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

                                  Cumulative             Cumulative
         Country           March   to date  rank  March   to date  rank

     TOTAL                -9,370.0 -37,722.4 (X) 61,275.4 165,021.8 (X)

Afganistan                    -1.2      -0.7  81      0.5       2.1 180
Albania                       -0.8      -3.1  72      0.2       1.0 189
Algeria                     -188.3    -610.2  17     51.6     133.6  63
Andorra                        1.1       4.4 141      1.1       4.4 167
Angola                      -215.8    -764.7  15     32.9      73.4  76
Anguilla                       2.2       5.2 146      2.3       5.3 161
Antigua and Barbuda            6.4      18.3 176      7.0      20.4 107
Argentina                    275.6     671.1 218    454.3   1,233.3  25
Armenia                        3.1      18.3 175      3.5      19.1 110
Aruba                        -44.1    -115.4  32     19.7      51.5  90
Australia                    766.3   1,966.9 224  1,091.5   2,857.7  14
Austria                      -25.6     -40.4  44    171.5     522.4  37
Azerbaijan                     1.3      14.0 169      1.8      14.7 121

Bahamas                       61.8     149.1 209     75.1     193.9  59
Bahrain                       15.3      33.4 182     22.8      57.0  88
Bangladesh                   -81.4    -300.2  23     23.0      75.2  74
Barbados                      22.1      56.7 192     25.5      66.5  81
Belarus                        1.7      -2.8  74      4.5      12.1 127
Belgium                      558.1   1,594.9 223  1,225.1   3,395.5  12
Belize                        -1.1       3.8 138     10.6      27.7 102
Benin                          3.2      11.3 165      3.2      11.3 129
Bermuda                       23.4      67.1 197     23.9      68.4  80
Bhutan                         (-)      -0.7  82      (-)       0.1 211
Bolivia                        8.5      -0.5  83     22.7      60.6  85
Bosnia-Hercegovina             6.0      68.2 198      6.9      70.9  79
Botswana                      -1.0       (-)  90      1.3       5.4 159
Brazil                       561.5   1,027.6 220  1,310.8   3,377.6  13
British Indian
       Ocean Territory         (-)      -0.4  84      (-)       0.1 209
British Virgin Islands         4.6      13.4 167      5.0      15.5 120
Brunei                         5.1       5.5 148      9.1      19.1 111
Bulgaria                      -2.8     -24.1  52      9.7      18.5 113
Burkina                        3.5       5.8 149      3.6       5.9 155
Burma (Myanmar)               -8.8     -21.9  53      0.6       9.5 134
Burundi                        (-)       (-)  97      (-)       (-) 216

Cambodia                       0.6       3.0 131      3.2       7.4 148
Cameroon                       1.4       9.1 161      5.3      19.0 112
Canada                    -1,316.6  -4,486.6   3 12,902.4  36,813.1   1
Cape Verde                     2.0       3.7 137      2.0       3.8 169
Cayman Islands                19.9      54.0 190     20.5      58.8  86
Central African Republic      -0.5       0.8 120      0.4       1.9 182
Chad                           0.9       0.8 118      0.9       1.0 190
Chile                        201.4     354.4 216    447.2   1,060.6  27
China                     -2,588.7  -9,648.5   2    990.5   2,836.9  15
Christmas Island               (-)      -0.2  86      (-)       0.1 212
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-)  95      (-)       (-) 219
Colombia                      -5.9      57.6 194    410.4   1,157.3  26
Comoros                        (-)       (-)  89      (-)       (-) 221
Congo (Brazzaville)          -48.0    -149.9  30      6.0      13.9 123
Congo (Kinshasa)             -29.3     -66.9  39      2.8      13.9 125
Cook Islands                   (-)       0.1 103      0.1       0.3 203
Costa Rica                   -45.1     -41.8  43    154.4     484.8  40
Croatia                        6.2      16.4 173     11.9      33.4  99
Cuba                           (-)       0.5 112      (-)       0.5 200
Cyprus                        18.6      69.5 199     19.7      73.1  77
Czech Republic                96.6      78.6 202    142.0     198.6  58

Denmark                       27.4       7.4 156    210.1     510.7  38
Djibouti                       0.5       1.2 123      0.5       1.2 187
Dominica                       1.4       5.4 147      1.8       7.8 145
Dominican Republic           -27.2      11.1 163    315.8     886.1  32

Ecuador                      -93.7    -149.1  31    107.9     355.9  49
Egypt                        336.3     750.9 219    376.9     887.1  31
El Salvador                   10.9      32.9 181    122.0     323.2  51
Equatorial Guinea              2.4       6.3 151      2.5       6.5 152
Eritrea                        0.7       2.6 129      0.7       2.6 176
Estonia                        1.0      -6.2  67      5.6       8.7 141
Ethiopia                       2.8       9.3 162      5.0      18.3 114

Falkland Islands               (-)       0.1 101      (-)       0.1 213
Faroe Islands                 -0.6      -2.3  76      0.1       0.3 204
Fed. Republic of Germany  -1,421.0  -3,837.6   5  2,314.7   6,182.5   6
Federated States
         of  Micronesia        1.9       4.0 139      3.1       7.7 147
Fiji                          -2.5      -8.9  63      2.4       7.7 146
Finland                      -43.2    -151.0  29    148.9     368.6  47
France                      -202.2    -677.5  16  1,437.5   3,900.4  10
French Guiana                  2.8       4.4 143      2.8       4.5 166
French Polynesia               9.2      20.8 177     10.3      24.3 104
French Southern and
        Antarctic Lands        (-)       (-)  92      (-)       (-) 225

Gabon                       -167.9    -522.9  19      8.4      13.9 124
Gambia                         1.5       2.3 128      2.0       3.0 174
Gaza Strip Administered
        by Israel              (-)       (-)  98      (-)       (-) 217
Georgia                        4.1      15.6 171      4.2      16.1 119
Ghana                         16.9      25.8 179     35.4      78.0  73
Gibraltar                     -0.2       4.0 140      0.2       4.8 164
Greece                        51.3     109.8 206     86.5     226.0  56
Greenland                     -0.6      -0.9  80      0.1       0.5 198
Grenada                        3.0       7.4 154      3.1       8.0 143
Guadeloupe                     6.0      17.3 174      6.1      18.0 115
Guatemala                    -29.4     -89.9  34    147.0     403.9  45
Guinea                         0.2      -5.0  68      4.5      22.4 105
Guinea-Bissau                  0.1       0.2 105      0.1       0.2 208
Guyana                         4.1      16.0 172     13.2      38.6  96

Haiti                         26.2      76.2 200     40.7     111.2  68
Heard and
         McDonald Isles        (-)       (-)  94      (-)       (-) 222
Honduras                     -24.5     -29.0  51    170.4     474.7  41
Hong Kong                    740.7   1,371.4 222  1,344.0   3,502.1  11
Hungary                      -23.4     -75.3  37     47.1     119.2  66

Iceland                       -0.8     -12.7  59     16.5      44.4  95
India                       -220.8    -783.3  14    394.8     927.9  30
Indonesia                   -230.6    -937.3  13    365.0   1,037.0  28
Iran                           (-)       0.2 107      (-)       0.2 206
Iraq                           (-)       0.7 116      (-)       0.7 197
Ireland                     -120.4    -241.8  25    339.0   1,012.2  29
Israel                        11.8    -262.2  24    568.6   1,485.8  23
Italy                       -857.0  -2,252.7   7    817.2   2,249.4  17
Ivory Coast                  -35.4     -76.5  36     13.9      34.6  97

Jamaica                       53.1     157.9 210    114.6     329.2  50
Japan                     -4,608.0 -13,156.7   1  6,055.4  16,647.6   2
Jordan                        24.3      82.3 204     25.2      86.8  71

Kazakhstan                    -0.8     -15.1  56      7.5      16.1 118
Kenya                         46.3      50.8 188     55.7      79.9  72
Kiribati                       (-)      -0.3  85      0.1       0.9 191
Korea, South                 675.0   1,332.8 221  2,474.4   6,428.1   5
Kuwait                       -13.0     -80.5  35     99.9     294.4  52
Kyrgyzstan                     0.8       1.3 124      0.8       2.1 181

Laos                          -1.0      -3.1  70      0.3       0.8 194
Latvia                         4.4      -6.9  66     19.9      52.1  89
Lebanon                       49.0     137.2 207     52.5     147.8  62
Lesotho                       -6.0     -20.5  54      (-)       0.1 214
Liberia                        4.5       8.3 158      4.6       8.5 142
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                 -2.4     -13.0  58      4.1       6.1 154
Lithuania                      1.7       6.8 152      5.0      17.9 116
Luxembourg                     9.6      34.4 184     33.6      92.3  70

Macao                        -45.2    -205.3  27      3.5       9.3 136
Macedonia (Skopje)           -10.0     -36.9  46      0.5       1.6 183
Madagascar                    -2.3     -12.3  60      1.0       2.7 175
Malawi                         1.8      -2.7  75      3.1       5.7 157
Malaysia                    -593.2  -1,699.7   9    822.4   2,270.5  16
Maldives                      -0.7      -1.9  77      0.4       1.3 185
Mali                           1.8       4.8 144      2.0       5.6 158

Malta                         -9.6     -30.3  50     11.8      27.8 101
Marshall Islands              -2.2      -3.3  69      3.3       9.0 139
Martinique                     1.8       7.4 155      2.1       8.0 144
Mauritania                     3.4       3.7 135      3.4       3.8 168
Mauritius                     -9.0     -34.5  47      4.4       9.6 133
Mexico                    -1,474.0  -3,910.3   4  5,452.1  15,713.0   3
Moldova                        1.0      -1.0  79      1.6       2.3 179
Monaco                         5.0       2.8 130      6.2       7.2 149
Mongolia                      -3.4      -2.9  73      0.8       6.4 153
Montserrat                     1.1       3.2 132      1.8       4.8 163
Morocco                       17.2      53.6 189     41.5     118.1  67
Mozambique                     6.9       7.1 153      7.7      12.2 126

Namibia                       -3.7     -10.3  62      0.7       3.6 171
Nauru                          (-)       0.8 121      (-)       0.8 192
Nepal                        -12.7     -30.8  49      0.3       5.7 156
Netherlands                1,110.4   3,222.2 226  1,699.9   4,805.4   7
Netherlands Antilles          -1.8     -99.2  33     40.4     126.0  64
New Caledonia                  0.2      -7.3  65      3.0       7.0 150
New Zealand                   -1.7      24.3 178    141.9     401.0  46
Nicaragua                    -25.1     -45.5  42     22.2      62.2  83
Niger                          1.6      -3.1  71      1.8       5.3 162
Nigeria                     -429.8  -1,317.0  10     70.1     166.5  60
Niue                           3.1       8.7 159      3.1       8.7 140
Norfolk Island                 0.3       0.8 119      0.3       0.8 193
North Korea                    (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                      -153.8    -421.9  20    208.8     462.5  42

Oman                          -1.7       0.1 102     20.0      57.7  87

Pakistan                      74.2     105.3 205    170.7     410.9  44
Palau                          0.5       0.5 113      1.5       3.5 172
Panama                       108.0     289.2 215    132.9     360.4  48
Papua New Guinea               3.0      14.4 170      5.0      20.1 108
Paraguay                      85.9     241.4 214     88.4     250.2  54
Peru                          90.0      57.4 193    185.5     449.2  43
Philippines                 -198.9    -528.1  18    671.4   1,805.9  20
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)  88      (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                        22.0      54.5 191     77.7     208.1  57
Portugal                      14.7      39.4 187    103.3     277.1  53

Qatar                         12.8      36.8 186     21.7      65.1  82

Republic of Yemen             11.6      35.8 185     11.8      48.8  91
Reunion                        0.2       0.4 110      0.2       0.8 195
Romania                      -12.4     -51.5  40     10.9      46.7  92
Russia                      -131.1    -214.9  26    263.1     722.4  35
Rwanda                         6.1      11.2 164      6.1      12.0 128

San Marino                     1.3       3.2 133      1.3       3.3 173
Sao Tome and Principe          3.7       3.7 136      3.7       3.7 170
Saudi Arabia                  20.1    -367.0  21    769.0   1,722.2  21
Senegal                        2.2       7.6 157      2.7      10.5 130
Seychelles                     0.7       1.1 122      0.8       1.5 184
Sierra Leone                   1.7       0.6 115      3.2       5.3 160
Singapore                      5.3    -155.4  28  1,665.5   4,402.7   9
Slovakia                      -5.5     -13.8  57      6.8      29.0 100
Slovenia                     -14.1     -38.5  45     10.7      26.7 103
Solomon Islands                0.1       0.1 104      0.2       0.3 202
Somalia                        0.1       0.2 108      0.1       0.3 201
South Africa                  81.2     216.6 211    257.8     713.7  36
Spain                        164.9     499.8 217    530.4   1,564.7  22
Sri Lanka                   -117.1    -357.1  22     13.1      34.5  98
St Helena                     -0.3       2.1 126      (-)       2.4 178
St Kitts and Nevis             0.7       3.6 134      3.0       9.2 138
St Lucia                       6.1       1.6 125      7.7      19.8 109
St Pierre and Miquelon         0.1       0.2 106      0.1       0.2 207
St Vincent and the 
           Grenadines          2.2       9.0 160      2.5       9.9 131
Sudan                          1.3       6.2 150      1.8       9.2 137

Suriname                      10.8      26.0 180     18.0      44.6  93
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        0.2       0.5 114      0.2       0.5 199
Swaziland                     -1.0     -11.7  61      0.1       1.1 188
Sweden                      -374.6    -938.6  12    314.7     826.5  33
Switzerland                  302.9      76.9 201  1,013.1   1,974.9  18
Syria                         16.9      33.8 183     18.5      44.5  94

Taiwan                      -729.4  -2,664.4   6  1,696.5   4,590.9   8
Tajikistan                    -0.4       0.2 109      0.1       0.7 196
Tanzania                       8.9      12.8 166     10.6      17.8 117
Thailand                    -328.4    -967.3  11    640.9   1,822.1  19
Togo                          -3.1       0.4 111      1.0       4.6 165
Tokelau                        (-)      -0.1  87      (-)       (-) 220
Tonga                          0.6       0.7 117      0.7       1.2 186
Trinidad and Tobago           -5.9     -67.0  38     90.2     246.3  55
Tunisia                       18.6      57.9 195     20.7      71.3  78
Turkey                        94.4     229.3 212    292.0     787.4  34
Turkmenistan                   3.4      60.3 196      3.4      61.7  84
Turks and Caicos Islands       4.5      13.4 168      4.7      14.4 122
Tuvalu                         (-)       0.1  99      (-)       0.1 215

Uganda                         1.3       4.4 142      3.9       9.8 132
Ukraine                        5.2     -32.4  48     27.8      93.4  69
United Arab Emirates         143.4     234.8 213    195.4     507.3  39
United Kingdom             1,181.8   2,045.3 225  3,822.2   9,646.4   4
Uruguay                       32.9      79.1 203     51.3     123.7  65
Uzbekistan                   141.5     140.6 208    142.3     155.3  61

Vanuatu                        (-)      -1.4  78      0.1       0.2 205
Vatican City                   (-)       0.1 100      (-)       0.1 210
Venezuela                   -586.4  -1,975.4   8    486.4   1,306.0  24
Vietnam                       -1.2     -45.8  41     28.1      74.8  75

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  93      (-)       (-) 224
West Bank Administered by      (-)       (-)  96      (-)       (-) 218
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)  91      (-)       (-) 223
Western Samoa                  1.1       2.1 127      1.3       2.5 177

Yugoslavia                     1.4       5.0 145      1.9       6.7 151

Zambia                        -1.8      -7.9  64      2.8       9.4 135
Zimbabwe                      -5.9     -20.3  55      7.3      20.9 106

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

North America             -2,790.6  -8,396.9 (X) 18,354.4  52,526.1 (X)
                            
Western Europe               319.5    -661.7 (X) 14,861.5  39,116.2 (X)
European Union (EU)           74.2    -586.4 (X) 13,254.4  35,580.0 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association            145.8    -370.8 (X)  1,242.5   2,487.9 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           110.5     -56.7 (X)    785.5   1,815.8 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic    36.8     -22.0 (X)    491.2   1,194.6 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe   320.8    -721.3 (X) 14,796.6  38,866.3 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries -6,800.3 -24,280.0 (X) 17,336.0  46,828.8 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          290.5    -114.7 (X)  1,805.3   4,518.3 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             691.6    -115.7 (X)  7,180.4  18,923.7 (X)
    Asia--South             -358.9  -1,366.9 (X)    602.5   1,456.2 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      -1,340.7  -4,282.2 (X)  4,174.2  11,357.3 (X)
                            
    South/Central America    748.8     925.7 (X)  5,172.0  13,878.3 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              -910.4  -3,343.1 (X) 10,122.4  28,194.2 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                 -113.3    -173.3 (X)    616.1   1,748.7 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      -904.1  -3,546.9 (X)  9,016.9  25,087.4 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Allie  -738.7  -3,906.0 (X) 25,700.2  70,958.2 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)               -1,271.8  -5,015.1 (X)  2,059.2   5,233.0 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
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                                                Imports

                               Customs basis          C.i.f. basis

                                   Cumulative             Cumulative
         Country            March   to date  rank  March   to date  rank

     TOTAL                70,645.4 202,744.2 (X) 72,973.8 209,364.5 (X)

Afganistan                     1.8       2.8 151      1.9       3.1 150
Albania                        0.9       4.1 141      1.0       4.4 141
Algeria                      240.0     743.8  35    263.2     803.4  36
Andorra                        (-)       0.1 199      (-)       0.1 200
Angola                       248.7     838.2  34    264.8     883.5  34
Anguilla                       0.1       0.1 195      0.1       0.1 195
Antigua and Barbuda            0.7       2.1 156      0.7       2.2 156
Argentina                    178.6     562.2  38    192.7     605.7  37
Armenia                        0.5       0.9 168      0.5       0.9 168
Aruba                         63.8     166.9  62     68.2     177.9  62
Australia                    325.2     890.8  31    346.4     949.6  31
Austria                      197.1     562.8  37    204.5     582.7  39
Azerbaijan                     0.5       0.7 174      0.5       0.8 175

Bahamas                       13.3      44.8  84     13.9      48.4  84
Bahrain                        7.5      23.6  99      8.1      25.4  99
Bangladesh                   104.4     375.5  51    110.4     395.0  52
Barbados                       3.4       9.8 123      3.5      10.1 123
Belarus                        2.7      14.9 109      2.9      15.7 111
Belgium                      667.0   1,800.7  21    685.0   1,845.6  21
Belize                        11.7      23.8  98     12.5      25.2 100
Benin                          (-)       0.1 200      (-)       0.1 197
Bermuda                        0.5       1.3 162      0.5       1.3 162
Bhutan                         (-)       0.8 169      (-)       0.8 172
Bolivia                       14.2      61.1  77     15.2      64.3  78
Bosnia-Hercegovina             0.9       2.7 152      1.0       2.9 152
Botswana                       2.4       5.4 131      2.4       5.5 132
Brazil                       749.3   2,350.0  15    791.1   2,481.6  15
British Indian
       Ocean Territory         (-)       0.5 180      (-)       0.5 182
British Virgin Islands         0.4       2.1 155      0.4       2.2 155
Brunei                         4.0      13.6 114      4.1      14.1 116
Bulgaria                      12.5      42.7  88     13.4      45.3  88
Burkina                        (-)       0.1 196      (-)       0.1 196
Burma (Myanmar)                9.4      31.4  93     10.2      33.6  93
Burundi                        (-)       (-) 208      (-)       (-) 208

Cambodia                       2.6       4.5 138      2.7       4.8 136
Cameroon                       3.9       9.9 122      4.6      11.2 121
Canada                    14,219.0  41,299.7   1 14,507.2  42,109.3   1
Cape Verde                     (-)       (-) 201      (-)       (-) 201
Cayman Islands                 0.6       4.8 135      0.7       4.9 135
Central African Republic       0.9       1.1 164      1.0       1.1 164
Chad                           (-)       0.3 187      (-)       0.3 188
Chile                        245.9     706.2  36    294.9     855.9  35
China                      3,579.2  12,485.4   4  3,789.7  13,156.2   4
Christmas Island               (-)       0.3 185      (-)       0.3 185
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-) 210      (-)       (-) 211
Colombia                     416.3   1,099.7  28    444.4   1,178.3  28
Comoros                        (-)       (-) 202      (-)       (-) 202
Congo (Brazzaville)           53.9     163.8  63     57.1     173.1  63
Congo (Kinshasa)              32.1      80.8  73     33.9      84.0  73
Cook Islands                   0.1       0.2 190      0.1       0.2 191
Costa Rica                   199.5     526.6  41    215.7     568.9  40
Croatia                        5.7      17.1 106      5.9      18.0 106
Cuba                           (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                         1.2       3.6 144      1.2       3.9 144
Czech Republic                45.4     120.0  68     47.3     125.1  69

Denmark                      182.7     503.3  45    190.4     524.2  45
Djibouti                       (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Dominica                       0.4       2.4 154      0.4       2.5 154
Dominican Republic           342.9     875.0  33    352.5     901.0  33

Ecuador                      201.6     505.0  43    223.8     562.3  42
Egypt                         40.6     136.3  65     42.7     145.0  65
El Salvador                  111.2     290.2  55    114.6     299.9  55
Equatorial Guinea              0.1       0.2 188      0.1       0.3 189
Eritrea                        (-)       (-) 204      (-)       (-) 204
Estonia                        4.7      14.9 110      4.9      15.9 110
Ethiopia                       2.2       9.0 125      2.3       9.4 127

Falkland Islands               (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Faroe Islands                  0.8       2.6 153      0.8       2.7 153
Fed. Republic of Germany   3,735.7  10,020.1   5  3,832.8  10,281.2   5
Federated States
         of  Micronesia        1.1       3.7 143      1.3       4.1 143
Fiji                           5.0      16.7 107      5.7      19.0 104
Finland                      192.1     519.7  42    203.4     549.2  43
France                     1,639.7   4,578.0   9  1,691.4   4,711.5   9
French Guiana                  (-)       0.1 197      (-)       0.1 199
French Polynesia               1.0       3.5 145      1.1       3.7 145
French Southern and
        Antarctic Lands        (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)

Gabon                        176.3     536.8  40    186.8     568.2  41
Gambia                         0.5       0.6 175      0.5       0.7 176
Gaza Strip Administered
        by Israel              (-)       (-) 209      (-)       (-) 209
Georgia                        0.1       0.5 179      0.2       0.5 181
Ghana                         18.6      52.1  83     19.2      53.5  83
Gibraltar                      0.4       0.8 170      0.4       0.8 173
Greece                        35.2     116.1  69     38.4     126.4  68
Greenland                      0.7       1.4 160      0.7       1.5 160
Grenada                        0.1       0.6 176      0.1       0.7 177
Guadeloupe                     0.1       0.8 171      0.1       0.8 170
Guatemala                    176.4     493.8  47    187.0     524.2  46
Guinea                         4.2      27.4  97      4.3      27.5  97
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)       (-) 212      (-)       (-) 212
Guyana                         9.1      22.6 100     11.0      26.5  98

Haiti                         14.5      35.0  92     15.1      36.4  92
Heard and
         McDonald Isles        (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Honduras                     194.9     503.6  44    205.5     534.6  44
Hong Kong                    603.3   2,130.7  17    624.2   2,206.1  18
Hungary                       70.5     194.5  60     72.8     201.1  60

Iceland                       17.3      57.1  82     18.6      61.3  81
India                        615.6   1,711.3  24    647.0   1,799.1  23
Indonesia                    595.7   1,974.3  19    633.4   2,094.5  19
Iran                           (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Iraq                           (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Ireland                      459.4   1,254.0  27    465.8   1,273.1  27
Israel                       556.8   1,748.0  23    569.8   1,787.9  24
Italy                      1,674.1   4,502.1  11  1,746.0   4,693.3  10
Ivory Coast                   49.3     111.0  70     53.3     120.4  70

Jamaica                       61.5     171.3  61     65.3     181.4  61
Japan                     10,663.4  29,804.3   2 10,910.2  30,511.9   2
Jordan                         0.9       4.5 137      0.9       4.7 138

Kazakhstan                     8.3      31.2  94      8.6      31.7  94
Kenya                          9.4      29.1  95      9.9      30.5  95
Kiribati                       0.1       1.2 163      0.1       1.3 163
Korea, South               1,799.5   5,095.3   8  1,848.0   5,237.8   8
Kuwait                       112.9     374.9  52    124.7     405.8  51
Kyrgyzstan                     (-)       0.7 173      (-)       0.8 174

Laos                           1.3       3.9 142      1.4       4.1 142
Latvia                        15.5      58.9  78     17.2      64.4  77
Lebanon                        3.5      10.6 121      3.6      10.9 122
Lesotho                        6.1      20.6 101      6.3      21.3 101
Liberia                        0.1       0.2 189      0.1       0.2 190
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  6.5      19.1 102      6.7      19.6 102
Lithuania                      3.4      11.1 119      3.6      12.2 119
Luxembourg                    24.0      57.8  80     26.0      62.2  80

Macao                         48.6     214.6  59     51.0     223.4  59
Macedonia (Skopje)            10.5      38.5  90     11.3      40.5  90
Madagascar                     3.3      15.1 108      3.5      15.9 109
Malawi                         1.3       8.4 128      1.6       9.4 126
Malaysia                   1,415.6   3,970.2  12  1,456.5   4,083.2  12
Maldives                       1.1       3.2 147      1.2       3.6 146
Mali                           0.2       0.8 172      0.2       0.8 171

Malta                         21.4      58.1  79     21.6      58.7  82
Marshall Islands               5.5      12.3 118      5.7      13.7 117
Martinique                     0.3       0.6 177      0.4       0.9 169
Mauritania                     0.1       0.1 193      0.1       0.1 194
Mauritius                     13.4      44.1  86     14.4      47.0  86
Mexico                     6,926.0  19,623.3   3  7,038.8  19,941.3   3
Moldova                        0.6       3.2 146      0.6       3.4 147
Monaco                         1.2       4.4 139      1.3       4.5 139
Mongolia                       4.2       9.3 124      4.4       9.8 124
Montserrat                     0.7       1.7 158      0.7       1.7 159
Morocco                       24.3      64.5  76     25.6      68.8  75
Mozambique                     0.9       5.1 133      0.9       5.4 133

Namibia                        4.4      14.0 113      4.7      14.5 114
Nauru                          (-)       (-) 207      (-)       (-) 207
Nepal                         13.0      36.5  91     14.4      40.4  91
Netherlands                  589.5   1,583.1  25    621.2   1,664.9  25
Netherlands Antilles          42.2     225.2  58     44.5     236.3  58
New Caledonia                  2.8      14.3 112      3.4      17.5 107
New Zealand                  143.6     376.7  50    157.0     411.9  50
Nicaragua                     47.4     107.7  71     49.9     113.3  71
Niger                          0.2       8.4 127      0.2       8.4 128
Nigeria                      499.9   1,483.6  26    527.2   1,558.4  26
Niue                           (-)       (-) 214      (-)       (-) 214
Norfolk Island                 (-)       (-) 213      (-)       (-) 213
North Korea                    (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                       362.6     884.5  32    378.6     924.3  32

Oman                          21.7      57.6  81     23.6      62.5  79

Pakistan                      96.4     305.6  54    102.5     323.5  54
Palau                          0.9       3.0 149      1.0       3.2 148
Panama                        24.9      71.2  74     28.8      81.4  74
Papua New Guinea               1.9       5.6 129      2.1       6.1 129
Paraguay                       2.4       8.8 126      2.7       9.6 125
Peru                          95.5     391.8  48     99.8     413.4  48
Philippines                  870.3   2,334.0  16    900.4   2,416.5  16
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-) 203      (-)       (-) 203
Poland                        55.6     153.6  64     59.6     164.8  64
Portugal                      88.6     237.7  57     93.2     249.7  57

Qatar                          9.0      28.3  96      9.4      29.6  96

Republic of Yemen              0.2      13.1 116      0.3      15.1 112
Reunion                        (-)       0.4 184      (-)       0.4 184
Romania                       23.2      98.2  72     24.9     106.2  72
Russia                       394.2     937.2  30    418.1     997.9  30
Rwanda                         (-)       0.9 167      (-)       0.9 167

San Marino                     (-)       0.1 198      (-)       0.1 198
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)       (-) 205      (-)       (-) 205
Saudi Arabia                 748.8   2,089.2  18    808.7   2,245.3  17
Senegal                        0.5       2.8 150      0.5       3.0 151
Seychelles                     0.1       0.5 181      0.1       0.5 183
Sierra Leone                   1.6       4.7 136      1.6       4.7 137
Singapore                  1,660.2   4,558.1  10  1,685.3   4,626.3  11
Slovakia                      12.4      42.8  87     13.0      45.4  87
Slovenia                      24.8      65.2  75     25.9      68.2  76
Solomon Islands                0.1       0.2 191      0.2       0.3 187
Somalia                        0.1       0.1 194      0.1       0.2 193
South Africa                 176.5     497.2  46    188.1     523.9  47
Spain                        365.5   1,064.9  29    389.8   1,137.3  29
Sri Lanka                    130.2     391.6  49    137.7     412.1  49
St Helena                      0.3       0.3 186      0.3       0.3 186
St Kitts and Nevis             2.3       5.6 130      2.3       5.8 130
St Lucia                       1.6      18.1 104      1.7      18.6 105
St Pierre and Miquelon         (-)       (-) 215      (-)       (-) 215
St Vincent and the 
           Grenadines          0.3       0.9 166      0.4       1.0 166
Sudan                          0.5       3.0 148      0.5       3.2 149

Suriname                       7.2      18.5 103      7.6      19.5 103
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Swaziland                      1.1      12.8 117      1.1      13.5 118
Sweden                       689.2   1,765.1  22    709.9   1,820.9  22
Switzerland                  710.2   1,898.0  20    725.3   1,932.6  20
Syria                          1.6      10.8 120      1.6      11.6 120

Taiwan                     2,425.9   7,255.3   7  2,511.6   7,507.3   7
Tajikistan                     0.5       0.5 178      0.5       0.6 179
Tanzania                       1.8       5.0 134      1.9       5.3 134
Thailand                     969.3   2,789.4  14  1,007.6   2,896.7  14
Togo                           4.1       4.1 140      4.4       4.5 140
Tokelau                        (-)       0.2 192      (-)       0.2 192
Tonga                          0.2       0.5 182      0.2       0.6 178
Trinidad and Tobago           96.0     313.4  53    104.4     337.8  53
Tunisia                        2.1      13.3 115      2.2      14.5 115
Turkey                       197.6     558.1  39    208.7     588.1  38
Turkmenistan                   (-)       1.4 161      (-)       1.5 161
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.2       1.0 165      0.2       1.0 165
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)

Uganda                         2.6       5.4 132      2.8       5.7 131
Ukraine                       22.6     125.8  66     26.6     142.9  66
United Arab Emirates          52.0     272.5  56     55.8     284.6  56
United Kingdom             2,640.4   7,601.1   6  2,711.4   7,802.2   6
Uruguay                       18.4      44.6  85     19.6      47.4  85
Uzbekistan                     0.8      14.6 111      0.9      14.8 113

Vanuatu                        (-)       1.7 159      (-)       1.8 158
Vatican City                   (-)       (-) 206      (-)       (-) 206
Venezuela                  1,072.8   3,281.4  13  1,145.2   3,486.6  13
Vietnam                       29.2     120.6  67     31.2     129.3  67

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered by      (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-) 211      (-)       (-) 210
Western Samoa                  0.2       0.4 183      0.3       0.5 180

Yugoslavia                     0.5       1.7 157      0.6       1.9 157

Zambia                         4.6      17.3 105      4.7      17.5 108
Zimbabwe                      13.3      41.3  89     14.1      43.7  89

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

North America             21,145.0  60,923.0 (X) 21,545.9  62,050.7 (X)
                            
Western Europe            14,542.0  39,777.8 (X) 15,017.5  41,052.6 (X)
European Union (EU)       13,180.2  36,166.4 (X) 13,609.5  37,324.6 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association          1,096.7   2,858.7 (X)  1,129.3   2,937.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           675.1   1,872.5 (X)    717.0   1,996.2 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic   454.4   1,216.6 (X)    485.0   1,303.9 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe14,475.8  39,587.6 (X) 14,948.8  40,855.1 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries 24,136.3  71,108.8 (X) 24,920.0  73,445.0 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East        1,514.8   4,633.0 (X)  1,606.4   4,883.4 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)           6,488.8  19,039.4 (X)  6,669.1  19,577.6 (X)
    Asia--South              961.4   2,823.1 (X)  1,014.0   2,973.0 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       5,515.0  15,639.5 (X)  5,687.2  16,131.4 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  4,423.3  12,952.6 (X)  4,737.9  13,871.7 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            11,032.8  31,537.3 (X) 11,437.1  32,706.2 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  729.4   1,921.9 (X)    772.7   2,040.9 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association     9,921.1  28,634.2 (X) 10,268.0  29,646.5 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Allie26,438.9  74,864.2 (X) 27,139.0  76,781.6 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                3,331.0  10,248.0 (X)  3,567.5  10,908.2 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           (-)       (-) (X)      (-)       (-) (X)

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, 
Lithuan, 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, 
Guatemal, 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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