EXHIBIT 6.  EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
BY COUNTRY AND AREA, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1998

In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
(Z) Less than one-half unit of value shown. (X) Not applicable. 
(-) Represents zero.



                                                                            
                                 Trade balance                 Exports
                               (Customs imports)          Domestic & Foreign,
                                                             f.a.s. basis

                                       Cumulative                Cumulative
          Country            October   to date    rank October   to date   rank

     TOTAL                  -23,083.4  -194,124.4 (X)  61,003.9  565,074.8 (X)

Afganistan                       -0.5        -9.6  81       0.8        5.7 184
Albania                          -4.1        -0.4  89       0.4       10.2 173
Algeria                         -93.1      -890.0  28      49.7      551.8  61
Andorra                           2.0        18.0 147       2.0       18.1 156
Angola                         -102.7    -1,597.8  21      30.7      291.9  75
Anguilla                          1.3        12.1 138       1.3       13.7 165
Antigua and Barbuda               8.5        74.7 180       8.6       76.4 113
Argentina                       352.0     3,133.4 222     524.1    5,005.3  23
Armenia                          -2.0        33.0 161       4.1       47.2 130
Aruba                           -20.1      -154.7  46      26.4      235.0  83
Australia                       608.1     5,572.7 226   1,094.3   10,079.7  15
Austria                         -51.2        89.1 181     181.5    2,199.7  36
Azerbaijan                       11.3       101.3 186      11.5      105.8 102

Bahamas                          53.4       574.0 212      69.9      685.2  57
Bahrain                          13.4       120.3 192      25.8      249.8  79
Bangladesh                      -95.1    -1,397.1  24      43.9      242.6  81
Barbados                         24.3       198.0 197      27.4      227.4  85
Belarus                          -5.9       -61.9  59       2.2       26.1 144
Belgium                         353.3     4,816.0 225   1,129.7   11,826.1  12
Belize                            3.7        43.7 167       9.4      101.3 104
Benin                             2.9        33.2 162       2.9       36.4 135
Bermuda                          30.0       307.0 207      31.1      317.0  71
Bhutan                            0.1         1.7 115       0.1        2.6 200
Bolivia                          38.6       150.3 194      60.7      331.8  69
Bosnia-Hercegovina                1.9        18.3 149       2.5       24.5 146
Botswana                          (-)        13.4 142       1.7       29.7 141
Brazil                          617.0     3,980.5 223   1,477.5   12,471.4  11
British Indian
    Ocean Territory               0.1         0.2 104       0.2        0.6 217
British Virgin Islands            3.6        46.4 170       4.8       52.3 124
Brunei                           -3.2       -53.3  63       4.9       92.4 107
Bulgaria                         -3.5       -90.5  55       8.1      102.3 103
Burkina                           3.1        12.4 139       3.1       12.9 167
Burma (Myanmar)                 -14.5      -107.5  53       1.4       29.7 142
Burundi                           0.4        -5.2  84       0.7        2.1 207

Cambodia                        -33.5      -272.2  37       1.6        8.6 177
Cameroon                         -3.4        19.8 153       7.5       67.2 118
Canada                       -2,243.1   -14,959.1   4  13,699.2  129,932.1   1
Cape Verde                        0.5         7.5 133       0.6        7.7 182
Cayman Islands                   30.6       260.0 204      31.3      275.9  76
Central African Republic          0.2        -0.3  91       0.3        2.5 201
Chad                             -1.4        -3.3  86       0.1        3.1 195
Chile                           124.7     1,340.5 218     302.9    3,345.5  28
China                        -5,537.2   -47,888.8   2   1,847.3   11,569.8  13
Christmas Island                  0.1         0.1 102       0.1        0.4 219
Cocos (Keeling) Island            (-)        (-)  100       0.1        0.2 221
Colombia                        -60.6       231.8 200     400.4    4,079.0  26
Comoros                           (-)        -0.3  92        (-)       0.5 218
Congo (Brazzaville)             -14.7      -178.7  44      10.2       79.5 111
Congo (Kinshasa)                -11.9      -111.4  52       0.9       31.1 140
Cook Islands                      (-)         0.3 105       0.1        0.9 213
Costa Rica                      -69.5      -243.8  38     212.7    1,910.0  38
Croatia                           1.2        20.2 155       8.5       84.5 109
Cuba                              0.1         2.1 117       0.1        2.1 206
Cyprus                           11.1       116.2 190      12.9      140.7  95
Czech Republic                  -14.5       -77.1  58      44.5      478.6  63

Denmark                         -80.5      -352.7  35     157.2    1,599.6  45
Djibouti                          2.7        17.5 146       2.7       18.0 157
Dominica                          4.9        40.5 166       5.5       45.5 132
Dominican Republic              -15.2      -405.1  34     384.0    3,318.2  29

Ecuador                         -23.4      -158.1  45     133.1    1,352.5  48
Egypt                           214.4     1,803.7 219     267.3    2,378.2  35
El Salvador                      23.2        26.8 159     141.4    1,247.9  49
Equatorial Guinea                 8.8        -9.1  82       9.1       55.5 122
Eritrea                           1.5        21.9 157       1.7       22.5 148
Estonia                           (-)       -22.5  73       8.7       79.0 112
Ethiopia                          1.5        30.6 160       5.7       75.8 115

Falkland Islands                 -0.1         3.1 122        (-)       3.3 193
Faroe Islands                    -0.7        -5.2  83       0.1        2.8 197
Federal Republic of Germany  -2,053.4   -18,587.1   3   2,559.1   21,976.5   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia                2.0        16.8 145       3.1       27.3 143
Fiji                             -5.8       -22.3  74       4.4       70.0 117
Finland                         -76.3      -525.7  33     167.6    1,626.4  42
France                         -769.9    -5,365.8  12   1,543.3   14,553.7   8
French Guiana                     1.1       160.7 196       1.1      163.9  91
French Polynesia                  5.7        56.5 173       9.5       85.8 108
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands               0.2        -0.2  93       0.2        0.9 214

Gabon                           -81.0    -1,049.3  26       6.5       51.2 125
Gambia                            1.0         6.5 129       1.0        8.3 180
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                     0.4         1.3 112       0.4        1.5 209
Georgia                          10.1       102.7 187      14.0      115.9 100
Ghana                             7.5        63.5 176      18.9      186.7  87
Gibraltar                        -0.1         6.8 130       0.2        8.6 178
Greece                           32.3       807.2 214      64.0    1,195.1  51
Greenland                         0.5        -2.3  87       1.1        4.2 191
Grenada                           4.3        36.8 164       5.6       46.7 131
Guadeloupe                        5.3        46.4 171       5.4       48.6 128
Guatemala                        10.8      -147.6  47     165.9    1,600.6  44
Guinea                            2.6       -43.6  66       8.8       54.8 123
Guinea-Bissau                     (-)         0.8 111        (-)       0.9 212
Guyana                           10.6         4.6 127      15.3      120.3  99

Haiti                            36.4       222.9 199      62.6      448.1  64
Heard and
    McDonald Isles                (-)         0.2 103        (-)       0.2 220
Honduras                         -4.1      -212.1  41     204.1    1,956.3  37
Hong Kong                        81.9     1,887.6 220   1,060.8   10,804.7  14
Hungary                        -116.8      -843.1  30      41.2      398.7  68

Iceland                          -5.8        19.7 152      15.4      209.2  86
India                          -487.2    -4,251.1  14     266.9    2,863.1  33
Indonesia                      -748.1    -6,122.6  11     155.8    1,713.7  41
Iran                              (-)        (-)   98        (-)       (-) 224
Iraq                           -208.1      -815.3  31        (-)     106.1 101
Ireland                        -289.1    -2,357.2  18     499.1    4,670.5  24
Israel                         -165.3    -1,437.0  23     543.8    5,715.9  19
Italy                        -1,026.0    -9,911.1   7     867.1    7,436.8  18
Ivory Coast                      14.0      -221.8  40      18.2      133.4  97

Jamaica                          72.5       453.0 210     128.9    1,085.4  52
Japan                        -5,972.7   -52,437.7   1   5,005.9   48,738.3   3
Jordan                           26.9       290.7 206      29.8      303.4  73

Kazakhstan                       -3.3       -54.1  62      13.7       92.4 106
Kenya                             9.4        92.4 184      16.9      176.5  88
Kiribati                          0.1         1.6 114       0.2        2.4 202
Korea, South                   -609.3    -7,140.9  10   1,492.5   12,594.9  10
Kuwait                          -27.4        69.3 178     108.0    1,241.2  50
Kyrgyzstan                        0.7        15.8 143       0.7       16.0 160

Laos                             -2.0       -16.0  77       0.1        3.3 194
Latvia                            0.9        91.3 183       5.9      167.0  90
Lebanon                          38.0       361.8 209      41.8      430.6  66
Lesotho                          -8.7       -81.8  56        (-)       1.4 210
Liberia                           1.6        19.9 154       3.3       40.3 133
Libya                             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   -22.4      -193.5  43       1.0        5.6 185
Lithuania                        -4.2       -15.1  79       2.9       50.8 126
Luxembourg                       -4.6        93.5 185      38.1      404.8  67

Macao                          -110.3      -887.7  29       2.9       33.2 138
Macedonia (Skopje)              -14.2      -144.2  48       1.7       11.4 171
Madagascar                       -6.7       -44.6  65       0.7       11.5 170
Malawi                           -4.4       -34.7  68       0.3       12.2 168
Malaysia                     -1,090.8    -7,991.4   8     792.2    7,692.7  17
Maldives                         -1.3       -23.4  71       0.7        3.7 192
Mali                              1.0        18.3 148       1.6       21.3 150

Malta                            -2.0       -47.6  64      24.6      240.9  82
Marshall Islands                  2.4        13.2 141       2.5       18.8 154
Martinique                        1.8        21.5 156       1.8       22.4 149
Mauritania                        2.0        16.1 144       2.0       16.5 159
Mauritius                       -25.4      -210.5  42       2.3       19.4 153
Mexico                       -1,710.1   -13,197.4   5   7,241.3   65,475.8   2
Moldova                          -3.8       -77.8  57       6.4       17.6 158
Monaco                          -13.4       -18.7  75       0.1        5.4 187
Mongolia                         -1.0       -22.5  72       3.3       13.1 166
Montserrat                        0.4         4.2 123       0.4        4.4 189
Morocco                           8.3       156.2 195      40.7      443.6  65
Mozambique                        6.7        19.3 151       7.9       36.3 136

Namibia                          -0.4       -14.3  80       2.0       31.8 139
Nauru                             0.1         0.8 110       0.1        0.8 215
Nepal                            -2.8      -100.3  54       5.6       14.4 163
Netherlands                     786.7     9,291.2 227   1,586.3   15,590.0   6
Netherlands Antilles             13.0       345.8 208      54.9      605.4  60
New Caledonia                     0.2         0.6 108       1.1       15.9 161
New Zealand                     194.3       249.3 202     317.9    1,623.8  43
Nicaragua                       -14.1      -117.2  51      28.2      271.8  77
Niger                             3.2        12.9 140       3.2       14.3 164
Nigeria                        -216.9    -3,034.3  16     104.2      694.1  56
Niue                              0.3         5.4 128       0.3        5.5 186
Norfolk Island                    0.2         2.1 116       0.2        2.2 205
North Korea                       (-)         4.5 126        (-)       4.5 188
Norway                         -101.7      -981.5  27     142.9    1,398.7  47

Oman                             11.9        63.2 175      26.8      247.2  80

Pakistan                        -33.3      -811.3  32     107.8      628.6  59
Palau                             0.7         0.7 109       1.9       12.1 169
Panama                          115.1     1,217.1 216     137.5    1,478.3  46
Papua New Guinea                -13.1       -56.4  61       5.0       59.3 121
Paraguay                         77.9       635.6 213      81.2      663.0  58
Peru                             37.8       204.4 198     209.8    1,720.4  40
Philippines                    -451.5    -4,454.9  13     588.6    5,639.6  21
Pitcairn Island                   (-)        -0.3  90        (-)       (-) (X)
Poland                            9.9        70.5 179      73.8      728.8  55
Portugal                        -54.6      -332.1  36      68.5      736.2  54

Qatar                            28.6       119.9 191      38.0      294.2  74

Republic of Yemen                22.8       124.8 193      22.9      159.2  93
Reunion                           0.2         2.4 119       0.3        2.7 198
Romania                         -10.6       -33.3  69      24.5      310.3  72
Russia                         -224.5    -1,608.8  20     247.4    3,201.1  30
Rwanda                            2.2        11.6 137       3.2       14.7 162

San Marino                        1.6         4.4 124       1.7        7.8 181
Sao Tome and Principe            -0.3         8.6 134       0.1        9.3 174
Saudi Arabia                    213.2     2,431.9 221     752.4    7,914.7  16
Senegal                           3.8        45.5 169       4.0       49.9 127
Seychelles                        (-)         6.9 131       0.3        8.8 176
Sierra Leone                      1.7        10.6 135       2.6       21.0 151
Singapore                      -325.3    -2,405.5  17   1,218.1   12,980.9   9
Slovakia                         -4.2       -60.0  60      13.5       83.2 110
Slovenia                        -14.1      -141.1  49       8.9       99.0 105
Solomon Islands                   (-)        -0.1  95       0.1        2.7 199
Somalia                           0.3         1.4 113       0.3        1.9 208
South Africa                     44.4       240.4 201     271.2    2,778.7  34
Spain                           121.6       547.1 211     492.3    4,452.8  25
Sri Lanka                      -135.9    -1,361.7  25      16.8      167.2  89
St Helena                         0.1        -0.1  96       0.1        0.1 222
St Kitts and Nevis                3.4         6.9 132       5.9       33.8 137
St Lucia                          7.2        57.7 174       9.2       76.2 114
St Pierre and Miquelon           -1.1        -0.7  88       0.1        2.2 204
St Vincent and
     the Grenadines               8.2       259.1 203       9.0      262.3  78
Sudan                             1.0        -0.2  94       1.0        2.9 196

Suriname                         11.2        65.2 177      18.9      155.2  94
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island        0.1         0.3 106       0.1        1.2 211
Swaziland                        -2.1       -15.8  78       0.2        6.3 183
Sweden                         -347.0    -3,196.9  15     422.0    3,112.1  31
Switzerland                     104.3    -1,507.1  22     966.0    5,676.4  20
Syria                            11.2        89.7 182      13.3      130.8  98

Taiwan                       -1,293.7   -12,666.8   6   1,664.3   14,767.0   7
Tajikistan                       -8.0       -17.9  76       0.1       10.5 172
Tanzania                          2.6        35.3 163       4.5       59.8 120
Thailand                       -881.4    -7,155.5   9     383.4    4,013.3  27
Togo                              1.3        18.4 150       1.3       20.3 152
Tokelau                          -0.1         2.7 120       0.1        4.3 190
Tonga                            -0.2         4.4 125       0.6        9.0 175
Trinidad and Tobago             -41.8        -3.8  85      67.1      843.3  53
Tunisia                           2.3       106.8 188      10.8      163.6  92
Turkey                          133.7       815.9 215     405.7    2,952.1  32
Turkmenistan                     -0.2        23.0 158       0.6       25.2 145
Turks and Caicos Islands          6.6        43.8 168       7.3       47.6 129
Tuvalu                            (-)        (-)   97        (-)       (-) 226

Uganda                            0.7        11.0 136       2.4       24.4 147
Ukraine                         -32.7      -132.7  50      12.1      331.7  70
United Arab Emirates            307.1     1,277.0 217     356.7    1,837.4  39
United Kingdom                  137.2     4,445.7 224   3,243.2   33,151.8   4
Uruguay                          20.8       260.6 205      50.8      483.7  62
Uzbekistan                        5.8       108.7 189       6.3      134.1  96

Vanuatu                          -0.7        37.5 165        (-)      40.2 134
Vatican City                      (-)         0.4 107        (-)       0.7 216
Venezuela                      -277.5    -2,265.3  19     525.3    5,635.3  22
Vietnam                         -24.4      -231.8  39      31.6      232.0  84

Wallis and Futuna                 (-)         0.1 101        (-)       0.1 223
West Bank Administered 
    by Israel                     (-)         2.3 118        (-)       2.3 203
Western Sahara                    (-)        (-)   99        (-)       (-) 225
Western Samoa                     0.1         2.8 121       0.9        8.5 179

Yugoslavia                        4.9        50.6 172       5.8       61.4 119

Zambia                           -4.4       -25.7  70       2.8       18.7 155
Zimbabwe                         -6.9       -38.0  67       7.0       72.0 116

Unidentified                    206.9        (-)  (X)     206.9        (-) (X)

Timing adjustment                 (-)       118.7 (X)        (-)      53.9 (X)

North America                -3,953.1   -28,156.6 (X)  20,940.5  195,407.9 (X)

Western Europe               -3,235.0   -22,507.1 (X)  14,618.9  135,480.8 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)          -3,321.4   -20,539.0 (X)  13,019.0  124,532.0 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association               -25.5    -2,662.4 (X)   1,125.3    7,289.9 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe             -399.5    -2,548.9 (X)     542.5    6,532.5 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics    -255.7    -1,515.0 (X)     336.5    4,420.4 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe   -3,225.0   -22,399.5 (X)  14,551.8  134,788.4 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries   -15,270.9  -134,396.4 (X)  15,250.6  138,390.1 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East             272.4     2,696.3 (X)   1,959.3   18,630.6 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             -2,146.3   -20,325.7 (X)   5,435.7   51,147.5 (X)
    Asia--South                -754.8    -7,931.0 (X)     441.9    3,921.7 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)         -3,500.2   -28,183.2 (X)   3,143.1   32,132.7 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     1,234.2    10,763.9 (X)   5,648.5   52,869.9 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics                 -719.9    -5,340.5 (X)  12,343.5  112,796.9 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                     -53.7      -693.8 (X)     752.3    6,986.5 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association         -802.5    -5,683.7 (X)  11,006.9  100,563.6 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Allies  -4,774.5   -29,653.0 (X)  26,012.1  247,416.6 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                  -1,022.2    -9,229.4 (X)   2,090.1   19,988.5 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)            206.9             (X)     206.9            (X)
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                                                  Imports
                                 Customs basis              C.i.f. basis

                                       Cumulative                Cumulative
     Country                 October   to date    rank October   to date   rank

     TOTAL                   84,087.2   759,199.2 (X)  86,998.4  784,758.3 (X)

Afganistan                        1.3        15.3 143       1.5       16.0 144
Albania                           4.5        10.6 151       4.6       11.2 151
Algeria                         142.8     1,441.8  49     156.5    1,587.9  48
Andorra                           (-)         0.1 216        (-)       0.1 216
Angola                          133.5     1,889.7  42     144.3    2,057.8  41
Anguilla                          (-)         1.6 187        (-)       1.7 188
Antigua and Barbuda               0.1         1.8 185       0.1        1.9 185
Argentina                       172.1     1,871.9  43     184.1    2,032.0  43
Armenia                           6.0        14.2 145       6.1       14.6 145
Aruba                            46.5       389.7  67      48.9      412.0  68
Australia                       486.3     4,506.9  28     518.3    4,792.3  28
Austria                         232.7     2,110.6  39     241.4    2,190.1  40
Azerbaijan                        0.2         4.5 166       0.2        4.6 167

Bahamas                          16.5       111.2 100      17.3      121.0 100
Bahrain                          12.4       129.5  95      14.0      141.7  95
Bangladesh                      139.0     1,639.7  45     147.9    1,729.6  45
Barbados                          3.1        29.5 126       3.2       30.5 126
Belarus                           8.1        88.0 107       8.7       93.9 107
Belgium                         776.3     7,010.1  23     800.1    7,190.9  22
Belize                            5.7        57.6 115       5.9       61.6 115
Benin                             (-)         3.2 172        (-)       4.0 168
Bermuda                           1.0        10.0 154       1.0       10.3 155
Bhutan                            (-)         0.9 192        (-)       1.0 192
Bolivia                          22.0       181.5  87      23.1      189.0  87
Bosnia-Hercegovina                0.5         6.1 160       0.6        6.4 161
Botswana                          1.7        16.3 141       1.7       16.9 142
Brazil                          860.4     8,490.9  16     903.1    8,932.3  16
British Indian
    Ocean Territory               (-)         0.3 205        (-)       0.3 204
British Virgin Islands            1.1         5.9 161       1.2        6.3 162
Brunei                            8.1       145.7  91       8.4      152.3  92
Bulgaria                         11.6       192.7  84      12.4      203.9  84
Burkina                           (-)         0.6 199        (-)       0.6 199
Burma (Myanmar)                  15.9       137.2  94      17.1      147.0  94
Burundi                           0.4         7.3 157       0.4        7.6 157

Cambodia                         35.1       280.8  75      37.3      298.3  74
Cameroon                         10.9        47.3 118      12.2       53.1 118
Canada                       15,942.3   144,891.2   1  16,226.9  147,573.9   1
Cape Verde                        (-)         0.2 213        (-)       0.2 215
Cayman Islands                    0.7        15.9 142       0.7       16.4 143
Central African Republic          0.1         2.8 178       0.1        2.8 179
Chad                              1.5         6.4 159       1.6        7.0 159
Chile                           178.2     2,005.1  40     195.8    2,313.7  35
China                         7,384.6    59,458.6   4   7,822.9   62,682.4   4
Christmas Island                  (-)         0.2 208        (-)       0.2 208
Cocos (Keeling) Island            0.1         0.2 214       0.2        0.2 214
Colombia                        460.9     3,847.2  30     487.4    4,084.1  30
Comoros                           (-)         0.8 194        (-)       0.8 195
Congo (Brazzaville)              24.9       258.2  78      26.1      273.4  78
Congo (Kinshasa)                 12.8       142.5  93      13.6      149.8  93
Cook Islands                      0.1         0.7 198       0.1        0.7 197
Costa Rica                      282.3     2,153.8  36     296.7    2,300.9  36
Croatia                           7.3        64.3 114       7.9       67.6 114
Cuba                              (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Cyprus                            1.8        24.5 134       2.1       26.8 132
Czech Republic                   59.0       555.7  64      61.6      578.0  64

Denmark                         237.7     1,952.4  41     247.9    2,035.5  42
Djibouti                          0.1         0.5 201       0.1        0.5 201
Dominica                          0.6         4.9 164       0.7        5.2 164
Dominican Republic              399.3     3,723.3  32     408.7    3,815.0  32

Ecuador                         156.5     1,510.5  48     175.9    1,709.6  46
Egypt                            52.9       574.5  62      55.9      608.5  62
El Salvador                     118.2     1,221.0  53     121.5    1,255.7  54
Equatorial Guinea                 0.2        64.6 113       0.2       71.0 112
Eritrea                           0.1         0.7 196       0.2        0.7 196
Estonia                           8.7       101.4 102       9.4      111.6 103
Ethiopia                          4.2        45.2 121       4.3       47.0 121

Falkland Islands                  0.1         0.2 212       0.1        0.2 213
Faroe Islands                     0.8         8.0 156       0.8        8.4 156
Federal Republic of Germany   4,612.5    40,563.6   5   4,762.0   41,739.1   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia                1.1        10.5 152       1.1       11.2 152
Fiji                             10.2        92.3 105      11.4      101.9 105
Finland                         243.9     2,152.1  37     256.2    2,280.6  37
France                        2,313.2    19,919.5   8   2,372.0   20,440.6   9
French Guiana                     (-)         3.2 171        (-)       3.2 175
French Polynesia                  3.8        29.3 127       3.9       29.8 128
French Southern and
    Antarctic Lands               (-)         1.1 190        (-)       1.1 190

Gabon                            87.5     1,100.6  55      95.1    1,198.7  55
Gambia                            (-)         1.8 184        (-)       1.9 184
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                     (-)         0.1 215        (-)       0.2 212
Georgia                           3.9        13.2 147       4.2       14.2 146
Ghana                            11.4       123.1  96      12.1      130.7  97
Gibraltar                         0.3         1.7 186       0.3        1.8 186
Greece                           31.7       387.9  69      34.9      428.2  67
Greenland                         0.6         6.5 158       0.6        6.8 160
Grenada                           1.3         9.9 155       1.4       10.4 154
Guadeloupe                        (-)         2.2 180        (-)       2.3 182
Guatemala                       155.0     1,748.1  44     166.6    1,869.7  44
Guinea                            6.2        98.4 103       8.2      119.5 101
Guinea-Bissau                     (-)         0.2 211        (-)       0.2 211
Guyana                            4.7       115.7  98       5.0      131.0  96

Haiti                            26.3       225.3  81      27.0      233.7  81
Heard and
    McDonald Isles                (-)         0.1 219        (-)       0.1 219
Honduras                        208.2     2,168.4  35     215.5    2,275.2  38
Hong Kong                       978.8     8,917.1  15   1,018.9    9,245.5  15
Hungary                         158.1     1,241.8  52     162.2    1,277.7  53

Iceland                          21.2       189.5  85      22.6      202.2  85
India                           754.1     7,114.2  21     794.2    7,485.6  19
Indonesia                       903.9     7,836.3  18     971.3    8,356.2  18
Iran                                              222                      222
Iraq                            208.1       921.3  57     240.5    1,049.5  57
Ireland                         788.2     7,027.7  22     795.4    7,104.2  23
Israel                          709.1     7,152.9  20     718.9    7,281.3  21
Italy                         1,893.1    17,347.9  10   1,974.0   18,089.2  10
Ivory Coast                       4.2       355.2  70       4.6      380.4  70

Jamaica                          56.4       632.4  61      60.1      668.4  61
Japan                        10,978.6   101,176.1   2  11,277.8  103,747.6   2
Jordan                            2.9        12.8 148       2.9       13.3 148

Kazakhstan                       17.1       146.5  90      17.8      154.1  90
Kenya                             7.5        84.1 108       8.1       89.8 108
Kiribati                          0.1         0.8 195       0.1        1.0 193
Korea, South                  2,101.8    19,735.9   9   2,186.2   20,443.6   8
Kuwait                          135.5     1,172.0  54     158.6    1,351.4  52
Kyrgyzstan                        (-)         0.2 207        (-)       0.3 207

Laos                              2.1        19.3 138       2.2       20.3 138
Latvia                            5.0        75.6 110       5.4       82.3 110
Lebanon                           3.8        68.8 111       4.0       70.6 113
Lesotho                           8.7        83.2 109       9.0       86.9 109
Liberia                           1.7        20.4 137       1.9       21.6 137
Libya                             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                    23.3       199.1  83      24.1      205.0  83
Lithuania                         7.1        66.0 112       7.5       71.7 111
Luxembourg                       42.7       311.3  72      45.2      332.2  72

Macao                           113.2       920.9  58     118.2      956.3  58
Macedonia (Skopje)               15.9       155.7  89      16.6      163.5  89
Madagascar                        7.4        56.1 117       7.9       59.3 117
Malawi                            4.7        46.9 119       5.1       49.9 119
Malaysia                      1,883.0    15,684.1  11   1,931.1   16,113.2  11
Maldives                          1.9        27.1 130       2.2       30.5 127
Mali                              0.6         3.0 175       0.7        3.3 174
Malta                            26.6       288.4  73      26.8      294.0  75
Marshall Islands                  0.1         5.6 163       0.1        6.1 163
Martinique                        (-)         1.0 191       0.1        1.0 191
Mauritania                        (-)         0.4 202        (-)       0.4 202
Mauritius                        27.7       229.9  80      29.2      245.1  80
Mexico                        8,951.3    78,673.2   3   9,046.4   79,831.2   3
Moldova                          10.2        95.4 104      11.0      102.7 104
Monaco                           13.6        24.1 135      13.6       24.7 135
Mongolia                          4.4        35.6 124       4.7       38.2 125
Montserrat                        (-)         0.2 210        (-)       0.2 210
Morocco                          32.4       287.4  74      34.5      307.6  73
Mozambique                        1.2        17.0 140       1.4       17.9 141

Namibia                           2.4        46.1 120       2.5       48.3 120
Nauru                             (-)        (-)  221        (-)       (-) 221
Nepal                             8.4       114.7  99       9.2      126.6  98
Netherlands                     799.5     6,298.7  25     841.8    6,650.5  24
Netherlands Antilles             41.8       259.5  77      44.2      275.7  77
New Caledonia                     0.9        15.3 144       1.0       18.0 140
New Zealand                     123.6     1,374.5  51     133.9    1,507.4  51
Nicaragua                        42.3       389.0  68      43.9      405.2  69
Niger                             (-)         1.4 189       0.1        1.5 189
Nigeria                         321.1     3,728.4  31     348.4    4,041.4  31
Niue                              (-)         0.1 218        (-)       0.1 218
Norfolk Island                    (-)         0.1 217        (-)       0.1 217
North Korea                       (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
Norway                          244.6     2,380.2  34     258.9    2,515.4  34

Oman                             14.9       184.0  86      15.9      196.0  86

Pakistan                        141.1     1,439.9  50     150.2    1,521.7  50
Palau                             1.2        11.4 149       1.2       12.1 149
Panama                           22.4       261.2  76      23.2      276.5  76
Papua New Guinea                 18.1       115.7  97      18.5      121.7  99
Paraguay                          3.2        27.3 129       3.5       29.7 129
Peru                            172.0     1,515.9  47     180.4    1,587.1  49
Philippines                   1,040.1    10,094.5  14   1,075.2   10,418.2  14
Pitcairn Island                   (-)         0.3 206        (-)       0.3 206
Poland                           63.9       658.3  60      68.0      700.9  60
Portugal                        123.1     1,068.3  56     129.2    1,120.0  56

Qatar                             9.4       174.3  88       9.8      187.7  88

Republic of Yemen                 0.1        34.4 125       0.1       39.8 124
Reunion                           0.1         0.3 204       0.1        0.3 205
Romania                          35.1       343.6  71      37.6      367.2  71
Russia                          471.9     4,809.9  27     498.9    5,040.2  27
Rwanda                            0.9         3.1 173       1.0        3.2 176

San Marino                        (-)         3.4 169        (-)       3.5 170
Sao Tome and Principe             0.5         0.7 197       0.5        0.7 198
Saudi Arabia                    539.2     5,482.8  26     614.8    6,181.7  26
Senegal                           0.3         4.4 167       0.3        4.8 166
Seychelles                        0.3         2.0 182       0.3        2.0 183
Sierra Leone                      0.9        10.3 153       0.9       10.4 153
Singapore                     1,543.4    15,386.4  12   1,573.2   15,631.2  12
Slovakia                         17.7       143.2  92      18.9      152.9  91
Slovenia                         23.0       240.1  79      24.0      251.3  79
Solomon Islands                   0.1         2.8 177       0.1        3.4 171
Somalia                           (-)         0.5 200        (-)       0.6 200
South Africa                    226.8     2,538.3  33     235.3    2,650.6  33
Spain                           370.7     3,905.6  29     395.6    4,176.0  29
Sri Lanka                       152.8     1,528.9  46     160.8    1,607.5  47
St Helena                         (-)         0.2 209        (-)       0.2 209
St Kitts and Nevis                2.5        26.9 131       2.6       27.8 131
St Lucia                          2.0        18.6 139       2.0       19.1 139
St Pierre and Miquelon            1.2         2.9 176       1.2        2.9 178
St Vincent and
     the Grenadines               0.7         3.3 170       0.8        3.4 172
Sudan                             (-)         3.1 174        (-)       3.3 173
Suriname                          7.6        90.0 106       8.1       95.6 106
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island        (-)         0.9 193        (-)       0.9 194
Swaziland                         2.3        22.1 136       2.5       23.7 136
Sweden                          769.1     6,309.0  24     791.8    6,507.2  25
Switzerland                     861.7     7,183.5  19     933.6    7,373.8  20
Syria                             2.1        41.1 123       2.2       42.8 123

Taiwan                        2,958.0    27,433.8   7   3,073.6   28,429.4   7
Tajikistan                        8.1        28.4 128       8.4       28.9 130
Tanzania                          1.9        24.5 133       2.1       26.1 133
Thailand                      1,264.8    11,168.9  13   1,317.8   11,606.5  13
Togo                              0.1         1.9 183       0.1        2.5 180
Tokelau                           0.2         1.6 188       0.2        1.7 187
Tonga                             0.8         4.5 165       0.9        5.0 165
Trinidad and Tobago             108.9       847.1  59     118.5      932.5  59
Tunisia                           8.5        56.7 116       9.2       59.7 116
Turkey                          272.0     2,136.2  38     282.4    2,251.3  39
Turkmenistan                      0.8         2.2 181       0.8        2.3 181
Turks and Caicos Islands          0.6         3.7 168       0.7        3.9 169
Tuvalu                            (-)        (-)  224        (-)       (-) 224

Uganda                            1.6        13.4 146       1.8       14.2 147
Ukraine                          44.8       464.4  65      49.2      512.9  65
United Arab Emirates             49.6       560.4  63      53.1      600.2  63
United Kingdom                3,105.9    28,706.1   6   3,199.6   29,462.3   6
Uruguay                          30.0       223.1  82      31.1      231.2  82
Uzbekistan                        0.5        25.5 132       0.6       25.8 134

Vanuatu                           0.7         2.7 179       0.9        3.1 177
Vatican City                      (-)         0.3 203        (-)       0.4 203
Venezuela                       802.8     7,900.5  17     866.2    8,554.6  17
Vietnam                          56.1       463.8  66      60.3      499.8  66

Wallis and Futuna                 (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)       (-) (X)
West Bank Administered 
    by Israel                     (-)         0.1 220        (-)       0.1 220
Western Sahara                    (-)        (-)  223        (-)       (-) 223
Western Samoa                     0.8         5.7 162       1.0        7.6 158

Yugoslavia                        0.9        10.8 150       1.0       11.6 150

Zambia                            7.1        44.4 122       7.2       45.1 122
Zimbabwe                         13.9       109.9 101      14.6      116.9 102

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

Timing adjustment                 (-)       -64.8 (X)        (-)     -44.4 (X)

North America                24,893.6   223,564.5 (X)  25,273.3  227,405.1 (X)

Western Europe               17,853.9   157,987.9 (X)  18,502.4  163,155.1 (X)
                            
European Union (EU)          16,340.4   145,071.0 (X)  16,887.1  149,746.3 (X)

    European Free Trade     
      Association             1,150.9     9,952.3 (X)   1,239.2   10,296.4 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe              942.0     9,081.4 (X)     993.6    9,552.1 (X)
    Former Soviet Republics     592.2     5,935.4 (X)     628.2    6,260.3 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment (OECD) in Europe   17,776.8   157,187.9 (X)  18,422.3  162,323.2 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries    30,521.5   272,786.5 (X)  31,727.4  282,597.4 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East           1,686.9    15,934.3 (X)   1,834.9   17,155.8 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)              7,582.0    71,473.2 (X)   7,851.9   73,749.7 (X)
    Asia--South               1,196.8    11,852.7 (X)   1,263.7   12,487.1 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)          6,643.4    60,315.9 (X)   6,876.9   62,277.7 (X)
                            
    South/Central America     4,414.3    42,106.1 (X)   4,676.1   44,936.5 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics               13,063.4   118,137.4 (X)  13,400.0  121,926.4 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                     806.0     7,680.3 (X)     844.2    8,106.8 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association       11,809.5   106,247.3 (X)  12,097.0  109,494.4 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization (NATO) Allies  30,786.6   277,069.6 (X)  31,593.0  284,208.1 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                   3,112.3    29,217.8 (X)   3,419.2   31,910.5 (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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