EXHIBIT 6.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
BY COUNTRY AND AREA, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1998

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
                          March   to date    rank  March    to date  rank

     TOTAL              -16,164.6  -44,817.4 (X)  62,105.5  172,691.0 (X)

Afganistan                   -0.7      -10.6  66       0.7        1.5 186
Albania                      -0.4       -1.2  83       0.3        1.1 192
Algeria                     -43.0     -250.9  26      76.1      199.5  60
Andorra                       1.3        7.5 152       1.3        7.5 143
Angola                     -180.6     -501.3  20      22.2       94.2  74
Anguilla                      2.0        5.0 146       2.0        5.2 150
Antigua and Barbuda          11.6       27.4 180      11.8       27.9 106
Argentina                   332.7      828.2 217     517.3    1,403.6  25
Armenia                       4.5       19.1 171       5.7       22.4 114
Aruba                       -21.1      -92.9  34      21.3       59.7  90
Australia                   637.7    1,861.4 222   1,123.1    3,127.5  15
Austria                     -56.3      285.4 212     150.0      870.5  33
Azerbaijan                    8.4       25.9 177       8.5       26.8 107

Bahamas                      69.6      175.9 207      84.4      218.4  57
Bahrain                      17.9       53.0 188      26.3       91.1  75
Bangladesh                 -101.4     -368.0  22      27.5       81.6  77
Barbados                     19.8       54.7 192      24.1       63.9  88
Belarus                      -3.1      -15.2  64       3.3        9.5 138
Belgium                     616.1    1,745.0 221   1,390.6    3,830.1  10
Belize                        6.6       15.8 169      10.2       31.2 102
Benin                         1.6        5.6 148       3.6        7.8 142
Bermuda                      31.7       93.5 199      32.6       95.7  73
Bhutan                        0.1        0.3 107       0.1        0.4 206
Bolivia                       7.7       25.7 176      29.8       79.2  79
Bosnia-Hercegovina            1.5        3.1 136       2.0        5.0 152
Botswana                      0.6       11.0 160       1.8       15.0 122
Brazil                      474.7    1,154.3 220   1,288.6    3,459.5  12
British Indian
      Ocean Territory         (-)       -0.1  93       (-)       (-)  219
British Virgin Islands        4.1       13.7 168       4.5       15.0 121
Brunei                        1.6       -1.5  82       7.2       16.4 118
Bulgaria                     -9.9      -45.1  44       5.9       38.7  99
Burkina                       0.4        1.3 122       0.4        1.4 188
Burma (Myanmar)             -13.1      -40.0  46       0.9        2.7 169
Burundi                      -0.4       -2.7  76       (-)        0.1 218

Cambodia                    -19.3      -56.9  37       0.9        2.6 170
Cameroon                      4.8       13.2 167       7.3       23.1 113
Canada                   -1,086.6   -3,959.6   4  14,388.6   39,322.9   1
Cape Verde                    0.3        2.2 129       0.3        2.2 176
Cayman Islands               25.6       64.4 195      26.6       70.7  83
Central African Repub.        0.1        0.6 113       0.2        0.7 195
Chad                         -0.1        0.7 116       0.1        1.3 189
Chile                        50.9      270.7 210     293.2      937.5  30
China                    -3,763.0  -11,501.4   2   1,037.4    3,304.9  13
Christmas Island              (-)       (-)   99       (-)        0.1 216
Cocos (Keeling) Island        (-)       (-)  100       (-)       (-)  221
Colombia                    146.3      141.6 205     494.5    1,311.1  27
Comoros                       0.1            102       0.1        0.2 211
Congo (Brazzaville)          -7.2      -29.6  52       6.9       30.6 103
Congo (Kinshasa)             -9.8      -33.1  49       3.8       10.8 133
Cook Islands                  0.1        0.2 105       0.1        0.4 205
Costa Rica                  -14.7       -9.9  68     199.0      565.7  38
Croatia                       3.9        6.9 151      11.6       29.7 105
Cuba                          0.1        0.7 115       0.1        0.7 196
Cyprus                       11.3       54.5 191      14.6       61.1  89
Czech Republic               12.4      -33.2  48      72.9      137.5  62

Denmark                      31.5      -23.8  56     246.3      536.7  41
Djibouti                      1.4        3.0 134       1.4        3.0 167
Dominica                      2.5       10.6 158       3.1       11.7 131
Dominican Republic          -35.8      -15.5  62     361.9      943.4  29

Ecuador                     -24.4      -62.0  36     139.7      398.0  49
Egypt                       155.9      556.7 216     219.2      732.4  35
El Salvador                  14.7       10.4 157     148.8      374.7  50
Equatorial Guinea           -15.2      -21.3  58       6.7       16.9 116
Eritrea                       1.8        2.8 132       1.8        2.8 168
Estonia                      -0.4       -2.6  78       4.0       10.0 136
Ethiopia                      7.5       12.0 162      13.1       26.3 108

Falkland Islands              2.4        2.6 131       2.4        2.6 171
Faroe Islands                -0.4       -2.6  79       0.5        0.7 197
Fed. Repub. of Germany   -2,363.0   -5,075.8   3   2,334.5    6,445.4   5
Federated States
       of  Micronesia         1.5        3.4 139       2.4        6.0 146
Fiji                         -2.6      -15.5  63       3.9        9.5 139
Finland                     -30.2     -143.7  33     228.0      508.6  43
France                     -339.9     -755.5  16   1,720.9    4,694.5   8
French Guiana                 2.9       67.9 197       3.0       70.2  84
French Polynesia              9.2       19.7 173      11.2       26.2 109
French Southern and 
      Antarctic Lands        -0.7       -0.6  88       0.2        0.3 208

Gabon                       -73.9     -363.8  23       4.8       13.1 128
Gambia                        0.6        0.9 118       0.8        1.8 182
Gaza Strip Admin.
     by Israel                (-)       (-)   97       (-)       (-)  222
Georgia                       3.8       30.6 182       5.9       33.3 101
Ghana                         3.6       26.7 179      17.0       64.6  87
Gibraltar                     2.8        4.4 144       3.0        4.9 154
Greece                       46.4      226.1 209      94.3      336.2  51
Greenland                    -0.6       -1.1  84       0.2        0.2 210
Grenada                       3.1       10.7 159       4.0       13.2 127
Guadeloupe                    5.5       13.1 166       5.6       14.1 124
Guatemala                   -21.1      -54.6  38     172.0      479.9  45
Guinea                      -11.1      -20.0  60       2.3       12.8 130
Guinea-Bissau                 0.3        0.4 109       0.3        0.5 199
Guyana                       -0.5       -3.7  75      14.3       33.9 100

Haiti                        23.1       62.8 194      44.9      118.8  66
Heard and
       McDonald Isles         0.1        0.1 103       0.1        0.1 215
Honduras                    -40.1      -88.8  35     223.0      563.4  39
Hong Kong                   428.6      894.9 219   1,136.4    3,216.5  14
Hungary                     -71.8     -174.1  32      40.0      117.5  67

Iceland                      -0.1       54.5 190      15.2      105.4  70
India                      -439.6   -1,285.5  12     322.8      768.2  34
Indonesia                  -509.1   -1,541.2  11     167.8      614.0  37
Iran                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Iraq                        -45.9      -53.6  39      10.0       53.0  93
Ireland                    -191.7     -328.9  24     475.6    1,463.1  23
Israel                     -185.1     -311.5  25     572.7    1,825.8  20
Italy                    -1,065.7   -2,679.0   7     822.0    2,388.6  18
Ivory Coast                 -60.3     -184.4  31      11.7       44.0  97

Jamaica                      44.7      137.3 204     115.7      324.6  52
Japan                    -5,756.6  -15,404.2   1   5,226.0   15,011.7   3
Jordan                       63.4      103.7 200      64.8      106.5  69

Kazakhstan                   -2.2      -14.7  65      11.0       23.3 112
Kenya                        10.3       35.9 184      17.8       57.6  91
Kiribati                      0.3        1.1 119       0.4        1.2 190
Korea, South               -659.4   -2,105.6   8   1,276.6    3,500.2  11
Kuwait                      139.3       82.7 198     296.1      479.4  46
Kyrgyzstan                    0.6        2.9 133       0.8        3.1 165

Laos                         -0.2       -2.7  77       0.6        2.0 178
Latvia                       10.5       28.1 181      18.2       46.4  96
Lebanon                      55.8      130.4 203      59.0      143.7  61
Lesotho                      -5.7      -24.2  55       0.8        0.8 193
Liberia                      -2.3       -0.6  87       1.5        6.8 144
Libya                         (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein               -26.1      -53.2  40       0.3        1.6 185
Lithuania                     4.2        1.5 124       8.3       16.8 117
Luxembourg                    2.8       21.0 174      30.8       99.1  71

Macao                       -50.9     -218.1  28       3.7        9.8 137
Macedonia (Skopje)          -20.3      -46.4  43       0.9        2.5 172
Madagascar                   -5.3      -15.7  61       0.3        2.1 177
Malawi                        (-)       -8.0  69       0.5        1.5 187
Malaysia                   -554.3   -1,739.3   9     969.3    2,529.4  17
Maldives                     -3.1       -7.5  71       0.3        1.9 180
Mali                          0.9        4.7 145       1.1        5.4 149

Malta                        23.7       -0.8  86      51.5       76.3  81
Marshall Islands              1.5        2.0 128       2.0        5.0 153
Martinique                    2.6        8.2 154       2.7        8.4 140
Mauritania                    0.2        3.4 138       0.2        3.5 161
Mauritius                   -16.6      -51.2  41       1.3        4.1 156
Mexico                   -1,352.2   -2,733.9   6   6,950.5   19,587.5   2
Moldova                     -10.1      -27.0  53       1.5        3.5 162
Monaco                       -1.2       -0.3  92       0.1        2.4 174
Mongolia                     -1.9       -4.4  74       0.9        3.4 163
Montserrat                    0.5        1.6 125       0.5        1.6 184
Morocco                      -5.3        9.3 155      21.4       84.9  76
Mozambique                    0.1        7.8 153       1.1       10.2 134

Namibia                      -1.8      -10.3  67       4.4        7.8 141
Nauru                         0.1        0.1 104       0.1        0.1 214
Nepal                       -13.2      -38.2  47       2.3        3.0 166
Netherlands               1,140.9    3,447.9 224   1,760.2    5,148.7   6
Netherlands Antilles         19.3       56.8 193      43.4      130.6  63
New Caledonia                 1.4        1.5 123       1.6        5.6 147
New Zealand                  35.7      104.8 201     181.5      497.9  44
Nicaragua                   -12.4      -31.8  50      30.9       80.7  78
Niger                         1.7        4.2 143       1.8        4.6 155
Nigeria                    -369.2     -938.3  14      91.7      222.4  56
Niue                          (-)        0.4 110       (-)        0.5 203
Norfolk Island                0.2        0.8 117       0.2        0.8 194
North Korea                   4.0        4.0 142       4.0        4.0 158
Norway                      -52.2     -224.8  27     151.3      412.1  48

Oman                          2.5        5.7 149      22.9       76.6  80

Pakistan                    -72.4     -210.8  29      55.9      200.8  59
Palau                        -0.4       -0.8  85       1.1        3.4 164
Panama                      134.0      372.1 213     157.0      438.1  47
Papua New Guinea             -1.8       -0.5  89       5.7       16.3 119
Paraguay                     92.0      192.2 208      95.6      201.7  58
Peru                         62.4      171.2 206     182.4      532.5  42
Philippines                -499.9   -1,198.5  13     566.2    1,733.4  21
Pitcairn Island               (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                       -0.5       26.0 178      88.8      245.0  55
Portugal                     11.1      -31.4  51     112.9      252.1  54

Qatar                        10.4       50.6 187      27.9      108.7  68

Republic of Yemen            33.4       53.1 189      33.9       54.3  92
Reunion                       0.2        0.6 114       0.2        0.7 198
Romania                      -2.3      -26.7  54      30.5       74.5  82
Russia                      117.6     -199.8  30     552.3    1,063.1  28
Rwanda                        2.1        3.6 140       2.3        4.1 157

San Marino                    0.5        1.2 120       1.1        1.9 179
Sao Tome and Principe        -0.1        3.7 141       (-)        3.8 159
Saudi Arabia                293.9      874.1 218     955.1    2,732.1  16
Senegal                       5.9       12.6 164       6.5       14.4 123
Seychelles                    1.1        2.2 130       1.1        2.4 173
Sierra Leone                 -0.1       -2.5  80       1.0        1.8 181
Singapore                  -339.1     -608.8  19   1,376.9    3,934.8   9
Slovakia                     -5.8      -21.6  57       5.4       13.0 129
Slovenia                    -22.6      -44.3  45      10.7       29.7 104
Solomon Islands               0.2        1.7 126       0.2        1.8 183
Somalia                       0.3        0.4 111       0.3        0.5 201
South Africa                 23.4        9.4 156     271.6      729.0  36
Spain                        98.3      373.4 214     500.8    1,509.2  22
Sri Lanka                  -123.2     -405.5  21      27.4       51.9  94
St Helena                     (-)        (-)  94       (-)        (-) 223
St Kitts and Nevis            0.6        3.0 135       3.6       10.1 135
St Lucia                      6.5       19.2 172       8.5       24.3 111
St Pierre and Miquelon       -0.3       -0.5  90       (-)        0.2 212
St Vincent and
        the Grenadines       45.3      128.9 202      45.6      129.8  65
Sudan                         (-)       -2.4  81       (-)        0.1 213

Suriname                      5.8       18.1 170      14.9       43.1  98
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl       (-)        0.3 108       (-)        0.3 209
Swaziland                    -1.4       -5.3  73       0.8        1.1 191
Sweden                     -322.3     -860.3  15     338.4      879.7  32
Switzerland                -305.4     -673.9  17     453.7    1,326.2  26
Syria                        11.4       34.1 183      17.7       46.7  95

Taiwan                   -1,067.7   -2,888.3   5   1,637.0    4,898.1   7
Tajikistan                   -0.3       -0.3  91       (-)        0.5 200
Tanzania                      7.5        6.9 150       9.5       15.1 120
Thailand                   -667.5   -1,704.3  10     463.7    1,437.8  24
Togo                          1.0        3.2 137       1.2        3.6 160
Tokelau                       (-)             96       0.1        0.4 207
Tonga                         0.4        5.1 147       0.6        5.5 148
Trinidad and Tobago          32.8       48.8 186     108.9      282.7  53
Tunisia                      10.4       45.7 185      17.7       66.1  86
Turkey                      190.7      272.8 211     417.4      900.8  31
Turkmenistan                  0.2       11.1 161       0.4       11.4 132
Turks and Caicos Islands      3.9       12.5 163       4.2       13.4 126
Tuvalu                        (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)

Uganda                        2.4        1.8 127       3.7        6.2 145
Ukraine                       2.7       -7.7  70      44.3       97.0  72
United Arab Emirates        135.3      375.8 215     188.2      549.7  40
United Kingdom              982.7    2,061.8 223   3,983.3   10,248.5   4
Uruguay                      38.2       67.7 196      54.3      130.2  64
Uzbekistan                    8.2       12.6 165       8.4       14.1 125

Vanuatu                       (-)        (-)  98       0.1        0.1 217
Vatican City                 -0.1        0.3 106       (-)        0.4 204
Venezuela                  -145.4     -619.2  18     663.7    1,890.4  19
Vietnam                      -2.4      -48.2  42      25.9       67.9  85

Wallis and Futuna             (-)        (-)  101      (-)        (-) 220
West Bank Administered
          by Israel           0.3        0.5 112       0.3        0.5 202
Western Sahara                (-)        (-)  95       (-)        (-) (X)
Western Samoa                 0.5        1.2 121       0.9        2.3 175

Yugoslavia                    5.3       22.7 175       6.4       25.6 110

Zambia                       -2.3       -6.9  72       2.3        5.1 151
Zimbabwe                     -4.3      -20.7  59      10.2       21.1 115

Unidentified                  2.1        (-) (X)       2.1        (-) (X)

Timing adjustment             (-)      139.2 (X)       (-)      -16.8 (X)

North America            -2,438.9   -6,693.5 (X)  21,339.2   58,910.4 (X)

Western Europe           -1,626.8   -2,355.9 (X)  15,330.4   42,205.1 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)      -1,439.3   -1,737.9 (X)  14,188.7   39,210.9 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association          -383.8     -897.4 (X)     620.6    1,845.4 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           66.4     -411.4 (X)     916.3    2,008.5 (X)
    Former Soviet Repub     144.6     -135.6 (X)     672.6    1,381.2 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Euro -1,633.2   -2,361.2 (X)  15,227.9   41,961.8 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countrie-12,098.2  -34,346.2 (X)  14,714.7   42,410.9 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East         532.2    1,398.0 (X)   2,274.6    6,267.4 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)         -1,637.5   -4,707.7 (X)   5,427.0   15,549.6 (X)
    Asia--South            -750.4   -2,318.6 (X)     436.6    1,106.9 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)     -2,568.3   -6,793.4 (X)   3,551.0   10,265.9 (X)
                            
    South/Central Americ  1,410.9    3,309.0 (X)   5,694.7   15,610.9 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics             -269.2     -317.8 (X)  12,047.3   33,496.5 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                 -73.6     -174.6 (X)     773.6    2,064.4 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association     -317.1     -563.3 (X)  10,709.7   29,931.1 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
    nization(NATO)Allies -1,787.1   -4,547.1 (X)  27,969.2   76,230.6 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                -533.7   -2,020.0 (X)   2,476.5    6,849.0 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)          2.1        (-) (X)       2.1        (-) (X)
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                                              Imports
                             Customs basis                C.i.f. basis

                                  Cumulative               Cumulative
        Country           March    to date   rank  March    to date   rank

     TOTAL               78,270.0  217,508.4 (X)  80,851.5  224,661.2 (X)

Afganistan                    1.4       12.1 121       1.5       12.5 121
Albania                       0.7        2.3 155       0.7        2.5 156
Algeria                     119.0      450.3  47     131.9      496.7  46
Andorra                       (-)        (-) 217       (-)        (-) 217
Angola                      202.7      595.5  39     221.7      649.2  39
Anguilla                      0.1        0.2 187       0.1        0.2 187
Antigua and Barbuda           0.2        0.5 180       0.2        0.5 180
Argentina                   184.6      575.3  42     203.2      629.1  40
Armenia                       1.1        3.3 143       1.2        3.4 144
Aruba                        42.4      152.6  65      44.8      161.1  65
Australia                   485.4    1,266.1  27     510.5    1,333.1  27
Austria                     206.3      585.1  40     213.6      606.5  42
Azerbaijan                    0.1        0.9 168       0.1        1.0 168

Bahamas                      14.8       42.5  92      15.9       46.1  91
Bahrain                       8.5       38.1  96       9.1       41.0  97
Bangladesh                  128.9      449.5  48     136.4      473.7  48
Barbados                      4.3        9.3 127       4.6        9.7 127
Belarus                       6.4       24.7 106       7.1       26.7 104
Belgium                     774.6    2,085.1  20     794.3    2,134.7  21
Belize                        3.7       15.4 115       3.9       16.7 116
Benin                         2.0        2.1 158       2.7        2.8 151
Bermuda                       0.8        2.1 157       0.8        2.2 158
Bhutan                        (-)        (-) 204       (-)        0.1 205
Bolivia                      22.1       53.4  87      22.8       56.1  87
Bosnia-Hercegovina            0.5        1.9 159       0.5        2.0 159
Botswana                      1.2        4.0 142       1.2        4.0 142
Brazil                      813.9    2,305.2  17     859.6    2,434.1  16
British Indian
      Ocean Territory         (-)        0.2 194       (-)        0.2 196
British Virgin Islands        0.4        1.2 163       0.4        1.4 163
Brunei                        5.6       17.9 112       5.9       18.7 112
Bulgaria                     15.8       83.8  72      17.0       87.1  72
Burkina                       (-)        0.2 192       (-)        0.2 193
Burma (Myanmar)              14.0       42.7  91      14.8       45.2  93
Burundi                       0.4        2.8 148       0.4        2.9 149

Cambodia                     20.2       59.5  82      21.2       62.6  82
Cameroon                      2.5        9.8 123       2.6       10.9 123
Canada                   15,475.3   43,282.6   1  15,749.0   44,068.9   1
Cape Verde                    (-)        (-) 213       (-)        (-) 213
Cayman Islands                1.0        6.3 135       1.0        6.4 135
Central African Repub.        (-)        0.1 198       (-)        0.1 199
Chad                          0.2        0.5 179       0.2        0.5 179
Chile                       242.3      666.9  34     303.0      822.3  33
China                     4,800.4   14,806.3   4   5,056.9   15,558.8   4
Christmas Island              (-)        0.1 202       (-)        0.1 202
Cocos (Keeling) Island        (-)            216       (-)            216
Colombia                    348.2    1,169.4  29     369.3    1,246.4  30
Comoros                       (-)        0.2 189       (-)        0.2 190
Congo (Brazzaville)          14.1       60.2  81      14.5       62.3  83
Congo (Kinshasa)             13.7       43.9  90      14.2       46.2  90
Cook Islands                  (-)        0.2 196       (-)        0.2 195
Costa Rica                  213.6      575.6  41     231.4      620.8  41
Croatia                       7.6       22.8 107       8.1       23.7 107
Cuba                          (-)       (-)  (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Cyprus                        3.3        6.6 132       3.5        7.1 132
Czech Republic               60.5      170.6  64      62.8      177.3  64

Denmark                     214.9      560.5  43     223.7      583.6  43
Djibouti                      (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Dominica                      0.6        1.2 165       0.7        1.2 166
Dominican Republic          397.7      958.9  32     407.9      984.0  32

Ecuador                     164.1      460.0  45     187.1      522.4  45
Egypt                        63.3      175.7  62      67.1      185.5  63
El Salvador                 134.0      364.2  53     137.7      374.0  54
Equatorial Guinea            21.8       38.2  95      23.8       42.0  96
Eritrea                       (-)        0.1 203       (-)        0.1 204
Estonia                       4.5       12.6 120       4.8       13.6 119
Ethiopia                      5.7       14.3 117       5.8       14.8 117

Falkland Islands              (-)        (-) 210       (-)        (-) 210
Faroe Islands                 1.0        3.3 144       1.0        3.4 143
Fed. Repub. of Germany    4,697.5   11,521.2   5   4,811.1   11,820.7   5
Federated States
       of  Micronesia         0.9        2.5 152       1.0        2.8 153
Fiji                          6.6       25.0 105       7.3       27.2 103
Finland                     258.2      652.4  35     276.6      695.1  35
France                    2,060.8    5,450.0   9   2,114.5    5,593.6   9
French Guiana                 0.1        2.3 156       0.1        2.3 157
French Polynesia              2.0        6.5 133       2.0        6.6 134
French Southern and 
      Antarctic Lands         0.9        0.9 172       0.9        0.9 170

Gabon                        78.8      376.9  52      87.3      409.2  52
Gambia                        0.2        0.9 170       0.2        0.9 172
Gaza Strip Admin.
     by Israel                (-)        (-) 211       0.1        0.1 203
Georgia                       2.1        2.7 150       2.3        2.9 150
Ghana                        13.5       37.9  98      14.4       39.9  98
Gibraltar                     0.2        0.5 178       0.2        0.5 181
Greece                       47.9      110.1  68      52.5      121.3  67
Greenland                     0.8        1.3 162       0.8        1.4 164
Grenada                       1.0        2.5 153       1.0        2.6 154
Guadeloupe                    0.1        1.0 167       0.2        1.0 167
Guatemala                   193.1      534.5  44     207.7      572.6  44
Guinea                       13.3       32.9 101      15.9       39.3 100
Guinea-Bissau                 (-)        0.2 191       (-)        0.2 191
Guyana                       14.8       37.5  99      16.6       42.8  95

Haiti                        21.8       56.0  84      22.6       58.1  85
Heard and
       McDonald Isles         (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Honduras                    263.1      652.2  36     277.6      689.6  36
Hong Kong                   707.8    2,321.5  16     732.3    2,398.8  17
Hungary                     111.8      291.6  55     115.0      300.4  55

Iceland                      15.3       50.9  88      16.6       54.7  88
India                       762.3    2,053.6  21     800.2    2,155.8  20
Indonesia                   676.9    2,155.2  18     722.2    2,288.4  18
Iran                          (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Iraq                         55.9      106.6  69      61.6      118.4  68
Ireland                     667.3    1,792.0  24     675.6    1,814.6  24
Israel                      757.8    2,137.2  19     777.0    2,189.9  19
Italy                     1,887.7    5,067.5  10   1,973.3    5,282.1  10
Ivory Coast                  72.0      228.5  58      76.8      243.3  58

Jamaica                      71.0      187.3  61      74.4      197.4  61
Japan                    10,982.6   30,415.9   2  11,257.3   31,183.3   2
Jordan                        1.4        2.8 147       1.5        3.0 147

Kazakhstan                   13.2       38.0  97      13.7       39.5  99
Kenya                         7.6       21.7 108       8.2       23.2 108
Kiribati                      0.1        0.2 193       0.1        0.2 188
Korea, South              1,935.9    5,605.8   8   1,998.2    5,776.2   8
Kuwait                      156.8      396.7  50     177.3      446.1  49
Kyrgyzstan                    0.1        0.2 186       0.1        0.2 186

Laos                          0.7        4.6 137       0.8        4.8 138
Latvia                        7.7       18.3 110       8.5       19.9 110
Lebanon                       3.2       13.4 118       3.3       13.8 118
Lesotho                       6.5       25.0 104       6.8       26.0 106
Liberia                       3.8        7.4 130       3.9        7.8 130
Libya                         (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                26.4       54.8  86      27.2       56.9  86
Lithuania                     4.1       15.3 116       4.5       17.7 114
Luxembourg                   28.0       78.1  73      29.7       84.0  73

Macao                        54.6      227.9  59      56.6      235.6  59
Macedonia (Skopje)           21.2       48.8  89      22.4       51.2  89
Madagascar                    5.6       17.7 113       5.9       18.8 111
Malawi                        0.6        9.5 124       0.7       10.3 125
Malaysia                  1,523.6    4,268.7  12   1,560.2    4,379.3  12
Maldives                      3.4        9.3 126       3.9       10.7 124
Mali                          0.3        0.7 175       0.3        0.8 175

Malta                        27.8       77.0  74      28.1       78.1  75
Marshall Islands              0.5        3.0 145       0.5        3.3 145
Martinique                    0.1        0.2 190       0.1        0.2 194
Mauritania                    (-)        0.1 197       (-)        0.2 198
Mauritius                    17.8       55.4  85      18.9       59.4  84
Mexico                    8,302.7   22,321.4   3   8,445.5   22,694.4   3
Moldova                      11.7       30.5 102      12.7       33.1 102
Monaco                        1.3        2.7 149       1.4        2.9 148
Mongolia                      2.8        7.8 129       2.9        8.2 129
Montserrat                    (-)        (-) 209       (-)        (-) 211
Morocco                      26.6       75.6  75      28.2       80.9  74
Mozambique                    1.0        2.4 154       1.1        2.5 155

Namibia                       6.3       18.1 111       6.6       18.6 113
Nauru                         (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Nepal                        15.5       41.2  94      17.2       45.6  92
Netherlands                 619.2    1,700.8  26     648.6    1,779.5  26
Netherlands Antilles         24.1       73.8  77      25.0       77.5  77
New Caledonia                 0.1        4.0 141       0.2        5.7 136
New Zealand                 145.8      393.1  51     161.8      431.8  51
Nicaragua                    43.3      112.5  67      45.6      117.8  69
Niger                         0.2        0.4 183       0.2        0.4 183
Nigeria                     460.8    1,160.7  30     499.2    1,255.4  29
Niue                          (-)        (-) 205       0.1        0.1 206
Norfolk Island                (-)        (-) 212       (-)       (-)  212
North Korea                   (-)        (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Norway                      203.6      636.9  37     216.9      672.9  37

Oman                         20.4       70.9  78      22.1       75.8  78

Pakistan                    128.3      411.6  49     135.7      433.6  50
Palau                         1.5        4.1 140       1.6        4.4 140
Panama                       23.1       66.0  79      25.7       71.6  79
Papua New Guinea              7.5       16.8 114       7.6       17.2 115
Paraguay                      3.7        9.5 125       3.9       10.2 126
Peru                        120.0      361.2  54     127.5      381.6  53
Philippines               1,066.1    2,931.9  14   1,097.0    3,019.2  14
Pitcairn Island               (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                       89.3      218.9  60      96.1      234.2  60
Portugal                    101.8      283.5  56     106.5      297.2  56

Qatar                        17.6       58.1  83      19.1       63.6  81

Republic of Yemen             0.5        1.2 164       0.5        1.3 165
Reunion                       (-)        (-) 208       (-)        (-) 208
Romania                      32.7      101.2  71      35.2      108.4  71
Russia                      434.8    1,262.9  28     457.7    1,328.6  28
Rwanda                        0.2        0.5 177       0.2        0.6 178

San Marino                    0.7        0.8 174       0.7        0.8 174
Sao Tome and Principe         0.1        0.1 200       0.1        0.1 201
Saudi Arabia                661.2    1,858.0  23     749.6    2,069.6  22
Senegal                       0.5        1.9 160       0.6        2.0 160
Seychelles                    (-)        0.2 188       (-)        0.2 189
Sierra Leone                  1.2        4.3 139       1.2        4.3 141
Singapore                 1,716.1    4,543.6  11   1,740.4    4,610.5  11
Slovakia                     11.2       34.5 100      11.8       36.2 101
Slovenia                     33.3       73.9  76      35.3       77.8  76
Solomon Islands               (-)        0.1 199       0.1        0.2 192
Somalia                       (-)        (-) 207       (-)        (-) 209
South Africa                248.2      719.6  33     259.6      751.8  34
Spain                       402.5    1,135.8  31     429.0    1,219.3  31
Sri Lanka                   150.7      457.4  46     158.8      480.1  47
St Helena                     (-)        (-) 206       (-)        (-) 207
St Kitts and Nevis            3.0        7.1 131       3.1        7.3 131
St Lucia                      2.0        5.1 136       2.0        5.2 137
St Pierre and Miquelon        0.3        0.6 176       0.3        0.7 176
St Vincent and
        the Grenadines        0.3        0.9 169       0.3        1.0 169
Sudan                         (-)        2.6 151       (-)        2.8 152

Suriname                      9.0       25.0 103       9.5       26.1 105
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl       (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Swaziland                     2.2        6.4 134       2.4        7.0 133
Sweden                      660.8    1,740.0  25     682.2    1,797.1  25
Switzerland                 759.1    2,000.1  22     771.5    2,034.7  23
Syria                         6.3       12.7 119       6.5       13.0 120

Taiwan                    2,704.7    7,786.4   7   2,799.0    8,044.4   7
Tajikistan                    0.3        0.8 173       0.3        0.8 173
Tanzania                      2.0        8.2 128       2.1        8.6 128
Thailand                  1,131.2    3,142.0  13   1,172.7    3,255.0  13
Togo                          0.2        0.4 181       0.4        0.6 177
Tokelau                       0.1        0.4 184       0.1        0.4 184
Tonga                         0.2        0.4 182       0.2        0.5 182
Trinidad and Tobago          76.0      233.9  57      84.4      257.0  57
Tunisia                       7.2       20.4 109       7.5       21.4 109
Turkey                      226.7      628.0  38     239.2      664.0  38
Turkmenistan                  0.2        0.3 185       0.2        0.3 185
Turks and Caicos Islands      0.3        0.9 171       0.3        0.9 171
Tuvalu                        (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)

Uganda                        1.3        4.4 138       1.4        4.6 139
Ukraine                      41.6      104.8  70      46.4      115.2  70
United Arab Emirates         52.8      173.9  63      56.5      185.8  62
United Kingdom            3,000.6    8,186.7   6   3,078.0    8,396.7   6
Uruguay                      16.1       62.5  80      16.9       64.5  80
Uzbekistan                    0.2        1.5 161       0.2        1.5 161

Vanuatu                       (-)        0.1 201       (-)        0.1 200
Vatican City                  0.1        0.2 195       0.2        0.2 197
Venezuela                   809.1    2,509.6  15     877.9    2,715.2  15
Vietnam                      28.2      116.1  66      30.1      123.6  66

Wallis and Futuna             (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
          by Israel           (-)        (-) 215       (-)        (-) 215
Western Sahara                (-)        (-) 214       (-)        (-) 214
Western Samoa                 0.3        1.0 166       0.4        1.4 162

Yugoslavia                    1.1        2.9 146       1.2        3.1 146

Zambia                        4.6       12.1 122       4.7       12.2 122
Zimbabwe                     14.5       41.8  93      15.4       44.2  94

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

Timing adjustment             (-)     -155.9 (X)       (-)     -150.8 (X)

North America            23,778.0   65,604.0 (X)  24,194.5   66,763.4 (X)

Western Europe           16,957.2   44,560.9 (X)  17,483.3   45,960.1 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)      15,628.0   40,948.8 (X)  16,109.2   42,226.1 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association         1,004.4    2,742.7 (X)   1,032.2    2,819.2 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe          849.9    2,419.9 (X)     898.5    2,550.7 (X)
    Former Soviet Repub     528.0    1,516.9 (X)     559.8    1,604.6 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Euro 16,861.1   44,323.0 (X)  17,382.8   45,713.0 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countrie 26,812.9   76,757.1 (X)  27,705.8   79,295.4 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East       1,742.4    4,869.4 (X)   1,884.1    5,221.2 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)          7,064.5   20,257.3 (X)   7,269.9   20,830.0 (X)
    Asia--South           1,187.1    3,425.5 (X)   1,249.8    3,601.3 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      6,119.4   17,059.3 (X)   6,298.3   17,571.2 (X)
                            
    South/Central Americ  4,283.9   12,301.9 (X)   4,617.0   13,237.3 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics           12,316.5   33,814.3 (X)  12,773.1   35,065.0 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                 847.2    2,239.0 (X)     900.1    2,374.8 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association   11,026.8   30,494.5 (X)  11,416.7   31,576.4 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
    nization(NATO)Allies 29,756.3   80,777.7 (X)  30,482.8   82,773.3 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)               3,010.1    8,869.0 (X)   3,295.4    9,639.2 (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, 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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