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            October   to date    rank October   to date   rank

     TOTAL                  -19,028.1  -152,435.3 (X)  62,401.5  571,355.0 (X)

Afganistan                        (-)         1.1 112       0.9        8.4 181
Albania                          -1.8        -7.8  81       0.3        2.5 194
Algeria                        -181.2    -1,562.1  22      51.8      564.1  60
Andorra                           0.9        16.3 144       1.0       16.4 163
Angola                         -251.9    -2,152.8  17      25.4      238.6  80
Anguilla                          2.0        14.8 143       2.1       15.3 168
Antigua and Barbuda               5.7        61.6 177       6.4       65.8 118
Argentina                       316.5     2,770.2 221     527.0    4,642.8  24
Armenia                           1.1        45.9 172       1.9       50.5 124
Aruba                           -26.8      -334.3  34      24.3      204.8  88
Australia                       546.4     6,317.5 226   1,009.2   10,129.6  15
Austria                         -56.0      -259.4  37     180.7    1,737.6  38
Azerbaijan                        6.6        47.3 174       6.8       52.0 123

Bahamas                          53.2       535.9 211      68.7      665.1  59
Bahrain                          13.8       245.3 197      24.5      333.8  71
Bangladesh                     -165.2    -1,231.7  24      21.4      213.1  85
Barbados                         22.0       191.6 193      25.4      226.7  82
Belarus                           1.2       -22.5  71       5.8       33.6 137
Belgium                         437.6     4,516.7 224   1,175.8   11,112.7  13
Belize                            5.5        29.0 159      12.3       97.5 104
Benin                             4.0        40.1 168       4.0       44.3 127
Bermuda                          33.8       277.2 200      35.7      285.6  75
Bhutan                            0.1        -0.4  91       0.1        0.5 212
Bolivia                           4.0        63.4 178      31.0      250.5  77
Bosnia-Hercegovina                4.4        89.7 180       4.8       97.1 105
Botswana                          2.7        16.7 145       5.4       37.1 132
Brazil                          781.7     4,799.4 225   1,568.1   12,963.8  11
British Indian
     Ocean Territory              (-)       -10.6  77        (-)       0.4 214
British Virgin Islands            5.5        43.3 170       6.1       54.9 121
Brunei                            0.2       113.0 184       6.7      161.0  92
Bulgaria                         -1.7       -52.4  62      10.8       93.4 106
Burkina                           3.1        14.6 142       3.4       15.3 167
Burma (Myanmar)                 -10.5       -78.7  54       0.6       17.6 162
Burundi                          -1.0        -8.9  80        (-)       0.4 216

Cambodia                        -17.7       -56.3  60       0.6       15.9 165
Cameroon                         -1.9        19.4 148       5.9       67.7 116
Canada                         -951.4   -13,223.1   4  14,093.1  126,477.2   1
Cape Verde                        0.5         8.6 134       0.5        8.9 178
Cayman Islands                   22.9       202.8 195      24.9      221.9  83
Central African Republic          0.4         2.1 120       0.4        3.3 190
Chad                             -0.1         0.4 103       0.2        2.7 193
Chile                           225.7     1,564.9 218     387.0    3,521.9  29
China                        -5,167.7   -41,702.0   2   1,438.8   10,328.9  14
Christmas Island                  (-)        -0.4  92        (-)       0.3 220
Cocos (Keeling) Island            0.1         0.2 101       0.1        0.3 217
Colombia                         80.0       462.9 208     508.2    4,354.4  26
Comoros                          -0.1        -2.3  86        (-)       0.3 219
Congo (Brazzaville)              -7.1      -344.0  33      10.5       61.2 119
Congo (Kinshasa)                -11.2      -207.0  41       1.9       32.7 139
Cook Islands                      (-)         0.2 102       0.1        1.0 208
Costa Rica                      -25.3      -279.5  36     188.6    1,654.8  41
Croatia                           7.1        34.0 163      10.7      104.2 102
Cuba                              0.2         5.7 128       0.2        5.7 184
Cyprus                           17.3       202.4 194      19.7      215.5  84
Czech Republic                  -24.7         1.1 113      46.3      512.7  61

Denmark                         -21.1      -258.3  38     177.9    1,494.9  43
Djibouti                          0.8         5.1 126       0.8        5.1 185
Dominica                          1.5        19.5 150       2.3       27.6 150
Dominican Republic              -27.0      -316.4  35     380.0    3,290.3  31

Ecuador                         -58.2      -502.6  30     151.4    1,273.5  47
Egypt                           183.7     2,768.4 220     254.1    3,296.9  30
El Salvador                       0.9        19.2 147     124.6    1,143.4  51
Equatorial Guinea               -27.1         5.0 125       1.1       34.5 136
Eritrea                           0.7        11.0 135       0.7       12.1 174
Estonia                           3.4       -28.6  69       7.5       34.7 135
Ethiopia                         12.6        25.1 153      17.6       88.9 109

Falkland Islands                  (-)        -0.4  90        (-)       0.1 223
Faroe Islands                    -1.5       -10.1  79        (-)       0.5 213
Federal Republic of Germany  -1,746.7   -14,872.9   3   2,136.6   20,461.9   6
Federated States
    of  Micronesia                0.8        13.2 140       2.0       23.6 154
Fiji                             -7.0       -44.4  64       2.1       27.9 149
Finland                          55.9      -583.0  29     257.6    1,407.3  46
France                         -542.6    -4,002.3  13   1,465.5   13,114.1  10
French Guiana                    77.5       339.2 204      77.5      341.1  70
French Polynesia                  8.1        60.8 176       9.3       91.3 107
French Southern and
   Antarctic Lands                0.1         0.4 104       0.1        0.4 215

Gabon                          -184.1    -1,817.1  20       7.7       72.7 111
Gambia                            1.0         6.8 132       1.3        8.8 179
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                     (-)         0.2 100       0.1        0.2 221
Georgia                           8.0       108.6 183      10.5      114.3 100
Ghana                            11.3       139.3 189      21.5      265.6  76
Gibraltar                         0.3         5.9 129       0.5        8.5 180
Greece                           56.3       410.0 206      92.5      799.1  55
Greenland                        -0.2        -2.3  85       0.8        4.6 188
Grenada                           3.6        27.5 158       5.0       31.8 141
Guadeloupe                        4.6        45.7 171       4.7       49.1 126
Guatemala                        -2.6      -216.8  40     156.2    1,425.9  45
Guinea                            1.5       -46.1  63      10.5       66.4 117
Guinea-Bissau                     0.1         1.9 119       0.1        2.0 200
Guyana                            1.9        25.2 154      12.4      118.6  99

Haiti                            28.7       253.0 199      46.9      407.0  65
Heard and
    McDonald Isles                (-)        (-)   96        (-)       (-) 225
Honduras                        -50.1      -242.5  39     165.5    1,666.6  40
Hong Kong                       210.3     4,024.2 223   1,288.9   12,557.6  12
Hungary                         -61.9      -483.8  31      39.6      388.6  67

Iceland                          -8.0       -31.9  67      14.6      152.9  93
India                          -514.4    -3,187.8  15     280.1    3,052.3  32
Indonesia                      -521.0    -4,065.0  12     360.7    3,629.8  28
Iran                              (-)         1.0 111        (-)       1.1 207
Iraq                            -67.9      -139.9  45       8.2       55.3 120
Ireland                        -119.6    -1,017.3  26     425.0    3,703.9  27
Israel                         -136.5    -1,164.7  25     478.9    4,879.4  23
Italy                          -996.2    -8,591.7   7     811.3    7,426.6  17
Ivory Coast                       7.0      -106.1  50      14.6      120.5  97

Jamaica                          65.0       554.4 212     132.1    1,178.0  49
Japan                        -5,779.4   -46,542.3   1   5,424.1   54,899.4   3
Jordan                           47.3       301.6 203      48.3      324.4  73

Kazakhstan                       93.8       219.0 196      97.2      331.1  72
Kenya                             2.4       105.7 182      10.4      200.9  89
Kiribati                          0.3         0.6 106       0.3        2.2 197
Korea, South                    -43.2     2,317.5 219   2,069.3   21,590.9   5
Kuwait                          -42.4      -367.5  32     134.1    1,168.1  50
Kyrgyzstan                        5.1        21.6 152       5.4       23.9 153

Laos                             -1.8       -10.5  78       0.1        1.8 202
Latvia                           10.0        42.0 169      17.6      179.8  91
Lebanon                          32.7       391.5 205      37.5      459.8  63
Lesotho                          -5.8       -68.2  59       0.6        2.2 198
Liberia                           6.7        33.1 162       6.8       37.7 131
Libya                             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   -14.9       -77.6  56       0.6       11.7 175
Lithuania                        -6.4        -1.8  88       6.4       69.6 115
Luxembourg                        9.0       281.3 201      29.9      476.3  62

Macao                          -109.6      -817.9  28       3.3       39.5 130
Macedonia (Skopje)               -6.4       -91.6  52       4.7       28.7 147
Madagascar                       -4.3       -38.8  65       0.8       10.4 176
Malawi                          -12.6       -53.4  61       1.1       14.4 170
Malaysia                       -536.2    -5,825.2   8   1,200.3    9,143.4  16
Maldives                         -1.8       -10.7  76       0.4        3.2 191
Mali                              1.8        19.5 149       2.2       22.4 156
Malta                           -14.3       -92.1  51       9.4       90.5 108
Marshall Islands                  2.4        12.5 137       2.5       19.7 159
Martinique                        5.6        27.1 156       7.0       29.4 145
Mauritania                        3.0        19.1 146       3.0       19.3 161
Mauritius                       -31.5      -174.1  42       1.3       27.2 151
Mexico                       -1,293.2   -12,991.2   5   7,165.2   58,471.5   2
Moldova                         -10.2       -20.1  73       1.7       15.3 169
Monaco                           -1.8       -12.4  75       0.3        4.3 189
Mongolia                          3.5        -3.3  84       6.4       31.9 140
Montserrat                        1.4        11.1 136       1.4       16.1 164
Morocco                          28.5       125.3 187      55.0      370.3  68
Mozambique                        2.8        12.6 138       4.6       35.6 133

Namibia                           2.4       -31.7  68       6.3       21.2 157
Nauru                             (-)         0.9 108        (-)       1.0 209
Nepal                             1.1       -77.6  55       7.0       19.4 160
Netherlands                   1,213.8    10,337.9 227   1,931.5   16,393.3   8
Netherlands Antilles             -3.2      -125.1  49      41.2      390.7  66
New Caledonia                    -0.1       -17.6  74       3.1       29.0 146
New Zealand                     159.6       295.5 202     262.9    1,671.9  39
Nicaragua                       -10.3      -132.8  48      28.3      241.8  79
Niger                             2.9        -6.3  83       3.0       20.3 158
Nigeria                        -513.3    -4,883.6  10      57.3      679.7  58
Niue                              3.5        29.6 160       3.5       29.6 144
Norfolk Island                    0.1         3.0 122       0.1        3.0 192
North Korea                       (-)         2.3 121        (-)       2.3 196
Norway                         -188.6    -1,633.9  21     121.5    1,459.7  44

Oman                             22.8        38.2 165      43.5      243.9  78

Pakistan                        -36.9      -139.4  46      98.5    1,051.6  52
Palau                            -0.1         1.9 118       1.0       12.8 173
Panama                          110.1       958.0 215     147.3    1,272.1  48
Papua New Guinea                  7.3        51.3 175       9.9      104.7 101
Paraguay                         86.6       758.3 213      92.2      791.3  57
Peru                             58.3       123.8 186     188.6    1,607.0  42
Philippines                    -318.5    -2,371.3  16     648.9    6,217.4  19
Pitcairn Island                   (-)        (-)   93        (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                           25.0       432.8 207      92.6    1,010.2  53
Portugal                        -37.3      -158.4  43      84.5      798.1  56

Qatar                             3.6       176.9 192      28.4      301.1  74

Republic of Yemen                10.7       127.1 188      10.9      142.5  95
Reunion                           0.2         1.4 116       0.3        2.0 199
Romania                          -4.4      -134.7  47      28.6      205.7  87
Russia                          -81.3      -829.0  27     294.3    2,669.9  35
Rwanda                            0.8        27.3 157       0.8       30.7 143

San Marino                        0.4         6.5 131       0.5        6.9 182
Sao Tome and Principe             1.3        12.7 139       1.3       12.9 172
Saudi Arabia                   -287.7    -1,972.0  19     550.4    5,848.3  21
Senegal                           5.3        35.7 164       5.8       41.7 129
Seychelles                        0.8         3.4 124       0.9        5.1 186
Sierra Leone                     -0.8         0.1  98       0.6       15.6 166
Singapore                      -340.6    -1,979.0  18   1,431.9   14,888.9   9
Slovakia                         -9.3       -69.7  58       4.5       70.8 113
Slovenia                        -16.2      -149.1  44       9.4       83.3 110
Solomon Islands                   0.4         0.9 110       0.4        1.5 203
Somalia                           (-)         1.6 117       0.1        1.9 201
South Africa                     37.9       469.8 209     269.3    2,520.5  36
Spain                           160.0       763.0 214     544.3    4,556.1  25
Sri Lanka                      -138.4    -1,251.7  23      19.3      120.1  98
St Helena                        -0.2         1.4 115        (-)       2.4 195
St Kitts and Nevis                0.2         6.3 130       3.1       31.2 142
St Lucia                          6.2        40.1 167       7.7       70.6 114
St Pierre and Miquelon            0.2        (-)   95       0.9        1.4 204
St Vincent and Grenadines         9.7        39.2 166      10.3       42.8 128
Sudan                             1.0        21.6 151       3.5       33.2 138
Suriname                          8.8        75.6 179      19.8      152.8  94
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island        (-)         1.2 114        (-)       1.2 205
Swaziland                        -2.5       -27.6  70       0.4        4.9 187
Sweden                         -394.1    -3,311.3  14     302.0    2,718.4  34
Switzerland                    -270.7       486.9 210     513.5    7,347.5  18
Syria                            16.8       116.7 185      18.7      140.8  96

Taiwan                       -1,211.1   -10,427.0   6   1,856.4   16,487.4   7
Tajikistan                        2.9         5.6 127       3.0       13.6 171
Tanzania                          4.5        32.4 161       7.2       53.3 122
Thailand                       -494.5    -4,216.8  11     677.3    6,178.8  20
Togo                              1.2        14.1 141       1.3       23.3 155
Tokelau                          -0.1        -1.8  87       0.1        0.3 218
Tonga                             0.2         3.4 123       0.6        5.8 183
Trinidad and Tobago              53.0       -77.3  57     147.1      904.2  54
Tunisia                          12.8       146.7 190      22.9      199.8  90
Turkey                           92.4     1,190.3 216     286.5    2,993.3  33
Turkmenistan                     28.6        97.3 181      28.6       99.4 103
Turks and Caicos Islands          4.0        45.9 173       4.5       50.1 125
Tuvalu                            (-)         0.1  97        (-)       0.1 224

Uganda                            0.3        -6.5  82       1.3       28.0 148
Ukraine                          -3.2         0.9 109      29.3      355.2  69
United Arab Emirates            142.6     1,444.1 217     172.8    2,271.0  37
United Kingdom                 -302.0     3,281.1 222   2,906.0   30,264.3   4
Uruguay                          32.1       246.8 198      46.1      446.7  64
Uzbekistan                        3.3       175.4 191       3.5      213.0  86

Vanuatu                           0.0        -1.5  89       0.1        0.5 211
Vatican City                      0.2         0.5 105       0.2        1.2 206
Venezuela                      -523.4    -5,735.9   9     683.5    5,481.0  22
Vietnam                          -2.4       -83.4  53      18.4      234.6  81

Wallis and Futuna                 (-)        (-)   94        (-)       (-) 226
West Bank Administered 
     by Israel                    (-)         0.8 107        (-)       0.8 210
Western Sahara                    (-)         0.1  99        (-)       0.2 222
Western Samoa                     0.6         7.6 133       0.8        9.6 177

Yugoslavia                        5.2        26.4 155       5.8       34.8 134

Zambia                            1.2       -20.5  72       3.3       26.5 152
Zimbabwe                         -4.6       -38.6  66       7.1       72.0 112

Unidentified                    129.3       207.0 (X)     129.3      207.0 (X)

North America                -2,244.6   -26,214.3 (X)  21,258.3  184,948.7 (X)
                            
Western Europe               -2,677.1   -13,503.2 (X)  13,524.6  129,122.7 (X)
European Union (EU)          -2,282.9   -13,464.6 (X)  12,521.0  116,464.7 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association              -482.2    -1,256.5 (X)     650.2    8,971.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe              -16.0      -452.9 (X)     742.1    6,539.7 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics      62.8      -138.4 (X)     519.4    4,255.8 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop-                       (X)                      (X)
     ment (OECD) in Europe   -2,674.1   -13,535.4 (X)  13,458.6  128,442.3 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries   -13,103.4  -100,610.5 (X)  17,011.3  161,850.3 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East            -244.2      -801.6 (X)   1,556.3   16,169.5 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             -1,384.6    -6,064.3 (X)   6,646.5   65,524.8 (X)
    Asia--South                -853.9    -5,887.2 (X)     427.2    4,464.9 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)         -2,210.6   -18,344.3 (X)   4,325.7   40,219.3 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     1,391.5     6,675.0 (X)   6,102.7   51,712.1 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics                 -265.5    -8,392.2 (X)  12,585.8  104,912.0 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                     -87.4      -852.4 (X)     663.2    6,132.4 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association         -290.1    -8,440.1 (X)  11,348.2   93,804.4 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Allies  -2,824.6   -21,990.9 (X)  25,871.5  237,981.9 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                  -1,990.8   -17,104.0 (X)   2,047.2   19,999.5 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)            129.3       207.0 (X)     129.3      207.0 (X)
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                                                 Imports
                                  Customs basis             C.i.f. basis

                                       Cumulative                Cumulative
          Country            October   to date    rank October   to date   rank

     TOTAL                   81,429.7   723,790.3 (X)  84,034.1  747,490.6 (X)

Afganistan                        1.0         7.3 160       1.1        8.2 159
Albania                           2.1        10.3 152       2.3       11.0 152
Algeria                         232.9     2,126.2  35     250.6    2,306.9  35
Andorra                           (-)         0.1 210        (-)       0.1 210
Angola                          277.3     2,391.3  34     296.7    2,545.2  34
Anguilla                          0.1         0.4 203       0.1        0.4 204
Antigua and Barbuda               0.7         4.2 170       0.7        4.4 171
Argentina                       210.5     1,872.6  43     228.6    2,014.0  42
Armenia                           0.8         4.6 168       0.8        4.8 168
Aruba                            51.1       539.1  62      53.3      571.6  62
Australia                       462.8     3,812.1  29     489.1    4,069.7  29
Austria                         236.7     1,997.0  37     245.0    2,068.8  40
Azerbaijan                        0.2         4.7 166       0.3        5.2 165

Bahamas                          15.6       129.1  89      16.2      140.1  89
Bahrain                          10.7        88.5 101      11.6       95.1 100
Bangladesh                      186.6     1,444.8  50     200.0    1,532.4  50
Barbados                          3.4        35.0 125       3.5       36.0 126
Belarus                           4.5        56.0 113       4.9       59.3 114
Belgium                         738.2     6,596.1  21     758.5    6,767.3  21
Belize                            6.8        68.5 108       7.0       72.9 108
Benin                             0.1         4.2 171       0.1        4.8 169
Bermuda                           1.9         8.4 156       1.9        8.6 156
Bhutan                            (-)         0.9 195        (-)       0.9 196
Bolivia                          27.0       187.1  82      28.3      194.9  83
Bosnia-Hercegovina                0.4         7.3 159       0.4        7.8 160
Botswana                          2.7        20.4 138       2.7       20.8 138
Brazil                          786.4     8,164.4  17     829.7    8,596.4  17
British Indian
     Ocean Territory              (-)        11.1 148        (-)      11.9 147
British Virgin Islands            0.6        11.6 147       0.6       11.9 148
Brunei                            6.5        48.0 119       6.8       49.9 120
Bulgaria                         12.5       145.8  86      13.4      157.0  86
Burkina                           0.3         0.7 197       0.3        0.7 198
Burma (Myanmar)                  11.1        96.3  97      11.9      103.1  98
Burundi                           1.0         9.3 153       1.1        9.6 154

Cambodia                         18.3        72.2 104      19.4       77.2 105
Cameroon                          7.8        48.4 118       8.7       53.9 118
Canada                       15,044.6   139,700.3   1  15,333.7  142,552.0   1
Cape Verde                        (-)         0.3 205        (-)       0.4 205
Cayman Islands                    2.0        19.1 139       2.0       19.9 139
Central African Republic          (-)         1.3 192        (-)       1.3 192
Chad                              0.3         2.3 180       0.3        2.6 182
Chile                           161.3     1,957.0  39     177.1    2,236.4  36
China                         6,606.5    52,030.8   4   6,948.9   54,760.0   4
Christmas Island                  (-)         0.7 198        (-)       0.7 199
Cocos (Keeling) Island            (-)         0.1 212        (-)       0.1 213
Colombia                        428.2     3,891.5  28     456.2    4,150.9  28
Comoros                           0.1         2.5 178       0.1        2.6 180
Congo (Brazzaville)              17.5       405.2  66      18.7      431.3  66
Congo (Kinshasa)                 13.1       239.8  74      13.7      250.9  74
Cook Islands                      0.1         0.7 196       0.1        0.8 197
Costa Rica                      213.9     1,934.3  40     228.0    2,073.1  39
Croatia                           3.6        70.2 107       3.8       73.7 106
Cuba                              (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                            2.4        13.1 144       2.5       14.1 144
Czech Republic                   71.0       511.6  65      74.6      536.4  65

Denmark                         199.0     1,753.1  46     206.6    1,823.7  46
Djibouti                          (-)        (-)  221        (-)       (-) 221
Dominica                          0.8         8.1 157       0.8        8.5 157
Dominican Republic              407.0     3,606.7  31     416.5    3,705.4  31

Ecuador                         209.6     1,776.2  45     230.8    1,969.0  44
Egypt                            70.4       528.5  63      73.4      560.3  63
El Salvador                     123.7     1,124.2  54     127.2    1,157.7  54
Equatorial Guinea                28.2        29.6 131      30.9       32.3 129
Eritrea                           (-)         1.1 193        (-)       1.3 193
Estonia                           4.1        63.3 112       4.5       70.8 110
Ethiopia                          5.0        63.8 111       5.3       66.1 112

Falkland Islands                  (-)         0.5 202        (-)       0.6 201
Faroe Islands                     1.5        10.6 150       1.6       11.1 151
Federal Republic of Germany   3,883.2    35,334.8   5   3,982.7   36,267.8   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia                1.2        10.4 151       1.3       11.3 150
Fiji                              9.1        72.3 103      10.0       81.0 103
Finland                         201.7     1,990.3  38     213.0    2,099.6  38
France                        2,008.1    17,116.5   9   2,067.1   17,606.9   9
French Guiana                     (-)         2.0 188        (-)       2.1 188
French Polynesia                  1.2        30.5 129       1.2       31.4 130
French Southern and
   Antarctic Lands                (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)

Gabon                           191.8     1,889.8  42     204.4    2,015.3  41
Gambia                            0.3         2.0 187       0.3        2.1 187
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                     (-)        (-)  217        (-)       (-) 216
Georgia                           2.5         5.7 164       2.6        6.1 164
Ghana                            10.3       126.4  90      10.7      130.9  91
Gibraltar                         0.1         2.6 177       0.1        2.7 179
Greece                           36.1       389.1  67      40.2      427.4  67
Greenland                         1.0         7.0 162       1.0        7.3 162
Grenada                           1.4         4.3 169       1.5        4.7 170
Guadeloupe                        0.1         3.5 174       0.1        3.6 174
Guatemala                       158.8     1,642.6  47     167.8    1,738.0  47
Guinea                            9.0       112.4  93       9.0      113.1  95
Guinea-Bissau                     (-)         0.1 213        (-)       0.1 211
Guyana                           10.5        93.4  99      12.2      108.0  97

Haiti                            18.3       154.0  85      18.8      161.9  85
Heard and
    McDonald Isles                (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Honduras                        215.6     1,909.1  41     226.1    2,005.8  43
Hong Kong                     1,078.6     8,533.4  16   1,120.7    8,845.6  16
Hungary                         101.5       872.4  57     104.4      896.3  57

Iceland                          22.6       184.7  83      24.0      196.8  82
India                           794.6     6,240.1  22     832.8    6,570.9  22
Indonesia                       881.8     7,694.8  19     934.6    8,167.2  19
Iran                              (-)         0.1 209        (-)       0.1 209
Iraq                             76.1       195.1  80      83.8      216.2  78
Ireland                         544.6     4,721.1  27     553.0    4,790.5  27
Israel                          615.4     6,044.0  24     625.6    6,151.9  25
Italy                         1,807.5    16,018.3  11   1,881.5   16,701.3  11
Ivory Coast                       7.6       226.6  76       8.3      246.8  75

Jamaica                          67.0       623.6  60      70.2      659.0  60
Japan                        11,203.4   101,441.7   2  11,474.0  103,827.6   2
Jordan                            1.0        22.7 136       1.1       23.3 136

Kazakhstan                        3.4       112.1  94       3.5      114.9  94
Kenya                             8.0        95.2  98       8.5      100.2  99
Kiribati                          0.1         1.6 190       0.1        1.8 190
Korea, South                  2,112.5    19,273.5   8   2,171.1   19,803.3   8
Kuwait                          176.5     1,535.6  48     192.9    1,688.5  48
Kyrgyzstan                        0.3         2.2 182       0.3        2.3 184

Laos                              1.9        12.3 145       2.0       13.0 145
Latvia                            7.7       137.8  88       8.5      150.5  87
Lebanon                           4.8        68.4 109       5.0       69.8 111
Lesotho                           6.5        70.4 106       6.7       73.0 107
Liberia                           0.1         4.6 167       0.1        5.0 167
Libya                             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                    15.4        89.3 100      15.9       92.5 101
Lithuania                        12.7        71.4 105      14.7       80.4 104
Luxembourg                       20.9       195.1  81      22.5      209.0  81

Macao                           112.9       857.4  58     118.0      892.9  58
Macedonia (Skopje)               11.1       120.3  92      11.7      126.4  92
Madagascar                        5.1        49.2 117       5.4       52.1 119
Malawi                           13.7        67.8 110      14.5       72.0 109
Malaysia                      1,736.5    14,968.6  12   1,785.9   15,389.6  12
Maldives                          2.1        13.9 143       2.4       15.1 143
Mali                              0.3         2.9 176       0.4        3.1 176
Malta                            23.8       182.6  84      24.0      185.0  84
Marshall Islands                  (-)         7.2 161        (-)       7.8 161
Martinique                        1.4         2.3 181       1.4        2.6 181
Mauritania                        (-)         0.2 207        (-)       0.3 207
Mauritius                        32.8       201.3  78      34.8      214.3  79
Mexico                        8,458.4    71,462.7   3   8,565.7   72,536.6   3
Moldova                          11.9        35.4 123      12.8       37.6 123
Monaco                            2.1        16.7 140       2.2       17.4 141
Mongolia                          2.9        35.2 124       3.1       37.5 124
Montserrat                        (-)         5.0 165        (-)       5.1 166
Morocco                          26.5       245.1  73      28.1      262.3  73
Mozambique                        1.9        23.0 135       2.0       24.3 135

Namibia                           4.0        52.9 116       4.2       55.0 117
Nauru                             (-)         0.1 211        (-)       0.1 212
Nepal                             5.9        97.0  96       6.7      108.1  96
Netherlands                     717.6     6,055.5  23     756.4    6,395.9  23
Netherlands Antilles             44.4       515.8  64      46.5      542.0  64
New Caledonia                     3.2        46.6 121       4.3       59.6 113
New Zealand                     103.3     1,376.3  51     113.2    1,512.8  51
Nicaragua                        38.6       374.6  68      40.1      392.4  69
Niger                             0.1        26.6 132       0.1       26.7 132
Nigeria                         570.6     5,563.3  26     604.7    5,881.3  26
Niue                              (-)         0.1 214        (-)       0.1 214
Norfolk Island                    (-)        (-)  218        (-)       (-) 218
North Korea                       (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                          310.1     3,093.6  33     325.1    3,246.7  33

Oman                             20.7       205.7  77      22.9      221.9  77

Pakistan                        135.4     1,191.0  53     143.9    1,260.1  53
Palau                             1.1        10.9 149       1.2       11.6 149
Panama                           37.2       314.1  72      40.4      346.5  71
Papua New Guinea                  2.6        53.4 114       2.7       58.2 115
Paraguay                          5.6        32.9 127       6.2       36.2 125
Peru                            130.3     1,483.2  49     137.1    1,554.5  49
Philippines                     967.4     8,588.7  15     999.6    8,889.6  15
Pitcairn Island                   (-)        (-)  215        (-)       (-) 215
Poland                           67.6       577.4  61      72.2      615.6  61
Portugal                        121.7       956.5  56     127.6    1,003.2  56

Qatar                            24.8       124.2  91      27.0      131.9  90

Republic of Yemen                 0.2        15.4 142       0.2       17.6 140
Reunion                           0.1         0.6 200       0.1        0.6 202
Romania                          33.0       340.3  70      35.5      364.8  70
Russia                          375.6     3,498.9  32     393.9    3,697.7  32
Rwanda                            (-)         3.4 175        (-)       3.5 175

San Marino                        0.1         0.4 204       0.1        0.5 203
Sao Tome and Principe             (-)         0.2 208        (-)       0.2 208
Saudi Arabia                    838.1     7,820.3  18     906.0    8,457.3  18
Senegal                           0.5         6.0 163       0.5        6.4 163
Seychelles                        0.1         1.8 189       0.1        1.9 189
Sierra Leone                      1.5        15.5 141       1.5       15.6 142
Singapore                     1,772.5    16,867.8  10   1,800.5   17,121.8  10
Slovakia                         13.8       140.5  87      14.7      149.1  88
Slovenia                         25.5       232.4  75      26.7      242.6  76
Solomon Islands                   (-)         0.6 201       0.1        1.0 194
Somalia                           (-)         0.3 206        (-)       0.3 206
South Africa                    231.4     2,050.8  36     242.9    2,149.3  37
Spain                           384.3     3,793.0  30     411.7    4,042.2  30
Sri Lanka                       157.7     1,371.8  52     167.5    1,450.3  52
St Helena                         0.2         1.0 194       0.2        1.0 195
St Kitts and Nevis                2.9        24.8 133       3.0       25.9 134
St Lucia                          1.6        30.5 130       1.6       31.4 131
St Pierre and Miquelon            0.6         1.4 191       0.7        1.4 191
St Vincent and Grenadines         0.6         3.6 173       0.6        3.7 173
Sudan                             2.5        11.6 146       2.7       12.4 146
Suriname                         11.0        77.2 102      11.5       81.5 102
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island        (-)        (-)  220        (-)       (-) 220
Swaziland                         3.0        32.5 128       3.1       35.1 128
Sweden                          696.2     6,029.7  25     718.0    6,221.1  24
Switzerland                     784.3     6,860.7  20     797.0    6,979.8  20
Syria                             1.8        24.1 134       1.9       26.1 133

Taiwan                        3,067.5    26,914.4   7   3,168.7   27,821.1   6
Tajikistan                        (-)         8.0 158        (-)       8.2 158
Tanzania                          2.7        20.9 137       2.9       22.2 137
Thailand                      1,171.7    10,395.6  14   1,214.3   10,779.7  14
Togo                              0.1         9.1 154       0.1       10.2 153
Tokelau                           0.1         2.1 183       0.2        2.3 186
Tonga                             0.4         2.4 179       0.5        2.8 177
Trinidad and Tobago              94.1       981.5  55     102.1    1,064.6  55
Tunisia                          10.1        53.1 115      10.8       56.6 116
Turkey                          194.1     1,803.0  44     207.3    1,910.1  45
Turkmenistan                      (-)         2.1 184        (-)       2.3 185
Turks and Caicos Islands          0.5         4.1 172       0.5        4.3 172
Tuvalu                            (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)

Uganda                            0.9        34.5 126       1.0       36.0 127
Ukraine                          32.4       354.4  69      36.7      403.7  68
United Arab Emirates             30.2       827.0  59      31.9      864.5  59
United Kingdom                3,208.0    26,983.2   6   3,295.9   27,699.9   7
Uruguay                          14.0       199.9  79      14.8      209.8  80
Uzbekistan                        0.2        37.6 122       0.2       38.8 122

Vanuatu                           0.1         2.1 185       0.1        2.3 183
Vatican City                      (-)         0.7 199        (-)       0.7 200
Venezuela                     1,206.9    11,216.9  13   1,282.8   11,998.5  13
Vietnam                          20.7       318.0  71      21.8      338.7  72

Wallis and Futuna                 (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered 
     by Israel                    (-)        (-)  216        (-)       (-) 217
Western Sahara                    (-)        (-)  219        (-)       (-) 219
Western Samoa                     0.2         2.0 186       0.4        2.8 178

Yugoslavia                        0.6         8.4 155       0.7        9.1 155

Zambia                            2.1        47.0 120       2.2       47.8 121
Zimbabwe                         11.6       110.5  95      12.3      117.4  93

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

North America                23,502.9   211,163.0 (X)  23,899.4  215,088.6 (X)
                                                  
Western Europe               16,201.7   142,625.9 (X)  16,723.2  147,241.7 (X)
European Union (EU)          14,803.9   129,929.2 (X)  15,279.9  134,124.5 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association             1,132.4    10,228.3 (X)   1,162.0   10,515.9 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe              758.2     6,992.6 (X)     801.0    7,412.8 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics     456.6     4,394.2 (X)     483.9    4,682.7 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe   16,132.6   141,977.6 (X)  16,651.6  146,568.3 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries    30,114.7   262,460.9 (X)  31,133.7  271,209.3 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East           1,800.5    16,971.1 (X)   1,909.9   17,964.2 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)              8,031.1    71,589.0 (X)   8,260.9   73,591.8 (X)
    Asia--South               1,281.1    10,352.0 (X)   1,352.0   10,930.0 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)          6,536.3    58,563.5 (X)   6,741.8   60,397.7 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     4,711.2    45,037.1 (X)   4,993.7   47,954.9 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics               12,851.3   113,304.1 (X)  13,222.1  117,078.1 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                     750.6     6,984.8 (X)     789.2    7,367.0 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association       11,638.3   102,244.5 (X)  11,957.2  105,497.3 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Allies  28,696.1   259,972.8 (X)  29,441.1  266,850.1 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                   4,038.0    37,103.5 (X)   4,314.2   39,712.6 (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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