S. military sales contracts - This deduction of U.S.
     military sales contracts is made because the Census Bureau has
     included these contracts in the goods data, but BEA includes
     them in the service category "Transfers Under U.S. Military
     Sales Contracts."  BEA's source material for these contracts
     is more comprehensive, but has no distinction between goods
     and services.
     Private gift parcels.  This addition is made for parcels
     mailed to foreigners by individuals through the U.S. Postal
     Service.  (Only commercial shipments are covered in Census
     goods exports.)
     Gold exports, nonmonetary.  This addition is made for gold
     that is purchased by foreign official agencies from private
     dealers in the United States and held at the Federal Reserve
     Bank of New York.  The Census data only includes gold that
     leaves the customs territory.
     Some smaller adjustments are also made to exports:
     Deductions for repairs of goods, developed motion picture
     film, and military grant-aid.  Additions for sales of fish in
     U.S. territorial waters, exports of electricity to Mexico, and
     vessels and oil rigs that change ownership for which no export
     document is filed.
The import adjustments include:
     Inland freight in Canada.   An addition is made for inland
     freight in Canada.  Imports of goods from all countries are
     valued at the foreign port of export, including inland freight
     charges ("customs value").  In the case of Canada, this should
     be the cost of the goods at the U.S. border.  However, the
     customs value for imports for certain  Canadian goods is the
     point of origin in Canada.  The BEA makes an addition for the
     inland freight charges of transporting these Canadian goods to
     the U.S. border to make the value comparable to the customs
     value as reported by all other countries.  Insurance and
     freight charges for transporting goods to the United States
     from all other countries to the U.S. border are included in
     services by the BEA.  (The same procedure is used for Mexico as
     an Other Adjustment, but is much smaller.)
     Gold imports, nonmonetary.  This addition is made for gold
     sold by foreign official agencies to private purchasers out
     of stock held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  The
     Census data only includes gold that enters the customs
     territory.
     Imports by U.S. military agencies.  This deduction of U.S.
     military sales contracts is made because the Census Bureau has
     included these contracts in the goods data, but BEA includes
     them in the service category "Direct Defense Expenditures". 
     BEA's source material is more comprehensive, but has no
     distinction between goods and services.  
     Some smaller adjustments are also made to imports:
     Deductions for repairs of goods, and developed  motion picture
     film.  Additions for imported electricity from Mexico,
     conversion of vessels for commercial use, and repairs to U.S.
     vessels abroad, and valuation of prepackaged software imports
     at market value.
SERVICES
The statistics are estimates of services transactions between
foreign countries and the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories
and possessions.  Transactions with U.S. military, diplomatic,
and consular installations abroad are excluded because they are
considered to be part of the U.S. economy.
Services are shown in seven broad categories.  Types of services
for imports and exports are the same for six of the seven
categories.  For the seventh, exports is "Transfers Under U.S.
Military Sales Contracts" while for imports the category is
"Direct Defense Expenditures".  The following is a brief
description of the types of services included in each category:
     Travel - Purchases of services and goods by U.S. travelers
     abroad and by foreign visitors to the United States.  A
     traveler is defined as a person who stays for a period of less
     than 1 year in a country of which the person is not a
     resident.  Includes expenditures for food, lodging,
     recreation, gifts, and other items incidental to a foreign
     visit.
     Passenger Fares - Fares paid by residents of one country to
     residents of other countries.  Receipts consist of fares
     received by U.S. carriers from foreign residents for travel
     between the United States and foreign countries and between
     two foreign points.  Payments consist of fares paid by U.S.
     residents to foreign carriers for travel between the United
     States and foreign countries.
     Other Transportation - Charges for the transportation of
     goods by ocean, air, waterway, pipeline, and rail carriers to
     and from the United States.  Includes freight charges,
     operating expenses that transportation companies incur in
     foreign ports, and payments for vessel charter and aircraft 
     rentals with crew.
     Royalties and License Fees - Transactions with foreign
     residents involving intangible assets and proprietary
     rights, such as the use of patents, techniques, processes,
     formulas, designs, know-how, trademarks, copyrights,
     franchises, and manufacturing rights.  The term "royalties"
     generally refers to payments for the utilization of
     copyrights or trademarks, and the term "license fees"
     generally refers to payments for the use of patents or
     industrial processes.
     Other Private Services - Transactions with affiliated
     foreigners, for which no identification by type is available,
     and of transactions with unaffiliated foreigners.  (The term
     "affiliated" refers to a direct investment relationship,
     which exists when a U.S. person has ownership or control,
     directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of a foreign
     business enterprise's voting securities or the equivalent,
     or when a foreign person has a similar interest in a U.S.
     enterprise.)  Transactions with unaffiliated foreigners
     consist of education services; financial services (includes
     commissions and other transactions fees associated with the
     purchase and sale of securities and noninterest income of
     banks, and excludes investment income); insurance premiums
     and losses; telecommunications services (includes
     transmission services and value-added services); and
     business, professional, and technical services. Included in
     the last group are advertising services; computer and data
     processing services; database and other information
     services; research, development, and testing services;
     management, consulting, and public relations services; legal 
     services; construction, engineering, architectural, and
     mining services; industrial engineering services;
     installation, maintenance, repair of equipment; and other
     services, including medical services and film and tape
     rental.
     Transfers Under U.S. Military Sales Contracts (Exports
     only) - Exports of goods and services in which U.S.
     Government military agencies participate.  Includes both
     goods, such as equipment, and services, such as repair
     services and training, that cannot be separately identified.
     Direct Defense Expenditures (Imports only) - Expenditures
     incurred by U.S. military agencies abroad, including
     expenditures by U.S. personnel, payments of wages to foreign
     residents, construction expenditures, payments for foreign
     contractual services, and procurement of foreign goods. 
     Includes both goods and services that cannot be separately
     identified.
     U.S. Government Miscellaneous Services - Transactions of
     U.S. Government nonmilitary agencies with foreign residents. 
     Most of these transactions involve the provision of services
     to, or purchases of services from, foreigners; transfers of
     some goods are also included.
Services estimates are based on quarterly, annual, and benchmark
surveys and partial information generated from monthly reports. 
Service transactions are estimated at market prices.  Estimates
are seasonally adjusted when statistically significant seasonal
patterns are present.  No country or area detail is available due
to the lack of adequate source data upon which to base estimates.
The revision policy is as follows:  Each month, a preliminary
estimate for the current month and a revised estimate for the
immediately preceding month are released. After a revised month is
released, no further changes are made to that month until the
quarterly international transactions accounts are released; the
quarterly international transactions accounts, which are based on
more complete source data, are released in March, June, September
and December.  To align the monthly estimated with quarterly
international transactions accounts, the monthly releases in March,
June, September, and December contain revised estimates for the
previous six months.  (The monthly release in March also contains
revisions for all months of the previous year in order to align the
seasonally adjusted monthly estimates with the annual totals published
in the quarterly international transactions release in March.)  Annual
revisions to the months and quarters, which reflect the incorporation
of updated source data and changes in estimating methodologies, are
made in June.
Quarterly and annual estimates of services are included as part
of the U.S. international transaction  accounts, published
in the April, July,  October, and January issues of the Survey of
Current Business.  The next release is scheduled for December 14, 2000. 
The Survey is available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
ELECTRONIC
AVAILABILITY.
The FT900 and supplement are available on the following;
 
     INTERNET  The U. S. International Trade in Goods
     and Services reports for the current month and previous       
     years are available at:                                                 
     http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/
     STAT-USA  The U.S. Department of Commerce's electronic
     information facility.  Call 1 800 STAT-USA for product
     information.  
Additional data and information on goods are obtainable from:
Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 
20233
Additional data and information on services are obtainable from:
Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Washington,  D.C.  20230
Monthly FT-900 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Release
dates for 2000:  12-19-00, 01-19-01, 02-21-01, 03-20-01, 04-18-01,
05-18-01, 06-21-01, 07-19-01, 08-17-01, 09-19-01, 10-19-01, 11-20-01,
12-19-01, 01-18-02, 02-21-02
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.