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            May     to date  rank   May     to date  rank

     TOTAL               -17,609.2 -81,084.2 (X)  56,258.4 286,042.0 (X)

Afganistan                    -0.3     -10.2  68       0.4       2.9 184
Albania                       -0.3      -1.2  81       0.5       2.4 188
Algeria                     -118.5    -490.7  27      40.2     292.3  61
Andorra                        1.4      10.7 147       1.4      10.7 148
Angola                      -175.3    -858.5  20      17.1     146.9  75
Anguilla                       1.1       7.8 139       1.3       8.5 157
Antigua and Barbuda            7.1      42.5 179       7.3      43.5 108
Argentina                    297.7   1,379.7 220     487.8   2,371.5  25
Armenia                        1.0      25.6 167       2.0      30.9 119
Aruba                        -14.3    -112.2  36      27.9     109.6  86
Australia                    493.7   2,865.9 224     974.2   5,086.3  15
Austria                      -25.2     198.1 205     172.3   1,184.0  35
Azerbaijan                     6.8      42.1 177       7.0      43.9 107

Bahamas                       55.1     298.5 210      63.6     360.5  56
Bahrain                        2.8      64.2 189      22.5     134.5  81
Bangladesh                  -107.6    -582.5  25      12.0     113.5  84
Barbados                      17.1      90.6 196      20.1     105.4  87
Belarus                       -8.8     -31.0  57       2.7      16.0 139
Belgium                      435.4   2,694.7 223   1,111.4   6,124.6  11
Belize                         6.8      27.1 169      10.6      51.2 104
Benin                          7.0      15.7 153       7.1      18.1 135
Bermuda                       28.8     154.1 203      29.7     157.9  70
Bhutan                         (-)       0.4 104       (-)       0.4 211
Bolivia                       12.4      55.4 187      28.9     136.5  79
Bosnia-Hercegovina             2.7       7.0 137       3.4      10.0 149
Botswana                       1.9      14.0 152       3.1      21.1 133
Brazil                       427.5   1,978.5 222   1,298.4   5,993.9  12
British Indian
      Ocean Territory          0.1            88       0.1       0.1 216
British Virgin Islands         4.7      24.7 166       4.9      26.6 123
Brunei                        40.9      36.5 174      45.2      66.9  97
Bulgaria                      -2.8     -52.5  52      11.1      55.5 101
Burkina                        1.3       3.1 120       1.3       3.3 180
Burma (Myanmar)               -5.4     -53.3  51       5.3       8.7 154
Burundi                       -0.2      -3.6  75       0.1       0.3 214

Cambodia                     -15.0     -91.7  40       0.4       3.8 179
Cameroon                       7.9      23.7 163       9.7      37.4 115
Canada                    -1,458.0  -6,246.9   4  13,331.6  66,845.9   1
Cape Verde                     1.4       4.6 126       1.4       4.7 172
Cayman Islands                23.3     109.7 199      25.5     120.6  83
Central African Republic      -1.1      -0.3  85       0.2       1.1 196
Chad                          -0.1       0.4 106       0.5       1.9 192
Chile                        329.4     687.6 217     515.2   1,779.3  28
China                     -4,634.0 -20,412.2   2     893.5   5,184.7  14
Christmas Island               (-)       (-)  91       (-)       0.1 220
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-)  95       (-)       (-) 221
Colombia                      13.0     214.1 207     403.1   2,151.8  27
Comoros                        (-)       (-)  89       (-)       0.2 215
Congo (Brazzaville)           -4.9     -74.8  44       7.1      42.8 109
Congo (Kinshasa)             -15.6     -61.2  49       2.3      17.5 136
Cook Islands                   0.2       0.5 108       0.2       0.7 203
Costa Rica                     2.4       4.1 123     191.5     967.5  37
Croatia                        1.3      19.4 158       4.2      49.7 105
Cuba                           (-)       0.8 111       (-)       0.8 201
Cyprus                         7.5      69.5 190      10.6      81.6  91
Czech Republic                26.1      23.4 162      77.5     296.2  60

Denmark                       15.7     -65.5  46     155.5     811.8  43
Djibouti                       1.7       6.4 136       2.1       6.8 163
Dominica                       6.1      26.3 168       6.4      28.2 122
Dominican Republic           -56.7    -138.2  34     331.0   1,597.1  30

Ecuador                      -33.0    -105.6  37     121.7     661.9  49
Egypt                        114.7     854.0 218     167.9   1,133.0  36
El Salvador                    7.5      33.7 172     122.3     626.0  50
Equatorial Guinea              3.4     -13.6  65       3.5      25.1 126
Eritrea                        0.7       8.6 143       0.7       8.9 153
Estonia                        1.7      -0.6  83       9.7      31.4 117
Ethiopia                       4.4      11.6 149      10.7      41.2 112

Falkland Islands               (-)       2.9 119       (-)       3.0 183
Faroe Islands                 -0.9      -4.3  74       (-)       0.8 202
Fed. Republic of Germany  -1,842.0  -9,043.4   3   2,162.3  10,795.3   5
Federated States
      of  Micronesia           1.9       8.0 140       2.7      12.6 145
Fiji                          -4.8     -24.5  62       2.3      14.0 142
Finland                       42.2    -124.2  35     231.5     913.8  39
France                      -381.3  -1,563.3  15   1,520.6   7,762.8   8
French Guiana                  1.3      71.7 191       1.3      74.0  94
French Polynesia               4.2      28.4 170       8.2      41.5 111
French Southern and
      Antarctic Lands          (-)      -0.7  82       (-)       0.3 213

Gabon                        -94.5    -611.9  24       5.4      24.0 127
Gambia                         0.7       1.9 116       1.1       3.3 181
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                 (-)            93       0.1       0.1 219
Georgia                       11.0      49.1 184      13.8      54.8 103
Ghana                          8.3      43.2 181      16.9     101.5  89
Gibraltar                      0.6       5.2 129       0.9       6.0 166
Greece                        45.1     310.0 212      83.3     508.8  52
Greenland                     -0.1      -2.3  77       0.1       0.4 212
Grenada                        2.6      17.5 154       3.7      22.1 131
Guadeloupe                     5.4      23.7 164       5.6      25.1 125
Guatemala                    -14.4     -68.5  45     157.7     803.4  44
Guinea                        -2.7     -26.4  61       5.1      23.8 128
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)       0.4 103       (-)       0.6 208
Guyana                         4.0      -1.7  80      13.4      57.6 100

Haiti                         25.9     114.3 200      47.2     212.8  66
Heard and
      McDonald Isles          -0.1       0.1  96       (-)       0.1 217
Honduras                     -13.3     -95.2  39     202.0     966.7  38
Hong Kong                    439.1   1,659.4 221   1,228.4   5,518.5  13
Hungary                      -86.3    -326.8  31      35.6     200.0  68

Iceland                       -5.0      47.3 183      16.6     137.4  78
India                       -371.9  -2,065.3  12     259.1   1,303.4  33
Indonesia                   -572.9  -2,691.1  11     132.5     906.5  40
Iran                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Iraq                         -57.6    -181.2  33       (-)      65.9  98
Ireland                     -123.2    -689.9  21     482.7   2,448.8  23
Israel                      -166.3    -630.7  22     514.6   2,860.2  20
Italy                       -955.7  -4,583.5   7     689.1   3,811.5  18
Ivory Coast                   -8.8    -224.5  32      10.8      60.8  99

Jamaica                       39.2     202.6 206     105.6     531.6  51
Japan                     -4,952.8 -25,768.5   1   4,731.7  24,649.2   3
Jordan                        12.6     151.2 202      13.9     156.4  71

Kazakhstan                     6.3     -29.3  58      10.0      42.4 110
Kenya                         43.2      82.2 195      52.6     123.8  82
Kiribati                       (-)       1.1 114       0.1       1.4 194
Korea, South                -608.8  -3,233.1   8   1,275.4   6,174.4  10
Kuwait                       -38.9      20.9 161      93.5     679.6  48
Kyrgyzstan                     1.9       5.3 131       1.9       5.5 169

Laos                          -1.8      -5.3  73       0.1       2.8 185
Latvia                        11.9      45.2 182      20.0      78.2  93
Lebanon                       10.0     189.9 204      37.1     232.4  63
Lesotho                       -6.3     -34.2  55       (-)       0.9 200
Liberia                        3.9       6.1 134       4.7      15.7 140
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                -22.7     -96.4  38       0.3       2.2 189
Lithuania                      2.4       5.8 133       6.3      29.9 120
Luxembourg                     5.7      19.0 156      30.2     147.6  74

Macao                        -62.7    -336.1  30       3.8      16.7 138
Macedonia (Skopje)            -9.4     -65.1  47       1.1       4.6 173
Madagascar                    -3.1     -20.8  63       1.6       5.0 170
Malawi                        -0.9     -10.1  69       2.0       6.0 167
Malaysia                    -667.3  -2,889.9   9     810.9   4,336.6  16
Maldives                      -3.0     -13.4  66       0.1       2.2 190
Mali                           1.5       8.4 141       1.8       9.6 151

Malta                        -15.5       9.6 145      16.2     145.6  77
Marshall Islands               0.3       3.3 121       0.9       8.4 158
Martinique                     1.3      11.8 150       1.7      12.5 146
Mauritania                     0.6       4.1 124       0.8       4.4 177
Mauritius                    -10.5     -80.6  43       4.0       9.2 152
Mexico                    -1,523.4  -5,534.0   5   6,436.2  32,556.7   2
Moldova                      -12.8     -41.7  54       1.7       7.8 160
Monaco                        -0.8      -2.3  76       0.5       3.1 182
Mongolia                      -2.7      -6.8  72       1.3       7.1 161
Montserrat                     0.3       2.4 117       0.4       2.5 187
Morocco                        1.2       8.9 144      34.2     151.6  73
Mozambique                     0.9      10.7 148       2.0      15.1 141

Namibia                       -0.6     -18.2  64       2.5      11.9 147
Nauru                          (-)       0.1  97       (-)       0.1 218
Nepal                         -8.6     -58.6  50       0.6       5.0 171
Netherlands                  889.8   5,141.6 226   1,469.5   8,074.2   6
Netherlands Antilles          25.0      99.3 197      39.8     219.2  64
New Caledonia                 -1.4      -0.4  84       1.5       8.7 155
New Zealand                  -13.9      76.1 192     116.4     739.3  46
Nicaragua                    -16.0     -42.2  53      26.3     145.9  76
Niger                          1.0       6.2 135       1.0       6.9 162
Nigeria                     -379.8  -1,744.8  14      51.4     322.4  57
Niue                           (-)       0.4 107       (-)       0.5 210
Norfolk Island                 0.1       1.2 115       0.2       1.3 195
North Korea                    (-)       4.0 122       (-)       4.0 178
Norway                      -117.2    -448.8  28     140.8     715.7  47

Oman                          21.8      36.6 175      34.7     135.0  80

Pakistan                     -72.8    -362.9  29      61.4     315.6  59
Palau                          0.6       0.2  98       1.0       5.7 168
Panama                       117.8     621.2 216     150.6     742.6  45
Papua New Guinea              -1.5     -12.5  67       5.0      25.8 124
Paraguay                      41.8     306.5 211      43.8     320.4  58
Peru                          17.6     229.7 209     162.0     872.7  41
Philippines                 -346.4  -1,891.1  13     542.9   2,856.2  21
Pitcairn Island               -0.1      -0.1  86       (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                        15.5      51.2 185      72.3     389.4  55
Portugal                     -21.0     -84.5  42      72.2     393.7  54

Qatar                         12.1      56.3 188      30.1     155.1  72

Republic of Yemen              7.0      76.5 193       7.4      78.4  92
Reunion                        0.1       1.1 112       0.1       1.1 197
Romania                       34.5      42.5 178      60.3     203.7  67
Russia                      -108.5    -561.5  26     356.1   1,711.2  29
Rwanda                         0.9       7.1 138       1.1       7.8 159

San Marino                     0.1       1.1 113       0.5       2.7 186
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)       8.5 142       (-)       8.6 156
Saudi Arabia                 110.5   1,126.5 219     670.1   4,174.1  17
Senegal                        5.7      20.7 160       6.0      23.3 129
Seychelles                     1.1       4.2 125       1.2       4.5 175
Sierra Leone                   0.1      -1.8  79       0.7       4.5 174
Singapore                   -292.3  -1,256.9  17   1,239.0   6,359.3   9
Slovakia                      -5.2     -28.0  59       8.3      31.1 118
Slovenia                      -8.4     -64.7  48      12.0      54.9 102
Solomon Islands                (-)       0.4 105       0.1       2.0 191
Somalia                       -0.2       0.3  99       0.1       0.6 204
South Africa                  29.5      20.3 159     261.7   1,261.1  34
Spain                         -6.1     421.7 214     419.9   2,404.9  24
Sri Lanka                    -92.1    -619.8  23      23.5      94.3  90
St Helena                      (-)      -0.1  87       (-)       (-) 223
St Kitts and Nevis             2.0       5.2 128       4.4      17.4 137
St Lucia                       5.8      31.7 171       7.6      40.3 114
St Pierre and Miquelon         0.7       0.3 100       0.7       0.9 199
St Vincent and
       the Grenadines         55.6     216.9 208      55.9     218.6  65
Sudan                          0.5      -2.0  78       0.5       0.6 205

Suriname                       3.5      24.0 165      15.3      72.7  95
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        0.2       0.6 110       0.2       0.6 209
Swaziland                     -1.9      -8.3  71       0.3       1.6 193
Sweden                      -269.3  -1,470.5  16     332.5   1,503.0  31
Switzerland                 -157.3  -1,083.4  18     579.0   2,466.6  22
Syria                          4.7      52.2 186      10.5      71.8  96

Taiwan                    -1,150.4  -5,176.0   6   1,431.9   7,846.0   7
Tajikistan                     4.3       4.7 127       5.0       6.3 165
Tanzania                       1.5      10.6 146       3.2      22.4 130
Thailand                    -612.9  -2,888.6  10     386.6   2,241.7  26
Togo                           8.8      13.0 151       9.0      13.8 143
Tokelau                        0.5       0.3 102       0.6       1.0 198
Tonga                          0.4       5.7 132       0.7       6.6 164
Trinidad and Tobago            3.3     102.6 198      94.0     498.0  53
Tunisia                       11.9      77.5 194      14.9     104.4  88
Turkey                        22.4     312.0 213     227.3   1,372.8  32
Turkmenistan                   2.6      17.9 155       2.7      18.6 134
Turks and Caicos Islands       3.4      19.4 157       3.9      21.2 132
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-)  92       (-)       (-) 224

Uganda                         1.3       5.2 130       2.1      12.7 144
Ukraine                      -24.7     -27.7  60      27.5     161.3  69
United Arab Emirates         129.8     591.5 215     178.0     870.6  42
United Kingdom               819.6   2,879.5 225   3,655.0  16,871.8   4
Uruguay                       23.0     136.0 201      44.5     233.8  62
Uzbekistan                    19.4      43.1 180      20.0      45.7 106

Vanuatu                       -0.4      36.8 176       (-)      37.4 116
Vatican City                  -0.1       0.3 101       (-)       0.6 206
Venezuela                   -178.4  -1,040.0  19     619.2   3,088.5  19
Vietnam                      -23.4     -90.6  41      19.5     110.7  85

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-)  94       (-)       (-) 222
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                 0.1       0.6 109       0.1       0.6 207
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-)  90       (-)       (-)  90
Western Samoa                  0.8       2.4 118       1.3       4.4 176

Yugoslavia                     9.7      36.1 173      10.7      41.2 113

Zambia                        -1.1      -9.3  70       2.6       9.7 150
Zimbabwe                      -8.4     -33.6  56       3.3      28.9 121

Unidentified                   7.4       (-) (X)       7.4       (-) (X)

Timing adjustment              (-)     158.9 (X)       (-)    -159.6 (X)


North America             -2,981.4 -11,781.0 (X)  19,767.9  99,402.5 (X)

Western Europe            -1,661.9  -7,206.5 (X)  13,613.7  68,863.3 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)       -1,370.4  -5,960.2 (X)  12,588.0  63,756.4 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association           -302.2  -1,581.3 (X)     736.7   3,322.0 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe          -103.9    -744.5 (X)     752.0   3,462.3 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics  -85.4    -452.9 (X)     486.4   2,284.0 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe  -1,650.8  -7,230.1 (X)  13,553.2  68,457.6 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries-12,329.1 -59,029.5 (X)  13,430.6  69,766.3 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East           48.5   1,553.7 (X)   1,612.4   9,613.9 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)          -1,612.3  -8,006.6 (X)   5,174.6  25,898.2 (X)
    Asia--South             -653.4  -3,699.4 (X)     356.9   1,834.5 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      -2,450.8 -11,581.1 (X)   3,157.0  16,767.1 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  1,292.8   5,771.0 (X)   5,503.5  26,500.5 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              -519.2  -1,262.2 (X)  11,389.8  56,229.5 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  -33.8    -168.1 (X)     700.0   3,509.4 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      -572.4  -1,692.1 (X)  10,160.9  50,166.9 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies -2,552.4 -10,209.5 (X)  25,085.6 126,779.3 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)               -1,093.8  -4,352.7 (X)   1,815.1  10,554.9 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)           7.4           (X)       7.4           (X)
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                                              Imports
                              Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                   Cumulative              Cumulative
         Country            May     to date  rank   May     to date  rank

     TOTAL                73,867.6 367,126.2 (X)  76,339.2 379,258.0 (X)

Afganistan                     0.7      13.1 129       0.8      13.6 129
Albania                        0.8       3.7 155       0.8       3.9 156
Algeria                      158.7     783.0  45     172.5     859.8  46
Andorra                        (-)       (-) 217       (-)       (-) 217
Angola                       192.4   1,005.4  39     209.9   1,095.7  39
Anguilla                       0.2       0.7 185       0.2       0.7 185
Antigua and Barbuda            0.1       1.0 179       0.2       1.0 181
Argentina                    190.1     991.8  40     204.6   1,083.4  40
Armenia                        1.0       5.3 145       1.1       5.5 145
Aruba                         42.2     221.8  66      44.8     234.4  66
Australia                    480.5   2,220.4  28     507.0   2,340.4  28
Austria                      197.6     985.9  41     205.6   1,023.7  42
Azerbaijan                     0.2       1.8 168       0.2       1.9 168

Bahamas                        8.5      62.0  96       9.8      67.9  94
Bahrain                       19.7      70.3  91      21.8      76.4  90
Bangladesh                   119.6     695.9  48     125.4     732.5  49
Barbados                       3.0      14.8 124       3.1      15.5 124
Belarus                       11.5      47.0 103      12.2      50.4 103
Belgium                      676.0   3,430.0  21     692.6   3,513.1  22
Belize                         3.8      24.0 118       4.2      26.0 119
Benin                          0.1       2.4 161       0.1       3.1 157
Bermuda                        0.9       3.7 154       0.9       3.8 155
Bhutan                         (-)       (-) 211       (-)       0.1 211
Bolivia                       16.6      81.1  88      17.5      85.1  88
Bosnia-Hercegovina             0.6       3.0 156       0.7       3.2 156
Botswana                       1.1       7.1 140       1.2       7.3 140
Brazil                       870.9   4,015.5  16     911.7   4,228.7  16
British Indian
      Ocean Territory          (-)       0.2 201       (-)       0.2 201
British Virgin Islands         0.1       1.9 166       0.1       2.0 165
Brunei                         4.3      30.4 112       4.5      32.0 112
Bulgaria                      13.9     108.0  79      15.0     113.2  79
Burkina                        (-)       0.2 202       (-)       0.2 202
Burma (Myanmar)               10.6      62.1  95      11.3      66.0  97
Burundi                        0.3       3.9 153       0.3       4.1 153

Cambodia                      15.4      95.5  85      16.3     100.6  85
Cameroon                       1.8      13.7 127       2.0      15.3 125
Canada                    14,789.6  73,092.8   1  15,068.7  74,439.0   1
Cape Verde                     (-)       (-) 216       (-)       (-) 216
Cayman Islands                 2.3      11.0 133       2.4      11.3 133
Central African Republic       1.3       1.5 174       1.3       1.5 174
Chad                           0.6       1.5 173       0.6       1.6 173
Chile                        185.8   1,091.7  35     206.2   1,316.7  33
China                      5,527.5  25,596.9   4   5,817.6  26,913.0   4
Christmas Island               (-)       0.1 204       (-)       0.1 205
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)       (-) 220       (-)       (-) 220
Colombia                     390.1   1,937.6  31     414.3   2,064.7  31
Comoros                        (-)       0.2 198       (-)       0.2 199
Congo (Brazzaville)           12.0     117.7  78      12.1     123.3  78
Congo (Kinshasa)              18.0      78.7  89      18.9      82.9  89
Cook Islands                   (-)       0.2 200       (-)       0.2 200
Costa Rica                   189.1     963.4  42     203.2   1,039.0  41
Croatia                        2.9      30.4 113       3.1      31.6 113
Cuba                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                         3.1      12.0 131       3.5      13.0 130
Czech Republic                51.4     272.9  64      53.3     283.4  64

Denmark                      139.8     877.2  43     145.9     913.7  44
Djibouti                       0.4       0.4 191       0.4       0.4 191
Dominica                       0.4       1.9 164       0.4       2.1 164
Dominican Republic           387.7   1,735.2  32     398.8   1,781.3  32

Ecuador                      154.7     767.5  46     174.6     869.3  45
Egypt                         53.3     279.1  63      56.7     295.4  63
El Salvador                  114.9     592.2  54     118.0     608.6  54
Equatorial Guinea              0.1      38.7 106       0.1      42.6 106
Eritrea                        (-)       0.2 199       (-)       0.3 198
Estonia                        8.0      32.0 111       8.5      34.3 111
Ethiopia                       6.3      29.6 115       6.5      30.7 115

Falkland Islands               (-)       (-) 215       (-)       (-) 215
Faroe Islands                  0.9       5.1 148       1.0       5.3 149
Fed. Republic of Germany   4,004.3  19,838.7   5   4,144.2  20,384.0   5
Federated States
      of  Micronesia           0.8       4.5 151       0.9       4.9 150
Fiji                           7.1      38.5 107       8.0      42.5 107
Finland                      189.3   1,038.0  38     200.9   1,104.5  38
France                     1,901.9   9,326.1   9   1,950.1   9,569.9   9
French Guiana                  0.1       2.3 162       0.1       2.3 163
French Polynesia               4.0      13.1 128       4.1      13.3 129
French Southern and
      Antarctic Lands          (-)       1.1 178       (-)       1.1 179

Gabon                         99.9     635.9  53     109.2     692.7  52
Gambia                         0.3       1.4 176       0.3       1.4 176
Gaza Strip Administered
     by Israel                 0.1       0.1 206       0.1       0.2 204
Georgia                        2.8       5.7 142       3.0       6.1 142
Ghana                          8.6      58.3  99       9.3      61.5  99
Gibraltar                      0.3       0.9 182       0.3       0.9 182
Greece                        38.2     198.7  68      42.0     217.9  67
Greenland                      0.1       2.6 157       0.2       2.8 161
Grenada                        1.1       4.6 150       1.2       4.8 151
Guadeloupe                     0.2       1.4 175       0.2       1.4 175
Guatemala                    172.1     871.9  44     185.0     935.6  43
Guinea                         7.9      50.2 100       9.2      60.0 100
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)       0.2 203       (-)       0.2 203
Guyana                         9.4      59.3  97      10.3      66.0  96

Haiti                         21.3      98.6  82      22.4     102.6  82
Heard and
      McDonald Isles           0.1       0.1 210       0.1       0.1 210
Honduras                     215.3   1,061.9  36     228.9   1,126.0  36
Hong Kong                    789.3   3,859.1  17     816.8   3,990.2  17
Hungary                      121.9     526.9  55     125.4     542.9  55

Iceland                       21.6      90.1  86      22.9      96.5  86
India                        631.0   3,368.7  22     664.2   3,543.1  21
Indonesia                    705.4   3,597.5  18     748.9   3,821.1  18
Iran                           (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Iraq                          57.6     247.1  65      64.3     276.1  65
Ireland                      605.8   3,138.7  23     613.7   3,176.7  24
Israel                       680.9   3,490.9  20     690.8   3,565.7  20
Italy                      1,644.8   8,395.0  10   1,717.6   8,757.4  10
Ivory Coast                   19.6     285.3  61      21.1     304.3  61

Jamaica                       66.4     328.9  60      70.4     347.4  60
Japan                      9,684.5  50,417.7   2   9,928.1  51,679.3   2
Jordan                         1.4       5.2 146       1.4       5.4 148

Kazakhstan                     3.7      71.8  90       3.8      74.5  91
Kenya                          9.4      41.7 105      10.1      44.5 104
Kiribati                       0.1       0.3 194       0.1       0.3 193
Korea, South               1,884.1   9,407.5   8   1,954.1   9,713.2   8
Kuwait                       132.4     658.7  51     151.9     747.2  48
Kyrgyzstan                     (-)       0.2 197       (-)       0.3 197

Laos                           1.9       8.1 138       2.0       8.5 138
Latvia                         8.0      33.0 110       8.7      35.6 110
Lebanon                       27.1      42.5 104      27.2      43.2 105
Lesotho                        6.3      35.0 109       6.5      36.4 109
Liberia                        0.7       9.7 135       0.8      10.2 136
Libya                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                 23.1      98.6  81      23.6     101.9  83
Lithuania                      3.9      24.0 119       4.2      27.0 118
Luxembourg                    24.5     128.5  74      26.1     137.9  73

Macao                         66.5     352.8  58      68.9     365.0  58
Macedonia (Skopje)            10.5      69.6  92      11.1      73.1  92
Madagascar                     4.7      25.8 117       5.0      27.3 117
Malawi                         2.8      16.1 122       3.1      17.4 123
Malaysia                   1,478.2   7,226.5  12   1,523.8   7,422.6  12
Maldives                       3.1      15.6 123       3.5      18.0 122
Mali                           0.3       1.2 177       0.4       1.3 177

Malta                         31.7     136.0  73      31.9     137.6  74
Marshall Islands               0.6       5.1 147       0.6       5.5 146
Martinique                     0.5       0.7 186       0.5       0.7 187
Mauritania                     0.1       0.3 196       0.1       0.3 196
Mauritius                     14.5      89.7  87      15.6      96.1  87
Mexico                     7,959.6  38,090.7   3   8,089.4  38,729.2   3
Moldova                       14.5      49.5 101      15.6      53.5 101
Monaco                         1.2       5.4 144       1.3       5.7 144
Mongolia                       4.0      13.9 126       4.3      14.8 127
Montserrat                     (-)           212       (-)           212
Morocco                       33.0     142.6  72      35.5     152.4  72
Mozambique                     1.2       4.4 152       1.2       4.6 152

Namibia                        3.1      30.0 114       3.3      31.0 114
Nauru                          (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Nepal                          9.2      63.6  93      10.2      70.4  93
Netherlands                  579.8   2,932.6  26     617.7   3,083.8  25
Netherlands Antilles          14.8     119.9  76      15.8     126.7  76
New Caledonia                  2.9       9.1 136       3.1      11.2 134
New Zealand                  130.3     663.2  50     144.5     731.2  50
Nicaragua                     42.3     188.0  70      44.1     196.9  70
Niger                          (-)       0.8 183       (-)       0.8 183
Nigeria                      431.3   2,067.2  29     468.4   2,238.1  29
Niue                           (-)       0.1 209       (-)       0.1 209
Norfolk Island                 (-)       (-) 213       (-)       (-) 213
North Korea                    (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                       258.0   1,164.6  34     272.2   1,228.0  35

Oman                          12.9      98.4  83      13.5     104.4  81

Pakistan                     134.2     678.5  49     141.2     715.0  51
Palau                          0.4       5.5 143       0.4       5.8 143
Panama                        32.9     121.4  75      34.4     130.5  75
Papua New Guinea               6.4      38.3 108       6.6      39.0 108
Paraguay                       2.1      13.9 125       2.3      15.0 126
Peru                         144.4     643.0  52     151.1     677.7  53
Philippines                  889.3   4,747.3  14     915.9   4,888.2  14
Pitcairn Island                0.1       0.1 205       0.1       0.1 206
Poland                        56.8     338.2  59      60.5     360.6  59
Portugal                      93.3     478.1  56      98.0     501.9  56

Qatar                         18.1      98.8  80      19.8     107.7  80

Republic of Yemen              0.3       1.9 167       0.4       2.0 166
Reunion                        (-)       (-) 214       (-)       (-) 214
Romania                       25.8     161.2  71      27.5     172.5  71
Russia                       464.6   2,272.6  27     486.2   2,379.2  27
Rwanda                         0.1       0.7 184       0.2       0.8 184

San Marino                     0.4       1.6 171       0.5       1.7 172
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)       0.1 207       (-)       0.1 208
Saudi Arabia                 559.5   3,047.5  24     629.0   3,408.4  23
Senegal                        0.3       2.6 158       0.3       2.8 158
Seychelles                     0.1       0.3 195       0.1       0.3 195
Sierra Leone                   0.6       6.3 141       0.6       6.4 141
Singapore                  1,531.2   7,616.2  11   1,556.2   7,731.0  11
Slovakia                      13.6      59.1  98      14.0      61.8  98
Slovenia                      20.4     119.6  77      21.3     125.4  77
Solomon Islands                (-)       1.5 172       (-)       1.8 169
Somalia                        0.3       0.4 192       0.4       0.4 192
South Africa                 232.2   1,240.8  33     243.0   1,295.0  34
Spain                        426.0   1,983.2  30     453.5   2,121.0  30
Sri Lanka                    115.6     714.1  47     121.3     749.3  47
St Helena                      (-)       0.1 208       (-)       0.1 207
St Kitts and Nevis             2.4      12.2 130       2.5      12.6 131
St Lucia                       1.8       8.6 137       1.8       8.8 137
St Pierre and Miquelon         (-)       0.7 188       (-)       0.7 189
St Vincent and
       the Grenadines          0.3       1.7 169       0.3       1.8 170
Sudan                          (-)       2.6 160       (-)       2.8 160

Suriname                      11.8      48.7 102      12.7      51.4 102
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)       (-) 221       (-)       (-) 221
Swaziland                      2.2       9.9 134       2.3      10.7 135
Sweden                       601.8   2,973.5  25     621.6   3,069.0  26
Switzerland                  736.3   3,550.1  19     749.3   3,609.4  19
Syria                          5.8      19.7 120       5.9      20.1 120

Taiwan                     2,582.2  13,022.0   7   2,675.8  13,466.9   7
Tajikistan                     0.7       1.7 170       0.7       1.7 171
Tanzania                       1.7      11.8 132       1.8      12.4 132
Thailand                     999.4   5,130.3  13   1,037.9   5,317.7  13
Togo                           0.1       0.9 181       0.2       1.1 178
Tokelau                        0.1       0.7 187       0.1       0.7 186
Tonga                          0.3       0.9 180       0.3       1.0 180
Trinidad and Tobago           90.7     395.4  57      99.5     434.1  57
Tunisia                        3.0      26.9 116       3.1      28.2 116
Turkey                       205.0   1,060.8  37     216.0   1,118.7  37
Turkmenistan                   (-)       0.6 189       0.1       0.7 188
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.5       1.9 165       0.5       1.9 167
Tuvalu                         (-)       (-) 222       (-)       (-) 222

Uganda                         0.8       7.5 139       0.9       7.9 139
Ukraine                       52.2     189.0  69      57.5     208.3  69
United Arab Emirates          48.2     279.1  62      52.2     299.8  62
United Kingdom             2,835.3  13,992.3   6   2,910.1  14,356.5   6
Uruguay                       21.5      97.8  84      22.3     101.4  84
Uzbekistan                     0.6       2.6 159       0.6       2.6 162

Vanuatu                        0.4       0.6 190       0.5       0.7 190
Vatican City                   0.1       0.3 193       0.1       0.3 194
Venezuela                    797.7   4,128.5  15     859.7   4,468.3  15
Vietnam                       42.9     201.3  67      46.7     216.0  68

Wallis and Futuna              (-)       (-) (X)       (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
     by Israel                 (-)       (-) 219       (-)       (-) 219
Western Sahara                 (-)       (-) 218       (-)       (-) 218
Western Samoa                  0.5       2.0 163       0.7       2.8 159

Yugoslavia                     1.0       5.1 149       1.1       5.5 147

Zambia                         3.7      19.0 121       3.8      19.3 121
Zimbabwe                      11.7      62.5  94      12.5      66.7  95

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

Timing adjustment              (-)    -318.5 (X)       (-)    -325.6 (X)


North America             22,749.3 111,183.5 (X)  23,158.1 113,168.1 (X)

Western Europe            15,275.7  76,069.8 (X)  15,799.3  78,488.7 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)       13,958.4  69,716.6 (X)  14,439.4  71,931.0 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association          1,038.9   4,903.3 (X)   1,068.0   5,035.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           855.9   4,206.8 (X)     898.8   4,420.0 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics  571.8   2,736.9 (X)     602.3   2,881.7 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe  15,204.0  75,687.8 (X)  15,725.2  78,092.8 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries 25,759.7 128,795.7 (X)  26,668.5 133,133.2 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East        1,563.9   8,060.2 (X)   1,678.2   8,656.5 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)           6,786.8  33,904.8 (X)   7,002.9  34,901.2 (X)
    Asia--South            1,010.4   5,534.0 (X)   1,063.1   5,823.9 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       5,607.9  28,348.2 (X)   5,787.1  29,212.7 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  4,210.7  20,729.5 (X)   4,480.9  22,255.5 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            11,909.0  57,491.7 (X)  12,288.4  59,560.0 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  733.8   3,677.5 (X)     779.2   3,906.1 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association    10,733.3  51,859.0 (X)  11,053.6  53,639.5 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies 27,638.0 136,988.8 (X)  28,377.5 140,439.2 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                2,908.8  14,907.5 (X)   3,166.7  16,226.6 (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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