
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED
            COUNTRIES DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may 
            not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero or less 
            than one half unit of measurement shown.)

                   
                    Exports

                          Total
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date
TOTAL                           6,235             5,919            59,398
                                                                          
Australia                          62                90               848
Austria                            63                90               991
Belgium                            93                98               960
Brazil                             57                85               719
Canada                          3,593             3,296            32,462
Germany                           228               175             1,953
Japan                             291               283             2,697
Korea                              25                24               270
Mexico                          1,008             1,032             9,821
Saudia Arabia                     121                64               940
Sweden                             31                28               224
Taiwan                             22                13               256
United Kingdom                    105               115             1,079
                                                                         
Other                             537               528             6,178
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                           Cars
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date
TOTAL                           1,458             1,223            13,184
                                                                          
Australia                           4                25               155
Austria                             2                 2                11
Belgium                            41                25               255
Brazil                              2                14                45
Canada                            858               664             7,104
Germany                           139                90             1,011
Japan                              95                79               804
Korea                             (-)               (-)                 3
Mexico                             74                83             1,111
Saudia Arabia                      50                27               426
Sweden                             10                 4                41
Taiwan                              5                 2               145
United Kingdom                     41                52               394
                                                                         
Other                             137               156             1,680
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                          Trucks
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date
TOTAL                             741               724             8,516
                                                                          
Australia                          13                16               189
Austria                           (-)               (-)                 5
Belgium                            19                34               283
Brazil                              4                 2                54
Canada                            442               454             4,987
Germany                             9                 5               105
Japan                              15                21               123
Korea                               1               (-)                 3
Mexico                             51                59               974
Saudia Arabia                      45                20               323
Sweden                              1                 7                15
Taiwan                              5                 1                32
United Kingdom                      2                 2                38
                                                                         
Other                             135               104             1,384
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                          Parts
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date
TOTAL                           4,036             3,972            37,699
                                                                          
Australia                          46                49               505
Austria                            62                88               975
Belgium                            32                39               422
Brazil                             52                69               620
Canada                          2,293             2,177            20,371
Germany                            80                79               837
Japan                             181               183             1,770
Korea                              24                24               264
Mexico                            883               890             7,736
Saudia Arabia                      26                17               190
Sweden                             19                17               169
Taiwan                             12                10                79
United Kingdom                     61                62               646
                                                                         
Other                             265               268             3,114
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                         Imports

                          Total
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date


TOTAL                          14,471            12,553           123,218
                                                                          
Australia                          44                20               226
Austria                            25                21               214
Belgium                           142               205             1,265
Brazil                            118               107             1,050
Canada                          5,316             4,881            42,714
Germany                         1,356               887            11,499
Japan                           3,340             2,826            30,836
Korea                             218               160             1,960
Mexico                          2,752             2,414            23,342
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                            276               240             1,808
Taiwan                             80                82               849
United Kingdom                    242               229             2,532
                                                                          
Other                             562               482             4,924
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                           Cars
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date


TOTAL                           7,649             6,472            64,967
                                                                          
Australia                          28                 2                80
Austria                             1               (-)                 2
Belgium                           123               186             1,052
Brazil                            (-)                 1                 1
Canada                          2,903             2,725            23,001
Germany                         1,048               592             8,831
Japan                           2,182             1,817            20,116
Korea                             150                98             1,328
Mexico                            810               719             7,457
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                            247               204             1,470
Taiwan                              1               (-)                 5
United Kingdom                    114               106             1,394
                                                                          
Other                              41                21               229
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                          Trucks
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date


TOTAL                           1,324             1,217            11,731
                                                                          
Australia                         (-)                 1                 1
Austria                           (-)               (-)               (-)
Belgium                            10                13               143
Brazil                            (-)                 2                11
Canada                            813               779             7,224
Germany                             7                 6                66
Japan                              94                73               657
Korea                             (-)               (-)               (-)
Mexico                            369               310             3,257
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                              4                 4                55
Taiwan                            (-)               (-)                 6
United Kingdom                     16                20               188
                                                                          
Other                              12                 7               123
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                          Parts
      Country                                               Cumulative
                         October          September          to-date


TOTAL                           5,497             4,864            46,520
                                                                          
Australia                          16                17               144
Austria                            24                21               212
Belgium                             9                 5                70
Brazil                            118               104             1,038
Canada                          1,601             1,377            12,489
Germany                           301               289             2,602
Japan                           1,064               935            10,062
Korea                              69                62               632
Mexico                          1,573             1,385            12,629
Saudia Arabia                     (-)               (-)               (-)
Sweden                             25                31               283
Taiwan                             79                81               838
United Kingdom                    111               102               950
                                                                          
Other                             508               453             4,572

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

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-235), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, October 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.