PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1997 TO JUNE 1998 (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 1997 Jan-Dec -197,955 -16,467 -61,352 -120,136 Jan-Jun -98,820 -9,747 -32,048 -57,024 January -17,495 -818 -5,756 -10,921 February -16,469 -1,116 -5,662 -9,692 March -15,759 -2,457 -5,426 -7,877 April -16,505 -1,725 -5,025 -9,755 May -16,982 -1,900 -5,374 -9,708 June -15,610 -1,734 -4,805 -9,071 July -15,864 -1,269 -4,713 -9,881 August -16,909 -1,292 -5,138 -10,479 September -16,524 -1,005 -5,009 -10,510 October -16,270 -1,305 -5,191 -9,774 November -16,605 -911 -5,161 -10,533 December -16,962 -936 -4,092 -11,934 1998 Jan-Jun -120,530 -6,918 -23,178 -90,434 January -17,076 -1,214 -4,117 -11,744 February -18,120 -1,033 -3,848 -13,240 March -20,504 -1,390 -3,582 -15,532 April -21,335 -977 -4,022 -16,335 May (R) -22,578 -1,043 -3,973 -17,562 June -20,918 -1,261 -3,636 -16,021 July August September October November December _____________________________________________________________ Exports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1997 Jan-Dec 679,325 -9,858 10,419 678,763 Jan-Jun 332,739 -4,797 4,990 332,546 January 52,655 -566 886 52,335 February 54,337 -685 800 54,222 March 56,507 -999 827 56,678 April 56,326 -703 851 56,178 May 56,103 -1,003 778 56,327 June 56,811 -842 847 56,805 July 57,455 -1,041 921 57,574 August 57,100 -1,047 933 57,214 September 57,747 -739 861 57,625 October 58,467 -1,050 908 58,609 November 57,482 -670 830 57,321 December 58,336 -513 975 57,874 1998 Jan-Jun 336,134 -4,643 4,179 336,598 January 57,902 -636 814 57,724 February 56,350 -807 681 56,476 March 57,217 -882 687 57,412 April 55,335 -655 698 55,292 May (R) 54,719 -756 671 54,804 June 54,612 -907 629 54,890 July August September October November December _______________________________________________________ Imports Net Petroleum Non- Period Total Adjustments (1) Petroleum 1997 Jan-Dec 877,279 6,609 71,771 798,900 Jan-Jun 431,558 4,951 37,038 389,570 January 70,150 252 6,641 63,257 February 70,807 430 6,463 63,914 March 72,266 1,458 6,253 64,555 April 72,831 1,021 5,877 65,933 May 73,085 897 6,153 66,035 June 72,420 892 5,652 65,876 July 73,318 228 5,634 67,455 August 74,009 245 6,072 67,692 September 74,271 266 5,870 68,135 October 74,738 255 6,099 68,384 November 74,087 242 5,991 67,855 December 75,298 423 5,067 69,809 1998 Jan-Jun 456,664 2,275 27,357 427,032 January 74,977 578 4,931 69,468 February 74,470 226 4,529 69,715 March 77,720 508 4,268 72,944 April 76,670 322 4,720 71,627 May (R) 77,297 288 4,643 72,366 June 75,530 354 4,265 70,911 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-98-148), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, JUNE 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.