
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1997

PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 13Q3.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
               COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, -- JULY - SEPTEMBER 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.

                                                      July

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

Total, BOP Basis                       -21,256.4      53,868.4      75,124.7
Net Adjustments                         -1,269.3      -1,041.0         228.3
Total, Census Basis                    -19,987.1      54,909.4      74,896.4

Afganistan                                   1.2           1.9           0.7
Albania                                     -1.6           0.2           1.7
Algeria                                   -103.7          69.6         173.3
Andorra                                      1.3           1.3           (-)
Angola                                    -204.5          22.2         226.7
Anguilla                                     1.1           1.2           (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                          5.5           5.8           0.3
Argentina                                  264.7         430.4         165.7
Armenia                                      5.2           6.0           0.8
Aruba                                      -28.6          22.7          51.3
Australia                                  585.4       1,028.9         443.5
Austria                                    -82.7         126.8         209.5
Azerbaijan                                   4.3           5.1           0.8

Bahamas                                     60.0          66.5           6.5
Bahrain                                    146.1         159.0          12.9
Bangladesh                                -149.5          18.5         168.0
Barbados                                    17.7          22.1           4.4
Belarus                                     -3.1           3.7           6.8
Belgium                                    207.8       1,009.6         801.8
Belize                                       2.6           8.7           6.1
Benin                                        6.8           6.9           0.1
Bermuda                                     29.6          30.3           0.8
Bhutan                                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Bolivia                                     19.0          34.7          15.6
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           1.7           2.7           1.0
Botswana                                    -0.3           1.6           1.9
Brazil                                     369.4       1,315.3         945.9
British Indian Ocean Terr                   -0.1           0.1           0.2
British Virgin Islands                       2.6           6.2           3.6
Brunei                                      50.8          56.6           5.8
Bulgaria                                   -11.9           4.0          15.9
Burkina                                      1.1           1.4           0.2
Burma (Myanmar)                             -7.5           3.1          10.6
Burundi                                     -4.4           0.2           4.6

Cambodia                                   -10.0           0.4          10.4
Cameroon                                    -4.4           5.6          10.0
Canada                                  -1,342.8      11,112.6      12,455.4
Cape Verde                                   0.3           0.3           (-)
Cayman Islands                              18.7          20.2           1.5
Central African Republic                     0.1           0.1           (-)
Chad                                        -0.3           0.2           0.5
Chile                                      160.9         333.8         172.8
China                                   -4,680.1       1,097.1       5,777.2
Christmas Island                            -0.1           (-)           0.1
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Colombia                                    25.6         434.1         408.5
Comoros                                     -0.2           (-)           0.2
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -16.5          10.0          26.5
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -28.2           1.2          29.4
Cook Islands                                 (-)           0.1           0.1
Costa Rica                                 -47.8         158.1         205.9
Croatia                                     13.9          23.7           9.8
Cuba                                         0.3           0.3           (-)
Cyprus                                      19.6          20.5           0.9
Czech Republic                             -29.0          30.4          59.4

Denmark                                    -69.6         121.6         191.2
Djibouti                                     0.7           0.7           (-)
Dominica                                     1.8           2.7           0.9
Dominican Republic                         -70.7         333.9         404.6

Ecuador                                    -41.0         136.9         177.9
Egypt                                      412.8         479.4          66.6
El Salvador                                -21.4         114.1         135.5
Equatorial Guinea                            1.3           2.0           0.7
Eritrea                                      0.4           1.3           0.9
Estonia                                     -1.3           2.5           3.8
Ethiopia                                    -2.3           7.6          10.0

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -1.3           0.1           1.3
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,958.2       1,812.6       3,770.8
Fedrated States of Micronesia                2.2           3.4           1.2
Fiji                                        -3.9           3.7           7.6
Finland                                    -96.9         130.1         227.0
France                                    -825.3       1,232.0       2,057.3
French Guiana                               70.7          70.7           (-)
French Polynesia                             6.8          10.0           3.1
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          (-)           (-)           (-)

Gabon                                     -193.3          12.7         206.0
Gambia                                       0.4           0.6           0.2
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                     23.4          25.0           1.6
Ghana                                        7.1          20.2          13.1
Gibraltar                                    0.1           0.3           0.2
Greece                                      59.6          91.4          31.9
Greenland                                    (-)           0.6           0.6
Grenada                                      3.0           3.2           0.2
Guadeloupe                                   4.0           4.6           0.6
Guatemala                                  -49.6         141.2         190.8
Guinea                                     -10.4           6.6          17.0
Guinea-Bissau                                0.2           0.2           (-)
Guyana                                       6.8          14.0           7.2

Haiti                                       29.4          47.2          17.8
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -43.1         171.9         214.9
Hong Kong                                  249.1       1,244.3         995.1
Hungary                                    -67.7          34.7         102.4

Iceland                                     -2.5          18.2          20.7
India                                     -389.3         261.3         650.6
Indonesia                                 -501.9         357.7         859.5
Iran                                        -0.1           (-)           0.1
Iraq                                       -11.5          13.0          24.4
Ireland                                   -220.2         348.6         568.9
Israel                                    -261.4         462.1         723.4
Italy                                   -1,258.3         690.1       1,948.4
Ivory Coast                                 -2.6          11.9          14.5

Jamaica                                     44.6         109.9          65.3
Japan                                   -5,118.8       5,408.7      10,527.5
Jordan                                      23.4          24.2           0.8

Kazakhstan                                  -9.0           6.6          15.6
Kenya                                       -0.4           9.7          10.1
Kiribati                                     0.1           0.2           (-)
Korea, South                               126.8       2,342.4       2,215.6
Kuwait                                     -16.1         186.1         202.2
Kyrgyzstan                                   2.3           2.5           0.1

Laos                                        -1.3           0.2           1.5
Latvia                                       6.4          16.3           9.9
Lebanon                                     45.2          48.0           2.8

Lesotho                                    -10.6           0.2          10.8
Liberia                                      2.1           2.1           (-)
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                               -8.8           0.5           9.4
Lithuania                                   -2.6           5.5           8.2
Luxembourg                                   7.6          27.5          19.9

Macao                                     -101.6           4.9         106.6
Macedonia (Skopje)                           1.7          15.9          14.2
Madagascar                                  -4.6           0.8           5.4
Malawi                                      -2.9           0.9           3.8
Malaysia                                  -616.5         940.5       1,557.0
Maldives                                    -1.5           0.1           1.6
Mali                                         1.7           2.0           0.3
Malta                                       -5.4          11.3          16.7
Marshall Islands                            -1.3           1.3           2.6
Martinique                                   2.9           2.9           (-)
Mauritania                                   7.2           7.2           (-)
Mauritius                                  -18.6           2.1          20.7
Mexico                                  -1,038.6       5,984.3       7,022.9
Moldova                                      0.7           3.1           2.5
Monaco                                      -1.8           0.5           2.3
Mongolia                                    -1.9           0.6           2.5
Montserrat                                   0.8           1.2           0.5
Morocco                                      7.4          33.7          26.3
Mozambique                                  -0.2           0.9           1.1

Namibia                                     -6.3           5.6          12.0
Nauru                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Nepal                                       -7.6           1.2           8.8
Netherlands                                740.8       1,433.1         692.3
Netherlands Antilles                         0.3          46.0          45.6
New Caledonia                                0.2           2.4           2.2
New Zealand                                  7.4         151.5         144.2
Nicaragua                                  -21.8          20.2          42.0
Niger                                        1.2           1.4           0.1
Nigeria                                   -432.0          61.8         493.8
Niue                                         2.9           3.0           (-)
Norfolk Island                               1.0           1.0           (-)
North Korea                                  2.0           2.0           (-)
Norway                                    -215.7         138.0         353.7

Oman                                         9.4          25.5          16.1

Pakistan                                   -78.4          60.4         138.8
Palau                                        (-)           1.6           1.5
Panama                                      84.0         122.2          38.2
Papua New Guinea                            18.2          21.6           3.4
Paraguay                                    62.6          66.4           3.8
Peru                                       -20.8         170.3         191.1
Philippines                               -332.1         606.9         939.0
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                       1.1          66.5          65.4
Portugal                                   -32.7          69.0         101.7

Qatar                                       11.2          23.6          12.5

Republic of Yemen                            8.1           8.5           0.4
Reunion                                      0.3           0.3           (-)
Romania                                    -15.5          10.5          26.0
Russia                                     -89.2         263.7         352.9
Rwanda                                       8.0           8.2           0.1

San Marino                                   0.3           0.3           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        (-)           0.1           0.1
Saudi Arabia                              -173.3         562.7         735.9
Senegal                                      6.3           6.8           0.5
Seychelles                                   0.2           0.5           0.2
Sierra Leone                                -1.5           0.7           2.1
Singapore                                 -152.7       1,558.5       1,711.2
Slovakia                                    -3.8          13.6          17.4
Slovenia                                   -20.8           6.2          27.0
Solomon Islands                              0.1           0.1           (-)
Somalia                                      0.3           0.3           (-)
South Africa                               -16.5         222.7         239.2
Spain                                      -37.4         374.2         411.6
Sri Lanka                                 -136.6          19.3         155.9
St Helena                                   -0.3           (-)           0.3
St Kitts and Nevis                           0.2           2.8           2.6
St Lucia                                     5.5           7.3           1.8
St Pierre and Miquelon                       0.1           0.1           (-)
St Vincent and the Grenadines                3.1           3.3           0.2
Sudan                                        5.0           6.3           1.3
Suriname                                     8.0          15.9           7.9
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   0.1           0.1           (-)
Swaziland                                   -2.3           0.6           3.0
Sweden                                    -422.6         233.5         656.2
Switzerland                               -206.3         588.7         794.9
Syria                                        7.0          14.0           6.9

Taiwan                                  -1,028.9       1,790.3       2,819.2
Tajikistan                                   1.3           1.4           (-)
Tanzania                                     0.3           2.5           2.2
Thailand                                  -610.7         539.4       1,150.1
Togo                                         0.7           0.8           0.1
Tokelau                                     -0.1           (-)           0.1
Tonga                                        0.3           0.5           0.2
Trinidad and Tobago                        -42.1          71.9         114.1
Tunisia                                      9.2          15.9           6.6
Turkey                                     118.7         284.3         165.6
Turkmenistan                                 0.4           0.5           0.1
Turks and Caicos Islands                     4.6           4.8           0.2
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       (-)           3.2           3.2
Ukraine                                     -8.7          27.9          36.6
United Arab Emirates                       187.1         310.9         123.8
United Kingdom                            -116.9       2,749.4       2,866.3
Uruguay                                     27.1          53.5          26.4
Uzbekistan                                   6.3           6.8           0.5

Vanuatu                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Vatican City                                 0.1           0.1           (-)
Venezuela                                 -461.7         602.6       1,064.3
Vietnam                                     -1.5          20.7          22.2

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             0.2           0.2           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.6           0.8           0.2

Yugoslavia                                   3.6           4.5           0.9

Zambia                                      -0.8           3.6           4.4
Zimbabwe                                    -8.1           5.9          14.0

Unidentified                                 2.9           2.9           (X)

North America                           -2,381.3      17,096.9      19,478.2

Western Europe                          -4,406.5      11,566.9      15,973.4
European Union (EU)                     -4,105.1      10,449.7      14,554.8
European Free Trade Association           -433.3         745.4       1,178.7

Eastern Europe                            -192.1         536.3         728.3
Former Soviet Republics                    -63.6         376.5         440.1

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -4,421.1      11,480.3      15,901.5

Pacific Rim Countries                  -11,494.9      16,609.9      28,104.7

Asia -- Near East                          -24.7       1,837.6       1,862.3
Asia -- (NICS)                            -805.7       6,935.4       7,741.1
Asia -- South                             -760.2         362.6       1,122.8
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -2,163.0       4,059.6       6,222.6

South/Central America                      488.4       5,232.0       4,743.6

Twenty Latin American Republics           -773.5      10,671.2      11,444.6
Central American Common Market            -183.7         605.4         789.2
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                             -632.8       9,562.1      10,194.9

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -4,724.8      21,163.8      25,888.6

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,501.9       2,188.1       3,690.0

Unidentified                                 2.9           2.9           (X)
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                                                     August

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

Total, BOP Basis                       -17,635.9      55,614.6      73,250.5
Net Adjustments                         -1,292.3      -1,047.3         245.0
Total, Census Basis                    -16,343.6      56,661.9      73,005.5

Afganistan                                  -0.6           0.6           1.2
Albania                                     -0.1           0.4           0.5
Algeria                                   -115.1          88.4         203.5
Andorra                                      3.5           3.5           (-)
Angola                                    -111.7          21.8         133.5
Anguilla                                     1.1           1.1           (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                          9.4           9.5           0.2
Argentina                                  360.3         545.4         185.1
Armenia                                      1.2           1.8           0.6
Aruba                                      -29.9          27.1          57.1
Australia                                  629.5       1,052.7         423.3
Austria                                    -30.5         152.3         182.9
Azerbaijan                                   6.6           7.1           0.5

Bahamas                                     61.7          73.3          11.5
Bahrain                                     13.8          23.3           9.5
Bangladesh                                -141.5          27.1         168.6
Barbados                                    18.2          21.4           3.2
Belarus                                     -2.8           3.8           6.7
Belgium                                    643.8       1,127.5         483.7
Belize                                       0.7          10.3           9.5
Benin                                        5.3           5.4           0.1
Bermuda                                     22.0          22.8           0.8
Bhutan                                       (-)           (-)           0.1
Bolivia                                     19.7          40.2          20.5
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           3.6           3.9           0.4
Botswana                                     2.6           4.0           1.4
Brazil                                     534.8       1,371.9         837.1
British Indian Ocean Terr                    (-)           (-)           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       4.0           4.7           0.7
Brunei                                      11.7          15.3           3.6
Bulgaria                                   -12.0          11.2          23.1
Burkina                                      0.9           0.9           (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                            -10.1           0.7          10.8
Burundi                                     -0.2           (-)           0.2

Cambodia                                    -9.8           0.4          10.2
Cameroon                                     2.6           5.2           2.6
Canada                                  -1,381.5      12,255.5      13,637.0
Cape Verde                                   1.2           1.2           (-)
Cayman Islands                              21.5          22.9           1.4
Central African Republic                     0.1           0.1           (-)
Chad                                        -0.3           0.1           0.4
Chile                                      151.0         338.6         187.6
China                                   -5,135.6         938.0       6,073.6
Christmas Island                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Colombia                                    41.8         454.9         413.1
Comoros                                     -1.2           (-)           1.2
Congo (Brazzaville)                         -5.3           4.5           9.9
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -16.6           2.4          18.9
Cook Islands                                 0.1           0.1           (-)
Costa Rica                                 -17.4         164.8         182.2
Croatia                                     -0.5           3.9           4.3
Cuba                                         3.9           3.9           (-)
Cyprus                                      14.9          15.9           0.9
Czech Republic                             -13.9          38.9          52.8

Denmark                                    -30.6         125.5         156.1
Djibouti                                     0.6           0.6           (-)
Dominica                                     1.6           3.0           1.4
Dominican Republic                         -40.4         346.2         386.5

Ecuador                                    -43.1         128.9         172.0
Egypt                                      510.6         560.4          49.9
El Salvador                                 17.1         128.7         111.6
Equatorial Guinea                            0.9           1.3           0.3
Eritrea                                      3.7           3.7           (-)
Estonia                                     -7.6           2.3           9.8
Ethiopia                                    -3.5          10.4          14.0

Falkland Islands                            -0.2           (-)           0.2
Faroe Islands                               -0.9           (-)           0.9
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,364.1       1,989.5       3,353.7
Fedrated States of Micronesia                1.3           2.6           1.3
Fiji                                        -4.6           2.1           6.7
Finland                                    -51.5         135.8         187.3
France                                    -421.8       1,233.0       1,654.7
French Guiana                                1.6           2.7           1.1
French Polynesia                            -2.1           7.8           9.9
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          (-)           (-)           (-)

Gabon                                     -253.5           7.6         261.0
Gambia                                       0.4           0.4           (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                      9.6           9.8           0.2
Ghana                                       20.1          26.7           6.6
Gibraltar                                    0.1           0.1           (-)
Greece                                      17.6          59.4          41.8
Greenland                                    0.2           1.4           1.2
Grenada                                      3.9           4.1           0.2
Guadeloupe                                   4.0           4.1           0.1
Guatemala                                   -1.6         139.9         141.5
Guinea                                      -6.4           3.8          10.2
Guinea-Bissau                                1.0           1.0           (-)
Guyana                                       4.0          10.9           6.9

Haiti                                       28.0          43.6          15.6
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -21.0         179.2         200.2
Hong Kong                                  372.4       1,344.3         971.9
Hungary                                    -67.3          27.0          94.3

Iceland                                     -0.9          15.5          16.4
India                                     -272.4         367.0         639.4
Indonesia                                 -480.6         326.6         807.2
Iran                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                                         7.8           7.8           (-)
Ireland                                    -49.7         384.7         434.4
Israel                                     -53.9         502.5         556.4
Italy                                   -1,014.8         646.3       1,661.1
Ivory Coast                                 -0.6          15.8          16.4

Jamaica                                     65.3         118.2          52.9
Japan                                   -4,543.4       5,519.3      10,062.7
Jordan                                      26.8          27.6           0.8

Kazakhstan                                  74.2          85.8          11.7
Kenya                                        5.1          13.1           7.9
Kiribati                                     (-)           (-)           0.1
Korea, South                               -26.6       1,916.2       1,942.8
Kuwait                                      -1.9         151.0         152.9
Kyrgyzstan                                   9.2           9.3           0.2

Laos                                        -0.9           0.1           1.1
Latvia                                      22.1          24.9           2.9
Lebanon                                     43.6          46.2           2.6

Lesotho                                     -5.2           (-)           5.2
Liberia                                      4.1           5.9           1.9
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                               -6.4           0.4           6.8
Lithuania                                   -3.5           8.0          11.5
Luxembourg                                 175.3         193.2          17.9

Macao                                      -93.0           3.6          96.6
Macedonia (Skopje)                          -8.9           0.7           9.6
Madagascar                                  -1.5           3.2           4.7
Malawi                                      -8.6           1.2           9.8
Malaysia                                  -838.4         832.0       1,670.4
Maldives                                    -1.2           0.5           1.7
Mali                                         1.6           2.0           0.3
Malta                                      -10.1           5.8          15.9
Marshall Islands                            -0.5           0.8           1.2
Martinique                                   2.3           2.4           0.1
Mauritania                                   0.7           0.7           0.1
Mauritius                                  -19.0           2.5          21.5
Mexico                                  -1,008.2       6,271.1       7,279.3
Moldova                                     -4.4           0.7           5.2
Monaco                                      -0.9           0.7           1.6
Mongolia                                    -3.2           1.5           4.8
Montserrat                                   1.1           1.8           0.6
Morocco                                     26.8          53.2          26.4
Mozambique                                  -7.2           2.5           9.7

Namibia                                     -0.6           2.2           2.8
Nauru                                        0.1           0.1           (-)
Nepal                                       -6.2           0.8           7.0
Netherlands                                930.2       1,513.1         582.9
Netherlands Antilles                        -0.6          36.8          37.4
New Caledonia                               -2.3           3.7           6.0
New Zealand                                 34.4         167.8         133.5
Nicaragua                                  -15.2          25.9          41.1
Niger                                        1.9           1.9           (-)
Nigeria                                   -482.7         135.9         618.6
Niue                                         2.5           2.5           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.7           0.7           (-)
North Korea                                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Norway                                    -117.3         140.0         257.3

Oman                                        14.1          28.9          14.8

Pakistan                                   -41.3          95.7         137.0
Palau                                       -0.1           1.2           1.4
Panama                                      97.3         133.0          35.6
Papua New Guinea                            16.2          19.7           3.5
Paraguay                                    75.8          78.3           2.5
Peru                                        -8.5         166.4         175.0
Philippines                               -331.2         619.6         950.8
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      25.7          87.8          62.1
Portugal                                   -43.9          72.6         116.5

Qatar                                       34.4          49.4          15.0

Republic of Yemen                           14.8          15.3           0.6
Reunion                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
Romania                                    -39.7          22.8          62.5
Russia                                    -134.4         255.2         389.7
Rwanda                                       2.9           2.9           (-)

San Marino                                   1.1           1.2           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        3.7           3.7           (-)
Saudi Arabia                              -310.3         512.7         823.0
Senegal                                      4.3           4.6           0.3
Seychelles                                   0.3           0.4           0.1
Sierra Leone                                -0.7           0.2           1.0
Singapore                                 -138.3       1,673.7       1,812.0
Slovakia                                    -5.3           4.6           9.9
Slovenia                                   -13.9           7.0          20.9
Solomon Islands                              (-)           0.1           0.1
Somalia                                      0.8           0.8           (-)
South Africa                                79.0         277.1         198.1
Spain                                      -83.1         335.4         418.5
Sri Lanka                                 -129.3          14.5         143.8
St Helena                                    (-)           (-)           (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                           2.2           4.0           1.8
St Lucia                                     5.6           7.4           1.8
St Pierre and Miquelon                      -0.2           (-)           0.2
St Vincent and the Grenadines                3.6           3.8           0.2
Sudan                                        2.9           3.1           0.2
Suriname                                     3.8          13.9          10.1
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   0.1           0.1           (-)
Swaziland                                   -1.8           0.4           2.1
Sweden                                    -139.9         252.2         392.2
Switzerland                                -84.1         513.0         597.2
Syria                                       10.4          11.6           1.2

Taiwan                                  -1,123.0       1,749.6       2,872.6
Tajikistan                                  -1.0           4.6           5.6
Tanzania                                     1.5           4.0           2.5
Thailand                                  -559.6         589.4       1,149.1
Togo                                         2.1           2.2           0.2
Tokelau                                     -0.2           0.1           0.2
Tonga                                        1.2           1.4           0.3
Trinidad and Tobago                        -20.5          75.3          95.8
Tunisia                                     19.6          22.1           2.5
Turkey                                     115.6         288.2         172.6
Turkmenistan                                 0.5           0.6           0.1
Turks and Caicos Islands                     4.5           5.2           0.6
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       3.0           7.1           4.1
Ukraine                                    -17.1          26.3          43.4
United Arab Emirates                       130.9         179.4          48.5
United Kingdom                              42.1       2,599.2       2,557.1
Uruguay                                     22.8          44.3          21.5
Uzbekistan                                   4.7           7.0           2.3

Vanuatu                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Vatican City                                -0.2           (-)           0.2
Venezuela                                 -454.6         623.1       1,077.7
Vietnam                                     -1.8          29.2          31.0

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             0.4           0.4           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.9           1.1           0.2

Yugoslavia                                   3.5           4.5           1.0

Zambia                                      -3.9           2.2           6.1
Zimbabwe                                     2.5           7.1           4.6

Unidentified                                10.7          10.7           (X)

North America                           -2,389.6      18,526.7      20,916.3

Western Europe                          -1,522.4      11,824.4      13,346.9
European Union (EU)                     -1,421.0      10,819.9      12,240.9
European Free Trade Association           -208.7         669.0         877.7

Eastern Europe                            -155.5         639.9         795.4
Former Soviet Republics                    -42.8         447.3         490.2

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -1,513.8      11,779.0      13,292.8

Pacific Rim Countries                  -11,646.0      16,178.5      27,824.5

Asia -- Near East                          -69.4       1,555.8       1,625.2
Asia -- (NICS)                            -915.5       6,683.8       7,599.3
Asia -- South                             -591.3         505.7       1,097.0
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -2,336.4       4,056.7       6,393.1

South/Central America                      941.8       5,443.8       4,501.9

Twenty Latin American Republics           -257.4      11,228.3      11,485.7
Central American Common Market             -38.1         638.4         676.5
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                             -308.2      10,063.2      10,371.4

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -2,533.3      22,594.2      25,127.5

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,672.0       2,074.4       3,746.4

Unidentified                                10.7          10.7           (X)
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                                                   September

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

Total, BOP Basis                       -20,366.2      56,731.0      77,097.2
Net Adjustments                         -1,005.4        -739.4         266.0
Total, Census Basis                    -19,360.8      57,470.4      76,831.2

Afganistan                                   1.4           1.8           0.4
Albania                                     -0.3           0.1           0.4
Algeria                                   -108.2          68.5         176.7
Andorra                                      0.9           0.9           (-)
Angola                                    -194.0          21.0         215.0
Anguilla                                     1.2           1.3           (-)
Antigua and Barbuda                          6.2           6.3           0.1
Argentina                                  308.2         508.7         200.5
Armenia                                      7.1           7.5           0.5
Aruba                                      -22.8          22.5          45.4
Australia                                  619.6       1,044.3         424.7
Austria                                     82.6         278.1         195.5
Azerbaijan                                   3.6           4.1           0.5

Bahamas                                     51.0          65.2          14.2
Bahrain                                     11.4          20.0           8.5
Bangladesh                                -195.0          18.9         213.9
Barbados                                    20.1          23.6           3.6
Belarus                                     -2.7           3.5           6.2
Belgium                                    363.1       1,086.6         723.4
Belize                                       3.1           8.0           4.9
Benin                                        6.9           7.0           0.1
Bermuda                                     20.9          21.9           1.0
Bhutan                                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Bolivia                                     11.8          29.4          17.6
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           0.9           1.5           0.7
Botswana                                     3.3           5.8           2.5
Brazil                                     677.7       1,439.9         762.2
British Indian Ocean Terr                    0.1           0.1           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       3.5           4.1           0.6
Brunei                                       5.9          11.5           5.6
Bulgaria                                    -1.7          13.0          14.7
Burkina                                      1.7           1.7           (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                             -8.1           1.8           9.9
Burundi                                     -2.3           (-)           2.3

Cambodia                                   -15.1           0.4          15.4
Cameroon                                     3.7           6.3           2.6
Canada                                  -1,146.8      13,407.3      14,554.1
Cape Verde                                   0.5           0.6           0.1
Cayman Islands                              21.4          22.7           1.4
Central African Republic                     0.2           0.3           (-)
Chad                                         0.6           1.0           0.4
Chile                                      197.5         368.3         170.8
China                                   -5,521.5       1,039.8       6,561.4
Christmas Island                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Colombia                                     9.8         402.6         392.8
Comoros                                     -0.4           (-)           0.4
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -71.1           8.3          79.4
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -24.6           2.0          26.6
Cook Islands                                 (-)           0.1           (-)
Costa Rica                                 -51.5         161.2         212.8
Croatia                                     -0.1           7.2           7.3
Cuba                                         0.1           0.1           (-)
Cyprus                                      24.9          26.5           1.6
Czech Republic                             -19.8          30.4          50.2

Denmark                                    -50.8         137.5         188.3
Djibouti                                     0.2           0.2           (-)
Dominica                                     2.1           2.7           0.6
Dominican Republic                         -72.9         323.0         395.9

Ecuador                                    -51.5         130.1         181.6
Egypt                                      247.9         299.8          51.9
El Salvador                                -24.6         100.1         124.7
Equatorial Guinea                            4.0           4.0           (-)
Eritrea                                      0.6           0.6           (-)
Estonia                                     -8.7           5.5          14.2
Ethiopia                                     2.2           4.4           2.2

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -1.5           (-)           1.5
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,192.3       2,006.8       3,199.0
Fedrated States of Micronesia                1.7           2.4           0.7
Fiji                                       -12.4           6.0          18.4
Finland                                    -60.5         129.9         190.4
France                                    -498.7       1,283.9       1,782.5
French Guiana                               39.6          40.0           0.4
French Polynesia                             6.2           9.1           2.8
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          0.3           0.3           (-)

Gabon                                     -178.6           4.2         182.8
Gambia                                       0.5           0.5           (-)
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                     25.5          25.7           0.2
Ghana                                       18.2          26.6           8.4
Gibraltar                                    1.1           1.4           0.3
Greece                                      82.8         109.7          26.9
Greenland                                   -0.7           0.1           0.8
Grenada                                      3.1           4.1           1.0
Guadeloupe                                   2.9           3.3           0.4
Guatemala                                  -15.3         139.3         154.6
Guinea                                      -8.7           7.9          16.7
Guinea-Bissau                                0.3           0.3           (-)
Guyana                                      -2.1          12.5          14.6

Haiti                                       29.1          45.9          16.8
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -34.2         178.8         213.0
Hong Kong                                  118.4       1,231.4       1,113.0
Hungary                                    -59.7          38.9          98.6

Iceland                                     -4.8          11.0          15.8
India                                     -445.1         295.7         740.7
Indonesia                                 -607.4         322.7         930.1
Iran                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                                        13.2          13.2           (-)
Ireland                                   -219.8         345.0         564.8
Israel                                    -323.9         407.0         731.0
Italy                                     -617.7         687.0       1,304.8
Ivory Coast                                  3.8          13.6           9.8

Jamaica                                     47.3         124.6          77.3
Japan                                   -5,103.2       5,037.6      10,140.9
Jordan                                      34.7          35.9           1.1

Kazakhstan                                 -11.4           6.4          17.8
Kenya                                       -3.3           7.5          10.8
Kiribati                                     0.3           0.4           0.1
Korea, South                              -386.6       1,707.4       2,094.0
Kuwait                                    -117.6          70.7         188.2
Kyrgyzstan                                   0.8           0.8           (-)

Laos                                        -0.7           (-)           0.7
Latvia                                      14.1          15.9           1.8
Lebanon                                     11.8          45.4          33.6

Lesotho                                     -7.6           0.5           8.1
Liberia                                      0.9           1.8           0.9
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                              -11.0           1.0          11.9
Lithuania                                   -9.3           8.5          17.8
Luxembourg                                  11.5          29.7          18.3

Macao                                     -115.6           3.1         118.7
Macedonia (Skopje)                          -8.3           1.0           9.4
Madagascar                                  -6.1           0.6           6.7
Malawi                                      -9.0           1.1          10.1
Malaysia                                  -840.5         861.3       1,701.8
Maldives                                    -1.6           0.3           1.9
Mali                                         3.3           3.6           0.3
Malta                                      -10.4           7.8          18.3
Marshall Islands                             1.0           1.6           0.6
Martinique                                   1.9           2.0           0.1
Mauritania                                   0.3           0.3           (-)
Mauritius                                  -30.6           2.6          33.2
Mexico                                  -1,380.9       6,325.8       7,706.7
Moldova                                     -6.6           1.1           7.7
Monaco                                      -1.6           0.1           1.8
Mongolia                                    10.5          15.6           5.2
Montserrat                                   0.7           0.8           0.1
Morocco                                     -2.6          24.7          27.3
Mozambique                                   4.5           5.7           1.2

Namibia                                     -6.3           0.5           6.7
Nauru                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Nepal                                       -7.5           1.7           9.2
Netherlands                              1,192.4       1,866.6         674.2
Netherlands Antilles                        -1.9          31.0          32.8
New Caledonia                                0.6           4.6           4.0
New Zealand                                 38.6         153.7         115.1
Nicaragua                                  -20.7          18.9          39.6
Niger                                        2.6           2.6           0.1
Nigeria                                   -442.0          71.6         513.6
Niue                                         3.4           3.4           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.1           0.1           (-)
North Korea                                  0.3           0.3           (-)
Norway                                    -192.3         111.0         303.3

Oman                                         8.0          24.7          16.8

Pakistan                                    -5.1         139.4         144.5
Palau                                        0.1           1.5           1.3
Panama                                      89.4         119.8          30.4
Papua New Guinea                            -0.7           5.4           6.1
Paraguay                                    79.6          83.4           3.9
Peru                                        10.9         183.2         172.3
Philippines                               -442.0         578.2       1,020.2
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      18.1          82.4          64.4
Portugal                                   -39.0          53.4          92.4

Qatar                                       58.9          69.6          10.7

Republic of Yemen                           12.1          12.2           0.1
Reunion                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
Romania                                    -10.4          23.0          33.3
Russia                                    -137.2         309.1         446.3
Rwanda                                       2.9           3.1           0.3

San Marino                                   0.3           0.3           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                              -120.8         748.5         869.3
Senegal                                      3.3           3.9           0.6
Seychelles                                   1.1           1.3           0.1
Sierra Leone                                -0.7           0.1           0.8
Singapore                                 -348.2       1,526.7       1,874.9
Slovakia                                   -10.7           5.2          15.8
Slovenia                                   -14.1           8.0          22.2
Solomon Islands                              0.1           0.1           0.1
Somalia                                      0.2           0.2           (-)
South Africa                                27.1         283.6         256.5
Spain                                       75.6         384.5         308.9
Sri Lanka                                 -154.5           7.7         162.2
St Helena                                    (-)           (-)           (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                           0.7           2.8           2.1
St Lucia                                     5.1           7.1           1.9
St Pierre and Miquelon                      -0.3           0.1           0.4
St Vincent and the Grenadines                3.5           3.9           0.4
Sudan                                        1.6           2.2           0.6
Suriname                                     4.7          14.1           9.4
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Swaziland                                   -6.4           0.6           7.0
Sweden                                    -317.3         272.4         589.7
Switzerland                               -214.7         494.6         709.2
Syria                                       14.6          15.7           1.1

Taiwan                                  -1,359.2       1,608.4       2,967.7
Tajikistan                                   0.9           1.5           0.6
Tanzania                                     0.2           3.4           3.2
Thailand                                  -428.8         751.1       1,179.9
Togo                                         9.1           9.1           0.1
Tokelau                                     -0.6           (-)           0.6
Tonga                                        0.3           0.7           0.4
Trinidad and Tobago                        -21.4          78.4          99.8
Tunisia                                     17.5          22.8           5.4
Turkey                                      77.5         239.2         161.7
Turkmenistan                                 0.3           0.6           0.3
Turks and Caicos Islands                     3.3           4.2           0.9
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                      -0.6           2.1           2.6
Ukraine                                     15.1          48.6          33.5
United Arab Emirates                       263.3         314.2          50.8
United Kingdom                             203.4       2,933.8       2,730.4
Uruguay                                     29.0          44.9          15.9
Uzbekistan                                  11.9          13.9           2.0

Vanuatu                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Vatican City                                -0.1           0.1           0.2
Venezuela                                 -649.9         608.6       1,258.5
Vietnam                                     -1.6          22.7          24.3

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.9           1.1           0.2

Yugoslavia                                   1.2           2.5           1.3

Zambia                                      -1.5           1.9           3.3
Zimbabwe                                    -2.1           7.4           9.5

Unidentified                                31.9          31.9           (X)

North America                           -2,527.7      19,733.1      22,260.9

Western Europe                          -1,336.8      12,518.9      13,855.8
European Union (EU)                       -984.7      11,604.7      12,589.4
European Free Trade Association           -422.7         617.5       1,040.2

Eastern Europe                            -181.0         645.6         826.7
Former Soviet Republics                    -96.6         452.7         549.3

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -1,331.2      12,461.9      13,793.1

Pacific Rim Countries                  -13,942.5      15,131.6      29,074.1

Asia -- Near East                         -134.2       1,777.1       1,911.3
Asia -- (NICS)                          -1,975.7       6,073.9       8,049.6
Asia -- South                             -805.7         465.2       1,270.9
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -2,661.1       4,051.4       6,712.5

South/Central America                      716.8       5,393.5       4,676.7

Twenty Latin American Republics           -858.3      11,212.2      12,070.5
Central American Common Market            -146.3         598.3         744.6
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                             -757.7      10,125.0      10,882.7

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -1,736.0      24,347.9      26,083.9

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,710.5       2,287.5       3,998.0

Unidentified                                31.9          31.9           (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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