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            November     to date rank  November    to date rank

     TOTAL                 -13,966.8  -166,402.0 (X)   58,163.6  629,518.6 (X)

Afganistan                       2.1         3.2 122        2.8       11.2 177
Albania                         -0.3        -8.1  81        0.3        2.8 194
Algeria                       -125.1    -1,687.2  22       49.9      613.9  60
Andorra                          1.1        17.4 144        1.1       17.5 163
Angola                        -228.4    -2,381.2  17       21.1      259.6  81
Anguilla                         1.3        16.1 142        1.5       16.7 166
Antigua and Barbuda              5.7        67.3 177        6.1       71.8 118
Argentina                      443.0     3,213.2 221      609.7    5,252.5  24
Armenia                          6.0        51.9 170        6.7       57.2 124
Aruba                           -9.0      -343.3  34       16.7      221.5  88
Australia                      577.8     6,895.3 226      964.9   11,094.6  15
Austria                        -33.5      -292.9  37      153.7    1,891.2  38
Azerbaijan                       3.8        51.1 169        4.3       56.4 125

Bahamas                         62.2       598.1 211       72.7      737.8  58
Bahrain                         15.2       260.5 198       30.6      364.4  71
Bangladesh                     -95.1    -1,326.8  25       26.8      239.8  84
Barbados                        24.6       216.3 194       28.6      255.2  82
Belarus                         -0.6       -23.1  73        3.7       37.3 137
Belgium                        544.7     5,061.4 224    1,192.2   12,305.0  13
Belize                           3.4        32.4 157        8.3      105.9 105
Benin                            3.6        43.7 162        3.7       48.0 130
Bermuda                         24.6       301.8 202       25.3      311.0  75
Bhutan                          -0.1        -0.5  91        (-)        0.5 213
Bolivia                          0.5        63.9 173       19.3      269.7  78
Bosnia-Hercegovina               1.0        90.7 180        1.4       98.4 110
Botswana                         1.9        18.6 145        4.4       41.5 132
Brazil                         763.1     5,562.5 225    1,484.9   14,448.7  11
British Indian
    Ocean Territory              (-)       -10.6  78        (-)        0.4 216
British Virgin Islands           3.8        47.1 164        4.6       59.5 123
Brunei                           5.1       118.2 183        8.2      169.2  92
Bulgaria                         0.3       -52.1  62        9.3      102.7 106
Burkina                          0.9        15.5 141        0.9       16.2 169
Burma (Myanmar)                 -6.2       -85.0  54        1.8       19.4 162
Burundi                         -1.3       -10.2  80        0.1        0.5 214

Cambodia                       -13.1       -69.4  59        1.5       17.4 164
Cameroon                        47.8        67.1 175       49.3      117.0 102
Canada                      -1,397.8   -14,620.9   4   12,867.1  139,344.3   1
Cape Verde                       0.6         9.2 134        0.6        9.5 179
Cayman Islands                  23.4       226.1 197       23.6      245.4  83
Central African Republic         0.2         2.2 117        0.2        3.5 190
Chad                             0.3         0.7 105        0.3        3.0 193
Chile                          229.3     1,794.2 218      368.7    3,890.6  29
China                       -4,125.0   -45,827.0   2    1,300.7   11,629.5  14
Christmas Island                 (-)        -0.4  94        (-)        0.3 220
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)         0.2 102        (-)        0.3 219
Colombia                        13.5       476.3 210      419.6    4,774.0  26
Comoros                          (-)        -2.3  87        (-)        0.3 221
Congo (Brazzaville)            -16.8      -360.9  33        7.8       68.9 119
Congo (Kinshasa)               -24.5      -231.5  40        2.2       35.0 140
Cook Islands                     (-)         0.2 101        (-)        1.0 208
Costa Rica                      -0.2      -279.7  38      185.6    1,840.4  40
Croatia                         19.5        53.5 172       23.6      127.8 101
Cuba                             3.4         9.1 133        3.4        9.1 180
Cyprus                          15.9       218.3 195       18.1      233.6  86
Czech Republic                  -7.4        -6.3  83       40.4      553.1  61

Denmark                        -60.6      -318.8  35      124.8    1,619.7  43
Djibouti                         1.2         6.4 126        1.2        6.4 184
Dominica                         2.4        21.9 148        2.8       30.5 149
Dominican Republic              -1.8      -318.2  36      323.4    3,613.7  30

Ecuador                          6.8      -495.8  31      133.4    1,407.0  48
Egypt                          184.6     2,953.0 220      235.4    3,532.4  31
El Salvador                     55.9        75.1 178      154.0    1,297.4  51
Equatorial Guinea                3.8         8.8 132        4.4       39.0 135
Eritrea                          1.8        12.8 138        1.9       14.1 173
Estonia                         -1.8       -30.4  68        8.1       42.8 131
Ethiopia                        14.5        39.6 160       17.9      106.9 104

Falkland Islands                 (-)        -0.4  92        (-)        0.1 223
Faroe Islands                   -1.9       -12.0  77        (-)        0.5 215
Fed. Republic of Germany    -1,659.9   -16,532.7   3    2,007.5   22,469.3   6
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               3.5        16.7 143        4.0       27.6 153
Fiji                            -4.1       -48.6  63        2.5       30.4 150
Finland                        -35.6      -618.6  29      178.3    1,585.6  44
France                        -238.7    -4,241.0  13    1,390.6   14,504.7  10
French Guiana                   79.4       418.6 205       79.8      421.0  68
French Polynesia                 4.3        65.1 174        6.6       97.9 111
French Southern and 
    Antarctic Lands              0.2         0.6 104        0.2        0.6 212

Gabon                         -169.4    -1,986.5  20        6.0       78.7 113
Gambia                          -0.1         6.7 128        0.3        9.1 181
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                    0.1         0.3 103        0.1        0.4 217
Georgia                         16.0       124.6 184       16.1      130.4 100
Ghana                            4.8       144.1 188       18.6      284.3  77
Gibraltar                        (-)         5.9 125        0.1        8.6 182
Greece                          43.5       453.4 207       74.5      873.6  56
Greenland                       -0.1        -2.4  86        0.2        4.9 188
Grenada                          3.0        30.5 154        4.0       35.8 139
Guadeloupe                       4.8        50.5 168        4.9       54.0 127
Guatemala                        2.9      -213.8  41      152.0    1,577.9  45
Guinea                          -0.4       -46.5  64        7.0       73.3 117
Guinea-Bissau                    0.1         2.0 116        0.1        2.1 202
Guyana                           3.0        28.2 151       12.0      130.7  99

Haiti                           30.6       283.6 200       45.7      452.7  65
Heard and
    McDonald Isles               (-)        (-)   97        (-)        (-) 225
Honduras                         5.8      -236.7  39      191.0    1,857.5  39
Hong Kong                      343.7     4,367.9 223    1,249.8   13,807.4  12
Hungary                        -44.5      -528.4  30       46.7      435.3  66

Iceland                        -11.5       -43.4  65       13.7      166.6  94
India                         -229.8    -3,417.6  15      286.5    3,338.8  32
Indonesia                     -337.9    -4,402.9  12      422.1    4,051.9  28
Iran                                         1.0 110                   1.1 207
Iraq                           -55.9      -195.8  42       11.9       67.2 120
Ireland                       -133.1    -1,150.4  26      465.8    4,169.6  27
Israel                        -185.6    -1,350.2  23      454.5    5,333.9  23
Italy                         -865.9    -9,457.6   7      768.5    8,195.1  17
Ivory Coast                      6.3       -99.8  52       13.3      133.9  98

Jamaica                         77.2       631.6 212      129.8    1,307.8  49
Japan                       -4,356.6   -50,898.9   1    5,433.4   60,332.8   3
Jordan                          37.8       339.4 203       39.5      363.8  72

Kazakhstan                       6.6       225.6 196        7.3      338.4  74
Kenya                            8.3       113.9 182       15.3      216.1  90
Kiribati                         0.1         0.8 107        0.2        2.4 197
Korea, South                   -58.7     2,258.8 219    1,821.7   23,412.6   5
Kuwait                         -10.4      -377.9  32      133.4    1,301.5  50
Kyrgyzstan                       3.0        24.6 150        3.1       27.0 154

Laos                             (-)       -10.5  79        0.8        2.6 195
Latvia                           7.9        49.9 167       13.4      193.2  91
Lebanon                         42.5       434.0 206       47.2      507.0  62
Lesotho                         -6.6       -74.8  58        0.1        2.2 199
Liberia                          2.7        35.7 159        2.7       40.4 133
Libya                            (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                  -12.3       -89.9  53        0.2       11.9 175
Lithuania                        1.4        -0.4  93        5.6       75.1 116
Luxembourg                       8.8       290.1 201       29.7      506.1  63

Macao                          -53.3      -871.2  27       21.3       60.8 121
Macedonia (Skopje)              -9.5      -101.2  51        3.7       32.3 145
Madagascar                      -3.9       -42.7  66        0.8       11.2 176
Malawi                          -5.6       -59.0  60        2.5       16.8 165
Malaysia                      -715.1    -6,540.3   8      799.5    9,942.9  16
Maldives                        -2.1       -12.8  76        0.1        3.3 191
Mali                             0.9        20.4 147        1.3       23.8 156
Malta                          -10.5      -102.5  50        9.8      100.4 108
Marshall Islands                 2.1        14.6 139        2.2       21.9 158
Martinique                       2.6        29.7 153        2.7       32.1 147
Mauritania                       0.5        19.6 146        0.5       19.8 161
Mauritius                      -14.6      -188.7  43        2.4       29.6 151
Mexico                        -900.1   -13,891.3   5    6,618.3   65,089.8   2
Moldova                        -10.0       -30.1  69        1.2       16.4 168
Monaco                          -1.0       -13.4  75        0.3        4.6 189
Mongolia                        -1.9        -5.2  84        1.2       33.1 144
Montserrat                       0.6        11.7 136        0.6       16.7 167
Morocco                          4.9       130.2 185       28.6      399.0  69
Mozambique                      -1.5        11.1 135        4.5       40.2 134

Namibia                         -1.3       -33.0  67        0.5       21.6 159
Nauru                            (-)         0.9 108        (-)        1.0 209
Nepal                           -5.3       -82.9  55        0.8       20.3 160
Netherlands                  1,116.7    11,454.5 227    1,669.3   18,062.7   8
Netherlands Antilles             4.5      -120.6  49       41.4      432.1  67
New Caledonia                   -1.0       -18.5  74        3.0       32.0 148
New Zealand                     60.7       356.2 204      151.8    1,823.7  41
Nicaragua                       -2.2      -135.0  47       26.7      268.5  79
Niger                           -0.3        -6.5  82        2.8       23.1 157
Nigeria                       -349.4    -5,233.0  10       55.8      735.4  59
Niue                             2.5        32.1 156        2.6       32.2 146
Norfolk Island                   0.1         3.1 121        0.1        3.1 192
North Korea                      0.1         2.4 118        0.1        2.4 198
Norway                        -212.2    -1,846.1  21      112.2    1,571.9  46

Oman                            29.0        67.2 176       42.7      286.6  76

Pakistan                       -38.2      -177.6  44       79.5    1,131.2  52
Palau                            0.8         2.7 119        1.5       14.3 172
Panama                         108.0     1,066.0 215      136.2    1,408.4  47
Papua New Guinea                 1.6        52.9 171        5.4      110.2 103
Paraguay                        62.6       820.9 213       65.5      856.8  57
Peru                            29.7       153.5 190      162.6    1,769.6  42
Philippines                   -324.8    -2,696.2  16      606.9    6,824.3  20
Pitcairn Island                  (-)        (-)   95        (-)        (-) (X)
Poland                          30.6       463.4 209       82.8    1,092.9  53
Portugal                        -5.8      -164.2  45       81.0      879.2  55

Qatar                           38.2       215.1 193       48.6      349.7  73

Republic of Yemen                7.1       134.2 186        7.4      149.8  96
Reunion                          0.1         1.6 114        0.1        2.1 200
Romania                          2.3      -132.3  48       33.6      239.3  85
Russia                         134.3      -694.6  28      444.5    3,114.4  34
Rwanda                           3.3        30.6 155        3.3       34.0 142

San Marino                       0.3         6.8 129        0.3        7.2 183
Sao Tome and Principe            0.1        12.7 137        0.1       13.0 174
Saudi Arabia                  -189.9    -2,161.9  18      586.7    6,434.9  21
Senegal                          6.4        42.1 161        6.8       48.4 129
Seychelles                       0.3         3.7 124        0.7        5.8 186
Sierra Leone                    -1.3        -1.2  90        0.1       15.7 170
Singapore                     -136.6    -2,115.6  19    1,391.2   16,280.0   9
Slovakia                        -7.7       -77.4  57        5.1       75.9 115
Slovenia                        -1.2      -150.3  46       18.5      101.8 107
Solomon Islands                  0.5         1.4 112        0.5        2.0 203
Somalia                          0.2         1.8 115        0.2        2.1 201
South Africa                    -9.7       460.0 208      218.7    2,739.2  36
Spain                           83.3       846.4 214      482.1    5,038.2  25
Sri Lanka                      -93.1    -1,344.8  24       17.5      137.6  97
St Helena                        (-)         1.5 113        (-)        2.5 196
St Kitts and Nevis               0.4         6.7 127        3.1       34.3 141
St Lucia                         8.4        48.5 165       10.0       80.6 112
St Pierre and Miquelon           0.2         0.2 100        0.3        1.8 204
St Vincent and Grenadines        5.9        45.1 163        6.4       49.2 128
Sudan                            2.7        24.4 149        3.1       36.4 138
Suriname                        12.0        87.6 179       15.8      168.6  93
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island       0.2         1.4 111        0.2        1.4 205
Swaziland                       -1.8       -29.4  70        0.1        5.0 187
Sweden                        -301.7    -3,613.0  14      286.6    3,005.0  35
Switzerland                   -333.8       153.0 189      411.8    7,759.3  18
Syria                           19.8       136.5 187       20.7      161.5  95

Taiwan                      -1,071.4   -11,498.4   6    1,685.0   18,172.4   7
Tajikistan                       1.4         7.0 130        1.8       15.4 171
Tanzania                         3.0        35.4 158        6.3       59.7 122
Thailand                      -408.3    -4,625.1  11      647.9    6,826.7  19
Togo                             1.1        15.2 140        1.2       24.5 155
Tokelau                         -0.2        -2.1  88        (-)        0.3 218
Tonga                            0.2         3.6 123        0.5        6.3 185
Trinidad and Tobago             52.3       -25.0  72      114.6    1,018.8  54
Tunisia                         28.5       175.2 191       32.7      232.5  87
Turkey                         107.7     1,298.0 216      262.6    3,255.9  33
Turkmenistan                     0.4        97.7 181        0.4       99.8 109
Turks and Caicos Islands         3.6        49.5 166        4.1       54.2 126
Tuvalu                           (-)         0.1  98        (-)        0.1 224

Uganda                           3.9        -2.6  85        5.1       33.1 143
Ukraine                          1.9         2.8 120       22.7      377.9  70
United Arab Emirates           126.3     1,570.4 217      172.2    2,443.3  37
United Kingdom                 238.1     3,519.2 222    2,841.1   33,105.4   4
Uruguay                         35.0       281.8 199       47.5      494.2  64
Uzbekistan                       7.5       182.9 192        8.1      221.1  89

Vanuatu                          0.1        -1.5  89        0.1        0.6 211
Vatican City                     0.2         0.7 106        0.2        1.4 206
Venezuela                     -514.6    -6,250.5   9      620.6    6,101.6  22
Vietnam                          1.4       -82.0  56       26.0      260.7  80

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-)   96        (-)        (-) 226
West Bank Administered
   by Israel                     0.1         0.9 109        0.1        0.9 210
Western Sahara                               0.1  99                   0.2 222
Western Samoa                    0.3         7.9 131        0.6       10.2 178

Yugoslavia                       2.7        29.0 152        3.6       38.3 136

Zambia                          -4.8       -25.4  71        1.3       27.8 152
Zimbabwe                       -13.7       -52.3  61        4.5       76.5 114

Unidentified                    91.5       298.5 (X)       91.5      298.5 (X)

North America               -2,297.9   -28,512.2 (X)   19,485.4  204,434.1 (X)
                            
Western Europe              -1,745.1   -15,248.3 (X)   12,627.2  141,750.0 (X)
European Union (EU)         -1,299.7   -14,764.3 (X)   11,745.8  128,210.4 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association             -569.8    -1,826.2 (X)      537.9    9,509.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe             151.2      -301.6 (X)      765.2    7,304.9 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic     177.9        39.5 (X)      547.0    4,802.8 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe    -1,762.3   -15,297.7 (X)   12,547.1  140,989.3 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries  -10,190.6  -110,801.1 (X)   15,862.0  177,712.3 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East           -125.9      -927.5 (X)    1,595.3   17,764.8 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)              -923.0    -6,987.3 (X)    6,147.6   71,672.4 (X)
    Asia--South               -459.5    -6,346.6 (X)      414.0    4,878.9 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)        -1,917.7   -20,262.0 (X)    3,875.8   44,095.0 (X)
                            
    South/Central America    1,671.4     8,346.3 (X)    5,769.4   57,481.5 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics                 371.2    -8,021.0 (X)   11,768.0  116,679.9 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                     62.2      -790.2 (X)      709.2    6,841.7 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association         168.8    -8,271.4 (X)   10,550.1  104,354.4 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies   -2,309.4   -24,300.3 (X)   23,917.2  261,899.1 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                 -1,418.7   -18,522.7 (X)    2,101.2   22,100.7 (X)
                            
    Unidentified (2)            91.5       298.5 (X)       91.5      298.5 (X)
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                                                  Imports

                              Customs basis               C.i.f. basis

                                      Cumulative                 Cumulative
         Country            November     to date rank  November    to date rank

     TOTAL                  72,130.4   795,920.7 (X)   74,462.5  821,953.1 (X)

Afganistan                       0.7         8.0 159        0.8        9.0 157
Albania                          0.6        10.9 152        0.6       11.6 152
Algeria                        174.9     2,301.1  35      188.4    2,495.4  35
Andorra                          0.1         0.2 209        0.1        0.2 209
Angola                         249.5     2,640.8  34      266.9    2,812.1  34
Anguilla                         0.2         0.6 201        0.2        0.6 201
Antigua and Barbuda              0.3         4.5 171        0.3        4.8 172
Argentina                      166.7     2,039.3  43      179.3    2,193.3  43
Armenia                          0.7         5.3 166        0.7        5.5 167
Aruba                           25.7       564.8  63       26.9      598.5  63
Australia                      387.1     4,199.2  29      412.5    4,482.2  29
Austria                        187.2     2,184.1  38      194.8    2,263.6  40
Azerbaijan                       0.5         5.2 167        0.6        5.8 166

Bahamas                         10.6       139.7  90       11.6      151.7  89
Bahrain                         15.4       103.9  97       16.5      111.6  99
Bangladesh                     121.9     1,566.7  50      129.1    1,661.5  50
Barbados                         3.9        39.0 123        4.1       40.1 124
Belarus                          4.3        60.4 113        4.7       64.0 114
Belgium                        647.6     7,243.6  21      665.9    7,433.2  21
Belize                           5.0        73.5 109        5.4       78.3 109
Benin                            0.1         4.3 172        0.1        4.9 171
Bermuda                          0.8         9.2 156        0.8        9.4 156
Bhutan                           0.1         1.0 194        0.1        1.1 195
Bolivia                         18.7       205.9  83       19.2      214.1  83
Bosnia-Hercegovina               0.4         7.7 160        0.4        8.3 160
Botswana                         2.5        22.9 138        2.6       23.4 138
Brazil                         721.8     8,886.2  17      767.4    9,363.8  17
British Indian
    Ocean Territory              (-)        11.1 150        (-)       11.9 151
British Virgin Islands           0.8        12.4 147        0.8       12.7 148
Brunei                           3.0        51.0 119        3.1       53.0 121
Bulgaria                         9.0       154.8  86        9.8      166.7  86
Burkina                          (-)         0.7 197        (-)        0.7 198
Burma (Myanmar)                  8.1       104.4  96        8.6      111.7  98
Burundi                          1.4        10.6 153        1.5       11.0 153

Cambodia                        14.6        86.8 102       15.5       92.7 102
Cameroon                         1.5        49.8 121        1.6       55.5 119
Canada                      14,264.9   153,965.2   1   14,534.2  157,086.1   1
Cape Verde                                   0.3 205                   0.4 205
Cayman Islands                   0.2        19.3 139        0.2       20.0 139
Central African Republic                     1.3 193                   1.3 193
Chad                             (-)         2.4 183        (-)        2.6 182
Chile                          139.5     2,096.4  40      155.6    2,392.0  36
China                        5,425.7    57,456.5   4    5,709.5   60,469.5   4
Christmas Island                 (-)         0.7 198        (-)        0.7 199
Cocos (Keeling) Island           (-)         0.1 213        (-)        0.1 214
Colombia                       406.1     4,297.6  28      430.0    4,581.0  28
Comoros                          (-)         2.6 179        (-)        2.6 181
Congo (Brazzaville)             24.6       429.8  66       26.5      457.8  67
Congo (Kinshasa)                26.7       266.5  74       27.8      278.8  75
Cook Islands                     (-)         0.7 196        (-)        0.8 197
Costa Rica                     185.8     2,120.1  39      198.5    2,271.6  39
Croatia                          4.1        74.3 108        4.4       78.0 110
Cuba                             (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Cyprus                           2.2        15.4 144        2.4       16.5 144
Czech Republic                  47.8       559.4  64       50.2      586.5  64

Denmark                        185.3     1,938.5  45      193.0    2,016.7  46
Djibouti                         (-)        (-)  221                   (-) 221
Dominica                         0.4         8.5 157        0.5        9.0 158
Dominican Republic             325.2     3,931.9  31      332.6    4,038.0  31

Ecuador                        126.6     1,902.8  46      142.3    2,111.4  44
Egypt                           50.9       579.4  62       54.1      614.4  62
El Salvador                     98.1     1,222.4  54      100.6    1,258.2  54
Equatorial Guinea                0.6        30.2 131        0.6       33.0 131
Eritrea                          0.1         1.3 192        0.2        1.4 192
Estonia                          9.9        73.2 110       11.0       81.9 106
Ethiopia                         3.4        67.2 112        3.6       69.7 112

Falkland Islands                             0.5 203                   0.6 202
Faroe Islands                    1.9        12.5 146        2.0       13.2 146
Fed. Republic of Germany     3,667.3    39,002.1   5    3,759.6   40,027.3   5
Federated States
    of  Micronesia               0.6        10.9 151        0.6       11.9 150
Fiji                             6.7        79.0 104        7.3       88.3 103
Finland                        213.9     2,204.2  37      226.3    2,325.9  38
France                       1,629.3    18,745.7   9    1,680.6   19,287.5   9
French Guiana                    0.4         2.4 184        0.4        2.5 185
French Polynesia                 2.2        32.8 129        2.3       33.7 129
French Southern and 
    Antarctic Lands              (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

Gabon                          175.4     2,065.2  42      187.0    2,202.3  41
Gambia                           0.3         2.4 185        0.3        2.4 186
Gaza Strip Administered
    by Israel                    (-)        (-)  217        (-)        (-) 216
Georgia                          0.1         5.8 164        0.2        6.3 164
Ghana                           13.8       140.1  89       14.2      145.1  90
Gibraltar                        0.1         2.7 178        0.1        2.8 179
Greece                          31.1       420.2  67       34.0      461.4  66
Greenland                        0.3         7.3 161        0.3        7.6 162
Grenada                          1.1         5.4 165        1.1        5.8 165
Guadeloupe                       (-)         3.5 174        (-)        3.6 175
Guatemala                      149.0     1,791.7  47      156.9    1,895.0  47
Guinea                           7.4       119.8  94        7.4      120.5  94
Guinea-Bissau                    (-)         0.1 214        (-)        0.1 212
Guyana                           9.0       102.5  99       11.2      119.2  95

Haiti                           15.1       169.1  85       15.5      177.4  85
Heard and
    McDonald Isles               (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Honduras                       185.1     2,094.2  41      194.1    2,199.8  42
Hong Kong                      906.1     9,439.5  16      941.3    9,786.9  16
Hungary                         91.3       963.7  57       94.0      990.3  57

Iceland                         25.2       209.9  82       26.6      223.5  81
India                          516.3     6,756.4  22      546.6    7,117.5  22
Indonesia                      760.1     8,454.9  19      806.3    8,973.5  19
Iran                             (-)         0.1 210        (-)        0.1 210
Iraq                            67.8       263.0  75       75.4      291.6  73
Ireland                        598.9     5,320.0  27      607.3    5,397.8  27
Israel                         640.1     6,684.1  23      650.7    6,802.6  25
Italy                        1,634.4    17,652.7  11    1,701.0   18,402.3  11
Ivory Coast                      7.0       233.7  77        7.7      254.5  77

Jamaica                         52.6       676.2  60       55.1      714.1  60
Japan                        9,790.0   111,231.7   2   10,038.4  113,866.0   2
Jordan                           1.7        24.4 136        1.7       25.0 137

Kazakhstan                       0.7       112.8  95        0.7      115.7  96
Kenya                            7.0       102.2 100        7.4      107.5 100
Kiribati                         (-)         1.6 190        0.1        1.9 190
Korea, South                 1,880.4    21,153.8   8    1,933.3   21,736.6   8
Kuwait                         143.9     1,679.4  48      160.6    1,849.1  48
Kyrgyzstan                       0.2         2.4 180        0.2        2.5 184

Laos                             0.9        13.2 145        0.9       13.9 145
Latvia                           5.5       143.4  88        5.9      156.5  88
Lebanon                          4.6        73.0 111        5.5       75.3 111
Lesotho                          6.7        77.0 105        6.9       79.9 108
Liberia                          (-)         4.7 170        (-)        5.1 169
Libya                            (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Liechtenstein                   12.5       101.8 101       13.1      105.6 101
Lithuania                        4.2        75.5 107        4.6       85.1 105
Luxembourg                      20.9       216.0  80       22.5      231.4  80

Macao                           74.6       932.0  58       78.4      971.3  58
Macedonia (Skopje)              13.2       133.5  92       14.4      140.8  92
Madagascar                       4.6        53.9 117        4.9       57.0 117
Malawi                           8.1        75.9 106        8.5       80.6 107
Malaysia                     1,514.6    16,483.3  12    1,559.0   16,948.6  12
Maldives                         2.2        16.1 142        2.4       17.5 142
Mali                             0.5         3.4 176        0.5        3.6 174
Malta                           20.3       202.9  84       20.6      205.5  84
Marshall Islands                 0.1         7.2 162        0.1        7.9 161
Martinique                       0.2         2.4 181        0.2        2.8 180
Mauritania                       (-)         0.2 207        (-)        0.3 207
Mauritius                       17.0       218.3  79       18.3      232.6  79
Mexico                       7,518.4    78,981.1   3    7,623.9   80,160.5   3
Moldova                         11.1        46.5 122       12.3       49.9 122
Monaco                           1.2        17.9 140        1.3       18.7 140
Mongolia                         3.1        38.3 124        3.4       40.9 123
Montserrat                       (-)         5.0 168        (-)        5.1 168
Morocco                         23.8       268.8  73       25.4      287.7  74
Mozambique                       6.0        29.1 133        6.6       30.9 132

Namibia                          1.8        54.7 116        1.8       56.8 118
Nauru                            (-)         0.1 211        (-)        0.1 211
Nepal                            6.2       103.2  98        6.8      114.9  97
Netherlands                    552.7     6,608.1  25      585.9    6,981.7  23
Netherlands Antilles            36.9       552.7  65       38.5      580.6  65
New Caledonia                    3.9        50.5 120        5.6       65.2 113
New Zealand                     91.1     1,467.5  52       99.8    1,612.7  51
Nicaragua                       28.9       403.5  68       30.0      422.4  69
Niger                            3.1        29.7 132        3.1       29.8 133
Nigeria                        405.2     5,968.4  26      430.8    6,312.0  26
Niue                             (-)         0.1 212        (-)        0.1 213
Norfolk Island                   (-)        (-)  218        (-)        (-) 218
North Korea                      (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
Norway                         324.4     3,418.0  33      339.7    3,586.4  33

Oman                            13.6       219.3  78       14.2      236.1  78

Pakistan                       117.7     1,308.8  53      124.2    1,384.3  53
Palau                            0.7        11.6 149        0.8       12.4 149
Panama                          28.2       342.4  72       31.4      377.9  71
Papua New Guinea                 3.9        57.3 114        4.0       62.2 115
Paraguay                         2.9        35.9 126        3.2       39.3 126
Peru                           132.9     1,616.1  49      141.0    1,695.5  49
Philippines                    931.7     9,520.4  15      961.3    9,850.9  15
Pitcairn Island                  (-)        (-)  215        (-)        (-) 215
Poland                          52.2       629.6  61       55.9      671.5  61
Portugal                        86.9     1,043.4  56       91.5    1,094.7  56

Qatar                           10.4       134.6  91       10.8      142.7  91

Republic of Yemen                0.2        15.6 143        0.2       17.8 141
Reunion                          (-)         0.6 202        (-)        0.6 203
Romania                         31.3       371.6  70       33.6      398.4  70
Russia                         310.1     3,809.0  32      326.0    4,023.7  32
Rwanda                           (-)         3.4 175        (-)        3.5 176

San Marino                       (-)         0.4 204        (-)        0.5 204
Sao Tome and Principe            (-)         0.2 208        (-)        0.2 208
Saudi Arabia                   776.6     8,596.9  18      844.5    9,301.8  18
Senegal                          0.4         6.3 163        0.4        6.8 163
Seychelles                       0.4         2.1 188        0.4        2.3 189
Sierra Leone                     1.3        16.8 141        1.3       16.9 143
Singapore                    1,527.8    18,395.6  10    1,549.8   18,671.6  10
Slovakia                        12.8       153.3  87       13.6      162.6  87
Slovenia                        19.7       252.1  76       20.5      263.2  76
Solomon Islands                  0.1         0.6 200        0.1        1.2 194
Somalia                          (-)         0.3 206        (-)        0.3 206
South Africa                   228.4     2,279.2  36      237.4    2,386.7  37
Spain                          398.8     4,191.8  30      426.6    4,468.7  30
Sri Lanka                      110.6     1,482.5  51      117.1    1,567.4  52
St Helena                        (-)         1.0 195        (-)        1.0 196
St Kitts and Nevis               2.7        27.6 134        2.8       28.8 134
St Lucia                         1.6        32.1 130        1.7       33.1 130
St Pierre and Miquelon           0.2         1.6 191        0.2        1.6 191
St Vincent and Grenadines        0.5         4.1 173        0.5        4.3 173
Sudan                            0.4        12.0 148        0.4       12.8 147
Suriname                         3.8        81.0 103        4.1       85.6 104
Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island       (-)        (-)  220        (-)        (-) 220
Swaziland                        1.9        34.4 128        2.1       37.2 128
Sweden                         588.4     6,618.1  24      608.2    6,829.3  24
Switzerland                    745.6     7,606.3  20      757.5    7,737.3  20
Syria                            0.9        25.1 135        1.0       27.1 135

Taiwan                       2,756.4    29,670.8   6    2,846.7   30,667.8   6
Tajikistan                       0.4         8.4 158        0.4        8.6 159
Tanzania                         3.3        24.2 137        3.6       25.7 136
Thailand                     1,056.2    11,451.8  14    1,093.7   11,873.4  14
Togo                             0.1         9.3 155        0.3       10.5 154
Tokelau                          0.3         2.4 182        0.3        2.5 183
Tonga                            0.3         2.7 177        0.4        3.2 177
Trinidad and Tobago             62.3     1,043.8  55       66.7    1,131.3  55
Tunisia                          4.2        57.3 115        4.5       61.1 116
Turkey                         154.9     1,957.9  44      164.7    2,074.8  45
Turkmenistan                     (-)         2.1 187        (-)        2.3 188
Turks and Caicos Islands         0.6         4.7 169        0.7        5.0 170
Tuvalu                           (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)

Uganda                           1.2        35.7 127        1.3       37.3 127
Ukraine                         20.8       375.2  69       23.3      426.9  68
United Arab Emirates            45.9       872.9  59       50.5      914.9  59
United Kingdom               2,603.0    29,586.2   7    2,676.6   30,376.5   7
Uruguay                         12.5       212.4  81       13.2      223.0  82
Uzbekistan                       0.6        38.1 125        0.6       39.4 125

Vanuatu                          (-)         2.1 189        (-)        2.3 187
Vatican City                     (-)         0.7 199        (-)        0.7 200
Venezuela                    1,135.2    12,352.2  13    1,217.7   13,216.3  13
Vietnam                         24.6       342.7  71       26.0      364.7  72

Wallis and Futuna                (-)        (-)  (X)        (-)        (-) (X)
West Bank Administered
   by Israel                     (-)        (-)  216        (-)        (-) 217
Western Sahara                   (-)        (-)  219        (-)        (-) 219
Western Samoa                    0.2         2.2 186        0.3        3.2 178

Yugoslavia                       0.9         9.3 154        1.0       10.1 155

Zambia                           6.2        53.2 118        6.2       54.0 120
Zimbabwe                        18.2       128.8  93       19.4      136.7  93

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

North America               21,783.2   232,946.2 (X)   22,158.0  237,246.7 (X)
                            
Western Europe              14,372.3   156,998.3 (X)   14,842.4  162,084.1 (X)
European Union (EU)         13,045.5   142,974.7 (X)   13,473.7  147,598.1 (X)
    European Free Trade     
      Association            1,107.7    11,336.0 (X)    1,136.9   11,652.8 (X)
                            
    Eastern Europe             614.0     7,606.6 (X)      648.8    8,061.6 (X)
    Former Soviet Republic     369.1     4,763.3 (X)      391.2    5,074.0 (X)
                            
    Organization for Economic
     Cooperation & Develop- 
     ment(OECD)in Europe    14,309.4   156,287.0 (X)   14,776.6  161,344.9 (X)
                            
    Pacific Rim Countries   26,052.6   288,513.5 (X)   26,943.5  298,152.8 (X)
                            
    Asia--Near East          1,721.1    18,692.3 (X)    1,831.6   19,795.9 (X)
    Asia--(NICS)             7,070.7    78,659.7 (X)    7,271.1   80,862.9 (X)
    Asia--South                873.5    11,225.5 (X)      924.6   11,854.6 (X)
    Assn of South East Asia 
     Nations (ASEAN)         5,793.5    64,357.0 (X)    5,973.3   66,371.1 (X)
                            
    South/Central America    4,098.0    49,135.1 (X)    4,362.5   52,317.4 (X)
                            
    Twenty Latin American   
     Republics              11,396.8   124,700.9 (X)   11,752.5  128,830.6 (X)
    Central American Common 
     Market                    647.0     7,631.8 (X)      680.1    8,047.1 (X)
    Latin American Free     
     Trade Association      10,381.3   112,625.8 (X)   10,692.9  116,190.2 (X)
                            
    N Atlantic Treaty Orga- 
     nization(NATO)Allies   26,226.6   286,199.4 (X)   26,902.3  293,752.4 (X)
                            
    Organization of Petroleum
     Exporting Countries    
     (OPEC)                  3,520.0    40,623.5 (X)    3,785.0   43,497.5 (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, Norwway,
 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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