U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES: APRIL 1997 This release contains sensitive economic data not to be released before 8:30 a.m. Thursday, June 19, 1997 CB-97-98 Press Copy FT-900 (97-04) For information on goods contact: Bureau of the Census: Haydn R. Mearkle (301) 457-2246 Richard M. Preuss (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 April 1997 The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total April exports of $78.4 billion and imports of $86.7 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $8.4 billion, $0.6 billion more than the $7.8 billion in March, revised. April exports were $0.2 billion more than March exports of $78.2 billion. April imports were $0.8 billion more than March imports of $85.9 billion. In April, the goods deficit increased $0.2 billion from March to $15.1 billion, and the services surplus decreased $0.4 billion to $6.8 billion. Exports of goods increased to $57.6 billion from $57.2 billion, and imports of goods increased to $72.7 billion from $72.0 billion. Exports of services decreased to $20.7 billion from $21.0 billion, and imports of services increased to $14.0 billion from $13.9 billion. The March to April change in exports of goods reflected an increase in capital goods of $0.8 billion (primarily telecommunications equipment). Decreases occurred in other goods ($0.2 billion); industrial supplies and materials ($0.2 billion); and consumer goods ($0.1 billion). Foods, feeds, and beverages and automotive vehicles, parts, and engines were virtually unchanged. The March to April change in imports of goods reflected increases in consumer goods of $1.2 billion (primarily apparel products; toys, games and sporting goods; and pharmaceutical products); other goods ($0.2 billion); and capital goods ($0.2 billion). Decreases occurred in automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.3 billion) and in industrial supplies and materials ($0.3 billion). Foods, feeds, and beverages were virtually unchanged. 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. For the three months ending in April, exports of goods and services, using a centered three-month moving average, were $77.0 billion, while imports of goods and services averaged $85.6 billion, resulting in an average trade deficit of $8.7 billion. For the three months ending in March, the average trade deficit was $9.7 billion, reflecting average exports of $74.8 billion and average imports of $84.5 billion. Services exports decreased $0.3 billion from March to April, reflecting a decrease in travel. Changes in other categories of services exports were small and nearly offsetting. Services imports increased $0.1 billion from March to April. Small increases in several categories of services imports were partly offset by small decreases in others. Selected Not Seasonally Adjusted Goods Details Advanced technology products (ATP) exports were $15.4 billion in April and imports were $11.7 billion, resulting in a surplus of $3.7 billion, $0.7 billion less than the March surplus of $4.4 billion. April exports were $0.8 billion less than the $16.3 billion in March, while imports were $0.1 billion less than the $11.9 billion in March. The April figures showed surpluses, in billions of dollars, with Hong Kong $0.6 (for March $0.7), Korea $0.6 ($0.7), Australia $0.5 ($0.8), Brazil $0.4 ($0.6), Argentina $0.2 ($0.3), and Egypt $0.1 ($0.3). Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with Japan -$4.8 (-$4.6), China -$3.5 (-$2.6), OPEC -$1.7 (-$1.4), Mexico -$1.4 (-$1.5), Canada -$1.0 (-$1.3), Taiwan -$1.0 (-$0.7), Western Europe -$0.5 ($0.3), and Singapore -$0.3 ($0.0). Carry-over in April was $1.0 billion (1.7 percent) for exports and $0.9 billion (1.3 percent) for imports. For March, revised export carry-over was $0.2 billion (0.3 percent), revised down from $0.5 billion (0.8 percent). For March, revised import carry-over was $0.1 billion (0.1 percent), revised down from $0.4 billion (0.6 percent). *** NOTICE *** NOTICE *** NOTICE *** NOTICE *** NOTICE *** NOTICE The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of the Economic Analysis issued today the U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services 1996 Annual Revisions. Goods The 1996 unadjusted Census Basis goods data were revised to eliminate "carry over" (that portion of the monthly statistics that arrives too late for inclusion in the transaction month) and to include errata (corrections to the published monthly data). The 1995 unadjusted Census Basis goods were revised to include errata. Once these corrections were completed, factors for seasonal, working day adjustments, and constant dollars were recomputed and the seasonally adjusted and constant dollar data were revised for 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. Services Several major improvements are introduced to the services estimates. The other private services estimates reflect newly available information from BEA's Benchmark Survey of Selected Services with Unaffiliated Foreigners for 1996, BEA's Annual Surveys of Financial Services with Unaffiliated Foreigners for 1995 and 1996, which update BEA's Benchmark Survey of Financial Services for 1994, and BEA's Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States for 1992. In addition, new estimates are incorporated for transactions of temporary workers in the United States. The expanded coverage provided by the benchmark surveys and the new annual surveys of financial services is indicative of BEA's efforts to increase the coverage and quality of measurement of the services estimates. The other transportation receipts estimates reflect newly available information for ocean port service receipts and for freight charges for land transportation between the United States and Canada. The new estimates are based on new source data and BEA research. The travel and passenger fare estimates reflect unusually large revision due to the incorporation of more complete source data. In addition to these improvements, the services estimates are revised to reflect newly available and updated source data. Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1 International Trade in Goods and Services 4 Exhibit 2 Goods and Services 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 - 1996 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-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 1. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES JANUARY 1995 TO APRIL 1997 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Period Total Goods (1) Services 1995 Jan.- Dec. -101,857 -173,560 71,703 Jan.- Apr. -38,128 -60,061 21,933 January -10,093 -15,794 5,701 February -9,054 -14,133 5,079 March -9,156 -14,473 5,317 April -9,825 -15,661 5,836 May -9,900 -15,820 5,920 June -11,074 -16,078 5,004 July -9,405 -15,550 6,145 August -7,535 -13,675 6,140 September -6,942 -13,595 6,653 October -6,903 -13,363 6,460 November -6,271 -12,860 6,589 December -5,703 -12,559 6,856 1996 Jan.- Dec. -111,040 -191,170 80,130 Jan.- Apr. -34,216 -58,821 24,605 January -9,510 -15,508 5,998 February -7,657 -13,080 5,423 March -7,372 -14,335 6,963 April -9,676 -15,897 6,221 May -9,973 -16,826 6,853 June -8,132 -14,839 6,707 July -11,623 -17,757 6,134 August -10,007 -16,759 6,752 September -10,887 -17,976 7,089 October -7,935 -15,320 7,385 November -7,665 -15,176 7,511 December -10,601 -17,695 7,094 1997 Jan.- Apr. -37,474 -64,898 27,424 January -11,475 -18,149 6,674 February -9,884 -16,761 6,877 March -7,755 -14,877 7,122 April -8,360 -15,111 6,751 May June July August September October November December March Data as published last month: -8,508 -15,063 6,555 _________________________________________ Exports Period Total Goods (1) Services 1995 Jan.- Dec. 794,610 575,871 218,739 Jan.- Apr. 255,837 185,897 69,940 January 62,621 45,060 17,561 February 62,515 45,544 16,971 March 65,233 47,785 17,448 April 65,468 47,508 17,960 May 66,019 47,953 18,066 June 64,998 47,720 17,278 July 65,583 47,062 18,521 August 67,272 48,663 18,609 September 68,751 49,635 19,116 October 68,074 49,277 18,797 November 68,480 49,408 19,072 December 69,599 50,256 19,343 1996 Jan.- Dec. 848,833 612,069 236,764 Jan.- Apr. 277,087 200,842 76,245 January 67,630 48,899 18,731 February 68,818 50,433 18,385 March 70,657 50,716 19,941 April 69,982 50,794 19,188 May 71,277 51,282 19,995 June 70,889 51,335 19,554 July 68,500 49,087 19,413 August 71,150 51,254 19,896 September 70,435 50,423 20,012 October 73,088 52,503 20,585 November 73,969 53,209 20,760 December 72,444 52,133 20,311 1997 Jan.- Apr. 302,875 220,150 82,725 January 71,957 51,686 20,271 February 74,370 53,687 20,683 March 78,193 57,155 21,038 April 78,356 57,623 20,733 May June July August September October November December March Data as published last month: 76,479 56,614 19,865 _________________________________________ Imports Period Total Goods (1) Services 1995 Jan.- Dec. 896,467 749,431 147,036 Jan.- Apr. 293,965 245,958 48,007 January 72,714 60,854 11,860 February 71,570 59,678 11,892 March 74,389 62,258 12,131 April 75,292 63,168 12,124 May 75,919 63,773 12,146 June 76,072 63,798 12,274 July 74,988 62,612 12,376 August 74,807 62,338 12,469 September 75,692 63,229 12,463 October 74,977 62,640 12,337 November 74,751 62,268 12,483 December 75,301 62,814 12,487 1996 Jan.- Dec. 959,873 803,239 156,634 Jan.- Apr. 311,303 259,663 51,640 January 77,140 64,407 12,733 February 76,476 63,514 12,962 March 78,030 65,052 12,978 April 79,658 66,691 12,967 May 81,250 68,108 13,142 June 79,021 66,174 12,847 July 80,123 66,844 13,279 August 81,157 68,013 13,144 September 81,323 68,400 12,923 October 81,023 67,823 13,200 November 81,634 68,385 13,249 December 83,045 69,828 13,217 1997 Jan.- Apr. 340,349 285,048 55,301 January 83,431 69,834 13,597 February 84,254 70,448 13,806 March 85,948 72,032 13,916 April 86,716 72,734 13,982 May June July August September October November December March Data as published last month: 84,987 71,677 13,310 (1) Data presented on a Balance of Payments (BOP) Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 1995 TO APRIL 1997 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Center Month of Balance Moving Average Total Goods (1) Services 1995 January February -9,435 -14,800 5,366 March -9,345 -14,756 5,411 April -9,627 -15,318 5,691 May -10,266 -15,853 5,587 June -10,126 -15,816 5,690 July -9,338 -15,101 5,763 August -7,961 -14,273 6,313 September -7,126 -13,544 6,418 October -6,705 -13,272 6,567 November -6,292 -12,927 6,635 December -7,161 -13,642 6,481 1996 January -7,623 -13,716 6,092 February -8,180 -14,308 6,128 March -8,235 -14,438 6,202 April -9,007 -15,686 6,679 May -9,260 -15,854 6,594 June -9,909 -16,474 6,565 July -9,921 -16,452 6,531 August -10,839 -17,498 6,658 September -9,610 -16,685 7,075 October -8,829 -16,157 7,328 November -8,734 -16,064 7,330 December -9,914 -17,007 7,093 1997 January -10,653 -17,535 6,882 February -9,705 -16,596 6,891 March -8,667 -15,583 6,917 April May June July August September October November December _________________________________________ Center Month of Exports Moving Average Total Goods (1) Services 1995 January February 63,456 46,130 17,327 March 64,405 46,946 17,460 April 65,573 47,748 17,825 May 65,495 47,727 17,768 June 65,533 47,578 17,955 July 65,951 47,815 18,136 August 67,202 48,453 18,749 September 68,032 49,192 18,841 October 68,435 49,440 18,995 November 68,718 49,647 19,071 December 68,570 49,521 19,049 1996 January 68,682 49,863 18,820 February 69,035 50,016 19,019 March 69,819 50,648 19,171 April 70,639 50,931 19,708 May 70,716 51,137 19,579 June 70,222 50,568 19,654 July 70,180 50,559 19,621 August 70,028 50,255 19,774 September 71,558 51,393 20,164 October 72,497 52,045 20,452 November 73,167 52,615 20,552 December 72,790 52,343 20,447 1997 January 72,924 52,502 20,422 February 74,840 54,176 20,664 March 76,973 56,155 20,818 April May June July August September October November December _________________________________________ Center Month of Imports Moving Average Total Goods (1) Services 1995 January February 72,891 60,930 11,961 March 73,750 61,701 12,049 April 75,200 63,066 12,134 May 75,761 63,580 12,181 June 75,660 63,394 12,265 July 75,289 62,916 12,373 August 75,163 62,727 12,436 September 75,159 62,736 12,423 October 75,140 62,712 12,428 November 75,010 62,574 12,436 December 75,731 63,163 12,568 1996 January 76,306 63,578 12,727 February 77,215 64,324 12,891 March 78,054 65,085 12,969 April 79,646 66,617 13,029 May 79,976 66,991 12,985 June 80,132 67,042 13,089 July 80,101 67,011 13,090 August 80,868 67,752 13,115 September 81,168 68,079 13,089 October 81,327 68,203 13,124 November 81,901 68,679 13,222 December 82,704 69,349 13,354 1997 January 83,577 70,037 13,540 February 84,544 70,771 13,773 March 85,639 71,738 13,901 April May June July August September October November December 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-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 3. U.S. SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY -- EXPORTS JANUARY 1995 TO APRIL 1997 (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 1995 Jan. - Dec. 218,739 63,395 19,125 27,412 Jan. - Apr. 69,940 20,189 6,174 8,909 January 17,561 5,338 1,612 2,158 February 16,971 4,789 1,485 2,122 March 17,448 4,737 1,476 2,325 April 17,960 5,325 1,601 2,304 May 18,066 5,223 1,574 2,339 June 17,278 4,494 1,396 2,265 July 18,521 5,368 1,608 2,241 August 18,609 5,304 1,589 2,315 September 19,116 5,686 1,692 2,309 October 18,797 5,537 1,644 2,306 November 19,072 5,696 1,703 2,372 December 19,343 5,901 1,745 2,359 1996 Jan. - Dec. 236,764 69,908 20,557 27,216 Jan. - Apr. 76,245 22,224 6,644 8,865 January 18,731 5,426 1,657 2,199 February 18,385 5,179 1,613 2,125 March 19,941 6,107 1,817 2,231 April 19,188 5,512 1,557 2,310 May 19,995 6,090 1,747 2,270 June 19,554 5,754 1,648 2,225 July 19,413 5,667 1,682 2,193 August 19,896 5,945 1,766 2,293 September 20,012 6,047 1,789 2,230 October 20,585 6,145 1,791 2,400 November 20,760 6,215 1,801 2,393 December 20,311 5,823 1,690 2,349 1997 Jan. - Apr. 82,725 24,668 7,068 9,481 January 20,271 5,968 1,710 2,304 February 20,683 6,265 1,796 2,326 March 21,038 6,388 1,810 2,428 April 20,733 6,047 1,752 2,423 May June July August September October November December _____________________________________________________________________ EXPORT SERVICES CONTINUED Royalties Transfers U. S. and Other Under U. S. Government License Private Military Sales Misc. Period Fees Services Contracts Services 1995 Jan. - Dec. 27,383 66,850 13,756 818 Jan. - Apr. 8,706 21,394 4,316 252 January 2,127 5,282 971 73 February 2,165 5,333 1,010 67 March 2,195 5,385 1,268 62 April 2,219 5,394 1,067 50 May 2,244 5,477 1,158 51 June 2,273 5,566 1,227 57 July 2,341 5,646 1,232 85 August 2,364 5,677 1,271 89 September 2,373 5,713 1,255 88 October 2,346 5,763 1,136 65 November 2,356 5,776 1,106 63 December 2,380 5,835 1,055 68 1996 Jan. - Dec. 29,974 73,569 14,647 893 Jan. - Apr. 9,882 23,884 4,390 356 January 2,462 5,881 1,011 95 February 2,483 5,950 936 99 March 2,487 6,059 1,145 95 April 2,450 5,994 1,298 67 May 2,445 6,067 1,315 61 June 2,450 6,070 1,348 59 July 2,483 6,091 1,228 69 August 2,498 6,145 1,179 70 September 2,514 6,196 1,165 71 October 2,559 6,321 1,299 70 November 2,570 6,370 1,342 69 December 2,574 6,426 1,381 68 1997 Jan. - Apr. 10,327 26,394 4,523 264 January 2,580 6,519 1,124 66 February 2,577 6,589 1,064 66 March 2,576 6,641 1,130 65 April 2,594 6,645 1,205 67 May June July August September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is included in each service category. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 4. U.S. SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY -- IMPORTS JANUARY 1995 TO APRIL 1997 (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 1995 Jan. - Dec. 147,036 46,053 14,433 28,249 Jan. - Apr. 48,007 15,147 4,559 9,411 January 11,860 3,780 1,115 2,318 February 11,892 3,762 1,122 2,284 March 12,131 3,739 1,121 2,487 April 12,124 3,866 1,201 2,322 May 12,146 3,772 1,186 2,406 June 12,274 3,856 1,218 2,360 July 12,376 3,807 1,226 2,378 August 12,469 3,805 1,241 2,432 September 12,463 3,885 1,239 2,343 October 12,337 3,889 1,239 2,391 November 12,483 3,923 1,262 2,314 December 12,487 3,973 1,263 2,214 1996 Jan. - Dec. 156,634 48,739 15,776 28,453 Jan. - Apr. 51,640 16,507 5,158 9,259 January 12,733 4,026 1,255 2,328 February 12,962 4,256 1,327 2,194 March 12,978 4,203 1,278 2,294 April 12,967 4,022 1,298 2,443 May 13,142 4,113 1,347 2,460 June 12,847 3,965 1,298 2,351 July 13,279 3,915 1,291 2,445 August 13,144 4,046 1,324 2,403 September 12,923 3,955 1,305 2,372 October 13,200 4,025 1,344 2,478 November 13,249 4,156 1,367 2,323 December 13,217 4,061 1,342 2,366 1997 Jan. - Apr. 55,301 17,516 5,710 9,814 January 13,597 4,262 1,390 2,441 February 13,806 4,383 1,439 2,437 March 13,916 4,442 1,448 2,434 April 13,982 4,429 1,433 2,502 May June July August September October November December ______________________________________________________________________ IMPORT SERVICES CONTINUED Royalties U. S. and Other Direct Government License Private Defense Misc. Period Fees Services Expenditures Services 1995 Jan. - Dec. 6,503 39,285 9,890 2,623 Jan. - Apr. 2,024 12,607 3,353 906 January 492 3,091 835 229 February 505 3,142 845 232 March 514 3,192 847 231 April 513 3,182 826 214 May 520 3,229 822 211 June 530 3,279 820 211 July 564 3,353 827 221 August 559 3,386 825 221 September 567 3,392 817 220 October 578 3,226 802 212 November 581 3,387 806 210 December 581 3,427 818 211 1996 Jan. - Dec. 7,322 42,796 10,861 2,687 Jan. - Apr. 2,290 14,039 3,512 875 January 579 3,478 850 217 February 575 3,520 870 220 March 570 3,525 887 221 April 566 3,516 905 217 May 561 3,525 917 219 June 557 3,530 925 221 July 930 3,542 927 229 August 658 3,554 928 231 September 556 3,578 925 232 October 577 3,640 909 227 November 589 3,680 907 227 December 604 3,707 911 226 1997 Jan. - Apr. 2,541 15,066 3,744 910 January 628 3,719 929 228 February 637 3,748 934 228 March 642 3,785 937 228 April 634 3,814 944 226 May June July August September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is included in each service category. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 1995 Jan.- Dec. -173,560 -158,801 Jan.- Apr. -60,061 -55,105 January -15,794 -14,917 February -14,133 -13,223 March -14,473 -12,832 April -15,661 -14,132 May -15,820 -13,912 June -16,078 -14,328 July -15,550 -14,623 August -13,675 -12,692 September -13,595 -12,702 October -13,363 -12,138 November -12,860 -11,747 December -12,559 -11,553 1996 Jan.- Dec. -191,170 -170,214 Jan.- Apr. -58,821 -52,100 January -15,508 -14,538 February -13,080 -11,902 March -14,335 -12,218 April -15,897 -13,441 May -16,826 -14,449 June -14,839 -13,083 July -17,757 -15,893 August -16,759 -14,637 September -17,976 -16,361 October -15,320 -13,940 November -15,176 -13,608 December -17,695 -16,144 1997 Jan.- Apr. -64,898 -58,838 January -18,149 -17,350 February -16,761 -15,661 March -14,877 -12,433 April -15,111 -13,393 May June July August September October November December March data as published last month. -15,063 -12,620 ________________________________________________________ Exports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1995 Jan.- Dec. 575,871 -8,871 584,742 Jan.- Apr. 185,897 -2,733 188,630 January 45,060 -635 45,695 February 45,544 -680 46,224 March 47,785 -770 48,555 April 47,508 -649 48,156 May 47,953 -755 48,707 June 47,720 -843 48,563 July 47,062 -718 47,779 August 48,663 -751 49,414 September 49,635 -662 50,297 October 49,277 -804 50,081 November 49,408 -805 50,213 December 50,256 -801 51,056 1996 Jan.- Dec. 612,069 -13,006 625,075 Jan.- Apr. 200,842 -3,233 204,075 January 48,899 -695 49,594 February 50,433 -791 51,224 March 50,716 -904 51,620 April 50,794 -843 51,637 May 51,282 -1,130 52,412 June 51,335 -882 52,217 July 49,087 -1,440 50,527 August 51,254 -1,352 52,606 September 50,423 -1,309 51,732 October 52,503 -1,065 53,568 November 53,209 -1,279 54,488 December 52,133 -1,316 53,449 1997 Jan.- Apr. 220,150 -2,910 223,059 January 51,686 -551 52,237 February 53,687 -671 54,358 March 57,155 -988 58,142 April 57,623 -700 58,322 May June July August September October November December March data as published last month. 56,614 -989 57,603 ________________________________________________________ Imports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1995 Jan.- Dec. 749,431 5,888 743,543 Jan.- Apr. 245,958 2,223 243,735 January 60,854 243 60,612 February 59,678 230 59,448 March 62,258 870 61,388 April 63,168 880 62,288 May 63,773 1,153 62,620 June 63,798 907 62,891 July 62,612 210 62,402 August 62,338 232 62,107 September 63,229 231 62,998 October 62,640 420 62,220 November 62,268 308 61,960 December 62,814 204 62,610 1996 Jan.- Dec. 803,239 7,950 795,289 Jan.- Apr. 259,663 3,488 256,175 January 64,407 275 64,132 February 63,514 388 63,126 March 65,052 1,213 63,839 April 66,691 1,613 65,079 May 68,108 1,247 66,861 June 66,174 874 65,301 July 66,844 425 66,419 August 68,013 770 67,243 September 68,400 307 68,093 October 67,823 315 67,508 November 68,385 289 68,096 December 69,828 235 69,593 1997 Jan.- Apr. 285,048 3,151 281,897 January 69,834 247 69,587 February 70,448 429 70,019 March 72,032 1,456 70,576 April 72,734 1,019 71,715 May June July August September October November December March data as published last month. 71,677 1,455 70,222 NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 6. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY JANUARY 1996 TO APRIL 1997 (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) 1996 Jan.- Dec. 612,069 -13,006 625,075 55,534 147,652 Jan.- Apr. 200,842 -3,233 204,075 18,633 49,321 January 48,899 -695 49,594 4,680 11,911 February 50,433 -791 51,224 4,492 12,104 March 50,716 -904 51,620 4,860 12,598 April 50,794 -843 51,637 4,600 12,707 May 51,282 -1,130 52,412 4,678 12,451 June 51,335 -882 52,217 4,484 12,340 July 49,087 -1,440 50,527 4,675 11,618 August 51,254 -1,352 52,606 4,686 12,339 September 50,423 -1,309 51,732 4,424 12,189 October 52,503 -1,065 53,568 4,545 12,679 November 53,209 -1,279 54,488 5,012 12,252 December 52,133 -1,316 53,449 4,398 12,463 1997 Jan.- Apr. 220,150 -2,910 223,059 16,942 52,049 January 51,686 -551 52,237 4,327 12,091 February 53,687 -671 54,358 4,272 12,706 March 57,155 -988 58,142 4,181 13,731 April 57,623 -700 58,322 4,162 13,520 May June July August September October November December _______________________________________________________________ EXPORTS CONTINUED Total Automotive Census Capital Vehicles, Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Parts, etc. Goods Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 625,075 252,895 65,021 70,138 33,836 Jan.- Apr. 204,075 82,988 20,720 22,811 9,603 January 49,594 20,040 5,268 5,550 2,144 February 51,224 21,074 5,308 5,795 2,451 March 51,620 20,767 5,093 5,733 2,570 April 51,637 21,107 5,051 5,733 2,438 May 52,412 21,050 5,428 5,861 2,944 June 52,217 20,861 5,568 5,890 3,075 July 50,527 20,110 5,348 5,589 3,187 August 52,606 21,158 5,485 5,868 3,071 September 51,732 20,417 5,719 5,892 3,092 October 53,568 22,049 5,410 6,141 2,744 November 54,488 22,211 5,878 6,070 3,064 December 53,449 22,052 5,465 6,015 3,056 1997 Jan.- Apr. 223,059 94,478 23,917 25,184 10,488 January 52,237 21,555 5,600 6,068 2,595 February 54,358 22,715 5,907 6,264 2,493 March 58,142 24,713 6,228 6,481 2,808 April 58,322 25,495 6,182 6,370 2,592 May June July August September October November December _______________________________________________________________ IMPORTS Total Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds, & Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1996 Jan.- Dec. 803,239 7,950 795,289 35,710 204,482 Jan.- Apr. 259,663 3,488 256,175 11,656 63,348 January 64,407 275 64,132 2,815 15,881 February 63,514 388 63,126 2,810 14,954 March 65,052 1,213 63,839 2,979 15,625 April 66,691 1,613 65,079 3,051 16,889 May 68,108 1,247 66,861 3,015 17,356 June 66,174 874 65,301 2,913 16,698 July 66,844 425 66,419 2,947 17,346 August 68,013 770 67,243 3,015 17,384 September 68,400 307 68,093 2,991 17,841 October 67,823 315 67,508 3,009 18,250 November 68,385 289 68,096 2,976 17,562 December 69,828 235 69,593 3,189 18,698 1997 Jan.- Apr. 285,048 3,151 281,897 12,838 71,262 January 69,834 247 69,587 3,074 17,944 February 70,448 429 70,019 3,105 17,641 March 72,032 1,456 70,576 3,328 17,969 April 72,734 1,019 71,715 3,331 17,707 May June July August September October November December _______________________________________________________________ IMPORTS CONTINUED Total Automotive Census Capital Vehicles, Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Parts, etc. Goods Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 795,289 229,050 128,938 171,007 26,102 Jan.- Apr. 256,175 76,490 41,494 54,635 8,552 January 64,132 19,337 10,409 13,589 2,102 February 63,126 18,982 10,481 13,790 2,108 March 63,839 19,457 10,118 13,565 2,095 April 65,079 18,714 10,486 13,691 2,246 May 66,861 19,017 11,033 14,271 2,168 June 65,301 18,841 10,755 13,943 2,151 July 66,419 18,704 11,044 14,101 2,277 August 67,243 19,010 11,216 14,438 2,181 September 68,093 19,133 11,160 14,769 2,199 October 67,508 18,943 10,156 14,952 2,198 November 68,096 19,330 11,234 14,749 2,245 December 69,593 19,581 10,846 15,149 2,130 1997 Jan.- Apr. 281,897 79,975 46,948 61,471 9,403 January 69,587 19,466 11,763 15,117 2,224 February 70,019 19,439 12,113 15,256 2,465 March 70,576 20,422 11,685 14,927 2,244 April 71,715 20,648 11,387 16,171 2,470 May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) April March Monthly Item(1) 1997 1997 Change Total, Balance Of Payments Basis 57,623 57,155 468 Net Adjustments -700 -988 288 Total, Census Basis 58,322 58,142 180 Foods, Feeds, And Beverages 4,162 4,181 -18 Corn 525 591 -66 Oilseeds, Food Oils 99 158 -58 Nonagricultural Foods, Etc. 45 73 -28 Vegetables 209 232 -23 Fish And Shellfish 249 266 -17 Other Foods 300 317 -17 Sorghum, Barley, Oats 75 82 -7 Wine And Related Products 58 64 -6 Dairy Products And Eggs 64 70 -6 Alcoholic Beverages, Exc. Wine 42 47 -5 Fruits, Frozen Juices 317 317 (-) Nuts 120 119 1 Bakery Products 149 140 9 Rice 87 77 10 Meat, Poultry, Etc. 577 563 13 Animal Feeds, N.E.C. 382 364 18 Wheat 325 271 54 Soybeans 541 428 113 Industrial Supplies And Materials 13,520 13,731 -211 Nonmonetary Gold 908 1,088 -180 Chemicals-Inorganic 314 366 -52 Metallurgical Grade Coal 214 247 -33 Iron And Steel Products, Other 227 261 -33 Tobacco, Unmanufactured 137 166 -28 Tapes, Audio And Visual 226 254 -28 Natural Gas Liquids 41 67 -26 Agriculture-Manufactured, Other 133 159 -26 Plastic Materials 994 1,017 -23 Mineral Supplies-Manufactured 264 285 -21 Copper 128 147 -19 Chemicals-Fertilizers 413 432 -19 Petroleum Products, Other 553 571 -18 Steelmaking Materials 176 193 -17 Logs And Lumber 439 449 -10 Crude Oil 57 67 -10 Leather And Furs 65 70 -5 Gas-Natural 16 20 -5 Synthetic Rubber-Primary 126 131 -5 Newsprint 726 730 -4 Finished Metal Shapes 637 640 -3 Coal And Fuels, Other 136 139 -3 Wood Supplies, Manufactured 91 94 -3 Hair, Waste Materials 53 55 -2 Manmade Cloth 357 359 -2 Electric Energy 4 4 (-) Cotton Fiber Cloth 148 148 (-) Glass-Plate, Sheet, Etc. 78 77 1 Precious Metals, Other 106 105 1 Nontextile Floor Tiles 28 27 2 Pulpwood And Woodpulp 319 315 3 Agric. Farming-Unmanufactured 137 131 5 Nonmetallic Minerals 42 36 6 Agric. Industry-Unmanufactured 157 149 8 Iron And Steel Mill Products 261 252 8 Cotton, Raw 211 198 13 Hides And Skins 142 129 13 Shingles, Molding, Wallboard 170 154 16 Industrial Rubber Products 171 155 16 Chemicals-Other 928 912 17 Nonferrous Metals, Other 185 166 19 Other Industrial Supplies 866 844 22 Aluminum And Alumina 332 310 22 Finished Textile Supplies 266 243 22 Fuel Oil 155 122 33 Chemicals-Organic 1,210 1,155 55 Nuclear Fuel Materials 175 92 83 Capital Goods, Except Automotive 25,495 24,713 783 Telecommunications Equipment 2,070 1,834 236 Industrial Machines, Other 1,764 1,661 102 Parts-Civilian Aircraft 892 795 97 Industrial Engines 1,147 1,066 82 Electric Apparatus 1,742 1,667 75 Computers 1,041 969 72 Semiconductors 3,156 3,095 61 Engines-Civilian Aircraft 673 620 53 Metalworking Machine Tools 564 512 53 Excavating Machinery 502 462 40 Measuring, Testing, Control Instru. 968 929 39 Materials Handling Equipment 409 374 35 Computer Accessories 3,072 3,047 24 Business Machines And Equipment 263 241 22 Photo, Service Industry Machinery 489 477 12 Vessels, Exc. Scrap 15 3 11 Wood, Glass, Plastic 231 224 7 Specialized Mining 47 45 2 Spacraft, Exc. Military 2 1 2 Generators, Accessories 620 619 1 Food, Tobacco Machinery 178 178 (-) Textile, Sewing Machines 117 117 (-) Marine Engines, Parts 59 62 -2 Commercial Vessels, Other 9 12 -3 Railway Transportation Equipment 92 99 -7 Laboratory Testing Instruments 321 333 -12 Nonfarm Tractors And Parts 112 137 -25 Pulp And Paper Machinery 238 263 -26 Medicinal Equipment 984 1,014 -30 Agricultural Machinery, Equipment 341 377 -36 Drilling & Oilfield Equipment 539 582 -42 Civilian Aircraft 2,836 2,896 -60 Auto, Vehicles, Parts And Engines 6,182 6,228 -46 Consumer Goods 6,370 6,481 -111 Tobacco, Manufactured 389 476 -87 Pharmaceutical Preparations 763 837 -73 Jewelry, Etc 117 159 -42 Tv'S, Vcr'S, Etc. 252 286 -34 Artwork, Antiques, Stamps, Etc. 158 180 -21 Rugs 130 138 -8 Gem Diamonds 218 227 -8 Pleasure Boats And Motors 106 112 -7 Sports Apparel And Gear 43 47 -4 Stereo Equipment, Etc. 176 178 -2 Records, Tapes, And Disks 325 328 -2 Glassware, Chinaware 53 54 -1 Nursery Stock, Etc. 22 21 (-) Cookware, Cutlery, Tools 62 61 1 Musical Instruments 86 85 1 Numismatic Coins 9 7 2 Apparel, Household Goods - Textile 755 750 5 Toiletries And Cosmetics 279 273 6 Apparel,Household Goods-Nontextile 135 124 11 Writing And Art Supplies 387 375 12 Household Appliances 452 434 18 Furniture, Household Goods, Etc. 181 159 23 Books, Printed Matter 353 321 32 Toys/Games/Sporting Goods 504 470 33 Other Household Goods 414 379 35 Other Goods 2,592 2,808 -216 _____________________________________________________________________ Year to Year to Year to Item(1) Date 97 Date 96 Change Total, Balance Of Payments Basis 220,150 200,842 19,308 Net Adjustments -2,910 -3,233 324 Total, Census Basis 223,059 204,075 18,984 Foods, Feeds, And Beverages 16,942 18,633 -1,690 Corn 2,295 3,304 -1,010 Oilseeds, Food Oils 496 459 37 Nonagricultural Foods, Etc. 199 163 36 Vegetables 896 813 83 Fish And Shellfish 1,045 1,043 2 Other Foods 1,153 1,028 124 Sorghum, Barley, Oats 293 355 -62 Wine And Related Products 251 233 18 Dairy Products And Eggs 234 224 10 Alcoholic Beverages, Exc. Wine 168 177 -10 Fruits, Frozen Juices 1,306 1,296 11 Nuts 496 537 -40 Bakery Products 564 505 59 Rice 368 373 -5 Meat, Poultry, Etc. 2,300 2,511 -211 Animal Feeds, N.E.C. 1,514 1,229 285 Wheat 1,170 2,243 -1,073 Soybeans 2,194 2,141 53 Industrial Supplies And Materials 52,049 49,321 2,728 Nonmonetary Gold 2,592 2,860 -268 Chemicals-Inorganic 1,283 1,211 72 Metallurgical Grade Coal 821 803 18 Iron And Steel Products, Other 943 918 25 Tobacco, Unmanufactured 526 461 65 Tapes, Audio And Visual 950 945 5 Natural Gas Liquids 237 173 64 Agriculture-Manufactured, Other 482 344 138 Plastic Materials 3,936 3,674 262 Mineral Supplies-Manufactured 1,048 907 142 Copper 542 662 -120 Chemicals-Fertilizers 1,644 1,599 45 Petroleum Products, Other 2,133 2,135 -1 Steelmaking Materials 696 725 -29 Logs And Lumber 1,833 1,729 104 Crude Oil 340 41 299 Leather And Furs 276 232 43 Gas-Natural 131 77 53 Synthetic Rubber-Primary 485 487 -2 Newsprint 2,904 2,712 192 Finished Metal Shapes 2,505 2,233 272 Coal And Fuels, Other 571 672 -101 Wood Supplies, Manufactured 366 302 64 Hair, Waste Materials 205 209 -4 Manmade Cloth 1,414 1,266 147 Electric Energy 15 24 -9 Cotton Fiber Cloth 573 519 54 Glass-Plate, Sheet, Etc. 303 250 53 Precious Metals, Other 377 395 -18 Nontextile Floor Tiles 112 93 18 Pulpwood And Woodpulp 1,298 1,543 -245 Agric. Farming-Unmanufactured 505 419 86 Nonmetallic Minerals 156 127 29 Agric. Industry-Unmanufactured 575 639 -64 Iron And Steel Mill Products 988 989 -1 Cotton, Raw 792 1,188 -395 Hides And Skins 589 530 58 Shingles, Molding, Wallboard 636 585 51 Industrial Rubber Products 630 529 101 Chemicals-Other 3,612 3,187 426 Nonferrous Metals, Other 709 646 63 Other Industrial Supplies 3,351 2,968 383 Aluminum And Alumina 1,211 1,094 117 Finished Textile Supplies 994 828 166 Fuel Oil 603 688 -85 Chemicals-Organic 4,742 4,451 291 Nuclear Fuel Materials 413 249 164 Capital Goods, Except Automotive 94,478 82,988 11,491 Telecommunications Equipment 7,295 6,659 636 Industrial Machines, Other 6,526 6,141 386 Parts-Civilian Aircraft 3,251 2,790 461 Industrial Engines 4,297 3,379 918 Electric Apparatus 6,691 5,943 747 Computers 4,010 3,938 72 Semiconductors 12,606 12,132 474 Engines-Civilian Aircraft 2,514 2,168 346 Metalworking Machine Tools 1,980 1,814 166 Excavating Machinery 1,782 1,537 245 Measuring, Testing, Control Instru. 3,610 3,195 415 Materials Handling Equipment 1,525 1,308 218 Computer Accessories 11,685 10,894 791 Business Machines And Equipment 992 954 38 Photo, Service Industry Machinery 1,926 1,759 167 Vessels, Exc. Scrap 30 9 21 Wood, Glass, Plastic 890 748 142 Specialized Mining 182 186 -4 Spacraft, Exc. Military 3 102 -99 Generators, Accessories 2,230 1,810 419 Food, Tobacco Machinery 682 739 -56 Textile, Sewing Machines 436 390 46 Marine Engines, Parts 221 197 24 Commercial Vessels, Other 60 134 -74 Railway Transportation Equipment 334 333 1 Laboratory Testing Instruments 1,267 1,117 149 Nonfarm Tractors And Parts 463 396 67 Pulp And Paper Machinery 1,016 1,035 -19 Medicinal Equipment 3,880 3,694 186 Agricultural Machinery, Equipment 1,459 1,201 259 Drilling & Oilfield Equipment 2,091 1,881 210 Civilian Aircraft 8,544 4,405 4,139 Auto, Vehicles, Parts And Engines 23,917 20,720 3,198 Consumer Goods 25,184 22,811 2,373 Tobacco, Manufactured 1,782 1,882 -100 Pharmaceutical Preparations 2,971 2,680 292 Jewelry, Etc 584 503 81 Tv'S, Vcr'S, Etc. 1,047 782 265 Artwork, Antiques, Stamps, Etc. 703 544 159 Rugs 499 441 58 Gem Diamonds 829 825 4 Pleasure Boats And Motors 415 418 -3 Sports Apparel And Gear 171 173 -2 Stereo Equipment, Etc. 673 573 100 Records, Tapes, And Disks 1,291 1,167 124 Glassware, Chinaware 212 143 69 Nursery Stock, Etc. 88 78 10 Cookware, Cutlery, Tools 242 240 2 Musical Instruments 344 339 5 Numismatic Coins 35 42 -7 Apparel, Household Goods - Textile 2,958 2,470 487 Toiletries And Cosmetics 1,102 913 189 Apparel,Household Goods-Nontextile 506 474 32 Writing And Art Supplies 1,494 1,375 120 Household Appliances 1,702 1,663 39 Furniture, Household Goods, Etc. 668 571 97 Books, Printed Matter 1,355 1,340 15 Toys/Games/Sporting Goods 1,930 1,739 191 Other Household Goods 1,582 1,437 145 Other Goods 10,488 9,603 885 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not availab SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) April March Monthly Item(1) 1997 1997 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 72,734 72,032 702 Net Adjustments 1,019 1,456 -438 Total, Census Basis 71,715 70,576 1,140 Foods, Feeds, And Beverages 3,331 3,328 3 Fish and shellfish 611 545 66 Wine and related products 278 255 23 Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine 212 191 21 Meat products 377 358 19 Fruits, frozen juices 348 340 8 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 47 40 7 Tea, spices, etc. 56 50 6 Green coffee 330 331 -1 Bakery products 163 165 -2 Cocoa beans 52 57 -5 Nuts 66 71 -5 Other foods 181 189 -7 Feedstuff and foodgrains 146 154 -8 Dairy products and eggs 59 67 -8 Cane and beet sugar 60 79 -19 Food oils, oilseeds 117 154 -37 Vegetables 228 282 -55 Industrial Supplies And Materials 17,707 17,969 -262 Nonmonetary gold 266 388 -122 Liquified petroleum gases 330 443 -114 Chemicals-organic 921 1,015 -94 Petroleum products, other 668 748 -80 Crude oil 4,352 4,413 -61 Nickel 91 143 -52 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 38 88 -51 Fuel oil 459 495 -36 Pulpwood and woodpulp 208 222 -14 Bauxite and aluminum 536 549 -13 Paper and paper products 350 364 -13 Natural rubber 110 121 -11 Chemicals-fertilizers 268 275 -7 Plywood and veneers 98 105 -6 Finished metal shapes 401 407 -6 Hair, waste materials 27 32 -5 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 269 273 -4 Newsprint 293 297 -4 Synthetic cloth 343 347 -4 Chemicals-inorganic 349 352 -3 Nonferrous metals, other 160 161 -1 Synthetic rubber--primary 103 104 -1 Leather and furs 93 94 (-) Materials, exc. chemicals 124 124 1 Cotton, natural fibers 19 18 1 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 165 165 1 Wool, silk, etc. 69 68 1 Electric energy 72 70 2 Finished textile supplies 135 132 2 Hides and skins 18 15 3 Tin 23 18 5 Industrial supplies, other 862 858 5 Nontextile floor tiles 116 110 5 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 41 36 6 Coal and related fuels 63 56 7 Iron and steel, advanced 311 302 9 Blank tapes, audio & visual 185 174 11 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 420 407 13 Plastic materials 484 471 13 Shingles, wallboard 335 321 14 Steelmaking materials 255 240 14 Farming materials, livestock 64 48 16 Nuclear fuel materials 89 70 19 Cotton cloth, fabrics 174 155 19 Iron and steel mill products 911 891 19 Copper 210 190 21 Tobacco, waxes, etc 345 310 35 Other precious metals 185 149 36 Gas-natural 496 445 51 Zinc 150 93 57 Lumber 654 597 57 Capital Goods, Except Automotive 20,648 20,422 226 Computer accessories 5,203 4,827 376 Industrial machines, other 1,182 1,122 60 Civilian aircraft 269 215 54 Electric apparatus 1,615 1,581 33 Parts-civilian aircraft 384 354 30 Generators, accessories 672 644 28 Business machines and equipment 626 600 26 Agricultural machinery, equipment 323 304 18 Photo, service industry 535 520 15 Specialized mining 91 79 12 Engines-civilian aircraft 557 548 9 Railway transpor. equipment 114 107 7 Nonfarm tractors and parts 62 56 5 Commercial vessels, other 2 1 1 Vessels, except scrap (-) (-) (-) Industrial engines 564 564 (-) Spacecraft, exc. military (-) (-) (-) Food, tobacco machinery 113 114 -1 Medicinal equipment 561 566 -5 Drilling & oilfield equipment 68 76 -8 Marine engines, parts 54 63 -9 Laboratory testing instruments 77 87 -11 Measuring, testing, control instru 521 532 -11 Textile, sewing machines 169 186 -17 Wood, glass, plastic 422 442 -20 Materials handling equipment 337 357 -20 Telecommunications equipment 1,246 1,270 -24 Excavating machinery 337 361 -24 Metalworking machine tools 668 694 -27 Computers 634 693 -59 Pulp and paper machinery 314 394 -80 Semiconductors 2,930 3,062 -132 Auto. vehicles, parts and engines 11,387 11,685 -298 Consumer goods 16,171 14,927 1,244 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,579 1,311 267 Apparel, household goods - cotton 2,056 1,820 236 Pharmaceutical prep 1,176 949 227 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto 1,648 1,427 222 Other household goods 1,189 1,123 67 Household appliances 500 436 64 Camping apparel and gear 480 431 50 TV's, VCR's, etc 895 846 49 Motorcycles and parts 115 76 39 Furniture, household goods, etc. 654 621 33 Gem diamonds 598 572 27 Apparel, household goods - wool 265 242 23 Cookware, cutlery, tools 266 243 23 Writing and art supplies 579 559 19 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 421 407 14 Pleasure boats and motors 124 112 12 Records, tapes, and disks 75 68 7 Books, printed matter 209 202 6 Gem stones, other 97 92 5 Glassware, chinaware 158 154 4 Toiletries and cosmetics 190 187 3 Rugs 76 74 2 Stereo equipment, etc 622 621 (-) Musical instruments 90 92 -2 Nursery stock, etc. 74 86 -12 Numismatic coins 21 33 -12 Photo equipment 181 193 -12 Footwear 907 923 -16 Jewelry 560 591 -31 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 367 437 -71 Other Goods 2,470 2,244 227 ________________________________________________________________ Year to Year to Year to Item(1) Date 97 Date 96 Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 285,048 259,663 25,385 Net Adjustments 3,151 3,488 -337 Total, Census Basis 281,897 256,175 25,722 Foods, Feeds, And Beverages 12,838 11,656 1,182 Fish and shellfish 2,352 2,133 219 Wine and related products 1,044 871 173 Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine 757 690 67 Meat products 1,357 1,253 104 Fruits, frozen juices 1,356 1,273 84 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 170 168 1 Tea, spices, etc. 197 196 1 Green coffee 1,145 917 227 Bakery products 663 601 62 Cocoa beans 197 313 -116 Nuts 247 204 43 Other foods 718 632 85 Feedstuff and foodgrains 580 461 119 Dairy products and eggs 243 190 53 Cane and beet sugar 344 292 53 Food oils, oilseeds 532 543 -11 Vegetables 937 919 17 Industrial Supplies And Materials 71,262 63,348 7,913 Nonmonetary gold 1,084 861 223 Liquified petroleum gases 1,766 1,186 580 Chemicals-organic 3,719 3,300 418 Petroleum products, other 2,943 2,215 728 Crude oil 18,122 15,341 2,782 Nickel 407 426 -19 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 204 128 76 Fuel oil 2,146 2,039 108 Pulpwood and woodpulp 881 1,043 -162 Bauxite and aluminum 1,871 1,763 108 Paper and paper products 1,386 1,367 20 Natural rubber 467 563 -96 Chemicals-fertilizers 1,082 1,156 -74 Plywood and veneers 367 325 41 Finished metal shapes 1,592 1,382 210 Hair, waste materials 112 95 17 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 1,084 1,088 -4 Newsprint 1,178 1,555 -376 Synthetic cloth 1,379 1,115 264 Chemicals-inorganic 1,323 1,272 52 Nonferrous metals, other 608 570 38 Synthetic rubber--primary 397 361 36 Leather and furs 348 306 42 Materials, exc. chemicals 506 502 3 Cotton, natural fibers 81 104 -23 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 645 506 138 Wool, silk, etc. 281 238 43 Electric energy 274 255 19 Finished textile supplies 519 448 71 Hides and skins 73 61 12 Tin 90 91 -1 Industrial supplies, other 3,414 3,178 236 Nontextile floor tiles 448 391 57 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 148 137 12 Coal and related fuels 213 234 -21 Iron and steel, advanced 1,226 1,161 65 Blank tapes, audio & visual 709 668 41 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 1,633 1,497 136 Plastic materials 1,847 1,581 266 Shingles, wallboard 1,303 1,072 232 Steelmaking materials 944 1,109 -165 Farming materials, livestock 209 172 37 Nuclear fuel materials 399 402 -3 Cotton cloth, fabrics 670 575 95 Iron and steel mill products 3,628 3,032 597 Copper 778 778 (-) Tobacco, waxes, etc 1,308 1,205 103 Other precious metals 678 824 -146 Gas-natural 1,868 1,384 484 Zinc 419 281 138 Lumber 2,482 2,006 476 Capital Goods, Except Automotive 79,975 76,490 3,484 Computer accessories 19,596 18,504 1,092 Industrial machines, other 4,426 4,464 -38 Civilian aircraft 1,014 1,127 -113 Electric apparatus 6,309 5,626 683 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,376 888 488 Generators, accessories 2,627 2,383 243 Business machines and equipment 2,370 2,268 103 Agricultural machinery, equipment 1,264 1,216 47 Photo, service industry 2,089 1,905 185 Specialized mining 292 262 31 Engines-civilian aircraft 2,232 1,588 644 Railway transpor. equipment 397 428 -31 Nonfarm tractors and parts 225 222 3 Commercial vessels, other 8 6 3 Vessels, except scrap (-) (-) (-) Industrial engines 2,157 2,098 60 Spacecraft, exc. military 2 101 -98 Food, tobacco machinery 430 398 32 Medicinal equipment 2,199 2,040 158 Drilling & oilfield equipment 288 202 86 Marine engines, parts 208 191 17 Laboratory testing instruments 330 316 14 Measuring, testing, control instru 2,085 1,944 141 Textile, sewing machines 669 647 22 Wood, glass, plastic 1,573 1,414 159 Materials handling equipment 1,312 1,166 146 Telecommunications equipment 4,960 4,693 267 Excavating machinery 1,284 1,156 128 Metalworking machine tools 2,766 2,447 319 Computers 2,604 1,826 778 Pulp and paper machinery 1,277 1,232 45 Semiconductors 11,604 13,732 -2,128 Auto. vehicles, parts and engines 46,948 41,494 5,454 Consumer goods 61,471 54,635 6,836 Toys/games/sporting goods 5,638 4,893 745 Apparel, household goods - cotton 7,606 6,407 1,199 Pharmaceutical prep 3,979 3,313 666 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto 6,108 5,247 861 Other household goods 4,686 3,974 712 Household appliances 1,878 1,763 116 Camping apparel and gear 1,824 1,634 190 TV's, VCR's, etc 3,423 3,216 206 Motorcycles and parts 411 436 -25 Furniture, household goods, etc. 2,569 2,208 362 Gem diamonds 2,337 2,103 234 Apparel, household goods - wool 955 859 96 Cookware, cutlery, tools 1,032 936 97 Writing and art supplies 2,259 2,151 107 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 1,741 1,599 141 Pleasure boats and motors 511 537 -25 Records, tapes, and disks 306 317 -11 Books, printed matter 831 780 51 Gem stones, other 407 375 32 Glassware, chinaware 640 590 50 Toiletries and cosmetics 753 694 59 Rugs 302 262 40 Stereo equipment, etc 2,406 2,422 -16 Musical instruments 370 352 18 Nursery stock, etc. 322 320 2 Numismatic coins 108 115 -7 Photo equipment 722 669 52 Footwear 3,619 3,135 484 Jewelry 2,248 2,108 140 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 1,481 1,221 260 Other Goods 9,403 8,552 851 (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-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 1996 TO APRIL 1997 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised. Balance Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1996 Jan.- Dec. -191,170 -20,956 -63,119 -107,095 Jan.- Apr. -58,821 -6,721 -17,745 -34,355 January -15,508 -970 -4,426 -10,113 February -13,080 -1,178 -3,854 -8,048 March -14,335 -2,117 -3,938 -8,280 April -15,897 -2,456 -5,526 -7,915 May -16,826 -2,377 -5,722 -8,727 June -14,839 -1,756 -5,329 -7,754 July -17,757 -1,865 -5,638 -10,254 August -16,759 -2,123 -5,171 -9,466 September -17,976 -1,616 -5,868 -10,493 October -15,320 -1,380 -5,870 -8,070 November -15,176 -1,567 -5,455 -8,153 December -17,695 -1,551 -6,321 -9,823 1997 Jan.- Apr. -64,898 -6,060 -21,666 -37,172 January -18,149 -799 -5,768 -11,582 February -16,761 -1,100 -5,623 -10,039 March -14,877 -2,444 -5,272 -7,161 April -15,111 -1,718 -5,003 -8,391 May June July August September October November December ___________________________________________________ Exports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1996 Jan.- Dec. 612,069 -13,006 9,631 615,444 Jan.- Apr. 200,842 -3,233 3,036 201,039 January 48,899 -695 885 48,709 February 50,433 -791 758 50,466 March 50,716 -904 756 50,864 April 50,794 -843 637 51,000 May 51,282 -1,130 674 51,738 June 51,335 -882 626 51,591 July 49,087 -1,440 719 49,808 August 51,254 -1,352 794 51,813 September 50,423 -1,309 869 50,863 October 52,503 -1,065 1,094 52,474 November 53,209 -1,279 851 53,637 December 52,133 -1,316 968 52,481 1997 Jan.- Apr. 220,150 -2,910 3,313 219,746 January 51,686 -551 879 51,358 February 53,687 -671 800 53,558 March 57,155 -988 828 57,315 April 57,623 -700 806 57,516 May June July August September October November December ___________________________________________________ Imports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1996 Jan.- Dec. 803,239 7,950 72,750 722,539 Jan.- Apr. 259,663 3,488 20,781 235,394 January 64,407 275 5,311 58,821 February 63,514 388 4,613 58,513 March 65,052 1,213 4,695 59,144 April 66,691 1,613 6,163 58,916 May 68,108 1,247 6,395 60,466 June 66,174 874 5,955 59,345 July 66,844 425 6,357 60,062 August 68,013 770 5,965 61,279 September 68,400 307 6,737 61,356 October 67,823 315 6,964 60,544 November 68,385 289 6,307 61,790 December 69,828 235 7,289 62,304 1997 Jan.- Apr. 285,048 3,151 24,979 256,918 January 69,834 247 6,648 62,940 February 70,448 429 6,423 63,596 March 72,032 1,456 6,100 64,476 April 72,734 1,019 5,809 65,906 May June July August September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. (1) The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity classification system include virtually the same energy related petroleum products as those aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products, however, include some products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in "Manufactured Goods". SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 1996 TO APRIL 1997 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 1996 Jan.- Dec. 654,337 43,949 129,028 319,475 Jan.- Apr. 210,320 14,631 42,580 102,178 January 51,017 3,717 10,132 24,726 February 52,698 3,614 10,410 25,677 March 53,210 3,811 10,945 25,619 April 53,395 3,490 11,093 26,155 May 54,258 3,471 10,888 26,280 June 54,311 3,408 10,831 26,167 July 52,978 3,541 10,230 25,670 August 55,168 3,573 10,896 26,889 September 54,968 3,576 10,740 26,558 October 56,682 3,768 11,098 28,130 November 58,230 4,223 10,812 28,811 December 57,422 3,757 10,953 28,793 1997 Jan.- Apr. 242,073 14,528 45,919 124,807 January 57,053 3,715 10,652 29,044 February 59,212 3,599 11,180 30,431 March 62,444 3,498 12,141 32,037 April 63,364 3,715 11,946 33,296 May June July August September October November December _____________________________________________________________________ EXPORTS CONTINUED Total Automotive Census Vehicles Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Parts,etc. Goods Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 654,337 62,272 67,001 32,612 Jan.- Apr. 210,320 19,877 21,840 9,214 January 51,017 5,049 5,328 2,065 February 52,698 5,094 5,551 2,352 March 53,210 4,882 5,487 2,466 April 53,395 4,852 5,473 2,331 May 54,258 5,202 5,606 2,811 June 54,311 5,333 5,623 2,948 July 52,978 5,133 5,333 3,070 August 55,168 5,251 5,604 2,955 September 54,968 5,476 5,619 2,999 October 56,682 5,173 5,857 2,656 November 58,230 5,612 5,791 2,982 December 57,422 5,215 5,727 2,977 1997 Jan.- Apr. 242,073 22,745 23,964 10,111 January 57,053 5,339 5,764 2,539 February 59,212 5,625 5,953 2,424 March 62,444 5,918 6,182 2,669 April 63,364 5,864 6,065 2,479 May June July August September October November December _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTS Total Foods, Census Feeds, & Industrial Capital Period Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 817,939 32,963 184,317 292,650 Jan.- Apr. 261,606 10,691 58,454 93,719 January 65,362 2,687 14,812 23,263 February 64,655 2,541 14,083 23,154 March 65,261 2,756 14,439 23,738 April 66,328 2,708 15,120 23,564 May 68,557 2,708 15,791 24,132 June 67,476 2,739 15,457 23,897 July 68,827 2,778 16,042 24,080 August 69,696 2,863 15,875 24,639 September 70,081 2,722 15,912 24,915 October 69,322 2,741 15,866 24,858 November 70,397 2,746 15,158 25,785 December 71,977 2,975 15,764 26,624 1997 Jan.- Apr. 300,547 11,622 63,766 113,483 January 72,997 2,866 15,331 27,256 February 73,991 2,831 15,482 27,434 March 75,562 2,919 16,334 28,952 April 77,997 3,006 16,620 29,841 May June July August September October November December _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTS CONTINUED Total Automotive Census Vehicles Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Parts,etc. Goods Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 817,939 117,919 165,069 25,021 Jan.- Apr. 261,606 37,959 52,620 8,163 January 65,362 9,523 13,070 2,007 February 64,655 9,583 13,286 2,009 March 65,261 9,255 13,068 2,004 April 66,328 9,598 13,195 2,143 May 68,557 10,100 13,751 2,074 June 67,476 9,862 13,458 2,064 July 68,827 10,110 13,628 2,190 August 69,696 10,261 13,958 2,100 September 70,081 10,174 14,253 2,105 October 69,322 9,292 14,453 2,112 November 70,397 10,263 14,284 2,161 December 71,977 9,897 14,666 2,052 1997 Jan.- Apr. 300,547 42,834 59,737 9,104 January 72,997 10,735 14,655 2,154 February 73,991 11,048 14,812 2,384 March 75,562 10,650 14,537 2,169 April 77,997 10,401 15,733 2,396 May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 1995 TO APRIL 1997 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 1995 Jan.- Dec. -156,897 -53,185 -103,712 Jan.- Apr. -53,659 -16,731 -36,928 January -14,639 -4,119 -10,521 February -12,838 -4,187 -8,651 March -12,488 -4,448 -8,039 April -13,694 -3,977 -9,717 May -13,037 -4,426 -8,611 June -13,882 -4,707 -9,174 July -14,346 -4,659 -9,687 August -12,736 -4,644 -8,092 September -13,108 -4,924 -8,184 October -12,657 -4,207 -8,450 November -11,932 -4,616 -7,316 December -11,541 -4,270 -7,271 1996 Jan.- Dec. -163,602 -56,987 -106,615 Jan.- Apr. -51,286 -17,593 -33,693 January -14,345 -4,619 -9,725 February -11,957 -4,132 -7,825 March -12,051 -3,951 -8,100 April -12,933 -4,891 -8,042 May -14,299 -5,262 -9,037 June -13,166 -5,161 -8,005 July -15,848 -5,373 -10,475 August -14,528 -4,789 -9,739 September -15,113 -5,112 -10,001 October -12,640 -4,729 -7,911 November -12,167 -4,261 -7,906 December -14,556 -4,708 -9,847 1997 Jan.- Apr. -58,474 -19,075 -39,399 January -15,944 -4,444 -11,500 February -14,779 -4,742 -10,037 March -13,117 -4,848 -8,269 April -14,633 -5,041 -9,593 May June July August September October November December _______________________________________________________ Exports Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1995 Jan.- Dec. 590,475 6,987 583,488 Jan.- Apr. 189,761 2,327 187,435 January 46,217 552 45,665 February 46,688 572 46,115 March 48,822 597 48,225 April 48,034 605 47,429 May 48,658 596 48,063 June 48,552 539 48,013 July 47,948 571 47,376 August 49,924 523 49,401 September 50,871 503 50,367 October 50,844 632 50,211 November 51,494 562 50,932 December 52,424 734 51,689 1996 Jan.- Dec. 654,337 7,074 647,263 Jan.- Apr. 210,320 2,340 207,979 January 51,017 697 50,321 February 52,698 599 52,099 March 53,210 581 52,629 April 53,395 463 52,932 May 54,258 494 53,763 June 54,311 468 53,842 July 52,978 541 52,437 August 55,168 589 54,579 September 54,968 631 54,337 October 56,682 759 55,923 November 58,230 587 57,643 December 57,422 663 56,759 1997 Jan.- Apr. 242,073 2,354 239,719 January 57,053 608 56,445 February 59,212 570 58,642 March 62,444 593 61,851 April 63,364 583 62,782 May June July August September October November December _______________________________________________________ Imports Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1995 Jan.- Dec. 747,372 60,172 687,201 Jan.- Apr. 243,420 19,058 224,362 January 60,856 4,671 56,185 February 59,526 4,760 54,766 March 61,310 5,045 56,265 April 61,728 4,582 57,146 May 61,695 5,022 56,674 June 62,434 5,246 57,188 July 62,293 5,230 57,063 August 62,660 5,167 57,493 September 63,978 5,427 58,551 October 63,501 4,839 58,661 November 63,427 5,179 58,248 December 63,965 5,005 58,960 1996 Jan.- Dec. 817,939 64,061 753,878 Jan.- Apr. 261,606 19,934 241,672 January 65,362 5,316 60,046 February 64,655 4,731 59,924 March 65,261 4,532 60,729 April 66,328 5,354 60,973 May 68,557 5,756 62,801 June 67,476 5,629 61,847 July 68,827 5,914 62,913 August 69,696 5,378 64,318 September 70,081 5,743 64,338 October 69,322 5,488 63,835 November 70,397 4,847 65,549 December 71,977 5,371 66,606 1997 Jan.- Apr. 300,547 21,428 279,118 January 72,997 5,051 67,945 February 73,991 5,312 68,679 March 75,562 5,441 70,120 April 77,997 5,623 72,374 May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data presented on a Census Basis. The information to convert to a BOP basis is not available. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Balance Total of Payments Census Period Basis Basis 1995 Jan.- Dec. -173,560 -158,801 Jan.- Apr. -51,824 -46,868 January -14,538 -13,661 February -11,128 -10,218 March -12,645 -11,004 April -13,513 -11,984 May -15,251 -13,343 June -16,447 -14,697 July -18,392 -17,464 August -16,463 -15,480 September -14,586 -13,693 October -16,786 -15,562 November -13,979 -12,867 December -9,831 -8,826 1996 Jan.- Dec. -191,170 -170,214 Jan.- Apr. -51,534 -44,814 January -15,112 -14,142 February -10,646 -9,468 March -10,529 -8,412 April -15,248 -12,792 May -15,874 -13,498 June -14,131 -12,375 July -21,948 -20,084 August -18,573 -16,450 September -19,326 -17,710 October -19,391 -18,010 November -14,567 -13,000 December -15,826 -14,274 1997 Jan.- Apr. -56,199 -50,139 January -17,158 -16,359 February -13,093 -11,993 March -11,814 -9,370 April -14,134 -12,416 May June July August September October November December March data as published last month : -11,781 -9,338 _______________________________________________________ Exports Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1995 Jan.- Dec. 575,871 -8,871 584,742 Jan.- Apr. 186,285 -2,733 189,019 January 42,998 -635 43,633 February 44,319 -680 44,999 March 51,809 -770 52,579 April 47,160 -649 47,808 May 49,100 -755 49,855 June 48,550 -843 49,393 July 43,672 -718 44,390 August 48,221 -751 48,972 September 49,061 -662 49,723 October 51,024 -804 51,828 November 49,906 -805 50,710 December 50,052 -801 50,853 1996 Jan.- Dec. 612,069 -13,006 625,075 Jan.- Apr. 202,471 -3,233 205,704 January 47,072 -695 47,767 February 50,322 -791 51,112 March 54,048 -904 54,952 April 51,029 -843 51,872 May 52,230 -1,130 53,359 June 50,939 -882 51,821 July 46,158 -1,440 47,598 August 50,223 -1,352 51,575 September 49,289 -1,309 50,598 October 55,042 -1,065 56,107 November 53,737 -1,279 55,016 December 51,980 -1,316 53,295 1997 Jan.- Apr. 220,918 -2,910 223,828 January 49,993 -551 50,544 February 52,531 -671 53,202 March 60,288 -988 61,275 April 58,106 -700 58,806 May June July August September October November December March data as published last month : 59,752 -989 60,741 _______________________________________________________ Imports Balance Adjust- Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1995 Jan.- Dec. 749,431 5,888 743,543 Jan.- Apr. 238,110 2,223 235,886 January 57,536 243 57,293 February 55,447 230 55,217 March 64,454 870 63,583 April 60,672 880 59,792 May 64,351 1,153 63,198 June 64,997 907 64,090 July 62,064 210 61,854 August 64,684 232 64,452 September 63,648 231 63,417 October 67,810 420 67,390 November 63,885 308 63,577 December 59,883 204 59,679 1996 Jan.- Dec. 803,239 7,950 795,289 Jan.- Apr. 254,005 3,488 250,518 January 62,184 275 61,910 February 60,968 388 60,580 March 64,577 1,213 63,364 April 66,277 1,613 64,664 May 68,104 1,247 66,857 June 65,070 874 64,196 July 68,107 425 67,682 August 68,795 770 68,025 September 68,616 307 68,309 October 74,433 315 74,118 November 68,304 289 68,016 December 67,805 235 67,570 1997 Jan.- Apr. 277,117 3,151 273,966 January 67,150 247 66,903 February 65,624 429 65,196 March 72,102 1,456 70,645 April 72,241 1,019 71,222 May June July August September October November December March data as published last month : 71,534 1,455 70,079 NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 13. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY JANUARY 1996 TO APRIL 1997 (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) 1996 Jan.- Dec. 612,069 -13,006 625,075 55,534 147,652 Jan.- Apr. 202,471 -3,233 205,704 18,952 49,972 January 47,072 -695 47,767 4,672 11,851 February 50,322 -791 51,112 4,643 12,218 March 54,048 -904 54,952 5,148 13,022 April 51,029 -843 51,872 4,489 12,882 May 52,230 -1,130 53,359 4,473 12,809 June 50,939 -882 51,821 4,102 12,181 July 46,158 -1,440 47,598 4,488 11,405 August 50,223 -1,352 51,575 4,427 12,373 September 49,289 -1,309 50,598 4,176 11,829 October 55,042 -1,065 56,107 4,977 12,971 November 53,737 -1,279 55,016 5,376 11,940 December 51,980 -1,316 53,295 4,564 12,173 1997 Jan.- Apr. 220,918 -2,910 223,828 17,280 52,412 January 49,993 -551 50,544 4,333 12,012 February 52,531 -671 53,202 4,425 12,481 March 60,288 -988 61,275 4,442 14,151 April 58,106 -700 58,806 4,081 13,769 May June July August September October November December _________________________________________________________________ EXPORTS CONTINUED Total Automotive Census Capital Vehicles, Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Parts,etc. Goods, Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 625,075 252,895 65,021 70,138 33,836 Jan.- Apr. 205,704 83,050 21,614 22,506 9,610 January 47,767 19,072 4,980 5,072 2,120 February 51,112 20,528 5,697 5,641 2,385 March 54,952 22,689 5,407 6,101 2,586 April 51,872 20,761 5,529 5,692 2,519 May 53,359 21,078 6,082 5,946 2,972 June 51,821 21,055 5,552 5,838 3,095 July 47,598 19,210 4,004 5,337 3,153 August 51,575 20,690 5,104 5,957 3,024 September 50,598 19,921 5,738 5,887 3,047 October 56,107 22,971 5,733 6,697 2,758 November 55,016 22,360 5,938 6,258 3,144 December 53,295 22,559 5,256 5,711 3,032 1997 Jan.- Apr. 223,828 94,160 24,679 24,802 10,493 January 50,544 20,697 5,343 5,593 2,568 February 53,202 21,652 6,206 6,012 2,426 March 61,275 26,520 6,544 6,798 2,820 April 58,806 25,291 6,587 6,400 2,679 May June July August September October November December _________________________________________________________________ IMPORTS Total Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds, & Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1996 Jan.- Dec. 803,239 7,950 795,289 35,710 204,482 Jan.- Apr. 254,005 3,488 250,518 11,571 63,543 January 62,184 275 61,910 2,801 16,080 February 60,968 388 60,580 2,739 14,581 March 64,577 1,213 63,364 2,958 15,709 April 66,277 1,613 64,664 3,073 17,173 May 68,104 1,247 66,857 3,070 17,754 June 65,070 874 64,196 2,843 16,391 July 68,107 425 67,682 2,901 17,797 August 68,795 770 68,025 2,953 17,380 September 68,616 307 68,309 2,937 17,310 October 74,433 315 74,118 3,269 18,748 November 68,304 289 68,016 2,991 17,091 December 67,805 235 67,570 3,175 18,469 1997 Jan.- Apr. 277,117 3,151 273,966 12,664 71,060 January 67,150 247 66,903 3,047 18,105 February 65,624 429 65,196 2,936 16,729 March 72,102 1,456 70,645 3,392 18,180 April 72,241 1,019 71,222 3,288 18,045 May June July August September October November December _________________________________________________________________ IMPORTS CONTINUED Total Automotive Census Capital Vehicles, Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Parts,etc. Goods, Goods 1996 Jan.- Dec. 795,289 229,050 128,938 171,007 26,102 Jan.- Apr. 250,518 75,362 42,042 49,620 8,380 January 61,910 18,485 9,782 12,805 1,957 February 60,580 18,208 10,540 12,464 2,048 March 63,364 19,786 10,703 12,098 2,109 April 64,664 18,883 11,018 12,252 2,265 May 66,857 18,658 11,659 13,474 2,241 June 64,196 18,565 10,729 13,511 2,157 July 67,682 19,268 9,537 15,939 2,240 August 68,025 18,599 10,952 16,047 2,093 September 68,309 19,172 10,432 16,334 2,124 October 74,118 20,301 11,565 17,929 2,305 November 68,016 19,079 11,661 14,772 2,423 December 67,570 20,046 10,361 13,380 2,140 1997 Jan.- Apr. 273,966 78,200 47,365 55,517 9,161 January 66,903 18,398 11,161 14,103 2,089 February 65,196 17,975 11,785 13,438 2,332 March 70,645 21,089 12,210 13,537 2,238 April 71,222 20,737 12,209 14,440 2,502 May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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, -- 1997 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) Balance April March Cumulative Item(1) 1997 1997 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis -14,134 (R) -11,814 -56,199 Net Adjustments -1,718 (R) -2,444 -6,060 Total Census Basis -12,416 (R) -9,370 -50,139 North America -2,367 (R) -2,791 -10,764 Canada -970 (R) -1,317 -5,456 Mexico -1,397 -1,474 -5,308 Western Europe -486 320 -1,147 European Union -1,092 74 -1,678 Austria -47 -26 -87 Belgium 335 558 1,930 Finland -120 -43 -271 France -243 -202 -920 Germany -1,406 -1,421 -5,244 Italy -702 -857 -2,955 Netherlands 1,039 1,110 4,261 Spain 60 165 560 Sweden -398 -375 -1,337 United Kingdom 418 1,182 2,463 Other EU -26 -17 -77 European Free Trade Association 469 146 98 Norway -61 -154 -483 Switzerland 539 303 616 Other EFTA -9 -3 -35 Other Western Europe 137 100 432 Eastern Europe/FSR 69 110 12 Hungary -42 -23 -117 Poland 77 22 132 Former Soviet Republics 43 37 21 Russia -3 -131 -218 Other FSR 47 168 239 Other EE -11 75 -24 Pacific Rim Countries -8,748 -6,800 -33,028 Australia 532 766 2,499 China -3,451 -2,589 -13,100 Japan -4,841 -4,608 -17,998 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) -81 692 -196 Hong Kong 631 741 2,003 Korea 592 675 1,925 Singapore -347 5 -503 Taiwan -957 -729 -3,622 Other Pacific Rim(2) -907 -1,061 -4,233 South/Central America 800 749 1,726 Argentina 245 276 916 Brazil 421 561 1,449 Colombia 102 -6 160 Other S/C A (2) 32 -82 -799 OPEC -1,686 -1,440 -7,224 Indonesia(2) -353 -231 -1,290 Nigeria -613 -430 -1,930 Saudia Arabia -128 20 -495 Venezuela(2) -482 -586 -2,458 Other OPEC -110 -213 -1,051 Other Countries -840 -344 -3,074 Egypt 134 336 885 South Africa 58 81 274 Other -1,031 -762 -4,233 Uniden. ctys (3) 7 (-) 7 Timing Adjustments (X) 9 -393 _________________________________________________________________ Exports April March Cumulative Item(1) 1997 1997 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 58,106 (R) 60,288 220,918 Net Adjustments -700 (R) -988 -2,910 Total Census Basis 58,806 (R) 61,275 223,828 North America 19,050 (R) 18,354 71,576 Canada 13,338 (R) 12,902 50,151 Mexico 5,712 5,452 21,425 Western Europe 13,981 14,862 53,097 European Union 12,177 13,254 47,757 Austria 163 171 686 Belgium 1,075 1,225 4,471 Finland 115 149 484 France 1,381 1,437 5,281 Germany 2,373 2,315 8,556 Italy 842 817 3,092 Netherlands 1,600 1,700 6,405 Spain 453 530 2,017 Sweden 297 315 1,123 United Kingdom 3,153 3,822 12,800 Other EU 724 772 2,842 European Free Trade Association 1,413 1,243 3,901 Norway 199 209 662 Switzerland 1,195 1,013 3,170 Other EFTA 19 21 69 Other Western Europe 391 365 1,439 Eastern Europe/FSR 725 786 2,540 Hungary 43 47 162 Poland 127 78 335 Former Soviet Republics 454 491 1,649 Russia 313 263 1,035 Other FSR 141 228 614 Other EE 101 170 395 Pacific Rim Countries 16,347 17,336 63,176 Australia 883 1,092 3,741 China 1,001 991 3,837 Japan 5,526 6,055 22,174 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 6,795 7,180 25,718 Hong Kong 1,316 1,344 4,818 Korea 2,504 2,474 8,933 Singapore 1,356 1,665 5,759 Taiwan 1,618 1,696 6,209 Other Pacific Rim(2) 2,143 2,018 7,706 South/Central America 5,067 5,172 18,945 Argentina 427 454 1,660 Brazil 1,214 1,311 4,591 Colombia 469 410 1,626 Other S/C A (2) 2,958 2,997 11,068 OPEC 1,997 2,068 7,244 Indonesia(2) 329 365 1,366 Nigeria 56 70 223 Saudia Arabia 590 769 2,312 Venezuela(2) 513 486 1,818 Other OPEC 510 377 1,525 Other Countries 2,473 2,974 10,209 Egypt 203 377 1,090 South Africa 255 258 968 Other 2,016 2,340 8,151 Uniden. ctys (3) 7 (-) 7 Timing Adjustments (X) 575 217 ___________________________________________________________________ Imports April March Cumulative Item(1) 1997 1997 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 72,241 (R) 72,102 277,117 Net Adjustments 1,019 (R) 1,456 3,151 Total Census Basis 71,222 (R) 70,645 273,966 North America 21,417 21,145 82,340 Canada 14,307 14,219 55,607 Mexico 7,110 6,926 26,733 Western Europe 14,467 14,542 54,244 European Union 13,269 13,180 49,435 Austria 210 197 773 Belgium 741 667 2,541 Finland 236 192 755 France 1,624 1,640 6,202 Germany 3,779 3,736 13,799 Italy 1,544 1,674 6,047 Netherlands 561 589 2,144 Spain 393 365 1,458 Sweden 695 689 2,460 United Kingdom 2,736 2,640 10,337 Other EU 750 790 2,919 European Free Trade Association 944 1,097 3,802 Norway 260 363 1,145 Switzerland 655 710 2,553 Other EFTA 28 24 104 Other Western Europe 254 265 1,007 Eastern Europe/FSR 656 675 2,529 Hungary 84 71 279 Poland 49 56 203 Former Soviet Republics 411 454 1,627 Russia 316 394 1,253 Other FSR 95 60 374 Other EE 112 95 420 Pacific Rim Countries 25,096 24,136 96,204 Australia 351 325 1,242 China 4,452 3,579 16,937 Japan 10,367 10,663 40,172 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 6,875 6,489 25,915 Hong Kong 684 603 2,815 Korea 1,912 1,799 7,008 Singapore 1,703 1,660 6,261 Taiwan 2,575 2,426 9,831 Other Pacific Rim(2) 3,050 3,080 11,939 South/Central America 4,266 4,423 17,219 Argentina 182 179 744 Brazil 792 749 3,142 Colombia 367 416 1,466 Other S/C A (2) 2,926 3,079 11,867 OPEC 3,683 3,507 14,468 Indonesia(2) 681 596 2,656 Nigeria 669 500 2,153 Saudia Arabia 718 749 2,807 Venezuela(2) 995 1,073 4,276 Other OPEC 620 590 2,576 Other Countries 3,313 3,319 13,284 Egypt 69 41 206 South Africa 197 177 694 Other 3,047 3,102 12,384 Uniden. ctys (3) (X) (X) (X) Timing Adjustments (X) 566 610 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) 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. (3) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and satellites that are not included in the country/area totals. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (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 -- 1996 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) Balance April March Cumulative Item(1) 1996 1996 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis -15,248 -10,529 -51,534 Net Adjustments -2,456 -2,117 -6,721 Total Census Basis -12,792 -8,412 -44,814 North America -3,183 -2,403 -11,328 Canada -1,548 -1,161 -5,804 Mexico -1,635 -1,242 -5,525 Western Europe -686 -437 -2,262 European Union -590 -732 -2,021 Austria -9 -20 -32 Belgium 438 471 1,948 Finland -84 -68 -295 France -239 -366 -827 Germany -1,262 -1,143 -4,340 Italy -594 -730 -2,625 Netherlands 687 1,025 3,377 Spain 57 149 682 Sweden -368 -315 -1,299 United Kingdom 877 285 1,585 Other EU -93 -20 -196 European Free Trade Association -188 180 -638 Norway -282 -185 -737 Switzerland 106 323 93 Other EFTA -12 42 5 Other Western Europe 92 116 397 Eastern Europe/FSR 9 152 527 Hungary -20 -21 -73 Poland 23 30 85 Former Soviet Republics -13 147 512 Russia -62 98 213 Other FSR 49 50 299 Other EE 19 -4 3 Pacific Rim Countries -7,453 -5,343 -28,360 Australia 675 793 2,904 China -2,407 -1,771 -9,299 Japan -4,474 -3,829 -15,736 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) -368 353 -2,114 Hong Kong 457 552 1,342 Korea 225 627 581 Singapore -359 -267 -994 Taiwan -690 -559 -3,043 Other Pacific Rim(2) -880 -890 -4,115 South/Central America -89 283 754 Argentina 150 188 660 Brazil 163 255 732 Colombia 28 -30 177 Other S/C A (2) -431 -130 -814 OPEC -1,847 -1,020 -5,873 Indonesia(2) -244 -217 -1,064 Nigeria -424 -299 -1,553 Saudia Arabia -345 -18 -752 Venezuela(2) -681 -502 -2,275 Other OPEC -153 16 -229 Other Countries -563 -365 -1,707 Egypt 142 177 707 South Africa 3 84 305 Other -709 -626 -2,720 Uniden. ctys (3) 95 2 97 ______________________________________________________________________ Exports April March Cumulative Item(1) 1996 1996 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 51,029 54,048 202,471 Net Adjustments -843 -904 -3,233 Total Census Basis 51,872 54,952 205,704 North America 15,858 16,059 61,971 Canada 11,500 11,600 44,612 Mexico 4,359 4,459 17,359 Western Europe 12,590 12,869 48,179 European Union 11,367 11,285 43,589 Austria 165 162 662 Belgium 1,004 1,048 4,117 Finland 127 116 458 France 1,252 1,313 4,991 Germany 1,964 2,169 7,967 Italy 871 807 3,323 Netherlands 1,231 1,593 5,447 Spain 428 502 2,055 Sweden 268 307 1,108 United Kingdom 3,346 2,613 10,782 Other EU 711 655 2,678 European Free Trade Association 903 1,258 3,324 Norway 118 136 486 Switzerland 769 1,044 2,716 Other EFTA 16 77 122 Other Western Europe 319 327 1,266 Eastern Europe/FSR 590 620 2,459 Hungary 29 28 112 Poland 73 78 284 Former Soviet Republics 401 448 1,768 Russia 277 330 1,206 Other FSR 124 119 562 Other EE 88 66 296 Pacific Rim Countries 15,388 17,587 63,108 Australia 952 1,076 4,007 China 841 1,093 4,010 Japan 5,440 6,412 22,948 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 6,223 7,077 24,884 Hong Kong 1,126 1,192 4,284 Korea 2,144 2,567 8,703 Singapore 1,340 1,713 5,767 Taiwan 1,613 1,606 6,130 Other Pacific Rim(2) 1,932 1,929 7,259 South/Central America 4,015 4,100 15,853 Argentina 334 346 1,319 Brazil 879 941 3,508 Colombia 403 373 1,557 Other S/C A (2) 2,399 2,440 9,469 OPEC 1,708 1,944 6,736 Indonesia(2) 386 350 1,378 Nigeria 60 67 251 Saudia Arabia 565 732 2,226 Venezuela(2) 376 412 1,455 Other OPEC 321 383 1,426 Other Countries 2,390 2,533 10,134 Egypt 223 239 968 South Africa 243 275 1,038 Other 1,924 2,019 8,128 Uniden. ctys (3) 95 2 97 ______________________________________________________________________ Imports April March Cumulative Item(1) 1996 1996 to-date Total Balance of Payments Basis 66,277 64,577 254,005 Net Adjustments 1,613 1,213 3,488 Total Census Basis 64,664 63,364 250,518 North America 19,041 18,462 73,300 Canada 13,047 12,761 50,416 Mexico 5,994 5,701 22,884 Western Europe 13,276 13,306 50,441 European Union 11,958 12,017 45,610 Austria 174 182 694 Belgium 566 577 2,168 Finland 211 184 754 France 1,491 1,679 5,817 Germany 3,225 3,312 12,307 Italy 1,466 1,537 5,948 Netherlands 544 568 2,070 Spain 371 353 1,373 Sweden 636 623 2,407 United Kingdom 2,470 2,328 9,197 Other EU 804 675 2,874 European Free Trade Association 1,091 1,078 3,962 Norway 400 322 1,222 Switzerland 663 721 2,622 Other EFTA 28 35 117 Other Western Europe 227 211 869 Eastern Europe/FSR 581 468 1,932 Hungary 49 48 185 Poland 50 48 199 Former Soviet Republics 414 301 1,256 Russia 340 232 992 Other FSR 74 69 263 Other EE 68 70 292 Pacific Rim Countries 22,841 22,930 91,469 Australia 277 283 1,104 China 3,248 2,864 13,309 Japan 9,913 10,241 38,684 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 6,591 6,725 26,998 Hong Kong 669 640 2,942 Korea 1,919 1,940 8,122 Singapore 1,699 1,980 6,760 Taiwan 2,304 2,165 9,173 Other Pacific Rim(2) 2,812 2,818 11,374 South/Central America 4,104 3,817 15,098 Argentina 184 158 659 Brazil 716 686 2,776 Colombia 374 403 1,380 Other S/C A (2) 2,829 2,569 10,284 OPEC 3,555 2,964 12,608 Indonesia(2) 630 567 2,442 Nigeria 484 367 1,804 Saudia Arabia 910 750 2,978 Venezuela(2) 1,058 914 3,730 Other OPEC 473 366 1,655 Other Countries 2,953 2,898 11,841 Egypt 81 62 261 South Africa 239 191 733 Other 2,633 2,644 10,848 Uniden. ctys (3) (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) 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. (3) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and satellites that are not included in the country/area totals. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 1997 AND 1996 DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) 1997 Data April March Item(1) Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 58,106 72,241 (R) 60,288 (R) 72,102 Net Adjustments -700 1,019 (R) -988 (R) 1,456 Total Census Basis (2) 58,806 71,222 (R) 61,275 (R) 70,645 Manufactured goods (3) 47,404 59,520 48,423 58,058 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,519 3,079 4,820 3,200 Mineral fuels (3) 992 6,313 973 6,614 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,372 5,959 3,964 6,258 Airplane parts 1,146 410 1,075 381 Airplanes 2,780 269 2,772 157 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 29 183 33 172 Aluminum 344 517 310 512 Animal feeds 418 53 447 51 Artwork/antiques 73 270 66 352 Basketware, etc. 210 271 218 224 Cereal flour 103 97 107 97 Chemicals - cosmetics 415 214 441 211 Chemicals - dyeing 281 219 283 207 Chemicals - fertilizers 240 144 249 138 Chemicals - inorganic 482 428 434 410 Chemicals - medicinal 674 745 735 667 Chemicals - n.e.s. 965 455 1,032 443 Chemicals - organic 1,414 1,531 1,329 1,382 Chemicals - plastics 1,470 718 1,476 704 Cigarettes 287 5 413 5 Clothing 722 3,291 738 3,214 Coal 294 59 309 52 Coffee (-) 330 1 331 Copper 119 286 128 275 Cork, wood, lumber 455 735 476 674 Corn 503 34 568 27 Cotton, raw and linters 268 1 318 2 Crude fertilizers 136 109 128 150 Crude oil 57 4,289 67 4,379 Electrical machinery 5,378 6,580 5,437 6,560 Fish and preparations 184 529 334 503 Footwear 75 1,068 80 1,048 Furniture and bedding 331 919 315 857 Gem diamonds 5 479 7 614 General industrial mach 2,700 2,367 2,697 2,331 Glass 197 158 182 139 Glassware 66 125 73 121 Gold, nonmonetary 905 262 1,086 384 Hides and skins 129 13 132 11 Iron and steel mill prod 463 1,198 487 1,140 Jewelry 50 353 80 384 Lighting, plumbing 112 221 122 189 Liquified propane/butane 19 81 36 133 Live animals 45 153 53 132 Meat and preparations 564 239 536 225 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 861 1,059 854 999 Metal ores; scrap 352 366 389 315 Metalworking machinery 483 663 461 611 Mineral fuels, other 296 197 274 206 Natural gas 16 496 20 475 Nickel 29 87 30 137 Oils/fats, vegetable 91 114 142 132 Optical goods 143 211 143 204 Paper and paperboard 868 944 891 948 Petroleum preparations 305 1,119 262 1,300 Photographic equipment 338 413 375 473 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 438 481 426 426 Platinum 32 123 36 92 Pottery 8 121 10 117 Power generating mach. 2,396 2,128 2,375 2,056 Printed materials 377 223 367 215 Pulp and waste paper 293 208 315 222 Records/magnetic media 558 333 642 319 Rice 84 16 74 21 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 106 136 102 129 Rubber tires and tubes 214 291 214 269 Scientific instruments 1,954 1,120 2,218 1,113 Ships, boats 111 98 97 65 Silver and bullion 19 45 12 39 Soybeans 514 6 562 2 Spacecraft 106 (-) (-) (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,448 1,923 2,466 1,839 Sugar (-) 55 (-) 75 Television, VCR, etc. 1,955 2,772 1,955 2,742 Textile yearn, fabric 764 998 776 917 Tobacco, unmanufactured 133 108 188 89 Toys/games/sporting goods 326 1,168 338 953 Travel goods 32 288 29 233 Vegetables and fruits 552 740 588 867 Vehicles 4,900 9,638 4,980 9,543 Watches/clocks/parts 26 221 27 192 Wheat 330 28 254 36 Wood manufactures 158 381 158 367 Re-exports 3,863 (X) 4,145 (X) Agricultural commodities 120 (X) 149 (X) Manufactured goods 3,696 (X) 3,921 (X) Mineral fuels 13 (X) 26 (X) ______________________________________________________________________ Cumulative 1997 Data Cumulative 1996 Data Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Balance of Payment Basis 220,918 277,117 202,471 254,005 Net Adjustments -2,910 3,151 -3,233 3,488 Total Census Basis (2) 223,828 273,966 205,704 250,518 Manufactured goods (3) 176,848 226,171 158,891 209,343 Agricultural commodities (3) 19,070 11,883 21,088 11,016 Mineral fuels (3) 4,069 26,688 3,768 22,301 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 13,727 22,727 13,639 21,188 Airplane parts 4,191 1,484 3,674 1,016 Airplanes 8,227 1,047 4,411 1,130 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 113 646 117 592 Aluminum 1,251 1,770 1,151 1,702 Animal feeds 1,775 199 1,469 200 Artwork/antiques 325 1,101 242 885 Basketware, etc. 801 1,004 722 921 Cereal flour 392 376 371 348 Chemicals - cosmetics 1,629 812 1,371 762 Chemicals - dyeing 1,049 795 869 679 Chemicals - fertilizers 1,023 556 1,038 642 Chemicals - inorganic 1,658 1,700 1,425 1,638 Chemicals - medicinal 2,647 2,648 2,388 2,174 Chemicals - n.e.s. 3,656 1,657 3,111 1,546 Chemicals - organic 5,383 5,679 5,193 5,296 Chemicals - plastics 5,618 2,663 5,175 2,353 Cigarettes 1,402 20 1,520 21 Clothing 2,685 13,568 2,303 11,777 Coal 1,162 197 1,205 215 Coffee 2 1,145 1 917 Copper 492 1,064 550 1,013 Cork, wood, lumber 1,833 2,613 1,784 2,137 Corn 2,219 74 3,236 67 Cotton, raw and linters 1,131 7 1,575 23 Crude fertilizers 530 472 467 375 Crude oil 339 17,665 41 15,197 Electrical machinery 20,667 24,777 18,957 25,745 Fish and preparations 926 2,110 908 1,930 Footwear 283 4,507 243 3,890 Furniture and bedding 1,227 3,462 1,077 2,957 Gem diamonds 28 2,297 45 2,068 General industrial mach 9,963 8,750 8,773 8,600 Glass 717 572 591 512 Glassware 262 467 225 421 Gold, nonmonetary 2,578 1,069 2,857 837 Hides and skins 531 47 480 42 Iron and steel mill prod 1,820 4,688 1,732 4,032 Jewelry 253 1,360 215 1,207 Lighting, plumbing 434 853 420 689 Liquified propane/butane 124 509 92 418 Live animals 173 537 141 547 Meat and preparations 2,141 865 2,390 740 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 3,280 3,948 2,993 3,414 Metal ores; scrap 1,358 1,254 1,391 1,266 Metalworking machinery 1,688 2,444 1,669 2,279 Mineral fuels, other 1,112 811 1,067 542 Natural gas 131 2,047 77 1,507 Nickel 111 392 101 421 Oils/fats, vegetable 438 468 414 472 Optical goods 554 780 452 728 Paper and paperboard 3,427 3,609 3,221 4,011 Petroleum preparations 1,186 5,186 1,262 4,168 Photographic equipment 1,319 1,650 1,302 1,645 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 1,606 1,780 1,408 1,627 Platinum 103 458 93 540 Pottery 32 486 30 456 Power generating mach. 9,031 8,051 7,435 7,305 Printed materials 1,459 860 1,426 814 Pulp and waste paper 1,210 880 1,469 1,036 Records/magnetic media 2,279 1,278 2,166 1,246 Rice 357 70 360 46 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 387 504 309 488 Rubber tires and tubes 797 1,076 657 1,034 Scientific instruments 7,650 4,209 6,744 3,918 Ships, boats 398 387 421 395 Silver and bullion 75 162 109 217 Soybeans 2,719 11 2,648 18 Spacecraft 184 227 100 Specialized ind. mach. 9,021 6,750 8,681 6,386 Sugar 1 333 2 283 Television, VCR, etc. 7,096 10,387 6,178 9,796 Textile yearn, fabric 2,893 3,734 2,523 3,159 Tobacco, unmanufactured 593 411 533 340 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,219 4,064 1,147 3,401 Travel goods 117 1,136 103 981 Vegetables and fruits 2,290 3,060 2,235 2,921 Vehicles 18,496 37,593 16,558 33,301 Watches/clocks/parts 97 767 84 800 Wheat 1,163 132 2,201 64 Wood manufactures 643 1,378 556 1,184 Re-exports 15,006 (X) 13,141 (X) Agricultural commodities 530 (X) 472 (X) Manufactured goods 14,236 (X) 12,465 (X) Mineral fuels 79 (X) 53 (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-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS JANUARY 1995 TO APRIL 1997 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.) Period Balance Exports Imports 1995 Jan.- Dec. 13,694 138,481 124,787 Jan.- Apr. 6,575 42,744 36,170 January 787 9,230 8,443 February 1,792 10,135 8,342 March 2,137 12,321 10,184 April 1,858 11,059 9,201 May 1,201 11,011 9,809 June 1,354 11,970 10,615 July 242 10,627 10,385 August 720 11,724 11,004 September -39 11,549 11,588 October -62 12,200 12,262 November 1,266 12,904 11,637 December 2,436 13,751 11,316 1996 Jan.- Dec. 24,548 154,909 130,362 Jan.- Apr. 7,168 49,903 42,735 January 580 11,213 10,633 February 2,112 12,256 10,144 March 2,599 13,983 11,385 April 1,877 12,451 10,574 May 2,401 12,843 10,441 June 2,667 13,207 10,540 July 1,168 11,817 10,649 August 2,210 12,751 10,541 September 994 12,339 11,345 October 2,356 13,946 11,590 November 2,955 13,730 10,775 December 2,628 14,374 11,746 1997 Jan.- Apr. 12,709 57,043 44,334 January 1,874 12,446 10,572 February 2,742 12,914 10,173 March 4,404 16,258 11,854 April 3,689 15,424 11,735 May June July August September October November December Note: Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1996 - APRIL 1997 (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.) Total energy-related Petroleum Products (1) C R U D E P E T R O L E U M Quantity Value Quantity (1,000 of Value Unit (1,000 of (1,000 of (1,000 of barrels) (1,000 of Price Period barrels) dollars) barrels) per day dollars) ($) 1996 Jan- Dec 3,622,385 70,198,675 2,893,647 7,906 54,930,859 18.98 Jan- Apr 1,112,751 19,782,732 876,972 7,248 15,196,873 17.33 January 306,887 5,196,253 238,990 7,709 3,926,552 16.43 February 252,634 4,181,363 198,120 6,832 3,189,228 16.10 March 255,345 4,543,881 201,663 6,505 3,491,666 17.31 April 297,886 5,861,235 238,198 7,940 4,589,427 19.27 May 323,841 6,273,672 261,641 8,440 4,944,722 18.90 June 309,546 5,636,729 253,014 8,434 4,544,250 17.96 July 339,099 6,220,921 275,225 8,878 4,998,154 18.16 August 307,806 5,843,627 250,957 8,095 4,680,889 18.65 September 316,593 6,401,956 260,375 8,679 5,199,747 19.97 October 314,661 6,841,579 250,694 8,087 5,367,469 21.41 November 275,355 5,998,188 216,953 7,232 4,637,834 21.38 December 322,733 7,199,269 247,816 7,994 5,360,919 21.63 1997 Jan- Apr 1,165,031 23,359,424 906,547 7,555 17,664,925 19.49 January 287,411 6,491,986 216,778 6,993 4,774,598 22.03 February 264,834 5,566,305 206,100 7,361 4,222,377 20.49 March 302,844 5,811,473 233,845 7,543 4,378,508 18.72 April 309,942 5,489,660 249,824 8,327 4,289,441 17.17 May June July August September October November December (1) Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. These products include the following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations, and liquified propane and butane gas. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED COUNTRIES - 1997, DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero. (Z) Less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) EXPORTS TOTAL Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 6,446 6,401 24,205 Australia 73 77 308 Austria 64 67 289 Belgium 96 135 422 Brazil 51 71 203 Canada 3,630 3,520 13,526 Germany 218 221 800 Japan 345 383 1,321 Korea 65 67 257 Mexico 960 921 3,544 Saudia Arabia 93 113 425 Sweden 24 20 78 Taiwan 49 53 221 United Kingdom 100 94 331 Other 678 662 2,479 _________________________ Exports Continued CARS Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 1,624 1,772 5,941 Australia 16 20 47 Austria (-) (-) 1 Belgium 28 29 92 Brazil 22 26 63 Canada 888 968 3,215 Germany 109 107 397 Japan 150 194 574 Korea 10 11 43 Mexico 69 94 287 Saudia Arabia 43 53 191 Sweden 6 4 16 Taiwan 36 39 172 United Kingdom 29 24 78 Other 216 204 766 _________________________ Exports Continued TRUCKS Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 827 888 3,197 Australia 9 5 69 Austria 1 1 3 Belgium 30 62 156 Brazil 1 9 16 Canada 483 488 1,769 Germany 19 23 67 Japan 15 30 82 Korea 1 2 9 Mexico 64 61 239 Saudia Arabia 23 39 154 Sweden 4 3 11 Taiwan 6 5 21 United Kingdom 11 9 28 Other 160 152 573 _________________________ Exports Continued PARTS Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 3,995 3,741 15,066 Australia 48 52 192 Austria 63 66 285 Belgium 39 43 173 Brazil 28 36 124 Canada 2,260 2,064 8,542 Germany 90 91 337 Japan 180 159 665 Korea 54 54 205 Mexico 827 767 3,018 Saudia Arabia 27 20 80 Sweden 13 13 51 Taiwan 7 9 29 United Kingdom 60 61 225 Other 302 306 1,141 _____________________________________________________ IMPORTS TOTAL Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 12,209 11,945 47,100 Australia 44 39 133 Austria 28 26 113 Belgium 161 141 478 Brazil 109 106 410 Canada 4,403 4,265 17,157 Germany 1,018 1,101 4,032 Japan 3,016 3,026 12,187 Korea 283 229 827 Mexico 2,127 2,077 8,182 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 221 219 739 Taiwan 81 72 301 United Kingdom 271 225 940 Other 448 419 1,601 _________________________ Imports Continued CARS Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 6,358 6,185 24,529 Australia 33 27 92 Austria (-) (-) (-) Belgium 138 118 399 Brazil (-) (-) (-) Canada 2,369 2,212 9,216 Germany 784 867 3,140 Japan 1,779 1,849 7,397 Korea 222 176 611 Mexico 657 612 2,455 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 190 185 610 Taiwan (-) (-) (-) United Kingdom 173 124 571 Other 11 15 38 _________________________ Imports Continued TRUCKS Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 1,118 1,315 4,887 Australia (-) (-) (-) Austria (-) (-) (-) Belgium 15 15 50 Brazil (-) (-) (-) Canada 783 861 3,189 Germany 6 4 22 Japan 64 68 341 Korea (-) (-) (-) Mexico 215 326 1,158 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 5 7 19 Taiwan (-) 1 3 United Kingdom 20 22 77 Other 9 10 28 _________________________ Imports Continued PARTS Cumulative Country April March to-date Total 4,733 4,445 17,684 Australia 11 12 41 Austria 28 26 113 Belgium 8 8 29 Brazil 109 106 410 Canada 1,250 1,192 4,751 Germany 227 229 870 Japan 1,173 1,109 4,449 Korea 61 53 215 Mexico 1,255 1,139 4,570 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) (-) Sweden 26 27 110 Taiwan 81 71 298 United Kingdom 77 79 292 Other 428 394 1,535 Note: Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. 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 April 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 7 - 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 exlude these foreign shipments. For April 1997, these shipments totaled $48.6 million. U.S.export coverage also excludes certain Canadian postal shipments. For April 1997, these shipments totaled $8.0 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. When it is not, an estimate of 4.5 percent is used. Inland freight charges for April 1997 account for 3.8 percent of the value of U.S. exports to Canada. 3. Reexports--U.S. exports include reexports of foreign goods. Again, the aggregate U.S. export figure is slightly larger. For April 1997, reexports to Canada were $1,342 million. 4. Exchange Rate--Average monthly exchange rates are applied to convert the published data to U.S. currency. For April 1997, the average exchange rate was 1.3942 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 15 and 15A) 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 Aprilen 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. European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, 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, Gabon, 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 8 and 9). 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 7). 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 16 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 agriculture 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 which 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 16. 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 17. 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 samplinf errors; but they are subject to several types of nonsampling errors. The most significant of these include reporting errors, undocumented shipments, timeliness, and data captuer errors. For a detailed discussion of errors effecting 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 include gold that leaves the customs territory. Some smaller adjustments are also made to exports: Deductions for repairs of goods, exposed 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 exposed motion picture film. Additions for imported electricity from Mexico, conversion of vessels for commercial use, and repairs to U.S. vessels abroad. 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. Travel 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 and freight car rentals. 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 April, 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 transactions accounts, published in the April, July, April, and April issues of the Survey of Current Business. Releases are scheduled for April 13, June 19, October 11, and April 10, 1997. 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. Internetional 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 is obtainable from: Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 20233 Additional data and information on services is 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 1997: 7-18-97, 8-20-97, 9-18-97, 10-21-97, 11-20-97, 12-18-97, 1-21-98, 2-19-98 SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, APRIL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.