This release contains sensitive economic data not to be released before 8:30 a.m. Thursday, December 16, 1999 CB-99-241 Press Copy FT-900 (99-10) 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 October 1999 Goods and Services The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total October exports of $81.9 billion and imports of $107.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $25.9 billion, $1.8 billion more than the deficit of $24.2 billion in September, revised. October exports were $0.1 billion less than September exports of $82.0 billion. October imports were $1.7 billion more than September imports of $106.2 billion. In October, the goods deficit increased $1.8 billion from September to $32.0 billion, and the services surplus was unchanged at $6.1 billion. Exports of goods decreased to $58.7 billion from $58.9 billion, and imports of goods increased to $90.7 billion from $89.1 billion. Exports of services increased to $23.2 billion from $23.1 billion and imports of services increased to $17.2 billion from $17.0 billion. Goods The September to October change in exports of goods reflected decreases in capital goods of $0.4 billion (primarily telecommunications equipment); other goods ($0.3 billion); consumer goods ($0.1 billion); and foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.1 billion). Increases occurred in industrial supplies and materials ($0.3 billion) and in automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.1 billion). The September to October change in imports of goods reflected increases in capital goods of $0.9 billion (primarily computers, computer accessories, and semiconductors); consumer goods ($0.7 billion); industrial supplies and materials ($0.4 billion); and other goods ($0.2 billion). Decreases occurred in automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.3 billion) and in foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.1 billion). Note: Total goods are reported on a balance of payments basis; commodity and country detail for goods are on a Census basis. Definitions are explained in the notes starting on page 26 of this release. Services Services exports increased $0.1 billion from September to October as an increase in other private services more than offset a decrease in transfers under U.S. military sales contracts. Changes to the other categories of services exports were small. Services imports increased $0.1 billion from September to October, reflecting an increase in travel. Changes to the other categories of services imports were small. Goods and Services Moving Average For the three months ending in October, exports of goods and services averaged $82.0 billion, while imports of goods and services averaged $106.7 billion, resulting in an average trade deficit of $24.7 billion. For the three months ending in September, the average trade deficit was $24.5 billion, reflecting average exports of $81.0 billion and average imports of $105.5 billion. Selected Not Seasonally Adjusted Goods Details The October figures showed surpluses, in billions of dollars, with Australia $0.8 (for September $0.6), Brazil $0.4 ($0.1), Argentina $0.2 ($0.3), Egypt $0.2 ($0.2), and Hong Kong $0.0 ($0.1). Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with Japan -$7.2 (-$6.6), China -$7.2 (-$6.9), Western Europe -$5.0 (-$3.5), Canada -$3.2 (-$2.8), OPEC -$2.7 (-$3.0), Mexico -$1.4 (-$2.2), Taiwan -$1.1 (-$1.5), Korea -$1.0 (-$0.9), and Singapore -$0.2 ($0.0). Advanced technology products (ATP) exports were $17.5 billion in October and imports were $16.7 billion, resulting in a surplus of $0.7 billion. October exports were $0.5 billion more than the $17.0 billion in September, while imports were $0.6 billion more than the $16.1 billion in September. Revisions Goods carry-over in October was $1.0 billion (1.6 percent) for exports and $0.9 billion (1.0 percent) for imports. For September, revised export carry-over was $0.1 billion (0.2 percent), revised down from $0.7 billion (1.2 percent). For September, revised import carry-over was $0.3 billion (0.3 percent), revised down from $1.1 billion (1.2 percent). Services exports and imports for April through September 1999 were revised to incorporate BEA's quarterly U.S. international transactions accounts, which were released December 14 (see the Information on Goods and Services section at the end of this release for the monthly revision policy). The revised quarterly and monthly estimates are based on more complete source data than were available previously. Services exports for September were revised down $0.1 billion, reflecting small downward revisions to most categories. Services imports for September were revised up $0.1 billion, as an upward revision to other private services more than offset a downward revision to royalties and license fees. NOTICE Scheduled Release Dates for 2000 are Located on Page 29 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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 TO OCTOBER 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Period Total Goods (1) Services 1997 Jan.- Dec. -104,731 -196,652 91,921 Jan.- Oct. -85,075 -162,490 77,415 January -9,693 -17,275 7,582 February -8,982 -16,320 7,338 March -7,937 -15,613 7,676 April -7,948 -15,816 7,868 May -8,707 -16,698 7,991 June -7,534 -15,364 7,830 July -7,607 -15,256 7,649 August -8,886 -16,812 7,926 September -9,230 -16,847 7,617 October -8,550 -16,488 7,938 November -9,436 -16,795 7,359 December -10,215 -17,367 7,152 1998 Jan.- Dec. -164,282 -246,932 82,650 Jan.- Oct. -135,380 -204,334 68,954 January -9,850 -17,141 7,291 February -10,706 -17,506 6,800 March -12,782 -20,229 7,447 April -13,217 -20,860 7,643 May -14,901 -22,236 7,335 June -13,843 -20,404 6,561 July -14,689 -21,066 6,377 August -15,860 -22,291 6,431 September -15,174 -21,611 6,437 October -14,358 -20,990 6,632 November -14,664 -21,539 6,875 December -14,241 -21,059 6,818 1999 Jan.- Oct. -218,439 -282,375 63,936 January -16,147 -23,350 7,203 February -18,516 -25,173 6,657 March -19,312 -25,681 6,369 April (R) -18,883 -25,334 6,451 May (R) -21,483 -27,899 6,416 June (R) -24,718 -31,179 6,461 July (R) -25,340 -31,422 6,082 August (R) -23,953 -30,132 6,179 September (R) -24,152 -30,211 6,059 October -25,937 -31,996 6,059 November December September data as published last month: -24,408 -30,591 6,183 ___________________________________ Exports Period Total Goods (1) Services 1997 Jan.- Dec. 938,543 679,715 258,828 Jan.- Oct. 779,959 564,364 215,595 January 73,707 52,796 20,911 February 75,169 54,409 20,760 March 76,884 55,774 21,110 April 77,949 56,575 21,374 May 77,737 56,028 21,709 June 78,997 57,292 21,705 July 80,110 58,379 21,731 August 79,571 57,496 22,075 September 79,604 57,572 22,032 October 80,232 58,044 22,188 November 79,001 57,319 21,682 December 79,586 58,031 21,555 1998 Jan.- Dec. 933,907 670,246 263,661 Jan.- Oct. 776,622 557,316 219,306 January 79,397 57,748 21,649 February 77,999 56,512 21,487 March 78,436 56,406 22,030 April 78,040 55,330 22,710 May 77,126 54,853 22,273 June 76,723 55,015 21,708 July 75,824 54,164 21,660 August 76,227 54,624 21,603 September 77,234 55,472 21,762 October 79,617 57,193 22,424 November 79,126 56,926 22,200 December 78,161 56,005 22,156 1999 Jan.- Oct. 791,346 562,818 228,528 January 77,833 55,263 22,570 February 77,025 54,704 22,321 March 77,047 54,326 22,721 April (R) 78,062 55,269 22,793 May (R) 77,893 55,121 22,772 June (R) 78,557 55,472 23,085 July (R) 78,815 55,890 22,925 August (R) 82,171 59,139 23,032 September (R) 82,025 58,934 23,091 October 81,920 58,702 23,218 November December September data as published last month: 81,705 58,549 23,156 ___________________________________ Imports Period Total Goods (1) Services 1997 Jan.- Dec. 1,043,273 876,366 166,907 Jan.- Oct. 865,034 726,854 138,180 January 83,400 70,071 13,329 February 84,151 70,729 13,422 March 84,821 71,387 13,434 April 85,897 72,391 13,506 May 86,444 72,726 13,718 June 86,531 72,656 13,875 July 87,717 73,635 14,082 August 88,457 74,308 14,149 September 88,834 74,419 14,415 October 88,782 74,532 14,250 November 88,437 74,114 14,323 December 89,801 75,398 14,403 1998 Jan.- Dec. 1,098,189 917,178 181,011 Jan.- Oct. 912,002 761,650 150,352 January 89,247 74,889 14,358 February 88,705 74,018 14,687 March 91,217 76,634 14,583 April 91,257 76,190 15,067 May 92,027 77,089 14,938 June 90,566 75,419 15,147 July 90,513 75,230 15,283 August 92,086 76,914 15,172 September 92,409 77,084 15,325 October 93,975 78,183 15,792 November 93,789 78,464 15,325 December 92,402 77,064 15,338 1999 Jan.- Oct. 1,009,786 845,194 164,592 January 93,979 78,612 15,367 February 95,540 79,876 15,664 March 96,358 80,006 16,352 April (R) 96,945 80,603 16,342 May (R) 99,376 83,020 16,356 June (R) 103,275 86,651 16,624 July (R) 104,155 87,312 16,843 August (R) 106,124 89,271 16,853 September (R) 106,177 89,145 17,032 October 107,857 90,698 17,159 November December September data as published last month: 106,113 89,140 16,973 (1) Data presented on a Balance of Payments (BOP) Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 TO OCTOBER 1999 (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 1997 January --- --- --- February -8,871 -16,403 7,532 March -8,289 -15,917 7,627 April -8,197 -16,042 7,845 May -8,063 -15,960 7,896 June -7,949 -15,773 7,823 July -8,009 -15,811 7,802 August -8,574 -16,305 7,731 September -8,889 -16,716 7,827 October -9,072 -16,710 7,638 November -9,400 -16,883 7,483 December -9,834 -17,101 7,267 1998 January -10,257 -17,338 7,081 February -11,113 -18,292 7,179 March -12,235 -19,532 7,297 April -13,633 -21,108 7,475 May -13,987 -21,167 7,180 June -14,478 -21,235 6,758 July -14,797 -21,253 6,456 August -15,241 -21,656 6,415 September -15,131 -21,631 6,500 October -14,732 -21,380 6,648 November -14,421 -21,196 6,775 December -15,017 -21,982 6,965 1999 January -16,301 -23,194 6,893 February -17,991 -24,734 6,743 March (R) -18,903 -25,396 6,492 April (R) -19,893 -26,305 6,412 May (R) -21,695 -28,137 6,443 June (R) -23,847 -30,167 6,320 July (R) -24,670 -30,911 6,241 August (R) -24,482 -30,588 6,107 September -24,681 -30,780 6,099 October November December ___________________________________ Exports Center Month of Moving Average Total Goods (1) Services 1997 January --- --- --- February 75,253 54,326 20,927 March 76,667 55,586 21,081 April 77,523 56,126 21,398 May 78,227 56,631 21,596 June 78,948 57,233 21,715 July 79,559 57,722 21,837 August 79,762 57,816 21,946 September 79,802 57,704 22,098 October 79,612 57,645 21,967 November 79,606 57,798 21,808 December 79,328 57,699 21,629 1998 January 78,994 57,430 21,564 February 78,610 56,888 21,722 March 78,158 56,082 22,076 April 77,867 55,529 22,338 May 77,296 55,066 22,230 June 76,558 54,677 21,880 July 76,258 54,601 21,657 August 76,428 54,753 21,675 September 77,693 55,763 21,930 October 78,659 56,530 22,129 November 78,968 56,708 22,260 December 78,373 56,064 22,309 1999 January 77,673 55,324 22,349 February 77,301 54,764 22,537 March (R) 77,378 54,766 22,612 April (R) 77,667 54,905 22,762 May (R) 78,170 55,287 22,883 June (R) 78,421 55,494 22,927 July (R) 79,848 56,834 23,014 August (R) 81,004 57,988 23,016 September 82,039 58,925 23,114 October November December ___________________________________ Imports Center Month of Moving Average Total Goods (1) Services 1997 January --- --- --- February 84,124 70,729 13,395 March 84,956 71,502 13,454 April 85,721 72,168 13,553 May 86,291 72,591 13,700 June 86,897 73,006 13,892 July 87,568 73,533 14,035 August 88,336 74,121 14,215 September 88,691 74,420 14,271 October 88,684 74,355 14,329 November 89,007 74,681 14,325 December 89,162 74,800 14,361 1998 January 89,251 74,768 14,483 February 89,723 75,180 14,543 March 90,393 75,614 14,779 April 91,500 76,638 14,863 May 91,283 76,233 15,051 June 91,035 75,913 15,123 July 91,055 75,854 15,201 August 91,669 76,409 15,260 September 92,823 77,394 15,430 October 93,391 77,910 15,481 November 93,389 77,904 15,485 December 93,390 78,047 15,343 1999 January 93,974 78,517 15,456 February 95,293 79,498 15,794 March (R) 96,281 80,162 16,119 April (R) 97,560 81,210 16,350 May (R) 99,865 83,424 16,441 June (R) 102,268 85,661 16,608 July (R) 104,518 87,745 16,773 August (R) 105,485 88,576 16,909 September 106,719 89,705 17,015 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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 TO OCTOBER 1999 (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 1997 Jan. - Dec. 258,828 73,301 20,789 27,006 Jan.- Oct. 215,595 61,355 17,307 22,507 January 20,911 6,219 1,719 2,203 February 20,760 6,015 1,709 2,219 March 21,110 6,097 1,728 2,279 April 21,374 6,162 1,730 2,284 May 21,709 6,098 1,708 2,273 June 21,705 6,073 1,711 2,204 July 21,731 6,006 1,703 2,220 August 22,075 6,150 1,721 2,249 September 22,032 6,374 1,801 2,222 October 22,188 6,161 1,777 2,354 November 21,682 6,048 1,764 2,242 December 21,555 5,898 1,718 2,259 1998 Jan. - Dec. 263,661 71,250 19,996 25,518 Jan.- Oct. 219,306 59,265 16,780 21,198 January 21,649 6,118 1,709 2,189 February 21,487 5,967 1,643 2,078 March 22,030 5,818 1,564 2,071 April 22,710 6,370 1,812 2,136 May 22,273 6,050 1,731 2,112 June 21,708 5,840 1,642 2,020 July 21,660 5,662 1,653 2,094 August 21,603 5,718 1,682 2,137 September 21,762 5,769 1,717 2,108 October 22,424 5,953 1,627 2,253 November 22,200 5,904 1,626 2,197 December 22,156 6,081 1,590 2,125 1999 Jan.- Oct. 228,528 61,095 17,373 22,519 January 22,570 5,973 1,621 2,128 February 22,321 6,031 1,659 2,129 March 22,721 6,134 1,715 2,244 April (R) 22,793 6,183 1,731 2,239 May (R) 22,772 6,097 1,743 2,212 June (R) 23,085 6,157 1,766 2,280 July (R) 22,925 6,093 1,760 2,252 August (R) 23,032 6,052 1,768 2,342 September (R) 23,091 6,177 1,804 2,327 October 23,218 6,198 1,806 2,366 November December ___________________________________ Exports Continued Royalties Other Transfers U. S. Period and Private Under U. S. Government License Services Military Sales Misc. Fees Contracts Services 1997 Jan. - Dec. 33,781 85,566 17,561 824 Jan.- Oct. 28,124 70,666 14,939 697 January 2,757 6,575 1,374 64 February 2,740 6,675 1,338 64 March 2,735 6,771 1,434 66 April 2,775 6,889 1,461 73 May 2,788 7,060 1,708 74 June 2,809 7,192 1,641 75 July 2,896 7,270 1,562 74 August 2,903 7,373 1,606 73 September 2,891 7,327 1,346 71 October 2,830 7,534 1,469 63 November 2,823 7,458 1,284 63 December 2,835 7,443 1,338 64 1998 Jan. - Dec. 36,808 92,116 17,155 818 Jan.- Oct. 30,179 76,697 14,509 678 January 2,930 7,327 1,304 72 February 2,964 7,390 1,371 74 March 2,988 7,585 1,931 73 April 2,992 7,771 1,564 65 May 3,002 7,682 1,633 63 June 3,008 7,843 1,292 63 July 2,966 7,778 1,441 66 August 2,999 7,719 1,282 66 September 3,064 7,781 1,256 67 October 3,266 7,821 1,435 69 November 3,314 7,672 1,417 70 December 3,314 7,747 1,229 70 1999 Jan.- Oct. 31,139 81,688 13,989 725 January 3,144 7,879 1,757 68 February 3,105 8,037 1,291 69 March 3,088 8,179 1,292 69 April (R) 3,122 8,159 1,289 70 May (R) 3,123 8,146 1,380 71 June (R) 3,120 8,226 1,430 106 July (R) 3,106 8,247 1,399 68 August (R) 3,104 8,213 1,485 68 September (R) 3,107 8,236 1,373 67 October 3,120 8,366 1,293 69 November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is included in each service category. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 TO OCTOBER 1999 (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 1997 Jan. - Dec. 166,907 52,051 18,138 28,959 Jan.- Oct. 138,180 43,199 15,085 24,057 January 13,329 4,306 1,437 2,336 February 13,422 4,306 1,435 2,328 March 13,434 4,289 1,423 2,372 April 13,506 4,214 1,524 2,432 May 13,718 4,293 1,535 2,472 June 13,875 4,337 1,556 2,415 July 14,082 4,360 1,562 2,367 August 14,149 4,380 1,556 2,355 September 14,415 4,411 1,587 2,481 October 14,250 4,303 1,470 2,499 November 14,323 4,442 1,530 2,370 December 14,403 4,410 1,523 2,531 1998 Jan. - Dec. 181,011 56,105 19,797 30,457 Jan.- Oct. 150,352 46,806 16,443 25,371 January 14,358 4,561 1,538 2,450 February 14,687 4,600 1,556 2,340 March 14,583 4,575 1,535 2,531 April 15,067 4,779 1,680 2,531 May 14,938 4,643 1,631 2,522 June 15,147 4,746 1,647 2,537 July 15,283 4,696 1,730 2,564 August 15,172 4,640 1,669 2,598 September 15,325 4,734 1,686 2,538 October 15,792 4,832 1,771 2,760 November 15,325 4,602 1,695 2,588 December 15,338 4,697 1,659 2,501 1999 Jan.- Oct. 164,592 50,206 17,736 28,202 January 15,367 4,742 1,627 2,508 February 15,664 4,890 1,678 2,528 March 16,352 5,215 1,809 2,690 April (R) 16,342 5,057 1,767 2,695 May (R) 16,356 4,951 1,758 2,739 June (R) 16,624 4,952 1,791 2,928 July (R) 16,843 5,033 1,833 2,961 August (R) 16,853 5,028 1,801 3,108 September (R) 17,032 5,130 1,822 3,033 October 17,159 5,208 1,850 3,012 November December ____________________________________ Imports Continued Royalties Other Direct U. S. Period and Private Defense Government License Services Expenditures Misc. Fees Services 1997 Jan. - Dec. 9,390 43,909 11,698 2,762 Jan.- Oct. 7,698 36,222 9,607 2,312 January 693 3,388 947 222 February 703 3,483 946 221 March 708 3,480 939 223 April 690 3,520 897 229 May 708 3,578 900 232 June 740 3,675 917 235 July 867 3,708 977 241 August 867 3,745 1,004 242 September 879 3,794 1,024 239 October 843 3,851 1,056 228 November 843 3,868 1,044 226 December 849 3,819 1,047 224 1998 Jan. - Dec. 11,292 47,670 12,841 2,849 Jan.- Oct. 9,320 39,502 10,555 2,355 January 851 3,697 1,036 225 February 1,236 3,698 1,033 224 March 868 3,822 1,029 223 April 893 3,954 1,012 218 May 894 4,010 1,017 221 June 907 4,050 1,032 228 July 926 4,046 1,072 249 August 889 4,026 1,093 257 September 906 4,091 1,111 259 October 950 4,108 1,120 251 November 974 4,082 1,135 249 December 999 4,086 1,151 245 1999 Jan.- Oct. 10,306 43,469 12,255 2,418 January 1,040 4,064 1,157 229 February 1,061 4,113 1,168 226 March 1,075 4,158 1,178 227 April (R) 1,077 4,321 1,186 239 May (R) 1,070 4,398 1,197 243 June (R) 1,050 4,446 1,210 247 July (R) 981 4,519 1,265 251 August (R) 968 4,456 1,240 252 September (R) 972 4,477 1,345 253 October 1,012 4,517 1,309 251 November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is included in each service category. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 Jan.- Dec. -196,652 -180,522 Jan.- Oct. -162,490 -148,196 January -17,275 -16,461 February -16,320 -15,201 March -15,613 -13,153 April -15,816 -14,093 May -16,698 -14,796 June -15,364 -13,625 July -15,256 -14,336 August -16,812 -15,508 September -16,847 -15,836 October -16,488 -15,187 November -16,795 -15,886 December -17,367 -16,439 1998 Jan.- Dec. -246,932 -229,758 Jan.- Oct. -204,334 -190,743 January -17,141 -15,924 February -17,506 -16,470 March -20,229 -18,831 April -20,860 -19,875 May -22,236 -21,191 June -20,404 -19,141 July -21,066 -19,732 August -22,291 -20,272 September -21,611 -20,116 October -20,990 -19,191 November -21,539 -19,410 December -21,059 -19,606 1999 Jan.- Oct. -282,375 -268,590 January -23,350 -22,225 February -25,173 -23,847 March -25,681 -24,416 April -25,334 -24,069 May -27,899 -26,543 June -31,179 -29,701 July -31,422 -30,193 August -30,132 -28,809 September (R) -30,211 -28,200 October -31,996 -30,587 November December September data as published last month. -30,591 -28,646 ___________________________________ Exports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1997 Jan.- Dec. 679,715 -9,468 689,182 Jan.- Oct. 564,364 -8,303 572,667 January 52,796 -558 53,353 February 54,409 -685 55,094 March 55,774 -999 56,772 April 56,575 -697 57,272 May 56,028 -1,001 57,029 June 57,292 -840 58,132 July 58,379 -686 59,065 August 57,496 -1,051 58,547 September 57,572 -745 58,317 October 58,044 -1,043 59,087 November 57,319 -664 57,983 December 58,031 -501 58,532 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 682,138 Jan.- Oct. 557,316 -9,098 566,413 January 57,748 -637 58,385 February 56,512 -808 57,320 March 56,406 -887 57,292 April 55,330 -660 55,990 May 54,853 -754 55,607 June 55,015 -905 55,920 July 54,164 -973 55,137 August 54,624 -1,320 55,943 September 55,472 -946 56,419 October 57,193 -1,208 58,401 November 56,926 -1,608 58,533 December 56,005 -1,186 57,191 1999 Jan.- Oct. 562,818 -10,370 573,189 January 55,263 -953 56,216 February 54,704 -1,113 55,816 March 54,326 -1,038 55,364 April 55,269 -994 56,263 May 55,121 -1,143 56,263 June 55,472 -1,202 56,673 July 55,890 -1,032 56,922 August 59,139 -855 59,995 September (R) 58,934 -1,149 60,083 October 58,702 -892 59,594 November December September data as published last month. 58,549 -1,086 59,636 ___________________________________ Imports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1997 Jan.- Dec. 876,366 6,662 869,704 Jan.- Oct. 726,854 5,990 720,864 January 70,071 257 69,814 February 70,729 434 70,295 March 71,387 1,461 69,926 April 72,391 1,026 71,365 May 72,726 902 71,824 June 72,656 899 71,757 July 73,635 234 73,401 August 74,308 252 74,055 September 74,419 266 74,153 October 74,532 258 74,274 November 74,114 245 73,869 December 75,398 427 74,971 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 911,896 Jan.- Oct. 761,650 4,493 757,156 January 74,889 580 74,309 February 74,018 228 73,790 March 76,634 511 76,124 April 76,190 325 75,865 May 77,089 291 76,799 June 75,419 358 75,061 July 75,230 361 74,868 August 76,914 699 76,215 September 77,084 549 76,535 October 78,183 592 77,591 November 78,464 522 77,943 December 77,064 267 76,797 1999 Jan.- Oct. 845,194 3,415 841,779 January 78,612 171 78,441 February 79,876 213 79,664 March 80,006 226 79,780 April 80,603 271 80,332 May 83,020 213 82,807 June 86,651 277 86,374 July 87,312 197 87,115 August 89,271 468 88,803 September (R) 89,145 863 88,282 October 90,698 516 90,181 November December September data as published last month. 89,140 858 88,282 NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Exports Total Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds, Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 682,138 46,397 148,266 Jan.- Oct. 557,316 -9,098 566,413 38,539 123,951 January 57,748 -637 58,385 4,142 13,254 February 56,512 -808 57,320 4,215 12,694 March 56,406 -887 57,292 3,993 12,688 April 55,330 -660 55,990 3,811 12,437 May 54,853 -754 55,607 3,788 12,464 June 55,015 -905 55,920 3,867 12,030 July 54,164 -973 55,137 3,718 11,865 August 54,624 -1,320 55,943 3,668 12,127 September 55,472 -946 56,419 3,316 12,021 October 57,193 -1,208 58,401 4,018 12,371 November 56,926 -1,608 58,533 3,866 12,483 December 56,005 -1,186 57,191 3,992 11,832 1999 Jan.- Oct. 562,818 -10,370 573,189 37,874 119,732 January 55,263 -953 56,216 3,641 11,269 February 54,704 -1,113 55,816 3,602 11,383 March 54,326 -1,038 55,364 3,559 11,430 April 55,269 -994 56,263 3,741 11,606 May 55,121 -1,143 56,263 3,736 11,746 June 55,472 -1,202 56,673 3,842 11,720 July 55,890 -1,032 56,922 3,812 11,527 August 59,139 -855 59,995 3,933 12,523 September (R 58,934 -1,149 60,083 4,032 13,127 October 58,702 -892 59,594 3,974 13,402 November December ___________________________________ Exports Continued Total Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, et Goods Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 682,138 299,612 73,157 79,261 35,444 Jan.- Oct. 566,413 248,445 60,630 66,084 28,763 January 58,385 25,341 6,434 6,648 2,567 February 57,320 24,869 6,358 6,482 2,701 March 57,292 24,623 6,480 6,463 3,046 April 55,990 24,090 6,334 6,554 2,763 May 55,607 23,995 5,995 6,518 2,848 June 55,920 24,659 5,814 6,717 2,833 July 55,137 24,942 5,073 6,706 2,832 August 55,943 24,329 5,872 6,690 3,256 September 56,419 25,480 6,115 6,687 2,798 October 58,401 26,117 6,156 6,620 3,119 November 58,533 25,696 6,341 6,647 3,500 December 57,191 25,470 6,186 6,530 3,181 1999 Jan.- Oct. 573,189 256,432 61,945 66,593 30,613 January 56,216 25,619 6,049 6,573 3,066 February 55,816 24,895 5,969 6,805 3,163 March 55,364 24,900 5,845 6,517 3,113 April 56,263 25,085 6,174 6,737 2,919 May 56,263 24,954 6,086 6,501 3,240 June 56,673 24,842 6,501 6,544 3,225 July 56,922 25,741 6,098 6,653 3,090 August 59,995 27,357 6,692 6,582 2,909 September (R 60,083 26,723 6,203 6,911 3,086 October 59,594 26,315 6,330 6,770 2,802 November December ___________________________________ Imports Total Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds, Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 911,896 41,243 200,140 Jan.- Oct. 761,650 4,493 757,156 34,283 168,609 January 74,889 580 74,309 3,300 17,128 February 74,018 228 73,790 3,489 16,835 March 76,634 511 76,124 3,417 16,689 April 76,190 325 75,865 3,394 17,265 May 77,089 291 76,799 3,407 17,481 June 75,419 358 75,061 3,529 16,687 July 75,230 361 74,868 3,476 16,592 August 76,914 699 76,215 3,418 16,876 September 77,084 549 76,535 3,420 16,508 October 78,183 592 77,591 3,432 16,549 November 78,464 522 77,943 3,445 16,241 December 77,064 267 76,797 3,515 15,289 1999 Jan.- Oct. 845,194 3,415 841,779 36,075 179,644 January 78,612 171 78,441 3,528 15,537 February 79,876 213 79,664 3,516 15,388 March 80,006 226 79,780 3,384 16,037 April 80,603 271 80,332 3,548 16,965 May 83,020 213 82,807 3,635 17,974 June 86,651 277 86,374 3,759 18,199 July 87,312 197 87,115 3,674 18,670 August 89,271 468 88,803 3,669 19,932 September (R 89,145 863 88,282 3,709 20,251 October 90,698 516 90,181 3,654 20,691 November December ___________________________________ Imports Continued Total Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, et Goods Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 911,896 269,557 149,054 216,515 35,387 Jan.- Oct. 757,156 223,959 121,791 179,683 28,831 January 74,309 21,888 11,842 17,420 2,730 February 73,790 22,073 11,920 16,850 2,622 March 76,124 22,712 12,571 18,042 2,694 April 75,865 22,110 12,136 18,138 2,822 May 76,799 22,916 12,411 17,980 2,603 June 75,061 22,266 11,792 18,134 2,652 July 74,868 22,294 11,030 18,321 3,155 August 76,215 22,321 12,291 18,102 3,207 September 76,535 22,431 12,752 18,295 3,130 October 77,591 22,948 13,045 18,402 3,217 November 77,943 23,132 13,377 18,470 3,278 December 76,797 22,466 13,887 18,362 3,278 1999 Jan.- Oct. 841,779 244,115 148,298 197,159 36,488 January 78,441 23,082 13,989 18,911 3,393 February 79,664 23,645 14,306 19,447 3,364 March 79,780 23,038 14,611 18,925 3,784 April 80,332 23,279 13,706 19,351 3,483 May 82,807 24,199 14,588 18,908 3,503 June 86,374 25,460 15,473 19,919 3,563 July 87,115 25,492 15,466 20,204 3,610 August 88,803 25,134 15,727 20,246 4,095 September (R 88,282 24,928 15,360 20,266 3,768 October 90,181 25,858 15,072 20,981 3,926 November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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) October September (R) Monthly 1999 1999 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 58,702 58,934 -232 Net Adjustments -892 -1,149 257 Total, Census Basis 59,594 60,083 -489 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,974 4,032 -58 Soybeans 419 574 -155 Corn 426 502 -76 Fruits, frozen juices 296 326 -30 Vegetables 234 256 -22 Nuts 69 90 -21 Bakery products 147 155 -8 Sorghum, barley, oats 58 64 -6 Wine and related products 67 68 -1 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 42 41 1 Dairy products and eggs 72 59 13 Other foods 318 305 13 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 53 38 14 Oilseeds, food oils 126 110 16 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 337 302 35 Meat, poultry, etc. 615 580 36 Fish and shellfish 296 253 43 Wheat 295 251 45 Rice 103 58 45 Industrial supplies and materials 13,402 13,127 275 Chemicals-organic 1,444 1,200 244 Nonferrous metals, other 209 137 73 Nuclear fuel materials 153 85 67 Chemicals-other 1,084 1,024 60 Precious metals, other 176 119 56 Plastic materials 1,105 1,063 41 Tobacco, unmanufactured 112 73 38 Fuel oil 210 174 35 Chemicals-inorganic 325 290 35 Metallurgical grade coal 155 122 33 Other industrial supplies 1,155 1,122 33 Copper 111 78 32 Chemicals-fertilizers 431 400 31 Crude oil 45 17 27 Manmade cloth 383 359 24 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 143 124 19 Petroleum products, other 542 523 19 Hair, waste materials 55 37 18 Newsprint 748 733 15 Industrial rubber products 198 182 15 Synthetic rubber-primary 130 116 14 Pulpwood and woodpulp 341 328 13 Hides and skins 108 96 12 Iron and steel mill products 270 260 11 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 112 101 11 Aluminum and alumina 294 285 9 Iron and steel products, other 243 237 6 Shingles, molding, wallboard 164 158 6 Cotton fiber cloth 164 161 4 Mineral supplies-manufactured 256 254 2 Nonmetallic minerals 34 32 2 Gas-natural 18 17 1 Tapes, audio and visual 145 143 1 Cotton, raw 72 73 (-) Electric energy 10 11 -1 Nontextile floor tiles 27 29 -2 Coal and fuels, other 104 106 -2 Wood supplies, manufactured 81 85 -5 Finished textile supplies 134 140 -5 Steelmaking materials 127 133 -6 Natural gas liquids 77 86 -8 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 63 75 -12 Leather and furs 70 86 -16 Logs and lumber 333 358 -25 Finished metal shapes 723 750 -27 Agriculture-manufactured, other 103 167 -64 Nonmonetary gold 417 976 -559 Capital goods, except automotive 26,315 26,723 -409 Telecommunications equipment 2,007 2,518 -511 Computer accessories 3,035 3,226 -191 Semiconductors 3,898 4,049 -151 Industrial engines 929 1,038 -109 Industrial machines, other 1,817 1,910 -94 Engines-civilian aircraft 871 913 -42 Electric apparatus 1,942 1,966 -24 Excavating machinery 425 444 -20 Wood, glass, plastic 239 256 -18 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,056 1,071 -15 Nonfarm tractors and parts 97 104 -8 Metalworking machine tools 562 567 -5 Agricultural machinery, equipment 244 248 -5 Textile, sewing machines 99 103 -3 Medicinal equipment 1,068 1,069 -1 Spacraft, exc. military 1 2 -1 Commercial vessels, other 8 7 1 Marine engines, parts 58 53 5 Generators, accessories 599 594 6 Food, tobacco machinery 157 149 9 Railway transportation equipment 139 121 17 Specialized mining 53 33 20 Vessels, exc. scrap 28 4 23 Pulp and paper machinery 250 223 27 Laboratory testing instruments 390 359 30 Photo, service industry machinery 515 484 31 Business machines and equipment 275 241 34 Measuring, testing, control instru. 1,143 1,108 35 Drilling & oilfield equipment 397 356 41 Materials handling equipment 448 392 56 Computers 916 837 79 Civilian aircraft 2,651 2,275 376 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 6,330 6,203 128 Consumer goods 6,770 6,911 -141 Tobacco, manufactured 264 329 -65 Records, tapes, and disks 292 344 -52 Apparel, household goods - textile 649 698 -49 Jewelry, etc 168 211 -43 Pharmaceutical preparations 1,054 1,080 -26 Other household goods 507 521 -14 Stereo equipment, etc. 146 156 -10 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 114 121 -7 Glassware, chinaware 42 43 -1 Cookware, cutlery, tools 56 57 (-) Writing and art supplies 425 425 (-) Musical instruments 88 88 (-) Sports apparel and gear 39 38 (-) Nursery stock, etc. 23 22 1 Furniture, household goods, etc. 179 177 2 Numismatic coins 7 3 3 TV's, VCR's, etc. 304 300 4 Toiletries and cosmetics 304 296 8 Rugs 115 107 9 Toys/games/sporting goods 523 512 10 Household appliances 422 409 14 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 221 207 14 Gem diamonds 352 337 15 Pleasure boats and motors 114 94 20 Books, printed matter 364 338 26 Other goods 2,802 3,086 -284 ___________________________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 1999 1998 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 562,818 557,316 5,503 Net Adjustments -10,370 -9,098 -1,273 Total, Census Basis 573,189 566,413 6,775 Foods, feeds, and beverages 37,874 38,539 -664 Soybeans 3,856 4,015 -159 Corn 4,566 3,918 648 Fruits, frozen juices 3,165 3,064 100 Vegetables 2,361 2,446 -85 Nuts 1,128 1,235 -107 Bakery products 1,465 1,465 (-) Sorghum, barley, oats 524 545 -21 Wine and related products 638 671 -33 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 408 415 -6 Dairy products and eggs 546 596 -49 Other foods 3,018 2,970 49 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 425 459 -34 Oilseeds, food oils 1,155 1,629 -474 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 2,703 3,300 -597 Meat, poultry, etc. 5,454 5,692 -238 Fish and shellfish 2,478 1,930 548 Wheat 3,157 3,123 34 Rice 827 1,065 -239 Industrial supplies and materials 119,732 123,951 -4,220 Chemicals-organic 11,134 10,991 143 Nonferrous metals, other 1,675 1,794 -120 Nuclear fuel materials 805 843 -38 Chemicals-other 9,783 9,307 476 Precious metals, other 1,532 1,730 -199 Plastic materials 9,637 9,758 -121 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,110 1,187 -76 Fuel oil 1,416 1,217 199 Chemicals-inorganic 3,042 3,170 -128 Metallurgical grade coal 1,289 1,926 -637 Other industrial supplies 10,655 10,256 399 Copper 859 981 -123 Chemicals-fertilizers 4,154 4,252 -97 Crude oil 603 823 -219 Manmade cloth 3,514 3,564 -50 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 1,393 1,536 -144 Petroleum products, other 4,264 4,572 -308 Hair, waste materials 405 462 -57 Newsprint 6,965 7,202 -237 Industrial rubber products 1,753 1,735 18 Synthetic rubber-primary 1,140 1,158 -18 Pulpwood and woodpulp 2,956 3,004 -48 Hides and skins 945 1,088 -143 Iron and steel mill products 2,351 2,466 -115 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 1,137 1,221 -85 Aluminum and alumina 2,767 2,855 -88 Iron and steel products, other 2,336 2,379 -42 Shingles, molding, wallboard 1,564 1,588 -25 Cotton fiber cloth 1,606 1,468 137 Mineral supplies-manufactured 2,426 2,501 -74 Nonmetallic minerals 322 335 -13 Gas-natural 175 213 -38 Tapes, audio and visual 1,570 1,873 -302 Cotton, raw 721 1,988 -1,266 Electric energy 173 153 19 Nontextile floor tiles 292 294 -2 Coal and fuels, other 1,069 1,221 -152 Wood supplies, manufactured 782 784 -2 Finished textile supplies 1,385 1,246 139 Steelmaking materials 1,141 1,302 -161 Natural gas liquids 460 311 149 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 663 706 -43 Leather and furs 735 767 -32 Logs and lumber 3,450 3,278 172 Finished metal shapes 6,946 6,874 73 Agriculture-manufactured, other 1,172 994 178 Nonmonetary gold 3,456 4,574 -1,118 Capital goods, except automotive 256,432 248,445 7,986 Telecommunications equipment 21,925 20,764 1,162 Computer accessories 30,386 29,344 1,042 Semiconductors 38,025 31,006 7,020 Industrial engines 9,801 9,745 55 Industrial machines, other 17,062 16,093 969 Engines-civilian aircraft 8,933 8,208 725 Electric apparatus 18,606 17,261 1,345 Excavating machinery 4,183 4,785 -601 Wood, glass, plastic 2,263 2,434 -171 Parts-civilian aircraft 10,902 9,669 1,233 Nonfarm tractors and parts 931 1,152 -221 Metalworking machine tools 5,154 5,323 -169 Agricultural machinery, equipment 2,629 3,557 -928 Textile, sewing machines 997 1,115 -119 Medicinal equipment 10,286 9,889 397 Spacraft, exc. military 26 66 -40 Commercial vessels, other 195 369 -174 Marine engines, parts 537 504 33 Generators, accessories 5,400 5,478 -79 Food, tobacco machinery 1,511 1,662 -151 Railway transportation equipment 1,365 1,417 -52 Specialized mining 330 462 -132 Vessels, exc. scrap 99 67 31 Pulp and paper machinery 2,335 2,541 -207 Laboratory testing instruments 3,585 3,259 326 Photo, service industry machinery 4,800 4,812 -12 Business machines and equipment 2,441 2,904 -464 Measuring, testing, control instru. 10,721 10,450 271 Drilling & oilfield equipment 4,354 6,699 -2,344 Materials handling equipment 3,843 3,902 -59 Computers 8,280 8,313 -33 Civilian aircraft 24,529 25,195 -666 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 61,945 60,630 1,315 Consumer goods 66,593 66,084 508 Tobacco, manufactured 3,260 4,173 -913 Records, tapes, and disks 3,263 3,106 157 Apparel, household goods - textile 7,257 7,622 -365 Jewelry, etc 1,910 1,403 508 Pharmaceutical preparations 10,181 8,762 1,419 Other household goods 4,776 4,356 420 Stereo equipment, etc. 1,398 1,399 -1 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 1,192 1,164 28 Glassware, chinaware 386 424 -37 Cookware, cutlery, tools 570 603 -33 Writing and art supplies 4,047 3,701 345 Musical instruments 841 822 19 Sports apparel and gear 363 402 -39 Nursery stock, etc. 245 252 -7 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,799 1,840 -40 Numismatic coins 47 52 -4 TV's, VCR's, etc. 2,787 3,040 -253 Toiletries and cosmetics 2,803 2,831 -28 Rugs 1,151 1,247 -96 Toys/games/sporting goods 4,790 5,075 -285 Household appliances 4,102 4,357 -255 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 2,165 2,571 -406 Gem diamonds 2,864 2,424 440 Pleasure boats and motors 1,055 1,053 2 Books, printed matter 3,341 3,409 -68 Other goods 30,613 28,763 1,850 (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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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) October September (R) Monthly 1999 1999 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 90,698 89,145 1,552 Net Adjustments 516 863 -347 Total, Census Basis 90,181 88,282 1,899 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,654 3,709 -56 Fruits, frozen juices 357 422 -65 Cane and beet sugar 26 82 -56 Cocoa beans 23 32 -9 Green coffee 194 201 -7 Dairy products and eggs 82 88 -5 Wine and related products 344 349 -5 Feedstuff and foodgrains 117 119 -2 Fish and shellfish 764 766 -2 Nuts 73 72 1 Vegetables 337 332 5 Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine 219 212 8 Food oils, oilseeds 107 98 8 Tea, spices, etc. 67 58 9 Other foods 235 225 10 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 55 45 10 Bakery products 234 216 18 Meat products 419 392 27 Industrial supplies and materials 20,691 20,251 440 Crude oil 5,589 5,387 201 Petroleum products, other 781 708 74 Nuclear fuel materials 143 76 67 Bauxite and aluminum 582 526 56 Copper 249 201 47 Pulpwood and woodpulp 271 232 39 Steelmaking materials 262 224 38 Chemicals-fertilizers 255 221 34 Natural rubber 81 55 26 Iron and steel mill products 877 851 25 Cotton cloth, fabrics 203 180 23 Industrial supplies, other 1,048 1,031 17 Plastic materials 568 554 14 Blank tapes, audio & visual 197 183 13 Lumber 687 674 13 Farming materials, livestock 77 69 8 Iron and steel, advanced 344 339 6 Materials, exc. chemicals 153 148 5 Leather and furs 86 81 5 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 338 334 4 Synthetic cloth 353 349 4 Coal and related fuels 52 49 3 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 63 60 3 Hides and skins 14 11 2 Cotton, natural fibers 11 9 2 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 39 38 1 Finished metal shapes 542 541 1 Finished textile supplies 154 153 1 Nonferrous metals, other 148 147 1 Nontextile floor tiles 162 162 1 Hair, waste materials 36 36 (-) Liquified petroleum gases 246 246 (-) Chemicals-inorganic 343 344 (-) Nonmonetary gold 233 235 -1 Other precious metals 356 357 -1 Electric energy 122 125 -3 Tin 22 25 -3 Tobacco, waxes, etc 307 311 -4 Synthetic rubber--primary 105 110 -5 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 265 271 -6 Wool, silk, etc. 67 74 -7 Plywood and veneers 127 133 -7 Zinc 95 104 -10 Newsprint 284 296 -13 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 460 473 -13 Shingles, wallboard 584 599 -15 Paper and paper products 483 502 -20 Nickel 64 106 -43 Chemicals-organic 975 1,018 -43 Fuel oil 652 701 -49 Gas-natural 537 591 -54 Capital goods, except automotive 25,858 24,928 930 Computers 1,031 773 257 Computer accessories 5,876 5,676 200 Semiconductors 3,299 3,137 162 Industrial engines 791 697 94 Railway transpor. equipment 235 174 61 Engines-civilian aircraft 857 797 60 Generators, accessories 918 861 58 Photo, service industry 716 667 49 Materials handling equipment 529 485 44 Medicinal equipment 786 746 41 Drilling & oilfield equipment 100 61 39 Parts-civilian aircraft 441 404 36 Business machines and equipment 526 498 28 Industrial machines, other 1,448 1,431 16 Agricultural machinery, equipment 281 264 16 Metalworking machine tools 678 662 16 Textile, sewing machines 164 151 14 Food, tobacco machinery 136 125 11 Laboratory testing instruments 239 229 10 Marine engines, parts 75 65 10 Electric apparatus 2,026 2,020 5 Nonfarm tractors and parts 66 62 5 Spacecraft, exc. military 3 1 2 Commercial vessels, other 4 3 1 Vessels, except scrap (-) (-) (-) Specialized mining 20 23 -4 Measuring, testing, control instru 661 665 -4 Pulp and paper machinery 366 371 -5 Wood, glass, plastic 409 440 -31 Excavating machinery 359 394 -36 Telecommunications equipment 2,065 2,137 -72 Civilian aircraft 755 908 -152 Auto. vehicles, parts and engines 15,072 15,360 -288 Consumer goods 20,981 20,266 715 Pharmaceutical prep 2,387 1,864 524 Gem diamonds 962 816 145 Other household goods 1,573 1,481 92 Stereo equipment, etc 758 705 53 Apparel, household goods - cotton 2,519 2,467 52 Camping apparel and gear 467 434 33 Motorcycles and parts 185 165 20 Nursery stock, etc. 101 85 17 Footwear 906 890 16 Records, tapes, and disks 114 99 15 Photo equipment 205 191 14 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,029 1,015 14 Numismatic coins 45 33 12 Toiletries and cosmetics 244 237 7 Jewelry 709 703 6 Gem stones, other 128 122 6 Rugs 106 104 3 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 465 466 -1 Glassware, chinaware 187 189 -2 Writing and art supplies 742 744 -2 Musical instruments 112 117 -5 Cookware, cutlery, tools 343 348 -5 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto 1,964 1,974 -9 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,650 1,659 -9 Apparel, household goods - wool 268 290 -22 Books, printed matter 244 268 -24 Household appliances 607 644 -36 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 472 532 -60 TV's, VCR's, etc 1,321 1,382 -61 Pleasure boats and motors 167 245 -78 Other Goods 3,926 3,768 158 ___________________________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 1999 1998 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 845,194 761,650 83,544 Net Adjustments 3,415 4,493 -1,079 Total, Census Basis 841,779 757,156 84,623 Foods, feeds, and beverages 36,075 34,283 1,793 Fruits, frozen juices 3,957 3,331 626 Cane and beet sugar 533 676 -143 Cocoa beans 454 564 -110 Green coffee 2,116 2,607 -491 Dairy products and eggs 845 736 109 Wine and related products 3,484 2,999 485 Feedstuff and foodgrains 1,243 1,319 -76 Fish and shellfish 7,248 6,770 478 Nuts 664 549 114 Vegetables 3,090 2,897 193 Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine 2,116 1,865 251 Food oils, oilseeds 1,133 1,298 -164 Tea, spices, etc. 645 624 21 Other foods 2,248 2,033 214 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 476 428 48 Bakery products 2,160 2,015 144 Meat products 3,664 3,572 92 Industrial supplies and materials 179,644 168,609 11,036 Crude oil 39,735 31,999 7,736 Petroleum products, other 6,421 5,212 1,209 Nuclear fuel materials 1,288 1,152 136 Bauxite and aluminum 5,380 5,216 164 Copper 1,766 1,832 -66 Pulpwood and woodpulp 2,050 2,088 -38 Steelmaking materials 2,203 2,890 -687 Chemicals-fertilizers 2,469 2,785 -316 Natural rubber 596 826 -230 Iron and steel mill products 8,356 11,113 -2,758 Cotton cloth, fabrics 1,803 1,832 -30 Industrial supplies, other 9,827 9,166 661 Plastic materials 5,154 4,904 250 Blank tapes, audio & visual 1,746 1,702 44 Lumber 6,651 5,729 922 Farming materials, livestock 689 639 50 Iron and steel, advanced 3,375 3,275 100 Materials, exc. chemicals 1,389 1,287 102 Leather and furs 798 878 -80 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 3,261 3,448 -187 Synthetic cloth 3,449 3,548 -99 Coal and related fuels 557 650 -93 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 506 458 48 Hides and skins 123 145 -22 Cotton, natural fibers 231 152 79 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 359 399 -41 Finished metal shapes 4,874 4,488 385 Finished textile supplies 1,478 1,416 62 Nonferrous metals, other 1,369 1,472 -103 Nontextile floor tiles 1,521 1,324 198 Hair, waste materials 320 284 36 Liquified petroleum gases 2,078 2,400 -322 Chemicals-inorganic 3,247 3,494 -247 Nonmonetary gold 2,491 3,069 -578 Other precious metals 3,547 3,238 310 Electric energy 1,091 920 171 Tin 222 213 9 Tobacco, waxes, etc 2,850 3,223 -373 Synthetic rubber--primary 1,047 1,054 -8 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 2,525 2,090 434 Wool, silk, etc. 674 715 -41 Plywood and veneers 1,197 961 236 Zinc 990 871 120 Newsprint 2,940 3,110 -170 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 4,315 4,199 116 Shingles, wallboard 5,734 4,285 1,448 Paper and paper products 4,468 4,185 283 Nickel 679 748 -69 Chemicals-organic 9,585 9,051 534 Fuel oil 5,123 4,044 1,079 Gas-natural 5,099 4,429 670 Capital goods, except automotive 244,115 223,959 20,155 Computers 8,640 6,602 2,039 Computer accessories 58,800 53,376 5,424 Semiconductors 30,532 28,046 2,486 Industrial engines 6,783 6,032 751 Railway transpor. equipment 1,848 1,675 173 Engines-civilian aircraft 7,778 7,717 61 Generators, accessories 8,250 7,010 1,240 Photo, service industry 6,593 5,981 612 Materials handling equipment 4,891 4,434 457 Medicinal equipment 7,510 6,520 990 Drilling & oilfield equipment 635 1,217 -582 Parts-civilian aircraft 4,591 4,373 218 Business machines and equipment 5,349 6,194 -846 Industrial machines, other 12,783 12,017 765 Agricultural machinery, equipment 3,030 3,852 -822 Metalworking machine tools 6,419 7,408 -989 Textile, sewing machines 1,582 2,006 -423 Food, tobacco machinery 1,269 1,088 181 Laboratory testing instruments 1,820 1,342 478 Marine engines, parts 658 600 57 Electric apparatus 18,685 17,248 1,436 Nonfarm tractors and parts 637 669 -32 Spacecraft, exc. military 52 10 41 Commercial vessels, other 32 50 -17 Vessels, except scrap 4 4 (-) Specialized mining 280 285 -5 Measuring, testing, control instru 6,424 6,152 271 Pulp and paper machinery 3,612 3,465 147 Wood, glass, plastic 4,206 4,001 205 Excavating machinery 4,336 4,547 -212 Telecommunications equipment 18,983 14,158 4,825 Civilian aircraft 7,105 5,880 1,225 Auto. vehicles, parts and engines 148,298 121,791 26,507 Consumer goods 197,159 179,683 17,476 Pharmaceutical prep 18,577 14,115 4,462 Gem diamonds 8,068 7,101 966 Other household goods 14,594 13,384 1,211 Stereo equipment, etc 6,900 7,043 -143 Apparel, household goods - cotton 25,183 22,921 2,262 Camping apparel and gear 4,473 4,257 216 Motorcycles and parts 1,514 1,118 396 Nursery stock, etc. 918 904 14 Footwear 9,023 9,063 -40 Records, tapes, and disks 1,022 941 81 Photo equipment 1,898 1,775 122 Furniture, household goods, etc. 9,684 7,990 1,694 Numismatic coins 352 288 64 Toiletries and cosmetics 2,297 2,085 212 Jewelry 6,631 6,202 429 Gem stones, other 1,173 1,081 92 Rugs 1,039 911 129 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 4,608 4,551 57 Glassware, chinaware 1,860 1,786 74 Writing and art supplies 7,153 6,434 719 Musical instruments 1,054 1,021 33 Cookware, cutlery, tools 3,222 2,902 321 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto 18,256 18,024 232 Toys/games/sporting goods 16,546 16,006 541 Apparel, household goods - wool 2,578 2,759 -181 Books, printed matter 2,416 2,279 137 Household appliances 6,049 5,401 647 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 5,278 4,346 932 TV's, VCR's, etc 13,228 11,750 1,478 Pleasure boats and motors 1,566 1,244 322 Other Goods 36,488 28,831 7,657 (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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. -246,932 -17,173 -42,828 -186,931 Jan.- Oct. -204,334 -13,591 -36,732 -154,011 January -17,141 -1,218 -4,051 -11,873 February -17,506 -1,036 -3,736 -12,734 March -20,229 -1,398 -3,488 -15,343 April -20,860 -985 -3,834 -16,041 May -22,236 -1,045 -3,985 -17,206 June -20,404 -1,263 -3,483 -15,659 July -21,066 -1,334 -3,534 -16,198 August -22,291 -2,019 -3,596 -16,676 September -21,611 -1,495 -3,404 -16,712 October -20,990 -1,799 -3,621 -15,570 November -21,539 -2,129 -3,442 -15,967 December -21,059 -1,453 -2,653 -16,953 1999 Jan.- Oct. -282,375 -13,785 -46,615 -221,975 January -23,350 -1,124 -2,965 -19,260 February -25,173 -1,325 -2,863 -20,984 March -25,681 -1,264 -3,151 -21,265 April -25,334 -1,265 -3,992 -20,077 May -27,899 -1,356 -4,966 -21,578 June -31,179 -1,479 -4,908 -24,793 July -31,422 -1,229 -5,221 -24,972 August -30,132 -1,323 -5,911 -22,898 September (R) -30,211 -2,012 -6,242 -21,957 October -31,996 -1,408 -6,395 -24,192 November December ___________________________________ Exports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 8,076 674,062 Jan.- Oct. 557,316 -9,098 6,923 559,490 January 57,748 -637 860 57,525 February 56,512 -808 753 56,567 March 56,406 -887 712 56,580 April 55,330 -660 738 55,252 May 54,853 -754 695 54,913 June 55,015 -905 657 55,263 July 54,164 -973 635 54,502 August 54,624 -1,320 659 55,284 September 55,472 -946 630 55,789 October 57,193 -1,208 585 57,816 November 56,926 -1,608 542 57,992 December 56,005 -1,186 611 56,580 1999 Jan.- Oct. 562,818 -10,370 6,743 566,446 January 55,263 -953 562 55,654 February 54,704 -1,113 508 55,308 March 54,326 -1,038 545 54,819 April 55,269 -994 668 55,595 May 55,121 -1,143 693 55,571 June 55,472 -1,202 693 55,980 July 55,890 -1,032 652 56,270 August 59,139 -855 750 59,245 September (R) 58,934 -1,149 800 59,283 October 58,702 -892 873 58,721 November December ____________________________________ Imports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 50,903 860,993 Jan.- Oct. 761,650 4,493 43,655 713,501 January 74,889 580 4,911 69,398 February 74,018 228 4,489 69,301 March 76,634 511 4,201 71,923 April 76,190 325 4,573 71,292 May 77,089 291 4,680 72,119 June 75,419 358 4,139 70,922 July 75,230 361 4,168 70,700 August 76,914 699 4,255 71,960 September 77,084 549 4,034 72,501 October 78,183 592 4,205 73,386 November 78,464 522 3,984 73,959 December 77,064 267 3,264 73,533 1999 Jan.- Oct. 845,194 3,415 53,358 788,421 January 78,612 171 3,527 74,915 February 79,876 213 3,371 76,293 March 80,006 226 3,696 76,084 April 80,603 271 4,659 75,673 May 83,020 213 5,658 77,148 June 86,651 277 5,600 80,773 July 87,312 197 5,873 81,242 August 89,271 468 6,661 82,142 September (R) 89,145 863 7,042 81,240 October 90,698 516 7,269 82,913 November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. (1) The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity classification system include virtually the same energy related petroleum products as those aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products, however, include some products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in "Manufactured Goods". SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999 1992 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 Total Foods, Census Feeds, & Industrial Capital Period Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 859,152 44,354 139,724 496,989 Jan.- Oct. 710,527 36,683 116,206 410,295 January 71,505 3,759 12,166 40,808 February 71,005 3,908 11,621 40,739 March 70,762 3,738 11,728 40,181 April 69,787 3,613 11,481 39,877 May 69,321 3,563 11,605 39,612 June 70,256 3,663 11,261 40,754 July 69,446 3,470 11,176 40,945 August 71,433 3,575 11,589 41,252 September 72,326 3,319 11,571 42,614 October 74,687 4,073 12,009 43,513 November 74,630 3,791 12,093 43,097 December 73,995 3,879 11,425 43,597 1999 Jan.- Oct. 765,813 38,099 115,099 461,667 January 73,336 3,500 10,950 43,991 February 73,038 3,556 11,053 43,288 March 73,107 3,587 11,143 43,668 April 75,182 3,764 11,280 45,091 May 75,583 3,750 11,325 45,479 June 76,416 3,850 11,316 45,836 July 78,035 3,933 11,039 48,046 August 80,956 3,997 11,932 49,679 September (R) 81,095 4,113 12,618 49,003 October 79,065 4,048 12,444 47,585 November December ___________________________________ Exports Continued Total Census Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Vehicles, etc. Goods Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 859,152 69,414 75,529 33,142 Jan.- Oct. 710,527 57,529 62,962 26,851 January 71,505 6,097 6,304 2,372 February 71,005 6,030 6,201 2,504 March 70,762 6,150 6,135 2,830 April 69,787 6,009 6,236 2,570 May 69,321 5,688 6,203 2,649 June 70,256 5,513 6,423 2,642 July 69,446 4,815 6,404 2,637 August 71,433 5,579 6,376 3,062 September 72,326 5,811 6,374 2,636 October 74,687 5,836 6,308 2,948 November 74,630 6,014 6,335 3,299 December 73,995 5,871 6,232 2,992 1999 Jan.- Oct. 765,813 58,628 63,483 28,836 January 73,336 5,745 6,268 2,881 February 73,038 5,656 6,503 2,981 March 73,107 5,540 6,223 2,945 April 75,182 5,848 6,442 2,757 May 75,583 5,764 6,210 3,056 June 76,416 6,147 6,227 3,040 July 78,035 5,772 6,331 2,915 August 80,956 6,330 6,284 2,734 September (R) 81,095 5,869 6,578 2,914 October 79,065 5,960 6,416 2,612 November December ___________________________________ Imports Total Foods, Census Feeds, & Industrial Capital Period Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 1,144,844 38,369 218,181 504,515 Jan.- Oct. 947,251 31,845 182,217 417,018 January 90,941 3,015 17,309 40,199 February 91,627 3,253 17,446 41,048 March 94,417 3,226 17,795 41,654 April 94,135 3,123 18,529 40,860 May 95,749 3,173 18,786 42,203 June 94,243 3,268 18,191 41,552 July 94,635 3,186 18,442 41,759 August 96,845 3,268 19,036 42,225 September 96,729 3,180 18,398 42,287 October 97,930 3,153 18,283 43,231 November 99,563 3,243 18,277 44,447 December 98,031 3,281 17,688 43,050 1999 Jan.- Oct. 1,092,929 34,735 185,695 507,213 January 100,873 3,250 18,278 44,706 February 103,738 3,390 17,857 47,069 March 103,566 3,279 18,178 46,475 April 105,465 3,390 18,282 48,760 May 108,349 3,437 18,675 50,825 June 113,426 3,630 18,936 53,576 July 114,421 3,553 18,572 54,698 August 115,026 3,571 19,174 53,955 September (R) 112,284 3,603 18,884 52,110 October 115,781 3,632 18,861 55,038 November December ___________________________________ Imports Continued Imports Total Census Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Vehicles, etc. Goods Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 1,144,844 135,777 214,076 33,927 Jan.- Oct. 947,251 110,999 177,552 27,620 January 90,941 10,760 17,070 2,589 February 91,627 10,836 16,549 2,495 March 94,417 11,422 17,753 2,568 April 94,135 11,039 17,892 2,691 May 95,749 11,318 17,781 2,488 June 94,243 10,747 17,945 2,541 July 94,635 10,057 18,159 3,031 August 96,845 11,243 17,976 3,097 September 96,729 11,664 18,177 3,022 October 97,930 11,913 18,251 3,098 November 99,563 12,166 18,277 3,153 December 98,031 12,612 18,246 3,154 1999 Jan.- Oct. 1,092,929 133,838 196,303 35,145 January 100,873 12,675 18,708 3,257 February 103,738 12,935 19,253 3,233 March 103,566 13,209 18,778 3,647 April 105,465 12,398 19,272 3,362 May 108,349 13,142 18,894 3,376 June 113,426 13,941 19,903 3,440 July 114,421 13,942 20,180 3,476 August 115,026 14,167 20,211 3,948 September (R) 112,284 13,858 20,201 3,628 October 115,781 13,571 20,903 3,776 November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 TO OCTOBER 1999 1992 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 1997 Jan.- Dec. -204,327 -59,983 -144,344 Jan.- Oct. -165,284 -50,254 -115,030 January -16,419 -4,422 -11,997 February -15,711 -4,748 -10,963 March -14,523 -5,022 -9,501 April -16,385 -5,057 -11,328 May -16,788 -5,386 -11,402 June -15,593 -4,958 -10,635 July -16,679 -4,956 -11,723 August -17,569 -5,354 -12,215 September -18,174 -5,209 -12,965 October -17,443 -5,141 -12,302 November -18,709 -5,194 -13,515 December -20,335 -4,535 -15,800 1998 Jan.- Dec. -285,693 -65,537 -220,156 Jan.- Oct. -236,724 -54,866 -181,858 January -19,436 -5,036 -14,400 February -20,622 -5,054 -15,569 March -23,655 -5,206 -18,449 April -24,348 -5,741 -18,607 May -26,429 -5,852 -20,577 June -23,987 -5,438 -18,549 July -25,189 -5,717 -19,472 August -25,412 -5,968 -19,444 September -24,403 -5,438 -18,966 October -23,244 -5,418 -17,826 November -24,933 -5,556 -19,377 December -24,035 -5,115 -18,921 1999 Jan.- Oct. -327,116 -55,470 -271,646 January -27,537 -5,736 -21,801 February -30,700 -5,436 -25,264 March -30,460 -5,308 -25,152 April -30,284 -5,438 -24,845 May -32,766 -5,880 -26,885 June -37,010 -5,883 -31,126 July -36,386 -5,553 -30,833 August -34,069 -5,624 -28,445 September (R) -31,189 -5,378 -25,812 October -36,716 -5,233 -31,483 November December ___________________________________ Exports Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1997 Jan.- Dec. 834,561 7,479 827,083 Jan.- Oct. 690,681 6,166 684,515 January 62,685 612 62,073 February 64,773 600 64,173 March 66,917 578 66,338 April 67,904 618 67,286 May 68,507 553 67,954 June 70,331 621 69,710 July 71,754 660 71,095 August 72,176 648 71,528 September 72,302 624 71,677 October 73,334 652 72,682 November 71,538 595 70,943 December 72,342 717 71,625 1998 Jan.- Dec. 859,152 6,899 852,253 Jan.- Oct. 710,527 5,828 704,699 January 71,505 654 70,851 February 71,005 578 70,427 March 70,762 573 70,190 April 69,787 602 69,185 May 69,321 568 68,753 June 70,256 544 69,713 July 69,446 570 68,876 August 71,433 609 70,824 September 72,326 592 71,733 October 74,687 539 74,148 November 74,630 499 74,131 December 73,995 572 73,423 1999 Jan.- Oct. 765,813 5,743 760,070 January 73,336 528 72,808 February 73,038 478 72,560 March 73,107 519 72,588 April 75,182 579 74,603 May 75,583 602 74,981 June 76,416 584 75,832 July 78,035 555 77,479 August 80,956 584 80,372 September (R) 81,095 637 80,458 October 79,065 675 78,390 November December ___________________________________ Imports Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1997 Jan.- Dec. 1,038,888 67,461 971,427 Jan.- Oct. 855,965 56,420 799,544 January 79,104 5,035 74,070 February 80,483 5,347 75,136 March 81,440 5,601 75,839 April 84,289 5,676 78,614 May 85,295 5,939 79,356 June 85,924 5,579 80,345 July 88,433 5,616 82,817 August 89,744 6,002 83,742 September 90,475 5,833 84,642 October 90,777 5,793 84,984 November 90,247 5,789 84,457 December 92,677 5,252 87,425 1998 Jan.- Dec. 1,144,844 72,436 1,072,409 Jan.- Oct. 947,251 60,694 886,557 January 90,941 5,691 85,250 February 91,627 5,632 85,995 March 94,417 5,778 88,639 April 94,135 6,342 87,793 May 95,749 6,420 89,330 June 94,243 5,981 88,262 July 94,635 6,287 88,348 August 96,845 6,577 90,268 September 96,729 6,030 90,699 October 97,930 5,956 91,974 November 99,563 6,055 93,508 December 98,031 5,687 92,344 1999 Jan.- Oct. 1,092,929 61,212 1,031,716 January 100,873 6,264 94,609 February 103,738 5,914 97,823 March 103,566 5,827 97,740 April 105,465 6,018 99,448 May 108,349 6,482 101,867 June 113,426 6,468 106,958 July 114,421 6,109 108,312 August 115,026 6,208 108,817 September (R) 112,284 6,015 106,269 October 115,781 5,908 109,873 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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 Jan.- Dec. -196,652 -180,522 Jan.- Oct. -165,923 -151,630 January -17,495 -16,681 February -13,057 -11,938 March -11,865 -9,405 April -14,712 -12,989 May -14,594 -12,692 June -15,266 -13,527 July -20,827 -19,907 August -17,567 -16,263 September -20,292 -19,280 October -20,249 -18,948 November -14,795 -13,886 December -15,933 -15,006 1998 Jan.- Dec. -246,932 -229,758 Jan.- Oct. -206,480 -192,889 January -16,270 -15,052 February -14,196 -13,160 March -17,196 -15,799 April -20,054 -19,069 May -18,371 -17,326 June -21,187 -19,924 July -26,094 -24,760 August -24,612 -22,594 September -24,302 -22,807 October -24,198 -22,399 November -21,754 -19,625 December -18,698 -17,245 1999 Jan.- Oct. -283,466 -269,681 January -20,600 -19,475 February -21,991 -20,666 March -24,968 -23,704 April -23,966 -22,702 May -25,640 -24,284 June -31,276 -29,797 July -34,741 -33,512 August -33,578 -32,255 September (R) -32,986 -30,975 October -33,720 -32,312 November December September data as published last month : -33,355 -31,410 ____________________________________ Exports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1997 Jan.- Dec. 679,715 -9,468 689,182 Jan.- Oct. 563,052 -8,303 571,355 January 50,033 -558 50,591 February 52,468 -685 53,153 March 60,203 -999 61,201 April 57,483 -697 58,180 May 57,738 -1,001 58,738 June 57,209 -840 58,049 July 54,224 -686 54,909 August 55,611 -1,051 56,662 September 56,725 -745 57,470 October 61,359 -1,043 62,402 November 57,500 -664 58,164 December 59,163 -501 59,664 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 682,138 Jan.- Oct. 555,883 -9,098 564,981 January 54,535 -637 55,172 February 54,426 -808 55,234 March 61,410 -887 62,297 April 56,014 -660 56,675 May 55,918 -754 56,672 June 56,089 -905 56,994 July 50,604 -973 51,577 August 52,100 -1,320 53,420 September 54,681 -946 55,627 October 60,105 -1,208 61,313 November 56,787 -1,608 58,395 December 57,576 -1,186 58,762 1999 Jan.- Oct. 559,788 -10,370 570,159 January 51,430 -953 52,383 February 52,330 -1,113 53,443 March 59,584 -1,038 60,622 April 56,256 -994 57,250 May 55,446 -1,143 56,589 June 56,751 -1,202 57,953 July 52,048 -1,032 53,080 August 56,666 -855 57,522 September (R) 58,095 -1,149 59,244 October 61,181 -892 62,073 November December September data as published last month : 57,722 -1,086 58,809 ___________________________________ Imports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1997 Jan.- Dec. 876,366 6,662 869,704 Jan.- Oct. 728,975 5,990 722,985 January 67,529 257 67,272 February 65,525 434 65,091 March 72,068 1,461 70,606 April 72,196 1,026 71,169 May 72,332 902 71,430 June 72,475 899 71,576 July 75,050 234 74,816 August 73,177 252 72,925 September 77,017 266 76,751 October 81,607 258 81,349 November 72,295 245 72,050 December 75,096 427 74,669 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 911,896 Jan.- Oct. 762,363 4,493 757,869 January 70,804 580 70,224 February 68,621 228 68,394 March 78,606 511 78,096 April 76,068 325 75,744 May 74,289 291 73,998 June 77,276 358 76,918 July 76,698 361 76,337 August 76,713 699 76,014 September 78,983 549 78,434 October 84,303 592 83,712 November 78,541 522 78,020 December 76,274 267 76,007 1999 Jan.- Oct. 843,255 3,415 839,840 January 72,029 171 71,858 February 74,321 213 74,109 March 84,553 226 84,326 April 80,223 271 79,952 May 81,086 213 80,873 June 88,027 277 87,750 July 86,788 197 86,591 August 90,244 468 89,776 September (R) 91,081 863 90,219 October 94,901 516 94,385 November December September data as published last month : 91,077 858 90,219 NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (R) Revised.) Exports Total Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds , Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 682,138 46,397 148,266 Jan.- Oct. 555,883 -9,098 564,981 38,083 124,498 January 54,535 -637 55,172 4,155 13,011 February 54,426 -808 55,234 4,274 12,296 March 61,410 -887 62,297 4,193 13,445 April 56,014 -660 56,675 3,631 12,685 May 55,918 -754 56,672 3,518 12,656 June 56,089 -905 56,994 3,586 12,353 July 50,604 -973 51,577 3,541 11,682 August 52,100 -1,320 53,420 3,446 11,869 September 54,681 -946 55,627 3,227 11,831 October 60,105 -1,208 61,313 4,513 12,669 November 56,787 -1,608 58,395 4,166 12,063 December 57,576 -1,186 58,762 4,148 11,705 1999 Jan.- Oct. 559,788 -10,370 570,159 37,082 120,022 January 51,430 -953 52,383 3,540 10,754 February 52,330 -1,113 53,443 3,591 10,962 March 59,584 -1,038 60,622 3,883 12,210 April 56,256 -994 57,250 3,590 11,928 May 55,446 -1,143 56,589 3,402 11,909 June 56,751 -1,202 57,953 3,571 12,017 July 52,048 -1,032 53,080 3,670 11,299 August 56,666 -855 57,522 3,667 12,518 September 58,095 -1,149 59,244 3,803 12,968 October 61,181 -892 62,073 4,365 13,456 November December ____________________________________ Exports Continued Total Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, etc Goods Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 682,138 299,612 73,157 79,261 35,444 Jan.- Oct. 564,981 246,775 60,586 66,340 28,699 January 55,172 23,555 5,843 6,095 2,513 February 55,234 23,291 6,624 6,141 2,608 March 62,297 27,351 7,354 6,910 3,043 April 56,675 24,181 6,786 6,548 2,844 May 56,672 24,406 6,523 6,679 2,889 June 56,994 25,272 6,010 6,919 2,854 July 51,577 23,457 3,688 6,392 2,818 August 53,420 23,052 5,248 6,594 3,210 September 55,627 25,019 6,062 6,718 2,770 October 61,313 27,189 6,449 7,344 3,150 November 58,395 25,127 6,750 6,703 3,586 December 58,762 27,710 5,821 6,218 3,160 1999 Jan.- Oct. 570,159 254,150 61,692 66,652 30,560 January 52,383 23,655 5,472 5,960 3,002 February 53,443 23,139 6,253 6,429 3,069 March 60,622 27,659 6,711 7,043 3,117 April 57,250 25,246 6,729 6,766 2,992 May 56,589 24,813 6,616 6,563 3,286 June 57,953 25,558 6,754 6,801 3,251 July 53,080 24,448 4,258 6,325 3,080 August 57,522 25,837 6,149 6,484 2,867 September 59,244 26,312 6,163 6,938 3,060 October 62,073 27,484 6,589 7,344 2,835 November December ___________________________________ Imports Total Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds , Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 911,896 41,243 200,140 Jan.- Oct. 762,363 4,493 757,869 34,229 169,272 January 70,804 580 70,224 3,302 17,133 February 68,621 228 68,394 3,293 15,676 March 78,606 511 78,096 3,651 17,310 April 76,068 325 75,744 3,441 17,697 May 74,289 291 73,998 3,372 17,370 June 77,276 358 76,918 3,608 17,226 July 76,698 361 76,337 3,367 17,092 August 76,713 699 76,014 3,291 16,705 September 78,983 549 78,434 3,282 16,153 October 84,303 592 83,712 3,623 16,911 November 78,541 522 78,020 3,418 15,853 December 76,274 267 76,007 3,595 15,015 1999 Jan.- Oct. 843,255 3,415 839,840 35,912 179,840 January 72,029 171 71,858 3,425 14,972 February 74,321 213 74,109 3,290 14,355 March 84,553 226 84,326 3,689 17,036 April 80,223 271 79,952 3,581 17,398 May 81,086 213 80,873 3,706 18,127 June 88,027 277 87,750 3,795 18,455 July 86,788 197 86,591 3,509 19,030 August 90,244 468 89,776 3,568 20,128 September 91,081 863 90,219 3,550 19,919 October 94,901 516 94,385 3,798 20,419 November December ___________________________________ Imports Continued Total Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, etc Goods Goods 1998 Jan.- Dec. 911,896 269,557 149,054 216,515 35,387 Jan.- Oct. 757,869 222,936 121,301 181,419 28,712 January 70,224 20,237 11,043 15,859 2,651 February 68,394 20,130 11,863 14,983 2,449 March 78,096 24,227 13,570 16,696 2,641 April 75,744 22,274 12,900 16,501 2,930 May 73,998 21,768 12,491 16,470 2,527 June 76,918 23,042 11,696 18,653 2,694 July 76,337 22,649 9,564 20,416 3,249 August 76,014 21,823 11,479 19,658 3,058 September 78,434 22,832 12,390 20,681 3,096 October 83,712 23,953 14,305 21,501 3,418 November 78,020 23,257 13,686 18,482 3,324 December 76,007 23,365 14,067 16,614 3,351 1999 Jan.- Oct. 839,840 242,512 146,880 198,491 36,205 January 71,858 20,832 12,685 16,773 3,170 February 74,109 21,575 14,378 17,384 3,127 March 84,326 25,114 16,297 18,301 3,888 April 79,952 23,195 14,448 17,668 3,661 May 80,873 23,322 14,688 17,628 3,403 June 87,750 26,085 15,486 20,322 3,607 July 86,591 25,333 13,173 21,828 3,720 August 89,776 25,066 14,821 22,302 3,891 September 90,219 25,508 14,826 22,675 3,741 October 94,385 26,481 16,078 23,611 3,998 November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 -- 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (X) Not applicable. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) Balance Item(1) October September Cumulative 1999 1999 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis -33,720 (R)-32,986 -283,466 Net Adjustments -1,408 (R) -2,012 -13,785 Total Census Basis -32,312 (R)-30,975 -269,681 North America -4,608 (R) -4,935 -46,170 Canada -3,195 (R) -2,756 -25,910 Mexico -1,413 -2,179 -20,260 Western Europe -5,035 -3,538 -38,003 Euro Area (2) -3,728 -2,744 -30,945 European Union -4,487 -3,486 -34,507 Austria 15 -64 -241 Belgium 205 269 2,588 Finland -151 -115 -999 France -629 -629 -5,719 Germany -2,325 -2,284 -22,569 Italy -891 -894 -10,184 Netherlands 792 986 9,098 Spain 34 106 469 Sweden -470 -270 -3,052 United Kingdom -210 -406 -6 Other EU -856 -186 -3,893 European Free Trade Association -475 -47 -3,842 Norway -295 -301 -1,984 Switzerland -155 287 -1,633 Other EFTA -25 -34 -224 Other Western Europe -73 -5 346 Eastern Europe/FSR -549 -162 -4,672 Hungary -136 -124 -1,092 Poland 0 -13 -5 Former Soviet Republics -344 27 -3,212 Russia -331 98 -3,077 Other FSR -13 -71 -135 Other EE -70 -52 -363 Pacific Rim Countries -18,191 -17,759 -153,305 Australia 769 628 5,195 China -7,152 -6,902 -56,572 Japan -7,179 -6,638 -60,588 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) -2,235 -2,288 -19,392 Hong Kong 37 120 1,656 Korea -958 -879 -6,274 Singapore -226 -35 -1,562 Taiwan -1,088 -1,494 -13,212 Other Pacific Rim(3) -2,394 -2,560 -21,948 South/Central America -228 -909 -1,693 Argentina 240 296 1,972 Brazil 367 119 1,663 Colombia -292 -300 -2,125 Other S/C A (3) -542 -1,024 -3,203 OPEC -2,656 -3,033 -17,696 Indonesia(3) -682 -756 -6,366 Nigeria -309 -381 -3,002 Saudia Arabia -361 -513 -471 Venezuela(3) -647 -823 -4,291 Other OPEC -657 -561 -3,566 Other Countries -2,440 -2,589 -19,493 Egypt 225 172 1,995 South Africa -93 -65 -507 Other -2,572 -2,696 -20,981 Uniden. ctys (4) 67 40 202 Timing Adjustments (X) 332 491 ____________________________________ Exports Item(1) October September Cumulative 1999 1999 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 61,181 (R)58,095 559,788 Net Adjustments -892 (R)-1,149 -10,370 Total Census Basis 62,073 (R)59,244 570,159 North America 23,168 (R)21,935 207,157 Canada 14,585 (R)14,285 137,157 Mexico 8,583 7,650 70,000 Western Europe 14,351 13,600 136,202 Euro Area (2) 9,373 8,607 87,300 European Union 13,159 12,168 125,253 Austria 273 184 2,187 Belgium 1,087 1,009 10,309 Finland 132 99 1,414 France 1,606 1,442 15,520 Germany 2,501 1,995 22,175 Italy 1,030 765 8,277 Netherlands 1,630 1,647 15,830 Spain 460 452 4,623 Sweden 340 368 3,499 United Kingdom 3,229 2,992 32,121 Other EU 872 1,214 9,297 European Free Trade Association 879 1,160 7,688 Norway 103 95 1,192 Switzerland 746 1,044 6,236 Other EFTA 31 21 260 Other Western Europe 313 272 3,261 Eastern Europe/FSR 560 739 4,795 Hungary 36 45 410 Poland 69 64 658 Former Soviet Republics 380 550 2,814 Russia 230 447 1,625 Other FSR 150 103 1,189 Other EE 75 80 912 Pacific Rim Countries 15,424 15,075 142,635 Australia 1,217 1,127 9,561 China 1,071 1,312 10,997 Japan 4,988 4,641 47,149 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 6,287 6,187 58,205 Hong Kong 1,076 1,174 10,381 Korea 1,936 2,010 18,798 Singapore 1,371 1,485 13,465 Taiwan 1,904 1,518 15,561 Other Pacific Rim(3) 1,861 1,808 16,722 South/Central America 5,067 4,482 45,742 Argentina 458 507 4,072 Brazil 1,373 1,158 10,997 Colombia 327 293 2,891 Other S/C A (3) 2,909 2,523 27,782 OPEC 1,461 1,290 15,577 Indonesia(3) 202 157 1,571 Nigeria 38 58 538 Saudia Arabia 470 381 5,939 Venezuela(3) 438 362 4,568 Other OPEC 313 332 2,960 Other Countries 2,614 2,271 23,375 Egypt 279 229 2,505 South Africa 262 221 2,141 Other 2,073 1,821 18,729 Uniden. ctys (4) 67 40 202 Timing Adjustments (X) 332 614 ____________________________________ Imports Item(1) October September Cumulative 1999 1999 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 94,901 (R)91,081 843,255 Net Adjustments 516 (R) 863 3,415 Total Census Basis 94,385 (R)90,219 839,840 North America 27,776 26,870 253,328 Canada 17,780 17,041 163,068 Mexico 9,996 9,829 90,260 Western Europe 19,386 17,138 174,204 Euro Area (2) 13,101 11,352 118,245 European Union 17,646 15,654 159,760 Austria 258 248 2,428 Belgium 882 740 7,721 Finland 283 214 2,414 France 2,235 2,071 21,238 Germany 4,826 4,279 44,744 Italy 1,921 1,659 18,461 Netherlands 838 661 6,731 Spain 427 346 4,154 Sweden 810 638 6,551 United Kingdom 3,439 3,398 32,127 Other EU 1,727 1,399 13,190 European Free Trade Association 1,354 1,207 11,529 Norway 398 396 3,176 Switzerland 901 757 7,869 Other EFTA 55 55 485 Other Western Europe 386 277 2,915 Eastern Europe/FSR 1,110 901 9,466 Hungary 172 169 1,502 Poland 68 77 663 Former Soviet Republics 724 523 6,026 Russia 562 350 4,702 Other FSR 163 174 1,324 Other EE 145 132 1,275 Pacific Rim Countries 33,615 32,835 295,939 Australia 448 498 4,366 China 8,223 8,215 67,569 Japan 12,167 11,279 107,736 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 8,522 8,475 77,597 Hong Kong 1,039 1,054 8,725 Korea 2,894 2,889 25,072 Singapore 1,598 1,520 15,027 Taiwan 2,992 3,012 28,773 Other Pacific Rim(3) 4,255 4,368 38,670 South/Central America 5,295 5,391 47,435 Argentina 219 212 2,101 Brazil 1,005 1,040 9,334 Colombia 620 593 5,016 Other S/C A (3) 3,451 3,547 30,985 OPEC 4,117 4,323 33,273 Indonesia(3) 884 913 7,937 Nigeria 347 439 3,540 Saudia Arabia 832 894 6,410 Venezuela(3) 1,085 1,185 8,860 Other OPEC 970 893 6,526 Other Countries 5,054 4,859 42,868 Egypt 54 57 510 South Africa 355 286 2,648 Other 4,646 4,516 39,710 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) (X) (X) Timing Adjustments (X) (X) 123 (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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 -- 1998 (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) October September Cumulative 1998 1998 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis -24,198 -24,302 -206,480 Net Adjustments -1,799 -1,495 -13,591 Total Census Basis -22,399 -22,807 -192,889 North America -3,415 -3,342 -26,578 Canada -1,704 -1,903 -13,236 Mexico -1,711 -1,439 -13,342 Western Europe -3,367 -1,926 -23,084 Euro Area (2) -3,189 -1,994 -22,676 European Union -3,480 -1,713 -21,107 Austria -54 113 -280 Belgium 359 340 4,806 Finland -86 -69 -526 France -806 -599 -5,334 Germany -2,084 -1,495 -18,617 Italy -1,064 -633 -9,873 Netherlands 793 759 9,268 Spain 121 100 535 Sweden -348 -288 -3,200 United Kingdom 106 611 4,312 Other EU -417 -550 -2,198 European Free Trade Association -3 -180 -2,676 Norway -93 -59 -987 Switzerland 119 -88 -1,515 Other EFTA -28 -33 -174 Other Western Europe 115 -32 699 Eastern Europe/FSR -391 -652 -2,590 Hungary -116 -143 -842 Poland 9 -8 70 Former Soviet Republics -244 -462 -1,551 Russia -218 -439 -1,643 Other FSR -27 -22 93 Other EE -41 -39 -268 Pacific Rim Countries -15,233 -15,673 -134,380 Australia 593 467 5,550 China -5,522 -5,910 -47,928 Japan -5,960 -5,164 -52,358 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) -2,139 -2,501 -20,349 Hong Kong 73 140 1,894 Korea -593 -763 -7,169 Singapore -330 -252 -2,415 Taiwan -1,289 -1,627 -12,659 Other Pacific Rim(3) -2,205 -2,565 -19,295 South/Central America 1,248 611 10,966 Argentina 334 294 3,142 Brazil 615 330 4,009 Colombia -20 -61 235 Other S/C A (3) 319 49 3,579 OPEC -836 -907 -9,000 Indonesia(3) -724 -727 -6,111 Nigeria -191 -192 -3,028 Saudia Arabia 290 446 2,577 Venezuela(3) -289 -283 -2,213 Other OPEC 77 -150 -225 Other Countries -1,625 -1,947 -16,829 Egypt 217 179 1,806 South Africa 47 -4 251 Other -1,889 -2,122 -18,886 Uniden. ctys (4) 207 18 281 ____________________________________________________________ Exports Item(1) October September Cumulative 1998 1998 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 60,105 54,681 555,883 Net Adjustments -1,208 -946 -9,098 Total Census Basis 61,313 55,627 564,981 North America 21,279 20,151 195,672 Canada 14,010 13,255 130,364 Mexico 7,269 6,896 65,308 Western Europe 14,566 13,481 135,109 Euro Area (2) 9,083 8,236 85,092 European Union 12,964 12,457 124,159 Austria 181 338 1,837 Belgium 1,132 1,106 11,827 Finland 158 125 1,628 France 1,542 1,379 14,565 Germany 2,559 2,264 21,983 Italy 830 743 7,435 Netherlands 1,583 1,377 15,569 Spain 495 400 4,446 Sweden 430 404 3,122 United Kingdom 3,230 3,594 33,150 Other EU 824 727 8,599 European Free Trade Association 1,123 787 7,286 Norway 142 167 1,399 Switzerland 964 606 5,672 Other EFTA 16 13 215 Other Western Europe 478 237 3,664 Eastern Europe/FSR 540 379 6,499 Hungary 41 34 399 Poland 75 59 730 Former Soviet Republics 337 212 4,390 Russia 246 109 3,168 Other FSR 91 103 1,222 Other EE 87 74 980 Pacific Rim Countries 15,219 13,299 138,279 Australia 1,082 901 10,062 China 1,855 1,215 11,544 Japan 4,965 4,572 48,677 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 5,422 5,154 51,110 Hong Kong 1,051 1,198 10,808 Korea 1,504 1,299 12,560 Singapore 1,207 1,337 12,971 Taiwan 1,660 1,320 14,771 Other Pacific Rim(3) 1,895 1,457 16,885 South/Central America 5,643 4,759 52,991 Argentina 524 462 5,009 Brazil 1,471 1,198 12,475 Colombia 408 323 4,089 Other S/C A (3) 3,240 2,776 31,417 OPEC 2,152 1,829 20,051 Indonesia(3) 178 153 1,733 Nigeria 104 61 691 Saudia Arabia 779 897 7,960 Venezuela(3) 528 426 5,623 Other OPEC 563 293 4,043 Other Countries 2,413 2,289 23,457 Egypt 270 236 2,381 South Africa 269 254 2,781 Other 1,874 1,799 18,295 Uniden. ctys (4) 207 18 281 _____________________________________________________________ Imports Item(1) October September Cumulative 1998 1998 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 84,303 78,983 762,363 Net Adjustments 592 549 4,493 Total Census Basis 83,712 78,434 757,869 North America 24,694 23,493 222,250 Canada 15,714 15,158 143,599 Mexico 8,979 8,335 78,650 Western Europe 17,933 15,407 158,192 Euro Area (2) 12,272 10,231 107,768 European Union 16,444 14,170 145,266 Austria 236 225 2,117 Belgium 773 766 7,021 Finland 244 194 2,153 France 2,348 1,978 19,900 Germany 4,643 3,759 40,600 Italy 1,894 1,376 17,307 Netherlands 790 619 6,301 Spain 374 301 3,911 Sweden 778 692 6,321 United Kingdom 3,124 2,982 28,838 Other EU 1,241 1,278 10,797 European Free Trade Association 1,126 967 9,962 Norway 235 227 2,385 Switzerland 846 694 7,188 Other EFTA 45 47 389 Other Western Europe 363 270 2,964 Eastern Europe/FSR 932 1,031 9,090 Hungary 157 177 1,241 Poland 65 67 661 Former Soviet Republics 582 674 5,941 Russia 464 548 4,811 Other FSR 118 126 1,129 Other EE 128 114 1,247 Pacific Rim Countries 30,451 28,972 272,658 Australia 489 434 4,512 China 7,378 7,125 59,473 Japan 10,924 9,736 101,035 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 7,561 7,655 71,459 Hong Kong 978 1,058 8,914 Korea 2,097 2,062 19,730 Singapore 1,537 1,589 15,385 Taiwan 2,949 2,947 27,429 Other Pacific Rim(3) 4,099 4,022 36,180 South/Central America 4,394 4,148 42,025 Argentina 190 168 1,867 Brazil 855 868 8,466 Colombia 428 384 3,854 Other S/C A (3) 2,921 2,728 27,838 OPEC 2,988 2,736 29,050 Indonesia(3) 902 880 7,845 Nigeria 295 253 3,720 Saudia Arabia 489 451 5,382 Venezuela(3) 816 710 7,836 Other OPEC 486 443 4,268 Other Countries 4,038 4,235 40,285 Egypt 53 57 574 South Africa 222 258 2,530 Other 3,763 3,921 37,181 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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 - 1999 AND 1998 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.) 1999 Item(1) October September Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 61,181 94,901 (R)58,095 (R)91,081 Net Adjustments -892 516 (R)-1,149 (R) 863 Total Census Basis (2) 62,073 94,385 (R)59,244 (R)90,219 Manufactured goods (3) 49,878 80,749 47,843 77,088 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,416 2,998 3,760 2,809 Mineral fuels (3) 990 7,819 836 7,620 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,519 7,453 3,570 7,211 Airplane parts 1,254 482 1,184 431 Airplanes 2,579 755 2,186 924 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 53 293 34 268 Aluminum 317 535 300 469 Animal feeds 329 51 252 46 Artwork/antiques 84 470 83 385 Basketware, etc. 270 404 236 382 Cereal flour 121 182 124 161 Chemicals - cosmetics 461 288 408 264 Chemicals - dyeing 344 221 303 220 Chemicals - fertilizers 216 127 197 108 Chemicals - inorganic 483 440 417 362 Chemicals - medicinal 1,038 1,252 924 1,097 Chemicals - n.e.s. 942 418 986 406 Chemicals - organic 1,530 2,075 1,405 1,813 Chemicals - plastics 1,561 817 1,470 782 Cigarettes 235 13 265 14 Clothing 650 5,135 648 5,659 Coal 225 50 185 47 Coffee 1 151 1 161 Copper 98 367 89 332 Cork, wood, lumber 350 775 343 778 Corn 402 3 451 4 Cotton, raw and linters 49 1 45 3 Crude fertilizers 122 104 128 109 Crude oil 45 5,481 17 5,351 Electrical machinery 6,772 8,162 6,558 7,924 Fish and preparations 318 872 268 809 Footwear 58 1,132 56 1,092 Furniture and bedding 396 1,457 368 1,354 Gem diamonds 45 1,047 21 883 General industrial mach 2,595 2,672 2,390 2,519 Glass 183 195 185 189 Glassware 70 169 63 169 Gold, nonmonetary 416 232 960 275 Hides and skins 93 9 79 8 Iron and steel mill prod 469 1,154 424 1,115 Jewelry 125 679 99 554 Lighting, plumbing 122 436 111 430 Liquified propane/butane 58 95 32 60 Live animals 118 166 34 123 Meat and preparations 587 302 532 280 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 984 1,251 975 1,244 Metal ores; scrap 337 330 288 324 Metalworking machinery 524 589 445 513 Mineral fuels, other 267 131 230 113 Natural gas 18 552 17 497 Nickel 25 63 25 107 Oils/fats, vegetable 119 90 92 101 Optical goods 208 265 201 260 Paper and paperboard 882 1,204 854 1,196 Petroleum preparations 367 1,377 343 1,418 Photographic equipment 328 615 323 558 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 591 619 532 605 Platinum 59 264 30 284 Pottery 10 158 8 175 Power generating mach. 2,690 2,973 2,596 2,744 Printed materials 448 312 409 330 Pulp and waste paper 322 270 305 232 Records/magnetic media 501 470 480 449 Rice 98 16 49 13 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 131 158 117 156 Rubber tires and tubes 213 406 215 375 Scientific instruments 2,279 1,600 2,147 1,584 Ships, boats 87 214 66 103 Silver and bullion 10 54 17 42 Soybeans 565 4 376 (-) Spacecraft (-) 1 224 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,268 1,655 2,114 1,584 Sugar 1 21 1 68 Television, VCR, etc. 2,129 5,326 2,047 5,104 Textile yearn, fabric 870 1,162 752 1,158 Tobacco, unmanufactured 116 45 51 83 Toys/games/sporting goods 332 2,237 298 2,171 Travel goods 28 394 30 380 Vegetables and fruits 626 616 588 590 Vehicles 4,762 13,015 4,458 11,827 Watches/clocks/parts 31 365 27 330 Wheat 322 15 305 16 Wood manufactures 155 604 144 630 Re-exports 4,740 (X) 4,459 (X) Agricultural commodities 93 (X) 80 (X) Manufactured goods 4,580 (X) 4,315 (X) Mineral fuels 10 (X) 26 (X) ___________________________________ 1998 Item(1) Cumulative Cumulative Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 559,788 843,255 555,883 762,363 Net Adjustments -10,370 3,415 -9,098 4,493 Total Census Basis (2) 570,159 839,840 564,981 757,869 Manufactured goods (3) 462,457 725,625 458,376 655,556 Agricultural commodities (3) 38,053 30,327 41,266 29,839 Mineral fuels (3) 7,798 59,114 8,717 48,950 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 33,269 68,938 33,385 62,811 Airplane parts 12,723 5,007 12,364 4,859 Airplanes 26,457 7,110 26,929 5,884 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 346 2,112 318 1,872 Aluminum 2,939 5,305 3,014 5,091 Animal feeds 2,717 473 3,421 509 Artwork/antiques 923 4,084 889 3,288 Basketware, etc. 2,355 3,602 2,134 3,166 Cereal flour 1,088 1,307 1,037 1,190 Chemicals - cosmetics 4,042 2,584 4,032 2,409 Chemicals - dyeing 3,010 2,188 2,925 2,111 Chemicals - fertilizers 2,520 1,226 2,613 1,322 Chemicals - inorganic 3,842 4,153 3,915 4,322 Chemicals - medicinal 9,185 11,080 7,792 8,832 Chemicals - n.e.s. 9,254 4,178 9,086 4,067 Chemicals - organic 12,621 18,004 12,636 15,604 Chemicals - plastics 13,846 7,650 13,996 7,218 Cigarettes 2,674 118 3,607 86 Clothing 6,796 47,482 7,204 45,788 Coal 1,925 535 2,703 615 Coffee 7 2,132 9 2,636 Copper 920 2,740 1,090 2,531 Cork, wood, lumber 3,547 7,469 3,415 6,406 Corn 4,295 146 3,648 130 Cotton, raw and linters 692 144 1,967 6 Crude fertilizers 1,250 1,052 1,351 1,103 Crude oil 590 39,481 817 31,994 Electrical machinery 61,384 72,111 54,508 66,211 Fish and preparations 2,371 7,189 1,841 6,687 Footwear 589 11,873 609 11,815 Furniture and bedding 3,621 13,260 3,627 10,896 Gem diamonds 211 8,189 91 7,289 General industrial mach 24,612 26,146 25,336 23,966 Glass 1,738 1,690 1,703 1,480 Glassware 593 1,507 604 1,355 Gold, nonmonetary 3,431 2,483 4,557 3,039 Hides and skins 840 83 973 94 Iron and steel mill prod 4,112 11,004 4,656 14,509 Jewelry 843 4,562 606 4,285 Lighting, plumbing 1,075 3,653 1,182 2,790 Liquified propane/butane 237 605 155 809 Live animals 451 1,221 486 1,441 Meat and preparations 5,165 2,693 5,422 2,353 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 9,219 11,986 8,955 11,239 Metal ores; scrap 2,894 2,974 2,957 3,475 Metalworking machinery 4,336 5,626 4,460 6,656 Mineral fuels, other 2,131 1,006 2,214 974 Natural gas 175 4,889 213 4,295 Nickel 268 697 312 781 Oils/fats, vegetable 1,002 996 1,456 1,121 Optical goods 1,800 2,537 1,585 2,267 Paper and paperboard 8,179 11,073 8,432 10,679 Petroleum preparations 2,567 11,480 2,462 9,336 Photographic equipment 2,941 4,918 2,933 4,706 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 5,226 5,801 4,615 5,122 Platinum 385 2,827 313 2,487 Pottery 89 1,410 85 1,450 Power generating mach. 25,323 26,133 23,755 23,213 Printed materials 3,797 2,740 3,902 2,569 Pulp and waste paper 2,807 2,049 2,881 2,083 Records/magnetic media 4,764 3,782 4,952 3,632 Rice 756 149 1,000 146 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 1,143 1,484 1,091 1,369 Rubber tires and tubes 1,997 3,813 2,148 3,382 Scientific instruments 20,954 14,425 20,128 12,765 Ships, boats 1,364 986 1,268 978 Silver and bullion 188 530 586 553 Soybeans 3,393 26 3,710 50 Spacecraft 640 245 857 90 Specialized ind. mach. 20,407 18,140 23,438 19,278 Sugar 3 484 2 645 Television, VCR, etc. 19,637 40,809 19,352 35,159 Textile yearn, fabric 7,722 11,326 7,620 10,875 Tobacco, unmanufactured 1,107 597 1,156 712 Toys/games/sporting goods 2,732 15,785 2,830 15,408 Travel goods 274 3,454 255 3,372 Vegetables and fruits 5,853 7,740 6,045 6,902 Vehicles 44,230 119,245 44,712 96,865 Watches/clocks/parts 276 2,664 250 2,667 Wheat 2,987 241 3,056 242 Wood manufactures 1,426 6,021 1,437 4,739 Re-exports 40,889 (X) 37,446 (X) Agricultural commodities 1,088 (X) 1,179 (X) Manufactured goods 39,323 (X) 35,830 (X) Mineral fuels 98 (X) 98 (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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1997 TO OCTOBER 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.) Period Balance Exports Imports 1997 Jan.- Dec. 32,252 179,538 147,287 Jan.- Oct. 25,742 147,403 121,661 January 1,866 12,359 10,494 February 2,730 12,883 10,152 March 4,739 16,712 11,972 April 3,161 14,954 11,793 May 3,812 15,242 11,430 June 2,472 14,895 12,423 July 1,826 14,917 13,091 August 1,875 14,387 12,511 September 1,389 15,268 13,879 October 1,871 15,787 13,915 November 2,600 14,638 12,037 December 3,909 17,497 13,588 1998 Jan.- Dec. 29,694 186,444 156,750 Jan.- Oct. 21,712 151,000 129,288 January 2,764 14,177 11,413 February 2,942 14,083 11,141 March 3,136 16,971 13,835 April 2,088 14,426 12,338 May 2,317 14,752 12,435 June 2,055 15,448 13,393 July 710 14,047 13,337 August 1,009 14,006 12,997 September 1,790 15,913 14,123 October 2,902 17,177 14,275 November 2,761 16,616 13,855 December 5,221 18,828 13,607 1999 Jan.- Oct. 16,625 163,381 146,756 January 3,465 15,533 12,069 February 2,381 14,921 12,541 March 3,532 18,039 14,507 April 2,359 16,064 13,705 May 1,706 15,688 13,982 June 746 16,541 15,795 July -365 15,609 15,974 August 1,144 16,552 15,408 September 914 16,981 16,067 October 743 17,453 16,709 November December Note: Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 1998 - OCTOBER 1999 (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.) 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 $) ($) 1998 Jan.- Dec 4,088,027 49,131,751 3,242,711 8,884 37,252,222 11.49 Jan.- Oct 3,426,186 42,139,055 2,722,381 8,955 31,994,037 11.75 January 332,557 4,876,618 271,208 8,749 3,880,647 14.31 February 292,678 3,983,303 230,593 8,235 3,001,696 13.02 March 330,542 4,099,083 263,407 8,497 3,128,940 11.88 April 357,373 4,415,302 289,968 9,666 3,412,229 11.77 May 356,929 4,467,270 282,846 9,124 3,337,271 11.80 June 341,622 4,025,877 271,314 9,044 3,018,342 11.12 July 366,139 4,165,324 289,718 9,346 3,122,180 10.78 August 374,808 4,135,575 300,227 9,685 3,166,475 10.55 September 330,636 3,787,301 259,951 8,665 2,857,357 10.99 October 342,903 4,183,402 263,149 8,489 3,068,900 11.66 November 337,814 3,811,407 267,953 8,932 2,890,373 10.79 December 324,027 3,181,289 252,378 8,141 2,367,812 9.38 1999 Jan.- Oct 3,437,424 51,565,596 2,710,021 8,915 39,480,667 14.57 January 330,815 3,192,483 262,434 8,466 2,412,950 9.19 February 316,359 3,092,851 247,595 8,843 2,343,134 9.46 March 332,325 3,614,500 263,476 8,499 2,748,139 10.43 April 353,330 4,693,856 274,232 9,141 3,485,593 12.71 May 353,672 5,295,479 275,289 8,880 4,003,468 14.54 June 369,728 5,491,895 290,410 9,680 4,217,774 14.52 July 353,327 5,826,389 277,017 8,936 4,435,369 16.01 August 357,411 6,575,316 281,061 9,066 5,001,610 17.80 September 340,135 6,829,485 274,202 9,140 5,351,367 19.52 October 330,323 6,953,342 264,306 8,526 5,481,262 20.74 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-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 October September to-date TOTAL 6,536 6,107 60,941 Australia 96 65 686 Austria 182 94 976 Belgium 78 75 917 Brazil 26 16 353 Canada 3,839 3,795 36,957 Germany 128 154 1,875 Japan 217 213 2,253 Korea 29 38 354 Mexico 1,164 1,007 9,283 Saudia Arabia 86 52 639 Sweden 26 35 243 Taiwan 14 12 202 United Kingdom 151 145 1,500 Other 499 407 4,702 ___________________________________ Cars Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 1,433 1,165 13,475 Australia 11 9 139 Austria 1 (-) 10 Belgium 41 29 350 Brazil 3 (-) 15 Canada 782 721 7,468 Germany 37 68 1,083 Japan 50 38 644 Korea 1 1 13 Mexico 310 149 1,484 Saudia Arabia 46 22 320 Sweden 4 3 48 Taiwan 6 6 116 United Kingdom 27 39 478 Other 115 80 1,308 ___________________________________ Trucks Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 806 756 7,190 Australia 27 11 107 Austria (-) 1 2 Belgium 7 12 277 Brazil 1 (-) 10 Canada 568 586 5,185 Germany 5 2 35 Japan 7 10 82 Korea (-) (-) 5 Mexico 53 38 308 Saudia Arabia 26 18 174 Sweden 9 2 19 Taiwan 2 1 32 United Kingdom 6 4 53 Other 96 70 901 ___________________________________ Parts Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 4,296 4,187 40,275 Australia 58 44 440 Austria 181 93 965 Belgium 30 34 290 Brazil 23 15 328 Canada 2,489 2,488 24,304 Germany 87 83 757 Japan 160 165 1,528 Korea 28 36 336 Mexico 801 820 7,491 Saudia Arabia 14 12 144 Sweden 13 31 176 Taiwan 6 5 55 United Kingdom 119 103 969 Other 288 257 2,494 ___________________________________ Imports Total Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 16,149 14,868 147,615 Australia 23 48 327 Austria 18 19 196 Belgium 128 126 1,247 Brazil 121 130 1,134 Canada 5,463 5,409 53,036 Germany 1,514 1,111 13,498 Japan 4,008 3,413 35,196 Korea 397 347 3,031 Mexico 3,002 3,011 27,758 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 276 194 1,953 Taiwan 95 105 1,013 United Kingdom 324 326 2,923 Other 782 631 6,302 ___________________________________ Cars Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 8,493 7,664 78,183 Australia (-) 22 107 Austria (-) (-) 2 Belgium 103 107 1,032 Brazil (-) (-) 2 Canada 2,836 2,818 27,866 Germany 1,187 792 10,614 Japan 2,723 2,290 23,626 Korea 311 268 2,230 Mexico 748 935 8,633 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 239 161 1,641 Taiwan 4 6 24 United Kingdom 192 201 1,705 Other 149 64 700 ___________________________________ Trucks Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 1,729 1,590 16,319 Australia (-) (-) 14 Austria (-) (-) (-) Belgium 16 12 141 Brazil (-) (-) 13 Canada 1,023 1,019 10,520 Germany 4 3 60 Japan 91 62 661 Korea 7 (-) 43 Mexico 555 463 4,469 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 1 1 32 Taiwan (-) 1 15 United Kingdom 18 19 180 Other 14 11 169 ___________________________________ Parts Country Cumulative October September to-date TOTAL 5,927 5,615 53,113 Australia 23 26 206 Austria 18 19 194 Belgium 9 7 74 Brazil 120 130 1,119 Canada 1,604 1,571 14,650 Germany 322 316 2,824 Japan 1,194 1,061 10,908 Korea 78 79 758 Mexico 1,699 1,613 14,656 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 36 33 280 Taiwan 90 98 974 United Kingdom 114 106 1,037 Other 619 555 5,432 Note: Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. 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 October 1999, these shipment totaled $ 29.7 million. U.S. export coverage also excludes certain Canadian postal shipments. For October 1999, these shipments totaled $7.9 million. 2. Valuation -- Canadian imports are valued at point of origin in the United States. However, U.S. exports are valued at the port of exit in the United States and include inland freight charges, making the U.S. export value slightly larger. Canada requires inland freight to be reported. Inland freight charges for October 1999 account for 1.6 percent of the value of U.S. exports to Canada. 3. Reexports -- U.S. exports include reexports of foreign goods. Again, the aggregate U.S. export figure is slightly larger. For October 1999, reexports to Canada were $1,676 million. 4. Exchange Rate -- Average monthly exchange rates are applied to convert the published data to U.S. currency. For October 1999, the average exchange rate was 1.4776 Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar. 5. Other -- There are other minor differences which are statistically insignificant, such as rounding error. AREA GROUPINGS (See Exhibits 14 and 14A) North America - Canada, Mexico Western Europe - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Gozo, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia..European Union - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Euro Area - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain. European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland. Eastern Europe - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Pacific Rim - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan. South/Central America - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela. OPEC - Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela. Adjustments for Seasonal and Working-Day Variations Goods are initially classified under the Harmonized System (HS) which describes and measures the characteristics of goods traded. Combining trade into approximately 140 export and 140 import end-use categories makes it possible to examine goods according to their principal uses (See Exhibits 7 and 8). These categories are used as the basis for computing the seasonal and working-day adjusted data. These adjusted data are then summed to the six end-use aggregates for publication (Exhibit 6). These data are provided to the Bureau of Economic Analysis for use in the Balance of Payments and the National Income and Product Accounts. The seasonal adjustment procedure is based on a model, which estimates the monthly movements as percentages above or below the general level of each end-use commodity series (unlike other methods that redistribute the actual series values over the calendar year). Imports of petroleum and petroleum products are adjusted for the length of the month. Because of the extremely variable movements of the data series for aircraft, users studying data trends may wish to analyze aircraft separately from other trade. Adjustments for Price Change Data adjusted for seasonal variation on a constant dollar basis (1992=100 ) are presented in Exhibits 10 and 11. This adjustment for price change is done at the lowest end-use level possible, then summed to the six published end-use aggregates. The deflators are primarily based upon the monthly price indexes published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics using techniques developed for the National Income and Product Accounts by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. SITC Data Goods data appearing in Exhibit 15 are classified in terms of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Revision 3. Agricultural goods consist of non-marine food products and other products of agriculture which have not passed through complex processes of manufacture, such as raw hides and skins, fats and oils, and wine. A few goods such as essential oils, starches, casein, and albumin, considered to be agricultural by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have been excluded from agricultural goods and are included in manufactured goods where they are classified in the SITC. Manufactured goods conform to the SITC sections that include chemicals and related products, N.S.P.F.; manufactured goods classified chiefly by material; machinery and transport equipment; miscellaneous manufactured articles, N.S.P.F.; and goods and transactions not classified elsewhere. Reexports are foreign merchandise entering the country as imports, and at the time of exportation are in substantially the same condition as when imported. Reexports, included in overall export totals, appear as separate line items in Exhibit 15. Advanced Technology Products (ATP) About 500 of some 22,000 commodity classification codes used in reporting U.S. merchandise trade are identified as "advanced technology" codes and they meet the following criteria: 1. The code contains products whose technology is from a recognized high technology field (e.g., biotechnology). 2. These products represent leading edge technology in that field. 3. Such products constitute a significant part of all items covered in the selected classification code. The aggregation of the goods results in a measure of advanced technology trade which appears in Exhibit 16. This product and commodity-based measure of advanced technology differs from broader SIC industry-based measures which include all goods produced by a particular industry group, regardless of the level of technology embodied in the goods. Nonsampling error The goods data are a complete enumeration of documents collected by the U.S. Customs Service and are not subject to sampling errors; but they are subject to several types of nonsampling errors. The most significant of these include reporting errors, undocumented shipments, timeliness and data capture errors, and errors in the estimation of low-valued transactions. For a detailed discussion of errors affecting the goods data, see "U.S. Merchandise Trade Statistics: A Quality Profile" available on the INTERNET at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ or from the Foreign Trade Division. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (BOP) BASIS Goods on a Census basis are adjusted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis to goods on a BOP basis to bring the data in line with the concepts and definitions used to prepare the international and national accounts. Broadly, the adjustments include changes in ownership that occur without goods passing into or out of the customs territory of the United States. These adjustments are necessary to supplement coverage of the Census basis data, to eliminate duplication of transactions recorded elsewhere in the international accounts, and to value transactions according to a standard definition. The export adjustments include: U.S. military sales contracts - This deduction of U.S. military sales contracts is made because the Census Bureau has included these contracts in the goods data, but BEA includes them in the service category "Transfers Under U.S. Military Sales Contracts." BEA's source material for these contracts is more comprehensive, but has no distinction between goods and services. Private gift parcels. This addition is made for parcels mailed to foreigners by individuals through the U.S. Postal Service. (Only commercial shipments are covered in Census goods exports.) Gold exports, nonmonetary. This addition is made for gold that is purchased by foreign official agencies from private dealers in the United States and held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Census data only includes gold that leaves the customs territory. Some smaller adjustments are also made to exports: Deductions for repairs of goods, developed motion picture film, and military grant-aid. Additions for sales of fish in U.S. territorial waters, exports of electricity to Mexico, and vessels and oil rigs that change ownership for which no export document is filed. The import adjustments include: Inland freight in Canada. An addition is made for inland freight in Canada. Imports of goods from all countries are valued at the foreign port of export, including inland freight charges ("customs value"). In the case of Canada, this should be the cost of the goods at the U.S. border. However, the customs value for imports for certain Canadian goods is the point of origin in Canada. The BEA makes an addition for the inland freight charges of transporting these Canadian goods to the U.S. border to make the value comparable to the customs value as reported by all other countries. Insurance and freight charges for transporting goods to the United States from all other countries to the U.S. border are included in services by the BEA. (The same procedure is used for Mexico as an Other Adjustment, but is much smaller.) Gold imports, nonmonetary. This addition is made for gold sold by foreign official agencies to private purchasers out of stock held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Census data only includes gold that enters the customs territory. Imports by U.S. military agencies. This deduction of U.S. military sales contracts is made because the Census Bureau has included these contracts in the goods data, but BEA includes them in the service category "Direct Defense Expenditures". BEA's source material is more comprehensive, but has no distinction between goods and services. Some smaller adjustments are also made to imports: Deductions for repairs of goods, and developed motion picture film. Additions for imported electricity from Mexico, conversion of vessels for commercial use, and repairs to U.S. vessels abroad, and valuation of prepackaged software imports at market value. SERVICES The statistics are estimates of services transactions between foreign countries and the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories and possessions. Transactions with U.S. military, diplomatic, and consular installations abroad are excluded because they are considered to be part of the U.S. economy. Services are shown in seven broad categories. Types of services for imports and exports are the same for six of the seven categories. For the seventh, exports is "Transfers Under U.S. Military Sales Contracts" while for imports the category is "Direct Defense Expenditures". The following is a brief description of the types of services included in each category: Travel - Purchases of services and goods by U.S. travelers abroad and by foreign visitors to the United States. A traveler is defined as a person who stays for a period of less than 1 year in a country of which the person is not a resident. Includes expenditures for food, lodging, recreation, gifts, and other items incidental to a foreign visit. Passenger Fares - Fares paid by residents of one country to residents in 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 will be released for the current month and a revised estimate for the immediately preceding month. After a revised month is released, no further changes will be made until the quarterly international transactions estimates, based on more complete source data, are released. The first monthly release that follows the quarterly international transactions release will contain revised estimates for the previous six months, in order to align the monthly estimates with the quarterly estimates. Annual revisions for the months and quarters are made in June, which incorporate updated source data and changes in estimating methodologies. Quarterly and annual estimates of services are included as part of the U.S. international transaction accounts, published in the April, July, October, and January issues of the Survey of Current Business. The next release is scheduled for March 15, 2000. The Survey is available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY. The FT900 and supplement are available on the following; INTERNET The U. S. International Trade in Goods and Services reports for the current month and previous years are available at: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ STAT-USA The U.S. Department of Commerce's electronic information facility. Call 1 800 STAT-USA for product information. Additional data and information on goods are obtainable from: Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 20233 Additional data and information on services are obtainable from: Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis Washington, D.C. 20230 Monthly FT-900 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Release dates for 1999: 12-16-99, 1-20-00, 2-18-00 Monthly FT-900 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Release dates for 2000: 03-21-00, 04-19-00, 05-19-00, 06-20-00, 07-19-00, 08-18-00, 09-20-00, 10-19-00, 11-21-00, 12-19-00, 01-19-01, 02-21-01 SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-241), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, October 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.