
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
            COUNTRIES DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may 
            not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero or less 
            than one half unit of measurement shown.)


                                 EXPORTS

                                  Total
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 6,830         7,136        26,370
                                                        
Australia               104            95           376
Austria                  56            61           609
Belgium                  99           167           482
Brazil                   69            77           285
Canada                3,867         4,017        14,398
Germany                 203           205           792
Japan                   278           288         1,150
Korea                    27            25           115
Mexico                1,206         1,150         4,445
Saudia Arabia           105           145           468
Sweden                   12            18            62
Taiwan                   24            55           116
United Kingdom           91           109           377
                                                       
Other                   687           724         2,695
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   EXPORTS  Continued

                                 Cars
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 1,635         1,639         5,986
                                                        
Australia                20            10            60
Austria                 (-)           (-)             2
Belgium                  26            44           127
Brazil                    5             4            20
Canada                  946           904         3,297
Germany                  95            88           362
Japan                   104            78           373
Korea                   (-)           (-)             1
Mexico                  173           163           610
Saudia Arabia            44            65           209
Sweden                    2             6            13
Taiwan                   10            39            72
United Kingdom           22            33            99
                                                       
Other                   188           204           740
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  EXPORTS Continued

                                 Trucks
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 1,215         1,163         4,146
                                                        
Australia                34            28           114
Austria                 (-)             1             4
Belgium                  21            76           169
Brazil                    6            16            31
Canada                  671           644         2,231
Germany                  17            19            75
Japan                    16            21            68
Korea                   (-)           (-)             1
Mexico                  254           119           642
Saudia Arabia            41            59           180
Sweden                    1             1             5
Taiwan                    7            10            20
United Kingdom            3             8            20
                                                       
Other                   146           161           586
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  EXPORTS Continued

                                  Parts
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 3,979         4,333        16,238
                                                        
Australia                50            56           201
Austria                  56            60           602
Belgium                  52            46           186
Brazil                   59            56           234
Canada                2,251         2,470         8,870
Germany                  91            98           355
Japan                   158           189           709
Korea                    27            25           113
Mexico                  779           868         3,193
Saudia Arabia            20            22            79
Sweden                    9            11            44
Taiwan                    7             6            25
United Kingdom           65            68           258
                                                       
Other                   353           359         1,369
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                                 IMPORTS

                                  Total
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                13,012        13,699        49,988
                                                        
Australia                14            14            89
Austria                  21            24            87
Belgium                 121           150           503
Brazil                  111           123           419
Canada                4,725         4,809        17,970
Germany               1,347         1,398         4,618
Japan                 3,061         3,259        12,467
Korea                   205           208           882
Mexico                2,389         2,690         9,193
Saudia Arabia           (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                  161           172           636
Taiwan                   86            80           314
United Kingdom          305           278           985
                                                        
Other                   466           494         1,825
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                                 IMPORTS

                                  Cars
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 6,906         7,349        26,446
                                                        
Australia               (-)             1            33
Austria                 (-)           (-)           (-)
Belgium                  97           115           405
Brazil                  (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                2,545         2,621         9,574
Germany               1,066         1,120         3,581
Japan                 1,957         2,071         8,120
Korea                   137           139           628
Mexico                  769           974         2,947
Saudia Arabia           (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                  132           139           508
Taiwan                  (-)           (-)             2
United Kingdom          187           157           560
                                                        
Other                    16            13            88
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                                 IMPORTS

                                  Trucks
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 1,217         1,276         4,921
                                                        
Australia               (-)           (-)           (-)
Austria                 (-)           (-)           (-)
Belgium                  17            24            67
Brazil                    1             1             8
Canada                  794           808         3,282
Germany                  11             9            33
Japan                    37            46           190
Korea                   (-)           (-)           (-)
Mexico                  313           343         1,190
Saudia Arabia           (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                    5             5            18
Taiwan                    1             1             2
United Kingdom           22            25            73
                                                        
Other                    17            14            57
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                                 IMPORTS

                                  Parts
                                            Cumulative
   Country        April         March        to-date

TOTAL                 4,889         5,074        18,621
                                                        
Australia                14            13            56
Austria                  21            24            87
Belgium                   7            12            31
Brazil                  110           122           411
Canada                1,386         1,380         5,114
Germany                 270           269         1,003
Japan                 1,066         1,142         4,157
Korea                    68            69           254
Mexico                1,306         1,373         5,056
Saudia Arabia           (-)           (-)           (-)
Sweden                   23            28           110
Taiwan                   86            79           310
United Kingdom           97            96           352
                                                        
Other                   434           467         1,680

Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-101), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, APRIL 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.