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

                                   Cumulative             Cumulative
         Country           April    to date  rank  April    to date  rank

     TOTAL               -19,097.4 -63,615.4 (X)  56,815.4 229,729.8 (X)

Afganistan                     0.7      -9.9  67       1.0       2.5 182
Albania                        0.2      -0.9  85       0.8       1.9 188
Algeria                     -121.4    -372.2  27      52.6     252.0  60
Andorra                        1.8       9.3 153       1.8       9.3 146
Angola                      -181.9    -683.2  20      35.6     129.8  71
Anguilla                       1.7       6.6 144       2.0       7.1 154
Antigua and Barbuda            8.0      35.4 180       8.3      36.2 107
Argentina                    253.8   1,082.0 220     480.2   1,883.7  25
Armenia                        5.5      24.6 172       6.5      28.9 114
Aruba                         -5.0     -97.9  35      22.0      81.7  88
Australia                    510.8   2,372.2 225     984.6   4,112.0  15
Austria                      -62.1     223.3 209     141.2   1,011.6  34
Azerbaijan                     9.4      35.3 179      10.1      37.0 106

Bahamas                       67.5     243.3 210      78.4     296.8  56
Bahrain                        8.4      61.4 190      20.9     111.9  79
Bangladesh                  -106.9    -474.8  24      19.9     101.5  81
Barbados                      18.8      73.4 195      21.4      85.3  86
Belarus                       -6.9     -22.1  60       3.8      13.3 136
Belgium                      514.3   2,259.3 224   1,183.1   5,013.2  10
Belize                         4.6      20.4 168       9.5      40.6 104
Benin                          3.1       8.7 151       3.3      11.0 142
Bermuda                       31.8     125.3 202      32.5     128.1  73
Bhutan                         0.1       0.4 105       0.1       0.4 207
Bolivia                       17.3      43.0 185      28.3     107.5  80
Bosnia-Hercegovina             1.1       4.2 137       1.6       6.6 156
Botswana                       1.1      12.1 156       3.1      18.1 131
Brazil                       396.7   1,551.0 222   1,236.0   4,695.5  12
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            (-)      -0.1  90       (-)       0.1 219
British Virgin Islands         6.3      20.0 166       6.8      21.7 121
Brunei                        -2.9      -4.4  73       5.3      21.7 123
Bulgaria                      -4.6     -49.7  50       5.8      44.4 100
Burkina                        0.5       1.8 123       0.5       2.0 187
Burma (Myanmar)               -8.0     -47.9  51       0.8       3.5 172
Burundi                       -0.7      -3.5  77       0.1       0.2 214

Cambodia                     -19.8     -76.7  39       0.7       3.4 175
Cameroon                       2.5      15.8 162       4.6      27.7 115
Canada                    -1,249.3  -4,988.0   4  13,771.3  53,315.2   1
Cape Verde                     1.1       3.3 130       1.1       3.3 176
Cayman Islands                22.0      86.4 197      24.4      95.1  83
Central African Republic       0.2       0.8 114       0.2       0.9 197
Chad                          -0.2       0.5 112       0.2       1.4 191
Chile                         87.6     358.2 214     326.5   1,264.1  30
China                     -4,276.8 -15,778.3   2     986.3   4,291.2  13
Christmas Island               (-)       (-)  96       (-)       0.1 218
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-)  97       (-)       (-) 222
Colombia                      59.5     201.1 207     437.6   1,748.7  27
Comoros                        (-)       (-)  95       (-)       0.2 213
Congo (Brazzaville)          -40.3     -69.9  43       5.2      35.8 108
Congo (Kinshasa)             -12.5     -45.6  52       4.3      15.1 135
Cook Islands                   0.1       0.3 102       0.1       0.5 205
Costa Rica                    11.6       1.7 122     210.3     776.0  37
Croatia                       11.2      18.1 164      15.8      45.5  99
Cuba                           0.1       0.8 113       0.1       0.8 199
Cyprus                         7.6      62.1 191       9.9      71.0  91
Czech Republic                30.4      -2.8  79      81.2     218.7  61

Denmark                      -57.4     -81.2  38     119.5     656.2  43
Djibouti                       1.7       4.6 139       1.7       4.7 165
Dominica                       9.6      20.2 167      10.1      21.8 120
Dominican Republic           -66.0     -81.5  37     322.6   1,266.0  29

Ecuador                      -10.6     -72.6  41     142.2     540.2  49
Egypt                        182.6     739.3 218     232.7     965.1  36
El Salvador                   15.8      26.3 175     129.0     503.6  50
Equatorial Guinea              4.3     -17.0  64       4.7      21.6 124
Eritrea                        5.2       8.0 148       5.3       8.2 149
Estonia                        0.4      -2.3  81      11.7      21.7 122
Ethiopia                      -4.7       7.3 146       4.3      30.6 112

Falkland Islands               0.4       2.9 126       0.4       3.0 179
Faroe Islands                 -0.9      -3.5  76       (-)       0.7 200
Fed. Repub. of Germany    -2,125.6  -7,201.4   3   2,187.6   8,633.0   5
Federated States
        of  Micronesia         2.7       6.2 142       3.9       9.9 145
Fiji                          -4.3     -19.7  61       2.2      11.7 140
Finland                      -22.6    -166.4  33     173.7     682.3  42
France                      -426.5  -1,182.0  16   1,547.7   6,242.1   8
French Guiana                  2.5      70.4 194       2.5      72.6  89
French Polynesia               4.5      24.2 171       7.0      33.3 109
French Southern and
     Antarctic Lands          -0.1      -0.7  86       (-)       0.3 210

Gabon                       -153.6    -517.4  23       5.4      18.5 129
Gambia                         0.2       1.1 119       0.4       2.2 184
Gaza Strip Admin.
     by Israel                 (-)       (-)  99       (-)       0.1 220
Georgia                        7.5      38.1 183       7.7      40.9 103
Ghana                          8.3      35.0 178      20.1      84.7  87
Gibraltar                      0.2       4.6 138       0.2       5.1 162
Greece                        38.8     264.9 212      89.2     425.5  52
Greenland                     -1.2      -2.2  82       (-)       0.3 211
Grenada                        4.2      14.9 159       5.1      18.3 130
Guadeloupe                     5.2      18.3 165       5.4      19.5 126
Guatemala                      0.4     -54.2  48     165.7     645.6  44
Guinea                        -3.6     -23.6  58       5.9      18.7 128
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)       0.4 107       (-)       0.6 202
Guyana                        -2.0      -5.7  72      10.4      44.3 101

Haiti                         25.5      88.4 198      46.8     165.7  65
Heard and
       McDonald Isles          (-)       0.1 101       (-)       0.1 215
Honduras                       6.9     -81.9  36     201.2     764.6  39
Hong Kong                    325.4   1,220.3 221   1,073.7   4,290.2  14
Hungary                      -66.4    -240.5  31      46.9     164.4  66

Iceland                       -2.2      52.3 188      15.4     120.8  75
India                       -408.0  -1,693.5  12     276.1   1,044.2  33
Indonesia                   -576.9  -2,118.1  11     160.0     774.0  38
Iran                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Iraq                         -70.0    -123.6  34      13.0      65.9  94
Ireland                     -237.8    -566.7  21     503.1   1,966.1  23
Israel                      -152.9    -464.4  25     519.8   2,345.6  20
Italy                       -948.8  -3,627.8   7     733.8   3,122.3  18
Ivory Coast                  -31.3    -215.7  32       6.0      50.0  98

Jamaica                       26.2     163.5 205     101.4     426.0  51
Japan                     -5,411.5 -20,815.7   1   4,905.8  19,917.5   3
Jordan                        35.0     138.6 203      36.0     142.5  69

Kazakhstan                   -21.0     -35.7  53       9.1      32.4 111
Kenya                          3.1      39.0 184      13.6      71.2  90
Kiribati                       0.1       1.1 120       0.1       1.4 192
Korea, South                -518.7  -2,624.3   8   1,398.8   4,899.0  11
Kuwait                       -23.0      59.7 189     106.7     586.1  47
Kyrgyzstan                     0.5       3.4 131       0.5       3.6 171

Laos                          -0.8      -3.5  75       0.7       2.7 180
Latvia                         5.2      33.3 177      11.9      58.3  96
Lebanon                       49.5     179.9 206      51.6     195.3  62
Lesotho                       -3.7     -27.9  55       (-)       0.9 198
Liberia                        2.8       2.1 125       4.3      11.1 141
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                -20.5     -73.7  40       0.3       1.9 190
Lithuania                      1.9       3.4 132       6.8      23.6 118
Luxembourg                    -7.7      13.3 157      18.3     117.4  77

Macao                        -55.3    -273.4  30       3.1      12.9 139
Macedonia (Skopje)            -9.3     -55.7  47       1.0       3.4 173
Madagascar                    -2.0     -17.7  62       1.3       3.4 174
Malawi                        -1.3      -9.2  68       2.5       4.1 167
Malaysia                    -483.4  -2,222.6  10     996.3   3,525.7  16
Maldives                      -3.0     -10.5  66       0.2       2.1 186
Mali                           2.3       7.0 145       2.4       7.8 150

Malta                         25.8      25.1 173      53.1     129.4  72
Marshall Islands               1.0       3.0 127       2.6       7.5 151
Martinique                     2.3      10.5 155       2.4      10.7 143
Mauritania                     0.1       3.5 133       0.1       3.6 170
Mauritius                    -18.8     -70.1  42       1.1       5.2 161
Mexico                    -1,276.7  -4,010.7   6   6,532.9  26,120.4   2
Moldova                       -1.9     -28.9  54       2.6       6.1 157
Monaco                        -1.2      -1.5  84       0.2       2.6 181
Mongolia                       0.2      -4.1  74       2.4       5.8 160
Montserrat                     0.5       2.1 124       0.5       2.1 185
Morocco                       -1.6       7.7 147      32.5     117.3  78
Mozambique                     2.0       9.8 154       2.9      13.1 137

Namibia                       -7.3     -17.6  63       1.6       9.3 147
Nauru                          (-)       0.1 100       (-)       0.1 217
Nepal                        -11.8     -50.0  49       1.4       4.4 166
Netherlands                  804.0   4,251.8 226   1,456.0   6,604.7   6
Netherlands Antilles          17.5      74.3 196      48.8     179.4  64
New Caledonia                 -0.5       1.0 115       1.6       7.1 152
New Zealand                  -14.8      90.0 199     125.0     622.9  45
Nicaragua                      5.6     -26.2  56      38.8     119.5  76
Niger                          1.0       5.1 140       1.3       5.9 159
Nigeria                     -426.6  -1,365.0  14      48.6     271.0  58
Niue                           (-)       0.4 109       0.1       0.5 203
Norfolk Island                 0.3       1.1 118       0.3       1.1 195
North Korea                    (-)       4.0 135       (-)       4.0 168
Norway                      -106.8    -331.6  28     162.8     574.9  48

Oman                           9.0      14.7 158      23.6     100.3  82

Pakistan                     -79.3    -290.1  29      53.5     254.2  59
Palau                          0.3      -0.4  87       1.4       4.8 164
Panama                       131.4     503.4 217     153.9     591.9  46
Papua New Guinea             -10.6     -11.1  65       4.5      20.8 125
Paraguay                      72.4     264.7 211      74.8     276.5  57
Peru                          40.9     212.1 208     178.2     710.7  40
Philippines                 -346.2  -1,544.7  13     579.9   2,313.3  21
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-)  93       (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                         9.6      35.6 181      72.1     317.1  55
Portugal                     -32.0     -63.4  45      69.3     321.4  54

Qatar                         -6.4      44.2 186      16.3     125.0  74

Republic of Yemen             16.4      69.5 193      16.7      71.0  92
Reunion                        0.3       1.0 116       0.3       1.0 196
Romania                       34.7       8.0 149      68.9     143.4  68
Russia                      -253.1    -452.9  26     292.0   1,355.1  28
Rwanda                         2.6       6.2 143       2.7       6.8 155

San Marino                    -0.1       1.1 117       0.3       2.2 183
Sao Tome and Principe          4.8       8.5 150       4.8       8.6 148
Saudi Arabia                 141.9   1,016.0 219     771.9   3,504.0  17
Senegal                        2.5      15.0 160       2.9      17.3 132
Seychelles                     0.8       3.1 128       0.8       3.3 177
Sierra Leone                   0.5      -1.9  83       1.9       3.8 169
Singapore                   -355.9    -964.7  17   1,185.4   5,120.3   9
Slovakia                      -1.2     -22.7  59       9.8      22.8 119
Slovenia                     -12.0     -56.2  46      13.2      42.9 102
Solomon Islands               -1.3       0.4 108       0.1       1.9 189
Somalia                        (-)       0.5 111       (-)       0.5 204
South Africa                 -18.6      -9.2  69     270.3     999.3  35
Spain                         54.5     427.8 215     475.9   1,985.0  22
Sri Lanka                   -122.2    -527.7  22      18.9      70.7  93
St Helena                     -0.1      -0.1  91       (-)           223
St Kitts and Nevis             0.1       3.2 129       2.8      12.9 138
St Lucia                       6.7      26.0 174       8.5      32.8 110
St Pierre and Miquelon         0.1      -0.4  88       0.1       0.3 212
St Vincent and
      the Grenadines          32.4     161.3 204      32.9     162.7  67
Sudan                          (-)      -2.4  80       (-)       0.1 216

Suriname                       2.5      20.5 169      14.4      57.4  97
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)       0.4 106       (-)       0.4 209
Swaziland                     -1.1      -6.4  71       0.2       1.3 194
Sweden                      -340.9  -1,201.2  15     290.8   1,170.5  31
Switzerland                 -252.2    -926.1  18     561.4   1,887.7  24
Syria                         13.4      47.5 187      14.6      61.3  95

Taiwan                    -1,137.3  -4,025.6   5   1,516.1   6,414.1   7
Tajikistan                     0.6       0.3 103       0.8       1.3 193
Tanzania                       2.2       9.1 152       4.1      19.2 127
Thailand                    -571.5  -2,275.8   9     417.3   1,855.1  26
Togo                           0.9       4.1 136       1.2       4.9 163
Tokelau                       -0.2      -0.2  89       (-)       0.4 208
Tonga                          0.2       5.3 141       0.5       5.9 158
Trinidad and Tobago           50.5      99.3 200     121.2     404.0  53
Tunisia                       19.8      65.6 192      23.4      89.5  85
Turkey                        16.8     289.7 213     244.7   1,145.5  32
Turkmenistan                   4.2      15.3 161       4.5      15.9 134
Turks and Caicos Islands       3.4      15.9 163       3.9      17.3 133
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-)  94       (-)       (-) (X)

Uganda                         2.2       3.9 134       4.4      10.6 144
Ukraine                        4.8      -2.9  78      36.7     133.8  70
United Arab Emirates          85.9     461.7 216     142.9     692.6  41
United Kingdom                -2.0   2,059.8 223   2,968.3  13,216.8   4
Uruguay                       45.3     113.0 201      59.1     189.3  63
Uzbekistan                    11.2      23.8 170      11.7      25.7 116

Vanuatu                       37.2      37.2 182      37.3      37.4 105
Vatican City                   0.1       0.3 104       0.2       0.6 201
Venezuela                   -242.4    -861.6  19     578.8   2,469.2  19
Vietnam                      -19.0     -67.2  44      23.3      91.2  84

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  98       (-)       (-) 221
West Bank Administered
        by Israel              (-)       0.5 110       (-)       0.5 206
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)  92       (-)       (-) (X)
Western Samoa                  0.4       1.6 121       0.9       3.2 178

Yugoslavia                     3.7      26.4 176       4.9      30.5 113

Zambia                        -1.3      -8.2  70       2.0       7.1 153
Zimbabwe                      -4.5     -25.2  57       4.5      25.6 117

Unidentified                  12.5       (-) (X)      12.5       (-) (X)

Timing adjustment              (-)     217.6 (X)       (-)     -14.4 (X)

North America             -2,526.1  -8,998.7 (X)  20,304.2  79,435.6 (X)

Western Europe            -3,188.7  -5,544.6 (X)  13,044.5  55,249.5 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)       -2,852.0  -4,589.8 (X)  11,957.5  51,168.4 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association           -381.7  -1,279.1 (X)     740.0   2,585.3 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe          -229.1    -640.6 (X)     701.9   2,710.3 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics -231.8    -367.5 (X)     416.3   1,797.6 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europ -3,218.1  -5,579.3 (X)  12,942.7  54,904.4 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries-12,354.2 -46,700.4 (X)  13,924.7  56,335.6 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          107.2   1,505.2 (X)   1,734.0   8,001.5 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)          -1,686.6  -6,394.3 (X)   5,174.0  20,723.6 (X)
    Asia--South             -727.4  -3,046.0 (X)     370.7   1,477.6 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      -2,336.8  -9,130.3 (X)   3,344.2  13,610.0 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  1,169.2   4,478.2 (X)   5,386.0  20,996.9 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              -425.1    -743.0 (X)  11,343.3  44,839.7 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                   40.3    -134.3 (X)     745.0   2,809.4 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      -556.4  -1,119.7 (X)  10,074.8  40,005.9 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies -3,529.9  -7,856.1 (X)  25,043.1 101,494.7 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)               -1,238.9  -3,258.9 (X)   1,890.7   8,739.8 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)          12.5       (-) (X)      12.5       (-) (X)
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                                           Imports
                              Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                  Cumulative              Cumulative
         Country           April    to date  rank  April    to date  rank

     TOTAL                75,912.8 293,345.2 (X)  78,432.4 303,013.2 (X)

Afganistan                     0.2      12.4 124       0.3      12.8 124
Albania                        0.6       2.9 153       0.7       3.1 154
Algeria                      173.9     624.3  45     190.5     687.3  46
Andorra                        (-)       (-) 218       (-)       (-) 218
Angola                       217.5     813.0  39     236.6     885.8  39
Anguilla                       0.3       0.5 187       0.3       0.5 187
Antigua and Barbuda            0.3       0.8 178       0.3       0.9 179
Argentina                    226.4     801.7  40     249.6     878.8  40
Armenia                        1.0       4.3 144       1.0       4.4 145
Aruba                         27.0     179.6  66      28.5     189.6  66
Australia                    473.8   1,739.8  28     500.4   1,833.4  28
Austria                      203.2     788.3  41     211.6     818.1  42
Azerbaijan                     0.7       1.7 164       0.8       1.7 166

Bahamas                       11.0      53.5  93      12.0      58.1  93
Bahrain                       12.5      50.6  96      13.6      54.6  96
Bangladesh                   126.8     576.3  48     133.5     607.1  48
Barbados                       2.6      11.9 126       2.7      12.4 127
Belarus                       10.7      35.5 103      11.5      38.2 103
Belgium                      668.9   2,754.0  21     685.8   2,820.5  22
Belize                         4.8      20.2 117       5.2      21.8 118
Benin                          0.2       2.3 159       0.2       3.0 155
Bermuda                        0.7       2.8 155       0.7       2.9 156
Bhutan                         (-)       (-) 207       (-)       0.1 208
Bolivia                       11.1      64.5  89      11.5      67.6  89
Bosnia-Hercegovina             0.5       2.4 158       0.5       2.5 159
Botswana                       2.0       6.0 140       2.1       6.1 140
Brazil                       839.4   3,144.6  16     882.9   3,317.0  16
British Indian
     Ocean Territory           (-)       0.2 199       (-)       0.2 199
British Virgin Islands         0.5       1.7 163       0.5       1.9 164
Brunei                         8.2      26.0 111       8.8      27.6 111
Bulgaria                      10.3      94.2  78      11.1      98.2  78
Burkina                        (-)       0.2 198       (-)       0.2 198
Burma (Myanmar)                8.7      51.4  94       9.5      54.7  95
Burundi                        0.9       3.7 150       0.9       3.8 150

Cambodia                      20.6      80.1  82      21.7      84.3  82
Cameroon                       2.1      11.9 125       2.4      13.2 124
Canada                    15,020.7  58,303.2   1  15,301.3  59,370.2   1
Cape Verde                     (-)       (-) 214       (-)       (-) 214
Cayman Islands                 2.4       8.7 134       2.5       8.9 134
Central African Republic       (-)       0.1 201       (-)       0.1 201
Chad                           0.4       0.9 176       0.4       0.9 177
Chile                        239.0     905.8  35     288.2   1,110.4  33
China                      5,263.2  20,069.5   4   5,536.7  21,095.4   4
Christmas Island               (-)       0.1 202       (-)       0.1 202
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-) 219       (-)       (-) 219
Colombia                     378.1   1,547.6  31     404.0   1,650.4  31
Comoros                        (-)       0.2 193       (-)       0.2 193
Congo (Brazzaville)           45.5     105.7  73      48.9     111.2  74
Congo (Kinshasa)              16.8      60.7  90      17.7      63.9  90
Cook Islands                   (-)       0.2 196       (-)       0.2 195
Costa Rica                   198.7     774.3  42     214.9     835.7  41
Croatia                        4.6      27.4 109       4.9      28.6 109
Cuba                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Cyprus                         2.3       9.0 132       2.4       9.5 131
Czech Republic                50.8     221.5  64      52.7     230.0  64

Denmark                      176.9     737.5  43     184.3     767.8  43
Djibouti                       (-)       (-) 213       (-)       (-) 213
Dominica                       0.4       1.6 165       0.4       1.7 167
Dominican Republic           388.6   1,347.6  32     398.5   1,382.5  32

Ecuador                      152.8     612.8  46     172.3     694.7  45
Egypt                         50.1     225.8  63      53.1     238.6  63
El Salvador                  113.1     477.4  54     116.7     490.7  54
Equatorial Guinea              0.5      38.6 101       0.5      42.5 101
Eritrea                        0.2       0.2 192       0.2       0.2 191
Estonia                       11.3      24.0 113      12.1      25.8 113
Ethiopia                       9.0      23.3 115       9.3      24.2 115

Falkland Islands               (-)       (-) 209       (-)       (-) 210
Faroe Islands                  0.9       4.2 146       0.9       4.4 147
Fed. Repub. of Germany     4,313.2  15,834.4   5   4,419.1  16,239.8   5
Federated States
       of  Micronesia          1.2       3.7 149       1.3       4.0 149
Fiji                           6.5      31.5 107       7.4      34.6 105
Finland                      196.3     848.7  37     208.6     903.6  36
France                     1,974.2   7,424.2   9   2,026.2   7,619.8   9
French Guiana                  (-)       2.3 161       (-)       2.3 161
French Polynesia               2.5       9.1 131       2.6       9.2 133
French Southern and
      Antarctic Lands          0.2       1.1 174       0.2       1.1 173

Gabon                        159.0     536.0  50     174.3     583.5  51
Gambia                         0.2       1.1 173       0.2       1.1 174
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                 (-)       (-) 212       (-)       0.1 205
Georgia                        0.2       2.9 154       0.2       3.1 154
Ghana                         11.8      49.7  98      12.3      52.2  98
Gibraltar                      (-)       0.5 186       (-)       0.5 186
Greece                        50.5     160.5  67      54.6     175.9  67
Greenland                      1.2       2.5 157       1.2       2.6 158
Grenada                        0.9       3.4 151       1.0       3.6 151
Guadeloupe                     0.2       1.2 171       0.2       1.2 172
Guatemala                    165.3     699.8  44     178.0     750.6  44
Guinea                         9.5      42.3 100      11.4      50.8  99
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)       0.2 197       (-)       0.2 197
Guyana                        12.4      49.9  97      12.9      55.7  94

Haiti                         21.3      77.3  83      22.2      80.2  84
Heard and
         McDonald Isles        (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Honduras                     194.4     846.6  38     207.5     897.1  38
Hong Kong                    748.3   3,069.9  17     774.5   3,173.4  17
Hungary                      113.3     405.0  55     117.0     417.5  55

Iceland                       17.6      68.5  87      18.9      73.5  87
India                        684.1   2,737.7  22     723.1   2,878.9  19
Indonesia                    736.9   2,892.1  18     783.9   3,072.3  18
Iran                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Iraq                          83.0     189.6  65      93.4     211.8  65
Ireland                      740.9   2,532.9  23     748.5   2,563.0  24
Israel                       672.8   2,810.0  20     685.1   2,874.9  20
Italy                      1,682.6   6,750.1  10   1,757.6   7,039.7  10
Ivory Coast                   37.3     265.7  60      40.0     283.3  60

Jamaica                       75.2     262.5  61      79.6     277.0  61
Japan                     10,317.3  40,733.2   2  10,567.9  41,751.2   2
Jordan                         1.0       3.8 148       1.0       4.0 148

Kazakhstan                    30.1      68.1  88      31.2      70.7  88
Kenya                         10.5      32.2 105      11.2      34.4 106
Kiribati                       0.1       0.2 190       0.1       0.3 188
Korea, South               1,917.6   7,523.3   8   1,982.9   7,759.1   8
Kuwait                       129.7     526.4  52     149.2     595.3  49
Kyrgyzstan                     (-)       0.2 189       (-)       0.2 190

Laos                           1.5       6.1 139       1.6       6.5 139
Latvia                         6.7      24.9 112       7.0      26.9 112
Lebanon                        2.1      15.4 119       2.2      16.0 119
Lesotho                        3.7      28.7 108       3.9      29.9 108
Liberia                        1.5       8.9 133       1.6       9.4 132
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Liechtenstein                 20.8      75.5  85      21.4      78.3  86
Lithuania                      4.9      20.2 118       5.2      22.9 116
Luxembourg                    25.9     104.1  76      27.8     111.8  73

Macao                         58.3     286.3  58      60.5     296.1  59
Macedonia (Skopje)            10.3      59.1  91      10.8      62.0  91
Madagascar                     3.3      21.0 116       3.5      22.3 117
Malawi                         3.8      13.3 122       4.0      14.3 122
Malaysia                   1,479.7   5,748.4  12   1,519.5   5,898.8  12
Maldives                       3.2      12.5 123       3.8      14.5 121
Mali                           0.1       0.8 177       0.1       0.9 178

Malta                         27.3     104.3  75      27.5     105.6  76
Marshall Islands               1.5       4.5 143       1.7       4.9 143
Martinique                     (-)       0.2 191       (-)       0.2 192
Mauritania                     (-)       0.1 200       (-)       0.2 200
Mauritius                     19.9      75.3  86      21.1      80.5  83
Mexico                     7,809.6  30,131.1   3   7,945.4  30,639.8   3
Moldova                        4.5      35.0 104       4.9      37.9 104
Monaco                         1.4       4.2 145       1.5       4.5 144
Mongolia                       2.1       9.9 129       2.3      10.5 129
Montserrat                     (-)           210       (-)           211
Morocco                       34.0     109.6  72      36.0     116.9  72
Mozambique                     0.8       3.2 152       0.9       3.4 152

Namibia                        8.8      26.9 110       9.1      27.8 110
Nauru                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Nepal                         13.2      54.4  92      14.7      60.2  92
Netherlands                  652.0   2,352.9  26     686.7   2,466.2  25
Netherlands Antilles          31.3     105.1  74      33.4     110.8  75
New Caledonia                  2.1       6.2 138       2.3       8.0 136
New Zealand                  139.8     532.9  51     155.0     586.7  50
Nicaragua                     33.2     145.7  69      34.9     152.7  69
Niger                          0.4       0.8 179       0.4       0.8 180
Nigeria                      475.2   1,636.0  29     514.3   1,769.7  29
Niue                           (-)       0.1 205       (-)       0.1 206
Norfolk Island                 (-)       (-) 211       (-)       (-) 212
North Korea                    (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
Norway                       269.7     906.6  34     282.8     955.8  35

Oman                          14.6      85.5  80      15.1      90.9  80

Pakistan                     132.7     544.3  49     140.1     573.7  52
Palau                          1.0       5.2 142       1.1       5.4 142
Panama                        22.5      88.5  79      24.5      96.1  79
Papua New Guinea              15.1      31.9 106      15.2      32.4 107
Paraguay                       2.4      11.8 127       2.6      12.8 126
Peru                         137.4     498.6  53     145.0     526.6  53
Philippines                  926.1   3,858.0  14     953.1   3,972.3  14
Pitcairn Island                (-)       (-) 217       (-)       (-) 217
Poland                        62.5     281.4  59      65.9     300.1  58
Portugal                     101.4     384.9  56     106.7     403.9  56

Qatar                         22.7      80.7  81      24.2      87.9  81

Republic of Yemen              0.3       1.5 167       0.3       1.6 168
Reunion                        (-)       (-) 208       (-)       (-) 209
Romania                       34.2     135.4  71      36.6     145.1  71
Russia                       545.1   1,808.0  27     564.3   1,892.9  27
Rwanda                         0.1       0.6 183       0.1       0.6 184

San Marino                     0.4       1.2 172       0.4       1.2 171
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)       0.1 203       (-)       0.1 204
Saudi Arabia                 630.0   2,488.0  24     709.8   2,779.4  23
Senegal                        0.4       2.3 160       0.5       2.5 160
Seychelles                     (-)       0.2 194       (-)       0.2 196
Sierra Leone                   1.4       5.7 141       1.4       5.8 141
Singapore                  1,541.3   6,085.0  11   1,564.3   6,174.8  11
Slovakia                      11.0      45.5  99      11.7      47.8 100
Slovenia                      25.2      99.1  77      26.3     104.1  77
Solomon Islands                1.4       1.5 168       1.6       1.8 165
Somalia                        (-)       0.1 206       (-)       0.1 207
South Africa                 289.0   1,008.6  33     300.2   1,052.0  34
Spain                        421.4   1,557.2  30     448.2   1,667.5  30
Sri Lanka                    141.1     598.5  47     147.9     628.0  47
St Helena                      0.1       0.1 204       0.1       0.1 203
St Kitts and Nevis             2.7       9.8 130       2.8      10.1 130
St Lucia                       1.8       6.8 136       1.8       7.0 137
St Pierre and Miquelon         (-)       0.7 181       (-)       0.7 182
St Vincent and
       the Grenadines          0.5       1.4 169       0.5       1.5 169
Sudan                          (-)       2.6 156       (-)       2.8 157

Suriname                      11.9      36.9 102      12.7      38.8 102
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)       (-) 220       (-)       (-) 220
Swaziland                      1.3       7.7 135       1.4       8.4 135
Sweden                       631.7   2,371.7  25     650.2   2,447.3  26
Switzerland                  813.6   2,813.7  19     825.4   2,860.1  21
Syria                          1.2      13.8 121       1.3      14.2 123

Taiwan                     2,653.4  10,439.8   7   2,746.7  10,791.1   7
Tajikistan                     0.2       1.0 175       0.2       1.0 175
Tanzania                       1.9      10.1 128       2.0      10.6 128
Thailand                     988.8   4,130.8  13   1,024.8   4,279.8  13
Togo                           0.3       0.7 180       0.3       1.0 176
Tokelau                        0.2       0.6 185       0.2       0.6 185
Tonga                          0.2       0.6 182       0.3       0.7 181
Trinidad and Tobago           70.7     304.7  57      77.7     334.7  57
Tunisia                        3.6      23.9 114       3.7      25.1 114
Turkey                       227.9     855.8  36     238.7     902.7  37
Turkmenistan                   0.3       0.6 184       0.4       0.6 183
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.5       1.4 170       0.5       1.4 170
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-) 221       (-)       (-) 221

Uganda                         2.2       6.6 137       2.3       7.0 138
Ukraine                       32.0     136.7  70      35.6     150.8  70
United Arab Emirates          57.0     230.9  62      61.9     247.6  62
United Kingdom             2,970.3  11,157.0   6   3,049.7  11,446.4   6
Uruguay                       13.9      76.3  84      14.6      79.1  85
Uzbekistan                     0.5       2.0 162       0.5       2.0 163

Vanuatu                        0.1       0.2 195       0.1       0.2 194
Vatican City                   0.1       0.3 188       0.1       0.3 189
Venezuela                    821.2   3,330.8  15     893.4   3,608.7  15
Vietnam                       42.3     158.4  68      45.7     169.3  68

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-)  (X)
West Bank Administered
       by Israel               (-)       (-) 216       (-)       (-) 216
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-) 215       (-)       (-) 215
Western Samoa                  0.5       1.5 166       0.7       2.1 162

Yugoslavia                     1.2       4.1 147       1.3       4.4 146

Zambia                         3.3      15.3 120       3.3      15.5 120
Zimbabwe                       9.0      50.9  95      10.0      54.2  97

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

Timing adjustment              (-)    -232.0 (X)       (-)    -231.2 (X)

North America             22,830.3  88,434.3 (X)  23,246.7  90,010.1 (X)

Western Europe            16,233.2  60,794.1 (X)  16,729.3  62,689.4 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)       14,809.4  55,758.2 (X)  15,265.5  57,491.5 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association          1,121.7   3,864.4 (X)   1,148.5   3,967.7 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           931.0   3,350.9 (X)     970.5   3,521.2 (X)
    Former Soviet Repubics   648.2   2,165.0 (X)     674.8   2,279.3 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe  16,160.8  60,483.8 (X)  16,654.6  62,367.6 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries 26,278.9 103,036.0 (X)  27,169.2 106,464.6 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East        1,626.8   6,496.2 (X)   1,757.1   6,978.3 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)           6,860.6  27,117.9 (X)   7,068.4  27,898.3 (X)
    Asia--South            1,098.1   4,523.6 (X)   1,159.5   4,760.8 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       5,681.0  22,740.3 (X)   5,854.3  23,425.5 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  4,216.8  16,518.7 (X)   4,537.4  17,774.6 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            11,768.4  45,582.7 (X)  12,206.6  47,271.6 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  704.7   2,943.7 (X)     752.0   3,126.9 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association    10,631.2  41,125.7 (X)  11,009.4  42,585.9 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies 28,573.0 109,350.8 (X)  29,288.4 112,061.7 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                3,129.6  11,998.7 (X)   3,420.7  13,059.9 (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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