
ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1997

PART B:      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 13Q4.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED
               COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, -- OCTOBER - DECEMBER 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.

                                                    October

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

Total, BOP Basis                       -20,333.1      61,351.3      81,684.5
Net Adjustments                         -1,305.0      -1,050.2         254.8
Total, Census Basis                    -19,028.1      62,401.5      81,429.7

Afganistan                                   (-)           0.9           1.0
Albania                                     -1.8           0.3           2.1
Algeria                                   -181.2          51.8         232.9
Andorra                                      0.9           1.0           (-)
Angola                                    -251.9          25.4         277.3
Anguilla                                     2.0           2.1           0.1
Antigua and Barbuda                          5.7           6.4           0.7
Argentina                                  316.5         527.0         210.5
Armenia                                      1.1           1.9           0.8
Aruba                                      -26.8          24.3          51.1
Australia                                  546.4       1,009.2         462.8
Austria                                    -56.0         180.7         236.7
Azerbaijan                                   6.6           6.8           0.2

Bahamas                                     53.2          68.7          15.6
Bahrain                                     13.8          24.5          10.7
Bangladesh                                -165.2          21.4         186.6
Barbados                                    22.0          25.4           3.4
Belarus                                      1.2           5.8           4.5
Belgium                                    437.6       1,175.8         738.2
Belize                                       5.5          12.3           6.8
Benin                                        4.0           4.0           0.1
Bermuda                                     33.8          35.7           1.9
Bhutan                                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Bolivia                                      4.0          31.0          27.0
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           4.4           4.8           0.4
Botswana                                     2.7           5.4           2.7
Brazil                                     781.7       1,568.1         786.4
British Indian Ocean Terr                    (-)           (-)           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       5.5           6.1           0.6
Brunei                                       0.2           6.7           6.5
Bulgaria                                    -1.7          10.8          12.5
Burkina                                      3.1           3.4           0.3
Burma (Myanmar)                            -10.5           0.6          11.1
Burundi                                     -1.0           (-)           1.0

Cambodia                                   -17.7           0.6          18.3
Cameroon                                    -1.9           5.9           7.8
Canada                                    -951.4      14,093.1      15,044.6
Cape Verde                                   0.5           0.5           (-)
Cayman Islands                              22.9          24.9           2.0
Central African Republic                     0.4           0.4           (-)
Chad                                        -0.1           0.2           0.3
Chile                                      225.7         387.0         161.3
China                                   -5,167.7       1,438.8       6,606.5
Christmas Island                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Colombia                                    80.0         508.2         428.2
Comoros                                     -0.1           (-)           0.1
Congo (Brazzaville)                         -7.1          10.5          17.5
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -11.2           1.9          13.1
Cook Islands                                 (-)           0.1           0.1
Costa Rica                                 -25.3         188.6         213.9
Croatia                                      7.1          10.7           3.6
Cuba                                         0.2           0.2           (-)
Cyprus                                      17.3          19.7           2.4
Czech Republic                             -24.7          46.3          71.0

Denmark                                    -21.1         177.9         199.0
Djibouti                                     0.8           0.8           (-)
Dominica                                     1.5           2.3           0.8
Dominican Republic                         -27.0         380.0         407.0

Ecuador                                    -58.2         151.4         209.6
Egypt                                      183.7         254.1          70.4
El Salvador                                  0.9         124.6         123.7
Equatorial Guinea                          -27.1           1.1          28.2
Eritrea                                      0.7           0.7           (-)
Estonia                                      3.4           7.5           4.1
Ethiopia                                    12.6          17.6           5.0

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -1.5           (-)           1.5
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,746.7       2,136.6       3,883.2
Fedrated States of Micronesia                0.8           2.0           1.2
Fiji                                        -7.0           2.1           9.1
Finland                                     55.9         257.6         201.7
France                                    -542.6       1,465.5       2,008.1
French Guiana                               77.5          77.5           (-)
French Polynesia                             8.1           9.3           1.2
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          0.1           0.1           (-)

Gabon                                     -184.1           7.7         191.8
Gambia                                       1.0           1.3           0.3
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           0.1           (-)
Georgia                                      8.0          10.5           2.5
Ghana                                       11.3          21.5          10.3
Gibraltar                                    0.3           0.5           0.1
Greece                                      56.3          92.5          36.1
Greenland                                   -0.2           0.8           1.0
Grenada                                      3.6           5.0           1.4
Guadeloupe                                   4.6           4.7           0.1
Guatemala                                   -2.6         156.2         158.8
Guinea                                       1.5          10.5           9.0
Guinea-Bissau                                0.1           0.1           (-)
Guyana                                       1.9          12.4          10.5

Haiti                                       28.7          46.9          18.3
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -50.1         165.5         215.6
Hong Kong                                  210.3       1,288.9       1,078.6
Hungary                                    -61.9          39.6         101.5

Iceland                                     -8.0          14.6          22.6
India                                     -514.4         280.1         794.6
Indonesia                                 -521.0         360.7         881.8
Iran                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                                       -67.9           8.2          76.1
Ireland                                   -119.6         425.0         544.6
Israel                                    -136.5         478.9         615.4
Italy                                     -996.2         811.3       1,807.5
Ivory Coast                                  7.0          14.6           7.6

Jamaica                                     65.0         132.1          67.0
Japan                                   -5,779.4       5,424.1      11,203.4
Jordan                                      47.3          48.3           1.0

Kazakhstan                                  93.8          97.2           3.4
Kenya                                        2.4          10.4           8.0
Kiribati                                     0.3           0.3           0.1
Korea, South                               -43.2       2,069.3       2,112.5
Kuwait                                     -42.4         134.1         176.5
Kyrgyzstan                                   5.1           5.4           0.3

Laos                                        -1.8           0.1           1.9
Latvia                                      10.0          17.6           7.7
Lebanon                                     32.7          37.5           4.8

Lesotho                                     -5.8           0.6           6.5
Liberia                                      6.7           6.8           0.1
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                              -14.9           0.6          15.4
Lithuania                                   -6.4           6.4          12.7
Luxembourg                                   9.0          29.9          20.9

Macao                                     -109.6           3.3         112.9
Macedonia (Skopje)                          -6.4           4.7          11.1
Madagascar                                  -4.3           0.8           5.1
Malawi                                     -12.6           1.1          13.7
Malaysia                                  -536.2       1,200.3       1,736.5
Maldives                                    -1.8           0.4           2.1
Mali                                         1.8           2.2           0.3
Malta                                      -14.3           9.4          23.8
Marshall Islands                             2.4           2.5           (-)
Martinique                                   5.6           7.0           1.4
Mauritania                                   3.0           3.0           (-)
Mauritius                                  -31.5           1.3          32.8
Mexico                                  -1,293.2       7,165.2       8,458.4
Moldova                                    -10.2           1.7          11.9
Monaco                                      -1.8           0.3           2.1
Mongolia                                     3.5           6.4           2.9
Montserrat                                   1.4           1.4           (-)
Morocco                                     28.5          55.0          26.5
Mozambique                                   2.8           4.6           1.9

Namibia                                      2.4           6.3           4.0
Nauru                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Nepal                                        1.1           7.0           5.9
Netherlands                              1,213.8       1,931.5         717.6
Netherlands Antilles                        -3.2          41.2          44.4
New Caledonia                               -0.1           3.1           3.2
New Zealand                                159.6         262.9         103.3
Nicaragua                                  -10.3          28.3          38.6
Niger                                        2.9           3.0           0.1
Nigeria                                   -513.3          57.3         570.6
Niue                                         3.5           3.5           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.1           0.1           (-)
North Korea                                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Norway                                    -188.6         121.5         310.1

Oman                                        22.8          43.5          20.7

Pakistan                                   -36.9          98.5         135.4
Palau                                       -0.1           1.0           1.1
Panama                                     110.1         147.3          37.2
Papua New Guinea                             7.3           9.9           2.6
Paraguay                                    86.6          92.2           5.6
Peru                                        58.3         188.6         130.3
Philippines                               -318.5         648.9         967.4
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      25.0          92.6          67.6
Portugal                                   -37.3          84.5         121.7

Qatar                                        3.6          28.4          24.8

Republic of Yemen                           10.7          10.9           0.2
Reunion                                      0.2           0.3           0.1
Romania                                     -4.4          28.6          33.0
Russia                                     -81.3         294.3         375.6
Rwanda                                       0.8           0.8           (-)

San Marino                                   0.4           0.5           0.1
Sao Tome and Principe                        1.3           1.3           (-)
Saudi Arabia                              -287.7         550.4         838.1
Senegal                                      5.3           5.8           0.5
Seychelles                                   0.8           0.9           0.1
Sierra Leone                                -0.8           0.6           1.5
Singapore                                 -340.6       1,431.9       1,772.5
Slovakia                                    -9.3           4.5          13.8
Slovenia                                   -16.2           9.4          25.5
Solomon Islands                              0.4           0.4           (-)
Somalia                                      (-)           0.1           (-)
South Africa                                37.9         269.3         231.4
Spain                                      160.0         544.3         384.3
Sri Lanka                                 -138.4          19.3         157.7
St Helena                                   -0.2           (-)           0.2
St Kitts and Nevis                           0.2           3.1           2.9
St Lucia                                     6.2           7.7           1.6
St Pierre and Miquelon                       0.2           0.9           0.6
St Vincent and the Grenadines                9.7          10.3           0.6
Sudan                                        1.0           3.5           2.5
Suriname                                     8.8          19.8          11.0
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Swaziland                                   -2.5           0.4           3.0
Sweden                                    -394.1         302.0         696.2
Switzerland                               -270.7         513.5         784.3
Syria                                       16.8          18.7           1.8

Taiwan                                  -1,211.1       1,856.4       3,067.5
Tajikistan                                   2.9           3.0           (-)
Tanzania                                     4.5           7.2           2.7
Thailand                                  -494.5         677.3       1,171.7
Togo                                         1.2           1.3           0.1
Tokelau                                     -0.1           0.1           0.1
Tonga                                        0.2           0.6           0.4
Trinidad and Tobago                         53.0         147.1          94.1
Tunisia                                     12.8          22.9          10.1
Turkey                                      92.4         286.5         194.1
Turkmenistan                                28.6          28.6           (-)
Turks and Caicos Islands                     4.0           4.5           0.5
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       0.3           1.3           0.9
Ukraine                                     -3.2          29.3          32.4
United Arab Emirates                       142.6         172.8          30.2
United Kingdom                            -302.0       2,906.0       3,208.0
Uruguay                                     32.1          46.1          14.0
Uzbekistan                                   3.3           3.5           0.2

Vanuatu                                      (-)           0.1           0.1
Vatican City                                 0.2           0.2           (-)
Venezuela                                 -523.4         683.5       1,206.9
Vietnam                                     -2.4          18.4          20.7

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

Yugoslavia                                   5.2           5.8           0.6

Zambia                                       1.2           3.3           2.1
Zimbabwe                                    -4.6           7.1          11.6

Unidentified                               129.3         129.3           (X)

North America                           -2,244.6      21,258.3      23,502.9

Western Europe                          -2,677.1      13,524.6      16,201.7
European Union (EU)                     -2,282.9      12,521.0      14,803.9
European Free Trade Association           -482.2         650.2       1,132.4

Eastern Europe                             -16.0         742.1         758.2
Former Soviet Republics                     62.8         519.4         456.6

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -2,674.1      13,458.6      16,132.6

Pacific Rim Countries                  -13,103.4      17,011.3      30,114.7

Asia -- Near East                         -244.2       1,556.3       1,800.5
Asia -- (NICS)                          -1,384.6       6,646.5       8,031.1
Asia -- South                             -853.9         427.2       1,281.1
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -2,210.6       4,325.7       6,536.3

South/Central America                    1,391.5       6,102.7       4,711.2

Twenty Latin American Republics           -265.5      12,585.8      12,851.3
Central American Common Market             -87.4         663.2         750.6
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                             -290.1      11,348.2      11,638.3

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -2,824.6      25,871.5      28,696.1

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,990.8       2,047.2       4,038.0

Unidentified                               129.3         129.3           (X)
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                                                    November

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

Total, BOP Basis                       -14,878.2      57,493.9      72,372.1
Net Adjustments                           -911.4        -669.7         241.7
Total, Census Basis                    -13,966.8      58,163.6      72,130.4

Afganistan                                   2.1           2.8           0.7
Albania                                     -0.3           0.3           0.6
Algeria                                   -125.1          49.9         174.9
Andorra                                      1.1           1.1           0.1
Angola                                    -228.4          21.1         249.5
Anguilla                                     1.3           1.5           0.2
Antigua and Barbuda                          5.7           6.1           0.3
Argentina                                  443.0         609.7         166.7
Armenia                                      6.0           6.7           0.7
Aruba                                       -9.0          16.7          25.7
Australia                                  577.8         964.9         387.1
Austria                                    -33.5         153.7         187.2
Azerbaijan                                   3.8           4.3           0.5

Bahamas                                     62.2          72.7          10.6
Bahrain                                     15.2          30.6          15.4
Bangladesh                                 -95.1          26.8         121.9
Barbados                                    24.6          28.6           3.9
Belarus                                     -0.6           3.7           4.3
Belgium                                    544.7       1,192.2         647.6
Belize                                       3.4           8.3           5.0
Benin                                        3.6           3.7           0.1
Bermuda                                     24.6          25.3           0.8
Bhutan                                      -0.1           (-)           0.1
Bolivia                                      0.5          19.3          18.7
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           1.0           1.4           0.4
Botswana                                     1.9           4.4           2.5
Brazil                                     763.1       1,484.9         721.8
British Indian Ocean Terr                    (-)           (-)           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       3.8           4.6           0.8
Brunei                                       5.1           8.2           3.0
Bulgaria                                     0.3           9.3           9.0
Burkina                                      0.9           0.9           (-)
Burma (Myanmar)                             -6.2           1.8           8.1
Burundi                                     -1.3           0.1           1.4

Cambodia                                   -13.1           1.5          14.6
Cameroon                                    47.8          49.3           1.5
Canada                                  -1,397.8      12,867.1      14,264.9
Cape Verde                                   0.6           0.6           (-)
Cayman Islands                              23.4          23.6           0.2
Central African Republic                     0.2           0.2           (-)
Chad                                         0.3           0.3           (-)
Chile                                      229.3         368.7         139.5
China                                   -4,125.0       1,300.7       5,425.7
Christmas Island                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       (-)           (-)           (-)
Colombia                                    13.5         419.6         406.1
Comoros                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -16.8           7.8          24.6
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -24.5           2.2          26.7
Cook Islands                                 (-)           (-)           (-)
Costa Rica                                  -0.2         185.6         185.8
Croatia                                     19.5          23.6           4.1
Cuba                                         3.4           3.4           (-)
Cyprus                                      15.9          18.1           2.2
Czech Republic                              -7.4          40.4          47.8

Denmark                                    -60.6         124.8         185.3
Djibouti                                     1.2           1.2           (-)
Dominica                                     2.4           2.8           0.4
Dominican Republic                          -1.8         323.4         325.2

Ecuador                                      6.8         133.4         126.6
Egypt                                      184.6         235.4          50.9
El Salvador                                 55.9         154.0          98.1
Equatorial Guinea                            3.8           4.4           0.6
Eritrea                                      1.8           1.9           0.1
Estonia                                     -1.8           8.1           9.9
Ethiopia                                    14.5          17.9           3.4

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -1.9           (-)           1.9
Federal Republic of Germany             -1,659.9       2,007.5       3,667.3
Fedrated States of Micronesia                3.5           4.0           0.6
Fiji                                        -4.1           2.5           6.7
Finland                                    -35.6         178.3         213.9
France                                    -238.7       1,390.6       1,629.3
French Guiana                               79.4          79.8           0.4
French Polynesia                             4.3           6.6           2.2
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          0.2           0.2           (-)

Gabon                                     -169.4           6.0         175.4
Gambia                                      -0.1           0.3           0.3
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            0.1           0.1           (-)
Georgia                                     16.0          16.1           0.1
Ghana                                        4.8          18.6          13.8
Gibraltar                                    (-)           0.1           0.1
Greece                                      43.5          74.5          31.1
Greenland                                   -0.1           0.2           0.3
Grenada                                      3.0           4.0           1.1
Guadeloupe                                   4.8           4.9           (-)
Guatemala                                    2.9         152.0         149.0
Guinea                                      -0.4           7.0           7.4
Guinea-Bissau                                0.1           0.1           (-)
Guyana                                       3.0          12.0           9.0

Haiti                                       30.6          45.7          15.1
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                     5.8         191.0         185.1
Hong Kong                                  343.7       1,249.8         906.1
Hungary                                    -44.5          46.7          91.3

Iceland                                    -11.5          13.7          25.2
India                                     -229.8         286.5         516.3
Indonesia                                 -337.9         422.1         760.1
Iran                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                                       -55.9          11.9          67.8
Ireland                                   -133.1         465.8         598.9
Israel                                    -185.6         454.5         640.1
Italy                                     -865.9         768.5       1,634.4
Ivory Coast                                  6.3          13.3           7.0

Jamaica                                     77.2         129.8          52.6
Japan                                   -4,356.6       5,433.4       9,790.0
Jordan                                      37.8          39.5           1.7

Kazakhstan                                   6.6           7.3           0.7
Kenya                                        8.3          15.3           7.0
Kiribati                                     0.1           0.2           (-)
Korea, South                               -58.7       1,821.7       1,880.4
Kuwait                                     -10.4         133.4         143.9
Kyrgyzstan                                   3.0           3.1           0.2

Laos                                         (-)           0.8           0.9
Latvia                                       7.9          13.4           5.5
Lebanon                                     42.5          47.2           4.6

Lesotho                                     -6.6           0.1           6.7
Liberia                                      2.7           2.7           (-)
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                              -12.3           0.2          12.5
Lithuania                                    1.4           5.6           4.2
Luxembourg                                   8.8          29.7          20.9

Macao                                      -53.3          21.3          74.6
Macedonia (Skopje)                          -9.5           3.7          13.2
Madagascar                                  -3.9           0.8           4.6
Malawi                                      -5.6           2.5           8.1
Malaysia                                  -715.1         799.5       1,514.6
Maldives                                    -2.1           0.1           2.2
Mali                                         0.9           1.3           0.5
Malta                                      -10.5           9.8          20.3
Marshall Islands                             2.1           2.2           0.1
Martinique                                   2.6           2.7           0.2
Mauritania                                   0.5           0.5           (-)
Mauritius                                  -14.6           2.4          17.0
Mexico                                    -900.1       6,618.3       7,518.4
Moldova                                    -10.0           1.2          11.1
Monaco                                      -1.0           0.3           1.2
Mongolia                                    -1.9           1.2           3.1
Montserrat                                   0.6           0.6           (-)
Morocco                                      4.9          28.6          23.8
Mozambique                                  -1.5           4.5           6.0

Namibia                                     -1.3           0.5           1.8
Nauru                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Nepal                                       -5.3           0.8           6.2
Netherlands                              1,116.7       1,669.3         552.7
Netherlands Antilles                         4.5          41.4          36.9
New Caledonia                               -1.0           3.0           3.9
New Zealand                                 60.7         151.8          91.1
Nicaragua                                   -2.2          26.7          28.9
Niger                                       -0.3           2.8           3.1
Nigeria                                   -349.4          55.8         405.2
Niue                                         2.5           2.6           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.1           0.1           (-)
North Korea                                  0.1           0.1           (-)
Norway                                    -212.2         112.2         324.4

Oman                                        29.0          42.7          13.6

Pakistan                                   -38.2          79.5         117.7
Palau                                        0.8           1.5           0.7
Panama                                     108.0         136.2          28.2
Papua New Guinea                             1.6           5.4           3.9
Paraguay                                    62.6          65.5           2.9
Peru                                        29.7         162.6         132.9
Philippines                               -324.8         606.9         931.7
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      30.6          82.8          52.2
Portugal                                    -5.8          81.0          86.9

Qatar                                       38.2          48.6          10.4

Republic of Yemen                            7.1           7.4           0.2
Reunion                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
Romania                                      2.3          33.6          31.3
Russia                                     134.3         444.5         310.1
Rwanda                                       3.3           3.3           (-)

San Marino                                   0.3           0.3           (-)
Sao Tome and Principe                        0.1           0.1           (-)
Saudi Arabia                              -189.9         586.7         776.6
Senegal                                      6.4           6.8           0.4
Seychelles                                   0.3           0.7           0.4
Sierra Leone                                -1.3           0.1           1.3
Singapore                                 -136.6       1,391.2       1,527.8
Slovakia                                    -7.7           5.1          12.8
Slovenia                                    -1.2          18.5          19.7
Solomon Islands                              0.5           0.5           0.1
Somalia                                      0.2           0.2           (-)
South Africa                                -9.7         218.7         228.4
Spain                                       83.3         482.1         398.8
Sri Lanka                                  -93.1          17.5         110.6
St Helena                                    (-)           (-)           (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                           0.4           3.1           2.7
St Lucia                                     8.4          10.0           1.6
St Pierre and Miquelon                       0.2           0.3           0.2
St Vincent and the Grenadines                5.9           6.4           0.5
Sudan                                        2.7           3.1           0.4
Suriname                                    12.0          15.8           3.8
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   0.2           0.2           (-)
Swaziland                                   -1.8           0.1           1.9
Sweden                                    -301.7         286.6         588.4
Switzerland                               -333.8         411.8         745.6
Syria                                       19.8          20.7           0.9

Taiwan                                  -1,071.4       1,685.0       2,756.4
Tajikistan                                   1.4           1.8           0.4
Tanzania                                     3.0           6.3           3.3
Thailand                                  -408.3         647.9       1,056.2
Togo                                         1.1           1.2           0.1
Tokelau                                     -0.2           (-)           0.3
Tonga                                        0.2           0.5           0.3
Trinidad and Tobago                         52.3         114.6          62.3
Tunisia                                     28.5          32.7           4.2
Turkey                                     107.7         262.6         154.9
Turkmenistan                                 0.4           0.4           (-)
Turks and Caicos Islands                     3.6           4.1           0.6
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       3.9           5.1           1.2
Ukraine                                      1.9          22.7          20.8
United Arab Emirates                       126.3         172.2          45.9
United Kingdom                             238.1       2,841.1       2,603.0
Uruguay                                     35.0          47.5          12.5
Uzbekistan                                   7.5           8.1           0.6

Vanuatu                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
Vatican City                                 0.2           0.2           (-)
Venezuela                                 -514.6         620.6       1,135.2
Vietnam                                      1.4          26.0          24.6

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             0.1           0.1           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.3           0.6           0.2

Yugoslavia                                   2.7           3.6           0.9

Zambia                                      -4.8           1.3           6.2
Zimbabwe                                   -13.7           4.5          18.2

Unidentified                                91.5          91.5           (X)

North America                           -2,297.9      19,485.4      21,783.2

Western Europe                          -1,745.1      12,627.2      14,372.3
European Union (EU)                     -1,299.7      11,745.8      13,045.5
European Free Trade Association           -569.8         537.9       1,107.7

Eastern Europe                             151.2         765.2         614.0
Former Soviet Republics                    177.9         547.0         369.1

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -1,762.3      12,547.1      14,309.4

Pacific Rim Countries                  -10,190.6      15,862.0      26,052.6

Asia -- Near East                         -125.9       1,595.3       1,721.1
Asia -- (NICS)                            -923.0       6,147.6       7,070.7
Asia -- South                             -459.5         414.0         873.5
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -1,917.7       3,875.8       5,793.5

South/Central America                    1,671.4       5,769.4       4,098.0

Twenty Latin American Republics            371.2      11,768.0      11,396.8
Central American Common Market              62.2         709.2         647.0
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                              168.8      10,550.1      10,381.3

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -2,309.4      23,917.2      26,226.6

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                      -1,418.7       2,101.2       3,520.0

Unidentified                                91.5          91.5           (X)
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                                                    December

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

Total, BOP Basis                       -16,021.9      59,150.6      75,172.5
Net Adjustments                           -935.7        -513.2         422.5
Total, Census Basis                    -15,086.2      59,663.8      74,750.0

Afganistan                                  -1.7           0.3           2.0
Albania                                     -0.5           0.3           0.8
Algeria                                    -60.7          77.6         138.4
Andorra                                      4.0           4.2           0.1
Angola                                    -117.4          20.9         138.3
Anguilla                                     1.3           1.4           0.1
Antigua and Barbuda                         12.3          12.6           0.3
Argentina                                  368.6         557.6         189.0
Armenia                                      4.2           5.0           0.7
Aruba                                      -28.5          16.9          45.4
Australia                                  565.3         968.4         403.1
Austria                                     -0.8         183.4         184.3
Azerbaijan                                   5.5           5.9           0.4

Bahamas                                     56.5          71.7          15.2
Bahrain                                     29.3          41.7          12.5
Bangladesh                                 -93.6          19.2         112.7
Barbados                                    22.5          25.6           3.2
Belarus                                     -2.3           3.3           5.7
Belgium                                    447.0       1,115.3         668.3
Belize                                       5.1           9.0           3.9
Benin                                        0.2           3.6           3.5
Bermuda                                      6.4          27.1          20.7
Bhutan                                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Bolivia                                      8.0          25.4          17.4
Bosnia-Hercegovina                           3.5           4.1           0.5
Botswana                                    -0.1           1.6           1.7
Brazil                                     726.8       1,466.0         739.2
British Indian Ocean Terr                    (-)           (-)           (-)
British Virgin Islands                       4.4           5.1           0.8
Brunei                                       4.1           8.9           4.8
Bulgaria                                    -9.7           6.9          16.6
Burkina                                      1.7           2.0           0.3
Burma (Myanmar)                            -10.0           0.5          10.5
Burundi                                     -3.1           0.1           3.2

Cambodia                                   -15.0           1.2          16.2
Cameroon                                    -2.9           4.4           7.3
Canada                                  -1,813.3      12,422.4      14,235.7
Cape Verde                                   0.3           0.4           0.1
Cayman Islands                              24.6          24.8           0.3
Central African Republic                     (-)           0.1           0.1
Chad                                        -0.4           0.1           0.5
Chile                                      281.1         477.8         196.7
China                                   -3,868.4       1,232.7       5,101.1
Christmas Island                             0.1           0.1           (-)
Cocos (Keeling) Island                       0.1           0.1           (-)
Colombia                                   -16.6         423.0         439.7
Comoros                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                        -35.9           5.8          41.7
Congo (Kinshasa)                           -12.4           2.9          15.3
Cook Islands                                -0.1           0.4           0.4
Costa Rica                                 -19.1         184.0         203.1
Croatia                                      2.4          10.9           8.5
Cuba                                         0.4           0.4           (-)
Cyprus                                       9.8          10.8           1.0
Czech Republic                             -13.7          36.7          50.4

Denmark                                    -61.9         137.2         199.2
Djibouti                                     0.9           0.9           (-)
Dominica                                     6.3           6.9           0.6
Dominican Republic                         -84.6         310.3         394.9

Ecuador                                    -33.1         119.0         152.0
Egypt                                      224.9         303.0          78.2
El Salvador                                -21.2         102.7         123.9
Equatorial Guinea                            8.1           8.2           0.1
Eritrea                                      2.2           2.2           (-)
Estonia                                      1.0           4.6           3.6
Ethiopia                                    11.8          14.3           2.5

Falkland Islands                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Faroe Islands                               -1.5           0.4           1.9
Federal Republic of Germany             -2,130.4       1,989.0       4,119.4
Fedrated States of Micronesia                0.5           1.4           0.9
Fiji                                        -3.3           2.4           5.7
Finland                                    -31.8         155.5         187.3
France                                    -430.5       1,460.1       1,890.6
French Guiana                               72.8          72.8           (-)
French Polynesia                             4.8           7.4           2.6
French Southern and Antarctic Lands          (-)           (-)           (-)

Gabon                                     -131.2           5.8         137.1
Gambia                                       0.1           0.6           0.6
Gaza Strip Administered by Israel            (-)           (-)           (-)
Georgia                                      9.1          10.2           1.1
Ghana                                       15.6          30.8          15.1
Gibraltar                                    0.2           0.2           (-)
Greece                                      42.8          75.7          33.0
Greenland                                   -0.6           0.1           0.7
Grenada                                      3.7           4.8           1.1
Guadeloupe                                   3.6           3.6           (-)
Guatemala                                  -46.8         151.7         198.5
Guinea                                       1.6           9.5           7.9
Guinea-Bissau                                0.4           0.4           (-)
Guyana                                       1.5          11.8          10.3

Haiti                                       27.3          46.4          19.1
Heard and McDonald Islands                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Honduras                                   -66.7         161.3         228.0
Hong Kong                                  461.4       1,309.8         848.4
Hungary                                    -65.1          50.1         115.2

Iceland                                     -8.3          12.6          20.9
India                                     -297.2         268.8         566.1
Indonesia                                 -263.2         470.3         733.5
Iran                                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                                       -34.1          14.8          48.9
Ireland                                    -74.0         472.6         546.6
Israel                                      19.2         661.1         641.9
Italy                                     -955.2         799.6       1,754.8
Ivory Coast                                -38.3          17.0          55.3

Jamaica                                     46.8         108.6          61.9
Japan                                   -5,215.9       5,215.7      10,431.6
Jordan                                      37.7          38.7           1.0

Kazakhstan                                  -8.2           7.9          16.2
Kenya                                       -2.6           9.2          11.8
Kiribati                                     0.2           0.3           0.1
Korea, South                              -385.8       1,633.5       2,019.3
Kuwait                                     -48.5          88.5         137.0
Kyrgyzstan                                   1.4           1.4           (-)

Laos                                        -1.1           0.1           1.2
Latvia                                      22.8          24.5           1.8
Lebanon                                     40.2          44.9           4.8

Lesotho                                     -9.4           0.1           9.5
Liberia                                      2.3           2.4           0.1
Libya                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Liechtenstein                              -14.2           0.6          14.7
Lithuania                                    8.0          12.2           4.3
Luxembourg                                 183.2         206.0          22.8

Macao                                      -84.8           4.2          89.0
Macedonia (Skopje)                         -12.1           1.5          13.6
Madagascar                                  -8.4           0.3           8.7
Malawi                                      -6.2           0.7           7.0
Malaysia                                  -706.3         837.1       1,543.4
Maldives                                    -1.1           2.2           3.3
Mali                                         2.0           2.4           0.4
Malta                                       -0.2          20.6          20.8
Marshall Islands                             1.6           1.7           0.1
Martinique                                   1.7           1.7           (-)
Mauritania                                   1.1           1.1           (-)
Mauritius                                  -18.3           1.8          20.1
Mexico                                    -657.8       6,298.7       6,956.5
Moldova                                     -3.9           3.3           7.2
Monaco                                       0.7           2.3           1.6
Mongolia                                    -2.9           1.3           4.2
Montserrat                                   0.4           0.4           (-)
Morocco                                      8.7          35.8          27.0
Mozambique                                   4.0           5.5           1.5

Namibia                                     -5.0           3.3           8.4
Nauru                                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Nepal                                       -3.8           6.4          10.3
Netherlands                              1,079.3       1,764.0         684.7
Netherlands Antilles                        16.0          43.2          27.2
New Caledonia                                1.0           2.4           1.4
New Zealand                                 26.7         138.5         111.7
Nicaragua                                  -14.5          21.3          35.8
Niger                                        1.5           1.7           0.1
Nigeria                                   -303.4          77.6         381.0
Niue                                         4.8           4.8           (-)
Norfolk Island                               0.5           0.6           (-)
North Korea                                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Norway                                    -184.7         149.4         334.0

Oman                                        31.2          54.2          23.0

Pakistan                                   -24.6         108.9         133.5
Palau                                       -0.4           0.9           1.3
Panama                                     102.9         127.8          24.9
Papua New Guinea                            -0.7           6.5           7.2
Paraguay                                    51.8          56.7           4.8
Peru                                        27.6         183.7         156.2
Philippines                               -331.5         593.1         924.5
Pitcairn Island                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Poland                                      11.0          77.0          66.0
Portugal                                   -19.6          75.0          94.6

Qatar                                        6.6          29.4          22.8

Republic of Yemen                            3.1           3.5           0.4
Reunion                                      0.1           0.1           (-)
Romania                                     -9.5          18.6          28.1
Russia                                    -259.4         250.5         510.0
Rwanda                                       0.5           1.0           0.5

San Marino                                   0.3           0.4           0.1
Sao Tome and Principe                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                             1,234.9       2,002.9         768.0
Senegal                                      2.8           3.3           0.5
Seychelles                                   0.1           0.3           0.2
Sierra Leone                                -1.5           (-)           1.6
Singapore                                 -262.8       1,416.1       1,678.9
Slovakia                                    -6.3           6.0          12.3
Slovenia                                   -13.3          11.3          24.6
Solomon Islands                              0.2           0.2           (-)
Somalia                                      0.6           0.7           (-)
South Africa                                27.1         258.0         230.9
Spain                                       86.9         500.5         413.7
Sri Lanka                                 -120.5          17.0         137.5
St Helena                                    0.2           0.2           (-)
St Kitts and Nevis                           1.0           3.3           2.3
St Lucia                                     6.6           8.7           2.1
St Pierre and Miquelon                      -0.4           0.1           0.5
St Vincent and the Grenadines                4.9           5.1           0.2
Sudan                                       -0.1           (-)           0.1
Suriname                                     3.9          14.4          10.5
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Swaziland                                   -9.5           0.2           9.7
Sweden                                    -371.8         309.1         680.8
Switzerland                               -251.2         547.6         798.8
Syria                                       16.1          18.9           2.8

Taiwan                                    -764.4       2,193.4       2,957.7
Tajikistan                                   3.0           3.1           0.1
Tanzania                                     2.9           5.2           2.3
Thailand                                  -627.0         522.7       1,149.7
Togo                                         1.0           1.1           0.1
Tokelau                                     -0.1           (-)           0.1
Tonga                                        0.9           1.1           0.2
Trinidad and Tobago                         -3.3          87.1          90.5
Tunisia                                     13.9          19.8           5.8
Turkey                                     120.5         283.6         163.1
Turkmenistan                                17.9          17.9           (-)
Turks and Caicos Islands                     3.8           4.4           0.6
Tuvalu                                       (-)           (-)           (-)

Uganda                                       (-)           2.1           2.1
Ukraine                                     -9.9          25.0          34.9
United Arab Emirates                       116.5         163.8          47.2
United Kingdom                             246.8       3,319.9       3,073.1
Uruguay                                     36.8          53.4          16.6
Uzbekistan                                  12.1          13.1           0.9

Vanuatu                                      (-)           (-)           (-)
Vatican City                                -0.1           (-)           0.1
Venezuela                                 -625.1         500.0       1,125.1
Vietnam                                    -19.9          25.9          45.8

Wallis and Futuna                            (-)           (-)           (-)
West Bank Administered by Israel             (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Sahara                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Western Samoa                                0.7           0.9           0.2

Yugoslavia                                   9.7          10.7           1.1

Zambia                                      -1.3           1.4           2.7
Zimbabwe                                    -5.3           5.5          10.7

Unidentified                                42.4          42.4           (X)

North America                           -2,471.1      18,721.1      21,192.2

Western Europe                          -2,324.6      13,634.0      15,958.5
European Union (EU)                     -1,990.2      12,562.9      14,553.1
European Free Trade Association           -458.3         710.1       1,168.4

Eastern Europe                            -292.6         583.6         876.3
Former Soviet Republics                   -198.8         388.0         586.8

Organization for Economic                         
  Cooperation & Develop-                          
  ment (OECD) in Europe                 -2,327.0      13,559.4      15,886.4

Pacific Rim Countries                  -10,826.2      16,028.1      26,854.3

Asia -- Near East                        1,452.1       3,162.3       1,710.2
Asia -- (NICS)                            -951.6       6,552.7       7,504.3
Asia -- South                             -541.3         420.7         962.0
Assoc. of South East Asia                         
  Nations (ASEAN)                       -2,186.7       3,848.2       6,034.9

South/Central America                      977.8       5,539.6       4,561.8

Twenty Latin American Republics             45.9      11,267.2      11,221.3
Central American Common Market            -168.3         621.1         789.3
Latin American Free Trade                         
  Association                              168.2      10,161.2       9,993.1

North Atlantic Treaty Organization                
  (NATO) Allies                         -3,397.5      24,310.3      27,707.9

Organization of Petroleum Exporting               
  Countries (OPEC)                          23.0       3,424.8       3,401.9

Unidentified                                42.4          42.4           (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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