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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2001




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                           United States Department of
                                  COMMERCE NEWS
                              Washington, D.C. 20230

                                     ECONOMICS
                                        AND
                                     STATISTICS
                                   ADMINISTRATION
                                    ------------
                                Bureau of the Census
                             Bureau of Economic Analysis
                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                               
                                                        
This release contains sensitive economic data not to be released before
8:30 a.m. Friday, October 19, 2001                                                   
                                
CB-01-171 Press Copy 
FT-900 (01-08)

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
                           August 2001

Goods and Services

The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the
Department of Commerce, announced today that total August exports of $84.5
billion and imports of $111.6 billion resulted in a goods and services
deficit of $27.1 billion, $2.1 billion less than the $29.2 billion in July,
revised.  August exports were $0.9 billion more than July exports of $83.6
billion.  August imports were $1.2 billion less than July imports of $112.8
billion.

In August, the goods deficit decreased $2.0 billion from July to $33.8
billion, and the services surplus was virtually unchanged at $6.7 billion. 
Exports of goods increased to $59.5 billion from $58.7 billion, and imports
of goods decreased to $93.3 billion from $94.5 billion.  Exports of services
increased to $25.0 billion from $24.9 billion, and imports of services
increased to $18.3 billion from $18.2 billion.

Goods
     
The July to August change in exports of goods reflected increases in
industrial supplies and materials ($0.5 billion); automotive vehicles, parts,
and engines ($0.5 billion); foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.2 billion); and
other goods ($0.1 billion).  Decreases occurred in capital goods ($0.6
billion) and consumer goods ($0.2 billion).
 
The July to August change in imports of goods reflected decreases in
industrial supplies and materials ($0.9 billion); capital goods ($0.4
billion); consumer goods ($0.3 billion); other goods ($0.2 billion); and
foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.1 billion).  An increase occurred in
automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.6 billion).

Services
     
Services exports increased $0.1 billion from July to August.  The increase
was more than accounted for by increases in travel and passenger fares.
Changes in the other categories of services exports were small and nearly
offsetting.

Services imports increased $0.1 billion from July to August, reflecting small
increases in most services categories.

Goods and Services Moving Average 

For the three months ending in August, exports of goods and services averaged
$84.7 billion, while imports of goods and services averaged $113.1 billion,
resulting in an average trade deficit of $28.5 billion.  For the three months
ending in July, the average trade deficit was $28.8 billion, reflecting
average exports of $85.7 billion and average imports of $114.5 billion.

Selected Not Seasonally Adjusted Goods Details 

The August figures showed surpluses, in billions of dollars, with Australia
$0.3 (for July $0.3), Hong Kong $0.3 ($0.2), Egypt $0.2 ($0.3), Singapore
$0.2 ($0.2), Brazil $0.1 ($0.2), and Argentina $0.1 ($0.1).  Deficits were
recorded, in billions of dollars, with China -$8.1 (-$7.5), Japan -$5.4
(-$5.9), Western Europe -$5.4 (-$8.6), Canada -$4.4 (-$4.8), OPEC -$3.4
(-$3.6), Mexico -$2.5 (-$2.9), Taiwan -$1.5 (-$1.3), and Korea -$1.0 (-$1.0).

Advanced technology products (ATP) exports were $15.7 billion in August and
imports were $15.2 billion, resulting in a surplus of $0.5 billion.  August
exports were $0.7 billion more than the $15.1 billion in July, while imports
were $1.3 billion less than the $16.5 billion in July.

Revisions
     
Goods carry-over in August was $0.2 billion (0.3 percent) for exports and
$0.7 billion (0.7 percent) for imports.  For July, revised export carry-over
was $0.3 billion (0.5 percent), revised down from $0.5 billion (0.9 percent).
For July, revised import carry-over was $0.1 billion (0.1 percent), revised
down from $0.4 billion (0.4 percent).

Services exports for July were virtually unrevised at $24.9 billion.  Services
imports for July were revised down $0.1 billion, to $18.2 billion, reflecting
downward revisions in other private services (which includes items such as
business, professional, and technical services and financial services) and
travel.

  

                             Table of Contents

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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 1999 TO AUGUST 2001

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding.  (R) Revised.)

                                       
                                           Balance

        Period            Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 


1999           

Jan.- Dec.                   -261,838          -345,434            83,596
Jan.- Aug.                   -163,419          -219,720            56,301
January                       -15,534           -22,756             7,222
February                      -18,944           -25,822             6,878
March                         -18,395           -25,416             7,021
April                         -18,711           -25,771             7,060
May                           -20,893           -27,904             7,011
June                          -23,262           -30,615             7,353

July                          -24,081           -30,947             6,866
August                        -23,599           -30,489             6,890
September                     -23,454           -30,295             6,841
October                       -24,236           -31,136             6,900
November                      -25,453           -32,300             6,847
December                      -25,280           -31,984             6,704

2000           

Jan.- Dec.                   -375,739          -452,207            76,468
Jan.- Aug.                   -240,941          -294,006            53,065
January                       -26,359           -33,135             6,776
February                      -29,497           -36,237             6,740
March                         -31,467           -38,034             6,567
April                         -29,442           -36,934             7,492
May                           -30,316           -36,910             6,594
June                          -31,026           -37,827             6,801

July                          -32,032           -38,091             6,059
August                        -30,803           -36,839             6,036
September                     -34,506           -39,682             5,176
October                       -34,025           -40,205             6,180
November                      -32,978           -38,955             5,977
December                      -33,290           -39,360             6,070

2001           

Jan.- Aug.                   -240,104          -289,830            49,726
January                       -33,393           -39,126             5,733
February                      -28,674           -34,613             5,939
March                         -32,957           -38,781             5,824
April                         -31,519           -37,657             6,138
May                           -28,210           -34,449             6,239
June                          -29,068           -35,553             6,485

July (R)                      -29,168           -35,838             6,670
August                        -27,114           -33,812             6,698
September                              
October                                
November                               
December                               
July data as published last month:
                              -28,830           -35,418             6,588
___________________________________


                                           Exports

        Period            Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 


1999           

Jan.- Dec.                    957,353           684,553           272,800
Jan.- Aug.                    625,334           445,182           180,152
January                        77,504            55,351            22,153
February                       76,541            54,598            21,943
March                          77,272            54,767            22,505
April                          77,983            55,602            22,381
May                            77,881            55,399            22,482
June                           78,313            55,266            23,047

July                           78,963            56,206            22,757
August                         80,877            57,993            22,884
September                      81,753            58,846            22,907
October                        82,492            59,203            23,289
November                       83,369            59,658            23,711
December                       84,405            61,665            22,740

2000           

Jan.- Dec.                  1,065,702           772,210           293,492
Jan.- Aug.                    704,414           509,199           195,215
January                        85,082            61,533            23,549
February                       85,336            61,130            24,206
March                          86,838            62,479            24,359
April                          87,991            62,961            25,030
May                            87,539            63,151            24,388
June                           90,291            65,445            24,846

July                           89,519            65,123            24,396
August                         91,818            67,377            24,441
September                      91,160            66,773            24,387
October                        90,412            65,807            24,605
November                       90,478            65,856            24,622
December                       89,241            64,574            24,667

2001           

Jan.- Aug.                    697,674           498,953           198,721
January                        90,059            65,309            24,750
February                       90,395            65,748            24,647
March                          88,636            63,884            24,752
April                          87,064            62,170            24,894
May                            87,571            62,846            24,725
June                           85,898            60,848            25,050

July (R)                       83,595            58,688            24,907
August                         84,455            59,459            24,996
September                              
October                                
November                               
December                               
July data as published last month:
                               83,725            58,804            24,921
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                                            Imports

        Period            Total           Goods (1)          Services
                                                                 


1999           

Jan.- Dec.                  1,219,191         1,029,987           189,204
Jan.- Aug.                    788,753           664,902           123,851
January                        93,038            78,107            14,931
February                       95,485            80,420            15,065
March                          95,666            80,182            15,484
April                          96,694            81,373            15,321
May                            98,773            83,302            15,471
June                          101,575            85,881            15,694

July                          103,045            87,154            15,891
August                        104,476            88,482            15,994
September                     105,207            89,141            16,066
October                       106,727            90,338            16,389
November                      108,821            91,957            16,864
December                      109,685            93,649            16,036

2000           

Jan.- Dec.                  1,441,441         1,224,417           217,024
Jan.- Aug.                    945,355           803,205           142,150
January                       111,441            94,668            16,773
February                      114,832            97,366            17,466
March                         118,305           100,513            17,792
April                         117,433            99,895            17,538
May                           117,856           100,062            17,794
June                          121,317           103,272            18,045

July                          121,551           103,214            18,337
August                        122,620           104,215            18,405
September                     125,666           106,455            19,211
October                       124,437           106,012            18,425
November                      123,456           104,811            18,645
December                      122,532           103,935            18,597

2001           

Jan.- Aug.                    937,777           788,782           148,995
January                       123,453           104,436            19,017
February                      119,070           100,362            18,708
March                         121,593           102,665            18,928
April                         118,582            99,826            18,756
May                           115,781            97,295            18,486
June                          114,966            96,401            18,565

July (R)                      112,763            94,526            18,237
August                        111,569            93,271            18,298
September                              
October                                
November                               
December                               
July data as published last month:
                              112,555            94,222            18,333

(1) Data presented on a Balance of Payments (BOP) basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 1999 TO AUGUST 2001

(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


1999           

January                           ---               ---               ---
February                      -17,624           -24,664             7,040
March                         -18,683           -25,670             6,986
April                         -19,333           -26,363             7,031
May                           -20,955           -28,097             7,141
June                          -22,746           -29,822             7,077

July                          -23,648           -30,684             7,036
August                        -23,712           -30,577             6,866
September                     -23,763           -30,640             6,877
October                       -24,381           -31,243             6,863
November                      -24,989           -31,806             6,817
December                      -25,697           -32,473             6,776

2000           

January                       -27,045           -33,785             6,740
February                      -29,107           -35,802             6,694
March                         -30,135           -37,068             6,933
April                         -30,408           -37,293             6,884
May                           -30,261           -37,224             6,962
June                          -31,125           -37,609             6,485

July                          -31,287           -37,585             6,299
August                        -32,447           -38,204             5,757
September                     -33,111           -38,909             5,797
October                       -33,836           -39,614             5,778
November                      -33,431           -39,507             6,076
December                      -33,220           -39,147             5,927

2001           

January                       -31,786           -37,700             5,914
February                      -31,675           -37,507             5,832
March                         -31,050           -37,017             5,967
April                         -30,895           -36,962             6,067
May                           -29,599           -35,886             6,287
June (R)                      -28,815           -35,280             6,465
                                       
July                          -28,450           -35,068             6,618
August                                                   
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
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                                           Exports


       Center
      Month of
       Moving
      Average             Total           Goods (1)          Services


1999           

January                           ---               ---              ---
February                       77,106            54,905            22,200
March                          77,265            54,989            22,276
April                          77,712            55,256            22,456
May                            78,059            55,422            22,637
June                           78,386            55,624            22,762

July                           79,384            56,488            22,896
August                         80,531            57,682            22,849
September                      81,707            58,681            23,027
October                        82,538            59,236            23,302
November                       83,422            60,175            23,247
December                       84,285            60,952            23,333

2000           

January                        84,941            61,442            23,498
February                       85,752            61,714            24,038
March                          86,722            62,190            24,532
April                          87,456            62,864            24,592
May                            88,607            63,853            24,755
June                           89,116            64,573            24,543

July                           90,543            65,982            24,561
August                         90,832            66,424            24,408
September                      91,130            66,652            24,478
October                        90,683            66,145            24,538
November                       90,044            65,412            24,631
December                       89,926            65,247            24,680

2001           

January                        89,899            65,211            24,688
February                       89,697            64,981            24,716
March                          88,698            63,934            24,764
April                          87,757            62,966            24,790
May                            86,844            61,954            24,890
June (R)                       85,688            60,794            24,894
                                       
July                           84,650            59,665            24,984
August                                                   
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
____________________________________


                                            Imports


       Center
      Month of
       Moving
      Average             Total           Goods (1)          Services


1999           

January                           ---               ---               ---
February                       94,730            79,570            15,160
March                          95,949            80,659            15,290
April                          97,045            81,619            15,425
May                            99,014            83,519            15,495
June                          101,131            85,446            15,685

July                          103,032            87,172            15,860
August                        104,243            88,259            15,984
September                     105,470            89,321            16,150
October                       106,919            90,479            16,440
November                      108,411            91,981            16,430
December                      109,982            93,425            16,558

2000           

January                       111,986            95,228            16,758
February                      114,859            97,516            17,344
March                         116,857            99,258            17,599
April                         117,865           100,157            17,708
May                           118,869           101,076            17,792
June                          120,241           102,182            18,059

July                          121,829           103,567            18,262
August                        123,279           104,628            18,651
September                     124,241           105,561            18,680
October                       124,519           105,759            18,760
November                      123,475           104,919            18,556
December                      123,147           104,394            18,753

2001           

January                       121,685           102,911            18,774
February                      121,372           102,487            18,884
March                         119,748           100,951            18,797
April                         118,652            99,929            18,723
May                           116,443            97,841            18,602
June (R)                      114,503            96,074            18,429
                                                         
July                          113,100            94,733            18,367
August                                                   
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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 1999 TO AUGUST 2001

(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



      1999

Jan. - Dec.            272,800        74,731        19,785        26,916
Jan.- Aug.             180,152        48,889        13,062        17,608

January                 22,153         5,967         1,580         2,117
February                21,943         5,990         1,594         2,116
March                   22,505         6,144         1,665         2,236
April                   22,381         6,010         1,595         2,216
May                     22,482         6,123         1,626         2,190
June                    23,047         6,206         1,643         2,260

July                    22,757         6,228         1,672         2,189
August                  22,884         6,221         1,687         2,284
September               22,907         6,359         1,753         2,234
October                 23,289         6,633         1,694         2,353
November                23,711         6,816         1,741         2,392
December                22,740         6,034         1,535         2,329


      2000

Jan. - Dec.            293,492        82,042        20,745        30,185
Jan.- Aug.             195,215        54,913        13,809        20,015

January                 23,549         6,654         1,610         2,385
February                24,206         6,961         1,727         2,414
March                   24,359         6,833         1,676         2,566
April                   25,030         7,193         1,891         2,518
May                     24,388         6,797         1,709         2,522
June                    24,846         6,986         1,742         2,579

July                    24,396         6,801         1,732         2,485
August                  24,441         6,688         1,722         2,546
September               24,387         6,737         1,759         2,562
October                 24,605         6,701         1,714         2,614
November                24,622         6,842         1,750         2,541
December                24,667         6,849         1,713         2,454


      2001


Jan.- Aug.             198,721        55,347        13,598        19,228

January                 24,750         6,939         1,757         2,516
February                24,647         6,908         1,647         2,422
March                   24,752         6,930         1,612         2,480
April                   24,894         6,974         1,659         2,424
May                     24,725         6,764         1,665         2,372
June                    25,050         6,965         1,733         2,364

July (R)                24,907         6,897         1,744         2,331
August                  24,996         6,970         1,781         2,319
September 
October 
November 
December
____________________________________
Exports Continued



                   Royalties                   Transfers       U. S. 
                      and          Other      Under U. S.    Government
                    License       Private    Military Sales    Misc.
     Period           Fees        Services     Contracts     Services 

      1999

Jan. - Dec.             36,420        98,143        15,920           885
Jan.- Aug.              24,261        64,315        11,433           584

January                  3,077         7,737         1,602            73
February                 3,043         7,892         1,241            67
March                    3,017         8,006         1,374            63
April                    3,025         7,994         1,480            61
May                      3,020         8,058         1,404            61
June                     3,018         8,177         1,642           101

July                     3,030         8,231         1,330            77
August                   3,031         8,220         1,360            81
September                3,036         8,279         1,165            81
October                  3,028         8,388         1,117            76
November                 3,037         8,568         1,084            73
December                 3,057         8,593         1,121            71


      2000

Jan. - Dec.             38,030       107,568        14,060           862
Jan.- Aug.              25,223        71,076         9,616           563

January                  3,092         8,632         1,107            69
February                 3,116         8,802         1,118            68
March                    3,137         8,904         1,176            67
April                    3,163         8,871         1,324            70
May                      3,177         8,806         1,306            71
June                     3,185         9,002         1,280            72

July                     3,174         8,963         1,168            73
August                   3,179         9,096         1,137            73
September                3,185         9,046         1,024            74
October                  3,193         9,154         1,155            74
November                 3,207         9,071         1,136            75
December                 3,224         9,222         1,129            76


      2001


Jan.- Aug.              25,952        74,652         9,345           599

January                  3,174         9,172         1,116            76
February                 3,181         9,288         1,125            76
March                    3,200         9,316         1,139            75
April                    3,265         9,305         1,192            75
May                      3,284         9,381         1,185            74
June                     3,294         9,418         1,203            73

July (R)                 3,285         9,381         1,194            75
August                   3,269         9,391         1,191            75
September 
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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 1999 TO AUGUST 2001

(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



      1999

Jan. - Dec.            189,204        58,865        21,315        34,139
Jan.- Aug.             123,851        38,743        13,989        21,876

January                 14,931         4,660         1,674         2,523
February                15,065         4,710         1,702         2,590
March                   15,484         4,960         1,811         2,671
April                   15,321         4,833         1,739         2,634
May                     15,471         4,854         1,746         2,694
June                    15,694         4,866         1,757         2,859

July                    15,891         4,927         1,782         2,875
August                  15,994         4,933         1,778         3,030
September               16,066         4,903         1,786         3,047
October                 16,389         5,167         1,881         2,993
November                16,864         5,319         1,933         3,144
December                16,036         4,733         1,726         3,079

      2000
 
Jan. - Dec.            217,024        64,537        24,197        41,058
Jan.- Aug.             142,150        43,221        16,079        26,765

January                 16,773         5,228         1,804         3,123
February                17,466         5,539         1,970         3,248
March                   17,792         5,632         2,031         3,322
April                   17,538         5,347         2,032         3,295
May                     17,794         5,322         2,040         3,412
June                    18,045         5,454         2,074         3,390

July                    18,337         5,414         2,075         3,444
August                  18,405         5,285         2,053         3,531
September               19,211         5,376         2,098         3,579
October                 18,425         5,245         1,953         3,607
November                18,645         5,356         2,030         3,566
December                18,597         5,339         2,037         3,545

      2001

Jan.- Aug.             148,995        42,905        16,818        26,544

January                 19,017         5,333         1,966         3,745
February                18,708         5,325         1,963         3,373
March                   18,928         5,502         2,024         3,396
April                   18,756         5,493         2,154         3,317
May                     18,486         5,324         2,062         3,299
June                    18,565         5,418         2,190         3,207

July (R)                18,237         5,243         2,221         3,099
August                  18,298         5,267         2,238         3,108
September   
October 
November 
December
____________________________________
Imports Continued



                   Royalties                                   U. S. 
                      and          Other         Direct      Government
                    License       Private       Defense        Misc.
     Period           Fees        Services    Expenditures   Services 



      1999

Jan. - Dec.             12,613        46,117        13,334         2,821
Jan.- Aug.               8,117        30,381         8,869         1,876

January                    978         3,804         1,058           234
February                   980         3,793         1,060           230
March                      988         3,760         1,068           226
April                    1,018         3,794         1,082           221
May                      1,032         3,821         1,100           224
June                     1,041         3,817         1,124           230

July                     1,033         3,836         1,184           254
August                   1,047         3,756         1,193           257
September                1,069         3,824         1,182           255
October                  1,117         3,885         1,113           233
November                 1,144         4,004         1,091           229
December                 1,167         4,024         1,079           228

      2000
 
Jan. - Dec.             16,106        54,687        13,560         2,879
Jan.- Aug.               9,971        35,197         9,007         1,910

January                  1,185         4,114         1,082           237
February                 1,202         4,183         1,086           238
March                    1,217         4,257         1,094           239
April                    1,217         4,298         1,112           237
May                      1,236         4,419         1,127           238
June                     1,262         4,483         1,143           239

July                     1,311         4,673         1,179           241
August                   1,341         4,770         1,184           241
September                1,883         4,855         1,178           242
October                  1,409         4,843         1,126           242
November                 1,407         4,923         1,121           242
December                 1,437         4,868         1,128           243

      2001

Jan.- Aug.              10,889        40,518         9,358         1,963

January                  1,397         5,148         1,182           246
February                 1,390         5,218         1,193           246
March                    1,379         5,189         1,192           246
April                    1,361         5,030         1,155           246
May                      1,353         5,053         1,149           246
June                     1,348         5,006         1,151           245

July (R)                 1,334         4,936         1,160           244
August                   1,327         4,938         1,176           244
September   
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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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


1999                                   
                                       
Jan.- Dec.                   -345,434          -328,821
Jan.- Aug.                   -219,720          -209,372
January                       -22,756           -21,526
February                      -25,822           -24,484
March                         -25,416           -24,110
April                         -25,771           -24,611
May                           -27,904           -26,513
June                          -30,615           -29,228
July                          -30,947           -29,800
August                        -30,489           -29,100
September                     -30,295           -28,349
October                       -31,136           -29,776
November                      -32,300           -30,957
December                      -31,984           -30,367

2000           
                                       
Jan.- Dec.                   -452,207          -436,104
Jan.- Aug.                   -294,006          -283,489
January                       -33,135           -31,387
February                      -36,237           -34,209
March                         -38,034           -36,629
April                         -36,934           -35,979
May                           -36,910           -35,854
June                          -37,827           -36,565
July                          -38,091           -37,158
August                        -36,839           -35,708
September                     -39,682           -38,344
October                       -40,205           -38,759
November                      -38,955           -37,475
December                      -39,360           -38,036

2001           
 
Jan.- Aug.                   -289,830          -279,011
January                       -39,126           -37,707
February                      -34,613           -33,297
March                         -38,781           -37,402
April                         -37,657           -36,322
May                           -34,449           -32,822
June                          -35,553           -34,078
July (R)                      -35,838           -34,597
August                        -33,812           -32,786
September                              
October                                
November                               
December                               
July data as published last month.
                              -35,418           -34,164
____________________________________


                         Exports

                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis           Adjustments         Basis


1999                                                     
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                    684,553           -11,244           695,797
Jan.- Aug.                    445,182            -8,142           453,324
January                        55,351            -1,039            56,390
February                       54,598            -1,124            55,722
March                          54,767            -1,076            55,843
April                          55,602              -882            56,484
May                            55,399            -1,164            56,563
June                           55,266            -1,107            56,372
July                           56,206              -952            57,158
August                         57,993              -798            58,791
September                      58,846              -976            59,823
October                        59,203              -826            60,029
November                       59,658              -414            60,072
December                       61,665              -885            62,550

2000           
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                    772,210            -9,708           781,918
Jan.- Aug.                    509,199            -6,560           515,760
January                        61,533            -1,026            62,559
February                       61,130            -1,089            62,219
March                          62,479              -685            63,164
April                          62,961              -674            63,635
May                            63,151              -771            63,922
June                           65,445              -835            66,280
July                           65,123              -714            65,837
August                         67,377              -767            68,143
September                      66,773              -707            67,480
October                        65,807              -836            66,643
November                       65,856              -828            66,683
December                       64,574              -777            65,352

2001           
                                                         
Jan.- Aug.                    498,953            -6,567           505,519
January                        65,309              -842            66,151
February                       65,748              -730            66,479
March                          63,884              -769            64,653
April                          62,170              -731            62,901
May                            62,846              -839            63,685
June                           60,848              -884            61,732
July (R)                       58,688            -1,013            59,701
August                         59,459              -759            60,218
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
July data as published last month.
                               58,804            -1,023            59,827
___________________________________


                         Imports

                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis          Adjustments          Basis


1999                                                     
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                  1,029,987             5,369         1,024,618
Jan.- Aug.                    664,902             2,206           662,696
January                        78,107               191            77,916
February                       80,420               215            80,206
March                          80,182               229            79,953
April                          81,373               279            81,094
May                            83,302               226            83,076
June                           85,881               281            85,601
July                           87,154               195            86,958
August                         88,482               591            87,891
September                      89,141               970            88,172
October                        90,338               533            89,805
November                       91,957               929            91,029
December                       93,649               732            92,917

2000           
                                                         
Jan.- Dec.                  1,224,417             6,395         1,218,022
Jan.- Aug.                    803,205             3,956           799,249
January                        94,668               722            93,946
February                       97,366               939            96,427
March                         100,513               720            99,793
April                          99,895               281            99,614
May                           100,062               285            99,777
June                          103,272               427           102,845
July                          103,214               219           102,995
August                        104,215               364           103,851
September                     106,455               631           105,824
October                       106,012               609           105,402
November                      104,811               652           104,159
December                      103,935               547           103,388

2001           
                                                         
Jan.- Aug.                    788,782             4,252           784,530
January                       104,436               577           103,858
February                      100,362               586            99,775
March                         102,665               610           102,055
April                          99,826               604            99,222
May                            97,295               788            96,507
June                           96,401               591            95,810
July (R)                       94,526               228            94,298
August                         93,271               267            93,004
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 
July data as published last month.
                               94,222               231            93,991

NOTE:    See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what
is included in the Net Adjustments.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 2000 TO AUGUST 2001 

(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)
             

2000           

Jan.- Dec.      772,210      -9,708     781,918      47,452     171,932
Jan.- Aug.      509,199      -6,560     515,760      31,581     112,444
January          61,533      -1,026      62,559       3,890      13,595
February         61,130      -1,089      62,219       3,777      13,955
March            62,479        -685      63,164       3,957      14,565
April            62,961        -674      63,635       3,828      13,747
May              63,151        -771      63,922       3,954      13,648
June             65,445        -835      66,280       3,967      14,155

July             65,123        -714      65,837       4,058      14,047
August           67,377        -767      68,143       4,151      14,733
September        66,773        -707      67,480       4,018      15,140
October          65,807        -836      66,643       4,001      14,971
November         65,856        -828      66,683       3,940      15,076
December         64,574        -777      65,352       3,913      14,302

2001           

Jan.- Aug.      498,953      -6,567     505,519      32,376     110,647
January          65,309        -842      66,151       3,952      14,303
February         65,748        -730      66,479       4,136      14,453
March            63,884        -769      64,653       4,228      14,398
April            62,170        -731      62,901       4,129      13,983
May              62,846        -839      63,685       3,979      13,885
June             60,848        -884      61,732       3,915      13,468

July (R)         58,688      -1,013      59,701       3,894      12,835
August           59,459        -759      60,218       4,143      13,322
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Exports Continued


                        End-Use Commodity Category 
               Total                 Automotive              
               Census     Capital    Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
   Period     Basis(1)     Goods        etc.       Goods       Goods


2000           

Jan.- Dec.      781,918     357,034      80,169      90,555      34,775
Jan.- Aug.      515,760     234,385      54,229      60,166      22,954
January          62,559      28,019       6,871       7,266       2,919
February         62,219      27,105       6,745       7,414       3,223
March            63,164      27,484       6,932       7,500       2,725
April            63,635      29,355       6,541       7,465       2,699
May              63,922      29,500       6,678       7,380       2,762
June             66,280      30,474       6,930       7,745       3,010

July             65,837      30,853       6,511       7,620       2,748
August           68,143      31,596       7,021       7,776       2,868
September        67,480      31,181       6,629       7,708       2,803
October          66,643      30,586       6,621       7,467       2,997
November         66,683      30,678       6,416       7,598       2,977
December         65,352      30,203       6,274       7,616       3,044

2001           

Jan.- Aug.      505,519     227,121      49,924      61,527      23,923
January          66,151      31,216       5,970       7,799       2,912
February         66,479      31,260       5,879       7,856       2,894
March            64,653      29,356       6,095       7,855       2,720
April            62,901      27,916       6,107       7,914       2,851
May              63,685      28,269       6,338       8,124       3,090
June             61,732      27,027       6,630       7,359       3,333

July (R)         59,701      26,324       6,223       7,435       2,990
August           60,218      25,752       6,682       7,185       3,134
September                                                    
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)


2000           

Jan.- Dec.    1,224,417       6,395   1,218,022      45,975     299,788
Jan.- Aug.      803,205       3,956     799,249      30,503     195,094
January          94,668         722      93,946       3,645      21,712
February         97,366         939      96,427       3,721      23,686
March           100,513         720      99,793       3,856      24,715
April            99,895         281      99,614       3,780      23,574
May             100,062         285      99,777       3,828      24,285
June            103,272         427     102,845       3,852      25,803

July            103,214         219     102,995       3,899      25,922
August          104,215         364     103,851       3,921      25,397
September       106,455         631     105,824       3,893      26,455
October         106,012         609     105,402       3,824      26,327
November        104,811         652     104,159       3,943      25,490
December        103,935         547     103,388       3,813      26,422

2001           

Jan.- Aug.      788,782       4,252     784,530      30,878     194,876
January         104,436         577     103,858       3,919      26,550
February        100,362         586      99,775       3,817      24,770
March           102,665         610     102,055       3,728      24,867
April            99,826         604      99,222       3,745      24,887
May              97,295         788      96,507       3,747      24,619
June             96,401         591      95,810       3,938      23,795

July (R)         94,526         228      94,298       4,065      23,136
August           93,271         267      93,004       3,920      22,252
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Imports Continued


                        End-Use Commodity Category 
               Total                 Automotive              
               Census     Capital    Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
   Period     Basis(1)     Goods        etc.       Goods       Goods


2000           

Jan.- Dec.    1,218,022     346,663     195,858     281,405      48,333
Jan.- Aug.      799,249     226,650     131,139     184,049      31,813
January          93,946      26,454      16,585      21,660       3,890
February         96,427      27,075      15,993      22,033       3,918
March            99,793      27,872      16,437      22,995       3,918
April            99,614      28,518      16,557      23,224       3,962
May              99,777      28,586      15,972      23,321       3,784
June            102,845      29,166      16,465      23,472       4,087

July            102,995      29,133      16,452      23,541       4,048
August          103,851      29,846      16,679      23,801       4,206
September       105,824      30,676      16,463      24,206       4,132
October         105,402      30,029      16,570      24,547       4,106
November        104,159      29,539      16,280      24,702       4,205
December        103,388      29,769      15,406      23,902       4,077

2001           

Jan.- Aug.      784,530     208,246     127,045     191,117      32,369
January         103,858      29,174      15,716      24,347       4,151
February         99,775      28,492      15,560      23,137       4,000
March           102,055      28,746      15,460      25,439       3,814
April            99,222      25,945      16,112      24,278       4,256
May              96,507      24,629      15,651      23,639       4,222
June             95,810      24,390      16,055      23,662       3,970

July (R)         94,298      23,628      15,947      23,446       4,077
August           93,004      23,241      16,544      23,169       3,878
September                                                    
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 and petroleum products.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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)                 August      July (R)      Monthly
                                       2001         2001        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis         59,459       58,688          771
Net Adjustments                            -759       -1,013          254
Total, Census Basis                      60,218       59,701          517

Foods, feeds, and beverages               4,143        3,894          249

Fish and shellfish                          291          244           47
Corn                                        542          496           46
Soybeans                                    367          328           39
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                        366          329           37
Meat, poultry, etc.                         681          647           34
Other foods                                 339          310           29
Sorghum, barley, oats                        55           34           21
Dairy products and eggs                      81           62           19
Rice                                         67           50           17
Wheat                                       249          235           14
Fruits,  frozen juices                      339          326           13
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  53           48            5
Vegetables                                  254          252            2
Wine and related products                    65           67           -2
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine          50           53           -4
Oilseeds, food oils                          65           78          -14
Nuts                                         98          122          -24
Bakery products                             182          212          -30

Industrial supplies and materials        13,322       12,835          486

Cotton, raw                                 332          230          102
Petroleum products, other                   652          572           80
Plastic materials                         1,167        1,091           75
Tobacco, unmanufactured                     188          115           73
Chemicals-organic                         1,206        1,135           71
Chemicals-other                           1,160        1,122           38
Gas-natural                                  66           28           38
Manmade cloth                               371          339           32
Fuel oil                                    238          210           27
Other industrial supplies                 1,209        1,183           26
Crude oil                                    38           15           22
Iron and steel products, other              248          229           18
Newsprint                                   702          684           18
Electric energy                              58           45           14
Iron and steel mill products                283          269           13
Coal and fuels, other                        82           70           12
Shingles, molding, wallboard                165          155           11
Aluminum and alumina                        264          253           11
Nonferrous metals, other                    187          177           10
Cotton fiber cloth                          197          188            8
Metallurgical grade coal                     98           92            6
Hair, waste materials                        36           29            6
Natural gas liquids                          51           45            6
Finished textile supplies                   157          151            5
Agric. industry-unmanufactured              137          132            5
Tapes, audio and visual                     103          100            2
Finished metal shapes                       728          726            2
Nonmetallic minerals                         31           30            1
Nontextile floor tiles                       25           26           -1
Pulpwood and woodpulp                       292          295           -3
Wood supplies, manufactured                  69           72           -3
Synthetic rubber-primary                    145          148           -3
Steelmaking materials                       143          147           -3
Copper                                       94           98           -4
Leather and furs                             66           71           -5
Agric. farming-unmanufactured               134          140           -7
Mineral supplies-manufactured               239          246           -7
Chemicals-fertilizers                       315          324           -9
Logs and lumber                             279          288          -10
Chemicals-inorganic                         365          375          -10
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     87           98          -11
Industrial rubber products                  193          204          -11
Hides and skins                             161          172          -11
Agriculture-manufactured, other             108          122          -13
Precious metals, other                      184          210          -26
Nonmonetary gold                            213          252          -39
Nuclear fuel materials                       57          128          -72
                                                              
Capital goods, except automotive         25,752       26,324         -573

Drilling & oilfield equipment               557          883         -326
Semiconductors                            3,208        3,443         -235
Telecommunications equipment              2,188        2,374         -186
Computers                                   730          816          -86
Industrial machines, other                1,768        1,834          -66
Electric apparatus                        1,736        1,797          -61
Commercial vessels, other                    11           49          -38
Materials handling equipment                419          451          -31
Civilian aircraft                         2,160        2,184          -25
Railway transportation equipment             97          119          -22
Parts-civilian aircraft                   1,245        1,265          -20
Metalworking machine tools                  442          462          -19
Specialized mining                           31           47          -16
Wood, glass, plastic                        224          235          -12
Medicinal equipment                       1,203        1,214          -10
Agricultural machinery, equipment           290          297           -7
Excavating machinery                        488          493           -6
Textile, sewing machines                     84           89           -5
Vessels, excluding scrap                    (-)            3           -3
Spacraft, excluding military                  1            1          (-)
Food, tobacco machinery                     169          169          (-)
Computer accessories                      3,012        3,011            2
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   91           89            2
Business machines and equipment             222          218            3
Photo, service industry machinery           452          446            5
Laboratory testing instruments              417          405           12
Marine engines, parts                        65           44           21
Pulp and paper machinery                    220          185           36
Engines-civilian aircraft                 1,125        1,053           72
Measuring, testing, control instrum       1,149        1,076           73
Generators, accessories                     715          542          173
Industrial engines                        1,232        1,029          202

Auto, vehicles, parts and engines         6,682        6,223          459

Consumer goods                            7,185        7,435         -249

Pharmaceutical preparations               1,220        1,389         -169
Toys/games/sporting goods                   443          506          -63
TV's, VCR's, etc.                           323          374          -51
Gem diamonds                                332          381          -49
Pleasure boats and motors                    80          108          -28
Household appliances                        386          412          -26
Books, printed matter                       331          348          -17
Apparel, household goods - textile          580          592          -12
Stereo equipment, etc.                      124          133           -9
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          120          126           -5
Rugs                                        121          124           -3
Tobacco, manufactured                       170          173           -3
Jewelry, etc                                241          243           -2
Sports apparel and gear                      42           39            2
Records, tapes, and disks                   271          269            3
Musical instruments                         105          102            4
Numismatic coins                              6            2            4
Glassware, chinaware                         60           55            6
Nursery stock, etc.                          30           22            7
Writing and art supplies                    418          410            8
Cookware, cutlery, tools                     80           70           10
Furniture, household goods, etc.            191          180           11
Toiletries and cosmetics                    354          342           13
Other household goods                       719          705           14
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.             437          328          108

Other goods                               3,134        2,990          144
___________________________________


              Item(1)              Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date
                                       2001         2000        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis        498,953      509,199      -10,247
Net Adjustments                          -6,567       -6,560           -7
Total, Census Basis                     505,519      515,760      -10,240

Foods, feeds, and beverages              32,376       31,581          795

Fish and shellfish                        2,158        2,028          130
Corn                                      3,422        3,357           65
Soybeans                                  3,313        3,629         -316
Animal feeds, n.e.c.                      2,730        2,387          343
Meat, poultry, etc.                       5,306        5,151          154
Other foods                               2,607        2,532           75
Sorghum, barley, oats                       498          480           18
Dairy products and eggs                     524          463           61
Rice                                        496          614         -118
Wheat                                     2,221        2,301          -79
Fruits,  frozen juices                    2,696        2,625           71
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 449          357           92
Vegetables                                1,970        1,947           23
Wine and related products                   511          470           41
Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine         403          351           52
Oilseeds, food oils                         639          687          -49
Nuts                                        906          945          -39
Bakery products                           1,528        1,256          271

Industrial supplies and materials       110,647      112,444       -1,797

Cotton, raw                               1,525        1,290          235
Petroleum products, other                 4,955        4,523          432
Plastic materials                         9,436        9,153          283
Tobacco, unmanufactured                     878          827           51
Chemicals-organic                        10,000       10,457         -457
Chemicals-other                           9,037        8,897          140
Gas-natural                                 361          227          134
Manmade cloth                             3,099        3,307         -208
Fuel oil                                  1,681        1,754          -73
Other industrial supplies                 9,705       10,157         -452
Crude oil                                   208          457         -249
Iron and steel products, other            1,969        2,119         -150
Newsprint                                 5,661        6,224         -563
Electric energy                           1,178          157        1,021
Iron and steel mill products              2,250        2,442         -192
Coal and fuels, other                       741          829          -88
Shingles, molding, wallboard              1,306        1,347          -42
Aluminum and alumina                      2,154        2,494         -341
Nonferrous metals, other                  1,594        1,536           58
Cotton fiber cloth                        1,689        1,490          199
Metallurgical grade coal                    793          916         -123
Hair, waste materials                       328          344          -15
Natural gas liquids                         430          576         -146
Finished textile supplies                 1,219        1,275          -55
Agric. industry-unmanufactured            1,036        1,063          -27
Tapes, audio and visual                     830        1,110         -281
Finished metal shapes                     6,041        7,065       -1,024
Nonmetallic minerals                        274          288          -13
Nontextile floor tiles                      235          248          -13
Pulpwood and woodpulp                     2,651        3,252         -601
Wood supplies, manufactured                 591          665          -73
Synthetic rubber-primary                  1,138        1,103           35
Steelmaking materials                     1,138        1,142           -3
Copper                                      826        1,067         -241
Leather and furs                            613          611            2
Agric. farming-unmanufactured               948          905           42
Mineral supplies-manufactured             2,263        2,324          -61
Chemicals-fertilizers                     2,632        2,758         -126
Logs and lumber                           2,477        2,928         -451
Chemicals-inorganic                       3,112        2,756          356
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    760          625          135
Industrial rubber products                1,586        1,655          -69
Hides and skins                           1,339          995          345
Agriculture-manufactured, other           1,104          870          233
Precious metals, other                    1,915        1,618          297
Nonmonetary gold                          4,040        3,880          160
Nuclear fuel materials                      900          719          181
                                                              
Capital goods, except automotive        227,121      234,385       -7,264

Drilling & oilfield equipment             4,720        3,134        1,587
Semiconductors                           32,768       39,069       -6,301
Telecommunications equipment             20,090       20,649         -559
Computers                                 7,439        7,560         -121
Industrial machines, other               16,086       17,787       -1,701
Electric apparatus                       16,588       18,783       -2,196
Commercial vessels, other                   144          160          -15
Materials handling equipment              3,666        3,654           12
Civilian aircraft                        18,214       15,495        2,719
Railway transportation equipment          1,046          951           95
Parts-civilian aircraft                   9,639        9,035          604
Metalworking machine tools                4,212        4,876         -663
Specialized mining                          332          327            5
Wood, glass, plastic                      2,055        2,204         -148
Medicinal equipment                       9,914        9,071          844
Agricultural machinery, equipment         2,241        2,339          -99
Excavating machinery                      3,886        3,896          -11
Textile, sewing machines                    752          802          -50
Vessels, excluding scrap                     19           32          -13
Spacraft, excluding military                 12           16           -4
Food, tobacco machinery                   1,383        1,373           10
Computer accessories                     26,277       28,798       -2,521
Nonfarm tractors and parts                  680          817         -137
Business machines and equipment           2,071        2,160          -89
Photo, service industry machinery         3,872        4,196         -323
Laboratory testing instruments            3,623        3,442          181
Marine engines, parts                       457          453            4
Pulp and paper machinery                  1,828        2,140         -312
Engines-civilian aircraft                 8,974        7,636        1,339
Measuring, testing, control instrum       9,936       10,604         -668
Generators, accessories                   5,373        4,625          748
Industrial engines                        8,822        8,302          519

Auto, vehicles, parts and engines        49,924       54,229       -4,305

Consumer goods                           61,527       60,166        1,361

Pharmaceutical preparations              10,783        9,345        1,438
Toys/games/sporting goods                 3,850        3,964         -114
TV's, VCR's, etc.                         2,896        2,828           68
Gem diamonds                              3,180        2,847          334
Pleasure boats and motors                   753          870         -117
Household appliances                      3,372        3,382          -10
Books, printed matter                     2,830        2,828            2
Apparel, household goods - textile        5,042        6,007         -965
Stereo equipment, etc.                    1,109        1,339         -230
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          995          970           25
Rugs                                        979        1,007          -28
Tobacco, manufactured                     2,159        2,657         -498
Jewelry, etc                              1,951        1,621          329
Sports apparel and gear                     311          353          -42
Records, tapes, and disks                 2,332        2,533         -201
Musical instruments                         913          794          119
Numismatic coins                             26           71          -45
Glassware, chinaware                        334          371          -37
Nursery stock, etc.                         196          194            2
Writing and art supplies                  3,386        3,622         -237
Cookware, cutlery, tools                    575          529           47
Furniture, household goods, etc.          1,609        1,717         -108
Toiletries and cosmetics                  2,844        2,416          428
Other household goods                     5,694        5,199          495
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.           3,410        2,701          710

Other goods                              23,923       22,954          970

(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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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)                 August      July (R)      Monthly
                                       2001         2001        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis         93,271       94,526       -1,255
Net Adjustments                             267          228           39
Total, Census Basis                      93,004       94,298       -1,294

Foods, feeds, and beverages               3,920        4,065         -145

Alcoholic bevs, excluding wine              236          285          -49
Wine and related products                   366          400          -34
Meat products                               530          563          -33
Food oils, oilseeds                          99          130          -31
Feedstuff and foodgrains                    109          129          -20
Green coffee                                119          139          -20
Other foods                                 275          283           -8
Cocoa beans                                  28           34           -6
Cane and beet sugar                          47           52           -5
Nuts                                         50           54           -4
Tea, spices, etc.                            61           65           -4
Dairy products and eggs                      90           92           -2
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                  31           32           -1
Bakery products                             274          273            1
Fruits, frozen juices                       396          381           16
Vegetables                                  381          358           23
Fish and shellfish                          827          797           31

Industrial supplies and materials        22,252       23,136         -884

Gas-natural                               1,239        1,782         -543
Crude oil                                 6,343        6,595         -252
Chemicals-organic                           969        1,198         -228
Nuclear fuel materials                      151          299         -148
Lumber                                      638          680          -42
Chemicals-fertilizers                       255          279          -24
Nonferrous metals, other                    111          129          -18
Nickel                                       76           92          -16
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                     419          434          -15
Iron and steel, advanced                    338          353          -15
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.             353          368          -15
Chemicals-inorganic                         326          341          -15
Farming materials, livestock                 65           80          -14
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                 33           44          -11
Wool, silk, etc.                             55           61           -7
Synthetic cloth                             327          333           -6
Cotton cloth, fabrics                       160          165           -5
Materials, excluding chemicals              121          126           -5
Coal and related fuels                       94          100           -5
Finished textile supplies                   171          176           -5
Tin                                          13           18           -5
Synthetic rubber--primary                   125          129           -4
Hides and skins                              12           14           -3
Cotton, natural fibers                        7           10           -2
Blank tapes, audio & visual                 200          202           -2
Bauxite and aluminum                        513          514           -2
Leather and furs                             76           77           -1
Shingles, wallboard                         582          583           -1
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                   289          289          (-)
Natural rubber                               64           64          (-)
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                     75           75          (-)
Hair, waste materials                        36           36          (-)
Pulpwood and woodpulp                       193          192            1
Other precious metals                       398          397            1
Industrial supplies, other                1,126        1,125            1
Nontextile floor tiles                      160          157            3
Copper                                      206          202            3
Paper and paper products                    516          511            5
Plywood and veneers                         125          117            7
Zinc                                         74           62           12
Newsprint                                   310          291           19
Finished metal shapes                       555          534           21
Plastic materials                           602          581           21
Liquified petroleum gases                   299          274           25
Electric energy                             159          133           26
Nonmonetary gold                            190          158           31
Steelmaking materials                       204          167           37
Tobacco, waxes, etc                         322          285           38
Iron and steel mill products                682          627           56
Petroleum products, other                 1,064        1,005           59
Fuel oil                                    831          674          157
 
Capital goods, except automotive         23,241       23,628         -387

Civilian aircraft                         1,100        1,274         -174
Computers                                   979        1,152         -173
Computer accessories                      4,685        4,854         -169
Engines-civilian aircraft                   932        1,036         -104
Metalworking machine tools                  549          631          -81
Laboratory testing instruments              200          261          -61
Parts-civilian aircraft                     451          510          -59
Semiconductors                            2,021        2,057          -36
Business machines and equipment             356          381          -24
Materials handling equipment                479          503          -24
Telecommunications equipment              1,900        1,917          -17
Textile, sewing machines                     81           95          -14
Excavating machinery                        335          342           -7
Industrial machines, other                1,315        1,319           -4
Specialized mining                           29           31           -1
Commercial vessels, other                     3            4           -1
Spacecraft, excluding military                1            1          (-)
Vessels, except scrap                       (-)          (-)          (-)
Wood, glass, plastic                        332          332          (-)
Marine engines, parts                        95           93            2
Agricultural machinery, equipment           305          302            3
Nonfarm tractors and parts                   66           62            4
Measuring, testing, control instrum         716          709            7
Drilling & oilfield equipment               165          147           18
Food, tobacco machinery                     147          127           20
Railway transportation equipment             90           70           20
Pulp and paper machinery                    356          326           30
Medicinal equipment                       1,042          997           45
Photo, service industry                     750          688           62
Electric apparatus                        1,806        1,717           89
Industrial engines                          915          799          116
Generators, accessories                   1,041          895          146

Automotive vehicles, parts and engi      16,544       15,947          597

Consumer goods                           23,169       23,446         -277

Pharmaceutical preparations               2,563        2,900         -336
TV's, VCR's, etc                          1,513        1,622         -110
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.             464          539          -74
Jewelry                                     715          752          -38
Apparel, household goods - cotton         2,695        2,725          -30
Motorcycles and parts                       267          284          -18
Camping apparel and gear                    458          475          -17
Records, tapes, and disks                    97          114          -17
Cookware, cutlery, tools                    323          339          -16
Toiletries and cosmetics                    289          304          -15
Writing and art supplies                    769          783          -14
Musical instruments                         103          110           -8
Toys/games/sporting goods                 1,881        1,888           -7
Rugs                                        117          123           -6
Pleasure boats and motors                   167          172           -5
Gem stones, other                           118          123           -5
Photo equipment                             180          184           -4
Apparel, household goods - wool             289          291           -2
Glassware, chinaware                        175          177           -2
Nursery stock, etc.                          89           89          (-)
Numismatic coins                              7            7          (-)
Books, printed matter                       288          286            2
Stereo equipment, etc                       648          642            6
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto       2,161        2,155            6
Apparel,household goods-nontextile          566          554           12
Furniture, household goods, etc.          1,113        1,086           27
Footwear                                  1,006          953           53
Household appliances                        777          701           76
Other household goods                     2,334        2,253           80
Gem diamonds                                999          816          183

Other Goods                               3,878        4,077         -199
___________________________________              


              Item(1)              Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date
                                       2001         2000        Change

Total, Balance of Payments Basis        788,782      803,205      -14,423
Net Adjustments                           4,252        3,956          296
Total, Census Basis                     784,530      799,249      -14,718

Foods, feeds, and beverages              30,878       30,503          375

Alcoholic bevs, excluding wine            2,073        1,897          176
Wine and related products                 3,153        3,008          145
Meat products                             4,058        3,492          567
Food oils, oilseeds                         819          969         -150
Feedstuff and foodgrains                    960          961           -1
Green coffee                                930        1,738         -808
Other foods                               2,090        2,000           90
Cocoa beans                                 226          299          -73
Cane and beet sugar                         313          318           -5
Nuts                                        448          574         -126
Tea, spices, etc.                           557          537           20
Dairy products and eggs                     676          670            6
Nonagricultural foods, etc.                 250          227           24
Bakery products                           2,088        1,914          174
Fruits, frozen juices                     3,018        2,995           23
Vegetables                                2,775        2,428          347
Fish and shellfish                        6,443        6,477          -35

Industrial supplies and materials       194,876      195,094         -218

Gas-natural                              13,678        6,831        6,847
Crude oil                                52,875       58,648       -5,772
Chemicals-organic                         9,340        8,752          589
Nuclear fuel materials                    1,338        1,258           80
Lumber                                    4,805        5,124         -319
Chemicals-fertilizers                     2,710        2,166          544
Nonferrous metals, other                  1,126        1,088           38
Nickel                                      728        1,021         -292
Chemicals-other, n.e.c.                   3,615        3,664          -48
Iron and steel, advanced                  2,859        3,105         -246
Iron and steel products, n.e.c.           2,906        3,073         -167
Chemicals-inorganic                       2,765        2,970         -205
Farming materials, livestock                548          557           -9
Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals                310          295           14
Wool, silk, etc.                            485          557          -73
Synthetic cloth                           2,675        3,006         -331
Cotton cloth, fabrics                     1,468        1,627         -158
Materials, excluding chemicals            1,065        1,206         -141
Coal and related fuels                      655          562           93
Finished textile supplies                 1,396        1,362           34
Tin                                         180          195          -16
Synthetic rubber--primary                   931          938           -6
Hides and skins                             109          109            1
Cotton, natural fibers                       82          100          -18
Blank tapes, audio & visual               1,510        1,630         -120
Bauxite and aluminum                      4,169        4,779         -610
Leather and furs                            666          715          -49
Shingles, wallboard                       4,399        4,661         -262
Stone, sand, cement, etc.                 2,317        2,242           74
Natural rubber                              435          584         -149
Glass-plate, sheet, etc.                    551          507           44
Hair, waste materials                       284          291           -7
Pulpwood and woodpulp                     1,893        2,246         -353
Other precious metals                     4,868        3,959          909
Industrial supplies, other                9,103        9,020           83
Nontextile floor tiles                    1,251        1,332          -80
Copper                                    1,782        1,575          207
Paper and paper products                  4,157        4,382         -224
Plywood and veneers                         938          950          -13
Zinc                                        688          849         -161
Newsprint                                 2,494        2,468           26
Finished metal shapes                     4,597        4,706         -110
Plastic materials                         4,898        4,883           15
Liquified petroleum gases                 3,300        2,643          657
Electric energy                           2,557        1,545        1,012
Nonmonetary gold                          1,291        1,829         -538
Steelmaking materials                     1,544        2,214         -670
Tobacco, waxes, etc                       2,337        2,300           37
Iron and steel mill products              5,419        8,311       -2,892
Petroleum products, other                10,609        8,978        1,630
Fuel oil                                  8,169        7,283          886
 
Capital goods, except automotive        208,246      226,650      -18,405

Civilian aircraft                         9,679        7,213        2,466
Computers                                 8,706        9,580         -874
Computer accessories                     43,351       50,060       -6,708
Engines-civilian aircraft                 7,260        5,730        1,529
Metalworking machine tools                5,232        5,602         -370
Laboratory testing instruments            2,063        2,394         -331
Parts-civilian aircraft                   3,892        3,358          534
Semiconductors                           22,861       31,277       -8,416
Business machines and equipment           3,404        4,193         -788
Materials handling equipment              4,296        4,471         -175
Telecommunications equipment             17,547       20,511       -2,963
Textile, sewing machines                    840        1,132         -291
Excavating machinery                      2,892        3,262         -371
Industrial machines, other               11,470       11,825         -355
Specialized mining                          210          227          -17
Commercial vessels, other                    59           28           31
Spacecraft, excluding military               15           51          -36
Vessels, except scrap                         1            7           -6
Wood, glass, plastic                      2,873        3,452         -580
Marine engines, parts                       794          725           69
Agricultural machinery, equipment         2,627        2,775         -148
Nonfarm tractors and parts                  465          561          -96
Measuring, testing, control instrum       6,290        6,161          129
Drilling & oilfield equipment             1,121          818          304
Food, tobacco machinery                   1,069          999           70
Railway transportation equipment            961        1,239         -278
Pulp and paper machinery                  2,944        2,920           24
Medicinal equipment                       8,238        7,339          899
Photo, service industry                   5,921        6,052         -131
Electric apparatus                       16,177       18,749       -2,572
Industrial engines                        7,007        6,647          360
Generators, accessories                   7,980        7,292          688

Automotive vehicles, parts and engi     127,045      131,139       -4,094

Consumer goods                          191,117      184,049        7,069

Pharmaceutical preparations              21,190       17,191        3,999
TV's, VCR's, etc                         14,101       13,500          601
Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.           5,161        4,985          176
Jewelry                                   5,757        5,908         -151
Apparel, household goods - cotton        22,987       22,536          451
Motorcycles and parts                     2,029        1,685          343
Camping apparel and gear                  3,995        3,903           93
Records, tapes, and disks                   845          955         -110
Cookware, cutlery, tools                  2,769        2,892         -123
Toiletries and cosmetics                  2,400        2,109          291
Writing and art supplies                  6,262        6,359          -97
Musical instruments                         952          997          -45
Toys/games/sporting goods                14,819       13,963          857
Rugs                                        950          948            2
Pleasure boats and motors                 1,423        1,338           85
Gem stones, other                         1,025        1,056          -32
Photo equipment                           1,515        1,740         -226
Apparel, household goods - wool           2,274        2,246           28
Glassware, chinaware                      1,538        1,577          -39
Nursery stock, etc.                         763          780          -16
Numismatic coins                             74          705         -631
Books, printed matter                     2,230        2,143           87
Stereo equipment, etc                     5,281        6,436       -1,155
Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto      17,698       16,937          761
Apparel,household goods-nontextile        4,329        3,981          348
Furniture, household goods, etc.          9,168        9,103           65
Footwear                                  8,027        7,602          425
Household appliances                      5,798        5,703           94
Other household goods                    18,405       16,713        1,692
Gem diamonds                              7,352        8,056         -704

Other Goods                              32,369       31,813          555

(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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 2000 TO AUGUST 2001

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal
adjustment and rounding.  (R) Revised.)



                       Balance


                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum



2000                

Jan.- Dec.              -452,207      -16,103     -108,266     -327,839
Jan.- Aug.              -294,006      -10,516      -70,241     -213,249

January                  -33,135       -1,748       -6,988      -24,399
February                 -36,237       -2,028       -8,508      -25,701
March                    -38,034       -1,405       -8,719      -27,910
April                    -36,934         -955       -8,211      -27,767
May                      -36,910       -1,056       -8,688      -27,167
June                     -37,827       -1,261       -9,945      -26,620

July                     -38,091         -933       -9,765      -27,393
August                   -36,839       -1,131       -9,416      -26,292
September                -39,682       -1,337       -9,778      -28,566
October                  -40,205       -1,446       -9,705      -29,054
November                 -38,955       -1,479       -9,309      -28,166
December                 -39,360       -1,324       -9,232      -28,804


2001                

Jan.- Aug.              -289,830      -10,819      -67,678     -211,333

January                  -39,126       -1,419       -9,619      -28,088
February                 -34,613       -1,317       -8,744      -24,553
March                    -38,781       -1,379       -8,287      -29,115
April                    -37,657       -1,335       -8,616      -27,706
May                      -34,449       -1,627       -8,708      -24,114
June                     -35,553       -1,475       -8,442      -25,637

July (R)                 -35,838       -1,241       -7,705      -26,892
August                   -33,812       -1,026       -7,559      -25,227
September                                                   
October                                                     
November                                                    
December                                                    
___________________________________


                       Exports


                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum



2000                

Jan.- Dec.               772,210       -9,708       12,013      769,905
Jan.- Aug.               509,199       -6,560        7,311      508,449

January                   61,533       -1,026          957       61,601
February                  61,130       -1,089          772       61,446
March                     62,479         -685        1,019       62,146
April                     62,961         -674          957       62,678
May                       63,151         -771          870       63,052
June                      65,445         -835          808       65,472

July                      65,123         -714          880       64,957
August                    67,377         -767        1,048       67,095
September                 66,773         -707        1,118       66,362
October                   65,807         -836        1,421       65,222
November                  65,856         -828        1,103       65,581
December                  64,574         -777        1,060       64,292


2001                

Jan.- Aug.               498,953       -6,567        7,275      498,245

January                   65,309         -842          952       65,199
February                  65,748         -730          815       65,664
March                     63,884         -769          889       63,764
April                     62,170         -731          960       61,940
May                       62,846         -839          954       62,731
June                      60,848         -884          883       60,849

July (R)                  58,688       -1,013          843       58,858
August                    59,459         -759          978       59,240
September                                                   
October                                                     
November                                                    
December                                                    
___________________________________


                       Imports


                                      Net                      Non-
       Period           Total     Adjustments Petroleum (1)  petroleum


                     
2000                

Jan.- Dec.             1,224,417        6,395      120,279    1,097,743
Jan.- Aug.               803,205        3,956       77,552      721,697

January                   94,668          722        7,946       86,000
February                  97,366          939        9,280       87,147
March                    100,513          720        9,738       90,055
April                     99,895          281        9,168       90,446
May                      100,062          285        9,558       90,219
June                     103,272          427       10,753       92,092

July                     103,214          219       10,645       92,351
August                   104,215          364       10,464       93,387
September                106,455          631       10,897       94,928
October                  106,012          609       11,126       94,277
November                 104,811          652       10,412       93,747
December                 103,935          547       10,292       93,095


2001                

Jan.- Aug.               788,782        4,252       74,953      709,577

January                  104,436          577       10,571       93,287
February                 100,362          586        9,559       90,216
March                    102,665          610        9,176       92,879
April                     99,826          604        9,577       89,646
May                       97,295          788        9,661       86,846
June                      96,401          591        9,325       86,485

July (R)                  94,526          228        8,548       85,750
August                    93,271          267        8,537       84,467
September                                                   
October                                                     
November                                                    
December                                                    

NOTE:  See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is
included in the Net Adjustments.

(1)  The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity
classification system include virtually the same energy related petroleum
products as those aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products,
however, include some products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene,
which are included in "Manufactured Goods".

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 2000 TO AUGUST 2001
            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
         

                                                             
2000                

Jan.- Dec.              855,029        61,251       177,625       412,899
Jan.- Aug.              563,954        40,856       116,582       270,635
January                  68,245         5,042        14,450        31,831
February                 67,988         4,839        14,716        31,199
March                    69,065         5,041        15,148        31,899
April                    69,491         4,830        14,142        34,009
May                      69,678         4,988        14,010        34,066
June                     72,407         5,070        14,576        35,266

July                     72,268         5,384        14,435        35,770
August                   74,812         5,661        15,106        36,596
September                73,864         5,287        15,456        36,184
October                  72,806         5,150        15,240        35,549
November                 72,891         5,030        15,572        35,487
December                 71,514         4,928        14,775        35,044

2001                

Jan.- Aug.              549,935        41,109       116,374       258,483
January                  72,367         4,901        14,830        36,135
February                 72,579         5,343        15,045        35,723
March                    70,432         5,442        14,923        33,571
April                    68,304         5,268        14,599        31,738
May                      69,000         5,060        14,563        31,996
June                     66,989         4,977        14,325        30,549

July (R)                 64,824         4,918        13,730        29,700
August                   65,440         5,201        14,357        29,071
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
____________________________________
Exports Continued


                                End-Use Commodity Category 
                      Total       Automotive
                      Census       Vehicles      Consumer       Other
      Period         Basis(1)        etc.         Goods         Goods
         

                                                             
2000                

Jan.- Dec.              855,029        78,298        89,712        35,245
Jan.- Aug.              563,954        52,996        59,571        23,314
January                  68,245         6,731         7,201         2,990
February                 67,988         6,612         7,332         3,290
March                    69,065         6,768         7,436         2,773
April                    69,491         6,389         7,392         2,729
May                      69,678         6,521         7,305         2,788
June                     72,407         6,769         7,683         3,043

July                     72,268         6,361         7,531         2,788
August                   74,812         6,845         7,692         2,913
September                73,864         6,462         7,642         2,833
October                  72,806         6,452         7,395         3,019
November                 72,891         6,262         7,534         3,007
December                 71,514         6,126         7,569         3,071

2001                

Jan.- Aug.              549,935        48,590        61,189        24,189
January                  72,367         5,823         7,745         2,933
February                 72,579         5,742         7,801         2,926
March                    70,432         5,948         7,801         2,746
April                    68,304         5,940         7,878         2,881
May                      69,000         6,155         8,110         3,116
June                     66,989         6,443         7,318         3,377

July (R)                 64,824         6,052         7,396         3,027
August                   65,440         6,487         7,141         3,183
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
____________________________________


                     Imports


                                End-Use Commodity Category 
                      Total         Foods,
                      Census       Feeds, &     Industrial     Capital
      Period         Basis(1)     Beverages    Supplies(2)      Goods


                                                             
2000                

Jan.- Dec.            1,311,496        48,067       262,005       465,716
Jan.- Aug.              863,148        31,872       174,685       303,281
January                 102,618         3,748        20,870        35,149
February                104,189         3,857        21,609        36,050
March                   107,205         4,032        22,011        37,016
April                   107,951         3,898        21,581        37,936
May                     108,224         4,037        22,109        38,203
June                    110,598         4,072        22,383        39,244

July                    110,429         4,103        22,179        39,323
August                  111,935         4,127        21,944        40,359
September               113,638         4,099        22,165        41,667
October                 112,878         3,985        21,968        40,764
November                111,767         4,202        21,381        39,975
December                110,065         3,909        21,805        40,029

2001                

Jan.- Aug.              845,037        32,787       174,230       279,510
January                 111,121         4,083        22,615        39,288
February                107,572         4,025        21,414        38,523
March                   109,823         3,844        21,867        38,417
April                   106,727         3,911        22,266        34,913
May                     103,123         3,988        21,627        32,972
June                    103,046         4,230        21,371        32,680

July (R)                102,426         4,434        21,833        31,618
August                  101,199         4,271        21,238        31,099
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
____________________________________
Imports Continued


                                End-Use Commodity Category 
                      Total       Automotive
                      Census       Vehicles      Consumer       Other
      Period         Basis(1)        etc.         Goods         Goods


                                                             
2000                

Jan.- Dec.            1,311,496       192,258       294,107        49,343
Jan.- Aug.              863,148       128,790       191,970        32,549
January                 102,618        16,330        22,518         4,004
February                104,189        15,742        22,910         4,020
March                   107,205        16,169        23,963         4,013
April                   107,951        16,284        24,197         4,054
May                     108,224        15,662        24,337         3,875
June                    110,598        16,138        24,587         4,174

July                    110,429        16,115        24,587         4,121
August                  111,935        16,350        24,869         4,286
September               113,638        16,152        25,343         4,212
October                 112,878        16,243        25,733         4,185
November                111,767        15,962        25,952         4,296
December                110,065        15,111        25,109         4,102

2001                

Jan.- Aug.              845,037       124,769       200,859        32,883
January                 111,121        15,396        25,556         4,183
February                107,572        15,251        24,310         4,049
March                   109,823        15,163        26,690         3,843
April                   106,727        15,824        25,507         4,306
May                     103,123        15,391        24,871         4,274
June                    103,046        15,778        24,944         4,043

July (R)                102,426        15,696        24,659         4,186
August                  101,199        16,269        24,322         4,000
September                                                    
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 and petroleum products.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 1999 TO AUGUST 2001 
            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


1999                

Jan.- Dec.                 -386,794         -71,977        -314,817
Jan.- Aug.                 -253,990         -49,978        -204,013
January                     -27,724          -6,162         -21,562
February                    -30,793          -5,940         -24,853
March                       -30,284          -6,047         -24,237
April                       -30,279          -6,198         -24,081
May                         -31,733          -6,443         -25,290
June                        -34,854          -6,472         -28,382

July                        -34,886          -6,444         -28,442
August                      -33,436          -6,271         -27,165
September                   -31,513          -5,960         -25,553
October                     -33,563          -5,632         -27,930
November                    -34,551          -5,578         -28,974
December                    -33,176          -4,828         -28,348

2000                

Jan.- Dec.                 -456,467         -75,847        -380,620
Jan.- Aug.                 -299,193         -50,976        -248,218
January                     -34,373          -5,616         -28,757
February                    -36,201          -6,218         -29,983
March                       -38,140          -6,147         -31,993
April                       -38,461          -6,230         -32,231
May                         -38,546          -6,612         -31,934
June                        -38,191          -6,956         -31,234

July                        -38,161          -6,594         -31,567
August                      -37,122          -6,603         -30,520
September                   -39,774          -6,286         -33,488
October                     -40,073          -6,219         -33,854
November                    -38,876          -5,974         -32,902
December                    -38,552          -6,392         -32,159

2001                

Jan.- Aug.                 -295,103         -54,982        -240,120
January                     -38,754          -7,371         -31,384
February                    -34,993          -6,697         -28,296
March                       -39,391          -6,762         -32,629
April                       -38,423          -7,213         -31,210
May                         -34,124          -7,011         -27,113
June                        -36,057          -6,881         -29,176

July (R)                    -37,602          -6,605         -30,997
August                      -35,759          -6,443         -29,315
September                                            
October                                              
November                                             
December                                             
____________________________________



                        Exports
                                                     
                                                     
                         Total
                        Census                            Non-
       Period          Basis (1)       Petroleum        petroleum


1999                

Jan.- Dec.                  761,496           9,762         751,733
Jan.- Aug.                  496,180           6,055         490,124
January                      61,212             732          60,480
February                     60,701             625          60,076
March                        61,003             719          60,284
April                        61,855             784          61,071
May                          61,992             822          61,170
June                         61,947             788          61,160

July                         62,930             742          62,188
August                       64,541             844          63,696
September                    65,849             849          64,999
October                      65,428             942          64,485
November                     65,717             906          64,811
December                     68,323           1,010          67,313

2000                

Jan.- Dec.                  855,029           9,994         845,035
Jan.- Aug.                  563,954           6,412         557,542
January                      68,245             916          67,329
February                     67,988             724          67,264
March                        69,065             822          68,244
April                        69,491             873          68,617
May                          69,678             778          68,900
June                         72,407             710          71,697

July                         72,268             737          71,531
August                       74,812             853          73,960
September                    73,864             819          73,045
October                      72,806           1,078          71,727
November                     72,891             850          72,041
December                     71,514             834          70,679

2001                

Jan.- Aug.                  549,935           5,645         544,290
January                      72,367             751          71,615
February                     72,579             639          71,941
March                        70,432             698          69,733
April                        68,304             747          67,557
May                          69,000             705          68,294
June                         66,989             659          66,330

July (R)                     64,824             668          64,156
August                       65,440             776          64,663
September                                            
October                                              
November                                             
December                                             
____________________________________


                        Imports
                                                     
                                                     
                         Total
                        Census                            Non-
       Period          Basis (1)       Petroleum       petroleum


1999                

Jan.- Dec.                1,148,290          81,739       1,066,551
Jan.- Aug.                  750,170          56,033         694,137
January                      88,936           6,895          82,042
February                     91,494           6,565          84,929
March                        91,287           6,766          84,521
April                        92,134           6,982          85,152
May                          93,725           7,265          86,460
June                         96,802           7,260          89,542

July                         97,816           7,186          90,630
August                       97,977           7,116          90,862
September                    97,362           6,810          90,552
October                      98,990           6,574          92,416
November                    100,268           6,483          93,785
December                    101,500           5,838          95,661

2000                

Jan.- Dec.                1,311,496          85,842       1,225,655
Jan.- Aug.                  863,148          57,388         805,760
January                     102,618           6,532          96,086
February                    104,189           6,941          97,247
March                       107,205           6,969         100,236
April                       107,951           7,103         100,848
May                         108,224           7,390         100,833
June                        110,598           7,666         102,931

July                        110,429           7,331         103,098
August                      111,935           7,455         104,479
September                   113,638           7,106         106,532
October                     112,878           7,297         105,581
November                    111,767           6,824         104,943
December                    110,065           7,227         102,839

2001                

Jan.- Aug.                  845,037          60,627         784,410
January                     111,121           8,122         102,999
February                    107,572           7,336         100,236
March                       109,823           7,461         102,363
April                       106,727           7,960          98,767
May                         103,123           7,716          95,407
June                        103,046           7,541          95,506

July (R)                    102,426           7,273          95,153
August                      101,199           7,220          93,979
September                                            
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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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


1999                

Jan.- Dec.                   -345,434          -328,821
Jan.- Aug.                   -216,747          -206,400
January                       -20,560           -19,330
February                      -21,908           -20,570
March                         -24,489           -23,183
April                         -23,858           -22,697
May                           -25,867           -24,477
June                          -31,442           -30,055

July                          -34,925           -33,778
August                        -33,699           -32,310
September                     -32,759           -30,813
October                       -32,846           -31,487
November                      -33,976           -32,633
December                      -29,106           -27,489

2000                

Jan.- Dec.                   -452,207          -436,104
Jan.- Aug.                   -291,456          -280,940
January                       -31,258           -29,510
February                      -32,536           -30,508
March                         -35,701           -34,296
April                         -32,794           -31,838
May                           -37,450           -36,394
June                          -37,786           -36,525

July                          -42,890           -41,957
August                        -41,042           -39,911
September                     -40,302           -38,965
October                       -45,623           -44,177
November                      -40,261           -38,781
December                      -34,566           -33,242

2001                

Jan.- Aug.                   -286,593          -275,774
January                       -40,185           -38,766
February                      -29,495           -28,178
March                         -34,207           -32,828
April                         -35,506           -34,171
May                           -33,876           -32,249
June                          -34,307           -32,832

July (R)                      -41,678           -40,437
August                        -37,339           -36,313
September                              
October                                
November                               
December                               

 July data as published last month :
                              -41,257           -40,003
____________________________________



                         Exports

                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis          Adjustments          Basis


1999                

Jan.- Dec.                    684,553           -11,244           695,797
Jan.- Aug.                    440,496            -8,142           448,637
January                        51,397            -1,039            52,436
February                       52,156            -1,124            53,279
March                          59,813            -1,076            60,889
April                          56,401              -882            57,283
May                            55,324            -1,164            56,489
June                           56,718            -1,107            57,825

July                           52,045              -952            52,998
August                         56,641              -798            57,439
September                      58,455              -976            59,431
October                        62,147              -826            62,973
November                       60,533              -414            60,948
December                       62,923              -885            63,808

2000                

Jan.- Dec.                    772,210            -9,708           781,918
Jan.- Aug.                    505,508            -6,560           512,068
January                        56,653            -1,026            57,679
February                       60,091            -1,089            61,179
March                          68,263              -685            68,948
April                          62,628              -674            63,302
May                            63,902              -771            64,673
June                           67,168              -835            68,002

July                           59,315              -714            60,029
August                         67,488              -767            68,255
September                      66,684              -707            67,391
October                        68,799              -836            69,635
November                       66,786              -828            67,614
December                       64,433              -777            65,211

2001                

Jan.- Aug.                    494,884            -6,567           501,451
January                        61,498              -842            62,340
February                       62,385              -730            63,115
March                          69,817              -769            70,586
April                          61,493              -731            62,224
May                            64,034              -839            64,873
June                           62,537              -884            63,421

July (R)                       53,759            -1,013            54,772
August                         59,361              -759            60,120
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 

 July data as published last month :
                               53,868            -1,023            54,891
___________________________________


                         Imports

                          Total
                         Balance                              Total
                       of Payments           Net              Census
       Period             Basis          Adjustments          Basis


1999                

Jan.- Dec.                  1,029,987             5,369         1,024,618
Jan.- Aug.                    657,243             2,206           655,037
January                        71,957               191            71,766
February                       74,064               215            73,849
March                          84,301               229            84,072
April                          80,259               279            79,980
May                            81,191               226            80,965
June                           88,160               281            87,880

July                           86,970               195            86,775
August                         90,340               591            89,749
September                      91,214               970            90,244
October                        94,993               533            94,460
November                       94,509               929            93,581
December                       92,028               732            91,296

2000                

Jan.- Dec.                  1,224,417             6,395         1,218,022
Jan.- Aug.                    796,963             3,956           793,007
January                        87,910               722            87,188
February                       92,627               939            91,688
March                         103,964               720           103,244
April                          95,422               281            95,141
May                           101,352               285           101,067
June                          104,954               427           104,527

July                          102,205               219           101,986
August                        108,530               364           108,166
September                     106,986               631           106,355
October                       114,421               609           113,812
November                      107,047               652           106,395
December                       98,999               547            98,452

2001                

Jan.- Aug.                    781,477             4,252           777,225
January                       101,684               577           101,106
February                       91,880               586            91,294
March                         104,024               610           103,414
April                          96,999               604            96,395
May                            97,910               788            97,122
June                           96,843               591            96,252

July (R)                       95,437               228            95,209
August                         96,700               267            96,433
September                                                
October                                                  
November                                                 
December                                                 

 July data as published last month :
                               95,125               231            94,894

NOTE:  See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is
included in the Net Adjustments.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 2000 TO AUGUST 2001

(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)


2000                

Jan.- Dec.      772,210      -9,708     781,918      47,452     171,932
Jan.- Aug.      505,508      -6,560     512,068      30,545     113,118
January          56,653      -1,026      57,679       3,709      12,942
February         60,091      -1,089      61,179       3,812      13,816
March            68,263        -685      68,948       4,316      15,693
April            62,628        -674      63,302       3,584      13,722
May              63,902        -771      64,673       3,675      14,123
June             67,168        -835      68,002       3,671      14,499

July             59,315        -714      60,029       3,725      13,308
August           67,488        -767      68,255       4,053      15,016
September        66,684        -707      67,391       3,912      14,849
October          68,799        -836      69,635       4,597      15,258
November         66,786        -828      67,614       4,357      15,040
December         64,433        -777      65,211       4,042      13,667

2001                

Jan.- Aug.      494,884      -6,567     501,451      31,606     110,988
January          61,498        -842      62,340       3,867      13,865
February         62,385        -730      63,115       4,070      13,906
March            69,817        -769      70,586       4,606      15,379
April            61,493        -731      62,224       3,874      14,023
May              64,034        -839      64,873       3,742      14,462
June             62,537        -884      63,421       3,663      13,578

July (R)         53,759      -1,013      54,772       3,655      12,271
August           59,361        -759      60,120       4,130      13,503
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Exports Continued


               Total    End-Use Commodity Category
             Balance of              Automotive
             Payments     Capital    Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
   Period      Basis       Goods        etc.       Goods       Goods
                                                 

2000                

Jan.- Dec.      772,210     357,034      80,169      90,555      34,775
Jan.- Aug.      505,508     231,775      53,965      59,814      22,849
January          56,653      25,520       6,112       6,547       2,849
February         60,091      25,956       7,117       7,361       3,117
March            68,263      30,208       7,877       8,119       2,736
April            62,628      29,072       6,889       7,258       2,777
May              63,902      29,162       7,447       7,465       2,801
June             67,168      31,420       7,257       8,140       3,016

July             59,315      28,799       4,459       6,999       2,739
August           67,488      31,638       6,807       7,925       2,815
September        66,684      31,494       6,499       7,859       2,778
October          68,799      31,711       7,067       7,983       3,019
November         66,786      30,462       6,880       7,815       3,060
December         64,433      31,591       5,758       7,084       3,068

2001                

Jan.- Aug.      494,884     224,357      49,593      61,079      23,827
January          61,498      29,045       5,534       7,192       2,837
February         62,385      28,782       5,963       7,610       2,783
March            69,817      32,547       6,855       8,465       2,734
April            61,493      27,290       6,482       7,633       2,922
May              64,034      28,222       7,054       8,261       3,132
June             62,537      28,154       6,936       7,753       3,338

July (R)         53,759      24,635       4,379       6,845       2,986
August           59,361      25,683       6,390       7,320       3,094
September                                                    
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)


2000                

Jan.- Dec.    1,224,417       6,395   1,218,022      45,975     299,788
Jan.- Aug.      796,963       3,956     793,007      30,340     196,592
January          87,910         722      87,188       3,548      21,326
February         92,627         939      91,688       3,505      22,713
March           103,964         720     103,244       4,028      25,645
April            95,422         281      95,141       3,685      23,305
May             101,352         285     101,067       3,979      25,253
June            104,954         427     104,527       3,873      26,064

July            102,205         219     101,986       3,783      26,175
August          108,530         364     108,166       3,940      26,110
September       106,986         631     106,355       3,714      25,735
October         114,421         609     113,812       4,115      26,907
November        107,047         652     106,395       4,065      25,130
December         98,999         547      98,452       3,742      25,424

2001                

Jan.- Aug.      781,477       4,252     777,225      30,568     195,979
January         101,684         577     101,106       3,918      27,169
February         91,880         586      91,294       3,438      23,084
March           104,024         610     103,414       3,829      25,499
April            96,999         604      96,395       3,708      24,778
May              97,910         788      97,122       3,854      25,412
June             96,843         591      96,252       3,938      23,749

July (R)         95,437         228      95,209       3,978      23,572
August           96,700         267      96,433       3,904      22,716
September                                                    
October                                                      
November                                                     
December                                                     
___________________________________
Imports Continued


               Total    End-Use Commodity Category
             Balance of              Automotive
             Payments     Capital    Vehicles,    Consumer     Other
   Period      Basis       Goods        etc.       Goods       Goods


2000                

Jan.- Dec.    1,224,417     346,663     195,858     281,405      48,333
Jan.- Aug.      796,963     224,030     130,302     180,058      31,685
January          87,910      24,061      15,116      19,470       3,667
February         92,627      25,179      16,265      20,272       3,753
March           103,964      29,252      18,512      21,703       4,104
April            95,422      27,161      16,799      20,315       3,875
May             101,352      28,626      16,412      22,995       3,802
June            104,954      30,199      16,477      23,719       4,195

July            102,205      29,019      14,081      24,920       4,008
August          108,530      30,534      16,639      26,663       4,280
September       106,986      30,804      15,572      26,388       4,141
October         114,421      32,065      17,755      28,793       4,177
November        107,047      30,186      17,190      25,436       4,389
December         98,999      29,577      15,039      20,729       3,942

2001                

Jan.- Aug.      781,477     205,244     126,170     187,005      32,259
January         101,684      27,642      14,810      23,485       4,082
February         91,880      25,473      15,230      20,376       3,693
March           104,024      29,547      17,213      23,338       3,988
April            96,999      25,467      16,360      21,891       4,190
May              97,910      24,506      16,163      22,997       4,191
June             96,843      24,866      16,078      23,533       4,088

July (R)         95,437      24,128      13,927      25,586       4,017
August           96,700      23,614      16,391      25,797       4,011
September                                                    
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 and petroleum products.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 -- 2001

(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)                 August        July      Cumulative
                                       2001         2001        to-date

Total Balance of Payments Basis         -37,339  (R) -41,678     -286,593

Net Adjustments                          -1,026  (R)  -1,241      -10,819

Total Census Basis                      -36,313  (R) -40,437     -275,774
North America                            -6,916  (R)  -7,650      -57,425
        Canada                           -4,414  (R)  -4,757      -37,568
        Mexico                           -2,502       -2,892      -19,858
Western Europe                           -5,419       -8,596      -42,499
    Euro Area (2)                        -4,708       -6,724      -37,079
    European Union                       -4,921       -7,854      -40,873
        Austria                             -99         -220         -888
        Belgium                             556           91        2,485
        Finland                            -133         -155       -1,249
        France                             -899       -1,440       -7,479
        Germany                          -2,850       -2,737      -20,142
        Italy                            -1,372       -1,519       -9,864
        Netherlands                         776          549        6,941
        Spain                                 2          -98          231
        Sweden                             -249         -508       -3,378
        United Kingdom                      103         -413          202
        Other EU                           -758       -1,404       -7,732
    European Free Trade         
    Association                            -469         -654       -1,671
        Norway                             -282         -361       -2,352
        Switzerland                        -160         -264          797
        Other EFTA                          -26          -29         -116
    Other Western Europe                    -29          -87           45
Eastern Europe/FSR                         -495         -527       -5,177
        Hungary                            -132         -125       -1,229
        Poland                              -11          -22         -121
        Former Soviet Republics            -223         -251       -3,171
            Russia                         -246         -199       -2,743
            Other FSR                        22          -53         -428
        Other EE                           -129         -127         -657
Pacific Rim Countries                   -17,634      -17,471     -126,701
        Australia                           325          297        2,978
        China                            -8,100       -7,485      -52,673
        Japan                            -5,356       -5,937      -45,761
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                  -2,032       -1,859      -14,165
            Hong Kong                       284          217        3,182
            Korea                        -1,030       -1,036       -8,472
            Singapore                       172          248        1,407
            Taiwan                       -1,459       -1,288      -10,283
        Other Pacific Rim(3)             -2,470       -2,487      -17,079
South/Central America                      -742         -694       -6,715
        Argentina                            60          117          923
        Brazil                              111          240        1,438
        Colombia                           -192         -181       -1,504
        Other S/C A (3)                    -722         -871       -7,571
OPEC                                     -3,371       -3,623      -29,257
        Indonesia(3)                       -737         -724       -5,292
        Nigeria                            -444         -811       -5,866
        Saudia Arabia                      -847         -630       -5,737
        Venezuela(3)                       -774         -856       -7,387
        Other OPEC                         -570         -602       -4,974
Other Countries                          -3,272       -3,071      -20,562
        Egypt                               238          284        1,638
        South Africa                       -141         -206       -1,066
        Other                            -3,368       -3,149      -21,134
Uniden. ctys (4)                             25           19           71
Timing Adjustments                          (X)         -406         -189
___________________________________


                                      Exports

              Item(1)                 August        July      Cumulative
                                       2001         2001        to-date

Total Balance of Payments Basis          59,361  (R)  53,759      494,884

Net Adjustments                            -759  (R)  -1,013       -6,567

Total Census Basis                       60,120  (R)  54,772      501,451
North America                            22,815  (R)  19,424      181,606
        Canada                           13,768  (R)  11,719      112,839
        Mexico                            9,046        7,706       68,767
Western Europe                           13,549       12,322      121,110
    Euro Area (2)                         8,839        7,928       76,194
    European Union                       12,618       11,463      109,207
        Austria                             225          136        1,751
        Belgium                           1,192          995        9,413
        Finland                             115          106        1,035
        France                            1,412        1,245       13,354
        Germany                           2,386        2,453       20,800
        Italy                               731          723        6,676
        Netherlands                       1,512        1,283       13,328
        Spain                               427          316        3,814
        Sweden                              277          245        2,521
        United Kingdom                    3,248        3,124       28,514
        Other EU                          1,092          838        7,999
    European Free Trade         
    Association                             631          589        8,993
        Norway                              106           89        1,316
        Switzerland                         515          488        7,494
        Other EFTA                           10           12          183
    Other Western Europe                    299          270        2,910
Eastern Europe/FSR                          582          531        4,647
        Hungary                              55           47          461
        Poland                               64           58          511
        Former Soviet Republics             381          353        2,786
            Russia                          199          261        1,849
            Other FSR                       182           92          936
        Other EE                             83           73          889
Pacific Rim Countries                    14,711       14,176      124,157
        Australia                           889          878        7,226
        China                             1,916        1,491       12,553
        Japan                             4,595        4,315       40,318
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                   5,657        5,886       49,030
            Hong Kong                     1,185        1,145        9,652
            Korea                         1,749        1,779       15,017
            Singapore                     1,362        1,437       11,721
            Taiwan                        1,362        1,525       12,640
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              1,654        1,606       15,029
South/Central America                     5,144        5,011       40,347
        Argentina                           304          347        2,937
        Brazil                            1,473        1,437       11,088
        Colombia                            321          294        2,500
        Other S/C A (3)                   3,046        2,933       23,822
OPEC                                      1,516        1,681       13,705
        Indonesia(3)                        187          215        1,687
        Nigeria                              76           75          636
        Saudia Arabia                       406          529        4,132
        Venezuela(3)                        509          477        3,880
        Other OPEC                          338          386        3,369
Other Countries                           2,475        2,390       21,532
        Egypt                               300          365        2,294
        South Africa                        265          189        2,071
        Other                             1,911        1,837       17,168
Uniden. ctys (4)                             25           19           71
Timing Adjustments                          (X)          -91         -157
___________________________________


                                      Imports

              Item(1)                 August        July      Cumulative
                                       2001         2001        to-date

Total Balance of Payments Basis          96,700  (R)  95,437      781,477

Net Adjustments                             267  (R)     228        4,252

Total Census Basis                       96,433  (R)  95,209      777,225
North America                            29,731       27,074      239,031
        Canada                           18,182       16,476      150,407
        Mexico                           11,549       10,598       88,624
Western Europe                           18,968       20,918      163,608
    Euro Area (2)                        13,547       14,652      113,274
    European Union                       17,539       19,317      150,080
        Austria                             324          356        2,640
        Belgium                             636          904        6,928
        Finland                             248          262        2,284
        France                            2,311        2,685       20,833
        Germany                           5,237        5,190       40,943
        Italy                             2,102        2,243       16,540
        Netherlands                         736          734        6,387
        Spain                               424          414        3,583
        Sweden                              526          753        5,899
        United Kingdom                    3,145        3,536       28,312
        Other EU                          1,850        2,242       15,731
    European Free Trade         
    Association                           1,100        1,243       10,664
        Norway                              389          450        3,668
        Switzerland                         675          752        6,697
        Other EFTA                           37           41          299
    Other Western Europe                    328          358        2,865
Eastern Europe/FSR                        1,077        1,058        9,824
        Hungary                             186          172        1,689
        Poland                               75           80          632
        Former Soviet Republics             604          605        5,957
            Russia                          445          460        4,592
            Other FSR                       159          145        1,365
        Other EE                            212          201        1,546
Pacific Rim Countries                    32,344       31,646      250,858
        Australia                           564          581        4,248
        China                            10,016        8,976       65,227
        Japan                             9,951       10,252       86,079
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                   7,689        7,745       63,196
            Hong Kong                       901          928        6,470
            Korea                         2,778        2,815       23,489
            Singapore                     1,189        1,189       10,314
            Taiwan                        2,821        2,813       22,923
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              4,125        4,092       32,108
South/Central America                     5,886        5,705       47,062
        Argentina                           244          229        2,014
        Brazil                            1,362        1,197        9,650
        Colombia                            512          475        4,004
        Other S/C A (3)                   3,768        3,804       31,393
OPEC                                      4,887        5,304       42,962
        Indonesia(3)                        924          939        6,979
        Nigeria                             520          885        6,501
        Saudia Arabia                     1,253        1,158        9,870
        Venezuela(3)                      1,283        1,333       11,268
        Other OPEC                          908          988        8,343
Other Countries                           5,747        5,461       42,095
        Egypt                                62           81          655
        South Africa                        406          394        3,137
        Other                             5,279        4,986       38,302
Uniden. ctys (4)                            (X)          (X)          (X)
Timing Adjustments                          (X)          315           32

 (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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 -- 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)                 August        July      Cumulative
                                       2000         2000        to-date

Total Balance of Payments Basis         -41,042      -42,890     -291,456
Net Adjustments                          -1,131         -933      -10,516
Total Census Basis                      -39,911      -41,957     -280,940
North America                            -6,346       -6,598      -47,703
        Canada                           -4,489       -4,736      -32,182
        Mexico                           -1,857       -1,862      -15,521
Western Europe                           -5,286       -7,381      -39,097
    Euro Area (2)                        -4,193       -5,096      -31,085
    European Union                       -4,774       -6,410      -36,481
        Austria                             -65         -134         -457
        Belgium                             516          249        2,648
        Finland                            -109         -160       -1,174
        France                             -579         -883       -5,977
        Germany                          -2,825       -2,758      -19,397
        Italy                            -1,282       -1,383       -9,518
        Netherlands                       1,074          803        7,653
        Spain                                19          -44          318
        Sweden                             -145         -450       -3,033
        United Kingdom                     -368         -691       -1,858
        Other EU                         -1,012         -959       -5,685
    European Free Trade         
    Association                            -526         -897       -3,056
        Norway                             -387         -593       -2,920
        Switzerland                        -111         -275           14
        Other EFTA                          -27          -28         -150
    Other Western Europe                     14          -74          440
Eastern Europe/FSR                         -862         -866       -6,650
        Hungary                            -127         -133       -1,255
        Poland                               -6          -26         -201
        Former Soviet Republics            -639         -610       -4,669
            Russia                         -477         -454       -3,627
            Other FSR                      -161         -156       -1,043
        Other EE                            -91          -98         -525
Pacific Rim Countries                   -20,338      -19,269     -136,841
        Australia                           499          436        4,300
        China                            -8,625       -7,604      -52,346
        Japan                            -6,858       -7,463      -54,131
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                  -2,604       -2,214      -16,159
            Hong Kong                       182          119        1,777
            Korea                        -1,181       -1,206       -7,024
            Singapore                      -168         -143         -983
            Taiwan                       -1,438         -984       -9,929
        Other Pacific Rim(3)             -2,750       -2,423      -18,504
South/Central America                    -1,207       -1,316       -9,886
        Argentina                           118          121        1,039
        Brazil                               28          137          256
        Colombia                           -299         -290       -2,324
        Other S/C A (3)                  -1,054       -1,284       -8,856
OPEC                                     -4,460       -4,509      -31,344
        Indonesia(3)                       -804         -648       -5,101
        Nigeria                          -1,052         -969       -6,505
        Saudia Arabia                      -755         -864       -5,590
        Venezuela(3)                     -1,062       -1,153       -8,370
        Other OPEC                         -787         -875       -5,778
Other Countries                          -3,307       -3,837      -22,989
        Egypt                               214          172        1,687
        South Africa                       -109         -207         -852
        Other                            -3,412       -3,802      -23,823
Uniden. ctys (4)                             30           18           99
_____________________________________________________________



                                      Exports

              Item(1)                 August        July      Cumulative
                                       2000         2000        to-date

Total Balance of Payments Basis          67,488       59,315      505,508
Net Adjustments                            -767         -714       -6,560
Total Census Basis                       68,255       60,029      512,068
North America                            25,774       21,237      193,017
        Canada                           15,325       12,153      119,819
        Mexico                           10,449        9,084       73,198
Western Europe                           14,772       13,044      118,141
    Euro Area (2)                         9,652        8,633       75,331
    European Union                       13,588       12,005      106,954
        Austria                             210          139        1,664
        Belgium                           1,195        1,146        9,056
        Finland                             137          117          975
        France                            1,669        1,485       13,126
        Germany                           2,470        2,182       19,418
        Italy                               876          861        6,927
        Netherlands                       1,858        1,627       14,029
        Spain                               533          469        4,248
        Sweden                              409          310        3,048
        United Kingdom                    3,325        2,903       26,764
        Other EU                            907          766        7,699
    European Free Trade         
    Association                             814          750        7,912
        Norway                              111          102        1,003
        Switzerland                         689          631        6,694
        Other EFTA                           14           17          215
    Other Western Europe                    371          289        3,274
Eastern Europe/FSR                          486          460        3,735
        Hungary                              53           56          362
        Poland                               82           60          467
        Former Soviet Republics             262          259        2,112
            Russia                          174          170        1,346
            Other FSR                        88           89          766
        Other EE                             90           86          794
Pacific Rim Countries                    18,282       17,463      132,692
        Australia                         1,086        1,010        8,487
        China                             1,429        1,643       10,328
        Japan                             5,677        5,094       42,269
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                   7,699        7,557       55,696
            Hong Kong                     1,333        1,181        9,252
            Korea                         2,442        2,288       18,587
            Singapore                     1,669        1,504       11,326
            Taiwan                        2,255        2,584       16,531
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              2,390        2,159       15,912
South/Central America                     5,315        4,827       38,378
        Argentina                           416          366        3,063
        Brazil                            1,442        1,361        9,683
        Colombia                            306          278        2,361
        Other S/C A (3)                   3,152        2,822       23,271
OPEC                                      1,732        1,375       11,892
        Indonesia(3)                        206          229        1,596
        Nigeria                              50           50          473
        Saudia Arabia                       520          398        3,781
        Venezuela(3)                        499          407        3,602
        Other OPEC                          457          291        2,440
Other Countries                           2,569        2,240       19,313
        Egypt                               285          251        2,262
        South Africa                        221          249        1,888
        Other                             2,062        1,740       15,163
Uniden. ctys (4)                             30           18           99
_____________________________________________________________


                                      Imports

              Item(1)                 August        July      Cumulative
                                       2000         2000        to-date

Total Balance of Payments Basis         108,530      102,205      796,963
Net Adjustments                             364          219        3,956
Total Census Basis                      108,166      101,986      793,007
North America                            32,121       27,835      240,720
        Canada                           19,815       16,889      152,000
        Mexico                           12,306       10,947       88,719
Western Europe                           20,058       20,425      157,238
    Euro Area (2)                        13,845       13,728      106,417
    European Union                       18,362       18,415      143,436
        Austria                             274          273        2,121
        Belgium                             679          897        6,408
        Finland                             245          277        2,149
        France                            2,248        2,368       19,102
        Germany                           5,295        4,940       38,815
        Italy                             2,158        2,244       16,445
        Netherlands                         784          824        6,376
        Spain                               513          513        3,930
        Sweden                              554          760        6,081
        United Kingdom                    3,693        3,594       28,622
        Other EU                          1,918        1,725       13,384
    European Free Trade         
    Association                           1,340        1,647       10,968
        Norway                              498          695        3,923
        Switzerland                         801          907        6,680
        Other EFTA                           41           45          364
    Other Western Europe                    357          363        2,834
Eastern Europe/FSR                        1,348        1,326       10,385
        Hungary                             180          189        1,617
        Poland                               87           85          669
        Former Soviet Republics             901          869        6,781
            Russia                          651          624        4,973
            Other FSR                       249          244        1,809
        Other EE                            180          184        1,319
Pacific Rim Countries                    38,620       36,732      269,532
        Australia                           587          574        4,187
        China                            10,054        9,246       62,674
        Japan                            12,535       12,557       96,399
        Newly Industralized     
        Countries(NICS)                  10,303        9,772       71,856
            Hong Kong                     1,151        1,062        7,475
            Korea                         3,622        3,494       25,611
            Singapore                     1,837        1,647       12,309
            Taiwan                        3,693        3,568       26,461
        Other Pacific Rim(3)              5,140        4,582       34,416
South/Central America                     6,522        6,144       48,264
        Argentina                           298          246        2,024
        Brazil                            1,414        1,224        9,427
        Colombia                            605          568        4,686
        Other S/C A (3)                   4,206        4,106       32,127
OPEC                                      6,193        5,884       43,236
        Indonesia(3)                      1,010          877        6,698
        Nigeria                           1,102        1,019        6,978
        Saudia Arabia                     1,275        1,262        9,371
        Venezuela(3)                      1,562        1,560       11,971
        Other OPEC                        1,244        1,166        8,219
Other Countries                           5,875        6,078       42,301
        Egypt                                71           79          575
        South Africa                        330          456        2,740
        Other                             5,474        5,543       38,986
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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 - 2001 AND 2000 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.)

                              
                                  2001

            Item(1)              August                 July
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis     59,361     96,700 (R) 53,759 (R) 95,437

Net Adjustments                      -759        267 (R) -1,013 (R)    228

Total Census Basis (2)             60,120     96,433 (R) 54,772 (R) 95,209

Manufactured goods (3)             47,318     80,483     43,414     78,440
Agricultural commodities (3)        4,468      3,211      3,939      3,247
Mineral fuels (3)                   1,141     10,119        878     10,596

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine     2,928      6,083      2,866      6,282
  Airplane parts                    1,298        488      1,411        556
  Airplanes                         2,303      1,100      1,588      1,291
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled             47        237         41        263
  Aluminum                            287        509        243        527
  Animal feeds                        345         45        292         47
  Artwork/antiques                     93        299         87        318
  Basketware, etc.                    299        510        282        470
  Cereal flour                        115        169        110        149
  Chemicals - cosmetics               504        334        470        345
  Chemicals - dyeing                  338        213        312        210

  Chemicals - fertilizers             186        108        188         69
  Chemicals - inorganic               390        462        490        638
  Chemicals - medicinal             1,165      1,580      1,130      1,921
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                1,036        442        956        472
  Chemicals - organic               1,393      2,019      1,298      2,313
  Chemicals - plastics              1,599        896      1,459        882
  Cigarettes                          140         22        118         23
  Clothing                            556      6,646        506      6,457
  Coal                                174         92        131         98
  Coffee                                2        106          1        129
  Copper                               92        289         83        316
  Cork, wood, lumber                  277        754        249        785
  Corn                                537          2        423          4
  Cotton, raw and linters             232          1        180          1
  Crude fertilizers/minerals          135        109        133        110
  Crude oil                            38      6,461         15      6,756

  Electrical machinery              5,622      6,733      5,253      6,320
  Fish and preparations               332        941        299        867
  Footwear                             58      1,421         53      1,489
  Furniture and bedding               387      1,533        319      1,437
  Gem diamonds                        121        846        121      1,044
  General industrial mach           2,670      2,671      2,507      2,668
  Glass                               210        198        189        190
  Glassware                            76        150         69        156
  Gold, nonmonetary                   212        189        251        158
  Hides and skins                     163          8        162          9
  Iron and steel mill prod            482      1,128        426      1,076
  Jewelry                             150        455        127        563
  Lighting, plumbing                  120        485        104        462
  Liquified propane/butane             20        120         33         99
  Live animals                         66        167         63        154

  Meat and preparations               626        386        575        402
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.          965      1,349        857      1,305
  Metal ores; scrap                   443        286        423        269
  Metalworking machinery              349        494        372        568
  Mineral fuels, other                301        160        255        184
  Natural gas                          66      1,182         28      1,680
  Nickel                               41         74         47         95
  Oils/fats, vegetable                 51         85         58        100
  Optical goods                       249        233        318        286
  Paper and paperboard                836      1,300        784      1,234
  Petroleum preparations              484      1,879        371      1,604
  Photographic equipment              281        463        276        491
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.            656        736        556        723

  Platinum                             53        343         61        313
  Pottery                               8        166          9        141
  Power generating mach.            3,151      3,174      2,427      2,936
  Printed materials                   443        372        382        340
  Pulp and waste paper                298        200        287        201
  Records/magnetic media              346        429        358        443
  Rice                                 67         10         42         14
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.             134        171        122        159
  Rubber tires and tubes              209        365        185        370
  Scientific instruments            2,340      1,746      2,142      1,794
  Ships, boats                         44         74        495         69
  Silver and bullion                   23         44         18         50

  Soybeans                            237          3        182          3
  Spacecraft                          (-)        (-)         89          4
  Specialized ind. mach.            2,071      1,462      2,172      1,574
  Sugar                                 1         44        (-)         50
  Television, VCR, etc.             1,978      5,397      1,909      5,094
  Textile yearn, fabric               881      1,258        745      1,269
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             124         92         63         56
  Toys/games/sporting goods           264      2,304        237      1,978
  Travel goods                         28        380         25        404
  Vegetables and fruits               583        641        621        678
  Vehicles                          4,564     13,396      3,029     11,342
  Watches/clocks/parts                 23        272         18        268
  Wheat                               309         22        231         30
  Wood manufactures                   141        670        118        641

Re-exports                          5,356        (X)      5,004        (X)
  Agricultural commodities            112        (X)        104        (X)
  Manufactured goods                5,184        (X)      4,838        (X)
  Mineral fuels                        19        (X)         23        (X)
____________________________________


                                     2001                  2000

            Item(1)            Cumulative                         Cumulative
                                 Exports    Imports    Exports    Imports

Total Balance of Payment Basis    494,884    781,477    505,508    796,963

Net Adjustments                    -6,567      4,252     -6,560      3,956

Total Census Basis (2)            501,451    777,225    512,068    793,007

Manufactured goods (3)            399,246    640,925    411,929    660,707
Agricultural commodities (3)       34,706     26,388     33,023     26,470
Mineral fuels (3)                   8,889     90,730      7,986     85,537

Selected commodities (3)        

  ADP equipment; office machine    27,246     51,367     29,666     59,337
  Airplane parts                   10,787      4,301      9,882      3,673
  Airplanes                        18,725      9,661     16,678      7,212
  Alcoholic bev.,distilled            299      1,898        252      1,739
  Aluminum                          2,249      4,281      2,596      4,887
  Animal feeds                      2,855        387      2,439        392
  Artwork/antiques                  1,297      4,090      1,028      3,843
  Basketware, etc.                  2,385      3,634      2,218      3,219
  Cereal flour                        901      1,136        845      1,074
  Chemicals - cosmetics             3,929      2,522      3,412      2,314
  Chemicals - dyeing                2,602      1,726      2,695      1,813

  Chemicals - fertilizers           1,392      1,363      1,550      1,062
  Chemicals - inorganic             3,982      4,265      3,498      3,965
  Chemicals - medicinal             9,842     12,141      8,396      9,345
  Chemicals - n.e.s.                8,450      4,068      8,124      3,856
  Chemicals - organic              11,359     19,946     11,830     18,264
  Chemicals - plastics             12,966      7,139     12,898      7,141
  Cigarettes                        1,605        141      2,156        170
  Clothing                          4,645     43,677      5,583     42,300
  Coal                              1,262        641      1,454        545
  Coffee                               10        994          5      1,853
  Copper                              769      2,877      1,000      2,806
  Cork, wood, lumber                2,471      5,490      2,926      5,809
  Corn                              3,225        124      3,162        153
  Cotton, raw and linters           1,534         17      1,385         22
  Crude fertilizers/minerals        1,125        882      1,134        925
  Crude oil                           137     52,902        423     58,655

  Electrical machinery             50,803     58,575     58,185     69,794
  Fish and preparations             2,040      6,151      1,854      6,177
  Footwear                            434     10,816        443     10,296
  Furniture and bedding             2,900     12,363      3,122     12,487
  Gem diamonds                      1,237      7,295        706      8,050
  General industrial mach          22,243     23,103     22,035     23,660
  Glass                             1,696      1,485      1,604      1,479
  Glassware                           619      1,170        551      1,270
  Gold, nonmonetary                 4,023      1,287      3,778      1,824
  Hides and skins                   1,253         74        904         74
  Iron and steel mill prod          3,720      8,409      3,826     11,263
  Jewelry                           1,326      3,879        987      3,812
  Lighting, plumbing                  884      3,225        897      3,319
  Liquified propane/butane            241      1,480        425        883
  Live animals                        399      1,423        373      1,100

  Meat and preparations             4,762      2,874      4,732      2,604
  Metal manufactures, n.e.s.        7,815     10,486      9,001     10,818
  Metal ores; scrap                 2,936      2,220      2,800      2,736
  Metalworking machinery            3,376      4,770      3,996      5,134
  Mineral fuels, other              2,351      1,367      2,023      1,465
  Natural gas                         360     13,362        227      6,536
  Nickel                              339        766        257      1,015
  Oils/fats, vegetable                459        672        561        817
  Optical goods                     2,307      2,543      2,151      2,608
  Paper and paperboard              6,775     10,016      7,266     10,052
  Petroleum preparations            3,361     18,606      3,278     15,845
  Photographic equipment            2,275      3,756      2,964      4,451
  Plastic articles, n.e.s.          4,933      5,613      4,969      5,372

  Platinum                            811      4,391        634      3,234
  Pottery                              67      1,092         70      1,167
  Power generating mach.           22,703     24,474     21,745     22,501
  Printed materials                 3,292      2,455      3,160      2,380
  Pulp and waste paper              2,519      1,892      3,067      2,242
  Records/magnetic media            3,051      3,145      3,531      3,424
  Rice                                482        107        569        114
  Rubber articles, n.e.s.           1,100      1,341      1,088      1,310
  Rubber tires and tubes            1,513      2,812      1,615      3,361
  Scientific instruments           19,921     14,535     19,888     14,088
  Ships, boats                      1,389        854        711        776
  Silver and bullion                  141        355        144        561

  Soybeans                          3,055         25      3,106         26
  Spacecraft                          198          4        103        151
  Specialized ind. mach.           18,547     13,926     20,445     15,525
  Sugar                                 2        291          2        292
  Television, VCR, etc.            16,632     40,594     18,085     43,125
  Textile yearn, fabric             6,944      9,955      7,004     10,326
  Tobacco, unmanufactured             843        496        847        372
  Toys/games/sporting goods         2,180     12,504      2,447     11,556
  Travel goods                        212      2,991        236      2,929
  Vegetables and fruits             4,822      6,629      4,732      6,423
  Vehicles                         35,775    104,250     38,777    106,483
  Watches/clocks/parts                188      1,947        234      2,137
  Wheat                             2,083        166      2,140        145
  Wood manufactures                 1,082      4,770      1,264      4,940

Re-exports                         44,684        (X)     43,585        (X)
  Agricultural commodities          1,056        (X)      1,147        (X)
  Manufactured goods               43,051        (X)     41,824        (X)
  Mineral fuels                       232        (X)        150        (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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 1999 TO AUGUST 2001 

(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


 
          Period              Balance         Exports         Imports



1999                            
                                           
Jan.- Dec.                         19,098         200,277         181,179
Jan.- Aug.                         14,722         129,120         114,398
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.- Dec.                          5,313         227,393         222,080
Jan.- Aug.                          6,839         146,571         139,732
January                             1,986          16,659          14,673
February                              993          16,435          15,442
March                                 918          18,550          17,631
April                               1,610          18,116          16,506
May                                   799          18,620          17,822
June                                1,069          20,177          19,107

July                                 -258          18,255          18,514
August                               -279          19,760          20,038
September                          -1,002          20,115          21,117
October                            -1,141          20,258          21,399
November                             -834          19,543          20,377
December                            1,451          20,907          19,456

2001                            

Jan.- Aug.                          7,370         139,507         132,137
January                               734          18,402          17,668
February                            1,974          18,132          16,158
March                               2,049          20,611          18,563
April                                 442          16,622          16,180
May                                 1,961          17,225          15,264
June                                1,118          17,705          16,587

July                               -1,439          15,072          16,510
August                                530          15,738          15,208
September                                  
October                                    
November                                   
December                                   

Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 2000 - AUGUST 2001 
            (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 $)     ($)


2000                                                               
                                                                   

Jan.- Dec. 4,314,825 117,057,022  3,399,239      9,288 89,876,433  26.44
Jan.- Aug. 2,871,549  75,382,853  2,287,905      9,377 58,655,401  25.64
January      328,944   7,798,812    256,840      8,285  5,986,952  23.31
February     331,029   8,632,800    250,914      8,652  6,306,821  25.14
March        352,420   9,572,150    279,334      9,011  7,376,263  26.41
April        352,645   8,822,627    286,549      9,552  6,995,605  24.41
May          374,717   9,441,126    302,266      9,751  7,339,987  24.28
June         376,676  10,292,532    298,205      9,940  7,986,628  26.78

July         372,219  10,476,318    300,843      9,705  8,342,710  27.73
August       382,898  10,346,489    312,955     10,095  8,320,435  26.59
September    352,047  10,405,294    275,962      9,199  8,012,324  29.03
October      376,156  11,038,941    299,561      9,663  8,557,200  28.57
November     342,202  10,021,308    260,975      8,699  7,395,423  28.34
December     372,872  10,208,627    274,836      8,866  7,256,085  26.40


2001                            

                                                                   
Jan.- Aug. 3,044,622  72,988,106  2,334,518      9,607 52,901,643  22.66
January      415,486  10,489,342    291,656      9,408  6,744,556  23.13
February     347,900   8,794,027    251,831      8,994  5,983,413  23.76
March        375,360   8,956,627    292,251      9,427  6,652,830  22.76
April        398,754   9,305,318    307,577     10,253  6,660,124  21.65
May          392,317   9,528,906    305,720      9,862  6,916,854  22.62
June         375,007   8,995,007    291,389      9,713  6,726,916  23.09

July         370,943   8,458,523    302,378      9,754  6,756,259  22.34
August       368,855   8,460,357    291,718      9,410  6,460,692  22.15
September                                                          
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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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
                         August           July          to-date

TOTAL                         6,409           4,413          49,938
                                                                    
Australia                        95              94             610
Austria                         119              35             686
Belgium                          45              45             397
Brazil                           34              40             330
Canada                        3,366           1,952          26,779
Germany                         242             219           1,965
Japan                           235             213           1,825
Korea                            29              27             275
Mexico                        1,453           1,064          10,501
Saudia Arabia                    44              50             620
Sweden                           10              12             123
Taiwan                           13              22             123
United Kingdom                  167             144           1,198
                                                                   
Other                           557             497           4,507
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                          Cars

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date

TOTAL                         1,426             874          11,246
                                                                    
Australia                        13              19             123
Austria                           3               2              20
Belgium                          15              14             104
Brazil                          (-)             (-)              10
Canada                          681             345           5,724
Germany                         143             132           1,182
Japan                            62              47             394
Korea                             1               3              22
Mexico                          317              96           1,842
Saudia Arabia                    24              31             291
Sweden                            3               4              28
Taiwan                            7              10              66
United Kingdom                   40              47             316
                                                                   
Other                           119             122           1,125
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                         Trucks

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date

TOTAL                           596             400           5,127
                                                                    
Australia                         7              14              72
Austria                         (-)             (-)               2
Belgium                           2               7              52
Brazil                            1               2              16
Canada                          428             239           3,363
Germany                           5               3              32
Japan                             5               3              75
Korea                             1             (-)               7
Mexico                           57              41             529
Saudia Arabia                     8               7             215
Sweden                            1               2              10
Taiwan                          (-)             (-)               3
United Kingdom                    4               4              38
                                                                   
Other                            77              79             712
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                         Parts

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date

TOTAL                         4,386           3,139          33,565
                                                                    
Australia                        75              62             415
Austria                         116              33             664
Belgium                          28              24             241
Brazil                           33              38             304
Canada                        2,258           1,368          17,692
Germany                          95              83             750
Japan                           168             162           1,355
Korea                            27              24             246
Mexico                        1,079             927           8,130
Saudia Arabia                    11              12             113
Sweden                            7               6              85
Taiwan                            6              11              54
United Kingdom                  123              94             845
                                                                   
Other                           360             296           2,670
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                        Imports


                         Total

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date


TOTAL                        16,466          13,724         126,682
                                                                    
Australia                        35              40             276
Austria                          51              75             537
Belgium                          53             111             878
Brazil                          134             114           1,013
Canada                        5,254           3,112          39,097
Germany                       1,770           1,453          13,113
Japan                         3,752           3,592          29,273
Korea                           640             608           4,806
Mexico                        3,555           3,190          26,771
Saudia Arabia                   (-)             (-)               1
Sweden                           66             216           1,619
Taiwan                          106             105             852
United Kingdom                  233             325           2,295
                                                                    
Other                           816             783           6,150
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                          Cars

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date


TOTAL                         8,803           7,455          70,687
                                                                    
Australia                        17              24             154
Austria                          30              58             393
Belgium                          36              92             712
Brazil                           46              40             384
Canada                        2,660           1,393          20,723
Germany                       1,466           1,156          10,477
Japan                         2,608           2,515          19,792
Korea                           546             509           4,042
Mexico                        1,067           1,131           9,970
Saudia Arabia                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Sweden                           49             175           1,418
Taiwan                            5               4              38
United Kingdom                  125             211           1,364
                                                                    
Other                           148             147           1,220
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                         Trucks

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date


TOTAL                         1,830           1,568          12,365
                                                                    
Australia                       (-)             (-)               1
Austria                         (-)             (-)               1
Belgium                           9              13             113
Brazil                          (-)             (-)               1
Canada                        1,036             660           7,222
Germany                          11               7              69
Japan                            44              43             351
Korea                           (-)               2               5
Mexico                          692             792           4,257
Saudia Arabia                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Sweden                            2              12              39
Taiwan                            1               1              11
United Kingdom                   21              23             186
                                                                    
Other                            16              15             109
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                         Parts

      Country                                          Cumulative
                         August           July          to-date


TOTAL                         5,833           4,701          43,630
                                                                    
Australia                        17              17             121
Austria                          20              17             144
Belgium                           8               5              53
Brazil                           88              74             629
Canada                        1,558           1,059          11,153
Germany                         294             291           2,567
Japan                         1,100           1,035           9,129
Korea                            95              97             759
Mexico                        1,796           1,267          12,544
Saudia Arabia                   (-)             (-)               1
Sweden                           15              29             162
Taiwan                          101              99             802
United Kingdom                   88              91             745
                                                                    
Other                           652             621           4,821

Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  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 August  
     2001, these shipments totaled $ 45.9 million. U.S. export
     coverage also excludes certain Canadian postal shipments. 
     For August 2001, these shipments totaled $8.5 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 August 2001 account for 1.8 
     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 August 2001, reexports to Canada were 
     $1,560 million.
   
4.   Exchange Rate -- Average monthly exchange rates are applied
     to convert the published data to U.S. currency. For August
     2001, the average exchange rate was 1.5399 Canadian dollars
     per U.S. dollar.

5.   Other -- There are other minor differences which are
     statistically insignificant, such as rounding error.

Canadian Estimates

Effective with January 2001 statistics, the current month
data for exports to Canada contains an estimate for late arrivals
and corrections.  The following month, this estimate will be
replaced, in the press release tables only, with the actual 
value of late receipts and corrections.  This estimate will 
improve the current month data for exports to Canada and treat
late receipts for exports to Canada in a manner more consistent 
with the treatment of late receipts for exports to other countries.

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 NAICS 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.  

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 of the U.S. international 
transactions accounts is scheduled for December 12, 2001. 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-01-171), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.