
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1997

PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 13Q1.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
               COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, -- JANUARY - MARCH 1997

(In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(-) Represents zero or less than half unit of measure.  (X) Not applicable.

                                                    January

                                       Trade        Exports       Imports
              Country                 Balance        f.a.s.       Customs

Total, BOP Basis                       -17,578.8      50,025.0      67,603.9
Net Adjustments                           -817.5        -565.9         251.6
Total, Census Basis                    -16,761.3      50,590.9      67,352.3

Afganistan                                   0.1           0.9           0.8
Albania                                      0.3           0.4           0.1
Algeria                                   -217.8          41.1         258.9
Andorra                                      2.0           2.0           (-)
Angola                                    -234.4          12.5         247.0
Anguilla                                     1.6           1.6           (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                          4.9           5.5           0.7
Argentina                                  246.1         406.6         160.5
Armenia                                      9.4           9.6           0.2
Aruba                                      -44.6          15.0          59.6
Australia                                  527.4         872.5         345.1
Austria                                    -15.6         167.3         182.9
Azerbaijan                                   5.3           5.4           0.1

Bahamas                                     42.0          56.4          14.4
Bahrain                                     10.6          18.5           7.9
Bangladesh                                -112.6          31.8         144.5
Barbados                                    17.3          20.8           3.4
Belarus                                     -1.0           6.5           7.4
Belgium                                    555.8       1,099.1         543.3
Belize                                       3.2          10.4           7.2
Benin                                        4.6           4.6           (-)
Bermuda                                     20.6          20.8           0.2
Bhutan                                      -0.8           (-)           0.8
Bolivia                                    -13.6          12.1          25.7
Bosnia-Hercegovina                          23.0          23.8           0.8
Botswana                                     1.4           2.9           1.5
Brazil                                     142.8       1,012.7         869.9
British Indian Ocean Terr                   -0.5           (-)           0.5
British Virgin Islands                       4.6           4.9           0.3
Brunei                                      -0.3           4.7           5.0
Bulgaria                                   -13.6           2.3          15.8
Burkina                                      0.9           0.9           (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                             -2.2           7.6           9.8
Burundi                                      (-)           (-)           (-)

Cambodia                                     0.8           1.7           0.9
Cameroon                                     4.5           6.4           1.9
Canada                                  -2,033.4      11,733.3      13,766.7
Cape Verde                                   1.2           1.2           (-)
Cayman Islands                              16.1          19.6           3.4
Central African Republic                     0.2           0.2           (-)
Chad                                        -0.2           (-)           0.2
Chile                                       41.2         300.2         259.0
China                                   -3,729.1         938.4       4,667.6
Christmas Island                            -0.2           (-)           0.2
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Colombia                                    85.4         382.3         296.9
Comoros                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -85.0           4.7          89.7
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -19.0           4.4          23.5
Cook Islands                                 (-)           0.1           0.1
Costa Rica                                   8.0         160.0         152.0
Croatia                                      8.2          15.5           7.3
Cuba                                         0.4           0.4           (-)
Cyprus                                      14.3          16.0           1.7
Czech Republic                             -13.6          28.8          42.5

Denmark                                    -25.4         133.1         158.5
Djibouti                                     0.4           0.4           (-)
Dominica                                     2.1           3.5           1.4
Dominican Republic                          48.2         258.9         210.7

Ecuador                                     15.0         136.7         121.6
Egypt                                      235.4         287.5          52.1
El Salvador                                  9.7         102.0          92.4
Equatorial Guinea                            2.7           2.8           0.1
Eritrea                                      0.8           0.8           (-)
Estonia                                     -5.7           1.3           7.0
Ethiopia                                     3.8           8.4           4.6

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -0.9           0.1           1.0
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,243.9       1,838.1       3,082.0
Fedrated States of Micronesia                0.3           2.2           2.0
Fiji                                        -3.7           3.3           7.0
Finland                                    -81.1          83.9         165.1
France                                    -196.3       1,233.3       1,429.6
French Guiana                                0.6           0.7           0.1
French Polynesia                             7.5           8.7           1.2
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          (-)           (-)           (-)

Gabon                                     -211.2           3.0         214.2
Gambia                                       0.2           0.3           (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                      9.3           9.5           0.2
Ghana                                       -2.0          18.6          20.6
Gibraltar                                    4.0           4.2           0.2
Greece                                      26.1          60.9          34.8
Greenland                                   -0.3           0.2           0.4
Grenada                                      1.4           1.6           0.3
Guadeloupe                                   4.7           5.2           0.5
Guatemala                                  -27.1         119.3         146.4
Guinea                                       2.9           7.5           4.6
Guinea-Bissau                                (-)           (-)           (-)
Guyana                                       6.4          11.9           5.5

Haiti                                       24.9          33.2           8.4
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                    18.6         152.3         133.7
Hong Kong                                  149.5       1,053.8         904.4
Hungary                                    -29.7          32.6          62.3

Iceland                                     -7.6          14.8          22.3
India                                     -305.2         250.3         555.5
Indonesia                                 -455.1         309.9         765.0
Iran                                         0.2           0.2           (-)
Iraq                                         0.7           0.7           (-)
Ireland                                    -47.5         345.0         392.5
Israel                                    -178.4         463.9         642.3
Italy                                     -689.7         683.6       1,373.3
Ivory Coast                                -27.1          10.4          37.5

Jamaica                                     58.5         113.4          54.9
Japan                                   -4,359.9       5,073.1       9,433.0
Jordan                                      30.7          33.1           2.3

Kazakhstan                                 -14.8           5.0          19.8
Kenya                                        0.5           9.8           9.2
Kiribati                                    -0.4           0.6           1.0
Korea, South                               192.9       1,986.0       1,793.1
Kuwait                                     -30.4         103.3         133.6
Kyrgyzstan                                   0.5           0.7           0.2

Laos                                        -1.5           0.2           1.8
Latvia                                      -0.5          14.4          14.9
Lebanon                                     41.4          44.9           3.5

Lesotho                                     -9.3           (-)           9.3
Liberia                                      1.3           1.3           0.1
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                               -5.2           1.5           6.7
Lithuania                                    3.3           8.7           5.4
Luxembourg                                   6.3          24.0          17.7

Macao                                      -89.9           3.8          93.7
Macedonia (Skopje)                         -19.7           0.4          20.1
Madagascar                                  -7.2           0.7           7.9
Malawi                                      -4.8           1.1           5.9
Malaysia                                  -637.4         724.8       1,362.3
Maldives                                    -0.4           0.4           0.8
Mali                                         1.2           1.6           0.4
Malta                                      -14.1           6.6          20.6
Marshall Islands                             1.2           2.5           1.4
Martinique                                   2.7           2.8           (-)
Mauritania                                   0.3           0.3           (-)
Mauritius                                  -12.4           2.9          15.3
Mexico                                  -1,269.8       4,917.4       6,187.2
Moldova                                     -1.9           0.3           2.2
Monaco                                      -1.9           0.1           2.0
Mongolia                                     0.3           4.5           4.2
Montserrat                                   1.1           1.5           0.4
Morocco                                    -10.8          14.0          24.8
Mozambique                                   0.6           3.9           3.3

Namibia                                     -5.9           1.7           7.6
Nauru                                        0.7           0.8           (-)
Nepal                                       -6.6           4.6          11.2
Netherlands                                910.8       1,445.0         534.2
Netherlands Antilles                       -22.0          32.3          54.3
New Caledonia                               -2.0           2.5           4.5
New Zealand                                 20.0         140.0         120.0
Nicaragua                                   -7.2          18.9          26.0
Niger                                        1.2           1.3           0.1
Nigeria                                   -572.1          49.1         621.2
Niue                                         2.1           2.1           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.3           0.4           (-)
North Korea                                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Norway                                    -170.3         113.2         283.6

Oman                                        -6.0          16.4          22.4

Pakistan                                    53.4         154.2         100.8
Palau                                        (-)           1.3           1.3
Panama                                      82.3         105.5          23.2
Papua New Guinea                             7.8          10.3           2.4
Paraguay                                    85.3          87.8           2.4
Peru                                       -45.8         122.8         168.6
Philippines                               -180.1         556.8         736.9
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                       8.9          62.7          53.8
Portugal                                     6.8          84.2          77.4

Qatar                                       11.1          20.6           9.5

Republic of Yemen                           16.3          23.4           7.1
Reunion                                      0.2           0.2           (-)
Romania                                    -31.9          14.9          46.8
Russia                                     -51.5         234.2         285.8
Rwanda                                       5.0           5.6           0.7

San Marino                                   0.9           0.9           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                              -325.5         439.3         764.8
Senegal                                      3.4           4.0           0.5
Seychelles                                  -0.3           (-)           0.3
Sierra Leone                                -0.7           0.9           1.6
Singapore                                  -70.7       1,496.5       1,567.2
Slovakia                                   -11.1           5.1          16.2
Slovenia                                   -11.8           8.4          20.2
Solomon Islands                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Somalia                                      0.1           0.1           0.1
South Africa                                44.7         228.2         183.5
Spain                                      129.3         498.1         368.7
Sri Lanka                                 -132.4          10.3         142.8
St Helena                                    2.3           2.3           (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                           1.9           3.3           1.4
St Lucia                                     4.4           5.6           1.2
St Pierre and Miquelon                       (-)           (-)           (-)
St Vincent and the Grenadines                3.3           3.7           0.4
Sudan                                        4.6           5.1           0.5
Suriname                                    11.2          16.8           5.7
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   0.1           0.1           (-)
Swaziland                                   -9.2           0.8          10.0
Sweden                                    -234.8         261.9         496.8
Switzerland                               -193.2         386.8         580.0
Syria                                       11.0          12.6           1.6

Taiwan                                  -1,086.7       1,443.9       2,530.6
Tajikistan                                   0.4           0.4           (-)
Tanzania                                     1.9           3.7           1.7
Thailand                                  -369.1         582.6         951.7
Togo                                         0.6           0.7           (-)
Tokelau                                     -0.1           (-)           0.1
Tonga                                        (-)           0.2           0.2
Trinidad and Tobago                        -42.4          84.5         126.9
Tunisia                                     26.2          35.4           9.2
Turkey                                      59.5         240.6         181.1
Turkmenistan                                43.0          43.3           0.3
Turks and Caicos Islands                     4.5           4.9           0.4
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                      -0.3           1.1           1.5
Ukraine                                    -38.5          28.2          66.6
United Arab Emirates                        75.6         136.8          61.2
United Kingdom                             -77.3       2,466.2       2,543.5
Uruguay                                     20.8          35.5          14.8
Uzbekistan                                  -3.2           9.6          12.8

Vanuatu                                     -1.5           0.1           1.6
Vatican City                                 0.1           0.1           (-)
Venezuela                                 -829.6         433.3       1,262.9
Vietnam                                    -20.4          22.9          43.3

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.8           0.9           0.1

Yugoslavia                                   1.3           2.1           0.8

Zambia                                      -8.0           1.7           9.8
Zimbabwe                                   -12.7           5.2          17.9

Unidentified                                 (-)           (-)           (X)

North America                           -3,303.2      16,650.7      19,953.8

Western Europe                          -1,287.9      11,260.9      12,548.8
European Union (EU)                       -976.6      10,423.8      11,400.4
European Free Trade Association           -376.3         516.3         892.6

Eastern Europe                            -136.6         523.8         660.4
Former Soviet Republics                    -46.0         377.0         423.0

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -1,294.3      11,181.8      12,476.0

Pacific Rim Countries                   -9,711.6      14,614.6      24,326.1

Asia -- Near East                         -342.8       1,313.4       1,656.2
Asia -- (NICS)                            -815.0       5,980.3       6,795.3
Asia -- South                             -503.4         452.2         955.5
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -1,712.7       3,675.3       5,388.0

South/Central America                        9.9       4,327.3       4,317.4

Twenty Latin American Republics         -1,364.4       8,797.9      10,162.3
Central American Common Market               2.0         552.6         550.6
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                           -1,522.2       7,847.3       9,369.5

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -2,749.2      21,667.6      24,416.7

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -2,342.9       1,534.1       3,877.1

Unidentified                                 (-)           (-)           (X)
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                                                    February

                                       Trade        Exports       Imports
              Country                 Balance        f.a.s.       Customs

Total, BOP Basis                       -13,134.3      52,467.4      65,601.8
Net Adjustments                         -1,115.6        -685.2         430.4
Total, Census Basis                    -12,018.7      53,152.6      65,171.4

Afganistan                                   0.4           0.6           0.2
Albania                                     -2.6           0.4           3.1
Algeria                                   -214.0          37.7         251.8
Andorra                                      1.3           1.3           (-)
Angola                                    -321.3          28.0         349.2
Anguilla                                     1.3           1.3           (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                          6.8           7.3           0.6
Argentina                                  155.3         377.8         222.5
Armenia                                      5.8           6.0           0.2
Aruba                                      -28.7          16.5          45.2
Australia                                  638.0         882.4         244.3
Austria                                     -0.5         183.6         184.2
Azerbaijan                                   7.5           7.6           0.1

Bahamas                                     44.0          61.2          17.2
Bahrain                                      8.3          15.3           7.0
Bangladesh                                -107.0          19.6         126.6
Barbados                                    17.1          20.0           3.0
Belarus                                     -3.6           1.1           4.7
Belgium                                    474.5       1,063.8         589.3
Belize                                       1.7           6.7           5.0
Benin                                        3.5           3.5           (-)
Bermuda                                     23.2          23.8           0.6
Bhutan                                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Bolivia                                      5.3          26.4          21.1
Bosnia-Hercegovina                          39.2          40.1           0.9
Botswana                                    -0.4           1.1           1.5
Brazil                                     341.9       1,048.8         706.9
British Indian Ocean Terr                    0.1           0.1           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       4.4           5.9           1.5
Brunei                                       0.7           5.4           4.6
Bulgaria                                    -7.6           6.5          14.1
Burkina                                      1.4           1.4           (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                            -10.6           1.2          11.8
Burundi                                      (-)           (-)           (-)

Cambodia                                     1.3           2.4           1.1
Cameroon                                     2.5           6.5           4.0
Canada                                  -1,456.6      12,101.5      13,558.2
Cape Verde                                   0.6           0.6           (-)
Cayman Islands                              17.8          18.6           0.7
Central African Republic                     1.2           1.3           0.1
Chad                                         0.1           0.1           (-)
Chile                                       87.5         309.4         221.9
China                                   -3,349.2         913.3       4,262.4
Christmas Island                             (-)           0.1           0.1
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Colombia                                   -23.1         363.5         386.6
Comoros                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -17.5           2.7          20.2
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -19.1           6.6          25.6
Cook Islands                                 0.1           0.1           (-)
Costa Rica                                  -5.6         169.5         175.2
Croatia                                      1.9           6.0           4.1
Cuba                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Cyprus                                      36.6          37.4           0.8
Czech Republic                              -6.4          25.9          32.3

Denmark                                      9.7         167.3         157.6
Djibouti                                     0.4           0.4           (-)
Dominica                                     1.9           2.5           0.6
Dominican Republic                         -12.6         311.0         323.7

Ecuador                                    -70.5         111.2         181.7
Egypt                                      173.9         217.5          43.6
El Salvador                                 11.2          97.8          86.6
Equatorial Guinea                            1.2           1.2           0.1
Eritrea                                      1.1           1.1           (-)
Estonia                                     -1.5           1.7           3.2
Ethiopia                                     2.5           4.8           2.3

Falkland Islands                             0.1           0.1           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -0.8           (-)           0.8
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,199.9       2,033.7       3,233.6
Fedrated States of Micronesia                1.9           2.5           0.6
Fiji                                        -2.8           2.0           4.8
Finland                                    -21.8         134.6         156.5
France                                    -257.7       1,212.8       1,470.5
French Guiana                                1.0           1.0           (-)
French Polynesia                             3.2           4.5           1.3
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          (-)           (-)           (-)

Gabon                                     -154.3           2.6         156.9
Gambia                                       0.6           0.7           0.1
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                      2.2           2.3           0.1
Ghana                                       10.8          23.7          12.9
Gibraltar                                    0.2           0.4           0.1
Greece                                      28.4          74.6          46.2
Greenland                                   -0.1           0.2           0.3
Grenada                                      3.0           3.2           0.2
Guadeloupe                                   6.4           6.7           0.2
Guatemala                                  -34.2         136.7         170.9
Guinea                                      -8.2          10.4          18.6
Guinea-Bissau                                0.1           0.1           (-)
Guyana                                       5.4          13.4           7.9

Haiti                                       24.1          36.1          12.0
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -23.3         151.3         174.6
Hong Kong                                  469.3       1,092.4         623.1
Hungary                                    -22.9          39.3          62.2

Iceland                                     -4.5          12.9          17.4
India                                     -254.9         285.0         539.9
Indonesia                                 -272.1         360.8         632.9
Iran                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Ireland                                    -70.0         325.4         395.5
Israel                                     -85.5         457.8         543.4
Italy                                     -699.7         750.1       1,449.7
Ivory Coast                                -14.0          10.2          24.3

Jamaica                                     45.4         100.3          54.9
Japan                                   -4,286.3       5,434.8       9,721.1
Jordan                                      27.7          29.0           1.3

Kazakhstan                                   0.3           3.2           2.9
Kenya                                        3.7          14.2          10.5
Kiribati                                     0.1           0.2           0.1
Korea, South                               479.9       1,986.0       1,506.2
Kuwait                                     -43.8          89.0         132.8
Kyrgyzstan                                   (-)           0.5           0.5

Laos                                        -0.6           0.3           0.8
Latvia                                      -4.6          20.1          24.7
Lebanon                                     47.1          50.8           3.6

Lesotho                                     -5.3           (-)           5.3
Liberia                                      2.6           2.6           (-)
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                               -5.4           0.4           5.8
Lithuania                                    2.0           4.4           2.3
Luxembourg                                  18.7          34.4          15.8

Macao                                      -70.1           2.1          72.2
Macedonia (Skopje)                          -7.3           0.7           8.0
Madagascar                                  -2.8           1.0           3.8
Malawi                                       0.2           1.5           1.3
Malaysia                                  -492.7         705.9       1,198.6
Maldives                                    -0.9           0.5           1.3
Mali                                         1.8           2.0           0.2
Malta                                       -6.5           9.5          16.0
Marshall Islands                             1.8           2.3           0.6
Martinique                                   2.8           3.1           0.3
Mauritania                                   (-)           0.1           0.1
Mauritius                                  -12.6           2.8          15.4
Mexico                                  -1,203.8       5,329.9       6,533.6
Moldova                                     -0.1           0.4           0.5
Monaco                                      -0.2           0.9           1.2
Mongolia                                    -0.4           1.1           1.5
Montserrat                                   0.9           1.5           0.6
Morocco                                     47.4          63.0          15.6
Mozambique                                  -0.3           0.5           0.9

Namibia                                     -1.3           0.7           2.0
Nauru                                        0.1           0.1           (-)
Nepal                                      -11.7           0.7          12.4
Netherlands                              1,197.9       1,658.9         461.0
Netherlands Antilles                       -76.5          52.4         128.9
New Caledonia                               -5.5           1.5           7.0
New Zealand                                  5.9         118.9         112.9
Nicaragua                                  -17.8          21.3          39.1
Niger                                       -6.1           2.1           8.2
Nigeria                                   -342.6          45.5         388.1
Niue                                         3.5           3.5           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.2           0.2           (-)
North Korea                                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Norway                                    -110.3         140.9         251.2

Oman                                         6.7          20.0          13.4

Pakistan                                   -22.6          85.7         108.2
Palau                                        (-)           0.8           0.8
Panama                                      97.8         121.3          23.5
Papua New Guinea                             3.6           4.8           1.3
Paraguay                                    70.4          74.3           3.9
Peru                                         6.4         137.7         131.2
Philippines                               -168.8         563.3         732.1
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      23.2          68.0          44.8
Portugal                                    18.4          89.8          71.4

Qatar                                       14.0          23.8           9.8

Republic of Yemen                            7.8          13.5           5.7
Reunion                                      (-)           0.3           0.4
Romania                                     -7.3          21.0          28.3
Russia                                     -38.1         222.0         260.1
Rwanda                                       0.1           0.3           0.2

San Marino                                   1.0           1.0           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                              -130.1         510.4         640.5
Senegal                                      2.0           3.8           1.8
Seychelles                                   0.6           0.7           0.1
Sierra Leone                                -0.4           1.1           1.5
Singapore                                 -125.6       1,206.5       1,332.2
Slovakia                                     3.1          16.9          13.8
Slovenia                                   -12.9           7.5          20.4
Solomon Islands                              (-)           0.1           (-)
Somalia                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
South Africa                                87.1         227.3         140.1
Spain                                      190.8         524.8         334.0
Sri Lanka                                 -107.6          11.0         118.6
St Helena                                    (-)           0.1           (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                           0.7           2.7           2.0
St Lucia                                    -9.0           6.3          15.3
St Pierre and Miquelon                       0.1           0.1           (-)
St Vincent and the Grenadines                3.4           3.7           0.2
Sudan                                       -0.6           1.5           2.1
Suriname                                     3.9           9.6           5.6
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   0.2           0.2           (-)
Swaziland                                   -1.6           0.2           1.8
Sweden                                    -325.1         248.8         573.8
Switzerland                                -35.0         571.4         606.4
Syria                                        5.8          13.4           7.6

Taiwan                                    -871.8       1,428.7       2,300.5
Tajikistan                                   0.2           0.2           (-)
Tanzania                                     2.1           3.6           1.5
Thailand                                  -266.6         601.7         868.2
Togo                                         2.9           2.9           (-)
Tokelau                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Tonga                                        0.1           0.2           0.1
Trinidad and Tobago                        -18.8          72.1          90.8
Tunisia                                     13.1          15.1           2.0
Turkey                                      83.1         260.5         177.4
Turkmenistan                                13.7          14.8           1.1
Turks and Caicos Islands                     4.3           4.7           0.4
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       3.5           4.8           1.3
Ukraine                                     -1.1          36.1          37.1
United Arab Emirates                        12.5         171.7         159.2
United Kingdom                             926.1       3,331.4       2,405.3
Uruguay                                     24.6          36.6          12.1
Uzbekistan                                   9.2          10.2           1.0

Vanuatu                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
Vatican City                                 (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                                 -575.7         384.3         960.0
Vietnam                                    -24.5          23.6          48.1

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.2           0.3           0.1

Yugoslavia                                   2.4           2.7           0.3

Zambia                                       1.5           4.5           2.9
Zimbabwe                                    -1.5           8.6          10.2

Unidentified                                 (-)           (-)           (X)

North America                           -2,660.4      17,431.4      20,091.8

Western Europe                             272.9      12,928.0      12,655.1
European Union (EU)                        289.8      11,834.1      11,544.3
European Free Trade Association           -155.2         725.6         880.8

Eastern Europe                             -28.4         508.8         537.2
Former Soviet Republics                     -8.0         330.7         338.7

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    218.8      12,822.4      12,603.7

Pacific Rim Countries                   -8,039.1      14,705.3      22,744.4

Asia -- Near East                         -129.6       1,394.6       1,524.3
Asia -- (NICS)                             -48.2       5,713.6       5,761.9
Asia -- South                             -503.3         402.7         906.0
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -1,325.1       3,443.6       4,768.7

South/Central America                      124.2       4,359.5       4,235.4

Twenty Latin American Republics         -1,142.3       9,245.0      10,387.2
Central American Common Market             -69.8         576.7         646.4
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                           -1,181.7       8,199.9       9,381.6

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                           -780.8      23,457.7      24,238.5

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,551.9       1,623.2       3,175.0

Unidentified                                 (-)           (-)           (X)
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                                                     March

                                       Trade        Exports       Imports
              Country                 Balance        f.a.s.       Customs

Total, BOP Basis                       -11,942.1      60,202.7      72,144.9
Net Adjustments                         -2,456.5        -998.5       1,458.0
Total, Census Basis                     -9,485.6      61,201.2      70,686.9

Afganistan                                  -1.2           0.5           1.8
Albania                                     -0.8           0.2           0.9
Algeria                                   -182.0          51.2         233.2
Andorra                                      1.1           1.1           (-)
Angola                                    -237.7          32.8         270.5
Anguilla                                     2.2           2.3           0.1
Antigua and Barbuda                          6.3           7.0           0.7
Argentina                                  268.1         448.2         180.1
Armenia                                      3.1           3.5           0.5
Aruba                                      -42.4          19.7          62.2
Australia                                  751.0       1,093.8         342.8
Austria                                    -28.8         170.8         199.6
Azerbaijan                                   1.2           1.7           0.5

Bahamas                                     62.1          75.4          13.2
Bahrain                                     15.2          22.6           7.5
Bangladesh                                 -80.8          23.9         104.6
Barbados                                    22.2          25.6           3.4
Belarus                                      1.7           4.5           2.7
Belgium                                    542.0       1,217.7         675.7
Belize                                      -1.0          10.7          11.7
Benin                                        3.1           3.1           (-)
Bermuda                                     23.3          23.8           0.5
Bhutan                                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Bolivia                                      7.6          21.8          14.2
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           6.0           6.9           0.9
Botswana                                    -1.0           1.3           2.4
Brazil                                     572.6       1,322.7         750.1
British Indian Ocean Terr                    (-)           (-)           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       4.3           4.7           0.4
Brunei                                       5.1           9.1           4.0
Bulgaria                                    -2.8           9.7          12.5
Burkina                                      3.5           3.5           (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                             -8.8           0.7           9.5
Burundi                                      (-)           (-)           (-)

Cambodia                                     0.7           3.2           2.6
Cameroon                                     1.4           5.4           3.9
Canada                                  -1,147.2      13,000.8      14,148.0
Cape Verde                                   2.0           2.0           (-)
Cayman Islands                              19.9          20.5           0.6
Central African Republic                    -0.5           0.4           0.9
Chad                                         0.9           0.9           (-)
Chile                                      220.4         441.5         221.1
China                                   -2,606.9       1,021.6       3,628.6
Christmas Island                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Colombia                                     1.3         417.9         416.6
Comoros                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -48.0           6.0          53.9
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -34.7           2.8          37.5
Cook Islands                                 (-)           0.1           0.1
Costa Rica                                 -42.3         157.5         199.8
Croatia                                      6.3          12.0           5.6
Cuba                                         0.2           0.2           (-)
Cyprus                                      18.6          19.7           1.2
Czech Republic                              96.5         141.8          45.3

Denmark                                     25.8         209.1         183.4
Djibouti                                     0.3           0.3           (-)
Dominica                                     1.4           1.8           0.5
Dominican Republic                         -22.8         320.4         343.3

Ecuador                                    -93.3         107.9         201.1
Egypt                                      339.2         379.9          40.6
El Salvador                                 10.1         121.2         111.1
Equatorial Guinea                            2.4           2.5           0.1
Eritrea                                      0.7           0.7           (-)
Estonia                                      0.9           5.6           4.7
Ethiopia                                     2.8           5.0           2.2

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -0.6           0.1           0.8
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,471.8       2,300.2       3,772.0
Fedrated States of Micronesia                1.8           2.9           1.1
Fiji                                        -2.4           2.6           5.0
Finland                                    -42.9         150.0         192.9
France                                    -253.1       1,432.6       1,685.7
French Guiana                                2.8           2.8           (-)
French Polynesia                             9.3          10.3           1.0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          (-)           (-)           (-)

Gabon                                     -175.3           8.8         184.1
Gambia                                       1.5           2.0           0.5
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                      4.1           4.2           0.1
Ghana                                       16.1          35.4          19.3
Gibraltar                                   -0.2           0.2           0.4
Greece                                      50.9          86.0          35.2
Greenland                                   -0.6           0.1           0.7
Grenada                                      3.0           3.1           0.1
Guadeloupe                                   6.0           6.1           (-)
Guatemala                                  -29.7         146.8         176.5
Guinea                                       0.2           4.5           4.2
Guinea-Bissau                                0.1           0.1           (-)
Guyana                                       4.1          13.2           9.1

Haiti                                       26.2          40.7          14.5
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -24.5         170.2         194.7
Hong Kong                                  746.1       1,351.4         605.4
Hungary                                    -23.8          46.9          70.8

Iceland                                     -0.8          16.5          17.3
India                                     -229.3         394.5         623.8
Indonesia                                 -247.8         359.7         607.6
Iran                                         0.2           0.2           (-)
Iraq                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Ireland                                   -149.7         336.2         485.9
Israel                                      -1.4         563.7         565.1
Italy                                     -869.3         811.3       1,680.6
Ivory Coast                                -35.4          13.9          49.3

Jamaica                                     52.9         114.5          61.5
Japan                                   -4,764.4       6,183.5      10,947.9
Jordan                                      23.7          24.6           0.9

Kazakhstan                                  -1.0           7.5           8.5
Kenya                                       46.4          55.8           9.4
Kiribati                                     (-)           0.1           0.1
Korea, South                               681.7       2,482.4       1,800.7
Kuwait                                      -0.7         107.9         108.5
Kyrgyzstan                                   0.8           0.8           (-)

Laos                                        -1.0           0.3           1.3
Latvia                                       0.7          16.2          15.5
Lebanon                                     48.9          52.3           3.4

Lesotho                                     -6.0           (-)           6.1
Liberia                                      4.6           4.7           0.1
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                               -2.4           4.1           6.5
Lithuania                                    1.8           5.0           3.2
Luxembourg                                   9.4          33.6          24.1

Macao                                      -45.1           3.5          48.6
Macedonia (Skopje)                          -9.7           0.7          10.4
Madagascar                                  -2.3           1.0           3.3
Malawi                                       1.8           3.1           1.2
Malaysia                                  -598.2         821.2       1,419.5
Maldives                                    -0.7           0.4           1.1
Mali                                         1.8           2.0           0.2
Malta                                      -10.8          11.5          22.3
Marshall Islands                             2.8           3.3           0.5
Martinique                                   1.9           2.1           0.3
Mauritania                                   3.4           3.4           0.1
Mauritius                                   -9.6           3.8          13.4
Mexico                                  -1,533.1       5,424.5       6,957.5
Moldova                                      1.0           1.6           0.6
Monaco                                      -0.6           0.6           1.2
Mongolia                                    -3.5           0.8           4.3
Montserrat                                   1.1           1.8           0.7
Morocco                                     16.7          41.0          24.3
Mozambique                                   6.5           7.4           0.9

Namibia                                     -4.1           0.6           4.7
Nauru                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Nepal                                      -12.5           0.3          12.8
Netherlands                              1,096.5       1,681.5         585.0
Netherlands Antilles                        -2.5          39.5          42.0
New Caledonia                                0.2           3.0           2.8
New Zealand                                 -1.7         142.2         143.9
Nicaragua                                  -19.8          22.3          42.1
Niger                                        1.6           1.8           0.2
Nigeria                                   -452.4          70.7         523.1
Niue                                         3.1           3.1           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.3           0.3           (-)
North Korea                                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Norway                                    -173.1         207.7         380.7

Oman                                        -1.5          20.3          21.7

Pakistan                                    74.2         170.7          96.5
Palau                                        0.5           1.5           0.9
Panama                                     107.6         132.3          24.7
Papua New Guinea                             3.2           5.1           1.9
Paraguay                                    85.8          88.2           2.4
Peru                                        91.9         183.8          91.9
Philippines                               -186.4         679.2         865.6
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      23.5          77.3          53.9
Portugal                                    13.7         102.4          88.8

Qatar                                       11.4          20.4           9.0

Republic of Yemen                           11.5          11.7           0.2
Reunion                                      0.2           0.2           (-)
Romania                                    -12.3          10.9          23.2
Russia                                    -114.7         262.4         377.1
Rwanda                                       6.1           6.1           (-)

San Marino                                   1.4           1.4           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        3.7           3.7           (-)
Saudi Arabia                                16.7         795.1         778.5
Senegal                                      2.1           2.6           0.5
Seychelles                                   0.7           0.8           0.1
Sierra Leone                                 1.6           3.3           1.6
Singapore                                    3.6       1,672.5       1,668.9
Slovakia                                    -5.6           6.9          12.5
Slovenia                                   -13.9          10.7          24.6
Solomon Islands                              0.1           0.2           0.1
Somalia                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
South Africa                                79.2         254.0         174.7
Spain                                      159.1         526.1         367.0
Sri Lanka                                 -117.4          13.1         130.6
St Helena                                   -0.3           (-)           0.3
St Kitts and Nevis                           0.7           3.0           2.3
St Lucia                                     6.1           7.7           1.6
St Pierre and Miquelon                       0.1           0.1           (-)
St Vincent and the Grenadines                2.2           2.5           0.3
Sudan                                        1.2           1.7           0.5
Suriname                                    10.8          18.0           7.2
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   0.2           0.2           (-)
Swaziland                                   -1.0           0.1           1.1
Sweden                                    -399.0         314.5         713.5
Switzerland                                412.9       1,128.0         715.1
Syria                                       17.2          18.7           1.6

Taiwan                                    -658.1       1,770.2       2,428.2
Tajikistan                                  -0.4           0.1           0.5
Tanzania                                     8.7          10.5           1.8
Thailand                                  -333.8         638.9         972.7
Togo                                        -3.1           1.0           4.1
Tokelau                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Tonga                                        0.6           0.7           0.2
Trinidad and Tobago                         -5.9          89.8          95.7
Tunisia                                     19.1          21.3           2.1
Turkey                                     182.9         380.8         197.9
Turkmenistan                                 3.4           3.4           (-)
Turks and Caicos Islands                     4.6           4.7           0.2
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       1.1           3.8           2.6
Ukraine                                      5.5          28.2          22.7
United Arab Emirates                       141.6         193.7          52.1
United Kingdom                           1,163.8       3,837.5       2,673.7
Uruguay                                     33.2          51.3          18.0
Uzbekistan                                 134.6         135.4           0.8

Vanuatu                                      (-)           0.1           (-)
Vatican City                                 (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                                 -613.9         483.4       1,097.3
Vietnam                                     -0.2          29.0          29.2

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                1.1           1.3           0.2

Yugoslavia                                   1.4           1.9           0.5

Zambia                                      -1.8           2.8           4.6
Zimbabwe                                    -6.0           7.2          13.2

Unidentified                                 (-)           (-)           (X)

North America                           -2,680.3      18,425.2      21,105.5

Western Europe                             265.3      15,013.9      14,748.6
European Union (EU)                       -153.4      13,209.6      13,363.0
European Free Trade Association            236.6       1,356.3       1,119.7

Eastern Europe                             117.4         773.8         656.4
Former Soviet Republics                     42.8         480.1         437.3

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                    267.0      14,948.9      14,681.9

Pacific Rim Countries                   -6,918.1      17,595.3      24,513.4

Asia -- Near East                          282.8       1,831.3       1,548.5
Asia -- (NICS)                             773.3       7,276.5       6,503.2
Asia -- South                             -367.0         603.1         970.1
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -1,357.6       4,180.6       5,538.2

South/Central America                      765.1       5,179.0       4,413.9

Twenty Latin American Republics           -954.3      10,102.8      11,057.1
Central American Common Market            -106.1         618.0         724.1
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                             -959.4       8,991.2       9,950.5

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                           -671.1      25,844.0      26,515.1

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,327.0       2,082.3       3,409.3

Unidentified                                 (-)           (-)           (X)


SOURCE: Report FT900 (97) (CB-98-104), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.
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