
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                May           April         to-date

Total                   6,361          6,830         32,730
                                                            
Australia                  85            104            460
Austria                    63             56            671
Belgium                    69             99            550
Brazil                     75             69            360
Canada                  3,737          3,867         18,135
Germany                   191            203            984
Japan                     232            278          1,382
Korea                      31             27            145
Mexico                    937          1,206          5,383
Saudia Arabia              62            105            530
Sweden                     57             12            119
Taiwan                     37             24            153
United Kingdom            111             91            488
                                                           
Other                     675            687          3,370
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  CARS
                                                  Cumulative
  Country               May           April         to-date

Total                   1,489          1,635          7,475
                                                            
Australia                  21             20             81
Austria                     1            (-)              3
Belgium                    21             26            148
Brazil                      3              5             23
Canada                    903            946          4,200
Germany                   108             95            470
Japan                      51            104            425
Korea                     (-)            (-)              1
Mexico                     74            173            684
Saudia Arabia              41             44            251
Sweden                      3              2             16
Taiwan                     29             10            101
United Kingdom             44             22            143
                                                           
Other                     190            188            930
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  TRUCKS
                                                    Cumulative
  Country                 May           April         to-date

Total                     964          1,215          5,110
                                                            
Australia                   6             34            121
Austria                    (-)           (-)              5
Belgium                    (-)            21            169
Brazil                     13              6             45
Canada                    698            671          2,928
Germany                     3             17             78
Japan                       3             16             71
Korea                     (-)            (-)              1
Mexico                     95            254            738
Saudia Arabia               4             41            184
Sweden                    (-)              1              5
Taiwan                    (-)              7             20
United Kingdom              4              3             24
                                                           
Other                     136            146            722
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  PARTS
                                                   Cumulative
  Country               May           April         to-date

Total                   3,907          3,979         20,145
                                                            
Australia                  58             50            259
Austria                    62             56            664
Belgium                    47             52            233
Brazil                     58             59            292
Canada                  2,137          2,251         11,007
Germany                    80             91            435
Japan                     178            158            887
Korea                      30             27            143
Mexico                    768            779          3,961
Saudia Arabia              17             20             96
Sweden                     53              9             97
Taiwan                      8              7             32
United Kingdom             63             65            321
                                            
Other                     349            353          1,718
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                             IMPORTS
  TOTAL
                                                  Cumulative
  Country               May           April         to-date

Total                  12,646         13,012         62,634
                                                            
Australia                  19             14            108
Austria                    21             21            109
Belgium                   108            121            611
Brazil                    107            111            527
Canada                  4,431          4,725         22,401
Germany                 1,224          1,347          5,842
Japan                   3,060          3,061         15,527
Korea                     186            205          1,068
Mexico                  2,492          2,389         11,685
Saudia Arabia             (-)            (-)            (-)
Sweden                    170            161            806
Taiwan                     82             86            396
United Kingdom            294            305          1,279
                                                            
Other                     449            466          2,274
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  CARS 
                                                  Cumulative
  Country               May           April         to-date

Total                   6,969          6,906         33,415
                                                            
Australia                   8            (-)             41
Austria                   (-)            (-)            (-)
Belgium                    88             97            493
Brazil                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Canada                  2,511          2,545         12,085
Germany                   970          1,066          4,551
Japan                   2,059          1,957         10,179
Korea                     126            137            754
Mexico                    882            769          3,829
Saudia Arabia             (-)            (-)            (-)
Sweden                    131            132            639
Taiwan                      1            (-)              3
United Kingdom            180            187            741
                                                            
Other                      12             16            100
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  TRUCKS
                                                   Cumulative
  Country                May           April         to-date

Total                   1,081          1,217          6,002
                                                            
Australia                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Austria                   (-)            (-)            (-)
Belgium                    13             17             80
Brazil                    (-)              1              8
Canada                    622            794          3,904
Germany                     5             11             38
Japan                      69             37            259
Korea                     (-)            (-)            (-)
Mexico                    323            313          1,513
Saudia Arabia             (-)            (-)            (-)
Sweden                      9              5             27
Taiwan                      1              1              3
United Kingdom             24             22             97
                                                            
Other                      16             17             73
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  PARTS
                                                   Cumulative
  Country                May           April         to-date

Total                   4,595          4,889         23,217
                                                            
Australia                  11             14             67
Austria                    21             21            108
Belgium                     7              7             38
Brazil                    107            110            519
Canada                  1,298          1,386          6,412
Germany                   249            270          1,252
Japan                     932          1,066          5,089
Korea                      60             68            314
Mexico                  1,286          1,306          6,342
Saudia Arabia             (-)            (-)            (-)
Sweden                     31             23            141
Taiwan                     81             86            391
United Kingdom             90             97            442
                                                            
Other                     421            434          2,101

 Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-120), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MAY 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.