Part A: Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 9A. REAL IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY (2000 CHAIN-WEIGHTED DOLLARS BASIS) In millions of dollars. The values in this Exhibit are subject to periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for monthly deflators End-Use Commodity Category Total Foods, Automotive Census Feeds, & Industrial Capital Vehicles Consumer Other Residual Period Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) Goods etc. Goods Goods (3) 2005 Jan.-Dec. 1,534,765 61,225 367,867 413,489 231,622 407,789 52,478 294 January 126,852 5,028 31,574 33,241 18,981 33,374 4,227 428 February 128,725 4,968 32,105 32,675 18,952 35,338 4,184 502 March 122,696 4,800 30,218 32,458 18,219 32,460 4,249 292 April 126,706 4,939 30,281 34,429 18,611 33,910 4,623 -87 May 126,271 4,996 29,698 33,878 19,267 34,156 4,479 -202 June 127,769 5,147 30,213 34,966 18,883 34,311 4,460 -213 July 126,217 5,077 29,576 34,600 19,117 33,744 4,410 -306 August 126,175 5,184 29,483 34,448 19,480 33,574 4,319 -313 September 127,436 5,364 29,392 35,256 19,441 34,041 4,495 -552 October 130,608 5,182 31,052 35,475 20,129 34,359 4,391 21 November 131,011 5,280 31,727 35,506 19,958 33,750 4,412 378 December 134,299 5,261 32,549 36,557 20,584 34,773 4,228 347 2006 Jan.-Dec. 1,622,834 64,815 367,197 459,978 247,135 440,544 54,698 -11,533 January 135,448 5,287 32,165 37,181 21,348 34,936 4,531 1 February 133,155 5,249 31,890 35,998 20,667 34,726 4,426 198 March 134,362 5,534 30,399 37,931 20,321 36,556 4,526 -904 April 133,624 5,480 30,180 37,968 20,644 35,736 4,550 -936 May 134,524 5,293 30,604 38,235 20,518 36,217 4,500 -844 June 135,154 5,348 30,227 38,148 21,050 36,944 4,602 -1,164 July 135,077 5,397 30,662 38,778 20,007 36,650 4,518 -935 August 136,651 5,434 31,078 39,222 20,247 37,067 4,513 -910 September 136,569 5,395 30,744 39,156 20,224 37,614 4,569 -1,132 October 135,197 5,489 29,793 39,096 19,942 37,628 4,760 -1,511 November 135,493 5,436 29,652 39,158 20,225 38,071 4,595 -1,645 December 137,580 5,473 29,804 39,106 21,940 38,399 4,609 -1,751 2007 Jan.-Dec. 1,652,863 65,461 356,446 487,430 246,836 465,682 55,631 -24,623 January 137,628 5,395 31,134 39,565 20,262 37,925 4,472 -1,124 February 136,951 5,431 29,182 40,089 20,294 39,446 4,641 -2,132 March 140,300 5,628 30,820 40,008 20,944 39,888 4,563 -1,551 April 136,789 5,404 29,790 39,804 20,432 38,651 4,483 -1,774 May 136,876 5,440 29,688 40,399 19,834 38,810 4,623 -1,918 June 138,029 5,473 29,763 40,893 20,481 38,841 4,646 -2,069 July 137,885 5,512 29,476 40,858 21,236 38,325 4,704 -2,226 August 137,518 5,548 29,383 40,810 20,925 38,370 4,714 -2,231 September 138,175 5,448 29,430 41,460 21,026 38,479 4,726 -2,394 October 137,905 5,347 29,147 41,203 21,058 39,019 4,707 -2,575 November 138,515 5,498 29,304 41,267 20,867 39,280 4,815 -2,515 December 136,293 5,337 29,329 41,075 19,478 38,650 4,538 -2,114 _________________ (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum and petroleum products. (3) The "residual" represents the difference between total exports or imports, and the sum of the components in the table. NOTE: For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page 27 of the FT900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm. _________________ SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual Report for 2007 (CB-08-89, BEA-08-26), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.