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            June    to date   rank   June    to date   rank

     TOTAL               -13,607.7  -77,715.6 (X)  58,048.6  339,911.8 (X)

Afganistan                     0.1       -0.9  88       0.6        3.2 182
Albania                       -0.4       -4.0  82       0.2        1.5 192
Algeria                     -184.7   -1,053.9  18      39.5      285.8  61
Andorra                        2.3        9.6 143       2.3        9.7 161
Angola                      -212.3   -1,390.7  16      24.0      148.2  77
Anguilla                       1.0        9.4 142       1.0        9.6 162
Antigua and Barbuda            5.2       34.7 175       5.4       37.7 117
Argentina                    296.4    1,520.5 220     476.6    2,631.2  25
Armenia                        4.1       31.3 174       4.5       33.3 121
Aruba                        -34.0     -226.2  33      15.4      108.1  89
Australia                    891.3    3,936.6 226   1,258.0    5,994.4  14
Austria                      -47.4     -172.8  35     150.7      999.6  38
Azerbaijan                     4.5       26.2 170       6.0       28.9 124

Bahamas                       58.6      310.1 208      70.2      391.3  58
Bahrain                        6.6       60.2 182      15.4      107.0  90
Bangladesh                  -107.7     -580.5  24      16.3      127.1  84
Barbados                      18.4      113.7 196      22.1      134.2  80
Belarus                       -6.4      -15.0  69       1.3       16.8 142
Belgium                      503.4    2,864.3 223   1,125.3    6,713.2  13
Belize                         5.2       17.1 159       8.7       58.3 103
Benin                          4.1       17.1 160       4.2       21.0 132
Bermuda                       34.4      170.9 204      35.7      174.9  72
Bhutan                         (-)       -0.6  89       (-)        0.2 213
Bolivia                        7.1        8.9 141      20.4      115.2  88
Bosnia-Hercegovina             3.0       79.2 189       4.0       84.1  95
Botswana                       2.9        8.4 140       4.5       20.3 134
Brazil                       530.8    2,435.7 221   1,335.2    7,268.5  12
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            (-)      -10.6  74       (-)        0.2 215
British Virgin Islands         3.2       27.7 171       5.2       33.9 120
Brunei                         4.0       44.4 178       9.0       70.9  97
Bulgaria                      -1.0      -25.1  59      14.9       54.5 106
Burkina                        0.4        7.8 138       0.4        8.0 167
Burma (Myanmar)               -6.7      -42.6  54       0.7       11.3 157
Burundi                       -1.0       -0.9  87       (-)        0.2 216

Cambodia                      -5.3       -3.8  83       2.7       14.2 149
Cameroon                       9.2       19.4 165      11.4       44.7 110
Canada                    -1,388.9   -8,400.6   4  12,506.4   75,608.6   1
Cape Verde                     0.4        6.0 134       0.4        6.3 173
Cayman Islands                26.0      118.3 197      27.7      131.1  82
Central African Republic       (-)        1.3 120       0.1        2.5 187
Chad                          -0.2        0.5 111       0.1        1.3 194
Chile                        174.2      829.8 217     331.2    2,094.3  29
China                     -4,293.2  -21,197.1   2     920.3    5,815.1  15
Christmas Island              -0.1       -0.4  91       (-)        0.2 214
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)        (-)  98       (-)        0.1 221
Colombia                      87.2      305.7 207     444.7    2,554.7  26
Comoros                        (-)       -0.4  90       (-)        0.3 211
Congo (Brazzaville)          -29.3     -243.9  31       6.5       27.9 125
Congo (Kinshasa)             -11.6     -126.5  38       3.3       25.3 127
Cook Islands                  -0.2        0.2 104       0.1        0.7 205
Costa Rica                   -36.7     -137.6  37     169.4      982.1  39
Croatia                        4.4       13.6 152       9.1       58.8 102
Cuba                           0.2        1.1 118       0.2        1.1 199
Cyprus                        21.0      125.7 198      22.1      133.0  81
Czech Republic               -22.5       88.6 194      32.7      366.8  59

Denmark                      -51.3      -86.2  43     123.2      932.4  43
Djibouti                       0.6        3.0 125       0.6        3.0 183
Dominica                       1.7       12.6 148       2.0       17.0 141
Dominican Republic           -49.4     -105.5  41     328.9    1,907.2  30

Ecuador                      -61.8     -308.9  30     130.7      726.3  48
Egypt                        221.2    1,413.4 219     264.6    1,703.2  33
El Salvador                   -2.3       47.3 179     118.4      675.9  51
Equatorial Guinea              6.5       25.9 168       6.5       26.2 126
Eritrea                        0.5        5.6 133       0.6        5.8 178
Estonia                       -4.5      -14.5  72       2.5       17.0 140
Ethiopia                       8.4       16.2 157      16.6       48.8 108

Falkland Islands              -0.1       -0.2  92       (-)        0.1 220
Faroe Islands                 -0.6       -5.0  80       (-)        0.3 209
Federal Repub. of Germany -1,521.6   -8,611.6   3   1,964.0   12,516.4   6
Federated States
    of  Micronesia             0.7        7.2 136       1.4       13.2 153
Fiji                          -4.4      -16.5  64       1.9       14.0 150
Finland                      -90.9     -430.0  25     115.0      753.9  46
France                      -439.2   -1,714.0  14   1,330.9    7,899.8  10
French Guiana                  2.8      149.7 202       2.8      150.2  75
French Polynesia               7.3       41.7 176       9.6       55.2 105
French Southern and
     Antarctic Lands           (-)        (-)  96       (-)        (-) 225

Gabon                       -158.5   -1,007.6  19       8.8       40.5 116
Gambia                         0.5        4.4 130       0.7        5.9 175
Gaza Strip Administered
      by Israel                0.1        0.1 101       0.1        0.1 219
Georgia                       16.8       42.1 177      16.9       43.4 112
Ghana                          5.1       82.6 191      24.8      170.6  73
Gibraltar                      0.3        4.1 128       0.6        6.1 174
Greece                        32.4      193.7 205      87.1      446.1  57
Greenland                      0.2       -1.7  84       0.7        1.7 191
Grenada                        2.1       13.8 153       2.5       15.4 145
Guadeloupe                     4.7       30.1 173       4.7       32.4 122
Guatemala                     -9.2     -147.5  36     152.1      849.4  45
Guinea                        -1.8      -22.0  61       5.7       37.6 118
Guinea-Bissau                  0.1        0.3 106       0.1        0.4 207
Guyana                         2.4       14.6 155      10.2       68.8  99

Haiti                         19.5      137.9 200      36.9      223.4  66
Heard and
    McDonald Isles             (-)        (-)  97       (-)        (-) 224
Honduras                     -30.5      -94.2  42     166.7      971.2  40
Hong Kong                    491.2    3,074.1 224   1,338.7    7,448.7  11
Hungary                      -45.6     -227.2  32      47.6      248.4  64

Iceland                       -0.6      -15.6  67      15.9       93.6  93
India                       -299.9   -1,566.7  15     282.7    1,848.2  32
Indonesia                   -346.1   -1,954.0  13     409.2    2,262.1  27
Iran                           (-)        1.1 117       (-)        1.1 197
Iraq                          -9.2      -81.5  45       8.6       13.1 154
Ireland                      -77.8     -407.8  26     391.1    2,200.5  28
Israel                         3.4     -389.1  28     531.7    3,028.8  22
Italy                       -912.5   -4,704.8   7     751.6    4,591.9  18
Ivory Coast                    2.5     -113.7  40      10.2       64.7 100

Jamaica                       48.9      332.2 209     108.3      693.3  49
Japan                     -4,119.6  -25,997.4   1   5,774.9   33,509.7   2
Jordan                        37.9      169.3 203      38.4      188.3  70

Kazakhstan                    32.7       71.4 187      41.4      135.0  79
Kenya                          1.6      101.9 195       9.3      160.3  74
Kiribati                       0.2       -0.1  93       0.3        1.3 193
Korea, South                 253.9    2,647.1 222   2,238.6   13,555.6   5
Kuwait                      -104.1     -189.5  34      96.5      626.2  53
Kyrgyzstan                     1.3        4.2 129       1.4        5.9 176

Laos                          -0.9       -5.8  78       0.1        1.3 195
Latvia                         6.9      -10.5  75      17.9      105.1  91
Lebanon                       50.9      258.2 206      53.8      282.7  62
Lesotho                       -6.8      -38.9  56       0.1        0.9 201
Liberia                        2.2       19.4 164       2.5       21.1 131
Libya                          (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                 -7.1      -36.5  57       0.6        9.3 163
Lithuania                      3.6       20.0 166       6.5       41.2 114
Luxembourg                     7.8       77.9 188      27.2      196.0  69

Macao                        -75.7     -398.1  27       6.2       24.5 128
Macedonia (Skopje)           -10.8      -69.7  48       3.0        6.4 172
Madagascar                    -3.3      -22.2  60       0.3        5.1 179
Malawi                        -2.3      -20.3  63       1.4       10.0 159
Malaysia                    -562.1   -2,993.7  10     947.3    5,309.3  16
Maldives                      -0.9       -4.7  81       0.1        1.9 190
Mali                           1.8       11.1 146       2.4       12.7 155

Malta                         -7.9      -51.9  52       7.7       56.1 104
Marshall Islands               1.2       10.8 145       1.3       13.6 152
Martinique                     2.0       14.4 154       2.0       15.1 147
Mauritania                     1.2        7.9 139       1.2        8.1 166
Mauritius                    -14.6      -74.4  47       3.2       18.8 135
Mexico                    -1,195.5   -8,270.3   5   5,912.8   32,725.1   3
Moldova                       -0.6        0.5 109       0.7        8.6 165
Monaco                        -1.2       -6.3  77       0.5        2.6 185
Mongolia                      -4.5      -12.1  73       0.6        7.7 169
Montserrat                     0.7        7.1 135       1.5       10.9 158
Morocco                       23.2       65.2 183      48.0      203.7  68
Mozambique                     1.6       12.8 150       2.5       21.9 129

Namibia                       -0.8      -20.9  62       1.8        6.5 171
Nauru                         -0.1        0.8 113       (-)        0.8 202
Nepal                         -8.6      -57.3  51       0.4        8.8 164
Netherlands                  853.5    6,260.7 227   1,493.5    9,649.2   7
Netherlands Antilles         -27.8     -119.9  39      39.1      235.7  65
New Caledonia                 -3.4      -16.0  66       3.0       15.2 146
New Zealand                   55.3       55.6 181     240.7      935.8  42
Nicaragua                     -4.3      -64.8  49      35.0      148.6  76
Niger                         -7.6      -14.8  70       3.2       11.3 156
Nigeria                     -470.6   -3,013.6   9      58.0      353.0  60
Niue                           2.7       17.2 161       2.7       17.2 139
Norfolk Island                 0.1        1.1 116       0.1        1.1 198
North Korea                    (-)        0.1 100       (-)        0.1 222
Norway                      -184.6     -920.1  22     114.2      949.2  41

Oman                         -20.8      -16.1  65      15.7      121.2  85

Pakistan                      -6.4       22.2 167     103.9      657.6  52
Palau                          0.4        2.0 124       1.4        7.5 170
Panama                        99.7      577.2 213     135.6      749.9  47
Papua New Guinea               4.6       10.4 144       6.6       48.2 109
Paraguay                      68.5      453.8 212      70.8      471.0  56
Peru                          -8.6       83.9 192     159.5      898.5  44
Philippines                 -132.2     -947.6  21     674.7    3,763.7  19
Pitcairn Island                (-)        (-)  94       (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                       129.1      362.9 211     183.6      680.9  50
Portugal                     -27.6       -5.5  79      69.1      518.7  55

Qatar                         13.3       68.9 186      20.5      130.0  83

Republic of Yemen             17.6       81.4 190      18.0       95.5  92
Reunion                        (-)        0.7 112       0.1        1.2 196
Romania                        1.8      -64.7  50      25.6      120.8  86
Russia                       -80.5     -386.8  29     244.6    1,547.6  35
Rwanda                        -1.1       12.7 149       0.4       15.7 143

San Marino                     0.6        4.5 131       0.7        4.7 180
Sao Tome and Principe          3.9        7.7 137       3.9        7.8 168
Saudi Arabia                -169.5   -1,080.0  17     529.4    3,474.0  21
Senegal                        4.2       16.4 158       4.6       20.5 133
Seychelles                     (-)        1.0 114       0.2        2.2 189
Sierra Leone                  -0.8        3.8 127       1.8       13.9 151
Singapore                   -280.4     -999.2  20   1,436.8    8,698.1   9
Slovakia                      -9.0      -40.6  55       5.5       43.0 113
Slovenia                     -14.4      -84.1  44       9.4       52.7 107
Solomon Islands                0.1        0.4 108       0.1        0.7 204
Somalia                        (-)        0.4 107       0.1        0.6 206
South Africa                  40.7      342.3 210     242.6    1,467.9  36
Spain                         45.3      647.9 214     449.4    2,917.6  24
Sri Lanka                   -110.4     -692.9  23       8.3       59.4 101
St Helena                      (-)        1.9 123       (-)        2.4 188
St Kitts and Nevis            -2.4        3.1 126       2.8       18.5 136
St Lucia                       6.3       17.7 162       8.2       41.0 115
St Pierre and Miquelon         (-)        0.1 102       (-)        0.3 210
St Vincent & Grenadines        4.0       19.4 163       4.3       21.5 130
Sudan                          3.7       11.1 147       4.5       18.1 137

Suriname                      10.8       50.2 180      17.1       89.0  94
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)        1.0 115       (-)        1.0 200
Swaziland                     -0.7      -14.6  71       1.0        2.9 184
Sweden                      -380.4   -2,037.2  12     250.3    1,658.3  34
Switzerland                  446.2    1,262.6 218   1,156.3    5,237.7  17
Syria                          9.3       67.9 185      10.1       80.9  96

Taiwan                    -1,000.1   -5,704.8   6   1,734.6    9,482.7   8
Tajikistan                    -0.1        1.4 122       (-)        3.2 181
Tanzania                       1.5       25.9 169       3.3       36.2 119
Thailand                    -463.3   -2,123.1  11     558.3    3,621.6  20
Togo                          -1.8        1.1 119       2.4        9.8 160
Tokelau                       -0.5       -0.9  86       (-)        0.2 217
Tonga                          0.3        1.4 121       0.5        2.6 186
Trinidad and Tobago           60.6      -46.3  53     134.4      531.4  54
Tunisia                       19.6       87.7 193      23.4      116.2  87
Turkey                       173.1      786.1 216     334.9    1,895.0  31
Turkmenistan                   1.4       67.4 184       1.4       69.1  98
Turks and Caicos Islands       5.2       29.4 172       5.6       31.4 123
Tuvalu                         (-)        0.1  99       (-)        0.1 223

Uganda                       -11.2       -9.2  76       0.9       14.3 148
Ukraine                       28.2       14.7 156      58.0      223.2  67
United Arab Emirates          82.1      720.1 215     184.3    1,293.7  37
United Kingdom               735.0    3,454.6 225   3,204.1   19,076.0   4
Uruguay                       27.3      135.9 199      47.8      258.0  63
Uzbekistan                    -3.2      149.2 201       3.6      181.8  71

Vanuatu                       -0.1       -1.6  85       (-)        0.3 208
Vatican City                   0.1        0.5 110       0.1        0.7 203
Venezuela                   -528.6   -3,646.3   8     580.7    2,963.2  23
Vietnam                      -14.2      -76.1  46      18.9      143.7  78

Wallis and Futuna              (-)        (-)  95       (-)        (-) 226
West Bank Administered 
   by Israel                   (-)        0.3 105       (-)        0.3 212
Western Sahara                 0.1        0.1 103       0.1        0.1 218
Western Samoa                  1.1        4.6 132       1.3        5.8 177

Yugoslavia                     4.9       12.8 151       5.3       17.5 138

Zambia                        -3.5      -15.5  68       1.5       15.6 144
Zimbabwe                       3.5      -26.3  58       9.1       44.5 111

Unidentified                  11.8       32.3 (X)      11.8       32.3 (X)

North America             -2,584.4  -16,670.9 (X)  18,419.2  108,333.7 (X)
                            
Western Europe              -942.8   -3,560.3 (X)  13,219.5   79,687.9 (X)
European Union (EU)       -1,371.4   -4,670.9 (X)  11,532.7   71,069.3 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association            253.9      290.4 (X)   1,287.0    6,289.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe            56.3       91.8 (X)     716.7    3,975.8 (X)
    Former Soviet Repubs       4.0        1.8 (X)     406.6    2,459.9 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europ   -945.1   -3,595.2 (X)  13,155.8   79,262.4 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries -9,109.1  -50,423.7 (X)  16,995.6   96,919.0 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          -82.5     -329.1 (X)   1,522.3    9,442.7 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)            -535.4     -982.8 (X)   6,748.7   39,185.2 (X)
    Asia--South             -532.8   -2,876.0 (X)     412.2    2,704.2 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)      -1,780.2   -8,973.2 (X)   4,035.2   23,725.8 (X)
                            
    South/Central America    819.2    3,136.4 (X)   5,277.9   29,540.1 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              -616.0   -6,237.5 (X)  10,653.5   59,214.5 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  -82.9     -396.8 (X)     641.6    3,627.1 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      -603.0   -6,451.4 (X)   9,510.4   52,705.9 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies -2,175.9  -10,172.2 (X)  23,596.9  144,004.4 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)               -1,717.5  -10,228.8 (X)   1,926.6   11,402.3 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)          11.8       32.3 (X)      11.8       32.3 (X)
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                                               Imports
                               Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                  Cumulative               Cumulative
         Country            June    to date   rank   June    to date   rank

     TOTAL                71,656.3  417,627.4 (X)  73,995.6  431,401.4 (X)

Afganistan                     0.5        4.1 156       0.5        4.6 156
Albania                        0.6        5.5 151       0.6        5.9 151
Algeria                      224.2    1,339.7  35     244.5    1,455.5  36
Andorra                        (-)        0.1 210       (-)        0.1 211
Angola                       236.3    1,539.0  34     253.1    1,635.0  34
Anguilla                       (-)        0.2 202       (-)        0.2 203
Antigua and Barbuda            0.1        2.9 163       0.2        3.1 164
Argentina                    180.2    1,110.7  41     193.6    1,193.5  40
Armenia                        0.4        2.0 169       0.4        2.1 169
Aruba                         49.4      334.3  62      52.0      355.5  62
Australia                    366.7    2,057.8  30     392.8    2,199.0  30
Austria                      198.1    1,172.4  38     205.8    1,214.8  38
Azerbaijan                     1.5        2.7 165       1.5        2.8 165

Bahamas                       11.6       81.3  89      13.2       88.1  89
Bahrain                        8.9       46.8 100       9.4       50.0 100
Bangladesh                   124.1      707.6  52     130.7      746.3  52
Barbados                       3.7       20.5 125       3.8       21.1 125
Belarus                        7.7       31.8 109       8.1       33.5 112
Belgium                      622.0    3,848.9  21     639.4    3,950.7  21
Belize                         3.6       41.2 103       3.9       44.0 103
Benin                          0.1        3.8 159       0.1        4.4 157
Bermuda                        1.4        4.0 158       1.4        4.1 159
Bhutan                         (-)        0.8 187       (-)        0.8 189
Bolivia                       13.3      106.3  83      13.7      111.2  82
Bosnia-Hercegovina             1.0        4.9 153       1.1        5.3 153
Botswana                       1.6       11.8 136       1.6       12.1 136
Brazil                       804.4    4,832.8  15     845.0    5,089.3  15
British Indian
    Ocean Territory            (-)       10.8 137       (-)       11.7 137
British Virgin Islands         2.1        6.1 148       2.1        6.3 149
Brunei                         4.9       26.5 118       5.1       27.4 119
Bulgaria                      15.9       79.6  90      16.8       85.4  90
Burkina                        (-)        0.2 206       (-)        0.2 205
Burma (Myanmar)                7.4       53.9  99       7.9       57.4  99
Burundi                        1.1        1.1 185       1.1        1.1 186

Cambodia                       8.0       18.0 128       8.6       19.2 128
Cameroon                       2.2       25.3 120       2.4       28.3 118
Canada                    13,895.3   84,009.2   1  14,186.7   85,720.9   1
Cape Verde                     (-)        0.3 199       (-)        0.3 199
Cayman Islands                 1.7       12.9 135       1.7       13.3 135
Central African Republic       0.1        1.2 183       0.1        1.2 184
Chad                           0.3        0.8 188       0.3        0.9 188
Chile                        157.0    1,264.5  36     170.8    1,479.3  35
China                      5,213.5   27,012.2   4   5,476.5   28,455.3   4
Christmas Island               0.1        0.6 192       0.1        0.6 192
Cocos (Keeling) Island         (-)        0.1 212       (-)        0.1 212
Colombia                     357.5    2,249.0  29     382.2    2,410.2  29
Comoros                        (-)        0.6 190       (-)        0.7 191
Congo (Brazzaville)           35.8      271.8  66      38.2      288.9  66
Congo (Kinshasa)              14.8      151.8  74      15.6      159.2  74
Cook Islands                   0.3        0.5 193       0.3        0.5 194
Costa Rica                   206.1    1,119.6  40     219.8    1,205.8  39
Croatia                        4.7       45.2 102       5.0       47.2 101
Cuba                           (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                         1.1        7.3 144       1.2        7.9 144
Czech Republic                55.2      278.3  65      58.2      290.9  65

Denmark                      174.5    1,018.6  46     181.4    1,060.1  46
Djibouti                       (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Dominica                       0.3        4.4 155       0.4        4.6 155
Dominican Republic           378.3    2,012.6  31     388.7    2,071.2  31

Ecuador                      192.5    1,035.2  45     212.7    1,150.7  43
Egypt                         43.4      289.8  64      45.8      308.5  64
El Salvador                  120.7      628.6  54     123.8      648.0  54
Equatorial Guinea              (-)        0.3 198       (-)        0.4 197
Eritrea                        0.1        0.2 203       0.1        0.2 202
Estonia                        7.0       31.5 110       8.0       34.7 109
Ethiopia                       8.2       32.7 107       8.6       33.9 110

Falkland Islands               0.1        0.3 197       0.1        0.4 198
Faroe Islands                  0.6        5.3 152       0.6        5.6 152
Federal Repub. of Germany  3,485.7   21,128.0   5   3,578.4   21,686.8   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia             0.7        6.1 149       0.8        6.6 148
Fiji                           6.3       30.5 113       7.0       34.9 108
Finland                      206.0    1,183.9  37     216.6    1,249.1  37
France                     1,770.1    9,613.8  10   1,820.7    9,894.5   9
French Guiana                  (-)        0.5 195       (-)        0.5 196
French Polynesia               2.3       13.5 133       2.4       14.0 134
French Southern and
     Antarctic Lands           (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)

Gabon                        167.3    1,048.1  44     178.6    1,116.5  45
Gambia                         0.2        1.5 178       0.2        1.6 179
Gaza Strip Administered
      by Israel                (-)        (-) 216       (-)        (-) 216
Georgia                        0.1        1.2 180       0.1        1.3 183
Ghana                         19.7       88.0  86      20.2       91.0  86
Gibraltar                      0.4        2.0 168       0.4        2.0 171
Greece                        54.7      252.5  67      59.1      274.9  67
Greenland                      0.5        3.4 161       0.5        3.5 161
Grenada                        0.4        1.6 177       0.5        1.8 176
Guadeloupe                     (-)        2.3 166       (-)        2.4 166
Guatemala                    161.2      996.9  47     169.5    1,058.6  47
Guinea                         7.5       59.6  96       7.6       59.9  98
Guinea-Bissau                  (-)        0.1 211       (-)        0.1 208
Guyana                         7.9       54.2  98       9.4       63.2  96

Haiti                         17.4       85.5  87      18.4       90.8  87
Heard and
    McDonald Isles             (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Honduras                     197.2    1,065.4  43     205.2    1,122.7  44
Hong Kong                    847.5    4,374.6  18     877.5    4,531.5  18
Hungary                       93.1      475.6  58      95.3      488.7  58

Iceland                       16.5      109.2  81      17.4      116.7  81
India                        582.6    3,414.8  24     616.4    3,601.8  23
Indonesia                    755.3    4,216.1  19     804.0    4,480.0  19
Iran                           (-)        (-) 214       (-)        (-) 214
Iraq                          17.7       94.6  84      19.2      104.8  84
Ireland                      469.0    2,608.4  27     475.3    2,646.1  27
Israel                       528.4    3,417.9  23     538.1    3,487.4  26
Italy                      1,664.1    9,296.6  11   1,734.1    9,696.3  11
Ivory Coast                    7.8      178.4  72       8.6      193.7  72

Jamaica                       59.5      361.1  60      62.9      382.2  60
Japan                      9,894.5   59,507.1   2  10,124.1   60,914.4   2
Jordan                         0.5       19.0 127       0.6       19.3 127

Kazakhstan                     8.7       63.6  94       9.1       64.9  95
Kenya                          7.6       58.4  97       8.0       61.3  97
Kiribati                       0.1        1.4 179       0.1        1.5 180
Korea, South               1,984.7   10,908.5   8   2,037.5   11,210.8   8
Kuwait                       200.6      815.8  49     220.8      893.4  49
Kyrgyzstan                     0.1        1.6 176       0.1        1.7 177

Laos                           1.0        7.1 145       1.1        7.5 145
Latvia                        11.1      115.6  80      12.0      125.9  80
Lebanon                        2.8       24.5 121       2.9       25.2 121
Lesotho                        6.8       39.8 104       7.1       41.3 105
Liberia                        0.3        1.7 173       0.3        2.1 170
Libya                          (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  7.7       45.8 101       8.1       47.1 102
Lithuania                      2.9       21.2 124       3.2       23.7 124
Luxembourg                    19.4      118.1  79      20.9      126.7  79

Macao                         81.9      422.6  59      85.0      439.4  59
Macedonia (Skopje)            13.8       76.1  91      14.3       79.9  91
Madagascar                     3.6       27.3 117       3.8       28.8 116
Malawi                         3.7       30.3 114       3.8       32.6 113
Malaysia                   1,509.4    8,303.0  12   1,551.3    8,539.4  12
Maldives                       1.0        6.6 147       1.1        7.2 147
Mali                           0.6        1.7 175       0.6        1.8 175

Malta                         15.6      108.0  82      15.8      109.3  83
Marshall Islands               (-)        2.8 164       0.1        3.1 163
Martinique                     (-)        0.7 189       (-)        1.0 187
Mauritania                     (-)        0.2 207       (-)        0.2 207
Mauritius                     17.8       93.1  85      18.8       99.2  85
Mexico                     7,108.3   40,995.4   3   7,215.0   41,649.2   3
Moldova                        1.3        8.1 143       1.4        8.5 143
Monaco                         1.7        8.9 141       1.8        9.3 142
Mongolia                       5.1       19.7 126       5.4       20.8 126
Montserrat                     0.8        3.8 160       0.8        3.9 160
Morocco                       24.9      138.6  75      26.9      148.7  75
Mozambique                     0.9        9.2 140       0.9        9.7 140

Namibia                        2.6       27.5 116       2.7       28.5 117
Nauru                          0.1        0.1 208       0.1        0.1 209
Nepal                          8.9       66.1  93       9.9       73.5  93
Netherlands                  639.9    3,388.5  25     678.0    3,577.8  24
Netherlands Antilles          66.9      355.5  61      70.4      373.6  61
New Caledonia                  6.3       31.3 111       7.7       39.1 107
New Zealand                  185.4      880.3  48     204.6      968.5  48
Nicaragua                     39.3      213.4  69      41.0      224.0  70
Niger                         10.8       26.2 119      10.8       26.3 120
Nigeria                      528.6    3,366.6  26     559.9    3,558.0  25
Niue                           (-)        (-) 218       (-)        (-) 218
Norfolk Island                 (-)        (-) 215       (-)        (-) 215
North Korea                    (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                       298.8    1,869.3  33     319.0    1,962.2  33

Oman                          36.5      137.3  76      39.2      148.2  76

Pakistan                     110.3      635.3  53     116.5      672.2  53
Palau                          0.9        5.6 150       1.0        5.9 150
Panama                        36.0      172.6  73      39.2      193.0  73
Papua New Guinea               2.0       37.8 106       2.2       42.0 104
Paraguay                       2.3       17.2 130       2.6       18.8 129
Peru                         168.1      814.5  50     175.8      852.9  50
Philippines                  807.0    4,711.3  16     834.8    4,875.8  17
Pitcairn Island                (-)        (-) 213       (-)        (-) 213
Poland                        54.5      317.9  63      58.3      340.0  63
Portugal                      96.7      524.2  57     101.7      550.4  57

Qatar                          7.2       61.2  95       7.5       65.0  94

Republic of Yemen              0.3       14.2 132       0.3       16.3 131
Reunion                        0.1        0.5 194       0.1        0.5 195
Romania                       23.8      185.5  71      25.6      200.3  71
Russia                       325.1    1,934.4  32     342.7    2,056.9  32
Rwanda                         1.5        3.0 162       1.5        3.1 162

San Marino                     (-)        0.2 201       (-)        0.3 200
Sao Tome and Principe          (-)        0.1 209       (-)        0.1 210
Saudi Arabia                 698.9    4,554.0  17     759.5    4,911.9  16
Senegal                        0.4        4.1 157       0.4        4.3 158
Seychelles                     0.2        1.2 182       0.2        1.3 182
Sierra Leone                   2.6       10.1 139       2.6       10.2 139
Singapore                  1,717.2    9,697.3   9   1,740.2    9,839.6  10
Slovakia                      14.6       83.6  88      15.4       88.5  88
Slovenia                      23.8      136.8  77      24.8      142.8  77
Solomon Islands                (-)        0.3 196       0.1        0.7 190
Somalia                        (-)        0.2 204       (-)        0.2 204
South Africa                 201.9    1,125.6  39     211.0    1,179.0  41
Spain                        404.1    2,269.6  28     430.0    2,417.1  28
Sri Lanka                    118.7      752.3  51     125.4      794.0  51
St Helena                      (-)        0.6 191       (-)        0.6 193
St Kitts and Nevis             5.2       15.4 131       5.7       16.2 132
St Lucia                       1.9       23.4 123       2.0       24.0 123
St Pierre and Miquelon         (-)        0.2 205       (-)        0.2 206
St Vincent & Grenadines        0.3        2.1 167       0.3        2.2 168
Sudan                          0.8        7.0 146       0.8        7.5 146

Suriname                       6.3       38.8 105       6.6       41.0 106
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Isl        (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Swaziland                      1.7       17.4 129       1.8       18.6 130
Sweden                       630.7    3,695.5  22     648.8    3,810.8  22
Switzerland                  710.1    3,975.1  20     722.2    4,046.7  20
Syria                          0.8       13.1 134       0.8       14.0 133

Taiwan                     2,734.7   15,187.5   7   2,825.2   15,712.7   7
Tajikistan                     0.1        1.8 172       0.1        1.8 173
Tanzania                       1.9       10.3 138       2.0       11.0 138
Thailand                   1,021.6    5,744.7  14   1,058.2    5,958.7  14
Togo                           4.2        8.7 142       4.7        9.6 141
Tokelau                        0.5        1.1 186       0.5        1.1 185
Tonga                          0.2        1.1 184       0.3        1.4 181
Trinidad and Tobago           73.9      577.7  55      81.0      626.5  55
Tunisia                        3.7       28.5 115       3.9       30.6 115
Turkey                       161.8    1,108.9  42     172.0    1,170.4  42
Turkmenistan                   (-)        1.7 174       (-)        1.8 174
Turks and Caicos Islands       0.4        1.9 171       0.4        2.0 172
Tuvalu                         (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)

Uganda                        12.1       23.6 122      12.5       24.6 122
Ukraine                       29.8      208.4  70      35.2      237.7  68
United Arab Emirates         102.2      573.6  56     105.3      594.4  56
United Kingdom             2,469.1   15,621.4   6   2,538.5   16,041.4   6
Uruguay                       20.5      122.1  78      21.5      127.9  78
Uzbekistan                     6.8       32.6 108       6.9       33.6 111

Vanuatu                        0.2        1.9 170       0.2        2.2 167
Vatican City                   (-)        0.2 200       (-)        0.2 201
Venezuela                  1,109.3    6,609.5  13   1,194.0    7,082.6  13
Vietnam                       33.1      219.8  68      34.9      235.3  69

Wallis and Futuna              (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered 
   by Israel                   (-)        (-) (X)       (-)        (-) (X)
Western Sahara                 (-)        (-) 217       (-)        (-) 217
Western Samoa                  0.2        1.2 181       0.3        1.7 178

Yugoslavia                     0.5        4.6 154       0.5        5.1 154

Zambia                         5.0       31.1 112       5.0       31.4 114
Zimbabwe                       5.6       70.8  92       6.1       75.4  92

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

North America             21,003.6  125,004.6 (X)  21,401.7  127,370.1 (X)
                            
Western Europe            14,162.3   83,248.2 (X)  14,632.8   85,955.5 (X)
European Union (EU)       12,904.2   75,740.2 (X)  13,328.6   78,197.4 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association          1,033.1    5,999.4 (X)   1,066.7    6,172.7 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe           660.4    3,884.0 (X)     698.9    4,130.5 (X)
    Former Soviet Repubs     402.6    2,458.1 (X)     428.7    2,630.9 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europ 14,100.9   82,857.6 (X)  14,569.1   85,550.1 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries 26,104.7  147,342.7 (X)  26,960.8  152,235.7 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East        1,604.9    9,771.8 (X)   1,703.6   10,329.9 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)           7,284.1   40,167.9 (X)   7,480.4   41,294.6 (X)
    Asia--South              945.1    5,580.2 (X)     999.5    5,892.3 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)       5,815.4   32,699.0 (X)   5,993.6   33,720.9 (X)
                            
    South/Central America  4,458.7   26,403.7 (X)   4,736.4   28,211.6 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics            11,269.5   65,452.0 (X)  11,632.5   67,779.6 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                  724.5    4,023.9 (X)     759.3    4,259.1 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association    10,113.4   59,157.3 (X)  10,426.9   61,165.5 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies 25,772.9  154,176.6 (X)  26,477.2  158,246.9 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                3,644.1   21,631.1 (X)   3,914.6   23,145.6 (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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