Table E.—U.S. Trade in Goods, Current and Chained (1996) Dollars

[Balance of payments basis, millions of dollars, quarters seasonally adjusted]

	Current dollars							Chained (1996) dollars/1/
	1997	1998	1999/p/	1999				1997	1998	1999/p/	1999
				I/r/	II/r/	III/r/	IV/p/				I/r/	II/r/	III/r/	IV/p/
Exports	679,715	670,246	683,021	164,008	165,577	173,680	179,756	698,658	711,177	734,555	176,733	178,616	186,954	192,252
Agricultural products	58,425	53,106	49,449	11,773	12,200	12,881	12,595	62,585	62,654	62,990	14,643	15,601	16,578	16,168
Nonagricultural products	621,290	617,140	633,572	152,235	153,377	160,799	167,161	635,972	648,298	671,424	161,952	162,994	170,519	175,959
Foods, feeds, and beverages	51,506	46,398	45,340	10,761	11,278	11,737	11,564	55,625	55,133	56,491	13,188	13,958	14,726	14,619
Industrial supplies and materials	158,274	148,270	146,988	34,060	35,024	37,129	40,775	158,951	157,359	158,364	37,511	38,404	39,753	42,696
Capital goods, except automotive	295,742	300,130	310,591	75,286	74,753	79,693	80,859	311,153	324,425	340,966	82,280	81,966	87,864	88,856
Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines	74,029	73,156	74,666	17,832	18,730	18,961	19,143	73,420	72,450	73,504	17,603	18,471	18,662	18,768
Consumer goods (nonfood), except automotive	77,366	79,261	80,618	19,863	19,750	20,114	20,891	76,788	78,673	80,255	19,804	19,691	20,014	20,746
Exports, n.e.c.	22,798	23,031	24,818	6,206	6,042	6,046	6,524	23,042	23,807	25,964	6,492	6,353	6,344	6,775
Imports	876,366	917,178	1,030,152	238,389	250,168	265,623	275,972	913,998	1,016,842	1,141,368	269,671	279,517	292,536	299,644
Petroleum and products	71,772	50,903	67,771	10,647	15,971	19,630	21,523	76,092	81,440	81,619	20,241	21,380	20,729	19,269
Nonpetroleum products	804,594	866,275	962,381	227,742	234,197	245,993	254,449	837,896	935,193	1,057,678	248,898	257,642	271,216	279,922
Foods, feeds, and beverages	39,695	41,242	43,586	10,420	10,935	11,045	11,186	39,333	42,206	46,107	10,922	11,498	11,800	11,887
Industrial supplies and materials	217,357	203,095	224,362	46,983	53,270	59,956	64,153	222,003	243,588	248,023	59,927	61,584	63,245	63,267
Capital goods, except automotive	253,281	269,558	296,869	69,786	72,958	75,575	78,550	286,035	328,353	378,876	86,907	92,704	97,516	101,749
Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines	139,811	149,055	179,520	42,803	43,664	46,450	46,603	139,532	148,572	177,687	42,505	43,232	45,945	46,005
Consumer goods (nonfood), except automotive	193,936	216,654	239,732	57,277	58,181	60,723	63,551	196,317	222,283	247,741	58,927	60,166	62,860	65,788
Imports, n.e.c., and U.S. goods returned	32,286	37,574	46,083	11,120	11,160	11,874	11,929	32,467	37,604	46,454	11,187	11,284	11,982	12,001

r Revised.

p Preliminary.

n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.

1. Because chain indexes use weights of more than one period, the corresponding chained dollar estimates are usually not additive.