EXHIBIT 6.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
BY COUNTRY AND AREA, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1997

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(Z) Less than one-half unit of value shown. (X) Not applicable. 
(-) Represents zero.



                                                                      
                              Trade balance                Exports
                             (Customs imports)       Domestic & Foreign,
                                                        f.a.s. basis

         Country                   Cumulative              Cumulative
                          February   to date rank February   to date rank

     TOTAL               -11,993.5 -28,352.4 (X)  53,202.1 103,746.4 (X)

Afganistan                     0.4       0.5 126       0.6       1.6 174
Albania                       -2.6      -2.3  77       0.4       0.9 183
Algeria                     -207.5    -421.9  17      37.5      82.0  62
Andorra                        1.3       3.2 149       1.3       3.3 158
Angola                      -314.4    -548.9  15      28.1      40.6  81
Anguilla                       1.3       2.9 146       1.3       3.0 161
Antigua and Barbuda            6.8      12.0 180       7.4      13.4 109
Argentina                    152.4     395.4 218     374.3     779.0  25
Armenia                        5.8      15.2 182       6.0      15.6 104
Aruba                        -27.1     -71.4  33      16.5      31.8  90
Australia                    654.7   1,200.6 225     895.0   1,766.2  15
Austria                        1.3     -14.7  54     183.8     350.9  37
Azerbaijan                     7.4      12.7 181       7.5      12.9 112

Bahamas                       45.6      87.3 208      62.7     118.8  58
Bahrain                        8.7      18.1 185      15.7      34.2  88
Bangladesh                  -106.9    -218.8  25      19.8      52.3  74
Barbados                      17.1      34.6 195      20.1      41.0  80
Belarus                       -3.5      -4.5  73       1.3       7.6 127
Belgium                      470.5   1,036.7 224   1,058.7   2,170.4  11
Belize                         1.7       4.9 161       6.7      17.1 101
Benin                          3.5       8.1 170       3.5       8.1 124
Bermuda                       23.2      43.7 199      23.8      44.6  77
Bhutan                         0.1      -0.7  87       0.1       0.1 212
Bolivia                        4.5      -9.0  64      25.9      38.0  84
Bosnia-Hercegovina            39.2      62.2 206      40.1      63.9  68
Botswana                      -0.4       1.0 132       1.1       4.1 152
Brazil                       337.3     466.1 220   1,051.3   2,066.8  13
British Indian
       Ocean Territory         0.1      -0.4  88       0.1       0.1 203
British Virgin Islands         4.3       8.8 171       5.8      10.5 118
Brunei                         0.8       0.4 121       5.4      10.0 119
Bulgaria                      -7.6     -21.3  48       6.6       8.8 122
Burkina                        1.4       2.3 142       1.4       2.3 165
Burma (Myanmar)              -10.6     -13.1  58       1.2       8.9 121
Burundi                        (-)       (-) 105       (-)       (-) 215

Cambodia                       1.4       2.3 143       2.4       4.2 150
Cameroon                       2.5       7.7 169       6.5      13.6 107
Canada                    -1,473.6  -3,170.0   3  12,144.2  23,910.7   1
Cape Verde                     0.6       1.8 136       0.6       1.8 171
Cayman Islands                18.0      34.1 194      18.7      38.3  83
Central African Repub.         1.2       1.3 134       1.3       1.5 175
Chad                           0.1      -0.1  92       0.1       0.1 205
Chile                        103.0     153.0 214     313.3     613.3  29
China                     -3,336.4  -7,059.8   2     905.7   1,846.3  14
Christmas Island               (-)      -0.2  91       0.1       0.1 208
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-) 101       (-)       (-) 218
Colombia                     -23.1      63.4 207     363.6     746.9  26
Comoros                        (-)       (-)  95       (-)       (-) 221
Congo (Brazzaville)          -17.5    -101.9  30       2.7       8.0 125
Congo (Kinshasa)             -18.7     -37.6  42       6.6      11.1 117
Cook Islands                   0.1       0.1 112       0.1       0.2 199
Costa Rica                     3.2       3.4 150     177.9     330.4  38
Croatia                        2.1      10.2 174       6.1      21.6  97
Cuba                           0.3       0.4 122       0.3       0.4 195
Cyprus                        36.6      50.9 202      37.3      53.4  73
Czech Republic                -6.1     -18.0  53      26.0      56.7  72

Denmark                        9.6     -20.0  51     167.5     300.6  41
Djibouti                       0.4       0.6 127       0.4       0.6 190
Dominica                       1.9       4.0 156       2.5       6.1 133
Dominican Republic            -6.3      38.3 197     314.8     570.3  30

Ecuador                      -69.9     -55.4  37     111.6     248.0  46
Egypt                        178.5     414.6 219     222.1     510.3  33
El Salvador                   11.5      22.1 186      98.1     201.2  51
Equatorial Guinea              1.2       3.8 154       1.2       4.0 153
Eritrea                        1.1       1.9 138       1.1       1.9 170
Estonia                       -1.6      -7.2  67       1.7       3.0 160
Ethiopia                       2.3       6.4 167       4.6      13.3 110

Falkland Islands               0.1       0.1 111       0.1       0.1 209
Faroe Islands                 -0.8      -1.7  81       (-)       0.1 204
Fed. Republic of Germany  -1,179.5  -2,416.5   5   2,032.5   3,867.8   6
Federated States
         of  Micronesia        1.7       2.0 140       2.3       4.6 148
Fiji                          -2.8      -6.4  69       2.0       5.3 143
Finland                      -21.1    -107.9  29     135.9     219.7  49
France                      -246.9    -475.3  16   1,217.4   2,462.9  10
French Guiana                  1.0       1.6 135       1.0       1.7 173
French Polynesia               3.2      11.5 178       4.5      14.0 106
French Southern and 
       Antarctic Lands         (-)       (-)  97       (-)       (-) 225

Gabon                       -154.3    -355.0  19       2.6       5.6 141
Gambia                         0.6       0.8 130       0.7       1.0 181
Gaza Strip Administered
       by Israel               (-)       (-) 102       (-)       (-) 217
Georgia                        2.2      11.5 177       2.4      11.9 116
Ghana                         10.9       9.0 173      23.8      42.5  79
Gibraltar                      0.2       4.2 157       0.4       4.6 147
Greece                        32.3      58.5 205      78.8     139.5  56
Greenland                     -0.1      -0.3  89       0.2       0.4 197
Grenada                        3.0       4.4 158       3.2       4.9 145
Guadeloupe                     6.6      11.2 175       6.8      11.9 115
Guatemala                    -33.7     -60.5  36     137.2     256.8  44
Guinea                        -8.2      -5.3  71      10.4      17.9 100
Guinea-Bissau                  0.1       0.1 109       0.1       0.1 210
Guyana                         6.0      11.9 179      14.0      25.4  94

Haiti                         24.5      50.0 201      36.4      70.5  66
Heard and
       McDonald Isles          (-)       (-) 100       (-)       (-) 222
Honduras                     -21.9      -4.5  76     152.7     304.3  40
Hong Kong                    471.9     630.7 221   1,095.3   2,158.1  12
Hungary                      -23.5     -51.9  38      39.2      72.1  65

Iceland                       -4.5     -11.9  59      13.0      27.9  91
India                       -257.7    -562.6  14     281.9     533.1  31
Indonesia                   -266.5    -706.6  11     357.0     672.0  28
Iran                           0.2       0.2 116       0.2       0.2 202
Iraq                           0.2       0.7 129       0.2       0.7 189
Ireland                      -66.0    -121.4  28     330.3     673.2  27
Israel                       -82.3    -274.0  21     459.2     917.3  23
Italy                       -717.0  -1,395.7   7     745.1   1,432.2  17
Ivory Coast                  -14.0     -41.1  40      10.2      20.7  99

Jamaica                       45.1     104.8 211     100.0     214.6  50
Japan                     -4,254.8  -8,548.6   1   5,452.2  10,592.2   2
Jordan                        27.3      58.0 204      28.6      61.7  69

Kazakhstan                     0.8     -14.2  57       3.7       8.6 123
Kenya                          7.7       4.5 159      18.3      24.2  95
Kiribati                       0.1      -0.3  90       0.2       0.8 185
Korea, South                 477.1     657.8 222   1,983.9   3,953.6   5
Kuwait                       -37.9     -67.5  34      90.5     194.6  52
Kyrgyzstan                     (-)       0.5 123       0.5       1.2 177

Laos                          -0.6      -2.1  79       0.3       0.5 191
Latvia                        -4.6     -11.2  60      20.1      32.2  89
Lebanon                       46.6      88.2 209      50.3      95.3  60
Lesotho                       -5.3     -14.5  55       (-)       (-) 216
Liberia                        2.6       3.8 153       2.6       3.9 154
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                 -5.4     -10.6  62       0.4       1.9 169
Lithuania                      2.1       5.1 163       4.4      12.9 113
Luxembourg                    18.8      24.9 190      34.6      58.7  70

Macao                        -70.2    -160.1  27       2.0       5.9 135
Macedonia (Skopje)            -7.2     -26.9  45       0.7       1.1 178
Madagascar                    -2.7     -10.0  63       1.1       1.7 172
Malawi                         0.2      -4.5  75       1.5       2.6 163
Malaysia                    -488.2  -1,106.5   9     704.5   1,448.1  16
Maldives                      -0.9      -1.3  83       0.5       0.9 182
Mali                           1.8       3.0 147       2.0       3.6 155

Malta                         -6.7     -20.6  49       9.5      16.1 102
Marshall Islands              -3.0      -1.0  85       2.3       5.7 138
Martinique                     2.8       5.5 165       3.1       5.8 136
Mauritania                     (-)       0.3 118       0.1       0.4 196
Mauritius                    -12.6     -25.5  46       2.8       5.2 144
Mexico                    -1,195.7  -2,436.4   4   5,320.1  10,260.9   3
Moldova                       -0.1      -2.0  80       0.4       0.7 187
Monaco                        -0.2      -2.1  78       0.9       1.0 179
Mongolia                      -0.4       0.5 124       1.1       5.6 139
Montserrat                     0.9       2.1 141       1.5       3.1 159
Morocco                       47.5      36.4 196      62.9      76.6  63
Mozambique                    -0.3       0.3 117       0.5       4.4 149

Namibia                       -1.3      -6.6  68       0.7       2.9 162
Nauru                          0.1       0.8 131       0.1       0.8 184
Nepal                        -11.5     -18.1  52       0.7       5.3 142
Netherlands                1,206.9   2,111.9 226   1,671.7   3,105.5   7
Netherlands Antilles         -76.3     -97.4  31      52.4      85.6  61
New Caledonia                 -5.5      -7.5  66       1.4       4.1 151
New Zealand                    7.5      26.1 191     120.5     259.2  43
Nicaragua                    -12.8     -20.4  50      21.3      39.9  82
Niger                         -6.1      -4.7  72       2.1       3.5 157
Nigeria                     -325.8    -887.2  10      47.0      96.4  59
Niue                           3.5       5.6 166       3.5       5.6 140
Norfolk Island                 0.3       0.5 125       0.3       0.5 192
North Korea                    (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                       -97.1    -268.1  22     141.0     253.8  45

Oman                           6.7       1.9 137      20.1      37.7  85

Pakistan                     -21.6      31.1 192      86.7     240.2  47
Palau                          0.1      -0.1  94       0.9       2.0 168
Panama                        99.2     181.2 216     122.5     227.5  48
Papua New Guinea               3.5      11.4 176       4.8      15.1 105
Paraguay                      70.4     155.5 215      74.3     161.8  54
Peru                           9.1     -32.6  44     136.3     263.7  42
Philippines                 -166.5    -329.1  20     565.0   1,134.6  19
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)  96       (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                        23.3      32.4 193      68.1     130.4  57
Portugal                      18.1      24.7 189      89.7     173.8  53

Qatar                         12.9      24.1 187      22.7      43.4  78

Republic of Yemen              7.7      24.2 188      13.4      37.0  86
Reunion                        (-)       0.1 113       0.4       0.5 193
Romania                       -7.3     -39.2  41      20.9      35.9  87
Russia                       -42.1     -83.8  32     221.5     459.2  35
Rwanda                         0.1       5.1 162       0.3       5.9 134

San Marino                     1.0       2.0 139       1.0       2.0 167
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)       (-) 106       (-)       0.1 213
Saudi Arabia                -146.1    -387.2  18     507.3     953.2  22
Senegal                        2.0       5.4 164       3.8       7.7 126
Seychelles                     0.6       0.4 120       0.7       0.8 186
Sierra Leone                  -0.4      -1.1  84       1.1       2.0 166
Singapore                   -108.1    -160.8  26   1,223.7   2,737.2   9
Slovakia                       2.7      -8.2  65      16.9      22.2  96
Slovenia                     -12.4     -24.3  47       7.7      16.0 103
Solomon Islands                (-)       (-) 104       0.1       0.1 207
Somalia                        0.1       0.1 115       0.1       0.2 200
South Africa                  88.7     135.4 213     231.5     456.0  36
Spain                        193.0     334.9 217     528.8   1,034.3  20
Sri Lanka                   -107.3    -240.0  23      11.3      21.3  98
St Helena                      (-)       2.4 144       0.1       2.4 164
St Kitts and Nevis             1.1       2.8 145       3.1       6.2 132
St Lucia                      -9.0      -4.5  74       6.3      12.0 114
St Pierre and Miquelon         0.1       0.1 108       0.1       0.1 211
St Vincent and the 
         Grenadines            3.4       6.8 168       3.7       7.4 129
Sudan                         -0.6       4.9 160       1.5       7.4 128

Suriname                       3.9      15.3 183       9.6      26.6  92
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl.       0.2       0.3 119       0.2       0.3 198
Swaziland                     -1.5     -10.7  61       0.2       1.0 180
Sweden                      -324.0    -564.1  13     249.1     511.8  32
Switzerland                  -44.1    -226.0  24     572.5     961.8  21
Syria                          5.8      16.9 184      13.4      26.1  93

Taiwan                      -865.2  -1,935.1   6   1,436.1   2,894.4   8
Tajikistan                     0.2       0.6 128       0.2       0.7 188
Tanzania                       2.1       3.9 155       3.6       7.2 130
Thailand                    -272.1    -638.9  12     596.5   1,181.2  18
Togo                           2.9       3.5 151       2.9       3.6 156
Tokelau                        (-)      -0.1  93       (-)       (-) 220
Tonga                          0.1       0.1 114       0.2       0.4 194
Trinidad and Tobago          -20.0     -61.2  35      71.5     156.2  55
Tunisia                       13.0      39.3 198      15.0      50.5  75
Turkey                        81.4     134.9 212     258.9     495.4  34
Turkmenistan                  13.7      56.9 203      14.8      58.3  71
Turks and Caicos Islands       4.3       8.9 172       4.7       9.7 120
Tuvalu                         (-)       0.1 107       (-)       0.1 214

Uganda                         3.4       3.1 148       4.7       5.8 137
Ukraine                       -0.4     -37.5  43      36.6      65.6  67
United Arab Emirates          10.2      91.4 210     172.4     311.8  39
United Kingdom               948.1     863.4 223   3,344.2   5,824.1   4
Uruguay                       25.2      46.2 200      36.8      72.4  64
Uzbekistan                    -0.6      -0.8  86       3.5      13.0 111

Vanuatu                        0.1      -1.5  82       0.1       0.2 201
Vatican City                   (-)       0.1 110       (-)       0.1 206
Venezuela                   -557.1  -1,389.1   8     386.9     819.6  24
Vietnam                      -24.4     -44.6  39      23.7      46.7  76

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  98       (-)       (-) 224
West Bank Administered
       by Israel               (-)       (-) 103       (-)       (-) 219
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)  99       (-)       (-) 223
Western Samoa                  0.2       1.1 133       0.3       1.3 176

Yugoslavia                     2.4       3.6 152       2.8       4.8 146

Zambia                         1.1      -6.2  70       4.5       6.6 131
Zimbabwe                      -1.7     -14.4  56       8.4      13.6 108

Unidentified                   (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)


North America             -2,669.4  -5,606.4 (X)  17,464.3  34,171.6 (X)
                            
Western Europe               330.1    -981.2 (X)  12,962.0  24,254.7 (X)
European Union (EU)          344.1    -660.6 (X)  11,868.0  22,325.5 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association           -151.1    -516.6 (X)     726.9   1,245.4 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           -41.8    -167.2 (X)     502.7   1,030.3 (X)
    Former Soviet Republi    -20.6     -58.8 (X)     324.5     703.4 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europ    275.4  -1,042.1 (X)  12,856.0  24,069.7 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries -7,940.4 -17,479.7 (X)  14,751.1  29,492.8 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East         -140.1    -405.2 (X)   1,393.9   2,713.0 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             -24.3    -807.3 (X)   5,739.1  11,743.3 (X)
    Asia--South             -504.5  -1,007.9 (X)     401.0     853.8 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      -1,300.5  -2,941.5 (X)   3,452.1   7,183.1 (X)
                            
    South/Central America    181.6     176.9 (X)   4,381.8   8,706.2 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            -1,080.0  -2,432.8 (X)   9,255.6  18,071.8 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  -53.6     -59.9 (X)     587.3   1,132.6 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association    -1,143.9  -2,642.7 (X)   8,194.4  16,070.4 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Alli   -739.7  -3,167.3 (X)  23,526.1  45,258.0 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)               -1,517.5  -3,743.3 (X)   1,621.6   3,173.8 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
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                                          Imports

                               Customs basis            C.i.f. basis


         Country                   Cumulative              Cumulative
                          February   to date rank February   to date rank

     TOTAL                65,195.6 132,098.8 (X)  67,282.4 136,390.7 (X)

Afganistan                     0.2       1.0 159       0.2       1.2 158
Albania                        3.1       3.2 135       3.2       3.3 135
Algeria                      245.0     503.9  35     263.9     540.3  36
Andorra                        (-)       0.1 194       (-)       0.1 193
Angola                       342.5     589.5  30     360.0     618.7  30
Anguilla                       (-)       (-) 203       (-)       (-) 203
Antigua and Barbuda            0.6       1.4 155       0.6       1.4 156
Argentina                    221.8     383.6  37     240.5     413.0  37
Armenia                        0.2       0.4 173       0.3       0.4 173
Aruba                         43.6     103.2  64      46.8     109.7  64
Australia                    240.3     565.6  31     256.8     603.2  31
Austria                      182.4     365.7  38     189.1     378.2  40
Azerbaijan                     0.1       0.2 182       0.1       0.2 182

Bahamas                       17.1      31.5  84      18.7      34.5  83
Bahrain                        7.0      16.1  99       7.5      17.2  98
Bangladesh                   126.7     271.1  49     133.2     284.5  49
Barbados                       3.0       6.4 125       3.1       6.6 127
Belarus                        4.8      12.1 107       5.1      12.8 107
Belgium                      588.2   1,133.7  22     601.8   1,160.6  22
Belize                         5.0      12.2 106       5.3      12.8 109
Benin                          (-)       (-) 198       (-)       0.1 196
Bermuda                        0.6       0.8 162       0.6       0.8 162
Bhutan                         (-)       0.8 163       (-)       0.8 163
Bolivia                       21.3      46.9  74      22.0      49.2  75
Bosnia-Hercegovina             0.9       1.7 152       1.0       1.9 152
Botswana                       1.5       3.0 138       1.5       3.1 138
Brazil                       714.0   1,600.7  15     752.9   1,690.5  15
British Indian
       Ocean Territory         (-)       0.5 171       (-)       0.5 171
British Virgin Islands         1.4       1.7 153       1.5       1.8 154
Brunei                         4.6       9.6 116       4.8      10.0 116
Bulgaria                      14.1      30.1  87      14.9      31.9  87
Burkina                        (-)       (-) 196       (-)       (-) 197
Burma (Myanmar)               11.7      22.0  94      12.5      23.4  92
Burundi                        (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Cambodia                       1.0       1.9 150       1.1       2.0 150
Cameroon                       4.0       5.9 127       4.5       6.6 126
Canada                    13,617.8  27,080.7   1  13,878.3  27,602.1   1
Cape Verde                     (-)       (-) 200       (-)       (-) 200
Cayman Islands                 0.7       4.2 130       0.8       4.2 130
Central African Repub.         0.1       0.1 186       0.1       0.1 187
Chad                           (-)       0.3 180       (-)       0.3 180
Chile                        210.3     460.3  36     261.5     561.0  33
China                      4,242.1   8,906.1   4   4,460.1   9,366.5   4
Christmas Island               0.1       0.3 177       0.1       0.3 179
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-) 206       (-)       (-) 206
Colombia                     386.7     683.4  29     414.3     733.9  29
Comoros                        (-)       (-) 202       (-)       (-) 202
Congo (Brazzaville)           20.2     109.9  61      21.0     116.0  63
Congo (Kinshasa)              25.2      48.6  73      26.1      50.2  74
Cook Islands                   (-)       0.1 187       (-)       0.1 189
Costa Rica                   174.7     327.0  42     188.7     353.2  41
Croatia                        4.1      11.4 112       4.3      12.1 113
Cuba                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                         0.8       2.5 145       0.9       2.7 143
Czech Republic                32.2      74.6  70      33.5      77.8  70

Denmark                      157.9     320.6  44     163.8     333.8  46
Djibouti                       (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Dominica                       0.6       2.0 149       0.6       2.1 149
Dominican Republic           321.1     532.1  33     330.7     548.6  34

Ecuador                      181.5     303.4  47     201.5     338.5  43
Egypt                         43.6      95.7  66      46.8     102.3  66
El Salvador                   86.7     179.1  57      89.6     185.4  57
Equatorial Guinea              0.1       0.2 183       0.1       0.2 183
Eritrea                        (-)       (-) 197       (-)       (-) 198
Estonia                        3.2      10.2 115       3.5      11.0 115
Ethiopia                       2.3       6.8 123       2.4       7.1 124

Falkland Islands               (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Faroe Islands                  0.8       1.8 151       0.9       1.9 151
Fed. Republic of Germany   3,212.0   6,284.4   5   3,294.4   6,448.4   5
Federated States
         of  Micronesia        0.6       2.5 142       0.6       2.8 140
Fiji                           4.8      11.7 109       5.5      13.3 105
Finland                      157.1     327.5  41     165.5     345.8  42
France                     1,464.2   2,938.2   9   1,504.4   3,020.0   9
French Guiana                  (-)       0.1 193       (-)       0.1 194
French Polynesia               1.3       2.5 144       1.4       2.6 145
French Southern and 
       Antarctic Lands         (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Gabon                        156.9     360.5  39     166.0     381.4  38
Gambia                         0.1       0.1 184       0.1       0.1 185
Gaza Strip Administered
       by Israel               (-)       (-) 208       (-)       (-) 207
Georgia                        0.1       0.4 176       0.1       0.4 178
Ghana                         12.9      33.5  83      13.4      34.4  84
Gibraltar                      0.1       0.4 175       0.2       0.4 176
Greece                        46.4      81.0  68      50.3      88.0  68
Greenland                      0.3       0.7 165       0.3       0.8 165
Grenada                        0.2       0.5 170       0.3       0.6 170
Guadeloupe                     0.2       0.7 167       0.2       0.7 167
Guatemala                    170.8     317.3  45     181.3     337.2  44
Guinea                        18.6      23.2  92      18.6      23.3  93
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)       (-) 207       (-)       (-) 208
Guyana                         7.9      13.5 102       9.3      15.5 100

Haiti                         12.0      20.4  95      12.5      21.3  95
Heard and
       McDonald Isles          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Honduras                     174.6     308.7  46     185.2     329.0  47
Hong Kong                    623.4   1,527.4  16     643.7   1,581.9  16
Hungary                       62.7     124.0  60      64.9     128.2  60

Iceland                       17.5      39.8  79      18.7      42.6  78
India                        539.6   1,095.7  23     568.8   1,152.0  23
Indonesia                    623.5   1,378.6  18     659.3   1,461.2  18
Iran                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Iraq                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Ireland                      396.3     794.6  27     402.9     807.3  27
Israel                       541.4   1,191.2  20     554.2   1,218.2  20
Italy                      1,462.1   2,827.9  11   1,523.0   2,947.4  10
Ivory Coast                   24.3      61.7  71      26.4      67.1  71

Jamaica                       54.9     109.8  62      58.1     116.2  62
Japan                      9,707.0  19,140.9   2   9,937.5  19,601.7   2
Jordan                         1.3       3.6 132       1.4       3.7 132

Kazakhstan                     2.9      22.9  93       3.0      23.2  94
Kenya                         10.5      19.7  96      10.9      20.6  96
Kiribati                       0.1       1.1 158       0.1       1.2 159
Korea, South               1,506.8   3,295.8   8   1,549.4   3,389.8   8
Kuwait                       128.4     262.1  50     141.2     281.2  50
Kyrgyzstan                     0.5       0.7 166       0.5       0.8 166

Laos                           0.8       2.6 141       0.9       2.8 141
Latvia                        24.7      43.4  76      26.8      47.2  76
Lebanon                        3.7       7.1 121       3.8       7.3 123
Lesotho                        5.3      14.5 100       5.5      15.0 101
Liberia                        (-)       0.1 185       (-)       0.1 186
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  5.8      12.5 105       6.0      12.9 106
Lithuania                      2.3       7.8 120       2.5       8.6 119
Luxembourg                    15.8      33.8  82      16.6      36.2  82

Macao                         72.3     166.0  58      74.9     172.3  58
Macedonia (Skopje)             7.9      28.0  88       8.2      29.2  89
Madagascar                     3.8      11.7 108       4.0      12.4 110
Malawi                         1.3       7.1 122       1.5       7.8 122
Malaysia                   1,192.7   2,554.6  12   1,224.8   2,626.7  12
Maldives                       1.3       2.2 147       1.5       2.4 147
Mali                           0.2       0.6 169       0.2       0.6 168

Malta                         16.2      36.7  80      16.4      37.1  81
Marshall Islands               5.4       6.8 124       6.3       7.9 121
Martinique                     0.3       0.3 178       0.5       0.5 172
Mauritania                     0.1       0.1 189       0.1       0.1 190
Mauritius                     15.4      30.7  85      16.5      32.7  85
Mexico                     6,515.9  12,697.3   3   6,621.4  12,902.6   3
Moldova                        0.5       2.7 140       0.5       2.8 142
Monaco                         1.2       3.1 136       1.2       3.3 136
Mongolia                       1.5       5.2 128       1.6       5.4 128
Montserrat                     0.6       1.0 160       0.6       1.0 160
Morocco                       15.4      40.2  78      16.6      43.2  77
Mozambique                     0.9       4.2 129       0.9       4.5 129

Namibia                        2.0       9.5 117       2.1       9.9 118
Nauru                          (-)       0.0 204       (-)       0.0 204
Nepal                         12.3      23.5  91      13.6      25.9  91
Netherlands                  464.8     993.7  25     488.1   1,043.7  25
Netherlands Antilles         128.7     183.0  56     133.9     191.8  56
New Caledonia                  7.0      11.5 111       8.4      14.2 103
New Zealand                  113.0     233.1  52     123.5     254.8  52
Nicaragua                     34.1      60.4  72      35.8      63.3  72
Niger                          8.2       8.2 119       8.2       8.3 120
Nigeria                      372.8     983.7  26     391.5   1,031.1  26
Niue                           (-)       (-) 211       (-)       (-) 211
Norfolk Island                 (-)       (-) 210       (-)       (-) 210
North Korea                    (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                       238.1     521.9  34     248.3     545.7  35

Oman                          13.4      35.8  81      14.1      38.9  80

Pakistan                     108.3     209.1  55     114.3     221.0  55
Palau                          0.8       2.1 148       0.9       2.2 148
Panama                        23.3      46.3  75      27.1      52.6  73
Papua New Guinea               1.3       3.7 131       1.4       4.0 131
Paraguay                       3.9       6.4 126       4.3       7.0 125
Peru                         127.2     296.3  48     134.0     313.6  48
Philippines                  731.4   1,463.7  17     756.4   1,516.1  17
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-) 209       (-)       (-) 209
Poland                        44.9      97.9  65      48.2     105.2  65
Portugal                      71.6     149.1  59      75.1     156.5  59

Qatar                          9.8      19.3  97      10.2      20.2  97

Republic of Yemen              5.7      12.8 103       6.7      14.8 102
Reunion                        0.4       0.4 174       0.4       0.4 175
Romania                       28.2      75.0  69      31.2      81.3  69
Russia                       263.6     543.0  32     281.6     579.7  32
Rwanda                         0.2       0.9 161       0.2       0.9 161

San Marino                     (-)       0.1 195       (-)       0.1 195
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)       (-) 212       (-)       (-) 212
Saudi Arabia                 653.4   1,340.4  19     701.4   1,436.6  19
Senegal                        1.8       2.4 146       1.9       2.5 146
Seychelles                     0.1       0.4 172       0.1       0.4 174
Sierra Leone                   1.5       3.1 137       1.5       3.1 137
Singapore                  1,331.9   2,897.9  10   1,351.6   2,941.0  11
Slovakia                      14.1      30.4  86      15.0      32.4  86
Slovenia                      20.2      40.4  77      21.1      42.3  79
Solomon Islands                (-)       0.1 190       0.1       0.2 184
Somalia                        (-)       0.1 192       (-)       0.1 192
South Africa                 142.7     320.6  43     150.3     335.9  45
Spain                        335.8     699.4  28     359.1     747.5  28
Sri Lanka                    118.6     261.3  51     124.8     274.4  51
St Helena                      (-)       (-) 205       (-)       (-) 205
St Kitts and Nevis             2.0       3.4 133       2.1       3.5 133
St Lucia                      15.3      16.5  98      15.7      17.0  99
St Vincent and
          the Grenadines       (-)       (-) 213       (-)       (-) 213
St Vincent and the Grenad      0.2       0.6 168       0.2       0.6 169
Sudan                          2.1       2.5 143       2.1       2.6 144

Suriname                       5.6      11.3 113       5.9      12.0 114
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl.       (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Swaziland                      1.8      11.7 110       1.9      12.4 111
Sweden                       573.1   1,075.9  24     590.4   1,111.0  24
Switzerland                  616.6   1,187.8  21     626.9   1,207.3  21
Syria                          7.6       9.2 118       8.3       9.9 117

Taiwan                     2,301.3   4,829.5   7   2,380.6   4,995.7   7
Tajikistan                     (-)       (-) 201       (-)       (-) 201
Tanzania                       1.5       3.2 134       1.6       3.4 134
Thailand                     868.5   1,820.1  14     901.8   1,889.2  14
Togo                           (-)       0.1 191       0.1       0.1 191
Tokelau                        (-)       0.1 188       0.1       0.1 188
Tonga                          0.1       0.3 179       0.2       0.4 177
Trinidad and Tobago           91.5     217.3  54      97.5     233.3  53
Tunisia                        2.0      11.2 114       2.1      12.3 112
Turkey                       177.5     360.5  40     186.3     379.4  39
Turkmenistan                   1.1       1.4 156       1.1       1.5 155
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.4       0.8 164       0.4       0.8 164
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Uganda                         1.3       2.7 139       1.3       2.9 139
Ukraine                       37.0     103.2  63      41.2     116.3  61
United Arab Emirates         162.2     220.5  53     165.5     228.8  54
United Kingdom             2,396.1   4,960.7   6   2,457.7   5,090.8   6
Uruguay                       11.6      26.2  90      12.4      27.8  90
Uzbekistan                     4.1      13.8 101       4.2      13.9 104

Vanuatu                        (-)       1.6 154       (-)       1.8 153
Vatican City                   (-)       (-) 199       (-)       (-) 199
Venezuela                    944.0   2,208.6  13   1,004.8   2,341.4  13
Vietnam                       48.1      91.4  67      51.5      98.1  67

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
       by Israel               (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Western Samoa                  0.1       0.2 181       0.1       0.3 181

Yugoslavia                     0.3       1.1 157       0.4       1.3 157

Zambia                         3.4      12.7 104       3.4      12.8 108
Zimbabwe                      10.1      28.0  89      10.7      29.6  88

Unidentified                   (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
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North America             20,133.7  39,778.0 (X)  20,499.7  40,504.7 (X)
                            
Western Europe            12,631.9  25,235.9 (X)  13,023.1  26,035.1 (X)
European Union (EU)       11,523.9  22,986.1 (X)  11,882.3  23,715.1 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association            878.0   1,762.0 (X)     899.9   1,808.5 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           544.5   1,197.5 (X)     581.4   1,279.2 (X)
    Former Soviet Republi    345.1     762.2 (X)     370.5     818.9 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europ 12,580.6  25,111.8 (X)  12,969.8  25,906.3 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries 22,691.5  46,972.5 (X)  23,424.9  48,525.0 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East        1,534.0   3,118.2 (X)   1,614.2   3,276.9 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)           5,763.4  12,550.6 (X)   5,925.4  12,908.4 (X)
    Asia--South              905.5   1,861.7 (X)     954.9   1,959.0 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       4,752.7  10,124.5 (X)   4,898.7  10,444.2 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  4,200.3   8,529.3 (X)   4,501.5   9,133.8 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            10,335.5  20,504.5 (X)  10,720.4  21,269.1 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  640.9   1,192.5 (X)     680.6   1,268.2 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association     9,338.3  18,713.2 (X)   9,669.6  19,378.5 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Alli 24,265.8  48,425.3 (X)  24,866.1  49,642.7 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                3,139.1   6,917.1 (X)   3,337.7   7,340.8 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
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North America - Canada, Mexico
Western Europe - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia,
Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibralter,
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,  Luxembourg, Malta and
Gozo, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,  Portugal, San Marino,
Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia.
European Union - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, 
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
United Kingdom.
European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, 
Switzerland.
Eastern Europe - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech 
Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Former Soviet Republics - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,  Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
OECD - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, 
Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayan Island, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Pacific Rim Countries - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, 
Japan,Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Singapore, Taiwan.
Asia Near East - Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, 
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,  Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, 
Yemen.
Asia - NICS - Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan.
Asia - SOUTH - Afghanistan, Bangladesh,India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
ASEAN - Brunei, Indonesia,  Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.
South/Central America - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin 
Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands,French Guiana, 
Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, 
Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama,Paraguay, 
Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, 
Venezuela.
Twenty Latin American Republics - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,  El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, 
Uruguay, Venezuela.
Central American Common Market - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Nicaragua. 
LAFTA - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, 
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
NATO Allies - Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, 
Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, 
Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Svalbard Jan Mayan Island, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
OPEC - Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, 
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela.  

(2) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and satellites that are not included in the country/area totals.

CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or
         Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see 
         our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/"

NOTE:  For information on more detailed data available, please see
       record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE." 



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