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                      May     to date  rank   May     to date  rank

     TOTAL                -12,772.3 -64,107.9 (X)  58,738.3 281,863.2 (X)

Afganistan                     -0.3      -1.0  83       0.2       2.6 182
Albania                        -0.3      -3.6  80       0.2       1.3 191
Algeria                      -144.7    -869.2  18      61.5     246.3  61
Andorra                         1.4       7.3 143       1.4       7.4 165
Angola                       -147.0  -1,178.4  16      20.6     124.2  77
Anguilla                        1.4       8.4 148       1.4       8.6 159
Antigua and Barbuda             5.4      29.5 177       5.6      32.3 115
Argentina                     310.2   1,224.1 220     497.9   2,154.6  25
Armenia                         7.3      27.2 175       7.8      28.8 119
Aruba                         -47.2    -192.2  32      20.1      92.7  89
Australia                     600.3   3,045.3 226   1,007.9   4,736.4  15
Austria                       -34.8    -125.4  35     163.8     848.9  38
Azerbaijan                      4.2      21.8 168       4.4      22.9 124

Bahamas                        48.2     251.5 209      61.3     321.2  59
Bahrain                         7.6      53.7 184      16.1      91.6  90
Bangladesh                    -94.6    -472.8  24      15.4     110.8  81
Barbados                       18.6      95.3 195      22.0     112.0  79
Belarus                        -4.5      -8.6  73       1.2      15.5 137
Belgium                       460.6   2,360.9 222   1,137.2   5,587.8  13
Belize                          1.2      11.9 157      10.3      49.5 103
Benin                           0.3      13.0 161       3.3      16.8 132
Bermuda                        31.9     136.6 202      32.6     139.2  75
Bhutan                          0.1      -0.6  84       0.1       0.2 213
Bolivia                         1.0       1.8 122      17.4      94.8  86
Bosnia-Hercegovina              3.2      76.2 191       4.0      80.1  92
Botswana                        4.3       5.6 137       6.2      15.8 134
Brazil                        454.9   1,904.9 221   1,341.1   5,933.3  12
British Indian
     Ocean Territory           -0.1     -10.7  71       (-)       0.2 215
British Virgin Islands          4.6      24.6 172       5.3      28.6 120
Brunei                         31.7      40.4 181      36.5      62.0  98
Bulgaria                        7.8     -24.0  59      17.4      39.6 108
Burkina                         0.9       7.4 144       0.9       7.6 163
Burma (Myanmar)                -6.3     -35.9  53       0.5      10.6 154
Burundi                         (-)       0.1 100       (-)       0.2 216

Cambodia                       -1.3       1.6 121       1.6      11.5 153
Cameroon                       -1.7      10.2 152       6.0      33.3 112
Canada                     -1,436.6  -7,011.7   5  12,977.4  63,102.2   1
Cape Verde                      1.5       5.7 138       1.7       5.9 169
Cayman Islands                 21.3      92.3 193      24.4     103.4  84
Central African Republic        0.2       1.3 118       0.2       2.3 184
Chad                            0.1       0.7 109       0.1       1.2 192
Chile                         162.6     655.6 217     348.6   1,763.1  29
China                      -3,738.3 -16,903.9   2   1,056.8   4,894.9  14
Christmas Island                (-)      -0.2  87       0.1       0.2 214
Cocos (Keeling) Island          (-)       (-)  93       (-)       0.1 221
Colombia                       61.9     218.5 207     476.4   2,110.0  26
Comoros                        -0.6      -0.4  86       (-)       0.3 211
Congo (Brazzaville)           -42.6    -214.7  31       4.9      21.4 126
Congo (Kinshasa)              -20.9    -115.0  37       4.2      22.0 125
Cook Islands                    0.1       0.3 105       0.1       0.6 205
Costa Rica                    -23.7    -100.9  39     173.4     812.7  40
Croatia                        -4.1       9.1 149       8.6      49.7 102
Cuba                            0.1       0.9 111       0.1       0.9 200
Cyprus                         26.1     104.7 197      27.6     110.9  80
Czech Republic                 14.7     111.1 199      70.2     334.1  58

Denmark                       -31.8     -34.9  54     145.0     809.2  41
Djibouti                        0.6       2.3 125       0.6       2.3 185
Dominica                        2.1      10.9 153       2.9      15.0 139
Dominican Republic            -36.5     -56.0  50     342.8   1,578.3  30

Ecuador                       -40.5    -247.1  30     132.2     595.5  48
Egypt                         313.9   1,192.2 219     354.7   1,438.5  33
El Salvador                    -3.9      49.5 183     109.7     557.5  50
Equatorial Guinea               2.5      19.4 167       2.6      19.7 127
Eritrea                         1.8       5.1 135       1.8       5.2 172
Estonia                        -2.2     -10.0  72       3.5      14.5 140
Ethiopia                        1.1       7.8 146       7.4      32.2 116

Falkland Islands               -0.2      -0.1  89       (-)       0.1 218
Faroe Islands                  -1.3      -4.3  78       (-)       0.3 208
Fed. Repub. of Germany     -1,724.4  -7,089.9   3   2,010.3  10,552.3   6
Federated States
     of  Micronesia             1.4       6.5 141       2.3      11.8 152
Fiji                           -2.1     -12.1  69       1.8      12.1 151
Finland                       -72.5    -339.1  26     155.5     638.8  46
France                       -308.8  -1,274.9  14   1,313.5   6,568.9  10
French Guiana                  69.6     146.9 203      69.9     147.3  73
French Polynesia                6.9      34.4 178       8.7      45.6 105
French Southern and 
     Antarctic Lands            (-)       (-)  95       (-)       (-) 223

Gabon                        -184.7    -849.1  19      11.2      31.7 118
Gambia                          0.2       4.0 132       0.8       5.3 171
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                  (-)       0.1  97       (-)       0.1 219
Georgia                         6.5      25.4 173       7.0      26.5 122
Ghana                          25.4      77.5 192      33.5     145.8  74
Gibraltar                       0.1       3.8 130       0.3       5.5 170
Greece                         15.0     161.2 205      61.1     359.0  57
Greenland                      -0.8      -1.8  81       0.2       1.0 197
Grenada                         2.5      11.8 156       2.8      12.9 146
Guadeloupe                      4.0      25.4 174       4.3      27.7 121
Guatemala                     -21.2    -138.4  34     153.8     697.3  44
Guinea                         -6.6     -20.2  60       5.2      31.8 117
Guinea-Bissau                   0.1       0.3 102       0.1       0.3 207
Guyana                         -5.2      12.2 159       8.4      58.5  99

Haiti                          19.4     118.4 200      36.3     186.5  66
Heard and
     McDonald Isles             (-)       (-)  94       (-)       (-) 224
Honduras                      -32.2     -63.7  45     163.9     804.5  42
Hong Kong                     595.2   2,582.9 224   1,306.5   6,110.0  11
Hungary                       -64.5    -181.6  33      39.2     200.8  64

Iceland                        -3.7     -15.0  65      16.1      77.7  93
India                        -209.0  -1,266.7  15     326.9   1,565.5  31
Indonesia                    -283.3  -1,607.9  13     493.3   1,852.9  27
Iran                            (-)       1.1 115       (-)       1.1 194
Iraq                          -47.3     -72.4  42       3.8       4.5 175
Ireland                        12.2    -330.0  27     427.4   1,809.4  28
Israel                       -114.7    -392.4  25     498.0   2,497.0  22
Italy                        -829.2  -3,792.3   7     753.2   3,840.2  18
Ivory Coast                     (-)    -116.2  36       9.1      54.4 100

Jamaica                        74.1     283.3 210     131.1     584.9  49
Japan                      -3,511.9 -21,877.9   1   5,654.9  27,734.8   2
Jordan                         23.4     131.5 201      35.0     149.9  72

Kazakhstan                     31.3      38.7 179      36.1      93.6  87
Kenya                          44.4     100.2 196      54.6     151.0  71
Kiribati                        (-)      -0.2  88       0.1       1.1 196
Korea, South                  494.3   2,393.2 223   2,402.6  11,317.0   5
Kuwait                         13.6     -85.4  41     118.1     529.8  52
Kyrgyzstan                      1.3       2.9 126       1.6       4.4 177

Laos                           -0.5      -4.9  77       0.3       1.2 193
Latvia                          6.3     -17.4  64      20.8      87.2  91
Lebanon                        24.5     207.3 206      31.6     229.0  62
Lesotho                        -5.5     -32.1  55       0.7       0.8 202
Liberia                         7.2      17.2 166       7.3      18.6 129
Libya                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  -5.7     -29.4  58       1.1       8.7 157
Lithuania                       1.5      16.4 165       4.4      34.7 111
Luxembourg                      7.4      70.1 190      28.8     168.8  68

Macao                         -58.9    -322.4  28       5.7      18.2 130
Macedonia (Skopje)            -15.1     -58.9  49       0.9       3.4 180
Madagascar                     -3.3     -18.9  62       1.4       4.8 173
Malawi                         -4.7     -18.0  63       1.7       8.7 158
Malaysia                     -256.0  -2,431.6  10   1,142.3   4,362.0  16
Maldives                       -1.1      -3.8  79       0.3       1.8 190
Mali                            2.5       9.3 150       2.7      10.3 155

Malta                          -8.2     -44.0  52       9.7      48.4 104
Marshall Islands                1.9       9.6 151       2.0      12.3 147
Martinique                      2.4      12.4 160       2.4      13.1 145
Mauritania                      2.5       6.7 142       2.5       6.8 167
Mauritius                     -12.2     -59.7  48       3.5      15.6 136
Mexico                     -1,692.2  -7,074.8   4   5,419.7  26,812.3   3
Moldova                         1.1       1.1 116       4.0       7.9 162
Monaco                         -1.3      -5.1  76       0.2       2.1 186
Mongolia                       -1.9      -7.5  74       0.1       7.1 166
Montserrat                      2.2       6.4 140       2.9       9.4 156
Morocco                        -0.9      42.0 182      23.1     155.7  70
Mozambique                      3.3      11.1 154       5.1      19.4 128

Namibia                        -7.5     -20.1  61       1.1       4.7 174
Nauru                           (-)       0.8 110       (-)       0.8 201
Nepal                          -7.9     -48.7  51       0.6       8.4 160
Netherlands                 1,153.0   5,407.2 227   1,760.0   8,155.7   7
Netherlands Antilles           11.2     -92.1  40      38.2     196.5  65
New Caledonia                  -1.1     -12.7  68       3.6      12.3 148
New Zealand                   -15.5       0.3 104     151.0     695.2  45
Nicaragua                     -14.5     -60.5  47      24.4     113.6  78
Niger                          -2.3      -7.2  75       1.8       8.2 161
Nigeria                      -592.5  -2,543.0   9      74.1     295.0  60
Niue                            3.3      14.5 163       3.3      14.5 141
Norfolk Island                  0.2       1.0 114       0.2       1.0 198
North Korea                     0.1       0.1  98       0.1       0.1 220
Norway                       -238.6    -735.5  21     174.7     835.0  39

Oman                            3.1       4.7 134      25.6     105.5  83

Pakistan                      -42.4      28.6 176      69.1     553.6  51
Palau                           0.8       1.5 119       1.5       6.2 168
Panama                         91.5     477.5 213     128.3     614.2  47
Papua New Guinea                7.3       5.8 139       7.9      41.6 107
Paraguay                       67.9     385.4 212      70.2     400.2  55
Peru                           27.7      92.5 194     150.7     739.0  43
Philippines                  -212.5    -815.3  20     618.2   3,089.0  19
Pitcairn Island                 (-)       (-)  90       (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                        100.9     233.8 208     162.7     497.2  53
Portugal                       -1.1      22.1 169     101.9     449.5  54

Qatar                          14.3      55.5 185      23.7     109.5  82

Republic of Yemen               5.9      63.7 187       6.4      77.6  94
Reunion                         0.1       0.7 108       0.1       1.1 195
Romania                        -1.0     -66.5  44      22.3      95.3  85
Russia                       -109.2    -306.3  29     259.2   1,303.0  35
Rwanda                          1.9      13.8 162       2.1      15.4 138

San Marino                      0.2       3.8 129       0.2       4.0 178
Sao Tome and Principe           0.0       3.9 131       0.1       3.9 179
Saudi Arabia                 -249.0    -910.5  17     640.2   2,944.7  21
Senegal                         1.7      12.2 158       2.1      15.8 133
Seychelles                     -0.2       0.9 112       0.1       2.0 188
Sierra Leone                    3.3       4.5 133       4.9      12.1 150
Singapore                    -177.2    -718.8  22   1,535.9   7,261.3   9
Slovakia                       -9.3     -31.6  56       4.8      37.4 109
Slovenia                      -17.2     -69.7  43       8.4      43.3 106
Solomon Islands                 0.1       0.3 103       0.1       0.6 204
Somalia                         0.1       0.3 106       0.1       0.5 206
South Africa                   46.4     301.6 211     261.6   1,225.2  36
Spain                          57.3     602.6 214     462.6   2,468.1  23
Sri Lanka                     -99.0    -582.5  23       9.5      51.0 101
St Helena                       (-)       1.9 123       (-)       2.4 183
St Kitts and Nevis              1.2       5.5 136       3.3      15.6 135
St Lucia                        4.8      11.4 155       6.4      32.8 114
St Pierre and Miquelon         -0.1       0.1  99       (-)       0.3 210
St.Vincent & the Grenadine      2.5      15.4 164       2.7      17.2 131
Sudan                           1.1       7.4 145       2.7      13.7 143

Suriname                        5.0      39.4 180      14.7      71.9  95
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl         0.1       1.0 113       0.1       1.0 199
Swaziland                      -0.5     -13.8  66       0.6       1.9 189
Sweden                       -324.1  -1,656.8  12     285.8   1,408.0  34
Switzerland                   210.8     816.4 218     916.2   4,081.4  17
Syria                          10.7      58.5 186      11.5      70.8  96

Taiwan                     -1,052.2  -4,704.7   6   1,564.5   7,748.1   8
Tajikistan                      2.1       1.5 120       2.5       3.2 181
Tanzania                        8.4      24.5 171      10.3      32.9 113
Thailand                     -388.7  -1,659.8  11     566.2   3,063.4  20
Togo                            1.0       2.9 127       1.1       7.5 164
Tokelau                        -0.2      -0.4  85       0.1       0.1 217
Tonga                           0.4       1.1 117       0.6       2.1 187
Trinidad and Tobago           -33.6    -106.9  38      71.7     397.0  56
Tunisia                         9.5      68.0 189      16.2      92.8  88
Turkey                        221.7     613.0 215     421.2   1,560.1  32
Turkmenistan                    5.4      66.1 188       5.6      67.7  97
Turks and Caicos Islands        5.6      24.2 170       5.9      25.8 123
Tuvalu                          (-)       0.1  96       (-)       0.1 222

Uganda                         -0.7       2.0 124       3.0      13.4 144
Ukraine                        -7.3     -13.5  67      29.8     165.2  69
United Arab Emirates          261.0     638.0 216     302.2   1,109.4  37
United Kingdom                314.1   2,719.6 225   3,113.0  15,871.9   4
Uruguay                        12.3     108.5 198      44.5     210.2  63
Uzbekistan                      9.5     152.4 204      10.2     178.2  67

Vanuatu                         (-)      -1.5  82       (-)       0.3 209
Vatican City                    0.3       0.4 107       0.5       0.6 203
Venezuela                    -621.3  -3,117.7   8     569.1   2,382.5  24
Vietnam                        -4.0     -61.9  46      24.1     124.8  76

Wallis and Futuna               (-)       (-)  92       (-)       (-) 225
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                  (-)       0.2 101       (-)       0.2 212
Western Sahara                  (-)      -0.0  91       (-)       0.0 226
Western Samoa                   0.7       3.5 128       1.0       4.5 176

Yugoslavia                      0.9       8.0 147       2.7      12.2 149

Zambia                         -3.4     -12.0  70       1.7      14.1 142
Zimbabwe                       -5.3     -29.9  57       8.6      35.4 110

Unidentified                   13.6      20.5 (X)      13.6      20.5 (X)
                            

North America              -3,128.8 -14,086.5 (X)  18,397.1  89,914.5 (X)
                            
Western Europe             -1,137.2  -2,617.6 (X)  13,513.0  66,468.4 (X)
European Union (EU)        -1,306.9  -3,299.4 (X)  11,919.0  59,536.6 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association             -37.2      36.5 (X)   1,108.2   5,002.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe              1.7      35.5 (X)     714.8   3,259.1 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic    -46.7      -2.2 (X)     398.0   2,053.3 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe -1,123.4  -2,650.1 (X)  13,448.8  66,106.6 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  -7,577.0 -41,314.5 (X)  16,983.9  79,923.4 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East           -46.9    -246.6 (X)   1,712.3   7,920.3 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             -140.0    -447.4 (X)   6,809.5  32,436.4 (X)
    Asia--South              -453.2  -2,343.2 (X)     421.7   2,292.0 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       -1,286.1  -7,193.0 (X)   4,392.5  19,690.6 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     649.6   2,317.3 (X)   5,331.5  24,262.2 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics             -1,276.3  -5,621.5 (X)  10,200.4  48,561.0 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                   -95.5    -313.9 (X)     625.2   2,985.5 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association     -1,255.5  -5,848.4 (X)   9,067.7  43,195.5 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies  -2,344.9  -7,996.3 (X)  24,476.0 120,407.5 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                -1,649.2  -8,511.3 (X)   2,286.0   9,475.7 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           13.6      20.5 (X)      13.6      20.5 (X)
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                                             Imports
                               Customs basis            C.i.f. basis

                                    Cumulative              Cumulative
         Country             May     to date  rank   May     to date  rank

     TOTAL                 71,510.6 345,971.2 (X)  73,921.2 357,405.8 (X)

Afganistan                      0.5       3.6 158       0.6       4.0 157
Albania                         0.5       4.9 148       0.6       5.3 148
Algeria                       206.2   1,115.5  35     225.1   1,211.0  36
Andorra                         (-)       0.1 208       (-)       0.1 209
Angola                        167.6   1,302.6  34     180.1   1,381.9  34
Anguilla                        (-)       0.2 200       (-)       0.2 200
Antigua and Barbuda             0.2       2.8 161       0.2       2.9 162
Argentina                     187.6     930.5  40     200.0     999.9  39
Armenia                         0.5       1.6 170       0.5       1.7 169
Aruba                          67.3     284.9  62      71.4     303.6  61
Australia                     407.5   1,691.1  30     436.2   1,806.1  30
Austria                       198.5     974.2  38     205.7   1,009.0  38
Azerbaijan                      0.3       1.2 177       0.3       1.3 179

Bahamas                        13.1      69.7  86      14.2      74.9  86
Bahrain                         8.6      37.9 102       9.3      40.5 101
Bangladesh                    110.0     583.6  52     115.8     615.5  52
Barbados                        3.4      16.8 124       3.5      17.2 124
Belarus                         5.6      24.1 116       6.0      25.5 116
Belgium                       676.5   3,226.9  21     695.3   3,311.2  21
Belize                          9.1      37.6 103       9.7      40.0 102
Benin                           3.0       3.8 156       3.5       4.3 153
Bermuda                         0.7       2.6 163       0.7       2.7 163
Bhutan                          (-)       0.8 185       (-)       0.8 186
Bolivia                        16.3      93.0  81      17.3      97.5  82
Bosnia-Hercegovina              0.8       3.9 155       0.8       4.2 156
Botswana                        1.9      10.3 135       1.9      10.4 137
Brazil                        886.1   4,028.4  15     929.7   4,244.3  15
British Indian
     Ocean Territory            0.1      10.8 134       0.1      11.7 132
British Virgin Islands          0.7       4.1 153       0.8       4.2 155
Brunei                          4.9      21.5 120       5.0      22.3 120
Bulgaria                        9.6      63.6  91      11.0      68.6  91
Burkina                         0.1       0.2 203       0.1       0.2 202
Burma (Myanmar)                 6.7      46.5  98       7.2      49.5  99
Burundi                         (-)       (-) 213       (-)       (-) 213

Cambodia                        2.9      10.0 137       3.1      10.6 135
Cameroon                        7.7      23.1 118       8.9      26.0 114
Canada                     14,413.9  70,113.9   1  14,724.5  71,534.2   1
Cape Verde                      0.2       0.3 196       0.2       0.3 196
Cayman Islands                  3.0      11.2 133       3.2      11.6 133
Central African Republic        (-)       1.1 180       (-)       1.1 183
Chad                            (-)       0.5 190       (-)       0.6 190
Chile                         186.1   1,107.5  36     205.6   1,308.5  35
China                       4,795.1  21,798.7   4   5,052.8  22,978.8   4
Christmas Island                (-)       0.4 191       (-)       0.5 193
Cocos (Keeling) Island          (-)       (-) 210       (-)       (-) 210
Colombia                      414.5   1,891.5  28     443.0   2,028.0  28
Comoros                         0.6       0.6 187       0.6       0.6 187
Congo (Brazzaville)            47.5     236.0  65      51.2     250.7  65
Congo (Kinshasa)               25.2     136.9  73      26.6     143.6  74
Cook Islands                    (-)       0.2 198       (-)       0.2 197
Costa Rica                    197.0     913.5  42     212.0     986.0  41
Croatia                        12.7      40.5 100      13.2      42.2 100
Cuba                            (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                          1.5       6.1 144       1.6       6.6 144
Czech Republic                 55.5     223.0  66      58.3     232.7  66

Denmark                       176.8     844.1  45     184.3     878.8  47
Djibouti                        (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Dominica                        0.8       4.1 154       0.8       4.3 154
Dominican Republic            379.3   1,634.3  31     390.9   1,682.5  32

Ecuador                       172.7     842.7  46     193.2     937.9  43
Egypt                          40.8     246.4  64      43.3     262.7  64
El Salvador                   113.6     507.9  54     116.8     524.2  55
Equatorial Guinea               0.1       0.3 194       0.1       0.3 195
Eritrea                         (-)       0.1 206       (-)       0.1 206
Estonia                         5.7      24.5 113       6.4      26.7 111
Ethiopia                        6.2      24.4 114       6.5      25.3 117

Falkland Islands                0.2       0.2 199       0.2       0.2 199
Faroe Islands                   1.3       4.7 149       1.4       5.0 150
Fed. Repub. of Germany      3,734.7  17,642.3   5   3,836.4  18,108.4   5
Federated States
     of  Micronesia             1.0       5.3 147       1.0       5.8 147
Fiji                            3.9      24.2 115       4.5      27.9 109
Finland                       228.0     977.9  37     240.1   1,032.5  37
France                      1,622.3   7,843.7  10   1,671.6   8,073.8  10
French Guiana                   0.3       0.4 192       0.3       0.5 192
French Polynesia                1.8      11.2 132       1.9      11.6 134
French Southern and 
     Antarctic Lands            (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Gabon                         196.0     880.8  43     208.5     937.9  44
Gambia                          0.5       1.3 175       0.5       1.4 176
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                  (-)       (-) 216       (-)       (-) 216
Georgia                         0.5       1.1 179       0.5       1.1 181
Ghana                           8.2      68.3  88       8.8      70.8  89
Gibraltar                       0.2       1.6 169       0.2       1.7 171
Greece                         46.1     197.8  67      49.8     215.7  67
Greenland                       1.0       2.9 160       1.0       3.0 161
Grenada                         0.3       1.2 178       0.4       1.3 178
Guadeloupe                      0.3       2.3 164       0.3       2.4 164
Guatemala                     175.0     835.7  47     185.9     889.0  46
Guinea                         11.8      52.1  96      11.9      52.4  98
Guinea-Bissau                   (-)       0.1 209       (-)       0.1 207
Guyana                         13.6      46.3  99      15.8      53.8  96

Haiti                          16.9      68.2  89      18.3      72.4  88
Heard and
     McDonald Isles             (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Honduras                      196.2     868.2  44     204.7     917.5  45
Hong Kong                     711.3   3,527.1  18     736.5   3,654.0  19
Hungary                       103.7     382.4  58     106.0     393.4  58

Iceland                        19.9      92.7  82      21.2      99.3  81
India                         536.0   2,832.2  25     567.2   2,985.3  24
Indonesia                     776.6   3,460.8  19     826.0   3,676.0  18
Iran                            (-)       (-) 212       (-)       (-) 212
Iraq                           51.1      76.8  84      56.7      85.6  84
Ireland                       415.3   2,139.4  27     421.7   2,170.8  27
Israel                        612.7   2,889.5  23     622.8   2,949.3  25
Italy                       1,582.3   7,632.5  11   1,651.0   7,962.3  11
Ivory Coast                     9.2     170.6  71       9.8     185.1  70

Jamaica                        57.0     301.6  60      60.0     319.3  60
Japan                       9,166.8  49,612.7   2   9,392.3  50,790.4   2
Jordan                         11.6      18.4 122      11.7      18.7 123

Kazakhstan                      4.7      54.9  94       4.9      55.9  95
Kenya                          10.2      50.8  97      10.7      53.3  97
Kiribati                        (-)       1.3 176       (-)       1.4 175
Korea, South                1,908.3   8,923.8   8   1,961.6   9,173.3   8
Kuwait                        104.5     615.1  51     114.6     672.6  50
Kyrgyzstan                      0.3       1.5 173       0.3       1.5 174

Laos                            0.7       6.1 145       0.8       6.4 145
Latvia                         14.5     104.6  77      15.5     113.9  77
Lebanon                         7.1      21.7 119       7.3      22.3 119
Lesotho                         6.2      33.0 105       6.4      34.2 106
Liberia                         0.1       1.4 174       0.1       1.7 168
Libya                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   6.8      38.1 101       6.9      39.0 104
Lithuania                       2.9      18.3 123       3.1      20.6 122
Luxembourg                     21.4      98.6  80      22.8     105.8  80

Macao                          64.5     340.7  59      67.0     354.5  59
Macedonia (Skopje)             16.1      62.3  92      16.8      65.6  92
Madagascar                      4.8      23.7 117       5.0      25.0 118
Malawi                          6.5      26.6 107       6.8      28.7 108
Malaysia                    1,398.3   6,793.6  12   1,436.5   6,988.1  12
Maldives                        1.4       5.6 146       1.5       6.1 146
Mali                            0.2       1.0 181       0.2       1.1 180

Malta                          17.9      92.4  83      18.1      93.5  83
Marshall Islands                0.1       2.7 162       0.1       3.0 160
Martinique                      0.1       0.7 186       0.1       1.0 185
Mauritania                      (-)       0.1 205       (-)       0.1 205
Mauritius                      15.6      75.3  85      16.8      80.4  85
Mexico                      7,111.9  33,887.1   3   7,223.0  34,434.2   3
Moldova                         2.9       6.8 142       3.1       7.1 142
Monaco                          1.4       7.2 141       1.5       7.5 141
Mongolia                        2.1      14.6 128       2.2      15.3 129
Montserrat                      0.7       3.0 159       0.7       3.1 159
Morocco                        24.0     113.7  75      26.0     121.8  75
Mozambique                      1.8       8.3 139       1.9       8.8 139

Namibia                         8.6      24.9 111       8.9      25.8 115
Nauru                           (-)       (-) 214       (-)       (-) 215
Nepal                           8.5      57.1  93       9.5      63.6  93
Netherlands                   607.0   2,748.5  26     643.9   2,899.8  26
Netherlands Antilles           27.1     288.6  61      28.4     303.2  62
New Caledonia                   4.6      24.9 110       6.0      31.4 107
New Zealand                   166.5     694.9  48     185.6     763.9  48
Nicaragua                      38.8     174.1  70      40.4     183.0  71
Niger                           4.1      15.4 126       4.1      15.5 128
Nigeria                       666.6   2,838.0  24     710.2   2,998.1  23
Niue                            (-)       (-) 218       (-)       (-) 218
Norfolk Island                  (-)       (-) 215       (-)       (-) 214
North Korea                     (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                        413.3   1,570.5  33     432.3   1,643.2  33

Oman                           22.5     100.8  79      23.7     109.0  78

Pakistan                      111.5     525.0  53     117.8     555.7  53
Palau                           0.7       4.6 150       0.8       5.0 149
Panama                         36.8     136.7  74      40.5     153.7  73
Papua New Guinea                0.5      35.8 104       0.6      39.9 103
Paraguay                        2.3      14.8 127       2.5      16.2 126
Peru                          123.0     646.5  49     127.0     677.1  49
Philippines                   830.7   3,904.3  16     859.0   4,041.0  17
Pitcairn Island                 (-)       (-) 211       (-)       (-) 211
Poland                         61.7     263.4  63      65.9     281.7  63
Portugal                      103.0     427.5  57     107.8     448.7  57

Qatar                           9.5      54.0  95       9.8      57.6  94

Republic of Yemen               0.4      13.8 129       0.4      15.9 127
Reunion                         (-)       0.4 193       (-)       0.4 194
Romania                        23.3     161.7  72      25.1     174.6  72
Russia                        368.4   1,609.3  32     391.0   1,714.1  31
Rwanda                          0.2       1.6 172       0.2       1.6 173

San Marino                      0.1       0.2 201       0.1       0.2 201
Sao Tome and Principe           0.1       0.1 207       0.1       0.1 208
Saudi Arabia                  889.2   3,855.1  17     962.5   4,152.4  16
Senegal                         0.4       3.7 157       0.4       3.9 158
Seychelles                      0.3       1.0 182       0.3       1.1 184
Sierra Leone                    1.6       7.6 140       1.6       7.6 140
Singapore                   1,713.1   7,980.1   9   1,737.7   8,099.4   9
Slovakia                       14.0      69.0  87      14.9      73.2  87
Slovenia                       25.6     113.0  76      26.6     118.0  76
Solomon Islands                 0.1       0.3 195       0.1       0.6 188
Somalia                         (-)       0.2 204       (-)       0.2 204
South Africa                  215.2     923.6  41     223.3     967.9  42
Spain                         405.3   1,865.5  29     431.8   1,987.0  29
Sri Lanka                     108.5     633.6  50     114.8     668.5  51
St Helena                       (-)       0.6 188       (-)       0.6 189
St Kitts and Nevis              2.1      10.1 136       2.2      10.5 136
St Lucia                        1.6      21.4 121       1.7      22.0 121
St Pierre and Miquelon          0.1       0.2 202       0.1       0.2 203
St.Vincent & the Grenadine      0.2       1.8 165       0.2       1.9 166
Sudan                           1.6       6.2 143       1.7       6.7 143

Suriname                        9.7      32.5 106      10.2      34.3 105
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl         (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Swaziland                       1.1      15.7 125       1.1      16.8 125
Sweden                        609.9   3,064.8  22     629.5   3,162.0  22
Switzerland                   705.4   3,265.0  20     719.1   3,324.5  20
Syria                           0.8      12.3 130       0.9      13.2 130

Taiwan                      2,616.8  12,452.8   7   2,707.9  12,887.5   7
Tajikistan                      0.4       1.7 167       0.4       1.7 170
Tanzania                        1.9       8.4 138       2.0       9.0 138
Thailand                      954.9   4,723.2  14     988.5   4,900.6  14
Togo                            0.1       4.5 151       0.1       4.9 151
Tokelau                         0.3       0.5 189       0.3       0.6 191
Tonga                           0.2       0.9 184       0.3       1.1 182
Trinidad and Tobago           105.3     503.8  55     115.0     545.5  54
Tunisia                         6.7      24.8 112       7.2      26.6 112
Turkey                        199.5     947.1  39     209.4     998.4  40
Turkmenistan                    0.2       1.6 168       0.2       1.8 167
Turks and Caicos Islands        0.3       1.6 171       0.3       1.6 172
Tuvalu                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)

Uganda                          3.7      11.4 131       4.0      12.1 131
Ukraine                        37.2     178.6  69      41.6     202.6  68
United Arab Emirates           41.2     471.4  56      44.0     489.1  56
United Kingdom              2,798.9  13,152.2   6   2,874.2  13,502.9   6
Uruguay                        32.2     101.6  78      33.3     106.4  79
Uzbekistan                      0.7      25.8 109       0.7      26.7 110

Vanuatu                         0.1       1.8 166       0.1       2.0 165
Vatican City                    0.2       0.2 197       0.2       0.2 198
Venezuela                   1,190.4   5,500.2  13   1,288.1   5,888.6  13
Vietnam                        28.1     186.7  68      29.8     200.5  69

Wallis and Futuna               (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                  (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Western Sahara                  (-)       (-) 217       (-)       (-) 217
Western Samoa                   0.3       1.0 183       0.5       1.3 177

Yugoslavia                      1.8       4.2 152       1.9       4.6 152

Zambia                          5.1      26.1 108       5.3      26.4 113
Zimbabwe                       13.9      65.2  90      14.7      69.2  90

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

North America              21,525.9 104,001.0 (X)  21,947.5 105,968.4 (X)
                            
Western Europe             14,650.2  69,085.9 (X)  15,137.2  71,322.7 (X)
European Union (EU)        13,225.9  62,836.0 (X)  13,665.9  64,868.8 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association           1,145.3   4,966.3 (X)   1,179.5   5,106.0 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe            713.1   3,223.6 (X)     756.1   3,431.7 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic    444.7   2,055.5 (X)     474.3   2,202.3 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe 14,572.3  68,756.8 (X)  15,056.4  70,981.0 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  24,560.9 121,238.0 (X)  25,404.7 125,274.9 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East         1,759.2   8,166.9 (X)   1,863.7   8,626.3 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)            6,949.5  32,883.8 (X)   7,143.7  33,814.2 (X)
    Asia--South               874.9   4,635.2 (X)     925.7   4,892.8 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)        5,678.6  26,883.6 (X)   5,852.6  27,727.2 (X)
                            
    South/Central America   4,681.9  21,945.0 (X)   4,989.4  23,475.2 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics             11,476.8  54,182.5 (X)  11,872.2  56,147.0 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                   720.7   3,299.4 (X)     759.8   3,499.8 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association     10,323.2  49,043.9 (X)  10,662.7  50,738.6 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies  26,820.9 128,403.8 (X)  27,556.3 131,769.6 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                 3,935.3  17,987.0 (X)   4,237.1  19,231.0 (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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