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            April    to date  rank  April    to date  rank

     TOTAL                -13,069.9 -51,335.7 (X)  58,180.1 223,124.9 (X)

Afganistan                      0.1      -0.7  84       0.3       2.4 180
Albania                        -0.2      -3.3  77       0.1       1.1 190
Algeria                      -110.7    -724.4  17      54.8     184.9  62
Andorra                         1.6       5.9 141       1.6       6.0 165
Angola                       -238.0  -1,031.4  15      30.3     103.6  74
Anguilla                        1.8       7.0 147       1.9       7.2 157
Antigua and Barbuda             6.2      24.1 177       6.9      26.7 111
Argentina                     244.5     913.9 219     424.2   1,656.7  25
Armenia                         1.6      19.9 173       1.9      21.1 120
Aruba                         -29.3    -145.0  32      21.4      72.6  90
Australia                     528.5   2,444.9 225     879.9   3,728.5  15
Austria                       -45.7     -90.6  39     163.3     685.1  38
Azerbaijan                      3.6      17.6 170       3.8      18.5 124

Bahamas                        55.1     203.3 208      66.9     259.9  59
Bahrain                        12.0      46.1 182      19.0      75.5  88
Bangladesh                    -77.8    -378.2  24      20.1      95.4  77
Barbados                       20.1      76.7 195      23.6      90.0  78
Belarus                        -1.3      -4.1  75       2.3      14.3 129
Belgium                       328.0   1,900.3 222   1,070.1   4,450.7  13
Belize                          6.7      10.7 158      11.4      39.2 102
Benin                           1.4      12.7 162       2.1      13.4 132
Bermuda                        37.5     104.7 201      38.1     106.6  73
Bhutan                          (-)      -0.7  85       (-)       0.1 216
Bolivia                         1.4       0.7 113      17.1      77.4  84
Bosnia-Hercegovina              4.8      73.0 194       5.2      76.1  87
Botswana                        1.3       1.3 122       4.3       9.6 150
Brazil                        392.7   1,449.9 220   1,208.0   4,592.2  12
British Indian
    Ocean Territory           -10.2     -10.5  67       (-)       0.2 211
British Virgin Islands          6.6      20.0 174       7.8      23.3 117
Brunei                          3.2       8.7 152       6.3      25.4 114
Bulgaria                       -7.9     -31.8  50       3.7      22.2 119
Burkina                         0.7       6.5 143       0.8       6.6 161
Burma (Myanmar)                -8.0     -29.6  52       0.6      10.2 147
Burundi                         0.1       0.1 101       0.1       0.1 214

Cambodia                        0.2       2.9 130       2.7      10.0 149
Cameroon                        3.5      11.9 161       9.0      27.3 109
Canada                       -937.8  -5,575.1   3  13,289.3  50,124.9   1
Cape Verde                      0.4       4.2 137       0.4       4.2 170
Cayman Islands                 17.1      70.9 192      20.4      79.1  83
Central African Republic        0.3       1.1 119       0.3       2.2 182
Chad                           -0.2       0.6 110       0.1       1.2 189
Chile                         143.9     493.0 215     363.4   1,414.5  27
China                      -3,480.3 -13,165.6   2     964.7   3,838.0  14
Christmas Island                (-)      -0.3  88       (-)       0.2 213
Cocos (Keeling) Island          (-)       (-)  96       (-)       (-)  96
Colombia                       93.0     156.5 206     469.9   1,633.6  26
Comoros                         0.3       0.2 105       0.3       0.3 208
Congo (Brazzaville)           -21.6    -172.1  31       3.1      16.5 127
Congo (Kinshasa)              -21.2     -94.0  38       3.9      17.7 125
Cook Islands                    0.1       0.2 103       0.1       0.4 203
Costa Rica                    -37.2     -77.2  40     152.3     639.3  42
Croatia                        -3.2      13.2 164       7.6      41.1 101
Cuba                            0.2       0.8 114       0.2       0.8 199
Cyprus                          9.2      78.6 197      10.2      83.2  81
Czech Republic                 19.8      96.4 199      67.3     263.9  58

Denmark                       -13.2      -3.1  78     154.6     664.2  39
Djibouti                        0.7       1.8 125       0.7       1.8 185
Dominica                        3.4       8.8 153       4.2      12.0 138
Dominican Republic            -32.3     -19.6  59     345.1   1,235.5  31

Ecuador                       -58.0    -206.7  29     107.6     463.3  49
Egypt                         129.8     878.3 218     199.1   1,083.9  34
El Salvador                    22.4      53.4 185     126.7     447.7  51
Equatorial Guinea              10.6      16.9 168      10.6      17.1 126
Eritrea                         0.7       3.3 131       0.8       3.4 176
Estonia                        -1.4      -7.8  70       2.6      11.1 141
Ethiopia                       -2.5       6.7 145       6.7      24.9 115

Falkland Islands                (-)       0.1 100       (-)       0.1 217
Faroe Islands                  -0.8      -3.0  79       (-)       0.3 205
Fed. Repub. of Germany     -1,450.0  -5,365.5   5   2,370.0   8,542.1   6
Federated States
      of  Micronesia            1.2       5.1 140       1.8       9.5 152
Fiji                           -1.2     -10.0  68       2.4      10.3 145
Finland                      -120.8    -266.6  27     114.8     483.3  48
France                       -259.1    -966.1  16   1,376.5   5,255.4  10
French Guiana                  72.8      77.3 196      72.9      77.4  85
French Polynesia                7.4      27.5 178      13.2      36.8 104
French Southern and Antarctic   (-)       (-) 93        (-)       (-) 225

Gabon                        -123.5    -664.3  18       6.1      20.5 121
Gambia                          1.4       3.7 133       1.5       4.5 168
Gaza Strip Administered 
      by Israel                 (-)       0.1  98       (-)       0.1 218
Georgia                         3.3      18.9 172       3.4      19.5 123
Ghana                          27.3      52.1 184      34.5     112.2  72
Gibraltar                      -0.3       3.8 134       0.4       5.2 166
Greece                         40.8     146.2 205      76.4     297.9  57
Greenland                      -0.2      -1.1  83       0.3       0.8 198
Grenada                         1.9       9.3 154       2.1      10.1 148
Guadeloupe                      4.2      21.4 175       5.5      23.4 116
Guatemala                     -26.2    -117.2  33     140.7     543.5  45
Guinea                         -8.6     -13.7  61       4.3      26.6 112
Guinea-Bissau                   0.1       0.2 106       0.1       0.3 206
Guyana                          1.5      17.4 169      11.6      50.2  98

Haiti                          23.8      98.9 200      40.2     150.2  67
Heard and
      McDonald Isles            (-)       (-)  95       (-)       (-) 222
Honduras                       -2.3     -31.5  51     166.7     640.6  41
Hong Kong                     622.8   1,987.6 223   1,305.9   4,803.5  11
Hungary                       -40.7    -117.1  34      42.7     161.6  65

Iceland                         1.6     -11.3  66      17.3      61.5  94
India                        -268.3  -1,057.7  14     308.7   1,238.6  30
Indonesia                    -349.6  -1,324.6  12     329.2   1,359.6  29
Iran                            0.7       1.1 118       0.7       1.1 191
Iraq                          -25.7     -25.1  54       (-)       0.7 201
Ireland                       -74.9    -342.2  25     375.4   1,382.0  28
Israel                        -12.4    -277.7  26     513.6   1,999.1  23
Italy                        -704.4  -2,963.1   7     842.1   3,087.1  18
Ivory Coast                   -39.7    -116.2  35      10.8      45.3  99

Jamaica                        52.4     209.2 209     125.7     453.8  50
Japan                      -4,955.3 -18,365.9   1   5,388.6  22,079.9   2
Jordan                         25.9     108.0 202      28.2     114.9  71

Kazakhstan                     22.9       7.4 149      41.8      57.5  96
Kenya                           5.3      55.9 186      16.7      96.5  76
Kiribati                        (-)      -0.3  87       0.1       1.0 192
Korea, South                  544.3   1,898.9 221   2,460.0   8,914.4   5
Kuwait                        -24.2     -99.0  37     111.5     411.6  52
Kyrgyzstan                      0.4       1.7 124       0.8       2.8 178

Laos                           -1.3      -4.4  74       0.1       0.9 195
Latvia                        -19.3     -23.7  57      15.7      66.4  92
Lebanon                        45.3     182.8 207      49.4     197.4  61
Lesotho                        -6.0     -26.6  53       0.1       0.2 212
Liberia                         1.6      10.0 155       2.7      11.3 139
Libya                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                 -10.8     -23.7  56       1.5       7.6 156
Lithuania                       7.8      14.9 165      12.2      30.2 108
Luxembourg                     28.3      62.7 190      47.9     139.9  68

Macao                         -58.4    -263.6  28       3.2      12.6 134
Macedonia (Skopje)             -7.1     -43.8  47       0.7       2.4 179
Madagascar                     -3.3     -15.6  60       0.6       3.3 177
Malawi                        -10.5     -13.2  63       1.3       7.0 160
Malaysia                     -447.2  -2,175.6   9     967.7   3,219.7  16
Maldives                       -0.8      -2.7  80       0.2       1.5 186
Mali                            1.9       6.8 146       2.1       7.7 155

Malta                          -4.5     -35.8  49      11.2      38.7 103
Marshall Islands                1.9       7.6 150       2.1      10.3 146
Martinique                      2.7      10.1 156       2.7      10.7 143
Mauritania                      0.5       4.2 136       0.5       4.3 169
Mauritius                     -13.0     -47.6  45       2.6      12.1 137
Mexico                     -1,376.0  -5,382.6   4   5,720.8  21,392.6   3
Moldova                         0.9       (-)  90       1.6       3.9 172
Monaco                         -1.0      -3.8  76       0.4       2.0 183
Mongolia                       -2.0      -5.6  72       0.5       7.0 159
Montserrat                      1.1       4.2 138       1.8       6.6 162
Morocco                       -10.3      42.9 181      14.6     132.6  70
Mozambique                      1.0       7.8 151       2.5      14.3 130

Namibia                        -1.4     -12.7  64       0.6       3.6 174
Nauru                           (-)       0.8 115       (-)       0.8 196
Nepal                         -10.0     -40.8  48       2.2       7.8 154
Netherlands                 1,049.0   4,254.1 226   1,610.4   6,395.7   7
Netherlands Antilles           -2.3    -103.3  36      34.0     158.3  66
New Caledonia                  -4.3     -11.6  65       1.7       8.7 153
New Zealand                    -8.5      15.8 166     143.1     544.2  44
Nicaragua                      -1.2     -46.0  46      26.7      89.2  79
Niger                          -1.6      -4.9  73       1.3       6.4 163
Nigeria                      -583.4  -1,950.5  10      55.6     220.9  60
Niue                            2.6      11.2 159       2.6      11.2 140
Norfolk Island                  (-)       0.8 116       (-)       0.8 197
North Korea                     (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                        -43.2    -496.9  22     198.5     660.3  40

Oman                            2.5       1.6 123      23.2      79.9  82

Pakistan                      -34.1      71.0 193      74.0     484.5  47
Palau                           0.2       0.7 112       1.1       4.7 167
Panama                         98.4     386.0 213     126.9     486.0  46
Papua New Guinea              -16.1      -1.5  81      13.6      33.8 106
Paraguay                       76.1     317.5 211      79.8     330.0  55
Peru                           12.2      64.8 191     144.0     588.3  43
Philippines                   -67.5    -602.8  20     671.6   2,470.8  20
Pitcairn Island                 (-)       (-)  91       (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                         77.4     132.9 203     126.6     334.6  54
Portugal                      -15.6      23.2 176      71.3     347.7  53

Qatar                           4.8      41.3 180      21.0      85.8  80

Republic of Yemen              22.3      57.8 187      22.6      71.2  91
Reunion                         0.2       0.5 109       0.2       0.9 193
Romania                       -14.0     -65.5  42      26.2      72.9  89
Russia                          7.2    -197.1  30     325.1   1,043.8  35
Rwanda                          0.7      11.9 160       1.2      13.2 133

San Marino                      0.4       3.7 132       0.5       3.8 173
Sao Tome and Principe           0.1       3.8 135       0.1       3.9 171
Saudi Arabia                 -222.6    -661.5  19     559.6   2,304.4  21
Senegal                         2.9      10.4 157       3.4      13.7 131
Seychelles                      (-)       1.1 120       0.3       1.9 184
Sierra Leone                    0.7       1.2 121       1.9       7.2 158
Singapore                    -348.8    -541.5  21   1,349.9   5,725.4   9
Slovakia                       -8.6     -22.3  58       3.8      32.7 107
Slovenia                      -14.0     -52.6  44       8.3      34.9 105
Solomon Islands                 0.1       0.2 107       0.2       0.5 202
Somalia                         0.1       0.3 108       0.1       0.4 204
South Africa                   44.1     255.2 210     254.3     963.7  36
Spain                          66.1     545.3 216     456.5   2,005.5  22
Sri Lanka                    -126.1    -483.6  23       7.0      41.5 100
St Helena                      -0.2       1.8 126       (-)       2.4 181
St Kitts and Nevis              0.9       4.2 139       3.3      12.3 136
St Lucia                        5.1       6.6 144       6.8      26.4 113
St Pierre and Miquelon          (-)       0.2 102       0.1       0.2 209
St Vincent and the Grenadi      3.9      12.8 163       4.6      14.5 128
Sudan                           1.1       6.4 142       2.7      11.0 142

Suriname                        8.4      34.3 179      12.7      57.2  97
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island      0.4       0.9 117       0.4       0.9 194
Swaziland                      -1.6     -13.3  62       0.2       1.3 188
Sweden                       -373.8  -1,332.8  11     297.0   1,122.2  33
Switzerland                   421.0     605.6 217   1,079.1   3,165.2  17
Syria                          13.9      47.8 183      14.6      59.3  95

Taiwan                     -1,035.8  -3,652.4   6   1,540.8   6,183.6   8
Tajikistan                     -0.8      -0.6  86       (-)       0.7 200
Tanzania                        3.3      16.0 167       4.9      22.6 118
Thailand                     -301.6  -1,271.1  13     674.0   2,497.1  19
Togo                            1.5       1.9 127       1.8       6.3 164
Tokelau                         (-)      -0.1  89       (-)       0.1 219
Tonga                           0.1       0.7 111       0.3       1.4 187
Trinidad and Tobago            -6.2     -73.3  41      79.0     325.3  56
Tunisia                         0.1      58.5 188       4.8      76.6  86
Turkey                         65.8     391.3 214     257.0   1,138.9  32
Turkmenistan                    0.5      60.6 189       0.5      62.1  93
Turks and Caicos Islands        5.2      18.6 171       5.5      19.9 122
Tuvalu                          (-)       0.1  97       (-)       0.1 220

Uganda                         -1.6       2.7 128       0.7      10.4 144
Ukraine                        27.9      -6.1  71      42.9     135.3  69
United Arab Emirates          147.4     377.1 212     305.0     807.3  37
United Kingdom                392.9   2,405.5 224   3,123.7  12,758.8   4
Uruguay                        17.7      96.3 198      42.2     165.7  64
Uzbekistan                      2.2     142.9 204      12.7     168.0  63

Vanuatu                         (-)      -1.4  82       (-)       0.3 207
Vatican City                    (-)       0.1  99       (-)       0.1 215
Venezuela                    -477.1  -2,496.3   8     512.5   1,813.5  24
Vietnam                       -12.7     -57.8  43      25.3     100.8  75

Wallis and Futuna               (-)       (-)  94       (-)       (-) 224
West Bank Administered
        by Israel               0.2       0.2 104       0.2       0.2 210
Western Sahara                  (-)       (-)  92       (-)       (-) 223
Western Samoa                   0.7       2.8 129       0.9       3.4 175

Yugoslavia                      2.0       7.0 148       2.8       9.5 151

Zambia                         -0.3      -8.6  69       3.4      12.4 135
Zimbabwe                       -4.3     -24.5  55       5.8      26.8 110

Unidentified                    6.9       6.9 (X)       6.9       6.9 (X)

North America              -2,313.8 -10,957.7 (X)  19,010.1  71,517.4 (X)
                            
Western Europe               -730.6  -1,480.3 (X)  13,752.6  52,955.4 (X)
European Union (EU)        -1,152.4  -1,992.5 (X)  12,150.0  47,617.5 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association             368.6      73.7 (X)   1,296.4   3,894.7 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe             81.4      33.7 (X)     737.8   2,544.3 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic     55.6      44.4 (X)     467.5   1,655.3 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe   -718.2  -1,526.7 (X)  13,704.7  52,657.8 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  -9,068.7 -33,737.5 (X)  16,024.4  62,939.5 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East           -10.0    -199.7 (X)   1,668.6   6,208.0 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             -217.6    -307.4 (X)   6,656.5  25,626.9 (X)
    Asia--South              -516.2  -1,889.9 (X)     412.4   1,870.3 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       -1,511.5  -5,906.9 (X)   3,998.7  15,298.1 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     768.5   1,667.6 (X)   5,064.9  18,930.7 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics               -884.2  -4,345.2 (X)  10,214.9  38,360.6 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                   -44.6    -218.4 (X)     613.0   2,360.3 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association       -929.6  -4,592.9 (X)   9,089.5  34,127.8 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies  -1,450.4  -5,651.4 (X)  24,962.2  95,931.4 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                -1,640.3  -6,862.0 (X)   1,950.0   7,189.7 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)            6.9       6.9 (X)       6.9       6.9 (X)
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                                             Imports

                              Customs basis           C.i.f. basis

                                   Cumulative              Cumulative
         Country            April    to date  rank  April    to date  rank

     TOTAL                 71,250.0 274,460.6 (X)  73,625.7 283,484.6 (X)

Afganistan                      0.3       3.1 156       0.3       3.5 153
Albania                         0.3       4.4 145       0.3       4.7 147
Algeria                       165.5     909.3  36     182.4     985.9  36
Andorra                         (-)       0.1 203       (-)       0.1 204
Angola                        268.3   1,135.0  34     288.0   1,201.8  34
Anguilla                        0.1       0.2 193       0.1       0.2 194
Antigua and Barbuda             0.7       2.6 158       0.7       2.7 158
Argentina                     179.7     742.9  40     193.3     799.9  38
Armenia                         0.3       1.2 173       0.3       1.3 173
Aruba                          50.7     217.6  62      54.3     232.2  62
Australia                     351.4   1,283.6  30     374.1   1,370.0  30
Austria                       209.0     775.7  37     216.5     803.3  37
Azerbaijan                      0.2       0.9 176       0.3       1.0 176

Bahamas                        11.7      56.6  86      12.3      60.7  86
Bahrain                         7.0      29.3 101       7.4      31.3 101
Bangladesh                     97.9     473.6  52     104.6     499.7  52
Barbados                        3.5      13.3 125       3.6      13.7 125
Belarus                         3.6      18.4 115       3.8      19.5 115
Belgium                       742.1   2,550.4  21     762.3   2,615.9  20
Belize                          4.7      28.6 102       5.1      30.4 102
Benin                           0.7       0.8 181       0.7       0.8 184
Bermuda                         0.6       1.9 163       0.6       2.0 163
Bhutan                          (-)       0.8 179       (-)       0.8 183
Bolivia                        15.7      76.7  80      16.1      80.3  80
Bosnia-Hercegovina              0.5       3.1 155       0.5       3.3 156
Botswana                        2.9       8.3 132       3.0       8.5 132
Brazil                        815.3   3,142.3  15     855.9   3,314.6  15
British Indian
      Ocean Territory          10.2      10.7 130      11.0      11.5 129
British Virgin Islands          1.2       3.3 151       1.3       3.4 154
Brunei                          3.1      16.7 118       3.2      17.3 119
Bulgaria                       11.5      54.0  88      12.5      57.6  88
Burkina                         (-)       0.1 201       (-)       0.1 201
Burma (Myanmar)                 8.7      39.7  97       9.2      42.4  96
Burundi                         (-)       (-) 211       (-)       (-) 211

Cambodia                        2.5       7.1 136       2.6       7.5 136
Cameroon                        5.5      15.4 120       5.9      17.1 120
Canada                     14,227.1  55,700.0   1  14,527.4  56,809.7   1
Cape Verde                      (-)       (-) 205       (-)       0.1 205
Cayman Islands                  3.3       8.1 133       3.5       8.4 133
Central African Republic        (-)       1.1 175       (-)       1.1 175
Chad                            0.3       0.5 188       0.3       0.6 188
Chile                         219.5     921.4  35     251.3   1,102.9  35
China                       4,445.0  17,003.6   4   4,689.6  17,925.9   4
Christmas Island                0.1       0.4 190       0.1       0.4 190
Cocos (Keeling) Island          (-)       (-) 213       (-)       (-) 213
Colombia                      376.9   1,477.0  28     406.2   1,585.0  28
Comoros                         (-)       (-) 207       (-)       (-) 207
Congo (Brazzaville)            24.7     188.6  65      26.3     199.5  65
Congo (Kinshasa)               25.2     111.8  73      26.8     117.0  73
Cook Islands                    (-)       0.2 194       (-)       0.2 195
Costa Rica                    189.5     716.5  41     204.6     774.0  41
Croatia                        10.8      27.8 103      11.1      29.1 103
Cuba                            (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                          1.0       4.7 143       1.1       5.0 143
Czech Republic                 47.5     167.5  66      49.3     174.4  67

Denmark                       167.9     667.3  46     174.3     694.5  47
Djibouti                        (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Dominica                        0.8       3.3 154       0.8       3.4 155
Dominican Republic            377.4   1,255.1  31     388.0   1,291.6  32

Ecuador                       165.6     670.0  45     183.0     744.7  42
Egypt                          69.3     205.6  63      74.4     219.4  63
El Salvador                   104.3     394.3  56     107.7     407.5  56
Equatorial Guinea               (-)       0.2 191       (-)       0.3 192
Eritrea                         0.1       0.1 200       0.1       0.1 200
Estonia                         4.0      18.8 114       4.4      20.3 113
Ethiopia                        9.2      18.2 116       9.5      18.8 117

Falkland Islands                (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Faroe Islands                   0.8       3.3 152       0.8       3.5 151
Fed. Repub. of Germany      3,820.0  13,907.6   5   3,922.7  14,272.0   5
Federated States
      of  Micronesia            0.7       4.4 147       0.7       4.8 146
Fiji                            3.5      20.3 109       4.3      23.4 109
Finland                       235.5     749.9  38     248.4     792.4  39
France                      1,635.6   6,221.4  10   1,682.5   6,402.2   9
French Guiana                   0.1       0.2 196       0.1       0.2 196
French Polynesia                5.8       9.3 131       5.9       9.6 131
French Southern and 
    Antarctic Lands             (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Gabon                         129.6     684.8  43     139.3     729.4  44
Gambia                          0.1       0.8 180       0.1       0.8 182
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                  (-)       (-) 214       (-)       (-) 214
Georgia                         0.2       0.7 184       0.2       0.7 186
Ghana                           7.2      60.1  84       7.8      62.0  85
Gibraltar                       0.7       1.5 167       0.7       1.5 168
Greece                         35.6     151.7  69      39.5     165.9  69
Greenland                       0.5       1.9 162       0.5       2.0 162
Grenada                         0.2       0.8 178       0.3       0.9 179
Guadeloupe                      1.2       2.0 161       1.2       2.1 161
Guatemala                     166.9     660.7  47     179.0     703.2  46
Guinea                         12.8      40.3  96      12.9      40.4  97
Guinea-Bissau                   (-)       0.1 204       0.1       0.1 202
Guyana                         10.2      32.8  99      11.5      38.0  99

Haiti                          16.4      51.3  90      17.8      54.1  91
Heard and
         McDonald Isles         (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Honduras                      169.0     672.0  44     179.0     712.8  45
Hong Kong                     683.1   2,815.8  18     709.2   2,917.5  18
Hungary                        83.5     278.7  58      85.6     287.4  59

Iceland                        15.7      72.8  82      16.9      78.2  81
India                         577.0   2,296.3  23     611.1   2,418.2  23
Indonesia                     678.7   2,684.2  19     721.2   2,850.0  19
Iran                            (-)       (-) 210       (-)       (-) 210
Iraq                           25.7      25.7 105      28.9      28.9 104
Ireland                       450.3   1,724.2  27     456.0   1,749.1  27
Israel                        526.0   2,276.8  24     535.7   2,326.5  24
Italy                       1,546.5   6,050.1  11   1,616.5   6,311.3  11
Ivory Coast                    50.5     161.5  67      54.9     175.3  66

Jamaica                        73.3     244.6  61      77.8     259.3  61
Japan                      10,343.9  40,445.9   2  10,580.2  41,398.1   2
Jordan                          2.3       6.8 137       2.4       7.1 137

Kazakhstan                     18.9      50.1  91      19.3      51.0  92
Kenya                          11.4      40.6  95      12.1      42.6  95
Kiribati                        0.1       1.3 170       0.1       1.4 170
Korea, South                1,915.6   7,015.6   8   1,969.1   7,211.7   8
Kuwait                        135.7     510.6  51     152.1     557.9  49
Kyrgyzstan                      0.4       1.2 174       0.4       1.2 174

Laos                            1.4       5.3 142       1.5       5.6 142
Latvia                         35.0      90.1  75      38.5      98.4  75
Lebanon                         4.0      14.6 122       4.1      15.0 124
Lesotho                         6.1      26.8 104       6.3      27.7 105
Liberia                         1.1       1.3 172       1.5       1.6 166
Libya                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  12.3      31.3 100      12.6      32.1 100
Lithuania                       4.4      15.3 121       5.5      17.4 118
Luxembourg                     19.6      77.2  79      21.0      83.0  79

Macao                          61.6     276.1  59      64.1     287.4  58
Macedonia (Skopje)              7.7      46.3  93       8.3      48.8  93
Madagascar                      3.9      18.9 113       4.1      20.0 114
Malawi                         11.8      20.2 111      12.5      21.9 110
Malaysia                    1,415.0   5,395.3  12   1,457.4   5,551.5  12
Maldives                        1.0       4.2 148       1.1       4.7 148
Mali                            0.1       0.9 177       0.1       1.0 177

Malta                          15.7      74.5  81      15.9      75.4  82
Marshall Islands                0.2       2.6 157       0.2       2.9 157
Martinique                      (-)       0.6 186       (-)       0.9 178
Mauritania                      (-)       0.1 197       (-)       0.1 199
Mauritius                      15.6      59.7  85      16.5      63.5  84
Mexico                      7,096.9  26,775.2   3   7,213.6  27,211.2   3
Moldova                         0.7       3.9 150       0.7       4.1 150
Monaco                          1.4       5.8 141       1.5       6.0 140
Mongolia                        2.5      12.6 126       2.6      13.2 127
Montserrat                      0.7       2.3 160       0.7       2.4 160
Morocco                        24.9      89.7  76      26.9      95.9  76
Mozambique                      1.4       6.5 139       1.5       6.9 139

Namibia                         2.0      16.3 119       2.1      17.0 121
Nauru                           (-)       0.0 212       (-)       0.0 212
Nepal                          12.2      48.7  92      13.8      54.1  90
Netherlands                   561.4   2,141.5  26     594.0   2,255.9  26
Netherlands Antilles           36.3     261.5  60      38.6     274.8  60
New Caledonia                   6.0      20.3 110       7.8      25.4 107
New Zealand                   151.6     528.4  48     166.3     578.2  48
Nicaragua                      27.9     135.2  72      29.8     142.6  72
Niger                           2.9      11.3 129       2.9      11.3 130
Nigeria                       639.0   2,171.5  25     678.0   2,287.9  25
Niue                            (-)       (-) 217       (-)       (-) 217
Norfolk Island                  (-)       (-) 216       (-)       (-) 216
North Korea                     (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                        241.7   1,157.2  33     253.9   1,210.9  33

Oman                           20.7      78.2  78      22.8      85.2  78

Pakistan                      108.0     413.5  54     114.5     437.9  54
Palau                           0.9       3.9 149       1.0       4.2 149
Panama                         28.5      99.9  74      31.8     113.3  74
Papua New Guinea               29.7      35.3  98      33.2      39.3  98
Paraguay                        3.7      12.5 127       4.1      13.7 126
Peru                          131.8     523.5  50     137.5     550.1  51
Philippines                   739.0   3,073.6  16     764.8   3,182.0  17
Pitcairn Island                 (-)       (-) 208       (-)       (-) 208
Poland                         49.2     201.7  64      52.3     215.7  64
Portugal                       86.9     324.5  57      91.2     340.9  57

Qatar                          16.2      44.5  94      18.2      47.8  94

Republic of Yemen               0.4      13.4 124       0.4      15.5 123
Reunion                         (-)       0.4 189       (-)       0.4 191
Romania                        40.2     138.4  71      43.3     149.5  71
Russia                        317.9   1,240.9  32     340.7   1,323.1  31
Rwanda                          0.5       1.4 168       0.5       1.4 169

San Marino                      0.1       0.1 198       0.1       0.1 198
Sao Tome and Principe           (-)       (-) 209       (-)       (-) 209
Saudi Arabia                  782.2   2,965.9  17     839.9   3,189.9  16
Senegal                         0.5       3.3 153       0.5       3.5 152
Seychelles                      0.3       0.8 182       0.3       0.8 185
Sierra Leone                    1.2       6.0 140       1.3       6.0 141
Singapore                   1,698.7   6,267.0   9   1,725.2   6,361.7  10
Slovakia                       12.5      55.0  87      13.0      58.2  87
Slovenia                       22.3      87.5  77      23.2      91.4  77
Solomon Islands                 0.1       0.2 192       0.1       0.5 189
Somalia                         (-)       0.1 199       (-)       0.2 197
South Africa                  210.2     708.5  42     219.7     744.6  43
Spain                         390.5   1,460.2  29     413.1   1,555.3  29
Sri Lanka                     133.1     525.1  49     141.2     553.7  50
St Helena                       0.2       0.6 187       0.2       0.6 187
St Kitts and Nevis              2.4       8.1 134       2.5       8.4 134
St Lucia                        1.7      19.8 112       1.8      20.4 112
St Pierre and Miquelon          0.1       0.1 202       0.1       0.1 203
St Vincent and the
      Grenadines                0.7       1.6 165       0.7       1.7 165
Sudan                           1.6       4.6 144       1.8       5.0 144

Suriname                        4.3      22.8 107       4.7      24.2 108
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl         (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Swaziland                       1.8      14.6 123       2.2      15.7 122
Sweden                        670.8   2,454.9  22     691.2   2,532.5  22
Switzerland                   658.1   2,559.6  20     669.2   2,605.4  21
Syria                           0.7      11.5 128       0.8      12.4 128

Taiwan                      2,576.6   9,836.0   7   2,668.1  10,179.6   7
Tajikistan                      0.8       1.3 169       0.8       1.3 171
Tanzania                        1.6       6.6 138       1.7       7.0 138
Thailand                      975.6   3,768.2  14   1,012.1   3,912.1  14
Togo                            0.3       4.4 146       0.3       4.8 145
Tokelau                         (-)       0.2 195       (-)       0.2 193
Tonga                           0.2       0.7 183       0.3       0.8 181
Trinidad and Tobago            85.2     398.5  55      92.7     430.5  55
Tunisia                         4.7      18.0 117       5.0      19.4 116
Turkey                        191.2     747.6  39     202.7     789.0  40
Turkmenistan                    0.1       1.5 166       0.1       1.6 167
Turks and Caicos Islands        0.3       1.3 171       0.3       1.3 172
Tuvalu                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Uganda                          2.3       7.7 135       2.4       8.1 135
Ukraine                        15.0     141.4  70      17.3     161.0  70
United Arab Emirates          157.6     430.2  53     160.4     445.1  53
United Kingdom              2,730.8  10,353.3   6   2,803.6  10,628.7   6
Uruguay                        24.5      69.4  83      25.4      73.1  83
Uzbekistan                     10.5      25.1 106      11.3      26.1 106

Vanuatu                         0.1       1.7 164       0.1       1.9 164
Vatican City                    (-)       (-) 206       (-)       (-) 206
Venezuela                     989.5   4,309.8  13   1,072.5   4,600.5  13
Vietnam                        38.0     158.6  68      41.0     170.6  68

Wallis and Futuna               (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
      by Israel                 (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Western Sahara                  (-)       (-) 215       (-)       (-) 215
Western Samoa                   0.2       0.6 185       0.4       0.9 180

Yugoslavia                      0.8       2.4 159       0.9       2.7 159

Zambia                          3.6      21.0 108       3.7      21.1 111
Zimbabwe                       10.1      51.3  89      10.9      54.5  89

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

North America              21,324.0  82,475.1 (X)  21,740.9  84,020.9 (X)
                            
Western Europe             14,483.1  54,435.7 (X)  14,952.4  56,185.5 (X)
European Union (EU)        13,302.4  49,610.1 (X)  13,733.0  51,202.9 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association             927.8   3,821.0 (X)     952.6   3,926.5 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe            656.5   2,510.5 (X)     699.8   2,675.5 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic    411.9   1,610.8 (X)     443.4   1,727.9 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe 14,422.9  54,184.5 (X)  14,889.9  55,924.6 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  25,093.1  96,677.0 (X)  25,925.7  99,870.2 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East         1,678.7   6,407.7 (X)   1,773.1   6,762.6 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)            6,874.0  25,934.4 (X)   7,071.5  26,670.5 (X)
    Asia--South               928.6   3,760.2 (X)     985.5   3,967.1 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)        5,510.2  21,205.0 (X)   5,683.9  21,874.6 (X)
                            
    South/Central America   4,296.3  17,263.1 (X)   4,598.4  18,485.7 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics             11,099.1  42,705.7 (X)  11,496.6  44,274.8 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                   657.6   2,578.7 (X)     700.1   2,740.0 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association     10,019.1  38,720.7 (X)  10,358.9  40,075.9 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies  26,412.6 101,582.9 (X)  27,121.7 104,213.4 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                 3,590.3  14,051.7 (X)   3,853.7  14,993.9 (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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