United States Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis

“ 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. ”

“ The seasonal adjustment procedure is based on a model that 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) . 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. ”

“ A few goods such as essential oils, starches, casein, and albumin, considered to be agricultural by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have been excluded from agricultural goods and are included in manufactured goods where they are classified in the SITC. Manufactured goods conform to the SITC sections that include chemicals and related products; manufactured goods classified chiefly by material; machinery and transport equipment; miscellaneous manufactured articles; and goods and transactions not classified elsewhere. ”

“ Includes agricultural, forestry, fishery products, mineral commodities, scrap, waste and used or second-hand merchandise. The state of origin of movement value totals for non-manufactured commodities usually reflect the state where the U. S. port of export is located. (2) Includes prior month's revision to exports to Canada. 2 Page 36 Exhibit 3. General Imports of Crude Petroleum by Country, Not Seasonally Adjusted Details may not equal totals due to rounding. ”

“ 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. ”

“ European Union - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Euro Area - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain. Pacific Rim - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan. ”

“ Other Private Services - Transactions with affiliated foreigners, for which no identification by type is available, and 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.) Page 32 31 MONTHLY RELEASE SCHEDULE DATE Day Jan . ”

“ Balance Exports Imports Period Total Balance of Payments Basis Total Census Basis Total Balance of Payments Basis Net Adjustments Total Census Basis Total Balance of Payments Basis Net Adjustments Total Census Basis 2005 Jan.- Dec. ”

“ Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela. OPEC - Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Food and live animals 4,651.4 4,778.9 4,483.6 5,255.4 9,135.0 10,034.3 3,866.3 4,312.2 7,644.2 9,217.2 Beverages and tobacco 447.4 1,150.7 362.8 1,265.0 810.2 2,415.7 407.1 1,004.9 779.7 2,040.0 Crude materials, inedible except fuels 4,715.9 2,177.4 4,599.5 2,426.5 9,315.4 4,603.9 3,810.4 2,334.0 7,530.2 4,887.7 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 2,570.8 20,385.6 2,773.2 25,080.8 5,344.0 45,466.4 2,351.2 25,262.6 4,650.9 52,661.5 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 169.5 182.7 180.5 236.4 350.0 419.2 136.2 203.1 263.2 418.7 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. ”

“ ADP equipment and office machines 2,239 7,579 2,473 8,749 4,712 16,328 4,536 15,158 Airplane parts 1,627 605 1,713 611 3,339 1,216 3,085 930 Airplanes 3,518 1,109 3,427 1,186 6,946 2,296 6,011 1,910 Alcoholic beverages, distilled 65 341 48 419 114 760 112 659 Aluminum 450 1,200 490 1,222 939 2,422 842 2,188 Animal feeds 443 75 388 72 831 148 766 127 Artwork and antiques 234 553 367 744 601 1,297 360 1,038 Basketware, etc. ”